Exploring how conflict, nationalism, and borders influence women’s fertility, household roles, and gender attitudes through feminist IR.
Research
About Me
Hello and welcome to my website!
I created this page to share my resources, writing, and a space for collaboration for fellow researchers. Here, you’ll find resources connected to my work, and updates on my ongoing projects.
In my free time I enjoy hanging out with my three cats: Cordelia, Louie, and Ollie. I also love watching horror films, reading fantasy books, and crocheting. During the fall and spring you can catch me watching football and basketball—Go Hogs!
If you'd like to view my CV, you can download it here!
In my free time I enjoy hanging out with my three cats: Cordelia, Louie, and Ollie. I also love watching horror films, reading fantasy books, and crocheting. During the fall and spring you can catch me watching football and basketball—Go Hogs!
If you'd like to view my CV, you can download it here!
Publications
“Enheduanna.” Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present, vol. 1, Greenwood, 2020, p. 30.
Published under Alex Cisco (maiden name)
Working Papers & Projects
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"The Long-term Effects of Habsburg Borders on Gender Attitudes" with David Carter
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Under Review
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"The War of the Triple Alliance and the Gendered Reshaping of Paraguayan Society" with Alma Velazquez
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Selected for CMPS special edition scheduled to be published May 2027
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"Interpersonal Pathways to Radicalization and Deradicalization: A Study of White Nationalism" with
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Carly Wayne, Rachel Goodman, Taylor Carlson, and Erin Rossiter
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Ethnic Conflict and Fertility Book Project
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Dissertation
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"Territory and Sexual Violence in Civil Wars"
Research Experience
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Research Assistant for Clarissa Hayward
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Washington University in St. Louis, May 2025-Current
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Research Assistant for Carly Wayne and Taylor Carlson—Funded by the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University and the National Science Foundation
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Washington University in St. Louis, May 2023-September 2024
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Research Assistant for Will Nomikos
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Washington University in St. Louis, March-April 2022
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Research Experience for Undergraduates on Peace Studies and Conflict Management—National Science Foundation
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University of North Texas, 2019
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Grants & Fellowships
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Cambridge Elements in Gender & Politics Fellow 2025
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Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy Graduate Fellow 2025American Political Science Association Spring Centennial Grant 2025
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Arkansas Department of Higher Education Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) 2020
Presentations
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Mid-American Conference for Race, Gender, Immigration and Ethnicity Politics (MARGIE) 2025 (Poster)
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Gender and Political Participation (GPP) Working Group 2025 (Paper)
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Comparative Politics Annual Conference 2024 (Poster), 2025 (Poster)
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Empirical Gender Network 2024 (Presentation)
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Midwest Political Science Association 2024 (Paper), 2021 (Paper)
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International Studies Association 2023 (Paper)
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Arkansas Political Science Annual Conference 2019 (Paper), 2020 (Paper)
Conferences & Workshops
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Workshop in Politics, Ethics, and Society (WPES), Organizer, Washington University in St. Louis,
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2022-Present
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Empirical Gender Network (EGEN) Conference, Organizer, Washington University in St. Louis, May 2024
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Gender and Political Participation (GPP) Working Group, Discussant, April 2025
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Behavioral Approaches to Political Violence, Discussant, Washington University in St. Louis, October
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2024
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Comparative Politics Annual Conference (CPAC), Discussant, Washington University in St. Louis, April
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2024 & April 2025
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My Research
My broad research interests lies in how women are affected by conflict. My dissertation specifically looks at how ethnic conflict affects household dynamics and women’s fertility decisions. I examine this dynamic under the lens of feminist political IR theory.
I also have interests in nationalism and territory and borders. I currently have a working paper on how the variation in women’s participation in nationalist movements across Europe in the late 1800s and early 1900s affects current day gender attitudes.
