She received Ph.D. in Political Science at Purdue University in 2006. Dr. Avdeyeva's research interests are at the intersection of comparative politics and international relations with a focus on women's rights and gender politics and a regional interest in post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. Her work appeared in International Research Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Comparative European Politics, Social Politics, and International Journal of Human Rights, among other journals. Currently, Dr. Avdeyeva is working on a comparative cross-national book project examining compliance of European Union (EU) Enlargement states with requirements on gender equality in the labor market.