Laura Huber, PH.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Dr. Laura Huber is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. Her research interests include security sector reform, conflict, gender, peacekeeping, and political violence. Her work primarily examines how gender norms influence political violence, gender reform in the security sector, public perceptions of women in security roles, female peacekeepers, female police officers, and the impact of conflict and international intervention of women's rights. In particular, her research explores how women’s integration into and gender norms within security institutions is connected with effectiveness, community relations, abuse of power, and sexual violence and exploitation. She received her Ph.D in Political Science from Emory University in August 2019 and served as a post-doctoral research fellow at Cornell University (2019-2020) where she assisted with the creation and implementation of the Measuring Opportunities for Women in Peacekeeping (MOWIP) Methodology as part of the Elsie Initiative. Her work is published or forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Political Research Quarterly, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Perspectives on Politics, International Peacekeeping, and the Feminist Journal of International Politics.

Gender Studies -Related Research Interests:  Women in police, military, and peacekeeping roles, gender norms and support for or participation in political violence, the impact of conflict on women's rights