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

Khanna, Kanika

› kk968@cornell.edu

Leavitt, Claire

› ccl228@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

Wong, Diane

American politics, Asian American politics, race and ethnicity, urban politics, migration and displacement, comparative immigration, gender and sexuality, cultural and media studies, social movements, community engaged research

› dw465@cornell.edu

Comparative

Baik, Jiwon

jjb396@cornell.edu

De Micheli, David

Comparative politics, ethnic and identity politics, inequality and development, social movements, Latin America

› dad349@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Dettman, Sebastian

Comparative politics, political parties, elections, and subnational comparative research, with a focus on Southeast Asia

› scd92@cornell.edu

› Web Page

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

› tde9@cornell.edu

Florence, Joseph

Comparative politics with a focus on the Middle East, political order and disorder, international trade and government finance, natural resource politics, authoritarian regimes, state-society linkages, research methodology, and political theory.

› jaf327@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

Fu, Lin

Political economy, economic development, inequality, East and Southeast Asia

› lf333@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

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

Marcesse, Thibaud

Ethnicity, political parties, South Asian politics, politics of foreign aid (with a focus on governance and transitions)

› tbm43@cornell.edu

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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

Self, Darin

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

› ds2237@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Smither, Karim

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

› kas527@cornell.edu

Strongwater, Alison

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

› ags89@cornell.edu

Taylor, Whitney

comparative politics, law and society, social movements and contentious politics, human rights

› wkt9@cornell.edu

› Web Page

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

Velasquez, Simon

Latin American politics, Social Movements, Racial & Ethnic politics, and Indigenous Politicization.

› st523@cornell.edu

Zarkin, Jessica

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

› jz684@cornell.edu

International Relations

Acorn, Elizabeth

International law, international organizations, governance of transnational corporations, anti-corruption, law and social change

› ea346@cornell.edu

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

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

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

Hill, Matthew

International political economy, and strategic studies.

› mah439@cornell.edu

Hines, Robert Lincoln

International relations, comparative politics, nationalism, authoritarianism, focusing on China and Southeast Asia.

Jo, Eun A

› ej253@cornell.edu

Kriner, Michael

International relations, peace and conflict, peacebuilding

› mk2537@cornell.edu

Mailhot, Cameron

Human rights, identity and conflict, international institutions, transitional justice, post-conflict peace-building and reconstruction, and European politics.

› 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/

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

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

Zhang, Youyi

IR theories, nationalism, Asian security, Chinese foreign policy, political violence, comparative politics, international law

› yz749@cornell.edu

Theory

Alkadi-Barbaro, Alexia

› ara238@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

Gorup, Michael

Democratic theory, history of political thought, revolution and constituent power, critical race theory, political violence, American political thought and development

› michael.gorup@gmail.com

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

Park, Jin Gon

Political Theory, pragmatism, democratic theory, American political thought

› jp995@cornell.edu

Petrie, Erik

› ep477@cornell.edu

Phulwani, Vijay

Democratic theory; history of political thought; political realism; internationals relations

› vmp35@cornell.edu

› Web Page

Quish, Edward

The history of modern political thought; capitalism and democratic theory; theories and practices of popular sovereignty; American political development (esp. relationship between economy, state-building, and empire)

› ejq7@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

Vasko, Timothy

The international - borders, boundaries, and limits; indigenous struggles and sovereignty; settler colonialism and genocide; (inter)disciplinary politics; history of anthropology; anticolonial, postcolonial, and decolonial thought; continental philosophy

› tbv4@cornell.edu

Youh, Inni

 › iy58@cornell.edu

Zimmer, Daniel

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

› dpz24@cornell.edu