Students

Doctoral Candidates | Research Associates

Ugur Altundal

Political Science

Collaborating with Professor Elizabeth Cohen

Contemporary political philosophy, political legitimacy, and multiculturalism

Colleen Dougherty Burton

Political Science

Collaborating with Professor Shana Gadarian

Political Institutions; comparative political economy; social policy; women and politics

Nathan Carrington
Political Science
Collaborating with Professor Tom Keck

American law and courts, political psychology, and civil liberties

Emma Dreher

Political Science

Collaborating with Professor Shana Gadarian

American politics, public opinion, political communication, and public policy

Colin French

Political Science

Collaborating with Professor Shana Gadarian

Public opinion, rational irrationality, political ignorance, experimental methods, unorthodox ideologies, and risk orientation

Fitore Hyseni
Social Science
Collaborating with Professor Elizabeth Cohen
fhyseni@syr.edu

Segregation in education systems; exploring whether choice-based programs reduce or increase racial, ethnic or economic segregation

Emily Hunter
History
Collaborating with Professor Margaret Thompson
ejhunter@syr.edu
Modern America; women's history

Laura Jenkins

Political Science

Collaborating with Professor Keith Bybee

Politics of evolutionary biology; legal inequality

Claire Sigsworth

Political Science
Collaborating with Professor Tom Keck
csigswor@syr.edu
Comparative politics; law and courts

Nara Yoon
Public Administration and International Affairs
Collaborating with Dean David Van Slyke & Professor Tina Nabatchi
nyoon@syr.edu

Strategic management, contracting out, and government performance in the nonprofit sector