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Research Interests

Gender and Politics; Institutions; Canadian Politics; Canadian Government; Gender Studies; Policymaking; Feminist Institutionalism; Violence Against Women; Canadian Political Parties

Brief Biography

Claire is a third year PhD Candidate studying in the Political Studies department at Queen’s University. Her first field of study is Gender and Politics, and second is Canadian Politics. Claire’s research focuses on intersectional forms of Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWIP). Her dissertation focuses on experiences of online VAWIP and the intersection of race and gender in Canadian politics.

Publications

(Book Review) Mountford C. A Review of Gender-Based Violence in Canadian Politics in the #MeToo Era edited by Tracey Raney and Cheryl Collier. Canadian Journal of Political Science. Published online 2025:1-2. doi:10.1017/S0008423925100796.

Wong, O., Mountford, C., and Von-Hlatky, S. Divide and Conquer: Russia’s Anti-West Campaign and Gender-Based Disinformation. International Journal. (forthcoming, summer 2026)

Conference Presentations

Westlake, Daniel, Robbins-Kanter, Jacob and Mountford, Claire, “Gender Identity and Candidate-Self Presentation: Assessing Provincial Election Candidates in Ontario and Quebec” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario. (2025)

Von-Hlatky, Stéfanie and Mountford, Claire, “Analyzing Russian Gender-Based Disinformation Narratives: An Analysis of Russia Today” Canadian Security Amid Global Change Research Symposium. Toronto, Ontario. (2025)

Mountford, Claire, “To Sanction or not to Sanction: Party Responses to Allegations of Sexual Violence” Presentation at the British Association of Canadian Studies (BACS) Annual Conference. Scotland, United Kingdom. (2025)

Wong, Owen and Mountford, Claire, “Analyzing Russian Gender-Based Disinformation Narratives: An Analysis of the EU Disinfo Dataset” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec. (2024)

Mountford, Claire, “To Sanction or not to Sanction: Party Responses to Allegations of Sexual Violence” Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference. Montreal, Quebec. (2024)

Selected Awards

• SSHRC Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral (2026-29)
• Trevor C. Holland Fellowship, Queen’s University (2025, declined in order to accept OGS)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Queen’s University (2025)
• Stanley Drabek Graduate Award, Queen’s University (2025)
• R. Samuel McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen’s University (2024)
• Faculty of Arts and Science Award for Social Justice, Queen’s University (2023)
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Queen’s University (2023)
• Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2022)
• ��ɫ��Ƶ Tri-Agency Recipient Recognition Award, Queen’s University (2022)

Teaching Experience

Bishop’s University – Instructor

POL*246 – The Politics of Gender and Sexuality, W26

Queen’s University – Course Co-Ordinator

POLS*111 – Power and Politics, F25

Queen’s University – Teaching Assistant

POLS*112 – Enduring Political Debates, W25

POLS*111 – Power and Politics, F24

POLS*212 – Canadian Politics, W24

POLS*110 – Introduction to Politics, F23, W24