Iris Fiona Brauer

Originally from San Francisco, Fiona received her B.A. at the University of Chicago, in Law, Letters, and Society, with a minor in Democracy Studies. At UChicago, she participated in research projects on American political violence with the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, and did work on comparative democratic backsliding with the Democratic Erosion Consortium. She was a 2023-24 James Gaither Junior Fellow with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., where she did research in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program on the intersection of technology, trade, and democracy. Prior to SPIA, Fiona worked as an international trade specialist at McDermott Will and Emery. At Princeton, she hopes to examine the impact of changing U.S. trade and economic policy on international politics and democracy (and also hopes to camp, hike, and explore the Garden State!).