She received her PhD in political science at Yale University, and received her BA at Brown University in international relations. Her dissertation was awarded the APSA APCG-Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award in African politics in 2015. Dr. Hartman’s research interests include the social origins of violence, and how individuals, communities and states construct order. She has conducted field research on questions related to land disputes, access to formal justice, property rights and how violence affect individual and group identity in countries such as Liberia, Egypt and Jordan. Dr. Hartman has published articles in journals such as Journal of Peace Research and American Political Science Review.