Shannon Nichols is a Quality Assurance Assistant, Global Coder at ACLED and has been with the organization since November 2021. She was originally a United States Researcher and Senior Research Assistant on the North America desk before joining the Methodology team where she performs quality checks of the data and integrates global source information into the dataset. Shannon holds an MSSc in Peace, Mediation, and Conflict Research as well as a BA in Politics and a BS in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology.