Research

Dissertation

My dissertation focuses on the intersection of criminal violence and gender with a specialized focus on Mexico. I explore three various stages of the electoral process and how criminal violence plays a role.

Chair: Lauren Young

Committee Members: Sandra Ley, Juan Tellez, and Hanno Hilbig

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.

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).

Gender Differences in Lynching Attitudes and Participation in Mexico.

Research Assistant Positions

Research Assistant, Dr. Christopher Stout at Oregon State University, 2020-2021

Assisted with content analysis in regards to research evaluating the perceptions of gender and race in the media. Responsible for the collection and organizing of data and content analysis of the news during the democratic primary

Research Assistant, Dr. Daniel Faltesek at Oregon State University, 2020

Assisted with design and implementation of research in computational social science and content analysis. Responsible for collecting data, developing code, and analyzing networks and content in regards to presidential speeches, modeling, and Twitter posts.

Conferences

Western Political Science Association, 2021, 2023

Midwestern Political Science Association, 2023, 2024