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Doctoral Student
World Politics

• Fields of Study

  • Mortaility and morbidity in Haiti
  • Politically motivated mass rape
  • Random GPS Coordinate Sampling
  • Impact of armed violence on civilians

• About

  Athena's research interests include the use of GIS in sampling, exposure to politically motivated violence including mass rape and torture, small arms violence, calculating mortality and morbidity in challenging and violent environments, and the impact of locus of control and past trauma on political behavior.  

  Publications include:  

  • Human Rights Abuses and Other Criminal Violations in Port-au Prince, Haiti
  • Survey Methods (in The Handbook of Social Work Research Methods)
  • Mortality, Crime and Access to Basic Needs Before and After the Haiti Earthquake
  • Testing Received Wisdom: Perceptions of Security in Southern Lebanon

  See Athena's personal website for other publications.  

   

   

• Education

  • Skidmore College, BA International Affairs and Labor Studies, 2000
  • University of Michigan, MA Political Science, 2011
  • Wayne State University, MSW in Interpersonal Practice, 2006
  • Golden Gate Seminary, MA Theology, 2002