Eva Stanley

Eva Stanley is the 2023-24 Freedom in the World Junior Fellow for Africa. She graduated from Middlebury College in 2023 with a B.A. in International & Global Studies. Eva is interested in the intersections of polarization and nationalism and their effects on democratic backsliding and the impact of autocratization on humanitarian aid. Before joining Freedom House, Eva pursued research exploring the role of gender and sexuality in the leadership of Western and Central European right-wing populist parties.