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 21st 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 ■
