Comparative Politics

  • Dissertation: Economic Inequality and Its Discontents: The Negative Effects of Inequality on Democratic ValuesCommittee: Jennifer Fitzgerald (Chair), Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Joseph Jupille, Anand Sokhey, Terra McKinnish (ECON)Major Fields: Comparative
  • Dissertation: Three Essays on Promoting Trust through Public Policies and its Consequences for Political AttitudesCommittee: Jennifer Fitzgerald (Chair), Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Amanda Carrico (ENVS), Andrew Philips, Krister Andersson (University of
  • Dissertation: Globalizing Communities: Immigration and Public Opinion in Stateless NationsCommittee: Adrian Shin (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Joseph Jupille, Michelangelo Landgrave, Andy Baker (Purdue)Major Fields: Comparative Politics and
  • Dissertation: Feminist Spatial PoliticsCommittee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Steven Vanderheiden, Verónica Zebadúa-Yáñez (Spelman College)Major Fields: Political Theory and Comparative PoliticsPhD 2025Assistant
  • Dissertation: A Dividing Line In Foreign Labor Policy: Differences Between Immigration Openness and Immigrant RightsCommittee: David Bearce (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Andy Baker, Srinivas Parinandi, Thomas Zeiler (History)Major Fields: 
  • Dissertation: Bad Sex: Hookups, Harms, and the Politics of Sex in the 21st CenturyCommittee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Tamar Malloy, Steve Vanderheiden, Alisa Kessel (University of Puget Sound)Major Fields: Political
  • Dissertation: Hand Over the Resources: Community-based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFAs) in Hawai’i and Community Forestry in NepalCommittee: Carew Boulding (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Srinivas Parinandi, Vanessa Baird, Michelle Shuey (
  • Dissertation: The Sublime and a Dying Earth: Cultivating an Environmentally Conscious Political ImaginationCommittee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Steven Vanderheiden, Lauren Stone (Germanic and Slavic Studies), Elisabeth Ellis (
  • Dissertation: Performative Citizenship and the Continuation of Ethnocentrism in Ethnoblind CitizenshipCommittee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Steven Vanderheiden, Nishant Upadhyay (Ethnic Studies), Maria Struble (Western Colorado
  • Dissertation: What makes a Green Citizen: Pre-Existing Belief Systems, Vulnerability, and Environmental Attitudes in the AmericasCommittee: Carew Boulding (Chair), Andy Baker, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Karleen West (State University
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