Graduate Students
Nandita Balakrishnan
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Political Methodology
Jonathan Chu
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Dissertation: The Liberal Democratic Community and Humanitarian War
Adriane Fresh
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Elites, Institutions and Development
Marlette Jackson
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Dissertation: Beyond the State: the Effect of Religious and Ethnic Elites on State Building in East Africa
Risa Kitagawa
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Dissertation: Violence, Justice, and Reconciliation
Nathan Lee
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
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
Glory Liu
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Dissertation: Inventing the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith in American Thought and Politics, 1776 to Present
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
Eric Min
Ph.D. Graduate
Fields of study: International Relations, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Negotiation in War
Julia Payson
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Dissertation: Public Interest: The Political Dynamics of Intergovernmental Lobbying
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
Ph.D. Candidate
Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Dissertation: The Moderates Dilemma: Obstacles to Mobilizing Against Islamist Extremism
Erik Peterson
Ph.D. Graduate
Fields of study: American Politics, Political Methodology
Dissertation: Causes and Consequences of News Media Content
Shiran 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
Graduate Student
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
