Graduate Students by Subfield

American

Barton, Rich

American Politics, Congress, and Political Parties 

› rcb369@cornell.edu

Brown, Trevor

American politics, political economy, social policy, and inequality

› tb528@cornell.edu

Cepuran, Colin

American Politics, American Political Development, Policy Feedback, and Political Participation

› cjc362@cornell.edu

Howard, Kyle

American Political Development; American Coalitions and Party Alignments; Pubic Opinion (Elites v. Mass Publics); Public Policy 

› kmh296@cornell.edu

Johnson, Rebeka

Congress, elections, and political parties

› rj388@cornell.edu

Khanna, Kanika

› kk968@cornell.edu

Leavitt, Claire

› ccl228@cornell.edu

Polistina, Matthew

› mcp263@cornell.edu

Salinas, Erica

American politics, Latina/o politics, race and ethnicity, political participation and criminal justice

› es852@cornell.edu

Scott, Adrienne

American politics, social policy, federalism, and inequality

› as3659@cornell.edu

Comparative

Baik, Jiwon

jjb396@cornell.edu

› jjb396@cornell.edu

Duong, Hoa

Public Finance; Economic Sociology; Vietnam; Southeast Asia

› hhd27@cornell.edu

Dyzenhaus, Alex

Comparative Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Land Politics, Local Governments

› apd57@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Evans, Tessa

Comparative Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, conflict, gender, social movements

› tde9@cornell.edu

Foley, Kevin

Comparative politics and political economy with a focus on China and Southeast Asia; International relations and international political economy

› kpf32@cornell.edu

Gerzso, Thalia

Comparative politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, State/Peace Building, civil conflict, human rights

› tg355@cornell.edu

Guibert, Yamilé

Comparative politics, Latin America, party politics, subnational politics, voter behavior and corruption

› ysg5@cornell.edu

Kim, Adoree

Comparative politics, governance, corruption, East Asia, Southeast Asia.

› atk63@cornell.edu

Lagodny, Julius

› jsl364@cornell.edu

Lasky, Joseph

Comparative politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, ethnic politics, genocide 

› jml585@cornell.edu

Le, Lin

Political development & Chinese politics

› ll798@cornell.edu

Ma, Shiqi

Comparative politics, state-society relations, urbanization, China

› sm2732@cornell.edu

Mauro, Vincent

› vrm38@cornell.edu

Neo, Hui-Yuan

Comparative politics, Southeast Asia, authoritarian regimes, ethnic politics

› hn299@cornell.edu

Patana, Pauliina

Political parties, nationalism and far-right politics, voter behavior, political economy, redistribution and social welfare, the EU

› ap872@cornell.edu

Pruett, Lindsey

› ldp55@cornell.edu

Sanchez-Gomez, Jose

Comparative politics, Latin America, contentious politics, institutional change

› jts288@cornell.edu

Scuticchio, Pablo

Comparative politics, Latin America, political violence, political campaigns

› ps982@cornell.edu

Self, Darin

Authoritarian successor parties, party system institutionalization, populism, and anocratic electoral institutions

› ds2237@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Strongwater, Alison

comparative politics, authoritarian regimes, biopolitics, Chinese politics, Asian security 

› ags89@cornell.edu

Toor, Gaurav

Civil Wars, State-Building, Post-War Reconstruction, Ethnic Politics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Econometrics, Mixed Methods

› gst39@cornell.edu

Tran, Van

Comparative politics, with a focus on Southeast Asia

› vantran119@gmail.com

Valdez-Tappata, Maria Jimena

Comparative political economy, labor, social movements, political institutions, democracy and inequality, Latin American politics

› mjv83@cornell.edu

Zarkin, Jessica

Comparative Politics, Latin America, violence, organized crime and democratic development

› jz684@cornell.edu

International Relations

Allen, Michael

International Relations and Comparative Politics, emphasis on East Asia. International Organizations and Norms, State Identity, Bureaucracy, Chinese Politics

› moa32@cornell.edu

Barnes, Mariel

› mjb496@cornell.edu

Brochu, Louis-Philippe

International relations, international security, status, emotions

› lb722@cornell.edu

Cantelmo, Robert

International Security, Nuclear Strategy & Defense Policy, State Motivations & Decision-Making, International Cooperation & Conflict, Alliance Politics

› rgc97@cornell.edu

www.robertcantelmo.com

Chai, Minqi

Backlash Politics, Political Psychology in IPE, Economic Nationalism

› mc2535@cornell.edu

Chia, Colin

Security studies, international political economy, national identity and foreign policy

› dc824@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Das, Debak

Security and Strategic Studies, Nuclear and Strategic Decisionmaking in South Asia, Ballistic Missile Defence, Nuclear Weapons and Missile Proliferation, Science and Technology in National Security Planning, Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

› dd544@cornell.edu

Ellis, Christopher

Large scale man-made and natural disaster mitigation and planning, resiliency, civil defense

› cme82@cornell.edu

Egel, Naomi

 International security, global governance, international institutions, arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament

› npe6@cornell.edu

› https://www.naomiegel.com/

George, Julie

Nuclear Security, Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, International Organizations, Security and Strategic Studies, Comparative Politics (East and South Asia)

› jg2268@cornell.edu

Hines, Robert Lincoln

International Relations and Comparative Politics, focusing on China and East Asia; space security, technology, status, and nationalism.

› rlh362@cornell.edu

› https://www.lincolnhines.com

Jo, Eun A

› ej253@cornell.edu

Kriner, Michael

International relations, peace and conflict, peacebuilding

› mk2537@cornell.edu

Liu, Kwan Ho Samuel

International security, peace and conflict, domestic politics of foreign policy, China

› kl933@cornell.edu

Mailhot, Cameron

Peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconstruction; public opinion and institutional trust; transitional justice and human rights; Kosovo and Eastern Europe

› crm328@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Obermeier, Nina

International political economy, comparative political economy, global governance, European integration, public opinion

› keo44@cornell.edu

› https://www.ninaobermeier.com/

O'Keefe, Brian

International Relations and Comparative Politics, Chinese and U.S. Foreign and Security Policies, International and National Security Law, Political Psychology, Technology and Security, Citizenship, Government Legitimacy

› bvo3@cornell.edu

Rao, Kapu

› kar339@cornell.edu

Sahasrabuddhe, Aditi

International Political Economy: global imbalances, monetary policy relations and coordination among states, specifically emerging markets and the US

› as3423@cornell.edu and aditis1084@gmail.com

Smither, Karim

Civil conflict, Peacekeeping, International Arms Trade, Defense Sector Reform

› kas527@cornell.edu

Roblin, Stephen

U.S. foreign policy, international law, and human rights

› sgr52@cornell.edu

Torres-Beltran, Angie

› at787@cornell.edu

Xiong, Yiying

Chinese politics, Asian security, Nationalism, Comparative Politics

› yx423@cornell.edu

Theory

Alkadi-Barbaro, Alexia

› ara238@cornell.edu

Anderson, Emily

› ewa33@cornell.edu

Cameron, William

Contemporary democratic theory; politics and aesthetics; history of political thought; China

› wrc66@cornell.edu

Chen, Ani

History and historiography of political thought; ancient political thought; theories of judgment and deliberation; theories of silence and listening; feminist theory; 20th century German politics and literature

 › aac245@cornell.edu

Coomey, Sarah

 › src263@cornell.edu

Ecker, Jordan 

› je337@cornell.edu

Greenberg, Sarah

Politics of memory, symbolic politics, France/French politics

› sbg67@cornell.edu

Jochim, Jordan

Democratic Theory; American Political Thought; Ancient Political Thought; Aesthetics; Politics and Literature

› jdj74@cornell.edu

Konya, Nazli

Continental political philosophy, theories of democracy and citizenship, politics of resistance

› nk534@cornell.edu

Le Penne, Shirley

› sl3287@cornell.edu

Park, Jin Gon

Political Theory, pragmatism, democratic theory, American political thought

› jp995@cornell.edu

Petrie, Erik

› ep477@cornell.edu

Rosenblum, Samuel

 › smr335@cornell.edu

Schlosser, Tessy

Contemporary democratic theory and practice (with focus in Latin America); feminist thought; language and politics; political aesthetics and sense perception.

› es936@cornell.edu

Swanson, Jacob

History of political thought; political theory of the economy; economics and aesthetics; language and politics

› jgs275@cornell.edu

Verhaak, Sjors

Democratic theory; social movements and protest; politics and aesthetics

› sfv7@cornell.edu

Youh, Inni

 › iy58@cornell.edu

Zimmer, Daniel

Modern Political Thought; Theories of Sovereignty; Nonviolence; Democratic Theory

› dpz24@cornell.edu