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Graham Ambrose

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

M.S., Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota, 2018

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

grambros@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Governance and decision-making in the food system

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Roseanna Benser

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016

rjbenser@syr.edu

Samantha Cervantes

Mayra Samantha Cervantes

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Applied Economics, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, 2022

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

mscervan@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Applied microeconomics with a focus on crime and transportation
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Brandon Charles

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

M.S., Public Policy, University of Chicago, 2021

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

bcharles@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Environmental and energy policy, utility regulation, energy transitions

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Kyuhan Choi

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

B.A., Korea University, 2017

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

kchoi02@syr.edu

Adam Cucchiara

Adam Cucchiara

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Master of Public Policy, Duke University 

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

ajcucchi@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Veterans’ affairs, law enforcement and policing, national security

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Ehsan Dowlatabadi

Ph.D. Student, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Economics, Binghamton University, 2020

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

emmohagh@syr.edu

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William Clay Fannin

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.P.P., Public Policy, University of Kentucky, 2020

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

wcfannin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social welfare programs, poverty policy

Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski

Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Political Science, Universite de Montreal, 2015

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

mgregoir@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Environmental and energy policy, energy transitions, green innovation

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Joshua Grove

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

M.A., United Lutheran Seminary, 2000

M.A., University at Albany, 2008

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

jggrove@syr.edu

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Lyuan Han

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.P.A., Cornell University, 2023

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

lhan10@syr.edu

Ashraf Haque

Ashraf Haque

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Assistant, Maxwell X Lab

M.S., Carnegie Mellon University, 2013

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

mdhaque@syr.edu

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Harneet Kaur

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Economics, Panjab University, India, 2016

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

PhD Advisor:

Sarah Hamersma

hkaur08@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Education policy, economics of education, labor economics.
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Shanel Khaliq

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., University of British Columbia, 2015

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

skhaliq@syr.edu

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Hyojeong Kim

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Seoul National University

M.P.P., Rutgers University

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

hkim22@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, public finance

Jooyoung Kim

Jooyoung Kim

Ph.D. Job Market Candidate, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Economics, Korea University

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

jkim266@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Urban economics, public economics, labor economics
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Dong Hoon Lee

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Georgetown University, 2019

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

dlee98@syr.edu

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Mitch McFarlane

Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.P.A., Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2021

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

mpmcfarl@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Anti-poverty programs, public health

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Nicholas Oesterling

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

M.S., Public Administration, University of Dayton, 2020

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

naoester@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Policy design, implementation and compliance, institutional analysis

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Raquel Prado

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.P.A., Syracuse University, in progress

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

rmarti54@syr.edu

Michael Quinn headshot

Michael Quinn

Ph.D. Student, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Public Policy, Georgetown University, 2014

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

mquinn07@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Economics of education

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Shaneya Simmelkjaer

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Syracuse University, 2024

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

snsimmel@syr.edu

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Andrew Smith

Ph.D. Student, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Georgia Southern University, 2012

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

asmit129@syr.edu

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Sarah Souders

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Master of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

sasouder@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public finance and governance, political economy of education, social policy, education program evaluation

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Yue Sun

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

B.A., Public Administration, East China University of Science & Technology, 2015

M.A., Sociology, Zhejiang University, 2017

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

ysun46@syr.edu

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Juan Sebastián Uribe-Quintero

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

M.P.P., Universidad de los Andes, 2021

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

jsuribeq@syr.edu

Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich

Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Assistant, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University,  2020

M.S., Sociology, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow, Russia,  2014

B.A., Sociology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus,  2010 

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

nivaitsi@syr.edu

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Francisco Villarroel

Ph.D Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.P.P., University of Chile, 2021

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

frvillar@syr.edu

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Shuping Wang

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

M.P.P., Humphrey School at the University of Minnesota, 2023

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

swang253@syr.edu

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Jingni Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.P.A., Cornell University, 2023

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

jzhan354@syr.edu

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Yuwei Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

M.P.A., Brown University, 2022

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

yzhan702@syr.edu

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Bo Zheng

Ph.D. Student, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Public Administration, Syracuse University

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

bzheng05@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Impact of technological advancement on social inequality

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