Mazie Bernard

Mazie is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Purdue University. She studies international political economy, focusing on ideational change in global economic governance and international expertise. Her dissertation explores how gendered economic ideas are created and transformed within international institutions in the fields of development finance, public health, and digital inclusion. She also conducts research on the use of AI by international experts, including the implementation of AI tools at the United Nations and AI applications in foreign assistance decision-making. Mazie uses a multi-method approach, with experience in elite interviewing, qualitative analysis, experimental design, and computational text analysis.