Graduate Students

Doctoral Students

Ph.D. Graduate Caucus Contact: Email [email protected]

American Politics

Jacob Ausubel
American Elections, Mis/Disinformation, Public Opinion, Religion and Politics

Sara Bornstein
Local politics, political psychology, survey research

Annika Davies
Political Institutions, Legislative Politics, Interest Groups

Kerry Synan
Judicial Politics, Political Institutions

Dan Ziebarth
Representation, Political Parties, Public Opinion, Local/Regional Governance

Comparative Politics

Sean Givnish
LGBT politics, African politics, Social movements, NGOs

Celina Hollmichel
Nationalism in Divided States, Refugee Integration, German and Korean Politics

Akbota Karibayeva
Authoritarianism, Identity, Elite Politics, Eurasia

Mayuko Maeda
Social movements, Disability Politics

Cameron Murdock
State Formation, State-society Relations

Bedirhan Mutlu
Religion and Politics, Democratization, Authoritarianism

Polina Protozanova
Authoritarianism, Identity Politics, Regime Transitions

Brayden Pun
Authoritarianism, Hong Kong Politics

Caleb H. Schmotter
Identity, Ethnicity, Public Policy

Anum Syed
Ethnic and Identity Politics, Social Movements, South Asian Politics

Daniel Trombly
Political violence, contentious politics

Migration, Nationalism, Ethnic Politics

Douglas Vantran
Chinese Politics, Foreign Investment

Raushan Zhandayeva
Political economy, Development, Inequality, Identity

Danning Zhang
Corruption, Political Economy, Authoritarianism

International Relations

Akshita Aggarwal
Borders, illegal migration, Human trafficking, Human Rights, International Political Economy, Institutionalism

Greg Brownstein
International Political Economy

Garrett Johnson
Global Governance, Politics of Development, Indigenous Politics

Elena Johnson Lafferty
Armed Conflict, Atrocity Prevention, Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Eunwoo Joo
National Security, Cyber Warfare, Propaganda, Technology

Tova Levin
Great Power Competition, Environment, Security, East Asia

Jittip Mongkolnchaiarunya
International security, cybersecurity, international norms

Stephen Rangazas
International security, Violence during civil wars

Kerin Shilla
International Law, Human Rights, Compliance, Institutions

Hannah Elyse Sworn
International Political Economy, Regulation and Governance, Intellectual Property, US-China Relations

Mila Temnyalova
European integration and disintegration, construction of national identity and collective memory

Alexander L. Wright
International Security, Interstate War

American Politics: Jamie Ford
U.S. Supreme Court, Judicial Politics, Institutional Legitimacy
Comparative Politics
International Relations: Karan Anavangot
Legal studies, international politics