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Czech Republic

  • From 2018 - 2019, I was affiliated with Masaryk University's Faculty of Sociology in Brno, Czechia, funded by a Fulbright research grant. I examined how gender equality organizations frame their messages, focusing specifically on the salient policy issues of domestic violence and the sexual exploitation of women and girls. During this time, I visited numerous gender equality organizations across the country, analyzed textual material, and conducted interviews with activists and policymakers. In 2024, I returned to Czechia to conduct follow-up interviews with activists, collect current textual material from organizations, and document the social movement activism taking place.

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Poland

  • In 2019, I conducted research in Poland. Through interviews with various activists, I examined how activists link gender-based violence to women's reproductive rights, a nationally salient topic, highlighting gender stereotypes and economic injustice. In 2022, I conducted additional research on a postdoctoral research grant from the Kosciuszko Foundation while affiliated with the American Studies Center at the University of Warsaw. In 2024, I returned to Poland to conduct additional interviews with activists. 

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Slovakia

  • In 2018, I conducted fieldwork in Bratislava, Slovakia, where I examined how gender equality organizations frame the issue of gender-based violence for the public, focusing specifically on the policy issues of domestic violence and reproductive violence. This fieldwork included interviews with activists and gender equality advocates. In 2025, I returned to Slovakia to conduct additional interviews and gather textual material from organizations across the country. 

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Research Supported by:

  • Fulbright Research Award

  • Kosciuszko Foundation Post-doctoral research award  

  • Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics from Iowa State University

  • Dean’s Research Award from the School of International Service at American University​

  • Transatlantic Policy Center Small Research Grant at American University

  • The Humanities Center at Otterbein University

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