Overview
I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Politics with a minor in American Politics. In 2024-25, I was a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellow and an APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant awardee. I am also a Graduate Fellow with the Gender and Security Sector Lab. Prior to my graduate studies, I earned a B.A. with Honors in International Relations from William & Mary.
Research Focus
My research interests include reproductive politics, social movements, civic engagement, and public opinion in Latin America and the United States. My dissertation project explores the relationship between abortion activism and policy implementation in Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica. I use in-depth interviews, focus groups, and a cross-national survey to explore the development of norms among healthcare professionals and the public, and to show how expanding access to abortion informally can be a precursor to legal reform. In addition to my dissertation research, I have an active research agenda that employs my comparative and survey research training to explore questions related to civic engagement, public opinion, political knowledge, and the politics of abortion in the United States. I also collaborate on research into women's experiences in peace and security operations with the Gender and Security Sector Lab.
My work has been generously supported by the American Political Science Association, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program at the Einaudi Center for International Studies, the Gender and Security Sector Lab, the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.