Hello! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. I am also an affiliate of the Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology as well as the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences. I received my Ph.D. from Duke University’s Department of Political Science in June 2023. I was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Brown University Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. I was also a 2022-23 USIP Peace Scholar Fellow. I can be contacted at glevy2@uw.edu.
My work has been published or is forthcoming at the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the British Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Peace Research, and the Journal of Conflict Resolution. It has been generously supported by funders and collaborators including the National Science Foundation, the World Bank, the International Organization for Migration, and the United States Institute for Peace. In 2024, my dissertation won the American Political Science Association (APSA) Human Rights Section’s Best Dissertation Award and received honorable mention for the Political Psychology Section’s Best Dissertation Award.
In my research, I work to understand how individuals and societies interpret and come to terms with forms of political violence ranging from wartime civilian targeting to vigilante punishment to the extortion of migrants. In doing so, I explore questions of peace, human rights, accountability, and the rule of law. I focus on Latin America, particularly Colombia, and I draw on international relations, comparative politics, and political psychology. In this research, I endeavor to center theoretical innovation, case-specific knowledge, transparency and replicability, and the protection of research subjects.
