APSA is pleased to include here the names of individuals who have completed their doctoral dissertations at political science departments during the 2022 calendar year. In order to provide the most accurate information possible, this list is based on data reported directly from individuals and departments.

Le Bao, American University: A New Measurement of Political Polarization and its Implications

Em Bello-Pardo, American University: A Digital Hypodermic Needle? Essays on the Impact of Misinformation, Framing, and Images on American Public Opinion in the Internet Age

Michael Heseltine, American University: Persuaded by the Polls? Voter Responses to Election Polling Information

Namig Abbasov, Arizona State University: State-Sponsored Homophobia: Explaining State Repression against Sexual Minorities

Peyman Asadzadehmamaghani, Arizona State University: Diplomatic Support for Protest Movements: Causes and Consequences

Angguntari Ceria Sari, Arizona State University: Political Elites’ Views of Regional Intergovernmental Institutions Promoting Democracy: Evidence

Chirasree Mukherjee, Arizona State University: How Diverse is Religion’s Influence on Intractable Conflicts?

Pablo Ortega Poveda, Arizona State University: A Theory on the Rise and Fall of Resistance in Civil Wars

Nathan Tarr, Arizona State University: Ethno-Religious Conflict and the Duration of Peace: Autonomy, Discrimination, and Territory

Brendan Szendrő, Binghamton University (SUNY): Religion, State, and Modernity: Defining the Contours of Desecularization

Miguel Ángel Fernández Plaza, Boston University: Political Behavior in Times of Institutional Novelty

Jaewook Lee, Boston University: Politics Navigating Macroeconomic Transformations: Labor Migrations and Automation in Western Europe

Erik Olsson, Boston University: Designing Money: Culture and the Political Construction of Modern Monetary Regimes

Metehan Tekinirk, Boston University: New Nationalism, New Turkey: Populist-Nationalism, Democratic Erosion, and National Identity Contestation in Turkey under the Justice and Development Party

Zeying Wu, Boston University: In Search of National Wealth and Power: Nationalism and Economic Modernization of China

Yimeng Li, California Institute of Technology: Three Essays on Survey Methods and their Applications to Measuring Political Behavior and Attitudes

Peter Amobi Chiamogu, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Anambra State Nigeria: Political Leadership and Democratic Backsliding in Nigeria: A Comparative Study of Presidents Jonathan and Buhari Administrations

Miriam Xochitl Sierra Aguilar, Claremont Graduate University: Economic Development of Latin America: A Series of Analysis Through the Lens of Health, Inequality, and Economic Growth

Erin E. Brooks, Claremont Graduate University: Duty, Honor, Country: Generalship and Institutional Magnanimity

Soha Sayed Ahmad Hammam, Claremont Graduate University: A Computational Analysis of Civil Resistance Dynamics and Outcomes

Brian Jewett, Claremont Graduate University: Cosponsorship Networks in the US Congress: Measuring the Success of Female Legislators

Dandan Kowarsch, Claremont Graduate University: Evaluating Los Angeles Homelessness Policy Using System Dynamics Modeling

Timothy Andrew Milosch, Claremont Graduate University: Political Cultures in Times of Crisis: Measuring the Effects of Liberal Values on Interstate Crisis Onset

Makuochukwu Ijeabalum Okoma, Claremont Graduate University: Green, Clean, and Mean? China’s Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa Economy

Ana Ortiz Salazar, Claremont Graduate University: The Future of Plastics Trade: Identifying Determinants and Impacts of the Shifting Global Plastic Scraps Network

Madeleine Jeongyeon Seo, Claremont Graduate University: The Roots of Fascist Aesthetics in Antiquity

Trevor Mark Shunk, Claremont Graduate University: Forms of Amusement: Rousseau’s Lettre à d’Alembert and Julie

Glenn-Iain Steinback, Claremont Graduate University: Measuring Political Corruption from Population Outcomes: An Alternative to Perception Measures

Charles A. Varadin, Claremont Graduate University: Retaining Foster Parents in San Bernardino County: Identifying and Accessing Resources And Support Services Since California’s Continuum of Care Reform

Fengyuan Zhang, Claremont Graduate University: Foreign Direct Investment, Democracy, and Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1991 to 2017

Zaid A. Alkdidi, Claremont Graduate University: Governance Practice Between Monarchies and Republics: A Case Study of the Political Reform in the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Tunisia from 1990 to 2021

Ahmed Amin Almulla, Claremont Graduate University: Government Expenditure and Relative Efficiencies: A Case Study of the United Arab Emirates with Application of the Relative Political Allocation Model

Jingjing An, Claremont Graduate University: What Causes Power Transition Conflicts? Evidence from Interactions between International and Domestic Politics

Aaron H. Berg, Claremont Graduate University: Truth and Enlargement in the Political Thought of John Stuart Mill

Nathanial Bork, Colorado State University: Failure to Communicate How American Progressive Neoliberal Campus Policies Contribute to Conservative Mistrust of Higher Education and Skepticism Towards Research on Anthropogenic Global Warming

Nicola Jeffrey, Colorado State University: Where the Wild Things Grow: An Analysis of Urban Agriculture in US Cities

Julianne Liebenguth, Colorado State University: Environmental Security: A Source of Legitimacy and Contestation in Global Environmental Governance

Sharmini Nair, Colorado State University: South Africa and India’s Support for the ILO’s Green Initiatives: A Comparative Study Using the Postcolonialism Lens

Sara Sands, Columbia University: Leading from the Classroom: Teacher Leadership in New York City Schools

Michael O’Donnell Allen, Cornell University: Constructing International Commercial Arbitration: Traders, Lawyers, and the Competition for Authority over Global Commerce

Darin Self, Cornell University: Bounded Democracy: How Authoritarian Civilian-Military Relations Shape Democratization and Democratic Development

Jessica Zarkin Notni, Cornell University: Who Wears the Badge? Why Politicians Militarize Policing and Public Safety

Pawel Charasz, Duke University: Essays on the Political Economy of City Status

Karol Solis Menco, Florida International University: Negative Campaigning in Alternative Democratic Elections: The Case of Colombia and the 2016 Plebiscite for Peace

Daniel I. Pedreira, Florida International University: Semi-Presidential Executive Branch Institutionalization and Personalization Under Cuba’s 1940 Constitution

Katelyn Hess, Florida State University: Three Essays on Business-State Relations in Authoritarian Regimes

Joshua Scriven, Florida State University: The Impact of Political Trust, Privatization, and Foreign Aid on Immigration-related Attitudes

Matthew Curtis Smith, Florida State University: How Militaries Professionalize: A Political Economy Approach for Understanding and Measuring Military Professionalism

Anastasiia Vlasenko, Florida State University: Electoral Effects of Institutional Reforms: Evidence from Ukraine and Russia

Mike Cowburn, Freie Universität Berlin: Partisan Polarization in Congressional Nominations: How Ideological & Factional Primaries Influence Candidate Positions

Adam Bernbaum, George Mason University: Nationalism, Legitimacy, and Violence: American Response to Mob Violence

Andrew Scott Bledsoe, George Mason University: Belief or Belonging? Untangling Evangelical Religiosity and its Impact on Behavioral Polarization

Katrina Dunlap, George Mason University: Linking Public Trust in Government with Federal Disaster Relief Aid: A Case Study of Hurricane-Prone Gulf Coast Residents

Matthew H. Fay, George Mason University: Commanding Military Adaptation: Explaining Operational-Tactical Change in Combined Arms Warfare

John Gudgel, George Mason University: Insurance as a Private Sector Regulator and Promoter of Security and Safety: Case Studies in Governing Emerging Technological Risk From Commercial Nuclear Power to Health Care Sector Cybersecurity

Muhammad Salar Khan, George Mason University: Absorptive Capacity and Economic Growth: How Does Absorptive Capacity Affect Economic Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?

Emma E. Parker, George Mason University: The Securitization of United States Foreign Assistance

Joseph Petrucelli, George Mason University: Operationalizing Sea Power: The Evolution of Navy Doctrine, 1946-2016

Lee Habib Roberts, George Mason University: Bang for the Buck: Understanding Disparities in Conventional Strategic Signaling Capacity Acquisition among Arms-Importing States

Benjamin Shearn, George Mason University: Identity Framing: How Indian Policy-Maker Identity affects Threat Perception

Abu Bakkar Siddique, George Mason University: Three Essays on Tax Behavior, Public Goods Provisions, and Income Poverty

Anna M. Hartman, George Mason University: Out of the Shadows: EU Security Strategies and the Emergence of Intelligence Sharing

Courtney Kayser, George Mason University: The Enemy of My Enemy: Rebel Group Strategies at the Onset of Civil Conflicts

Samer Anabtawi, George Washington University: LGBTQ Activism and the Politics of Altering Public Perceptions of Sexual Minorities across Arab States

Daniel Epstein, George Washington University: On Abdication: Rethinking Congressional Oversight

Jared Heern, George Washington University: The Partisan Politics of Public Utility Commissions: Energy Regulation and Climate Change Mitigation

Alexander Kirss, George Washington University: Risky for Business? Understanding Business Support and Opposition to War

Julian Waller, George Washington University: Beyond the Rubber-Stamp: Explaining the Political Activity of Legislatures in Electoral Authoritarianism

Ikuma Ogura, Georgetown University: Group Traits or Policy Positions? Political Parties in American Voters’ Minds

Kelly Rolfes-Haase, Georgetown University: Three Papers on Legislator Identity and the Politics of Paid Family and Medical Leave Policy in US State Legislatures

Kurt Albaugh, Georgetown University: Sailor, Lawyer, Author, Judge: Culture, Delegation, and Customary International Law in the US Navy

Cammie Bolin, Georgetown University: Redesigning Women: Candidate Identity and Strategic Presentation on the Campaign Trail

Sara Fischer, Georgetown University: The Power of Language and the Language of Power: Interpretations of Development Discourse in Malawi’s Community Health System

Woojeong Jang, Georgetown University: Networked Hegemonic Shocks: Hegemonic Transition and Post-Cold War Democratization

Pei-Hsuan Lin, Georgetown University: Citizenship and Territory: Toward a Jurisdiction Theory of Membership

Andrew Marshall, Georgetown University: Language Policy and the Nation in East Africa

Kristine Tockman, Georgetown University: How Do World Leaders Judge Each Other? The Influence of Personal Diplomacy at the End of the Cold War

Elena Wicker, Georgetown University: The Words That Matter: Terminology and Performance in the US Army

Jacob Brown, Harvard University: Do Partisan Bubbles Activate Partisanship? Behavioral Consequences of Partisan Segregation

Reva Dhingra, Harvard University: The Political Economy of Forced Displacement: Local, National, and International Responses

Leah Downey, Harvard University: Democratizing Money: A Political Theory of Policymaking

Georgina Evans, Harvard University: Ending Research Subject Overexploitation: Methods to Reduce Respondent Overuse and Privacy Violations while Increasing Insights from Data

Hanno Hilbig, Harvard University: The Political Effects of Local Fiscal Shocks

Amy Lakeman, Harvard University: When Theology Responds: How Politics Shapes Religious Beliefs

Andrew Leber, Harvard University: The Reformer’s Dilemma: Authoritarian Policymaking in Saudi Arabia

Aseem Mahajan, Harvard University: Essays on Political Responses to Climate Change Mitigation, Geoengineering, and Adaptation

Pamela Nwakanma, Harvard University: Women, Power, and Networks: The Gendered Politics of Economic Empowerment

Justin Pottle, Harvard University: Democratic Equality in the Misinformation Age

Matthew Reichert, Harvard University: Who Build Nations in Eurasia? How Writers, Artists, and Professors Shaped Beliefs about National identity

Tobias Resch, Harvard University: Legacies of Participation: How Civil Society and Petitions Shape Legislative Institutions, Public Policy, and Representation

Sascha Riaz, Harvard University: Essays on Immigration and Xenophobia

Keidrick Roy, Harvard University: Jefferson’s Map, Douglass’s Territory: The Black Reconstruction of Enlightenment in America, 1773-1865

Nicholas Short, Harvard University: The Politics of the American Knowledge Economy

Joshua Simons, Harvard University: Democracy Against Prediction: Citizen Rule in the Age of Machine Learning

William Tilleczek, Harvard University: Powers of Practice: Michel Foucault and the Politics of Asceticism

Jessie Trudeau, Harvard University: Machine Gun Politics: Why Politicians Cooperate with Criminal Groups

Saul Wilson, Harvard University: The Landlord State: State Ambition During China’s Rapid Urbanization, 1978-2020

Soichiro Yamauchi, Harvard University: Essays in Political Methodology

Megan Darnley, Indiana University: Drivers of Interagency Cooperation and Partnership Outcomes: The Case of School Resource Officers

Renzo de la Riva Aguero, Indiana University: Too Complex to Deliver? Administrative Capacity, Governance, and Waste Management in Peruvian Municipalities

Min-Hyeok Kim, Indiana University: Re-imagining Liberty in Postwar Japan: A Critical Reconstruction of Maruyama Masao’s Thought

Dima Kortukov, Indiana University: Political Change in Ordered Societies: Electoral Empowerment and the End of the USSR

Simon Luo, Indiana University: The Afterlife of a Revolution: Memories of the Cultural Revolution and Political Possibilities in Contemporary China

Godfreyb Ssekajja, Indiana University: Essays on Migration and Diversity in Community: Analyzing Determinants of Institutions for Collective Action for Common-Pool Resources and Public Goods Management in Rural Communities

Inho Choi, Johns Hopkins University: Virtue Rules: The Evolution of the Virtue of State in East Asian International Orders

Maye Henning, Johns Hopkins University: Patchwork Empire: Citizenship and American Expansion in the 20th Century

Yunchen Tian, Johns Hopkins University: National Regime or Local Implementations? The Technical Intern Training Program and the Multi-Level Governance of Labor Migration in Japan

Nanxi Zeng, Johns Hopkins University: Frames of Welfare: The Rise of the Housing Welfare State in Post-Socialist China (1988-2020)

Hoojung Kim, Louisiana State University: Relative Capacity and the Mode of Warfare during the Course of War

Dmitriy Nurullayev, Louisiana State University: Politics of Provocation: How States Probe to Solicit Information on Adversaries’ Resolve

Dan Qi, Louisiana State University: Nationalism, Perceptions of Immigrant Threat, and Attitudes Towards Immigrants in Developed Countries

Erica Russell, Louisiana State University: American Thoughts: Terror within America’s Public

Riley Valentine, Louisiana State University: Of Language and Thought: American Political Discourse, Normative Reason, and Essentially Contested Concepts

Stephen Anderson, Michigan State University: Accountability Through Programmatic Goods Distribution: The Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme

Alexander Mardon, Michigan State University: Belt and Road Investments and Ethnic Politics in Malaysia

Safa Al-Saeedi, Northwestern University: The Quest for Influence: Media Changes and Reform Politics in Saudi Arabia

Rhiannon Auriemma, Northwestern University: (Being a) Feminist (is a) Struggle: Intersectional Feminist Politics in the Era of The Women’s March

Malia Bowers, Northwestern University: The Spaces Between: Rethinking Success and Failure in Contemporary Feminist Politics

Arturo Chang, Northwestern University: Imagining America: International Commiseration and National Revolution in the Modern Post-Colony

Amanda D’Urso, Northwestern University: In the Shadow of Whiteness: Middle Eastern and North African Identity in the United States

Sean Diament, Northwestern University: Dividing the Poor: Congressional Representation during the New Deal Policymaking Process

Christopher Dinkel, Northwestern University: The Law and Politics of Trade Secrecy

Gina Giliberti, Northwestern University: Religious Passions in International Politics

Napon Jatusripitak, Northwestern University: The Politics of Giving: Patterns and Evolution of Patronage and Electoral Networks in Thailand

Christa Kuntzelman, Northwestern University: Understanding Refugees’ Political Knowledge: A Study of Urban Refugees in Uganda

Shaul Notkin, Northwestern University: Political Theory for the Age of Social Movement

Ayodeji Perrin, Northwestern University: LGBTQ Human Rights Mobilizations in Domestic and International Courts: A Transnational Perspective on the Judicialized Decriminalization of Homosexual Sex

Jorge Alberto Alatorre Flores, Purdue University: It Takes More than Transparency. An Assessment of Selected Variables that Ought to Make a Dent on Corruption. A Review on the Cases of Mexico and the United States

Johnathan Dobben, Purdue University: The Strategic Logic of Arms Purchasing

Bingxin Fa, Purdue University: Lighten Up: How The Chinese Government Manages Political Crises On Social Media With Entertainment-Oriented Narratives

Jasmine Jackson, Purdue University: The Knowledge Within: Conceptualizing African American Political Knowledge

Amber Lusvardi, Purdue University: The End of the Child Bride: Social Movements and State Policymaking on Underage Marriage

Maria Aroca, Rice University: Neither Hierarchy nor Chaos: The Emergence of Legislative Organization in the Colombian Congress

Yuki Atsusaka, Rice University: Political Methodologies for Electoral Engineering and Minority Representation

Kristin Bryant, Rice University: Essays on Human Rights: Protecting and Promoting Human Rights at Home and Abroad

Nicholas Coulombe, Rice University: Promises of Future Cooperation and Alliance Credibility

Liana Eustacia Reyes, Rice University: Law and Conflict

Jared Oestman, Rice University: Providing Peace: The Role of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivations in Shaping States’ Voluntary Commitments to UN Peace Operations

Andra Pascu-Lindner, Rice University: The Effect of Voter Gender and Gender Stereotypes on Evaluations of High-Information Political Environments

Kaitlin Senk, Rice University: When Do Women Represent Women? Variation in Substantive Representation in Latin America

Sumin Lee, Rutgers University-New Brunswick: Gender Justice for Whom? Domestic Accountability for Wartime Sexual Violence

Chee Hae Chung, Seoul National University: The Rise of New Interest Groups and the Politics of Platform Business: Case Studies of Cryptocurrency Exchanges and Uber in Korea

Alejandra Aldridge, Stanford University: How Americans Think About Democracy

Abby Fanlo, Stanford University: To Co-Opt or To Coerce? How the Adversaries of Great Power Proteges Respond to Retrenchment

Valentin Figueroa Alvarez, Stanford University: The Protestant Road to State Bureaucracy

Nathan Fleischaker, Stanford University: Si vis pacem, para bellum: Essays on Military Preparations and Deterrence

Haemin Jee, Stanford University: Credit for Compliance: How Institutional Layering Ensures Compliance in China

Patrick Kelly, Stanford University: The Civil-Military Politics of War Termination

Sung Mi Kim, Stanford University: The Evolution of the Trading System: The Effects of Rising Preferential Trade Agreements

Kaitlyn Robinson, Stanford University: Organizing for Violence: The Politics of Militant Group Formation and Fragmentation in Armed Conflict

Emily Rong Zhang, Stanford University: Measurement and Representation

Avshalom Schwartz, Stanford University: Democratic Phantasies: Political Imagination and the Athenian Democracy

Tongtong Zhang, Stanford University: Whose Voice Matters? Conformists, Non-conformists, and Responsiveness in China

Alejandra Aldridge, Stanford University: How Americans Think About Democracy

Susan Alunan, Temple University: Jazz’s Hidden Transcripts: Between Caliban and Coltrane Critical Improvisational Pedagogy as Pragmatic Politics

Richard Pasquier, Temple University: Europe’s ’REACH’ for Leadership in Global Governance: Political Strategy in Action

Nicholas Robinson, Temple University: Community Benefits Agreements and the Limits of Institutional Citizenship in Urban Redevelopment

Kerry Chavez, Texas Tech University: Militarized Conflict Intervention: Incentives, Constraints and Strategic Behavior

Sara Gebh, The New School for Social Research: The Spectre of Disorder: Stasis and the Pacification of the Democratic Idea

Sara Hassani, The New School for Social Research: Cloistered Infernos: The Politics of Self-Immolation in the Persian Belt

Paul Londrigan, The New School for Social Research: Forgiveness Withheld: A Critique of the Sovereign Prerogative

Lucas Perello, The New School for Social Research: The Fate of Parties under Democratic Backsliding: The Case of Honduras, 1981-2017

Macushla Robinson, The New School for Social Research: A Received Grace: Family Heirlooms, Slavery, and the Feminine Labor of Forgetting

Noah Shuster, The New School for Social Research: Deserting the Big-Box Store: Moral Economy and Everyday Agency in Big-Box Retail Work

Katinka Wijsman, The New School for Social Research: Assembling Coasts: Climate Change, Resilience, and the Politics of Belonging

Vladimir Chlouba, The Ohio State University: The Politics of Respect: Norms-Based Compliance and Traditional Governance in Namibia

Erik Clarke, The Ohio State University: The Effect of Partisan Competition on Affective Polarization, Tolerance of Election Cheating, and Political Engagement

Liwu Gan, The Ohio State University: Liability, Community, and Capacity: A Unified Framework of State Responsibility

John Harden, The Ohio State University: Maintenance of the Inflated Self-Image: Narcissism and Foreign Policy Decision-Making

Donghye Kim, The Ohio State University: Liberalism with Care: The Complementarity of Liberalism and Care Ethics

Caleb Pomeroy, The Ohio State University: Three Essays on the Psychology of Power in World Politics

Grant Sharratt, The Ohio State University: The Spirit of the Republic: Non-Domination, Service, and Shared Identity

Matthew Spearly, The Ohio State University: Twenty-First Century Protection: The Politics of Redistribution, Class, and Insecurity in Contemporary Latin America

Seoeun Yang, The Ohio State University: Beyond Pairwise Relationship: Hypergraph as a New Graph-based…

Laura Cleton, University of Antwerp: Deporting Children. Policy Framing, Legitimation and Intersectional Boundary Work

Minwoo Ahn, University of Arizona: Managing Uncertainty in Collaborative Governance: Multi-method Evidence

Logan Blair, University of Arizona: 3 Essays in Natural Disaster Adaptation

Xiran Chen, University of Arizona: Chiefs, Elections, and Violence: Mobilization and Demobilization of African Voters

Mai Thanh Truong, University of Arizona: Do They Support Our Cooperation? Public Support for Cross-Movement Coalitions Under Authoritarian Rule

Isabel Williams, University of Arizona: Elite Rhetoric and Public Attitudes Toward Refugee Policy

Rizwan Asghar, University of California, Davis: Civil-Military Relations and Conflict Dynamics: How Weak Civilian Control of the State Raises the Risk of Conflicts

Samuel Collitt, University of California, Davis: Information Exposure and Opinion Formation

Oakley Gordon, University of California, Davis: The Multiple Nontransferable Vote in Theory and Practice: Dynamic Political Behavior in New Hampshire and Vancouver

Ireen Litvak-Zur, University of California, Davis: What’s in it for Me? Strategic Calculations of NAGs in Civil Conflicts

Hannah Murnane, University of California, Davis: That’s Not a Me Problem: Frame Ownership Theory and Applications

Maria Del Carmen Pantoja, University of California, Davis: Race, Ethnicity, and the Minimum Wage: Assessing the Impact of Racial and Ethnic Attitudes on Minimum Wage Preferences

Nahrain Rasho, University of California, Davis: Explaining Ethnic Protests: How Territorial Autonomy and Executive Representation Shape Ethnic Minority Protests

Mariana Carvalho Barbosa, University of California, San Diego: Political Assassinations and Criminal Politics in Brazil

Nhat-Dang Do, University of California, San Diego: Achieving Representation through Racial Minority Interest Groups (RMIG) in the United States: Lobbying Activity in Legislative Politics

Daegyeong Kim, University of California, San Diego: Anti-Asian Racism and the Racial Politics of US-China Great Power Rivalry

George Agustin Markarian, University of California, San Diego: Why Parkland, Not Pulse? Understanding Racialized Policy Responses to Catastrophes

Gregoire Loren Phillips, University of California, San Diego: Essays on Extremist Media Strategies and Radicalization

Rachel Jennifer Schoner, University of California, San Diego: Repressive Regimes and Individual Petitions in the Human Rights Committee

Brian Lavell Willis, University of California, San Diego: Diversification: Middle States, Security Institutions, and the Shadow of Great Power Rivalry

Xinyang Xuan, University of California, San Diego: Essays on Democratic Erosion and Autocratic Consolidation

Sara Belligoni, University of Central Florida: Coordinating the Chaos: How Institutions Influence Multi-Actor Coordination in Emergency Management

Davide Dell’isola, University of Central Florida: Discrimination, Terrorist Violence and Secularist Policies: Challenges for the Integration of Muslims in Western Europe

Jennifer Hudson, University of Central Florida: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Strategic Displacement on Territorial Control in Conventional Civil War

Alexander Norat, University of Central Florida: Decentralization and Violence

Jennifer Obado Joel, University of Central Florida: Progress in Chaos: Cash Transfers and Women Economic Empowerment amidst Climate Change and Violent Conflicts in West Africa

Tad Schnaufer, University of Central Florida: Struggling for Security: NATO’s Burden-Sharing Challenge

Brett Bessen, University of Colorado Boulder: Unbinding the Executive? Public Opinion and Presidential Accountability in Latin America

Kimberlee Chang, University of Colorado Boulder: “They Started to Listen to Us”: Addressing Cultural Change When Introducing Gender Quotas to Rural Communities

Brendan Connell, University of Colorado Boulder: The Western Advantage: Governments and Credit in the Age of Financialization

Jordan Hale, University of Colorado Boulder: Why Do Politicians Use Racist Rhetoric? A Comparative Text Analysis of English and Spanish Speaking Democracies

Christopher Jorde, University of Colorado Boulder: Outsiders on the Rise: New Parties and Party Competition in Multilevel Systems

Kimberly Killen, University of Colorado Boulder: Feminist Claims and the Politics of Reception

Trenton Marlar, University of Colorado Boulder: Mind the Gap: Regional Economic Disparities and Political Discontent

Adriana Molina Garzón, University of Colorado Boulder: The Role of NGOs in Forest Governance, Unintended Consequences of REDD+

Hannah Paul, University of Colorado Boulder: Refuge and Representation: The Political Integration of Refugees and Immigrants in Democracies

Marija Verner, University of Colorado Boulder: What makes a Green Citizen: Pre-Existing Belief Systems, Vulnerability, and Environmental Attitudes in the Americas

Sarah Ellington, University of Delaware: Alone, Together: How Politics and International Relations Compel and Maintain Asymmetric Power Relationships Between the Indigenous People of Latin America and Other Actors

Jing Li, University of Delaware: The Roads to Politics: Chinese Private Entrepreneurs and China’s Policy-Making Processes

Luisa Turbino Torres, University of Delaware: The Politics of Being A Soccer Fan: An Ethnographic Perspective on Feminist Activism Around Soccer Brazil

Kiran Arabaghatta Basavaraj, University of Exeter: The Dynamics and Diffusion of Campaign Misinformation

Qingming Huang, University of Florida: The Founding Myths of Party-States and the Resilience of Communist Regimes in East Asia

Hyun Joo Cho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Intractable Territorial Disputes: Concessions, Salience, and The Political Gain Of Domestic Opposition Factions

Luzmarina Garcia, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: How Women Rule: Judicial Empathy And Administrative Court Rulings

Sanghoon Kim-Leffingwell, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Voting For Nostalgia?: Authoritarian Nostalgia, Social Identity, And Political Behavior In Post-Authoritarian Democracies

Navida Wang, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: On Human Rights: International Institutions, Domestic Factors And Incentivizing Changes

Miles Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: International Aid and Strategic Interdependence: How Common and Conflicting Foreign Policy Goals Shape the Supply of Foreign Aid

Lindsey Allemang, University of Iowa: “More than child bearers or sex machines”—How Gendered Ideologies affect Reproductive Violence Against Rebel Women

Joseph Coll, University of Iowa: Electoral Reforms, Group Resources, and Black, Latino and Youth Turnout

Ahmad Qabazard, University of Iowa: Partisan Trust: How Political Parties Determine Levels of Popular Trust in Institutions

Yuehong Cassandra Tai, University of Iowa: The Role of Trust in Governance: Public Health and Tax Compliance in Cross-National Comparative Perspective

Yufan Yang, University of Iowa: Information Manipulation and Civil Rebellion in Autocratic Regimes

Samuel Baltz, University of Michigan: Computer Simulations of Elections, With Applications to Understanding Electoral System Reform

Nick Carney, University of Michigan: Essays on the Role of State and Local Government in Low-Income Housing Development

Kiela Crabtree, University of Michigan: Forged in the Fire: Racially-Targeted Violence and Implications for Political Behavior in the United States

Wooseok Kim, University of Michigan: Essays on Distributive Politics and Party Systems

Yunsieg Kim, University of Michigan: Essays on the Unintended Consequences of Interjurisdictional Law

Maxwell Lykins, University of Michigan: Regime Agnosticism: Tacitus on the Nature of Republics and the Growth of Savagery

Julia Maynard, University of Michigan: Members of Parliament, Voters, and Institutions: Understanding the Role of Individual Behavior in Constrained Environments

Thomas O’Mealia, University of Michigan: Violence, Protection, and the Political Economy of Security Provision in Ongoing Conflicts

Eitan Paul, University of Michigan: Raising Representation? Gender and Village Budgeting Reforms in Indonesia

Anil Ramachandran Menon, University of Michigan: Historical Violence, Trauma, and Political Identity

Roya Talibova, University of Michigan: Why Fight? Causes and Consequences of Joining a Tyrant’s Army

Jacob Walden, University of Michigan: Political Behavior in International Affairs and Insurgency

Princess Williams, University of Michigan: The Politics of Place: How Southern Identity Shapes Americans’ Political Beliefs

Logan Woods, University of Michigan: How Do People React When They Can’t Vote How They Want? The Relationship Between the Public and Democratic Institutions

Nuannuan Xiang, University of Michigan: Between Public Health and Social Welfare: Saving Mothers and Infants in the United States and Japan in the Early Twentieth Century

Paula Armendariz Miranda, University of Minnesota: Closed Personalities: The Psychological Roots of Autocratic Support

Tracey Blasenheim, University of Minnesota: Rule of Law(yers): Legal Expertise in the United States Military and the Prosecution of Modern Warfare

Samarjit Ghosh, University of Minnesota: Of Places and Practices: Three Essays on Cities and Security

Rachael Belle Houston, University of Minnesota: Like, Share, and Comment #SCOTUS: Public Engagement with the US Supreme Court on Facebook

Ivan Chaves Jucá, University of Minnesota: Explaining the Puzzle of Weak Parties with Strong Legislative Leaders in Brazil: Towards a Theory of Clientelistic Party Discipline

Siyu Li, University of Minnesota: External Constraints and Internal Norms on the US Supreme Court

María José Méndez Gutiérrez, University of Minnesota: Violence as Work: Living and Producing in Central America’s Gang Necroeconomies

Oanh Kim Nguyen, University of Minnesota: A State of Dependency: The Political Economy of Labor Migration in Malaysia

Carly Bianca Potz-Nielsen, University of Minnesota: Politics in the Third Age of Global Finance: Choosing Capital Controls

Maria Ann Sanchez, University of Minnesota: Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts

Patrick Snyder, University of Minnesota: Red Lines: Legitimation and Dissent in Contemporary Morocco

Logan Wayne Stundal, University of Minnesota: The Epidemiology of Civil War

Farrah L. Tek, University of Minnesota: Making Law Matter: The Legal Mobilization Of Subaltern Actors In Cambodia

Hyojong Ahn, University of Missouri: Three Essays On Political Polarization in the United States

Elizabeth Dorssom, University of Missouri: Flexible Law: The Impact of Legislative Resources on Policy Adoption

Michael Wales, University of Missouri: Evaluating the Performance of Performance-Based Budgeting: How Do States Intend to use Performance Measures in the Budget Process, and Do They Do It?

David Winjum, University of Missouri: Intervention And The Politics Of Information: US Attention To Foreign Civil Conflict

Jessica Curtis, University of Missouri-St. Louis: Agenda Setting on the Supreme Court of the United States in 1960, 1977, and 1992

Colby Dolly, University of Missouri-St. Louis: Determinants of Police Department Change: An Institutional Theory Approach

Tenille-Rose Martin, University of Missouri-St. Louis: Black Americans at a Crossroads in American Politics: Electoral Participation, Protest, and Policy Change

Moses Waithaka, University of Missouri-St. Louis: Maladies of Public Administration: Factors that Exacerbate Corruption in Kenya

Peter Thompson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte: Three Essays on Conflict and Displacement: Experimental Evidence from Nigeria

William Patton, University of North Carolina: Voter Decision-Making in Post-Reform Presidential Primaries

Stephanie Shady, University of North Carolina: Heaven is a Place on Earth: Religion and the Politics of Territorial Belonging

Kaitlin Alper, University of North Carolina: Regional Governance, Authority and Redistribution

Simon Hoellerbauer, University of North Carolina: Three Papers on Model-Based Survey Methodology

Sean Norton, University of North Carolina: Three Papers in Comparative Politics

Rachel Porter, University of North Carolina: Some Politics are Still Local: Strategic Position Taking in Congress Elections

Tyler Steelman, University of North Carolina: Political Representation in the United States Congress

Post Basnet, University of North Texas: Ethnic Parties: Their Emergence, Survival and Impact

Sebastian Graham, University of North Texas: To Constrain or to Tame: Machiavelli and Aristotle on the Demagogue

Taekbin Kim, University of North Texas: Elite Management Strategies under Dictatorship

Ibrahim Kocaman, University of North Texas: Politics in Uniforms: Military Influence in Politics and Conflictual State Behavior

Jesus Molinar, University of North Texas: Concerning Millennials: Exploring Generational Cohort Effects and Racial Linked Fate, Religion and Politics, and Support For American Civil Liberties

Meredith Niezgoda, University of North Texas: This is What Democracy Looks Like: Racial Identity, Anger, and The Political Behavior of White Women

Gabriela Okundaye, University of North Texas: Pre-migratory Experiences and the Political Effects of Suitcase Socialization

Anna Pechinina, University of North Texas: The Politics of Fiscal Federalism and Building the Foundations of the Putin Regime in Russia 2007-2013

Omar Coronel Cuadros, University of Notre Dame: Violent Protest in Weak Democracies. Conflict Prevention Agencies and Civil Society Organizations in Peru

Daniel Flynn, University of Notre Dame: The Hidden Rank: Civilian Education and Military Leadership

Paul Friesen, University of Notre Dame: Democratic Enculturation: Explaining Dominant Party Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Melody Grubaugh, University of Notre Dame: Precursor to Political Hebraism: What Aquinas Thinks We Can (and Should) Learn from the Mosaic Law

Tiernan Kane, University of Notre Dame: Reevaluating Legal Liberty of Conscience

Wayde Marsh, University of Notre Dame: The Politics of Trauma: Mass Tragedies in Polarized America

Tyler Moore, University of Notre Dame: Legal Interpretation’s Disputed Terrain

Ana Petrova, University of Notre Dame: The Party as a Promise: Political Parties’ Organizational Strength in Latin America

Samuel Piccolo, University of Notre Dame: From Athens to Turtle Island: A Neo-Aristotelian Bridge Between Indigenous and Western Thought?

Emma Rosenberg, University of Notre Dame: Rally Around the Steeple: Nativist Party Religious Rhetoric in Central Europe

Ilana Rothkopf, University of Notre Dame: Constituting Peace: Foreign Actors, Constitution-Making, and Armed Conflict

Benjamin Sehnert, University of Notre Dame: The Common Life: Lebenswelt and Individual in the Political Thought of Arendt and Heidegger

Abigail Staysa, University of Notre Dame: Aristotle on Pleasure and Prudence in the Nicomachean Ethics

David Stevenson, University of Notre Dame: Cyber-Weapons of the Weak: Understanding the Pursuit of Offensive Cyber-Capabilities by Smaller States

Hannah Wilson, University of Notre Dame: Influence in American Legislatures

Jacque Gao, University of Rochester: International Influences on Authoritarian Survival

YeonKyung Jeong, University of Rochester: Three Essays on Demographic Crises and Policy-Making

Varun Karekurve-Ramachandra, University of Rochester: Essays on Political Institutions in India

Jae-Eun Kim, University of Rochester: Three Essays in Political Economy

Gyu Sang Shim, University of Rochester: Three Essays on Demographic Crises and Policy-Making

Maria Silfa, University of Rochester: Essays on Money in Politics

Emily VanMeter, University of Rochester: Founding Cities, Finding Identity

Eric Fiske, University of South Florida: Cuban Medical Internationalism: A Case for International Solidarity in Foreign Policy Decision Making

Arjun Banerjee, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Leader Type and Responses to State-Sponsored Terrorism

Kirsten England, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Diffusion of Policy Innovations: State Adoption of Value-Added Models in K-12 Education

Rachel Fuentes, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Election Day Registration and Same Day Registration in State Legislative Districts

Jonathan Honig, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Autocracies as Mediators in Conflicts

Tianjing Liao, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: State Technological Power and Interstate Trade Relations and Conflict

Simon Rotzer, University of Tennessee-Knoxville: Conscientious Acceptance: The Impact of Public Support on Conscription

Brooke Shannon, University of Texas at Austin: The City Agenda: Local Governance and National Influence in the Policy Agenda, 1900-2020

Olyvia Christley, University of Virginia: Seeing Gender Everywhere: Assessing the Impact of Traditional Gender Attitudes in American and European Political Behavior

Bree Bang-Jensen, University of Washington: Principled and Pragmatic Exit: Understanding Treaty Withdrawal

Jonathan Beck, University of Washington: Fees Rise, Class Divide: Higher Education, Inequality, and Student Social Movements

Carolyn Dapper, University of Washington: White Identity and the Tolerance of Violence

David Lucas, University of Washington: Community, Liberalism and the Capabilities Approach

Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer: University of Washington: The Political Economy Of Public Pension Funds And Investment Privatization

Grace Reinke, University of Washington: Social Reproduction as Political Resistance: Case Studies from US Politics in an Age of Extraction

Freddy Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Foreign Policy in Hard Economic Times

Pete Erickson, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Inescapable: Polarization, Prestige, and the US Military in Politics

Caileigh Glenn, University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Financialization of Foreign Policy: Targeted Financial Sanctions and Government Retaliation

David Greenwood-Sanchez, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Biodiversity and Global Agricultural Markets: A Comparative Analysis of GMO Regulation in Mexico and Peru

Anton Shirikov, University of Wisconsin-Madison: How Propaganda Works: Political Biases and News Credibility in Autocracies

Chagai Weiss, University of Wisconsin-Madison: How Institutional Inclusion Reduces Social Exclusion

Timothy Chatburn, Washington State University: Beyond Geography: Rural and Urban Place-Based Identity and Partisanship in the United States

Adam Emerson, Washington State University: Rethinking Propaganda: How and Why Political Actors Influence External Audiences

Kyu Shin, West Virginia University: A Shock to the System: Analyzing Ethnocentric Populist Support Before and After CrisesBefore and After Crises