Soledad Artiz Prillaman is an assistant professor of political science at Stanford University. Her research lies at the intersections of comparative political economy, development, and gender, with a focus in South Asia. She is motivated by questions such as:

What are the political consequences of development and development policies, particularly for women’s political behavior?

How are minorities, specifically women, democratically represented and where do inequalities in political engagement persist and how are voter demands translated into policy and governance?

In answering these questions, she utilizes mixed methods, including field experiments, primary surveys, and in-depth qualitative fieldwork to identify empirical relationships as well as the underlying causal mechanisms.

She received a PhD in government at Harvard University in 2017 and a BA in political science and economics from Texas A&M University in 2011.