Social Science

Social Science PhD Listings

Doctoral Students

Andrews,Evan

Evan Andrews - 

My primary area of interest is in environmental policy, and the means by which policy is influenced by the propagation of information and ideas through social networks.

Grosso, Erika Carter

Erika Carter Grosso - ercarter@syr.edu

 My principal research interests are in the areas of Latin American migration, U.S. immigration policy, and transnational communities. My specific focus is on the Cuban community.  

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Jacob Michael Frank - jmfrank@maxwell.syr.edu

My research deals with the role of religion among southern Sudanese refugee communities in the United States, both as it affects their capacity to successfully adapt to their host nation and its role in organizing their exodus from their homeland. 

Harris, Drew

Drew Spafford Harris - dsharr01@syr.edu

 My research interests focus on the mechanisms of civic education, particularly in the field of conflict resolution. I am interested in seeing how the concept of citizenship is formed and engaged within the normative framework of identity politics. 

Hyo Kwak

Hyo-Keung Kwak - 

My areas of research interest include social welfare planning and policy, as well as global governance systems as they affect issues of health and poverty.

Metcalfe, Todd

Todd Metcalfe - tmetcalf@syr.edu

My work is broadly concerned with environmental policy and economics. My current research focuses on how climate change policy impacts pollution of waterways.

Sun Oh

Sun Jung Oh - 

My research interests are in the areas of social welfare and education policy and program administration, both in Korea and internationally.

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Dave Robertson - derober0@syr.edu

My research interest is philanthropy; especially looking at marginalized members of society and their pathways to charitable giving. My research will examine the unrecognized and undocumented contributions of the economically disadvantaged, disabled and minority community, whose contributions have changed the world but are overshadowed by those with material wealth. 

JoonSik Kim

Joonsik Yoon - joyoon@syr.edu

My principal research interests are in policy issues surrounding human migration. These include the factors providing incentive for migration, as well as the economic and social impacts of migration on both source and destination societies.


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