Allegra Abbruzzese

Allegra Abbruzzese is an M.Phil. student at the RAND School of Public Policy and an assistant policy researcher at RAND. Her research focuses on countering violent extremism within the United States and in Latin America. She uses qualitative and mixed methods, with extensive experience using qualitative coding, survey design and analysis, conducting interviews, and has familiarity with Stata.  

Prior to joining RAND, she graduated from Pitzer College with honors in political studies. During her time at Pitzer, she worked as a policy research fellow at Claremont McKenna College’s Policy Lab, where she collected data for a research paper on voter turnout in federal elections. Additionally, she worked as the student program advisor for Pitzer College’s Title IX office, where she conducted interviews and reviewed literature on best practice. Her undergraduate thesis contained original research on policy solutions to gender-based violence in Europe.