Gretchen Baldwin is a Senior Policy Analyst in IPI’s Women, Peace, and Security program, where she leads the Women in Peace Operations research track. Prior to joining the WPS team, she was the assistant editor at IPI, and she has been with the organization since September 2018.

Before joining IPI, Gretchen was an AC4 Graduate Fellow conducting field research on sustainable peace in Rwanda as well as a Fulbright student researcher in northern Cameroon. She also previously worked with the Bukavu Youth Action Center in Bukavu, DRC. Her current research interests include the gendered dimensions of political violence; masculinities; gendered community engagement and protection of civilians; and state violence. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post’s “Monkey Cage,” the Journal of Modern African Studies, Les ateliers de l’éthique/The Ethics Forum, and Fellow Travelers Blog.

Gretchen received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs in 2018 and a BA from Hope College in 2012.