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
