Research
Diversity and Inclusion in Social Movements
Interdisciplinary research group identifying different forms of solidarity in social movements and the implications these forms of solidarity have on movement organizing led by S. Laurel Weldon, Rachel L. Einwohner, and Valeria Sinclair-Chapman.
My contributions to this group include the development of the Gezi Park case study within our piece “Active Solidarity: Intersectional Solidarity In Action” (with Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Mangala Subramanian, Fernando Tormos, S. Laurel Weldon, Jared M. Wright, and Kuan-Sheng (Charles) Wu, at Social Politics), and leading our empirical work using Twitter data for the working paper “Black Lives Matter and Say Her Name: How Intersectional Solidarity Strengthens Movements for Social Justice” (with S. Laurel Weldon, Jared Wright, Dan Goldwasser, Aviral Mansingka, Ammar Hussein, Rachel L. Einwohner, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Fernando Tormos).
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grant: Movements, Markets and Transnational Networks: Feminist Protest and Women’s Economic Empowerment
I worked as a research assistant under S. Laurel Weldon (PI) on this grant from Fall 2017-Summer 2018. I continue to work with S. Laurel Weldon, Summer Forester, and Amber Lusvardi in a co-author role.
My contributions include training undergraduates to collect data on national women’s movements, contributing to the women’s movement dataset covering 127 countries over 5 decades and leading researcher on Twitter data analysis on transnational women’s organizing.
