Brendan Apfeld
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, 2010; M.Ed., 2012, University of Notre Dame
Ingrid Ashida
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Carlton College
Interests: Theoretical foundations of liberalism, early modern political thought, classical political thought
Maria Avila Ordonez
Graduate student
Education: Master of Laws in Legal Theory, New York University School of Law
Interests: Comparative politics in Latin America, Constitutional theory and comparative constitutionalism, Constitutional change, Women in Law and Politics and Political philosophy.
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
tbehmer@utexas.edu |
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Education: MA, International Economics, Georg-August University of Goettingen
Interests: International cooperation, institutional stability, state-firm interactions in the global economy, and political methodology.
Christine Bird
Graduate student
Education: JD, Oklahoma City University School of Law (2016), MA, Government, The University of Texas at Austin (2018), BA, Political Science, University of Oklahoma (2013)
Interests: Courts, Law and Politics, Judicial Politics, Civil Rights, Agendas, Public Policy
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
Anthony Calacino
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, University of Utah
Interests: Non-democratic politics
Olgahan Cat
Graduate student
Education: M.A. Economics, Sabanci University
Interests: Conflict, terrorism, civil war, ethnic conflict
Jiseon Chang
Graduate student
Education: MA, Global Affairs and Policy, Yonsei University
Interests: Political economy of development, Official Development Assistance (ODA), socio-economic development, inclusive growth, inequality, poverty, social enterprises, political power
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
Keith Chew
Graduate student
Education: BA, Humanities, Asian Cultures and Languages, Government, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Party politics, comparative party recruitment strategies, comparative political regimes in East & Southeast Asia
Alexander Claycomb
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science and Spanish, Grinnell College
Interests: I study Latin American politics, with an eye towards left-wing revolutionary movements, regime change, populism, and diffusion theory.
Hillary Corwin
Graduate student
hillary.corwin@utexas.edu |
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Education: MS, International Political Economy, The University of Texas at Dallas
Interests: Foreign policy, system effects, economic coercion, human rights, economic development, game theory
Joseph Francesco Cozza
Graduate student
Education: MS, Comparative Politics, London School of Economics, BA, Political Science, Villanova University
Interests: Comparative Constitutionalism, Direct Democracy, Deliberative Democracy, Legitimacy, Judicial Politics
Kendall Curtis
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, International Studies, Economics, Philosophy, Baylor University
Interests: Democratization, democratic institutions, populism, Latin America, Europe, quantitative, party systems
Emily Davis
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, Classics, Kenyon College
Interests: The origin of the divide between ancient and modern political philosophical thought, classical political philosophy (especially Plato and Aristotle), political parties and regime change in Eastern and Western Europe, rhetoric in ancient and modern political philosophy
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
mdenly@utexas.edu |
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Education: MA, Development Management and Policy, Georgetown
Interests: Political economy of development; anti-corruption; natural resources
Megan Dias
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Political Science, The University of British Columbia
Interests: Behavior, institutions, diversity, policy, elections
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, minority politics, bureaucratic politics, policy process
Connor Dye
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Economics, Randolph College
Interests: Inequality, public opinion and public policy, agenda setting, Veterans' Affairs policy
E.J. Fagan
Graduate student
Education: MA, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Agenda setting, Congress, political parties, think tanks, economic policy
Henry Flatt
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, University of California, San Diego
Interests: Populism, agenda setting, lobbying
Klara Fredriksson
Graduate student
Education: BS, Politics and Economics, Lund University
Interests: Political behavior, public opinion, racial resentment, ethnocentrism
Guy Freedman
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya
Interests: Democratic responsiveness, public policy, congruence of the policy agenda with public opinion and the public agenda.
Shiri Freund Koren
Graduate student
Education: M.Sc., Physical Chemistry, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
Interests: Political behavior, political economy, innovation policy, environmental policy, Texas environmental innovation policy, Israel environmental innovation policy
David Futscher Pereira
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science- Security and Diplomacy Studies, Tel Aviv University
Interests: IPE, namely Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and their relation to, and impact on, the political choices states make
Kevin Galambos
Graduate student
Education: BA, Mathematics and Political Science, Emory University
Interests: Foreign policy, Slavic nations
Rachel German
Graduate student
rachelgerman@utexas.edu |
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Education: PhD Candidate, 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
Tara Ginnane
Graduate student
Education: LL.M, University of Chicago, BA Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Interests: Theory and practice of external voting; nationalism; role of elections in national and political life; comparative constitutionalism; contemporary constitutional and political theory; ethnographic approaches to political theory
Iasmin Goes
Graduate student
Education: B.A. Political Science and M.A. Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin
Interests: Inequality, fiscal policy and welfare in developing countries
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
Chin Guo
Graduate student
Education: M.P.P., Public Policy, University of Maryland
Interests: Political behavior, democracy trends, electoral systems, voter behaviors
Sarah Heise
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Tulane University
Interests: Voting behavior, religiosity, political socialization, campaigns and elections
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
Corey Herndon
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Government & Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: History of republican political thought, neorepublicanism, constitutional and democratic theory, philosophy of law, religion and politics, the political philosophy of Dostoevsky
Roman Hlatky
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Vassar College
Interests: European Union integration, former Soviet satellite states, minority politics
Colby Humphrey
Graduate student
Education: Master of Public Service & Administration, Texas A&M University
Interests: Technology & innovation; campaigns & elections; public opinion
Jonathan Jiang
Graduate student
Education: BA, Liberal Arts, St. John's College
Interests: Classical political philosophy, early enlightenment political philosophy, Chinese politics
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: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Politics in Authoritarian Regimes, Political Communication, Public Opinions, Comparative Political Economy, Chinese Politics, Causal Inference
Cody Kuhn
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Political Science- Constitutional Studies, University of Texas, Dallas
Interests: Gender studies, consent and the law, biological essentialism and civil rights
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
Shengqiao Lin
Graduate student
Education: MA, Public Administration, Tsinghua University
Interests: Public Opinion, Political Economy, Authoritarian Regime, Chinese politics
Zhizhen Lu
Graduate student
Education: M.A., International Trade and Investment Policy, The George Washington University
Interests: International political economy (international finance and multinational corporations)
Ian Macfarlane
Graduate student
Education: BS, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interests: Classical political thought (Plato, Aristotle, Xenophon)
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: M.A., Government, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: U.S. Congress, political parties, intraparty organizations, agenda setting, the policy process, and social network analysis
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 |
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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
Ling Miao
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Political Science, Duke University
Interests: Political economy, democratization, informal institutions
Carolina Moehlecke
Doctoral Candidate
Interests: International Political Economy: multinational corporations, international regulation, policy diffusion, international investment law, foreign direct investment
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: Voter competence, political knowledge, and policy reasoning
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
Ian Myers
Graduate student
Education: BA, Classical Languages and Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Ancient Greek political philosophy; early modern political philosophy; religion and politics; the relationship between poetry and philosophy for the Greeks; natural science and human self-understanding
Austin Nelson
Law and Government (JD/PhD) Student
austinnelson@utexas.edu |
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Education: MPPA, Baylor University; BA, Politics and Philosophy & Religious Studies, Hendrix College
Interests: American constitutional law, American constitutional development, administrative law, judicial politics, law and social science, philosophy of law
Xin Nong
Graduate student
Interests: Political Economy of Development, Political Violence, Quantitative Methods
Alexander Norris
Graduate student
Education: MA, Middle Eastern Studies, The George Washington University
Interests: Institutions and institution building, nation building, authoritarian politics, democratization, political economy of development, public opinion, the Middle East and North Africa
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
God'swill Osa
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Political Science, University of Texas, Dallas
Interests: Voter perception, political attitudes, policy outcomes, public opinion
Paul Oshinski
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science and International Affairs, University of Geogia
Interests: Political behavior, neuropolitics, moral foundations theory
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
German Petersen
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, El Colegio de México
Interests: Corruption, anti-corruption, democratization, political participation, and development
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
Max Prowant
Graduate student
Education: BA, Government and Spanish, Morehead State University
Interests: Middle East politics, democratization, liberalism, 20th century Islamic political thought, political liberalization, modern ideologies, classical political thought, enlightenment political thought, communism and post-communist transitions, American foreign policy
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
Md Muhibbur Rahman
Graduate student
Education: MA, Political Science, McGill University
Interests: International security, foreign policy decision-making, domestic politics of interstate crisis bargaining and dispute settlement, and the politics of rising powers: China and India
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
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
Barea Sinno
Graduate student
Education: MS, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Columbia University
Interests: Comparative politics, Middle East, mixed-methods, identity politics, ethnic conflict, sectarianism, text analysis
Katy Smith
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Political Science, Brigham Young University
Interests: Political identity (gender and language), Middle East and Southeast Asia
Allen Sumrall
Graduate student
asumrall@utexas.edu |
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Education: MA, Government, University of Texas at Austin, BA, Politics, Bates College
Interests: American Political Development (APD), American constitutional development, ideational and institutional development, and law, courts, and politics.
Calvin Thrall
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Temple University
Interests: IPE, political economy of development, multinational corporations, remittances, methodology
Cody Vaughn
Graduate student
Education: J.D., Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Interests: Comparative constitutionalism
Diego Vega
Graduate student
Education: MSc, International Relations, London School of Economics
Interests: Latin America, International Diffusion, Policy Diffusion, Policymaking, South-South Relations, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Alexander Wais
Graduate student
Education: M.Sc., Economics, University College London
Interests: Political economy, development
Daniel Weitzel
Graduate student
Interests: Comparative Political Parties, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior, Political Methodology
Jonathan Wensveen
Doctoral Candidate
jwensvee@gmail.com |
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Interests: The political thought of Alexis de Tocqueville; enlightenment and French liberalism; the philosophy of history; German political thought
Benjamin White
Graduate student
Education: BA, Political Science, Brigham Young University
Interests: American Politics, Comparative Politics
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 Yang
Graduate student
Education: MPhil, Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Interests: Comparative politics, political economy, Chinese politics
Charles Zug
Doctoral Candidate
charleszug@utexas.edu |
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Education: M.A., Government (2017), University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Demagoguery in American Politics; Public Law; American Political Thought and Development
