
El-Java Abdul-Qadir
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.S.W., Syracuse University, 2002
PhD Advisor:
Rebecca Schewe

Poonam Argade
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Saidakbar Askarov
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.P.A., National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2014
PhD Advisor:
Prema Kurien

Elvis Avdic
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.S., Syracuse University, 2016
PhD Advisor:
Amy Lutz
Baurzhan Bokayev
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.P.A., Cornell University, 2016
401 Maxwell Hall
PhD Advisor:
Amy Lutz

Mariah Brennan
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Areas of Expertise
Veteran affairs (education and health)

Cory Michael Cali
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
J.D./M.A. (IR), Syracuse University, 2013
PhD Advisor:
Osamah F. Khalil

Erika Carter Grosso
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.A., Syracuse University, 1999
PhD Advisor:
Prema Kurien



Nicholas Croce
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.P.A., Brandeis University, 2017
415 Maxwell Hall
Areas of Expertise


Natalie Gallagher
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
PhD Advisor:
Chandra Talpade Mohanty


Areas of Expertise
EMS operations and datasets, data science, pattern recognition, network algorithms, mathematical modeling, geospatial statistics.

Fitore Hyseni
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Harneet Kaur
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
PhD Advisor:
Sarah Hamersma
Areas of Expertise

Darzhan Kazbekova
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
415 Maxwell Hall
PhD Advisor:
Tina Nabatchi

Bramsh Khan
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center
PhD Advisor:
Mona Bhan

S. Samanta Lee
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.A., Columbia University, New York, 2013
PhD Advisor:
Tina Nabatchi



C. Ren Morton
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
401 Maxwell Hall
PhD Advisor:
Selina Gallo-Cruz
Faculty Research Collaborators:
Selina Gallo-Cruz

Bashir Pazhwak
Ph.D. Student, Social Science, Ph.D.
MBA, Sejong-Syracuse University, South
401 Maxwell Hall

Krushna Ranaware
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center


Areas of Expertise
Transitional justice, international institutions and governance, history of globalization, conflict studies, human rights, climate transitions, reparations, collective memory, collective trauma, participatory action research

Taveeshi Singh
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center



Cassidy Thomas
M.A. Student, Geography and the Environment Department
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Faculty Research Collaborators:
Matthew T. Huber
Areas of Expertise


Melodi Var Ongel
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Ph.D., Syracuse University, in progress
415 Maxwell Hall




Jun Zhang
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
M.P.A., Renmin University of China, 2022
PhD Advisor:
Saba Siddiki

Dongmei Zuo
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Areas of Expertise
Aging and health, health-based public policy, food and nutrition policy, social gerontology