PhD Student Directory

PhD in Biodefense | PhD in Political Science | PhD in Public Policy

 

 

PhD in Biodefense Students

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    Melissa Cox

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Healthcare workforce preparedness for CBRN emergencies, Global Health Diplomacy
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    Katherine Dammer

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: biodefense; national security policy; emerging technology; risk assessment; counterterrorism; biosecurity; global health security
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    Becca Earnhardt

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Global health diplomacy; biodefense; biosecurity; biorisk management; CBRN terrorism; CBRN proliferation; emerging technologies; medical countermeasures; supply chain; terrorism; violent extremism; nuclear security; public health
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    Stephen Gailliot

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Foreign policy decisionmaking; war and armed conflict; strategic partnerships; Middle East security issues
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    Justin Hurt

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Public Health and Global Health Security Challenges; Biosafety and Biosecurity; Counter-WMD Operations and Programs; Bioterrorism; Chemical and Biological Defense; Biodefense Policy
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    Kimberly Ma

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Biosecurity; biodefense; countering bioterrorism; U.S. public health systems; health security; public health risk communications
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    Janet Marroquin

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: State-sponsored information campaigns; biodefense-related disinformation; vaccine hesitancy; Irregular warfare; gray-zone military strategy; Eurasian conflict; biopolitics
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    Omar Mukhlis

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Biodefense, public health, CBRN threats, biotechnology, terrorism, international relations, and national security.
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    Annette Prieto

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Biodefense; dual-use biological research; infectious diseases; science and technology policy; 2) Weapons of mass destruction; terrorism; state and non-state actors; 3) International relations; security dilemma
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    Chris Quillen

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Terrorism; Homeland Security; Weapons of Mass Destruction; Intelligence Analysis

 

PhD in Political Science Students

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    Regan Copple

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: War termination; military effectiveness; military planning; great power competition; nuclear strategy
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    Dylan Diggs

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: democracy and elections, autocratization and authoritarianism, political movements, comparative politics
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    Lexi Gerbracht

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Democratization; democratic transition; military cooperation; authoritarianism; security studies; civil-military operations; ,military structure; comparative politics; international relations
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    Christine German

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: extremism; terrorism; ideology; political violence; influence of media (digital and traditional); education; radicalization; gender
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    Michael J. Gigante

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: 1) Immigration; 2) Domestic Politics; 3) Japan; 4) Quantitative Methods; 5) Econometrics
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    Aydin Guven

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Asia-Pacific Security; South Asia; India’s role in US-China competition, Political Economy of AI; Techno-nationalism
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    Dennis Halleran

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Civil-Military Relations; International Relations; Military Personnel Policies; Strategic Competition; U.S. National Security; Security and Technology
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    Jen (Jae Eun) Han

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Extended deterrence; credibility of deterrence; U.S. alliances (ROK, Japan); nuclear latency; alliance assurance gaps; strategic hedging
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    Muhammad Towkir Hossain

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: 1) International Relations; Comparative Politics, 2) International development; political economy; Asian economy
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    Nick Kester

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Great Power Competition; Authoritarianism and Democratic Backsliding; Middle East Politics; Asymmetric Warfare; Propaganda/Information as Tools of Statecraft

 

PhD in Public Policy PhD Students

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    Paul Asel

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Innovation and entrepreneurship
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    Camilla B. Bosanquet

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Transnational crime; illicit trade; human trafficking and forced labor; political corruption; money laundering; moral injury; strategic and political counter-illicit trade initiatives of international organizations, domestic and international anti-crime and anti-corrption agencies and organizations.
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    Heejoo Cheon

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Mass mobilization; democratic change; comparative politics; civility; health policy; health disparities; labor and leisure
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    Jihoon Choi

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Energy Transition; Science, Technology, and Innovation; Policy Evaluation; Causal Inference; Applied Microeconometrics
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    Patrick Michael (Mike) Condray

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: American politics; political polarization; political identity; political violence; democracy; elections; electoral policy
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    Feyza Koseoglu Darilmaz

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Migration policies; immigration and correctional justice; probation and parole; risk assessment
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    Scott Drinkall

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Climate change; migration
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    Ziqian Feng

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Political Demography; New Age of Depopulation; Game Theories; Prisoners' Dilemma; shifting assumptions from the rational to the emotional
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    Youngjin Kim

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI); Entrepreneurship; International Migration; Labor Economics; Development Economics
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    Peter Larsen

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: 1) Technology Regulation 2) Artificial Intelligence 3) Middle East Studies 3) Grand Strategy 4) Foreign Policy 5) South Asia Politics 6) Asia Politics