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 |
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Istiak Ahmed |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
International Institutions, International Cooperation, International Aid, Refugee, Migrants and the Displaced |
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Samuel Allen |
Major: Comparative Politics and American Politics Minor: Womens and Gender Studies |
Intersectional Gender Representation; Political Representation and Policy Responsiveness; Institutionalized Colonialism; State Feminism; and Queer Methodology |
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Bryce Barnes |
Major: American Politics and International Relations Minor: Methods |
American state governments and voter cohesion in American elections. In addition; Elections in the Middle East and their consequences around the world. |
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Princess Bamfoah Badu |
Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics |
Women and Politics, Elections, Incumbency Advantage, Black Representation, Political Communication, Corruption, Democracy and Governance |
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Saurabh Bhimke |
Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics Minor: Research Methods |
Political communications, public opinion, political behavior, quantitative research methods. |
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Luisa Garcia-Carrion |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Research interests: complexity and public policy, international politics, political economy and post-Soviet politics |
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Nixon Chekenya |
Major: Public Administration and American Politics Minor: Methods |
Foreign aid, organized crime, human rights, food security |
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Xiaoou Cheng |
Major: Public Administration and American Politics Minor: Methods |
Collaborative governance, intergovernmental relations, local politics, sustainability policy, rural politics. |
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Morgan Davidson |
Major: American Politics & International Relations Minor: Methods |
Polarization, American Voter Behavior, American Foreign Policy, & Civil Conflict |
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Pa Modou Drammeh |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Research Methods |
Democratic Backsliding and Military Coups; Democratization and Autocratization; Political and Democratic Institutions; Conflict and Political Violence (organized violence, civil wars, and post-election scenarios); Peace Processes; International Relations (foreign policy, diplomacy, security, and international institutions); Human Rights Violations and Repression ( politicide, genocide, torture, and political surveillance). |
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April Flores |
Major: American Politics |
Political communication, public opinion, voter behavior, political psychology |
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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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Lucia Hernandez |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics |
War, terrorism, and counterterrorism |
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Zaur Kapanadze |
Major: Comparative Politics and American Politics Minor: Methods |
Business and Politics, Comparative Politics, Electoral Systems, Oligarchs, Post-Communist Politics, Political Economy, and Legislative Behavior |
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Hoan La |
Major: International Relations and Public Administration Minor: Methods |
Humanitarian consequences of international conflicts (economic sanctions & armed conflicts); gender and politics; and state capacity and governance. |
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Brandon Loo |
Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Civil Rights, Legislative & Judicial Behavior |
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Stephanie Mathiasen |
Major: American Politics and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Campaign Finance, Elections, Congress, 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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Abigail Miller |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics |
Democratic backsliding, peace and conflict resolution, and gender politics |
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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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Oluwaseun Emmanuel Okajare |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
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: Methods |
Foreign aid, gender, development diplomacy, conflict, and ethnic politics |
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Juliana Popoola |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Domestic Conflict, Rebel Justice, Peacebuilding, Human Security |
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Noah Pruit |
Major: comparative politics and international relations Minor: Methods |
Democratic Backsliding, Executive Aggrandizement, Party System Institutionalization, Political Attitudes, and Political Behavior. |
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Rimvydas Ragauskas |
Major: Comparative Politics and International Relations Minor: Methods |
Economic sanctions, political economy, electoral behavior |
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Mithila Sikder |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Research Methods |
Refugee, migrants, and displaced; diplomacy; foreign Policy; human rights; conflict resolution |
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Dongan Tan |
Major: International Relations, Public Administration Minor: Methods |
Economic Sanctions, Globalization, International Security, Foreign Policy, Political Economy, Trade Networks, Political Stability, and Military Sanctions |
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Kinsey Uptmor |
Major: International Relations Minor: Comparative Politics |
Intercultural conflict solution, counterterrorism, the US border crisis, and US involvement in the Middle East |
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Ivan Dario Zapata Duque |
Major: International Relations and Comparative Politics Minor: Methods |
Political Economy, Rent-Seeking, and Rent Distribution; Domestic Political Institutions and Economic Development; Determinants and consequences of Foreign Direct Investment; Legalized Dispute Resolution & International Organizations. |
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Nila Zarepour-Arizi |
Major: International Relations, Comparative politics Minor: Methods |
Gender and National Security, Economic Sanctions, Authoritarianism, U.S. Foreign Policy, Immigration, Middle East Politics, Applied Methods |
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