Dr. Altier received her PhD from Princeton University and then worked as a postdoc on a project on terrorist disengagement, re-engagement, and recidivism at the Pennsylvania State University. She’s also conducted postdoctoral research on the stability of democracies formed during different wartime settings. Dr. Altier is currently working on a book manuscript based upon her dissertation, which won the American Political Science Association’s Ernst B. Haas Award in 2013. The project examines support for political parties associated with terrorists groups in relatively free and fair elections. She is also the 2015 recipient of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on European Politics and Society’s Best Paper Award and has published her work in a number of journals including the Journal of Peace Research, Security Studies, and Terrorism and Political Violence.