Gabriella Levy

Gabriella Levy is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington. She was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University (2023-2024) as well as a Jennings Randolph Peace Scholar Fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace (2022-2023). She holds a Ph.D. (2023) in Political Science from Duke University as well as a BA (2017) in Political Science from Columbia University.

Her research explores the ways that people interpret, evaluate, and respond to various forms of political violence, ranging from wartime civilian targeting to vigilantism to repression. Her work focuses on Latin America; primarily uses survey methodologies; and draws on international relations, comparative politics, and political psychology. Her research has been published in 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. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the International Organization for Migration, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and the World Bank. At the University of Washington, she teaches courses on international relations, conflict, and political violence.