Political Science Graduate Students

Our graduate students come to the Maxwell School with varied backgrounds, including coming directly from undergraduate and master’s programs or with work experiences ranging from law, to military service, to the Foreign Service. 

26%

of domestic students are students of color

41%

of our doctoral students are international

58%

of political science Ph.D. students are women


Murat Abus

Murat Abus

Ph. D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

muabus@syr.edu

Parker Albro

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

pdalbro@syr.edu

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Hamad Alhumaidan

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

htalhuma@syr.edu

Zafar Ali

Zafar Ali

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

zali07@syr.edu

Mansour AlMuaili

Mansour Kh N A Almuaili

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mkalmuai@syr.edu

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Kochar Altaeshi

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

kaltaesh@syr.edu

Erika Arias

Erika Arias

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Graduate Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

erarias@syr.edu

Altug Aslanoglu

Altug Aslanoglu

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

aaslanog@syr.edu

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Myles Babcock

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

mybabcoc@syr.edu

Almila Basak

Almila Basak

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

abasak@syr.edu

Eric Beneke

Eric Benecke

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

embeneck@syr.edu

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Garrett Benz

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

gabenz@syr.edu

Fernanda Cabezas Astorga

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

mcabezas@syr.edu

Devin Caramma

Devin Caramma

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

dcaramma@syr.edu

Eduardo Cobian Aguayo

Eduardo Cobian Aguayo

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

ecobiana@syr.edu

Ananda Collins

Ananda Collins

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

acolli13@syr.edu

Nick D'Amico

Nicholas D'Amico

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

ncdamico@syr.edu

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Aysenur Deger

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

adegerya@syr.edu

Curtis Edmonds

Curtis Edmonds

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

ckedmond@syr.edu

Naz Elif Ay

Naz Elif Ay

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

nay100@syr.edu

Regina Galeeva

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

rgaleeva@syr.edu

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Orlando Garcia

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

oagarcia@syr.edu

Salome Girgvliani

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

sgirgvli@syr.edu

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Summer Green

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

sgreen19@syr.edu

Melanie Haas

Melanie Haas

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

mehaas@syr.edu

Mahder Serekberhan

Mahder Habtemariam Serekberhan

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mhserekb@syr.edu

Falak Hadi

Falak Hadi

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

fnhadi@syr.edu

Dhia Hammami

Dhia Hammami

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

mhammami@syr.edu

Xiaoxia Huang

Xiaoxia Huang

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

xhuang16@syr.edu

Sarah Elizabeth Jones

Sarah Elizabeth Jones

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

sjones30@syr.edu

Benjamin Katz

Benjamin Katz

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

bkatz02@syr.edu

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Lacey Kenworthy

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

llkenwor@syr.edu

Kaia Kirk

Kaia Kirk

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

M.A., Syracuse University, 2022

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Emily Thorson

kjkirk@syr.edu

Hyunsup Ko

Hyunsup Ko

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

hko101@syr.edu

Jordan Koster

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

jtkoster@syr.edu

Gunyeop Lee

Gunyeop Lee

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

glee09@syr.edu

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Kincaid Leonard

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

kileonar@syr.edu

Samantha Martin
(Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)

Samantha Martin

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

smarti91@syr.edu

Michael McCall

Michael McCall

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mimccall@syr.edu

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Katherine McCormick

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

kmccor03@syr.edu

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Mary McLoughlin

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

mmclough@syr.edu

Corbin Miller

Corbin Miller

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

cmille36@syr.edu

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Mahdi Mohammad Saeidbeigie

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

mmoham21@syr.edu

Julian Morein

Julian Morein

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

jrmorein@syr.edu

Amber Morris

Amber Morris

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Jenn M. Jackson

amorri11@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Criminal justice policy, gender and sexuality, immigration and transnational criminal organizations

Moses Onyango Ogutu

Moses Ogutu

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

Graduate Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

moogutu@syr.edu

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Jan Pabisiak

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

jpabisia@syr.edu

Sobia Paracha

Sobia Paracha

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

ssparach@syr.edu

Eleanor Parkhurst

Eleanor Parkhurst

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

egparkhu@syr.edu

Darci Pauser

Darci Pauser

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

djpauser@syr.edu

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Kiana Racha

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

krracha@syr.edu

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Hannah Radner

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

hlradner@syr.edu

Ivy Raines

Ivy Raines

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

iaraines@syr.edu

Raza Raja

Raza Raja

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

rhraja@syr.edu

Hengel Reina

Hengel Reina

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

hreina@syr.edu

Jonathan Reuss

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

jreuss@syr.edu

Maddy Rhinehart

Maddy Rhinehart

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

mprhineh@syr.edu

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DeVaughn Ritchie

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

dnritchi@syr.edu

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Maryellen Roche

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

mrroche@syr.edu

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Samuel Sjoegren

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

ssjogren@syr.edu

Amin Soltani

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

M.A., The University of Chicago, 2021

akhalife@syr.edu

Kirin Taylor

Kirin Taylor

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

ktaylo17@syr.edu

Alice Cho Timken

Alice Cho Timken

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

actimken@syr.edu

Fatma Timucin

Fatma Timucin

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

ftimucin@syr.edu

Brock Titlow

Brock Titlow

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

bmtitlow@syr.edu

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Dominique Torrence

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

detorren@syr.edu

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Anthony Ly Un

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

aun100@syr.edu

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Samantha Vallejos

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

savallej@syr.ed

van Egdom, Josiah

Josiah Van Egdom

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Shana Kushner Gadarian

jmvanegd@syr.edu

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(Pronouns: She, Her, Herself)

Melodi Var Ongel

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mvaronge@syr.edu

María Laura Veramendi Garcia

María Laura Veramendi Garcia

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

mveramen@syr.edu

Jing Ding Wang

Jingding Wang

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

jwang294@syr.edu

Robert Whelan

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

rpwhelan@syr.edu

Changxin Xu

Changxin (Patrick) Xu

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

cxu103@syr.edu

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Minju Yeo

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

myeo02@syr.edu

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Hanyue Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

hzhan199@syr.edu

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Cindy Wawiema Ziem

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

cwziem@syr.edu

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