Leah Costik

she/her/hers

Political Science

1414 Social Sciences Building

267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Collegiate Affiliation

Political Science

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

M.A. (Summa cum laude): Political Science, Marquette University, 2017-2019
B.A. (cum laude): Philosophy; psychology, Millersville University, 2010-2014

Specialties

International relations
Comparative politics
Global public health
Armed non-state actors
Military studies
Military medicine
Rebel governance

Publications

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Publications

“Why Bother Using Bots?” May 2022. Political Science Today vol 2 no 2
https://doi.org/10.1017/psj.2022.36
“Increased but Insincere Support? New Evidence from Putin’s Post-Crimea Annexation,”
Political Science Today, vol 2 no. 2 (May 2022): pgs. 24-25.
https://doi.org/10.1017/psj.2022.37
“Preserving Provenance: Ethical and Methodological Challenges Related to Leaked Documents.” May 2022. Political Science Today vol 2 no. 1 https://doi.org/10.1017/psj.2022.37
“In the World’s Two Largest Democracies, Forms of Vulnerability Informs Voter Preferences Regarding Compensation & Investment in Climate Change Policy.” May 2022. Political Science Now https://politicalsciencenow.com/in-the-worlds-two-largest-democracies-forms-of-vulnerability-informs-voter-preferences-regarding-compensation-and-investment-
in-climate-change-policy/
“Governments Ignore Many Serious Welfare Issues- But Bureaucrats with Technical Expertise Can Help Change This.” October 2021. Political Science Now https://politicalsciencenow.com/governments-ignore-many-serious-welfare-issues-but-bureaucrats-with-technical-expertise-can-help-change-this/
“Come Work for Me Instead! Incumbents and Democratic Subversion in Electoral Regimes.” August 2021. Political Science Now https://politicalsciencenow.com/come-work-
for-me-instead-incumbents-and-democratic-subversion-in-electoral-regimes/
“Hosting Refugees Does Not Increase Conflict Risk--Instead, it May Reduce it.” July 2021. Political Science Now https://politicalsciencenow.com/hosting-refugees/

Activities

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Activities

Professional

Graduate Work Committee : Graduate Student Representative.
Graduate Student Life Committee: Chair. June 2020 - May 2021
Pi Sigma Alpha member

Creative

Creative Writing: Published in Marquette Literary Review (2018) and George Street Carnival (2014).

Awards

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Awards

National Funding Foundation Service Above Self Scholarship, 2024
University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 2024-2025
University of Minnesota Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, 2023-2024
Claggett Graduate Research Fellowship, 2023
Bridging the Gap New Era Workshop, 2023
Advancing Research on Conflict Consortium Partial Scholarship, 2022
American Political Science Association (APSA) Public Scholars Fellowship, 2021-2022
Title VIII Fellowship at the Central Eurasian Summer Studies Institute at the University of Wisconsin Madison, 2019
David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship, National Security Education Program, Academy for Educational Development (declined), 2019
Critical Language Scholarship (Turkish), US Department of State, 2018