Schar School of Policy and Government PhD in Political Science student
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B.A., CUNY College of Staten Island: History of Asia (2014)
M.A., Kyushu University: Political Economy (2019)
Research Interests
1) Immigration; 2) Domestic Politics; 3) Japan; 4) Quantitative Methods; 5) Econometrics
Dissertation
Contested Spaces: Immigration Perceptions, and Domestic Politics in Japan
Dissertation Chair
Justin Gest
Publications
Gigante MJ, Gest J. Gray Area: Population Aging and Immigration Attitudes in Japan. PS: Political Science & Politics. Published online 2025:1-8. doi:10.1017/S1049096525101431.
Gigante MJ, Wan M. Factional Politics in the Liberal Democratic Party: Explaining Change and Continuity in Japan’s Economic Statecraft. Cambridge University Press; 2025.
Gigante, M. J., Stone, J., Druckman, D., & Wan, M. (2025). The Rise and Fall of the Confucian Long Peace: A New Dataset for Analyzing Regional Conflict Management in East Asia (1598–1894). Journal of Conflict Resolution, 0(0).
Gest, J., Gigante, M. J., Kaptanoğlu, N., Kysel, I. M., & Núñez, L. (2024). Migrant Rights Protections and Their Implementation in 45 Countries 1. International Migration Review, 0(0).