BIOGRAPHY
Angie Torres-Beltran is a Dean’s Research Associate (Postdoc) in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. She received my PhD from the Department of Government at Cornell University.
For the 2023-2024 academic year, Dr. Torres-Beltran was a Predoctoral Fellow with the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies at the University of California, San Diego; Research Fellow in the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School; and a United States Institute of Peace Scholar. She is also a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a Research Affiliate with the Gender and Security Sector Lab and the Eliminating Violence Against Women Lab.
Her research examines the political causes and consequences of gender-based violence, with an emphasis on political behavior and institutions in conflict-affected countries. In other work, she studies the role of domestic and international actors on violence and the intersection of gender, public opinion, and civic engagement. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in International Studies Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and has been featured in major media outlets including The Washington Post. Her research has received support from the National Science Foundation, the American Political Science Association, and the Empirical Study of Gender Research Network.