Jessica Walker
Pronouns She / Her / Hers
Email jmwalker@usc.edu
Biography
Jessica Walker is a third-year Ph.D student specializing in Comparative Politics. Her broader academic interest lie at the intersection of conflict studies and history. Specifically, she is interested in contentious politics and the role that identity-formation, ideology, and organizational frameworks play in the emergence and duration of civil wars, revolutions, and social movements.
Jessica was born in Madrid, Spain and speaks four languages (English, Spanish, Italian, French). She holds an MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and a BA in Political Science and Francophone Studies from UMass Amherst. Prior to becoming a PhD student, she worked as a Research Associate at Harvard University.
Education
- MS London School of Econ and Pol Sci
- BA Univ Mass Amherst
- Univ. of Bologna
- Univ. of Paris VII