Political Science Ph.D. Students

Name	Subfields	Research Interests	Contact Information
Mary Acquah Afari	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics	Human rights, international institutions, and development	mafari@ttu.edu
Samuel Allen	Major: Comparative Politics and American Politics	Political representation, gender and class inequality, state feminism, indigenous politics, and institutionalized colonialism	all52108@ttu.edu
Chris Baroody	Major: Comparative Politics, International Relations Minor: American Politics	Insurgency and social banditry; corruption and state capture; narcoterrorism and narcoculture; political psychology	cbaroody@ttu.edu
Saurabh Bhimke	Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics, Minor: Research Methods	Political communications, public opinion, political behavior, quantitative research methods.	sabhimke@ttu.edu
Luisa Garcia-Carrion	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Public Policy	Research interests: complexity and public policy, international politics, political economy and post-Soviet politics	luisa.garcia-carrion@ttu.edu
Justin Carter	Major: Comparative, American Minor: Methods	Ethnic politics and conflict, security studies	justin.carter@ttu.edu
Xiaoou Cheng	Major: Public Administration Minor: American Politics	Local governance, rural economic development, and financial management	xiaoou.cheng@ttu.edu
Travis Cole	Major: International Relations and American Politics Minor: Methods	Economic Sanctions, Presidency, Congress, Methods	travis.j.cole@ttu.edu
Morgan Davidson	Major: American Politics & International Relations Minor: Public Policy	Polarization, American Voter Behavior, American Foreign Policy, & Conflict Resolution	dav07043@ttu.edu
Pa Modou Drammeh	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics, Minor: Public Policy	Foreign policy, diplomacy, military interventions, political Institutions, democratization, peace processes and conflict, security issues, transitional justice	pdrammeh@ttu.edu
Ivan Dario Zapata Duque	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics, Minor: Research Methods	Foreign direct investment, state's regulatory power and investment protection, dispute resolution, international political economy, economic development	izapatad@ttu.edu
Sabrina Fernandez	Major: Comparative Politics and American Politics	Party polarization affects law making	sabferna@ttu.edu
Waseem Ahmad Hajam	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics	Research Interests: Populism in India, Ethnic Conflicts, South Asia	whajam@ttu.edu
Lucia Hernandez	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics	War, terrorism, and counterterrorism	lucia.hernandez@ttu.edu
Zaur Kapanadze	Major: Comparative and American Minor: IR	post-soviet politics, legislatures, electoral systems, political institutions, democratization and party systems	zaur.kapanadze@ttu.edu
Hoan La	Major: International Relations & Public Administration Minor: Public Policy & Research Methods	Political Economy of International Cooperation, US-Asia Pacific Relations, US Foreign Policy in Asia Pacific, Social Policy, Environmental Policy, Women's Rights and Development	hla@ttu.edu
Joshua Martinez	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Research Methods	Research Interests: International Institutions, enforcement mechanisms, public vs. private space development, and east Asia politics	mar87149@ttu.edu
Stephanie Mathiasen	Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics Minor: Research Methods	Campaign Financing, Elections, Congress, Presidency, and Political Behavior	stmathia@ttu.edu
Marissa McShane	Majors: International Relations, Comparative Politics; Minor: Methods	Cybersecurity, Human Rights, Religion, Refugee & Immigration Studies	mmcshane@ttu.edu
Abigail Miller	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics	Democratic backsliding, peace and conflict resolution, and gender politics	Abby.miller@ttu.edu
Gor Mkrtchian	Major: Comparative Politics and International Relations Minor: Economics	Development Economics, International Political Economy	Gor.Mkrtchian@ttu.edu
Delilah Mochoge	Major: Public Administration, Comparative Politics Minor: Methods	Health Politics and Policy, Public Policy, Political Participation, Race and Ethnicity Organization Management	delilah.b.mochoge@ttu.edu
Henry Moncrieff	Major: International Relations, Comparative Politics Minor: Methods	Civil-Military Relations, Authoritariansim, Latin American Politics, Security Studies	Henry.Moncrieff@ttu.edu
Silvio Livio Simonetti Neto	Major: International relations, Comparative Minor: Methods	International Trade, Economic Development, Multilateral Organizations	Silvio-Livio.Simonetti-Neto@ttu.edu
Oluwaseun Emmanuel Okajare	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods	Research Interests: International Political Economy, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Aid, Human Rights, and Development Studies	ookajare@ttu.edu
Sandhya Paudel	Major: International Relations and comparative politics Minor: American politics	Research Interests: Soft power Diplomacy, Diaspora politics, Development, and Globalization	sandpaud@ttu.edu
Wilson Pemboh	Major: International Relations, Comparative Politics Minor: Public Administration	Failed political leadership across Africa and its impact on race relations in the United States (controlling for Slavery as a key variable); Africa's incessant reliance on foreign aid and its impact on economic development across the continent.	wpemboh@ttu.edu
David Pena	Major: American, comparative Minor: American Politics	Political behavior, biopolitics, gender politics, institutions, Middle East politics	david.pena@ttu.edu
Juliana Gbemileke Popoola	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods	Human security, Peace Processes, Political Institutions	jpopoola@ttu.edu
Noah Pruit	Major: comparative politics and international relations; Minor: Methods	The interplay between democracy and illiberal regimes, with a particular focus on democratic backsliding and the increasing occurrence of hybrid and illiberal regimes around the world	nopruitt@ttu.edu
Rimvydas Ragauskas	Major: Comparative Politics and International Relations Minor: Methods	Economic sanctions, political economy, electoral behavior	rimvydas.ragauskas@ttu.edu
Mithila Sikder	Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics, Minor: Research Methods	Refugee, migrants, and displaced; diplomacy; foreign Policy; human rights; conflict resolution	misikder@ttu.edu
Dongan Tan	Major: International Relations, Public Administration Minor: Methods	Foreign policy, economic sanctions, globalization, political regime	dongan.tan@ttu.edu
Danie Vaughn	Major: American Politics and Public Administration Minor: Public Policy	Bureaucracy; Disaster Management & Risk; Environmental Justice; Climate, Environmental & Health Policy	danie.vaughn@ttu.edu
James Wright	Major: American Politics and International Relations Minor: Comparative Politics	American voter behavior, voter behavior, American foreign policy	james.wright@ttu.edu
Nila Zarepour-Arizi	Major: International Relations, Comparative politics Minor: Methods	Gender and Conflict, Security Issues, Economic Sanctions, Authoritarianism, Human Rights, Immigration, Politics of Middle East, Environment and Politics	nila.zarepour-arizi@ttu.edu

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