Cyanne E. Loyle is the Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor and Professor of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University.

Prof. Loyle’s current research focuses on transitional justice adopted during and after armed conflict. Her current projects include work on rebel judicial institutions, government use and misuse of transitional justice, and judicial repression. This research includes fieldwork in Rwanda, Uganda, Mozambique, Nepal, Northern Ireland, and Turkey.

Prof. Loyle received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Maryland and her M.A. in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from Stockton University. Prof. Loyle is the co-Director of the Northern Ireland Research Initiative and co-creator of the Post-Conflict Justice (PCJ) and During-Conflict Justice (DCJ) databases. She is the co-convener of the Rebel Governance Network. Her work has been funded by the US National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the US Institute of Peace. Prof. Loyle is the author of the book Escaping Justice: Impunity for State Crimes in the Age of Accountability (Cambridge University Press, 2025) and co-author of Rebel Governance in the Age of Climate Change (Cambridge University Press, 2025). Additional information can be found on her website: www.cyanneloyle.com