Graduate Students
Nandita Balakrishnan
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Political Methodology
Alexandra Blackman
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Dissertation: Spatial Distribution of State Power in Tunisia
Jonathan Chu
Post-doctoral Fellow
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Dissertation: The Liberal Democratic Community and Humanitarian War
Cameron DeHart
PhD Candidate
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Dissertation: The Elite Origins of Local Elective Offices in the United States
Mathilde Emeriau
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Discrimination and Integration of Refugees in France
Jane Esberg
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: Strategies of Repression: Killings, Courts, and Censorship in Authoritarian Regimes
Adriane Fresh
Post-doctoral Fellow
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Elites, Institutions and Development
Marc Grinberg
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Political Theory
Dissertation: Strategic Manipulation: The Strategic Logic of Military Transfers
Masha Krupenkin
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: American Politics, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Essays on Partisan Negativity
Nathan Lee
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
Chloe Lim
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Political Methodology, American Politics
Dissertation: Can fact-checking prevent politicians from lying
Adam Liu
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: Market Development without Limited Government: The Political Economy of Banking in China
Lizhi Liu
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: From Click to Boom: The Political Economy of E-Commerce in China
Iris Malone
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Insurgency Formation and Civil War Onset
Lachlan McNamee
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: Demographic Engineering: Geopolitics, State-Sponsored Demographic Change, and the Construction of Political Order
Kevin Mintz
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Dissertation: Sex-Positive Political Theory: Pleasure, Power, Public Policy and the Pursuit of Sexual Liberation
David Peña Rangel
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Political Theory, International Relations
Dissertation: Leveling Down All Things Considered
Rebecca Perlman
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Dissertation: For Safety or Profit? The Determinants of Global Health and Safety Regulations
Kerry Persen
Post-doctoral Fellow
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: The Moderates Dilemma: Obstacles to Mobilizing Against Islamist Extremism
S. Victoria Shen
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: Political Pollution Cycle: The Inconvenient Truth and How to Break It
Bradley Spahn
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Political Methodology, American Politics
Dissertation: Before the American Voter
Elisabeth van Lieshout
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
John Young
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Dissertation: The Politics of Space: Democracy and Autonomy in the Urban Landscape
Kelly Zhang
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Dissertation: Corrupting Politicians: Evidence from Kenya
