Julie Marzec is a Social Policy Ph.D. student at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and a Master of Arts in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Cincinnati. For her master’s thesis, she conducted qualitative field research focused on state responses to gender-based violence in Ecuador since the political Left Turn. She was also a member of the University of Cincinnati Gender Equity Research Team, conducting a gender equity analysis of the City of Cincinnati, commissioned by the City of Cincinnati Gender Equality Task Force. Her other research interests include transnational feminisms, critical development studies, migration, and public policy.