STUDENTS 

 Ph.D. Students- 

Yujin Choi is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration.  She is from Seoul, Republic of Korea.  Yu Jin's studies focus on the collaborative public management and performance management as well as diversity management.  She works with Rosemary O’Leary in the Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) and is a Teaching Assistant for PARCC Director Catherine Gerard for PPA 895 Managerial Leadership. Contact   

Drew Harris is a Ph.D. student in the Social Science program.  His research interests focus on the mechanisms of civic education, particularly in the field of conflict resolution. He is interested in seeing how the concept of citizenship is formed and engaged within the normative framework of identity politics. Drew works with Professor Tina Nabatchi in PARCC.  Contact  
  

Vadym Pyrozhenko is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration.  His research interests are social movements, knowledge production, and public administration. Prior to his attending the Maxwell school, Vadym worked as a manager in both business companies and one non-profit organization in Ukraine. He is the Director of the Conflict Management Center (CMC) http://sites.maxwell.syr.edu/cmc/ of PARCC.  Contact  

Paloma Raggo is a PhD candidate in political science. Her research lies at the intersection of international relations, public administration and management studies. Her dissertation focuses on the accountability practices across 152 U.S based transnational NGOs and their accountability performance. She is involved in several projects related to accountability, NGO governance and the use of social media in nonprofit organizations.  Contact    

 
Anya Stanger is a Ph.D. student in Social Science.   Her research is focused on peace education and specifically, in the ways in which alternatives to violence may be taught and learned.  Her research uses elements from peace studies and nonviolence, feminist, and critical theory as lenses through which to study possibilities for change.  Anya works with John Burdick and studies prisoners of conscience.  As last year’s CMC Director, she is still affiliated with the CMC and is publishing a paper with Professor Tina Nabatchi. Contact 

 Graduate Assistants- 

 Tamara Cheng is in the MPA/IR program. She works Forest Policy and Economic Development in Vietnam with Research Professor in Environmental Policy Paul Hirsch, working to apply conceptual framework for negotiating environmental conservation and economic development.  Contact  

Nakisha Duncan is in the MA-IR program.  She is the student coordinator for the Conversations in Conflict Studies Series, a weekly lunchtime “conversation” open to all community members that allow faculty, students and staff to present works-in-progress, or discuss particular topics of interest to them.  She works with PARCC director, Catherine Gerard.  Contact    

Patrick Fiorenza is a student in the MPA program.  He works with Professor Ines Mergel on the Social Media Project(s) looking at 3 different sectors (corporate, government and nonprofit).   Contact.

Michelle Hill is a student in the MPA program and also works with Professor Mergel the Social Media Project.  Contact. 

 Joseph Jones is a MA-IR student.  He works with Professor Bruce Dayton as the Teaching Assistant for the Fundamentals in Conflict Studies course he also works Professor Louis Kriesberg regarding support for his manuscript project, Realizing Peace. Contact.

Viktorya Mirzoyan is a MA-IR student.  She is working on two projects, both with Professor Anne Beffel.  one is titled “The Sitting Still: The Contemplative Video Project” and the other is  “City Mediation Crew: Public Performance Art Group.”  Contact.

Emily Mitchell-Eaton is in the MPA program. She works with Professor Rosemary O’Leary, the Howard and Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership. Contact.

 Kristina “Energia” Naranjo-Rivera is a student in the joint MPA/IR program.  She is working with Professor Paul Hirsch to develop an “Integrative Framework” for understanding the various tradeoffs that occur between environmental conservation and economic development.  Contact.

Colin O’Hara is a student in the MPA program.  He is working with Professor Christina Merchant assisting to coordinate her many mediation and facilitation projects.  Contact.

Hui Hui Ooi is an MA-IR student.   She is working with PARCC Visiting Research Professor Isidor Wallimann on the Mapping Actual and Potential Fields of Conflict Related to Scarcity project.  Contact.

Jessica Prue is an MPA student.  She is working on the manuscript for - Democracy in Motion: Evaluating the Practice and Impact of Deliberative Democracy with Professor Tina Nabatchi.  Contact.

 Stephanie Sofer is a student in the MPA program.  She is working with Professor Rosemary O’Leary on the Collaborative Research Project.  Contact.