Amanda Edgell

Background

About Amanda Edgell

I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama, where I run the Comparative Political Regimes Lab and serve as the Associate Department Chair and Director of Graduate Studies. I am also a Research Associate at the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute.** I am currently taking new doctoral students. Feel free to indicate your interest in working with me in your statement of purpose.**My research focuses on political institutions in diverse settings, as well as, international norms, foreign aid, and gender politics. I have conducted fieldwork in D.R. Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, and Uganda. As a consultant, I have provided expertise on democratic governance, program initiation, survey design, and impact assessment for the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Agency for International Development (RiP), the U.S. Department of State, and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).