Toni Kirby

Position title: Ph.D. Student: International Relations

Email: antonette.kirby@wisc.edu

Research Interests

Political psychology, ideology, social identity, alliance dynamics, gender issues.

Biography

Antonette (Toni) Kirby is a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on political psychology within the realm of international relations. Toni received her BA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she studied forensic psychology and international studies with an emphasis on Russia and Post-Soviet States. She continued her education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, earning her MS in international relations where her work centered on gender, social identity, and political behavior in the U.S. and East Asia. Additionally, she received certificates in national security and intelligence as well as American government.