Research

Dissertation

My dissertation focuses on the intersection of criminal-electoral violence and gender with a specialized focus on Mexico. I explore the arch of the electoral process (candidate selection, the campaign, and post-election) to understand how criminal violence impacts the electoral process and how gender shapes that experience.

Chair: Lauren Young (Associate Professor, UCD)

Committee Members: Sandra Ley (Distinguished Professor, ITESM), Juan Tellez (Associate Professor, UCD), and Hanno Hilbig (Assistant Professor, UCD)

Publications

Daarstad, Haley, RyuGyung Park, and Timea Balogh. 2023. A Comment on Herzog, Baron, and Gibbons (2022). I4R Discussion Paper Series No. 97. Institute for Replication. LINK

Under Review

Daarstad, Haley and Christopher Stout. 2025. The Virtuous Cycle: Female Political Incorporation and Media Coverage of Female Presidential Candidates in the United States.

Working Papers

The Effects of Criminal Violence on Candidate Selection.

Gender Differences and High Profile Criminal Violence.

Gender Differences in Leadership and Criminal Violence.

The Causes and Effects of Lynchings (with Young, Ley, and Baron).

Masculinity and Conflict in Colombia (with Forrester and Joseph).

Conferences

Western Political Science Association, 2021, 2023

Midwestern Political Science Association, 2023, 2024

Upcoming: European Political Science Association, American Political Science Association