Conferences

Selected conference papers, posters and talks, and panel roles at academic conferences.

Presentations

2026
ForthcomingNov 23, 2026

From Insurgency to Peace? What Turkey’s Peace Process with the PKK Can Learn from Colombia’s Experience with the FARC

Rutgers University, 15 Seminary Place

Research talkApr 2026

Beyond Destruction: War as Generative in Turkey and Colombia’s Feminist Political Parties

Postdoc Research Talk, Rutgers University

2025
PaperNov 2025

Denied Motherhood? A Militarized Feminist Approach to the Realities of Armed Insurgency

International Studies Association–Northeast (ISA-NE)

PaperNov 2025

Authoritarian Feminism? Examining Command Structure and Hierarchy in the Gender-Progressive FARC and PKK

International Studies Association–Northeast (ISA-NE)

Book chapterApr 2025

From Soldiers to Feminists: Examining the Wartime Variables Transforming the Colombian Guerrillas

Center for Iberoamerican Studies (CEIUPRA), University of Puerto Rico

Virtual presentation

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Book chapterMar 2025

From Soldiers to Feminists: Examining the Wartime Variables Transforming the Colombian and Kurdish Guerrillas

Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS)

University of Delaware, Newark, United States

2024
Book projectNov 2024

Insurgent Feminism: A Comparative-Empirical Analysis of the Colombian FARC and Kurdish PKK-YPG Guerrillas

McKnight Fellows Annual Conference

Tampa, United States

PaperApr 2024

War Creates States, but Does It Also Breed Feminism? A Transregional Empirical Comparison of the Colombian FARC and Kurdish PKK/YPG

Cornell University Reppy Peace and Justice Fellows Annual Conference

Ithaca, United States

2023
PaperSep 2023

War Creates States, but Does It Also Breed Feminism? A Transregional Empirical Comparison of the Colombian FARC and Kurdish PKK/YPG

International Studies Association–Latin America and the Caribbean (ISA-LAC)

Bogotá, Colombia

2021
PaperApr 2021

War Creates States, but Does It Also Breed Gender Equality? Examining the Feminist Commitment of Latin America’s Post-Conflict Political Parties

International Studies Association (ISA)

Virtual conference, United States

2019
PaperMar 2019

Insurgent Feminism: A Comparative Analysis of Colombian and Kurdish Female Guerrillas’ Contributions to Democracy

International Studies Association (ISA)

Toronto, Canada

2018
PaperNov 2018

Insurgent Feminism: A Comparative Analysis of Colombian and Kurdish Female Guerrillas’ Contributions to Democracy

International Studies Association–Northeast (ISA-NE)

Baltimore, United States

PaperJul 2018

Insurgent Feminism in the 2016 Colombian Peace Deal

FLACSO–International Studies Association (FLACSO-ISA)

Quito, Ecuador

2017
PosterApr 2017

Gender Representation in Political Leadership: Analyzing Bourdieu’s “Double-Bind” Under the Presidencies of Cristina Fernández and Dilma Rousseff

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)

Chicago, United States

Panel Service at Conferences

2025
Discussant and chairNov 2025

Panel: “Narratives of Vulnerability”

International Studies Association–Northeast (ISA-NE)

DiscussantMay 2025

Panel: “Sexual Violence and Conflict”

Politics and Gender Conference

Rutgers University–New Brunswick