Giorleny Altamirano Rayo
Graduate student
Education: J.D., Law; LL.M., Law, Universidad Americana (Nicaragua); Vanderbilt University Law School
Interests: Human rights, ethnic politics, and territorial politics. Formal and informal institutions. Mixed-method research. Emphasis on cases in Latin America.
Joseph Amick
Graduate student
Education: BA in Political Studies, Pitzer College, MPA in International Public Policy, New York University
Interests: Political Economy, Political Methodology, Public Goods Provision, Public Policy
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, 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
PhD Candidate
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Regimes and Institutions, Latin American Politics
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. International trade, foreign direct investment, foreign aid, 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 |
Waggener 401A
Education: B.A., Political Science, Davidson College (2011)
Interests: Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Religion and Politics; the Question of Enlightenment; Classical and 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
Clare Brock
Graduate student
Education: MA, University of Texas
Interests: American Politics, Public Policy, Food and Agricultural Policy, Lobbying, Agenda Setting, Content Analysis, American Political Development
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
Alvaro Corral
Graduate student
alvarojcorral@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
Education: BA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Latino Politics and Identity, Immigration Policy, Racial and Ethnic Politics in America, American Politics, Public Opinion, Political Participation, Religion and Race
Hillary Corwin
Graduate student
hillary.corwin@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
Education: MS, International Political Economy, The University of Texas at Dallas
Interests: Political Economy of Multinational Corporations, Economic Development; International Political Economy, Methodology
Michael Denly
Graduate student
Education: MA, Development Management and Policy (distinction), Georgetown
Interests: Anti-corruption; governance; clientelism; international development; Latin America; political economy
Rodolfo Disi Pavlic
PhD Candidate
Education: B.A. Political Science (with honors); Italian, University of Notre Dame (2011)
Interests: Latin American Politics; Social Movements; Higher Education Policy; Latin American Political Parties; International Cooperation in Latin America
Jacob Dizard
Graduate student
Education: BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison; MA, Johns Hopkins University
Interests: Comparative Politics, Public Law
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
Anne Egerstrom
Graduate student
Education: B.A, Political Science and Latin American Studies, Colorado College
Interests: Latin American politics, ethnic politics, migration
Rebecca Eissler
Graduate student
Education: B.A. in Political Science, Tulane University
Interests: American Politics, Political Institutions, Public Policy
Dana El Kurd
Graduate student
Education: MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: authoritarianism and democracy, Arab world politics, international influences on regime development, repression, civil-military relations
Thomas Elliott
Graduate student
Education: BA in Political Science and Spanish, Whittier College
Interests: Institutions, institutional change, labor regulation, political economy
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: BA, Political Science, 2012, Virginia Tech ; BA, French Language and Literature, 2012, Virginia Tech
Interests: Political Behavior, Voting and Elections
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
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
Benjamin Hardee
Graduate student
lycosinternational@hotmail.com
Education: BA; BS, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Public Law, Political Theory
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
Calla Hummel
Graduate student
Interests: international political economy, informal economies, collective action, repression, Brazil, Bolivia
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, Comparative Political Economy, Experimental Methods, Propaganda, Political Communication, Public Opinions, Chinese and Taiwanese Politics
Kristin Kelly
Graduate student
Education: B.A. Political Science & Art History, University of California San Diego; M.A. Government, University of Texas
Interests: American Politics, Voting Behavior and Participation, Campaigns and Elections, Youth Politics, and Research Methods
Kyosuke Kikuta
Graduate student
Education: M.A. of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Interests: Civil War, Environmental Change, Research Design, GIS Analysis
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
Jonathan Lewallen
Graduate student
Education: M.A. Government, University of Texas-Austin 2012, B.A. Political Science, Tulane University 2004
Interests: American political institutions; U.S. Congress; agenda setting; policy process; legislative-executive relations; time series cross-sectional data; event history analysis
Louise Liebeskind
Graduate student
janelouiseliebeskind@gmail.com |
Bats 1.118
Education: PhD in Government, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Ancient and early modern political philosophy
Bradford Lovett
Graduate student
Education: Master of Arts, American Studies, Ghent University
Interests: American Political Development, presidential rhetoric, American foreign policy, securitization/critical IR theory
Zachary McGee
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Political Science, Towson University
Interests: U.S. Congress, political parties, policy process, agenda setting, social network analysis, elections
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
Kenneth Miller
Graduate student
kenmiller@utexas.edu |
Mezes Hall 3.228
Education: MAP University of Akron, BA Cleveland State University
Interests: Political parties, political communication, campaigns and elections
Erica Mirabitur
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, University of Michigan
Interests: Foreign aid, multilateral organizations, public opinion
Carolina Moehlecke
Graduate student
Education: BA in International Relations, 2014, La Salle University (Brazil)
Interests: International political economy, economic and human development and the political economy of the developing world. Research methods.
Megan Moeller
PhD Candidate
megan.m.moeller@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
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, the intersection of constitutional order and conflict, state fragility, and democratic legal and institutional reform
Margaret Moslander
Graduate student
Education: BA, Middlebury College
Interests: Public Law, American Politics
Christina Noriega Bambrick
Graduate student
Education: MA, Government - University of Texas, BA, Philosophy and Legal Studies - Scripps College
Interests: Constitutional theory and development, comparative constitutionalism, rights and horizontality, legal theory, government institutions, liberalism, religion and politics, political and moral philosophy, history of political thought
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 |
MEZ 3.212
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.
Marco Paoli
Graduate student
Education: BA, University of Toronto
Interests: Political Theory, International Relations
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
Graduate student
lukemperez@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
Education: B.A. The Ohio State University, M.A. Villanova University
Interests: Ancient Political Thought, Augustine, International Relations Theory,
German Petersen
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, El Colegio de Mexico
Interests: Public policy, corruption, anti-corruption, governance, institutions and democratization
Julianne Phillips
Graduate student
j.n.phillips@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
Education: MA, Political Science, SUNY University at Buffalo
Interests: Nuclear Deterrence and Counterproliferation, Alliances, Interstate Conflict, Game Theory
Annelise Russell
Doctoral Candidate, Director of Undergraduate Research for the Policy Agendas Project
anneliserussell8892@gmail.com |
Mezes Hall, 5th Floor
Education: BA; MA, University of Oklahoma; University of Texas
Interests: American Politics, Public Policy, Political Institutions, Media, Communications
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
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
Jose Sierra Castillo
Graduate student
jose.sierra.castillo@utexas.edu
Education: MA Economics, Duke University
Interests: Comparative and international political economy
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
Andrew Stravers
Graduate student
stravers@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
Education: BA, University of Wisconsin
Interests: International Lending; American Foreign Policy; International Political Economy; Overseas Basing Policy
Allen Sumrall
Graduate student
asumrall@utexas.edu |
Batts 1.118
Education: BA, Politics, Bates College
Interests: American Political Development (APD), constitutional law, American constitutional development, race and citizenship in APD, jurisprudence and the judiciary, ideational and institutional development, and law, courts, and politics.
Joe Roberto Tafoya
PhD Candidate
Interests: American/Race and Ethnicity/Latino Politics, Public Policy, Research Methods
Megan Thomas
Graduate student
mmt5094@gmail.com; megan.thomas@utexas.edu
Interests: Terrorism, Civil Conflict, Alliances, Methodology
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 |
Batts 1.102
Education: M.A., Political Science, Carleton University, 2013; B.A. (Hon.), Political Science, University of Lethbridge, 2011
Interests: Political Theory, Public Law
Cathy Xuanxuan Wu
Graduate student
cxwu@utexas.edu |
BAT 1.118
Interests: International conflict, the role of domestic politics in international relations, game theory
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
Stephanie Yarbrough
Graduate student
stephanie.yarbrough@utexas.edu
Education: BA, Government, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Classical political philosophy and Enlightenment thinkers
Charles Zug
Graduate student
charleszug@utexas.edu |
BATTS 1.118
Interests: Grand Strategy and International Order as they relate to History and Political Philosophy; Ancient and Modern Political Philosophy, Leo Strauss; American Politics, The American Constitutional Order, Separation of Powers
