Ciara Sterbenz

Ciara Sterbenz is PhD candidate in Political Science at UCLA. Her research examines the intersection between domestic and international politics, exploring how domestic political climates affect behavior on the international stage, and conversely, how domestic audiences react to foreign policy. Her dissertation focuses on a subset of dyads in East Asia among South Korea, China, and Japan paying particular attention to the role of historical rivalry and legacies of colonialism and violence. She also has a strong interest in political methodology and is concurrently pursuing a Masters in Statistics at UCLA. Before coming to UCLA, she earned a BA in both Physics and Political Science at Columbia University.