PhD Student Directory

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

 

 

PhD in Biodefense Students

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    Aishwarya Sriraman

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Biodefense student

    Research Interests: Emerging technology; chemical and biological threats; arms control and nonproliferation; national security and technology

 

PhD in Political Science Students

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    Mitchell Koenig

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: 1) trade interdependence and conflict; foreign policy; international economics; 2) government contracting; public opinion
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    Ali Mammadov

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Military Alliances; world order; multipolarity; rising Powers; eurasian security
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    Elizabeth Marsden

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: American politics; political polarization, gender and race, politics of education
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    Trinh Nguyen

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Geoeconomics; Weaponized interdependence; Network power; Small state foreign policy
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    Kang Seo

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Democratic transition; authoritarianism; civil society; immigrant policy; East Asia
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    Jim Suits

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: institutional development; state-society relations; state evolution
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    Mike Sweeney

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: maritime power, nuclear strategy, undersea warfare, geography, Chinese naval forces, NATO
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    Michael P. Taylor

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: International Relations; Comparative Politics; U.S. Foreign Policy and Institutions
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    Julianna J. Thomson

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: American politics; Religion and politics; political communication; identity politics
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    James W. Vizzard

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student

    Research Interests: Civil-military relations; military politicization; National Guard;

 

PhD in Public Policy PhD Students

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    Matthew Lundgren

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Matthew Lundgren, Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student
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    Zayna Lyon

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: labor policy, immigration policy, child welfare, inequality
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    Gustavo Martinez

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: National security, counter-terrorism, insurgencies, political violence, foreign policy, and international relations.
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    Hyeseon Na

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: 1) Economic Development; Labor Market Policy; Global Value Chains; International Trade; Private Sector Development
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    Elisa Norio

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Transnational Crime Mobility in Tourism Resorts; Corruption; Human Trafficking; Pharmaceutical Counterfeiting & Drug Trafficking; Mexican Organized Crime; Italian Mafia Type Organized Crime; Political violence; identity and ethnicity; Fentanyl; Nitazine
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    Vasilii Nosov

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: 1) Geoeconomics, Economic Sanctions; 2) Risk Management
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    Mariia Panga

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Social Network Analysis; Financial Offshore Centers; Applied Microeconomics; Sanctions Evasion; Transnational Finance and Elites; Professional Enablers; Illicit Finance and Networks.
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    Sungbin Park

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Applied microeconomics; Labor economics; Health economics
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    Loveline Chizobam Phillips

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Complex systems; Health policy; Population health; Community corrections; Health equity; Structural vulnerabilities and shocks; Social determinants of health
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    Kristina Kazura Podesta

    Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Public Policy student

    Research Interests: Education policy; school finance; educational equity; applied machine learning; predictive analytics; AI ethics in K-12