Joelle Rosenberg

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Joelle Rosenberg

Graduate Student

Email: joellerosenberg@g.ucla.edu


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Degrees

  • M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles (2023)
  • B.A. Sociology (summa cum laude), University of California, Los Angeles (2020)

Fields of Study

Political Sociology; Political Violence and War; Genocide; Conflict-Related Sexual Violence; Organizational Sociology; Cultural Sociology; Comparative-Historical Sociology

Research

I am a third-year PhD student interested in political violence & war, organizations, and comparative-historical sociology. I am broadly interested in the causes and consequences of violence, and how states make decisions on how to carry it out. In particular, I study how the use of sexual violence against civilians varies across state organizations under authoritarian rulers. 

Awards & Grants

  • Summer Traineeship, University of California, Los Angeles 2023
  • Graduate Research Mentorship, University of California, Los Angeles, September 2022-June 2023.
  • Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, University of California, Los Angeles, June 2022-September 2022.
  • Department of Sociology Honors Program Award for Research Excellence, University of California, Los Angeles, June, 2020.
  • Susan Kellogg Endowed Student Award in the Sociology of Gender, University of California, Los Angeles, June, 2020.
  • Dean’s Prize for Research Excellence at Undergraduate Research Week, University of California, Los Angeles, May, 2020.

Conference Presentations

  • The Power of the State (and its Agencies): the Organizational Origins of Violent Repertoires. Panelist, Social Science History Association Annual Meeting, upcoming.
  • Challenging Autocracy: How State Organization Impacts Sexual Violence in Authoritarian Regimes. Panelist, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2023.
  • “‘¡Asesinas, terroristas, putas!’: Genocide, Gender, and Sexual Violence under the Argentinian Military Dictatorship of 1976-1983” Department nominated oral presentation at Undergraduate Research Week, University of California, Los Angeles, May 2020.
  • “‘¡Asesinas, terroristas, putas!’: Genocide, Gender, and Sexual Violence under the Argentinian Military Dictatorship of 1976-1983” Poster presentation at Thinking Gender: Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles, March 2020.

Advisors

  • Aliza Luft
  • Edward Walker