Recent Dissertations
We are proud of our graduate students' research.
Kim, Yoonsoo
"Cities' Engagement in Global Climate Change Politics."
Advisors: Tanisha Fazal and Cosette Creamer.
Salucka, Madeline
"Moving Beyond 'Women's Issues:' Gender and Legislative Activities in the States."
Advisor: Kathryn Pearson.
Graefe, Carl
"New Spaces: On Territoriality in an Expansive Era."
Advisor: Tanisha Fazal.
Mcveigh, Hannah
"Who's Got the Power? Putting Individual and Institutional Power in Their Collective Place."
Advisor: Kathryn Pearson.
Johnson, Garrett
"The Foundations of Exile: Transformation through Dissolution."
Advisor: Nancy Luxon.
Kim, Hannah
"Understanding Affective Polarization: The Impact of Political Engagement and Elite Polarization."
Advisor: Paul Goren.
Oker, Ibrahim
"The Politics of Authoritarian Social Welfare Provision: Why Do Some Autocracies Develop Generous Welfare States?"
Advisor: Teri Caraway.
Peng, Liu
"The Political Imprints of Soviet Industrialization in the Long Run."
Advisor: Kathleen Collins.
Salas, Valentina
"Rights Consciousness and Legal Agency in Unequal Democracies: Insights from Chile."
Advisor: Lisa Hilbink.
Suwanpong, Pongsakorn "Peter"
"Dollar's Preeminence: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy in the Twenty-First Century."
Advisor: Jane Sumner.
Accorsi Amaral, Pedro
"A 'See You Soon' To Arms: A Study on Post-War Military Reforms."
Advisor: Tanisha Fazal.
Eichinger, Aphisith
"Fact, Fiction, or Fragile: The Globalization and Populism Hypothesis."
Advisor: Ron Krebs.
Jo, Seo Nyeong
"Gender Matters in the Judiciary: Adjudicating Sexual Assault in Korea."
Advisor: Lisa Hilbink.
Mitamura, Emily
"Plots of Violence: Knowledge Production and the Cambodian Genocide."
Advisor: Robert Nichols.
Sorensen, Ashley
"How Aspects of Social Class Influence Partisan Choice."
Advisor: Paul Goren.
Wehyee, Yakasah
"The Fallen Whig: The Durability of Dominant Party Rule in Liberia."
Advisor: David Samuels.
Wright, Ezekiel Luther
"The Alienated American."
Advisor: Howie Lavine.
Armendariz Miranda, Paula
"Closed Personalities: The Psychological Roots of Autocratic Support."
Advisor: David Samuels.
Blasenheim, Tracey P
"Rule of Law(yers): Legal Expertise in the United States Military and the Prosecution of Modern Warfare."
Advisor: Ron Krebs.
Ghosh, Samarjit
"Of places and practices: Three essays on cities and security."
Advisor: Helen Kinsella.
Houston, Rachael Belle
"Like, Share, and Comment #SCOTUS: Public Engagement with the U.S. Supreme Court on Facebook."
Advisor: Timothy Johnson.
Juca, Ivan Chaves
"Explaining the Puzzle of Weak Parties with Strong Legislative Leaders in Brazil: Towards a Theory of Clientelistic Party Discipline."
Advisor: David Samuels.
Li, Siyu
"External Constraints and Internal Norms on the U.S. Supreme Court."
Advisor: Timothy Johnson.
Mendez Gutierrez, Maria J
"Violence as Work: Living and Producing in Central America's Gang Necroeconomies."
Advisor: Raymond Duvall.
Nguyen, Oanh
"A State of Dependency: The Political Economy of Labor Migration in Malaysia."
Advisor: Teri Caraway.
Potz-Nielsen, Carly Bianca
"Politics in the Third Age of Global Finance: Choosing Capital Controls."
Advisor: John Freeman.
Sanchez, Maria
"Deference and Divergence in Regional Human Rights Courts."
Advisors: Tanisha Fazal and Cosette Creamer.
Synder, Patrick
"Red Lines: Legitimation and Dissent in Contemporary Morocco."
Advisor: Kathleen Collins.
Stundal, Logan Wayne
"The Epidemiology of Civil War."
Advisor: Tanisha Fazal.
Tek, Farrah L
"Making Law Matter: The Legal Mobilization of Subaltern Actors in Cambodia."
Advisors: Teri Caraway and Lisa Hilbink.
Heimark, Katrina
"The Irrationality of Contracting the Police: Crime Reporting in Contexts of Mistrust."
Advisors: David Samuels and Lisa Hilbink.
Lunz Trujillo, Kristin
"A Case of Misunderstood Identity: The Role of Rural Identity in Contemporary American Mass Politics."
Advisor: Howard Lavine.
Ralston, Robert
"Make Us Great Again: The Causes and Consequences of Declinism in Great Powers."
Advisor: Ronald Krebs.
Kaire De Francisco, Jose Eduardo
"Dictatorships and the Globalization of Repression."
Advisor: David Samuels.
Gambino, Elena
"'Presence in Our Own Land:' Second Wave Feminism and the Lesbian Body Politic."
Advisor: Nancy Luxon.
Halen, Jennifer
"Algorithmic Interventions: The Power and Politics of Algorithmic Decision Systems."
Advisors: Benjamin Begozzi and Joanne Miller.
Kalaycioglu, Elif
"Possibilities of Global Governance: World Heritage and the Politics of Universal Value and Expertise."
Advisor: Raymond Duvall.
Montal, Florencia
"Rage Against the Regime: Policy Responses to International Investment Arbitration."
Advisors: Ronald Krebs and John Freeman.
Munhazim, Qais
"'Queering Borders:' War, Diaspora, Gender and Sexuality among Afghans in the United States."
Advisors: Raymond Duvall and Richa Nagar.
Munoz, Avram
"The Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Coalitional Representation of Latinxs in the U.S. House of Representatives."
Advisor: Kathryn Pearson.
Kindervater, Garnet
"Politics of the Highly Improbable: Anticipation, Catastrophe, Security."
Advisors: Raymond Duvall and Joan Tronto.
Koren, Ore
"Hunger Games: Analyzing Relationships Between Food Insecurity and Violence."
Advisor: John Freeman.
Motta, Matthew
"The Informative Power of Campaign Advertising."
Advisor: Joanne Miller.
Nakayama, Bryan
"From Aerospace to Cyberspace: The Evolution of Domains of Warfare."
Advisor: Ron Krebs.
Smith, Brianna
"It's All Under Control: The Conditional Effects of Threat on Political Behavior."
Advisor: Paul Goren.
Spindel, Jennifer
"Beyond Military Power: The Symbolic Politics of Conventional Weapons Transfers."
Advisor: Ronald Krebs.
Baer-Bositis, Emily
"Organizing for Reform: The Democratic Study Group and the Role of Party Factions in Driving Institutional Change in the House of Representatives."
Advisor: Kathryn Pearson.
Farhart, Christina
"Look Who is Disaffected Now: Political Causes and Consequences of Learned Helplessness in the U.S."
Advisor: Joanne Miller.
Hobbs-Morgan, Chase
"Greenhouse Democracy: A Political Theory for Climate Change."
Advisor: Joan Tronto.
Lockhart, Lucas
"Guardians of Market Integrity: Political Institutions, Regulatory Independence, and Stock Market Development."
Advisors: Benjamin Ansell and Jane Gingrich.
Olson, Adam
"Conflict, Consensus, and Opportunity: Congress and the Development of the American Welfare State."
Advisor: Andrew Karch.
Snall, Paul
"Power and the Quest for Justice."
Advisor: Tim Johnson.
Valverde, Sergio
"A Speculative Theory of Politics: Logic of the Party-Form."
Advisors: Antonio Vazquez-Arroyo and Raymond Duvall.
Asaadi, Robert R
"Colonies, Clients, and Rogues: Power and the Production of Order in International Politics."
Advisors: Raymond Duvall and Kathleen Collins.
Binay, Sema
"Coloring the Lines through Culture? Race and Racialization in International Relations."
Advisor: Raymond Duvall.
Callaghan, Timothy H
"Appealing Politics? Using the Bully Pulpit to Change Opinions and Influence Policy."
Advisor: Andrew Karch.
English, Ashley
"Implementing Intersectionality: Creating Women’s Interests in the Rulemaking Process."
Advisors: Kathryn Pearson and Dara Strolovitch.
Luttig, Matthew D
"The Rise of Partisan Rigidity: The Nature and Origins of Partisan Extremism in American Politics."
Advisor: Howard Lavine.
Murib, Zein
"Brokering Identity: Exploring the Construction of the LGBT Political Identity and Interests in U.S. Politics, 1968-2001."
Advisor: Dara Strolovitch.
Pryor, Thomas
"They Psychology of Legal Decision Making."
Advisor: Timothy Johnson.
Sorenson, Maron W
"The Impact of Institutional Rules on the U.S. Supreme Court."
Advisor: Timothy Johnson.
Temin, David
"Remapping the World: Vine Deloria, Jr. and the Ends of Settler Sovereignty."
Advisor: Joan Tronto.
Beitman, Aaron L
"Distributional Consequences and Executive Regime Types: The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment Incentives."
Advisor: John Freeman.
Binnet, Pelin Azer
"My Wife, My Choice: Reproductive Policymaking and Social Control in Turkey."
Advisors: Daniel Kelliher and Joe Soss.
Chen, Philip G
"Taking Campaigns Personally: The Big Five Aspects and Political Behavior."
Advisor: Paul Goren.
Coe, Brooke N
"Regional Identities and Dynamic Normative Orders in the Global South: A Comparative Study."
Advisor: Kathryn Sikkink.
Donkova, Ralitsa H
"Regimes of International Giving: The Politics of Public and Private Foreign Assistance in the United States, Britain, and Sweden."
Advisor: Jane Gingrich.
Edwards, Ross A
"Crisis of the Republic: Memory, History, and the Hermeneutics of Citizenship."
Advisors: Mary Dietz and Antonio Vazquez Arroyo.
Goltz, Caleb T
"Becoming Responsible: Conceptual Change in the Emergence of Tort Law."
Advisor: Joan Tronto.
Lucas, Kevin E
"Programmatic Political Competition in Latin America: Recognizing the Role Played by Political Parties in Determining the Nature of Party-Voter Linkages."
Advisor: David Samuels.
Lucius, Andrew M
"Why Cities Fail: Local Political Institutions and the Fates of Metropolitan Economies."
Advisor: John Freeman.
Reda, Molla
"The Wartime Basis of Postwar Political Development: Civil War Termination, Resource Mobilization, and State-Building."
Advisor: Ronald Krebs.
Wade, Magic M
"Labor's Last Stand? The Great Recession and Public Sector Collective Bargaining Reform in the American States."
Advisor: Andrew Karch.
Winham, Ilya P
"After Totalitarianism: Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and the Realization and Defeat of the Western Tradition."
Advisor: Mary Dietz.