Caitlin Andrews
Graduate student
Education: B.A., History/Political Science, 2009, Colorado College
Interests: Comparative Politics, Latin America, Democratization, Political Culture, Institutional Development, Peronism
Brendan Apfeld
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, 2010; M.Ed., 2012, University of Notre Dame
Alec Arellano
Graduate student
alec.arellano88 [at] gmail [dot] com
Education: BA, Political Science, Colorado College
Interests: Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, Nietzsche, Claude Lefort, Democratic Theory, Classical Political Thought, Constitutional Law and Theory, Jurisprudence
Ingrid Ashida
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Carlton College
Interests: Theoretical foundations of liberalism, early modern political thought, classical political thought
Omar Awapara
Doctoral Candidate
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Regimes and Institutions, Latin American Politics
Christina Noriega Bambrick
Doctoral Candidate
Education: MA, Government - University of Texas, BA, Philosophy and Legal Studies - Scripps College
Interests: Constitutional theory and development, American and comparative constitutionalism, rights and horizontality, republicanism, liberalism, religion and politics, political philosophy, history of political thought
Abraham Barranca
Graduate student
Education: BA, Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park
Interests: Democratic forms, social equity, minority inclusion, pluralism, social movements, constitutional theory, comparative constitutionalism and institutional design
Pedro M. Barros
Graduate student
Education: Master of Science (MSc), International Political Economy (Research), London School of Economics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics - Quantitative Emphasis, University of Minnesota; Exchange Program, Harvard University
Interests: International and Comparative Political Economy in the Global South. Foreign Portfolio Investment, Foreign Direct Investment, and Domestic Institutions
Torben Behmer
Graduate student
Education: MA, International Economics, Georg- August University of Gottingen
Interests: International political economy, foreign direct investment, international trade, foreign aid
Thomas Bell
Graduate student
Education: BA, Trinity University (TX)
Interests: Public law, American Politics, Constitutional Theory, Separation of Powers, American Constitutional Development, American Political Thought, Tocqueville, and Religion and Politics
Zachary Bennett
Graduate student
zachary.r.bennett@utexas.edu |
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Education: B.A., Political Science, Davidson College (2011)
Interests: Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Citizenship & Civic Education; Classical & Modern Political Philosophy; Public Law
Christine Bird
Graduate student
Education: JD, Oklahoma City University School of Law, BA, Political Science, University of Oklahoma
Interests: Law and Politics, Judicial Politics, Civil Rights, Women in Law and Politics, Human Rights, Nonprofit Organizations
Abby K Blass
Graduate student
Education: BA Political Science, University of Michigan
Interests: Judicial Politics, American Politics, Comparative Politics, Constitutional Law
Thomas Burt
Graduate student
Education: MA, Latin American Caribbean Studies, Columbia University
Interests: Transitions to democracy; democratic consolidation; social policy; authoritarianism; Latin America
Kai Yue "Theodore" Charm
Graduate student
Education: Master of Mathematics, Oxford University
Interests: Conservation for sustainable development, international relations of the Asia Pacific, capitalism and social justice, East Asian regional cooperation
Thomas Conroy
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science and Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana
Interests: Political institutions and political behavior
Hillary Corwin
Graduate student
hillary.corwin@utexas.edu |
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Education: MS, International Political Economy, The University of Texas at Dallas
Interests: Political Economy, Economic Development, Conflict, Human Rights, Game Theory, Impact Evaluation
Joseph Cozza
Graduate student
Education: MS, Comparative Politics, London School of Economics, BA, Political Science, Villanova University
Interests: Constitutional theory and design, institutional design, judicial systems and public law, democratization, civil-military relations, and issues regarding national identity and nation-building in divided societies, constitutional/national referenda
Laura De Castro Quaglia
Graduate student
Education: MA, International Stategic Studies, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, BA, International Relations, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Interests: National security institutional design and evolution in the US, Europe, and South America
Michael Denly
Graduate student
Education: MA, Development Management and Policy, Georgetown
Interests: Anti-corruption; governance; clientelism; international development; Latin America; political economy
Jacob Dizard
Graduate student
Education: BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MA, Johns Hopkins University
Interests: Comparative Politics, Public Law
Drake Dragon
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science and History, University of California- Davis, AA, Political Science, Los Angeles City College
Interests: Ancient and late-modern political theory, history of political thought, structural realism, U.S-China security relations, ethics
Lindsay Dun
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Interests: Political behavior, elections, computational methods
Maraam Dwidar
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, University of California, Davis
Interests: Interest groups, lobbying coalitions, minority politics, bureaucratic politics, agenda setting
Alexander Dwyer
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science & Music, Southern Methodist University
Interests: The Middle East, ethnicity, separatism, democratization, language and society
Connor Dye
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Economics, Randolph College
Interests: Inequality, public opinion and public policy, agenda setting, Veterans' Affairs policy
Rebecca Eissler
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Political Science, Tulane University
Interests: American Politics, Political Institutions, Public Policy
Thomas Elliott
Graduate student
Education: BA in Political Science and Spanish, Whittier College
Interests: Institutions, institutional change, labor regulation, political economy
Megan Farrell
Graduate student
megan.farrell@utexas.edu; mmt5094@gmail.com
Interests: Terrorism, Civil Conflict, Alliances, Methodology
Klara Fredriksson
Graduate student
Education: BS, Politics and Economics, Lund University
Interests: Political behavior, voter behavior, political participation
Kevin Galambos
Graduate student
Education: BA, Mathematics and Political Science, Emory University
Interests: Foreign policy, Slavic nations
Rachel German
Graduate student
Education: BS, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Public Policy, American Politics
Michael Gibbs
Graduate student
Education: BA, Public and International Affairs, 2012, Princeton University
Interests: Authoritarianism, civil-military relations
Nadine Gibson
Graduate student
Education: M.S. Statistics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Election Administration, Voting Equipment, Voting and Elections, Political Behavior
Tara Ginnane
Graduate student
Education: LL.M, University of Chicago, BA Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Interests: Constitutional theory, comparative constitutionalism, republican political theory
Iasmin Goes
Graduate student
Education: B.A. Political Science and M.A. Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Interests: Authoritarianism, inequality, fiscal policy and welfare
Zachary Goldberg
Graduate student
Education: MA, Liberal Arts, St. John's College, BA, Government, Harvard University
Interests: History of political philosophy, Tocqueville, Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, American constitution, American founding, American political development, contemporary American politics
Kimberly Gouz Guiler
Graduate student
Education: M.A. in Social Sciences, The University of Chicago; B.A. in Political Science and B.S. in Journalism, The University of Florida
Interests: Middle East politics; voting behavior; Islamist movements; religion and politics; hybrid regimes; survey, experimental and quantitative methodologies
Abigail Henninger
Graduate student
Education: JD, University of Chicago Law School, BA, English and Poltical Science, Wellesley College
Interests: American legal realism, the Technocracy movement, constitutional jurisprudence and interpretation, democratic theory, theories of representation, comparative institutional competence, empirical assessment of institutional capacity
Roman Hlatky
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Vassar College
Interests: European Union integration, former Soviet satellite states, minority politics
Alexander Hudson
Graduate student
Education: BA, Pensacola Christian College; MA, University of Waterloo
Interests: Constitution-making processes; comparative study of constitutions; state building; e-democracy
Colby Humphrey
Graduate student
Education: MPA, Public Management, Texas A&M University, BA, Journalism, Baylor University
Interests: The intersection of political parties and policy; how institutions are impacted by political parties; campaigns & elections
Joanne D. Ibarra
Graduate student
Education: BA, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: American Politics, Methodology
Anthony Ives
Graduate student
Education: MA, University of Texas at Austin; M.Ed, Arizona State University; BA, Washington and Lee
Interests: American Political Development, Congress, The Founding, Early Modern Political Thought, American Political Thought, Political Thought of Frederick Douglass
Siyun Jiang
Graduate student
Education: M.Phil Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Interests: Comparative politics, political economy, authoritarian regime
Stephen Joyce
Graduate student
Education: M.Phil., Oxford University, St. Antony's College, M.A.L.A., St. John's College Graduate Institute, A.B., Middlebury College
Interests: Public Law, Comparative Politics, Latin America,
Jay Chieh Kao
Graduate student
Education: B.A., National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Interests: Authoritarian Politics, Propaganda, Public Opinions, Experiment, Causal Inference, Chinese Politics
Kyosuke Kikuta
Graduate student
Education: M.A. of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Interests: Civil War, Environmental Change, Research Design, GIS Analysis
Woong Kwon
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, Yonsei University, BA, Political Science and Diplomacy, Yonsei University
Interests: Immigration and social policies in advanced political economies
Joshua Landry
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Transylvania University
Interests: International conflict/cooperation, international rivalry, ethnicity and conflict
Hans-Inge Lango
Graduate student
Education: M.A. in International Relations, Boston University
Interests: International conflict, civil wars, war expansion, war delegation
Cornelia Lawrence
Graduate student
Education: BS, Political Science and Writing, Texas Christian University
Interests: American Politics, Methodology, Political behavior
Louise Liebeskind
Graduate student
janelouiseliebeskind@gmail.com |
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Education: PhD in Government, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Ancient and early modern political philosophy
Katherine Madel
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science and English, North Central College
Interests: Education policy and rhetorical analysis of policy and politicians
Zachary McGee
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Political Science, Towson University
Interests: U.S. Congress, political parties, policy process, agenda setting, elections
Samuel Mead
Graduate student
Education: BA, Liberal Arts, St. John's College
Interests: Ancient political philosophy, early modern political philosophy
Jereny Mendoza
Graduate Student
mjereny@hotmail.com |
509.209.1758
Education: B.A. Government & Interdisciplinary Studies, Eastern Washington University
Interests: American Politics, Public Policy, Latino Politics, Racial and Ethnic Politics in the U.S., Race and Representation, Immigration Policy
John Meyer
Graduate student
Interests: Social and Evolutionary Psychology; Political Ethology; Qualitative Methods and Multi-Method Research; Latin America and Texas; Political Violence; Political Theater and Playwrighting; Voices of War; Military Ethics; Biography, modern British history and literature
Erica Mirabitur
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, University of Michigan
Interests: Foreign aid, multilateral organizations, public opinion
Carolina Moehlecke
Graduate Student
Interests: International Political Economy: multinational corporations, foreign direct investment, international investment law, international regulation, policy diffusion
Megan Moeller
Doctoral Candidate
megan.m.moeller@utexas.edu |
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Education: MS Statistics (2013) University of Texas, BA Political Science (2008) University of Michigan
Interests: U.S. Congress, political methodology, American politics, public policy, gender and politics
Philip Moniz
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, Central European University (Budapest)
Interests: Public opinion, political knowledge and psychology, electoral competitiveness, representation
Ashley Moran
Graduate student
Education: MALD, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Interests: Comparative constitutional law, divided societies, state fragility, democratic legal and institutional reform, the Middle East
Margaret Moslander
Graduate student
Education: BA, Middlebury College
Interests: Public Law, American Politics
Austin Nelson
Graduate student
Education: MPPA, Political Science, Baylor University, BA, Politics and Philosophy & Religious Studies, Hendrix College
Interests: American constitutional law, American constitutional development, judicial politics, law and social science, philosophy of law
Xin Nong
Graduate student
Education: MPA, International Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin- Madison, BA, International Relations, Peking University, BA, International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
Interests: Political Economy of Development, Conflict, Violence, Democratic Development, Remittance
James O'connor
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, University of Maine
Interests: Early modern political thought, American constitutional law, David Hume and Jean Jacques-Rousseau, the relationship between faith and reason in both epistemology and government
Daniel O'toole
Graduate student
Education: BA, Claremont McKenna College
Interests: Political Theory, Public Law
Hillel Ofek
Graduate student
hillel.ofek@gmail.com |
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Education: B.A., Kenyon College
Interests: Foreign policy, international relations theory, history and practice of international strategy and diplomacy, classical and modern political thought, American constitutional theory, history of science.
Yul Min Park
Graduate student
Education: BA Yonsei University, MA, Political Science, Yonsei University
Interests: Media, public opinion, political behavior, voting behavior, political communication, democracy, quantitative methods, big data analysis
Luke Perez
Doctoral Candidate
lukemperez@utexas.edu |
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Education: B.A. The Ohio State University, M.A. Villanova University
Interests: American Political Development, American Political Thought, International Relations Theory, Grand Strategy, Congress
German Petersen
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, El Colegio de México
Interests: Anti-corruption, corruption, institutional change, democratization, authoritarianism, and public policy
Julianne Phillips
Graduate student
j.n.phillips@utexas.edu |
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Education: MA, Political Science, SUNY University at Buffalo
Interests: Nuclear Deterrence and Counterproliferation, Alliances, Interstate Conflict, Game Theory
Henry Quillen
Graduate student
Education: BA, Government, Morehead State University
Interests: Ancient Greek Political Thought; Medieval Islamic Political Thought; Political Philosophy & Science; Political Philosophy & Religion
Annelise Russell
Doctoral Candidate, Director of Undergraduate Research for the Policy Agendas Project
anneliserussell8892@gmail.com |
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Education: BA; MA, University of Oklahoma; University of Texas
Interests: American Politics, Public Policy, Political Communication
Peter Russell
Graduate student
Education: BA, Politics and Government, University of Puget Sound
Interests: MENA, political development and political decay, political behavior in the modern world.
Nathalia Sandoval-Rojas
Graduate student
Interests: Comparative politics, judicial politics, public law, legal mobilization, Latin America
Christopher Sanfilippo
Graduate student
Education: BS, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interests: Ancient Greek political philosophy, especially Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon, and Aristophanes; the Socratic understanding of eros and of the human soul generally; the relationship between modern and classical political philosophy; Nietzsche, especially his response to Plato
Andrew Segal
Graduate student
Education: BS, Political Science, University of Louisville
Interests: Political institutions, governmental structure, electoral systems
Robert Shaffer
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Interests: Comparative law, statutory design, natural language processing, computational methods, environmental policy
Brooke Shannon
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, University of Memphis
Interests: State and local government, social movements, Latino politics, political institutions, political trust, and political participation
Kyle Shen
Graduate student
Education: JD, Law, University of Texas School of Law
Interests: Comparative constitutional law, judicial politics, authoritarianism, human rights, international criminal law, Chinese politics
Ahmed Siddiqi
Graduate student
Education: BA/BS, University of North Texas
Interests: History of Political Thought
Barea Sinno
Graduate student
Education: MS, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University
Interests: Comparative politics, Middle East, mixed-methods, identity politics, ethnic conflict, sectariansim, political psychology, behavioral studies
John Stanley
Graduate student
Education: BS, Humanities, US Air Force Academy
Interests: Classical Greek political theory
Jamie Stokes
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science and French, Weber State University
Interests: Political behavior, gender politics, Congress, parties, campaigns and elections
Andrew Stravers
Graduate student
stravers@utexas.edu |
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Education: BA, University of Wisconsin
Interests: International Lending; American Foreign Policy; International Political Economy; Overseas Basing Policy
Allen Sumrall
Graduate student
asumrall@utexas.edu |
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Education: BA, Politics, Bates College
Interests: American Political Development (APD), American constitutional development, ideational and institutional development, and law, courts, and politics.
Joe Roberto Tafoya
Doctoral Candidate
Interests: Latino Politics, Race/Ethnicity Politics, Immigration Policy, Research Methods
Calvin Thrall
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Temple University
Interests: International political economy, foreign investment, international organization
Diego Vega
Graduate student
Education: MSc, International Relations, London School of Economics
Interests: Latin America, Africa, political economy, international organizations, foreign policy, global south, postcolonial relations
Stella Wancke
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, University of Missouri- Columbia
Interests: International conflict, political economy
Daniel Weitzel
Graduate student
Interests: Comparative Political Parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Political Methodology
Jonathan Wensveen
Graduate student
jwensvee@gmail.com |
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Education: M.A., Political Science, Carleton University, 2013; B.A. (Hon.), Political Science, University of Lethbridge, 2011
Interests: Political Theory, Public Law
Avery Williams
Graduate student
Education: BA, Government, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Classical political thought, virtue, modern liberalism
Chun-Ying Wu
Graduate student
Interests: Northeast and Southeast Asian Politics, Democratization, Political Culture, Multilevel Analysis
Wenhui "William" Yang
Graduate student
Education: MPhil, Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Interests: Violence, political economy, Chinese politics
Charles Zug
Doctoral Candidate
charleszug@utexas.edu |
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Interests: Demagoguery in American Politics; Political Theory (Normative and History of Political Thought); American Politics; Public Law; American Political Development
