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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Naz Elif Ay

Contact Information:

nay100@syr.edu

Naz Elif Ay

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

Bio

Naz Elif is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Her major is comparative politics with a minor in public policy. Her research focuses on distributive politics, electoral systems and representation, and party politics in Turkey and Europe. She utilizes quantitative methods, survey analysis and political mapping in her studies. Naz Elif received a B.A. in political science and a B.A. in sociology from Koç University, Turkey.

Research Interests

Distributive politics, electoral systems and representation, party politics