Research

My research agenda seeks to examine two phenomenons:

(1) what are the ways in which security cooperation impacts militarized interstate disputes (MIDs) and bilateral trade flows?

(2) how does exposure to political violence impact marginalized groups?

Research Positions:

RAND Summer Associate, Arroyo Army Research Division, 2024.

• Adjunct Staff, RAND, Arroyo Army Research Division, 2024.

Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) for Transnational Security Cooperation Agreement Database with Dr. Brandon Kinne, 2022-2023.

Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) for Defense Cooperation Agreement Dataset & Transnational Security Cooperation Agreement Database with Dr. Brandon Kinne, 2026.

Working Papers:

Introducing the Security Cooperation Score (solo authoring)

Transnational Security Cooperation Agreements (co-authoring with Timea Balogh, Patrick Bernhard, Nahrain Bet Younadam, Dylan Forrester, Brandon J. Kinne, Enrico LaVina, Andrew Roskos-Ewoldsen, Daniel Scates, and Anya Stewart)

Political Violence Exposure in Iraq and its Impact on Minority Groups (co-authoring with Dr. Shamiran Mako)

State Capacity and Terrorist Alliance Formation: A Dual-sided Theory of Demand and Supply (solo authoring)

Peer-Reviewed Articles:

Acevedo, Emily, Alexandra J. Lazar. “Active Learning and Interpersonal Skill Set Development Among First-Generation College Students,” International Studies Perspectives, 2021.

Book Chapters:

Gar Culbert and Alexandra J. Lazar. “An Extraordinary Set of Circumstances: Rouda vs. Rohrabacher in California’s 48th Congressional District,” chapter in Cases in Congressional Campaigns - Split Decisions, editors: Randall E. Adkins and David A. Dulio. Routledge, 2019.