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

Poonam Argade
Ph.D. Candidate, 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
Advisor:
Prema Kurien

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

Erika Carter Grosso
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
M.A., Political Science, Syracuse University, 2010
C.A.S., Latin American Studies, 2010
M.A., Spanish Language, Literature and Culture, 1999
Advisor:
Amy Lutz



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
Advisor:
Chandra Talpade Mohanty


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

Harneet Kaur
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
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
Advisor:
Tina Nabatchi

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

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



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

Abdul Bashir Pazhwak
Ph.D. Student, Social Science, Ph.D.
MBA, Sejong-Syracuse University, South Korea
401 Maxwell Hall
Advisor:
Jok Madut Jok
Areas of Expertise
Negotiation, diplomacy/protocol, international relations

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
Advisor:
Chandra Talpade Mohanty



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

Wendy Wicker
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Shiyang Xiao
Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Advisor:
Yilin Hou


Jun Zhang
Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program
M.P.A., Renmin University of China, 2022

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