Julia Rubio is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at Columbia University, with more than 8 years of experience in conducting research for academic institutions and consulting in the private and public sectors.
Julia is passionate about conducting research using mix-methods approaches. She has done fieldwork in several countries (Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and South Africa) and was trained in cutting-edge quantitative and qualitative methodological techniques. She is also experienced in data analysis, survey design and analysis, and research designs for causal inference.
In her dissertation, she uses rigorous quantitative analyses to understand why women and minorities are underrepresented in democratic settings around the world (Latin America, US, and Australia).