Overview
Kathleen Bahian Fallon is a PhD student in International Relations in the Department of Government at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the politics of international organizations at the state and bureaucratic levels, leveraging qualitative research methods alongside computational text and network analysis. In this space, she is interested in decolonial identity and its interaction with mechanisms of control and resistance, with a particular focus on the relationship between Southeast Asian actors and powerful states. At Cornell, Kathleen is a Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) affiliate. She also works in the Gender and Security Sector Lab (GSS Lab) under Dr. Sabrina Karim as a Graduate Research Assistant.