APSA is pleased to include here the names of individuals who have completed their doctoral dissertations at political science departments during the 2025 calendar year. In order to provide the most accurate information possible, this list is based on data reported directly from individuals and departments.

Anntiana Sabeti, Arizona State University: Gatekeepers of Inclusion: How Peace Negotiation Participants Shape Gender Inclusivity in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

Matthew Smoldt, Arizona State University: The Political Economy of Immigration Policy Enforcement

Zara Albright, Boston University: Beyond the Great Powers: How South American States Are Navigating US-China Competition in the 21^st Century

Florian Bodamer, Boston University: High Politics and State Capacity: Foreign Inputs in Domestic Defense Industries

Bo Feng, Boston University: Discretion in Policymaking and Bureaucratic Oversight under Weak Institutions: Evidence from China

Pamela Icyeza, Boston University: Creditor Choice and Debt Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analyzing the Impact that the Entrance of New Creditors has had on SSA States’ Development Trajectory

Gizem Kaftan, Boston University: Why Does the European Union Not Act? Understanding Challenges to the EU’s Liberal Order

Leo Moradi, Boston University: Alfarabi’s Political Thought in His Parallel Works: Enumeration of the Sciences, Book of Religion, Political Regime, and Virtuous City

Daniel Ruggles, Brandeis University: Capturing the Flag: How Young Conservatives Took Over the Republican Party, 1960–1980

Nathanial Walker, Brandeis University: Global Commons: Explaining Sovereignty Beyond the State

Isabella Bellezza-Smull, Brown University: Exporting the Homeland: The Network Politics of International Border Security Cooperation

Bhanu Joshi, Brown University: Mediating the State: Bureaucratic Agency, State Capacity, and Public Service Delivery in Urban India

Karra McCray Gibson, Brown University: Black Representation in Congress: Identity, Ideology, and Geography

Manuel Moscoso Rojas, Brown University: Policing in Wartime: The Politics of Uneven Security Expansion in Colombia (2002-2010)

Beenish Pervaiz, Brown University: Delivering Deterrence: Third Parties and Vertical Proliferation in South Asia

Nicolas Taccone, Brown University: Can Civil Wars Improve Public Goods? Militias, Security, and Rural Governance in Post-Conflict Peru

Joshua Weitz, Brown University: Reinventing Mass Politics: Learning and Innovation on the Interwar German Right

Kexin Feng, California Institute of Technology: Tensions, Trade, and Transformation: Essays on Chinese Economic History During the Warlord Era

Trevor Brown, Cornell University: Workers Against Solidarity: The Political Development of the American Health Care Labor Market

Jacob Harris, Cornell University: Policy Feedback and Voter Turnout Along the Punishment Spectrum

Kanika Khanna, Cornell University: Conditional Belonging: Neighborhood and Racial Integration in New York City

Joseph Lasky, Cornell University: The Sanguinary Divide: Local Dynamics and the Divergent Legacies of Political Violence

Adi Rao, Cornell University: The Intelligence Hunting Model: Theorizing the Microfoundations of Spying in World Politics

Stephen Roblin, Cornell University: The Moral Public: Intent, Civilian Harm, and American Public Support for the Use of Force

Samuel Rosenblum, Cornell University: Organizing Spontaneity: A Political Theory of Improvisation

Andres Besserer Rayas, CUNY Graduate Center: Paper Government: How the State Governs Migration Through Extending Rights–A Study of Colombian Immigration Policy, 2016–2024

Stephen Boatwright, CUNY Graduate Center: Myth, Mayhem, and Pseudo-Democracy: The Role of Political Myths in Mobilizing Nationalist Populist Movements and Political Extremists

Louis Charbonneau, CUNY Graduate Center: The Giants of Coercion: Major Powers and the Mobilization of Global Sanctions Coalitions

Michael Curry, CUNY Graduate Center: Transitional Justice and the Logic of Unintended Consequences

Lina Maria Fajardo Vallejo, CUNY Graduate Center: The Diplomacy of Contention: The Case of Venezuela

Sam Goodson, CUNY Graduate Center: Molding the Mosaic: Progressive Coalition Formation in the 2021 NYC City Council Elections

Ariel Mekler, CUNY Graduate Center: Queer Consequences: The Making of Global Norms Mainstreaming Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression, and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) at the United Nations

Joyce Rivera, CUNY Graduate Center: Moving the Needle: the Policy Change on Syringe Access, New York City and State, 1988-2023

Sehar Sarah Shah, CUNY Graduate Center: Counterinsurgency and Endogenous State-Building in Northwestern Pakistan

Merrill Sovner, CUNY Graduate Center: Reduce, Replace, Reframe: How Civil Society Organizations Build Resilience in the Face of Financial and Political Pressures

Leo Tamamizu, CUNY Graduate Center: Shielding the State, Shaking the Regime: Military Alliances, Domestic Deterrence, and Internal Conflict

Thuy Anh Tran, CUNY Graduate Center: The Invisible Hand of Networked Repression

Milo Ward, CUNY Graduate Center: Problems with Authority: The Political Theory of Neoconservative Political Science

Haya Zuberi, CUNY Graduate Center: Politics of Faith: The American Muslim Pursuit of Political Acceptance

Joseph Glasgow, Emory University: The Dynamics of Donor Behavior and Campaign Strategy

Seoyeon Kim, Emory University: The Role of Information and Inequality on Political Institutions

Sinisa Miric, Emory University: Essays on Political Institutions Under Dominant Party Rule

Eddy S.F. Yeung, Emory University: Propaganda as Provocation: How Autocrats Use Political Rhetoric to Impede Democratic Uprisings

Ahmed Abdullah Alabdullatif, Florida International University: The Relationships Between Saudi Arabia and Both the United States and China, and How the Emergence of the Petro-Yuan May Affect Those Relationships

Melissa Boissiere, Florida International University: Navigating Neoliberalism: Transnational Corporate Power and the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement

Brian Fonseca, Florida International University: The Influence of Culture on Military Institutions in Latin America

Brianna Hernandez, Florida International University: Equality and Ecologies: Analysis of Gender and Global Environmental Governance

Yuanhao Tian, Florida International University: Strategic Survival: Chinese Multinationals in Latin America Amid US-China Geopolitical Rivalry

Patrick Villalonga, Florida International University: The Influence of Neighborhood Walkability on Social Cohesion and Political Participation

Damian Boldt, Florida State University: Statecraft in a Liberal Time: Essays on Human Rights Diplomacy, Democracy, and Peace

Taylor Chewning, Florida State University: American Foreign Policy in a Changing World: Alliances and Signaling in Cyberspace

Harley Roe, Florida State University: Political Compromise and Incumbency Penalties

Christopher Bowers, George Mason University: At Odds: Causes of Collaborative Underperformance

Matthew Costlow, George Mason University: Shields as Swords? Active Defenses and Arms Race Stability in the Nuclear Era

D. Kyle Fowler, George Mason University: Dual Drivers: Explaining the Geopolitical and Economic Motivations for Russian Nuclear Reactor Exports

Christopher Quillen, George Mason University: Pick Your Poison: Explaining Terrorist Selection of Chemical and Biological Agents

Liuqing Ren, George Mason University: Transparency in the Shadows: Essays on ENGOs, Information Disclosure, and Environmental Policymaking in China

Joshua Stone, George Mason University: Operationalizing the Security Dilemma

Michael Sweeney, George Mason University: Three-Dimensional Chess in the Pacific: How Technology Shapes Maritime Geography

Smita Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University: Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy: Comparative Study of India–US Nuclear Negotiations During National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Governments, 1999–2009

Kathleen Nganga, Johns Hopkins University: When Cities Win: How Local Governments Reclaim Power in the Face of State Preemption

Jesse Dalton Ansley, Louisiana State University: Johann Georg Hamann and the Liberal Project

Thomas Cloud, Louisiana State University: Leo Strauss and the Regime of Philosophy: Poetry, Cosmology, and the Degeneration of the West

Laura Kaehler, Louisiana State University: Splitting Quintiles: Exploring the Relationship Between Income Inequality and Political Participation in the American Electorate

Harriet Ann Sellers, Louisiana State University: Framed by Exclusion: Exploring Gender Disparities in Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) Programs

Hogr Omer Tarkhani, Louisiana State University: Strategic Rivalries and Civil Conflicts: Analyzing US and Russian Strategies in the MENA Region’s Civil Wars

Sean Whyard, Louisiana State University: Campaigning in the Field: Voter Contact Strategies and the Use of Office Space in Electoral Politics

Peidong Wu, Louisiana State University: Eric Voegelin’s Symbolic Constitution

Nicholas Blanchette, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Strategies of Capability Revelation and their Sources: Explaining Secrecy, Bluff, and Transparency in the Signaling of Advanced Military Capabilities

Esteban Manuel Fernandez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Copaganda: Entertainment Media’s Role in Reinforcing Public Perceptions of Police

Suzanne B. Freeman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Spy and the (Autocratic State): Theory and Politics of Civil Intelligence Relations

Eleanor Gladding Freund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Survival in the Shadow of Power: Strategies of Security Cooperation in Chinese Foreign Policy

Jung Jae Kwon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Explaining Allied Military Postures: Extended Deterrence, the US Nuclear Umbrella, and the Search for Security

Sukrit Puri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Essays on Business and Politics in India

Kunal Singh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Nipping the Atom in the Bud: Strategies of Counterproliferation and How States Select Among Them

Yui Fung (Raymond) Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cautious Opportunist: How Rising Powers Shape International Order

Jiyoung Cho, New School for Social Research: Multiple Mobilities in the Promise of Peaceful Prosperity: The Politics of Infrastructure in and Beyond the Tumen River Tri-Borderlands and Baekdudaegan

Begoña Gerling Sarabia, New School for Social Research: The Disruptive Moment: Times of Radical Democracy

Louis Jargow, New School for Social Research: A Genealogy of Rage: Thymoresistance in Times of Rage

Iver Johnson, New School for Social Research: Hierarchies of Being: Animal Rights, State Power, and Nonhuman Biopolitics

Yu-Sum Lee, New School for Social Research: Green Colonialism with Chinese Characteristics

Orsolya Lehotai, New School for Social Research: The Transnationality of Illiberal Statecraft: Ontological Security and the Case of Hungarian Asylum Seekers in Canada After 2010

Dion Nania, New School for Social Research: Contesting Prison Work: Race, Labor, and the National Prison Strikes 2016 and 2018

Robert Shaver, New School for Social Research: Favors, Privileges, and Immunities: The Cobden–Chevalier Network and the Creation of Liberal Commercial Diplomacy

Ning He, New York University: Political Control and Perverse Incentives in Bureaucracy

Kun Heo, New York University: Applications of Information Economic Theories to Political Economy

David McGrath, New York University: Local News and Political Communication in the Internet Age

Nicolette Alayón, Northwestern University: Parasocial Influence and Political Attitudes: The Power of Celebrity in American Politics

Lauren Baker, Northwestern University: No Time to Waste: How States Sanitize the Global Politics of Garbage

Diana Elhard, Northwestern University: Climate Finance in International Negotiation

Elizabeth Good, Northwestern University: Willing and Able: Power Dynamics and Women’s Representation in Peace Processes

Shai Karp, Northwestern University: Leasing Democracy: Private Power and Public Policy in American Rental Housing

Irene (Yoonjeong) Kwon, Northwestern University: From Financial Identity to Political Choice: Three Essays on Latent Financial Identity, Ideology, and Candidate Evaluation

Jennifer Lin, Northwestern University: Training Citizen Officers

Aulia Dwi Nastiti, Northwestern University: Behind the Digital Boom: Proprietary Market and Platform Capitalism Expansion in Indonesia

Audrey Nicolaides, Northwestern University: Gripping the Masses: Internationalism and the Philosophy of History

Maya Novak-Herzog, Northwestern University: Axes of Consent: Public Perception in the Legacy of Title IX

Elizabeth Orrego Torres, Northwestern University: Freeing Religion: Deconstructing and Decolonizing Religious Freedom and Secularism in the Americas

Muhammad Ridha, Northwestern University: Non Oligarchic Power: The Effectiveness of Workers’ Mobilization Under Oligarchy in Indonesia

Andrew Saab, Northwestern University: Essays on Political Economy, Information, and Behavior

Nathaniel Flemming, Pennsylvania State University: Metropolitan Fragmentation: Equality and Equity in Public Service Provision

Kayla Kahn, Pennsylvania State University: An Explosion of Terror: Networks, Lethality, and Survival

Faith Kumalo, Pennsylvania State University: The Impact of Anti-Immigrant Party Position on Partisan Attitudes Towards Immigrants

Nitheesha Nakka, Pennsylvania State University: Identity and Digital Politics: An Examination of Sub-National Political Elites on Twitter

Tuba Sendinc, Pennsylvania State University: Leader Personality, Cognitive Biases, and International Conflict

Felix Alberto Beltran, Purdue University: State Capital in Global Markets: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Perceptions of State Sponsored Financing

Matthew Ellis, Purdue University: Gambling on the Red: Short-of-War Strategies in Territory Seizures

Kayla Gurganus, Purdue University: Equity in Climate Action Planning

Kaleigh Karageorge, Purdue University: Unequal Allies: Preserving Local Autonomy in Grassroots-Mainstream Partnerships in the United States Environmental Justice Movement

Hanna Sistek, Purdue University: Structural Incentives for Politicians to Manipulate Domestic Opinions

Catalina Vega Mendez, Purdue University: When the South Moves South: Shifting Attitudes and Behaviors in Response to the Migrant Crisis in Colombia

Chano Arreguin-Abarca, Rice University: Unifying Instrumental and Expressive Motivations in Political Behavior

Gonzalo Di Landro, Rice University: Political Parties and the Gender Voting Gap in Western Democracies: A Supply and Demand Framework

Gustavo Guajardo, Rice University: Electoral Incentives and Political Support for Anticorruption Reform: Evidence from Latin American Legislatures

Dayong Lee, Rice University: Essays in Comparative Political Behavior

Gladys Zubiria, Rice University: Giving Peace a Chance: The Role of Third Parties in Promoting a Just and Lasting Peace

Dawn Marie Hersey, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY: Effects of Actualized Language Policy on Ukrainian Stability, 1989-2022

Matthew Benjamin Kirk, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY: Rethinking Rural Identity: Reimagining Rural Politics

Poyung Lin, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY: Reassurance after Abandonment: Alliance Politics after Alliances End

Joseph James Popcun, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY: From Friction to Decay: How Ordinary Policy Failures in Government Expose Policy Entropy

Reyhan Topal, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY: Technology, Repression, and Contention: How do Internet and Communication Technologies Affect Political Violence and Collective Action?

Zheng Wang, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the University at Albany, SUNY: Framing Ethnicity: How Ideological Threats Shape State Policies Towards the Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia

Albert Chiu, Stanford University: Essays in Political Methodology

Camille Dejarnett, Stanford University: Speaking as Citizens: The Politics of Discourse in Multilingual Africa

James Hintson, Stanford University: State Expansion and Hollowness in Contemporary Africa

Jordan Horrillo, Stanford University: Essays on the Spatial Development of Human Ecosystems

Jane Kaufmann, Stanford University: Bandwagoning vs Bandwagoning: Alignment Decisions in Great Power Competition

Mark Krass, Stanford University: Essays on Election Law in the United States

Natalya Rahman, Stanford University: Women’s Political Empowerment in South Asia

Matthew Ribar, Stanford University: Land, Power, and Property Rights: The Political Economy of Land Titling in West Africa

Denis Tchaouchev, Stanford University: Essays on Historical International Conflict

Yiqian Wang, Stanford University: Presidential Power and the Politics of Immigration Reform

Chenoa Yorgason, Stanford University: Essays on Campaign Finance in the United States

Sara Contreras, Temple University: Covert Abortion Networks: How Civil Society Subverts the State and Provides Abortion, No Matter What

Luis Garcia, Temple University: Making Legibility Work: The Bureaucratic Politics of State Knowledge

Felipe Ribeiro, Temple University: Controlling Connectivity: The Impact of Expanding Road Networks on Criminal Violence

Sussan Saikali, Temple University: Using Gender Reforms as Foreign Policy Tools: The Case of Saudi Arabia

Ilyssa Yahmi, Temple University: Smuggling for a Cause: Order, Control, and Violence in Rebel Borderlands

Sara Bornstein, The George Washington University: Parties, Institutions, and Policy Priorities: Evidence from State Education Agencies Nationwide and Local School Boards in Pennsylvania

Akbota Karibayeva, The George Washington University: Ungrateful Successors: Why Do Authoritarian Leaders Turn on their Predecessors?

Stephen Rangazas, The George Washington University: Breaking Insurgent Economies: State Indiscriminate Violence During Civil War

Caleb Schmotter, The George Washington University: Boundaries of Belonging: The Structure and Stability of Ethnic Identity

Anum Syed, The George Washington University: Between Home and Host: Anti Caste Mobilization and the Political Incorporation of South Asian Immigrants in the United States

Alexander Llewellyn Wright, The George Washington University: Collateral Duration: External Intervention and Interstate War Duration

Daeheon Jegal, University of Alabama: The Role of Humanitarian Feelings, Behavioral Immune System, and the Covid-19 Pandemic in Shaping Attitudes Toward Welfare Policies and Medicaid Expansion

Timothy Joshua, University of Benin: Arms Proliferation and the Rise of Banditry in Nigeria: A Study of the North West Geopolitical Zone

Meagan Cloutier, University of Calgary: The Representative’s Representative: MP Staff and Representation in Canadian Democracy

Comfort Twiaa Kwarteng, University of Calgary: The Multisectoral Response to a Public Health Crisis: Uganda’s HIV/AIDS Policy in Perspective

Sulemana Saaka Saaka, University of Calgary: Gender and Ministerial Appointments in Africa

Jill Laufer, University of California, Davis: This Time It’s Different: American Youth, Political Activism and Mobilization

Rhoanne Esteban, University of California, Santa Barbara: Ladders of Escalation: Party, Race, Immigration Generation, and Support for US Involvement in Ukraine

Daniel Gamarnik, University of California, Santa Barbara: Distracted by Revisionists: The Causes and Consequences of Extrastate War

Jorge Moreno Plascencia, University of California, Santa Barbara: Essays on the Political Economy of Redistribution in Mexico

Olivia Quinn, University of California, Santa Barbara: Citizen Engagement and Policy Change

Matthew Rochat, University of California, Santa Barbara: Chinese Economic Engagement in Africa and West African Maritime Ports

Felicity Stone-Richards, University of California, Santa Barbara: Soul Talk, Imaginative Power, and Acknowledgment: An Analysis of Anti-Racist and Pro-Immigrant Practice in Japan

Noosha Uddin, University of California, Santa Barbara: Precarity in Motion: Political and Economic Consequences of the Kafala Temporary Migration Regime

Corah Walker, University of California, Santa Barbara: Undercurrents: Broker Defection and Illicit Organizations During Day Zero in Cape Town

Rui Wang, University of California, Santa Barbara: The Diffusion of International Banking Supervision Standards: A Network Analysis

Shiyang Wu, University of California, Santa Barbara: Essays on the Dynamics of International Investment Commitments: State Behavior, Market Constraints, and Institutional Design

Devyn Escalanti, University of Central Florida: Contagion Chronicles: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Armed Conflict and Infectious Disease

Rafael Hurtado Valdivieso, University of Central Florida: Marine Ecosystem Services Disruption and Social Violence

Pleasant Ogedengbe, University of Central Florida: Becoming Black in a Divided Diaspora: Identity, Human Security, and the Intra-Group Dynamics of African Americans and African Immigrants

Nicolae Bîea, University of Chicago: Dialectic of Scarcity: Economy and Finitude in Late Capitalism

Matthew Conklin, University of Chicago: The Local Legacies of War: Evidence from the American Way of War and Remembrance

Sabreena Croteau, University of Chicago: Securing the Seas: The Political Economy of Naval Force Structure

Gabriel Foy-Sutherland, University of Chicago: Three Essays on Electoral Dynamics and Campaign Strategy

Jenna Gibson, University of Chicago: Unpacking Diplospeak: Diplomatic Rhetoric and Communication in International Relations

Walker Gunning, University of Chicago: Devil’s Bargain: How Elite Deals Undermined Sudan’s Democratic Transition

Ibrahim Khan, University of Chicago: The Problem of Peace: Anticolonial Thought and the Critique of International Order

Omar Safadi, University of Chicago: The Queer Enemy: Homophobia, Religion, and Stalemate in Lebanon

Noah Schouela, University of Chicago: Essays on Fragmented Urban Government and Democracy in Latin America

Benjamin Shaver, University of Chicago: Three Essays on Political Economy

Madeleine Stevens, University of Chicago: Weaponizing Uncertainty: The Politics of Disappearance in Latin America

Emily Tallo, University of Chicago: Organizing Mistrust: How Leaders Navigate Bureaucratic Resistance on Foreign Policy

Maya Van Nuys, University of Chicago: Reforming Policing, Reproducing Power: The Global Governance of Domestic Policing Norms

Piotr Bielinski, University of Delaware: Ukraine’s Russophone Patriots vs. the ‘Russoworld’: The Ascendency of Ukrainian National Identity and the Roots of the Pro-Ukraine Social Mobilization of Russian Speakers

Amara Galileo, University of Delaware: Assessing Democracy in Ghana and South Africa: A Comparative Study of Electoral, Liberal, and Participatory Dimensions

Sumeyye Mine Iltekin Gocer, University of Delaware: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in Host Countries: A Cross-National Study of Europe, Turkey, and the United States

Stephen Kipp, University of Delaware: Where the Sidewalk Starts: The Effects of Privatized Development on Local Political Behavior in US Rural Communities

Rifat Lutful, University of Delaware: Rise of Radicalization in Muslim Majority States: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of Bangladesh and Pakistan

Jiwon Nam, University of Delaware: Populism Talks: Contemporary Drivers of the Decline in Global Climate Change Cooperation

Wania Yad, University of Delaware: State-Building and State-Formation in Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?

Fahmida Zaman, University of Delaware: Offline Politics, Online Control: Rethinking the Global Rise of Digital Authoritarianism

Glen Billesbach, University of Florida: AI and the Exercise of Freedom: The Politics of Personal and Planetary Prediction

Jacob Caldwell, University of Florida: The Political Implications of Precarious Work

Stephanie DeNardo, University of Florida: Households of Knowledge: Women, Relationships, and Spaces for Constructing a Discipline of International Relations in Mid-twentieth Century United States

Murad Gafarov, University of Florida: European Union Enlargement: Between Identity and Pragmatism

Kelly Richardson, University of Florida: Empowered or Alienated: An Exploration of the Life Cycle of Black Empowerment

Xiao Sun, University of Florida: Gendered Welfare in East Asia? Family Policies in Japan, South Korea, and China

Robert Alvarez, University of Houston: Ideology as a Predictor of News Coverage: The Causes and Consequences of Differential Media Coverage

Eugenia Artabe, University of Houston: Executives’ Attacks on Courts in Latin America: Definition, Reasons, and Impact on Public Confidence in the Judiciary

Samantha Chapa, University of Houston: Immigrant Inclusion: Reframing Local Politics in Immigration Debates

Aparajita Datta, University of Houston: Towards Energy Justice: How Policy Feedback Is Shaping Energy Equity and Climate Policies in the US

Shana Hardin, University of Houston: From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Women’s Candidacy, Legislative Success, and Policy Impact in State Governments

Lucas Lothamer, University of Houston: The Two Dimensional Nature of Political Cynicism: Formation and Effects of Cynical Views

Kyle Martin, University of Houston: Pluralizing Conscience: A Critical Assessment of the Liberal Theory of Conscience in Twentieth-Century Thought

Naomi Nubin, University of Houston: Faces of Citizenship: Race, Welfare Generosity, and Citizen-Engagement in the Era of Partisan Polarization

Seongjoon Ahn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: In the Name of Democracy: Composition, Variation, and Measurement of Conceptions of Democracy

Arya Budi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: All the President’s People? The Origins of Affective Attachment Towards Political Leaders

Seung-Uk Huh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Partisan Politics and the Resolution of International Economic Disputes

Aleena Khan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: He is Not One of US: Partisanship, Perceptions of Anti-Americanism & their Consequences For Democracy

Moonyoung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Going Green for Gold: How Firms Gain a Competitive Edge Through International Environmental Treaties

Myung Jung Kim, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Negotiating Justice, Rebel Behaviors, and War Outcomes in the Era of Accountability

Jinwon Lee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: From Deterrence to Emboldening: Unveiling Alliance Commitments Dynamics

Jing Li, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Essays on Complexity and Causality in Political Science Research

Isaiah Raynal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: People Are More than their Politics: Expanding Our Sense of Self as a Way to Alleviate Affective Polarization

Shuyuan Shen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Whataboutism with Foreign Affairs: How Chinese Media Leverage Foreign News for Distraction and Legitimation

James Steur, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Political Sadness: Democratic Institutions & Citizens in a Depressing World

Sorén Warland, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Using Environmental Nonprofits to Refine Rules of Interest Group Behavior

Daniel Blinderman, University of Michigan: Old Times There Are Not Forgotten: The Legacy of Southern Populism for Public Goods Provision

Peter Carroll, University of Michigan: Patronage as Insurance: Clientelism, Precarity, and Political Engagement in Uganda

Jared Cory, University of Michigan: The Politics of Criminal Justice Policies

Benjamin Goehring, University of Michigan: The States of American Bureaucracy

Phoebe Henninger, University of Michigan:Who Do Americans Trust to Manage Elections? Partisan Election Administration and Its Effects on Voter Confidence

Hayden Jackson, University of Michigan: The Politics of Dependence on International Trade: Public Attitudes, Policy Preferences, and US Responses to Supply Chain Vulnerability

Katarzyna Klasa, University of Michigan: Disasters Divided: Federalism, Authority, and the Role of States in US COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Derek Lief, University of Michigan: Exploring Non-Monetary Incentives: The Influence of Religion and Other Factors on Employee Behavior and Entrepreneurship

Yehia Mekwai, University of Michigan: Facing Janus: Local Government, Muslim Leadership and Mosque Regulation in Europe

Lucy Peterson, University of Michigan: Race and Class in the Educational Politics of W. E. B. Du Bois

Eugenia Quintanilla, University of Michigan: Prosocial Politics: How Americans Desire to Help Shapes Political Action

Megan Ryan, University of Michigan: Coercion, Conflict, and Coups: The Challenges of Democratization from Military Rule

Merisa Bahar Şahin, University of Michigan: Dual Despotisms: Young Ottoman Anticolonial Thinkers and Projects of Global Integration (1889-1908)

Joshua Thorp, University of Michigan: Body Politic: Disability and Political Cohesion

Zoe Walker, University of Michigan: When Hard Work Isn’t Enough: Race and the Politics of the American Dream

Emma Willoughby, University of Michigan: The Politics of “Wet Markets”: Global Health and Governance in Vietnam

Robert Anstett, University of Missouri: The Role of State Political Parties in Modern American Politics and a Measure of State Party Professionalization

Aubree Hardesty, University of Missouri: Cues Carry Consequences: The Influence of Candidate Gender Heuristics on Electoral Outcome

Alexander Hall, University of Nebraska–Lincoln: Preference Expression and Misexpression Under Alternative Voting Rules

Dean Jackson, University of Nebraska–Lincoln: Echo Chambers on the Left, Echo Chambers on the Right: How Socioideological Identity Emotion Shape Social Interaction Behavior on Social Media

Sukjae Lee, University of Nebraska–Lincoln: Holding Ground in the Cerulean Tide: Minority Party Legislators’ Strategies for Advancing Climate Policies in Landslide States

Shannon Hartmann, University of Nevada, Reno: Mapping Terror: Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis and the Local Dynamics of Terrorism in Northern Ireland and the Philippines

Sanjeevan Pradhan, University of Nevada, Reno: Tough Sell: Rising Powers, Domestic Legitimation, and Costly International Initiatives

Samuel Zaruba Smith, University of Nevada, Reno: Governance of Information Markets: Elite Interviews for High-Risk Domains and Recommended Policy Regulatory Solutions

Isheika Cleare, University of Notre Dame: Hegemonic Resistance in East Asia: Japan and South Korea’s Search for Autonomy in the Shadow of Sino-American Competition, 2001-2020

Isabel Guiza-Gomez, University of Notre Dame: Landing Peace: Rural-Poor Mobilization and Land Redistribution in Civil War Political Transitions

William Kakenmaster, University of Notre Dame: Decarbonizing Dictatorship: Explaining Climate Action in Nondemocracies

James Kirk, University of Notre Dame: Which Shepherds to Follow?: Cross-Pressured Catholic Politics in a Polarized America

John Andrew Petrakis, University of Notre Dame: Comparing Euthnasia Regimes: Empirical and Normative Analysis

Linus Recht, University of Notre Dame: An Enquiry Into the Spirit of Justice

Apurva Bamezai, University of Pennsylvania: Essays on Political Selection and Local Governance in Rural India

Nicholas Dias, University of Pennsylvania: The Underestimated Public: How Scholars Overlooked the Principles in Citizens’ Policy Opinions

Sarah Gerstein, University of Pennsylvania: Undermanned, Undertrained, and Underequipped: Peacetime Military Preparation for Rapid Expansion

Jason Hartwig, University of Pennsylvania: Combatants and Communities: Security Orders During Civil Wars

Nicolás-Alberto Idrobo-Rincón, University of Pennsylvania: Why Economic Sanctions Backfire: The Role of Emigration in the Venezuelan Case

Benjamin Tyler Leigh, University of Pennsylvania: How Social Media Reduce Political Tolerance

Nicholas Pangakis, University of Pennsylvania: Human-centered AI in Computational Social Science: Evaluating Automated Annotation with Large Language Models

M. Edith Sklaroff, University of Pennsylvania: Anti-Eugenics: Theory and Practice in the Twentieth Century United States

Alex Tolkin, University of Pennsylvania: Seeing Politics as a Sport: How Watching Sports Shapes Perceptions of Competition

Catalina Udani, University of Pennsylvania: Systematizing the Kafala System: Essays on International Migrants, Gulf Citizens, and Institutions in the Middle East

Samuel Wolken, University of Pennsylvania: Local Television News in a Changing Media Environment

George Fields, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: An Examination of Influencing Factors on Supreme Court Decision-Making Behavior in Federal Agency Cases

Jennifer Shaneberger, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: When Political Rhetoric Threatens Migrant Labor-Market Integration

Katherine Trubee, University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Gender Inclusivity and Decision Making in Collective Action

Dafe Oputu, University of Toronto: Who Needs City Hall? Patterns of Local Democracy in Urban West Africa

Jeffrey Grove, University of Washington: Mapping the Interior: Land Offices, Technology, and Bureaucratic Development in 19th Century America

Tao Lin, University of Washington: Embedded Giants: The Political Economy of Production Networks and Local Business Environments in China

Lucas Owen, University of Washington: How Standards Solve the Problems of Supply Chain Disintegration for Interdependent Technologies

Christianna Parr, University of Washington: Shaping Civil Society: Media, Donors, and Public Trust in Southeast Asian NGOs

Priyadarshi Amar, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Essays on Political Candidacy and Representation in Local Governments

Shaan Amin, University of Wisconsin–Madison: The State of Prejudice

Garrett Jones, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Outside but Not Against the Law: The Implied Powers Presidency

Marko Kljajić, University of Wisconsin–Madison: The Challenge of Collective Victimhood and the Promise of Mutual Acknowledgement

Phillip Pinell, University of Wisconsin–Madison: The Idea of the Nation in Twentieth-Century Spanish Political Thought

Khasan Redjaboev, University of Wisconsin–Madison: State Patriarchy: How Communist Colonialism Shaped Authoritarian Eurasia

Tim Tennyson, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Fostering Freedom: Judgment in Early-Modern Liberal Educational and Political Thought

X Zhang, University of Wisconsin–Madison: Cycle of Suffering, Spiral of Revenge: When Revenge Provokes and Deters

Jeffrey David, Washington State University: The Crips’ Lost Liberation: A Notorious Street Gang’s Evolution from Would-Be Liberation Insurgency in the Late 1960’s, to Latent Political Potency as a Non-State Armed Group

Brendan Flynn, Wayne State University: Unstable Rivalry: Structure, Domestic Politics, and Taiwan in US-China Relations

Mitchell Gallagher, Wayne State University: The Silent Sovereign: Taiwan in a One China World

Karine Ibrahim, Wayne State University: Civil Service Quality and Corruption in the Middle East and North Africa

Alanna Jackson, Wayne State University: Pressure from Above and Below: Afrodescendant Rights and Recognition in Mexico”

Kory Lohrmann, Wayne State University: Passing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act: Gun Control After 30 Years

Derwin Monroe, Wayne State University: The Political Economy of Electricity Investment in Developing Countries

Katherine O’brien, Wayne State University: Political Values: The Influence of Remittances on Democracy and Autocracy in Latin American Countries ■