Hi! I am an Assistant Professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the 2022-23 academic year, I was the Daniel Louis and Genevieve Goldy Faculty Fellow. I am also a founding faculty member of UW-Madison’s Sexual Violence Research Initiative and a faculty affiliate of European Studies, the Institute for Research on Poverty and the Institute for Diversity Science.
My research focuses on how social policies impact domestic and intimate partner violence. My main research examines everyday forms of violence, gender, and the politics of the welfare state with a focus on highly industrialized countries, particularly in Europe. I am also currently conducting a program evaluation of the Housing First model and its implementation in domestic violence shelters across Wisconsin.
My work has been supported by the Herb Kohl Public Service Research Competition, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, UW-Extension, the 4W Women and Wellbeing Initiative, the National Science Foundation (Award #1746065), the Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Mercatus Center, and the Institute for Humane Studies.
In addition to my work on violence, I am interested in the relationship between gender and institutions, including the representation and incorporation of women. My article on the role of disposition and gender narratives in women’s suffrage has been published in Comparative Politics.
I received my Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University in 2021 and prior to Cornell, I received a M.A. (Hons) in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. (Hons) in Politics and International Studies, and History from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
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