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

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Mahdi Mohammad Saeidbeigie

Contact Information:

mmoham21@syr.edu

Mahdi Mohammad Saeidbeigie

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

Bio

Mahdi is a Ph.D. student in political science at Syracuse University. His research explores democracy and democratization in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In addition, he studies ethnic identity and political violence, with a focus on how identity shapes conflict dynamics in the region. More broadly, his interests include authoritarianism, regime change and comparative politics.