Dana Moyer is a fourth year PhD candidate in the Politics Department. Her research agenda centers on political violence in developing countries, particularly Latin America, in both authoritarian and democratic regimes. Her dissertation focuses on the political legacy of civil war. Specifically, under what conditions does violence against and governance of civilians during civil war affect civilians’ future political behavior? The working hypothesis is that actors engaged in conflict, i.e., rebel groups and the incumbent state, can either generate trust or generate trauma though their actions in different subnational areas during conflict, affecting how and how much communities engage with and behave in politics. She employs a mixed-method approach that uses observational, experimental and within case study research designs to answer this and related research questions.