Political Science Ph.D. Students
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Subfields |
Research Interests |
Contact Information |
Remilekun Priscilla Adeniyi-Jones |
Major: International Relations and comparative politics Minor: methods |
Foreign Direct Investment, Interdependence and development of Africa, Foreign policy |
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Olayinka Akinade |
Major: Comparative Politics, International Relations Minor: Methods |
Political Institutions |
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Dipak Banjade |
Major: International Relations, Comparative Politics Minor: Public Administration |
Geopolitical Strategy and International Politics |
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Pablo Hernandez Borges |
Major: Comparative Politics, International Relations Minor: Methods |
Latin American Politics, Democratization, Legislatures, Gender Representation, Social Media |
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Chris Baroody |
Major: Comparative Politics, International Relations Minor: American Politics |
Insurgency and social banditry; corruption and state capture; narcoterrorism and narcoculture; political psychology |
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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 |
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Justin Carter |
Major: Comparative, American Minor: Methods |
Ethnic politics and conflict, security studies |
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Xiaoou Cheng |
Major: Public Administration Minor: American Politics |
Local governance, rural economic development, and financial management |
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Travis Cole |
Major: International Relations and American Politics Minor: Methods |
Economic Sanctions, Presidency, Congress, Methods |
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Morgan Davidson |
Major: American Politics & International Relations Minor: Public Policy |
Polarization, American Voter Behavior, American Foreign Policy, & Conflict Resolution |
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Waseem Ahmad Hajam |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics |
Research Interests: Populism in India, Ethnic Conflicts, South Asia |
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Timothy P. Holland |
Major: American, comparative Minor: International relations |
Electoral institutions, state and local politics, voting behavior, Legislative politics, GLBT politics |
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Lisa M. Holz |
Major: International Relations, Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Non-state actors, Military interventions, Gender, and Economic Statecraft; Human Trafficking / Irregular Migration |
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Mamudat Yetunde Jaji |
Major: International Relations Minor: Comparative Politics |
Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution and Coexistence |
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Zaur Kapanadze |
Major: Comparative and American Minor: IR |
post-soviet politics, legislatures, electoral systems, political institutions, democratization and party systems |
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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 |
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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 |
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Stephanie Mathiasen |
Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics Minor: Research Methods |
Campaign Financing, Elections, Congress, Presidency, and Political Behavior |
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Marissa McShane |
Majors: International Relations, Comparative Politics; Minor: Methods |
Cybersecurity, Human Rights, Religion, Refugee & Immigration Studies |
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Gor Mkrtchian |
Major: Comparative Politics and International Relations Minor: Economics |
Development Economics, International Political Economy |
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Delilah Mochoge |
Major: Public Administration, Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Health Politics and Policy, Public Policy, Political Participation, Race and Ethnicity Organization Management |
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Henry Moncrieff |
Major: International Relations, Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Civil-Military Relations, Authoritariansim, Latin American Politics, Security Studies |
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Silvio Livio Simonetti Neto |
Major: International relations, Comparative Minor: Methods |
International Trade, Economic Development, Multilateral Organizations |
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Wonah Odey |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Public Administration |
Research interests: Peace and Conflict, Peacebuilding, International Cooperation, Security Politics. |
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Olorunleke Ogungbe |
Major: International Relations, Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
International Migration, Diplomacy and Voting Behavior |
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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 |
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Sandhya Paudel |
Major: International Relations and comparative politics Minor: American politics |
Research Interests: Soft power Diplomacy, Diaspora politics, Development, and Globalization |
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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. |
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David Pena |
Major: American, comparative Minor: American Politics |
Political behavior, biopolitics, gender politics, institutions, Middle East politics |
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Juliana Gbemileke Popoola |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Human security, Peace Processes, Political Institutions |
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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 |
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Rimvydas Ragauskas |
Major: Comparative Politics and International Relations Minor: Methods |
Economic sanctions, political economy, electoral behavior |
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Dongan Tan |
Major: International Relations, Public Administration Minor: Methods |
Foreign policy, economic sanctions, globalization, political regime |
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Danie Vaughn |
Major: American Politics and Public Administration Minor: Public Policy |
Bureaucracy; Disaster Management & Risk; Environmental Justice; Climate, Environmental & Health Policy |
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James Wright |
Major: American Politics and International Relations Minor: Comparative Politics |
American voter behavior, voter behavior, American foreign policy |
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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 |
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