Peer reviewed

Under review

  • "Does Gender Inclusion Equal Security Sector Reform? Implementing UNSCR 1325 in Côte d'Ivoire," revise and resubmit

Working papers

  • "Two Models, One Goal: Competing Paths to Gender Security"
  • "Local Initiative in Implementation of the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security Agenda”

Magazine articles

Blog posts

Invited talks

  • "Incorporating Development into the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda" – Gender Center, The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland, 7 June 2017
  • "Women's Participation in Politics and Peacebuilding in Mali" – Information Resource Center, U.S. Embassy, Bamako, Mali, 5 December 2016
  • "Women, Peacebuilding and Political Participation" – Information Resource Center, U.S. Embassy, Conakry, Guinea, 8 June 2016
  • "Women, Leadership, and Security" – U.S. Embassy, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 26 June 2015
  • "Women and Political Leadership" – American Corner, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 19 March 2015
  • "Women, Peace, and Security in Cote d'Ivoire" – Save the Children, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, 6 November 2014

Conference presentations

  • “Researching from Below: Feminist Field Research and the ‘Local Turn,’” Researching the United Nations and Other International Organizations Workshop, Geneva, Switzerland, 18–20 June 2018
  • “Development as a Priority Area in WPS National Action Plans: West Africa Case Studies,” EISA European Workshops in International Studies, Groningen, Netherlands, 6–9 June 2018
  • "Furthering the Local Turn: Feminist Fieldwork Methodologies in Peace and Conflict Studies,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 4–7 April 2018
  • "Gendering Peace and Security in Mali,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, 4–7 April 2018
  • "Incorporating Feminist Knowledges of Development in the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda,” International Feminist Journal of Politics Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2–3 April 2018
  • "Two Models, One Goal: Gender Security in Africa," African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 16–18 November 2017
  • "Redefining Peace and Security in Mali: Incorporating Women’s Perspectives," American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 31 August–3 September 2017
  • "Dueling Models: Tackling Women's Empowerment Through both Security and Development," European Conference on Politics and Gender, Lausanne, Switzerland, 8–10 June 2017
  • "Recentering the Policy Recipient: Self-Decolonizing Practices of Women in Conflict," Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders and Sexualities, Hempstead, NY, 1–4 June 2017
  • "Conceptualizing Peace Through Postcolonial Feminism: West African Case Studies," Feminist Peace Research Network Second Workshop, Lund, Sweden, 23–24 May 2017
  • “Holistic Women’s Security: Incorporating Development into the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, 22–25 February 2017
  • “Decolonizing Peace and Security Policies: Women’s Local Practices Overcoming International Discourses,” International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, 22–25 February 2017
  • Roundtable: The Academy as a Hostile Work Environment: Challenging the Chilly Climate for Women, International Studies Association Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD, 22–25 February 2017
  • "Decolonizing Peacebuilding Policies: Women's Local Practices and International Discourses," International Peace Research Association General Conference, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 27 November–1 December 2016
  • “How Local Women’s Peacebuilding Organizations Integrate Interfaith Perspectives,” Conference on Religion, Governance, and Humanitarianism in Africa, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 19–20 October 2016
  • "Enacting Inclusion: Women's Peace Participation in Cote d'Ivoire," selected for Junior Scholar Symposium, International Studies Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, 16–19 March 2016
  • "Online Organizing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Weighing Potential and Rhetoric Against Political Realities," International Studies Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, 16–19 March 2016
  • "Priorities in Tension: International Pressures and National Politics in Local Implementation of Cote d'Ivoire's National Action Plan," Workshop on Women, Peace and Security Post-2015: Concepts Criticisms and Challenges, London, UK, 9–10 March 2016
  • "Critical Questions on the Humanitarian Intervention in Biafra," Workshop on Rethinking the Origins of Humanitarian Action in Africa, Institute of African Studies, Accra, Ghana, 18–20 October 2015
  • "Security, Rights, and Sexualized Violence: A West African Lens into the UN Women, Peace, and Security Framework," International Feminist Journal of Politics Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 9–11 May 2014
  • "Security, Rights, and Sexualized Violence: A West African Lens into the UN Women, Peace, and Security Framework," Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 17–19 April 2014
  • "Contradictions of Gender Mainstreaming in Post-Conflict Institution-Building," International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, 26–29 March 2014
  • "Security, Rights, and Sexualized Violence: A West African Lens into the UN Women, Peace, and Security Framework," International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, 26–29 March 2014
  • Roundtable: De-Mystifying Twitter for Scholars of Comparative and International Politics, International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON, 26–29 March 2014
  • "Minding the Gaps: How Feminist Security Studies Can Reconcile 1325 Policy and Practice," International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA,  3–6 April 2013
  • "Feminist Security Studies and the United Nations: A More Human Human Security?" International Studies Association–West Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, 26–27 September 2012

Media appearances