Isabelle Mireille Aboaf

Isabelle is a combined PhD candidate in Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She has research interests in contemporary gender, body, and labor politics. Her dissertation examines regulation of the fashion and modeling industries in France and its consequences for labor organization and social and cultural norms related to gender and health. Before coming to Yale, she worked as a federal auditor for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) in Washington, DC. Isabelle earned her BA in Government from Cornell University and was born and raised in the great state of Colorado.

Departments: Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies