Allegra Abbruzzese

Allegra Abbruzzese serves as an Assistant Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation and is pursuing an M.Phil. at the RAND School of Public Policy. Previously, she held research positions at Claremont McKenna College's Policy Lab and Pitzer College's Title IX office during her undergraduate studies.

Her educational background:

• M.Phil. in Public Policy (in progress), RAND School of Public Policy
• B.A. in Political Studies with honors, Pitzer College

Ms. Abbruzzese's research focuses on policy solutions for gender-based violence in Europe, voter turnout analysis in federal elections, and intersections of climate change with global security frameworks. Her methodological expertise includes network analysis and survey research to address access to justice and public safety challenges.

She demonstrates technical proficiency in Stata, R Studio, SPSS, and Excel for policy analysis, with language fluency in English and Spanish plus conversational Italian supporting international research collaboration.