Liana Eustacia Reyes, JD, PhD, is an assistant professor and founder and director of the Law and Conflict (LAC) Research Lab at Purdue University’s Department of Political Science. Her research examines the determinants and consequences of conflict resolution, with emphasis on law and armed conflict. Her work appears in the International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management and Peace Science, and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. Dr. Reyes has held several fellowships, including the Rosenwald Fellowship at Dartmouth College’s John Sloan Dickey Center and the Provost Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD in political science from Rice University, an MA in politics from NYU, and an MA in global affairs and JD from Florida International University. Prior to academia, Dr. Reyes gained unique professional experiences that expand across industries: national security, intelligence and investigations, and law. She draws on the expertise she developed throughout these experiences, which include fieldwork in Latin America, when examining political phenomena.