Amelia Hoover

Field Consultant

Amelia Hoover, M.Phil., is a Field Consultant to HRDAG, a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Yale University, and a 2008-2009 Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. Ms. Hoover began work for HRDAG in January 2007 and continued as the 2007-2008 Research Fellow. Her HRDAG work includes data analysis and writing on Kosovo, Colombia and Liberia, among other projects. In addition, Ms. Hoover has been closely involved with HRDAG projects to bridget the academy/advocacy divide.

Ms. Hoover's dissertation project, using HRDAG data, is among the first social science projects to use multiple systems estimation to correctly describe patterns of civil war violence. The dissertation explores the effects of armed group institutions for ideological indoctrination, discipline and socialization on patterns of violence against noncombatants. She earned her B.A., with High Honors in Political Science and Mathematical Statistics, from Swarthmore College in 2003.

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