Kimberly Turner

Kimberly Turner is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University. Her research focuses on non-violent resistance efficacy, employment grievances in authoritarian regimes, and the intersection of education and mass protest dynamics. Methodologically, she specializes in non-parametric IRT and structural equation modeling (SEM).

Education: PhD in Political Science (Southern Illinois University, 2021). Previous institutional roles include full-time faculty at Slovakia's City University, teaching at College of DuPage, and TA roles at ICPSR's summer program. Professional experience includes corporate management, State Department internship in Haiti, and UN Association work in New York.

Key research areas include political economy, ethnic conflict, and social movements with a regional focus on the Middle East/North Africa. Awards include the Garcia Award (2017) and prestigious fellowships from the Mercatus Center and Illinois Diversifying Initiative. She actively advocates for diversity in political science, co-authoring works on conference accessibility for scholars of color.