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

Hamad Alhumaidan

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

htalhuma@syr.edu

Zafar Ali

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

zali07@syr.edu

Mansour Kh N A Almuaili

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mkalmuai@syr.edu

Andre Anselmo

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

alanselm@syr.edu

Erika Arias

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

erarias@syr.edu

Altug Aslanoglu

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

aaslanog@syr.edu

Irem Aybala Gulen

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

igulen@syr.edu

Gurel Barlas Aydin

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

baaydin@syr.edu

Almila Basak

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

abasak@syr.edu

Rachael Beattie

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

rcbeatti@syr.edu

Farrah Brown

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

fabrown@syr.edu

Vinessa Buckland

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

vdbuckla@syr.edu

Samantha Call

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

srcall@syr.edu

Devin Caramma

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

dcaramma@syr.edu

Eduardo Cobian Aguayo

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

ecobiana@syr.edu

Ananda Collins

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

acolli13@syr.edu

Nicholas D'Amico

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

ncdamico@syr.edu

Elizabeth Davis

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

eldavis@syr.edu

J. Michael Dedmon

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

jmdedmon@syr.edu

Aysenur Deger

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

adegerya@syr.edu

Curtis Edmonds

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

ckedmond@syr.edu

Amr El Afifi

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

aelafifi@syr.edu

Naz Elif Ay

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

nay100@syr.edu

Mahder Habtemariam Serekberhan

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mhserekb@syr.edu

Falak Hadi

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

fnhadi@syr.edu

Xiaoxia Huang

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

xhuang16@syr.edu

Laura Jenkins

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Keith J. Bybee

lejenk01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Politics of evolutionary biology; legal inequality

Ana Jones

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

aejones@syr.edu

Sarah Elizabeth Jones

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

sjones30@syr.edu

Havva Karakas Keles

Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Ph.D. candidate, Syracuse University

102 Maxwell Hall

315.443.9931

hkarakas@syr.edu

Kaia Kirk

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Emily Thorson

kjkirk@syr.edu

Maitreyee Shilpa Kishor

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mskishor@syr.edu

Hyunsup Ko

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

hko101@syr.edu

Gunyeop Lee

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

glee09@syr.edu

Tae Hyun Lim

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

talim@syr.edu

Michael McCall

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mimccall@syr.edu

Katherine McCormick

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

kmccor03@syr.edu

Mary McLoughlin

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mmclough@syr.edu

Sean Miskell

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

srmiskel@syr.edu

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

Ephraim Ozabor

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

eozabor@syr.edu

Sobia Paracha

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

ssparach@syr.edu

Darci Pauser

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

djpauser@syr.edu

Hannah Radner

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

hlradner@syr.edu

Ivy Raines

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

iaraines@syr.edu

Raza Raja

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

rhraja@syr.edu

Carly Rasiewicz

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

crrasiew@syr.edu

Hengel Reina

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

hreina@syr.edu

Maddy Rhinehart

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mprhineh@syr.edu

Myla Riley

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

myriley@syr.edu

Katharine Russell

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Lamis Abdelaaty

kbrussel@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

The multiple roles, both violent and non-violent, terrorist organizations assign to female members

Prakhar Sharma

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

sharmap@syr.edu

Claire Sigsworth

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Thomas M. Keck

csigswor@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics; law and courts

Nilesh Sinha

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

nsinha@syr.edu

Heidi Stallman

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

hmstallm@syr.edu

Kyungwon Suh

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

ksuh01@syr.edu

Kirin Taylor

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

ktaylo17@syr.edu

Alice Cho Timken

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

actimken@syr.edu

Brock Titlow

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

bmtitlow@syr.edu

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

María Laura Veramendi Garcia

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

mveramen@syr.edu

Jingding Wang

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

jwang294@syr.edu

Kari Waters

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

krwaters@syr.edu

Grace Wenzel

M.A. Student, Political Science Department

gvwenzel@syr.edu

Changxin (Patrick) Xu

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

cxu103@syr.edu