Perri Mazurkewich is a PhD student in Political Science at Carleton University. She is currently working on courses in her declared concentrations of Gender & Diversity and Comparative Politics. Her research, supervised by Dr. Erin Tolley, focuses on gender, mass media, and political party leadership. Perri completed a Master’s in Political Science at Carleton University and an Honours Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Lethbridge. She is the coordinator of the Gender, Race, and Inclusive Politics (GRIP) lab and works on a myriad of gender- and race-related research projects for Dr. Tolley. She is the recipient of an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.