Narrelle Gilchrist

Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Politics at Princeton University. Broadly, my research examines prejudice reduction, ethnic politics, and peace-building in post-conflict settings, with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. My dissertation project explores the implications of (not) teaching about historical violence to schoolchildren in post-conflict countries, drawing primarily on the context of Nigeria. I use an original inter-generational survey of 2600 parents and kids across 1300 households and a field experiment with 3600 students in 18 schools to examine the influence of different historical narratives and education about past violence on modern-day ethnic prejudice and tension. My work has been supported by grants from JPAL's Learning for All Initiative and APSA's Doctoral Dissertation Improvement program. In the past, I have also conducted fieldwork in Nairobi, Kenya. 

Prior to Princeton, I received a M.A. from the University of Chicago's Committee on International Relations, and a B.A. from the University of Florida, with a focus on African studies. In my spare time, I sing in choirs.