Dissertations

APSA is pleased to report the names of individuals who have completed their doctoral dissertations at political science departments in the United States during 2013–2014. In order to provide the most accurate information possible, this list is based on dissertations reported by graduate directors of APSA member departments. Dissertations are listed by fields of interest as labeled by APSA: American politics, comparative politics, international relations, methodology, political philosophy and theory, public administration, public law and courts, and public policy. (See also, table 1.)

Table 1 Dissertations by Field of Interest

AMERICAN POLITICS

Acs, Alex: “Essays on Bureaucratic Politics: Political Targeting, Deterrence Effects, and the Implementation of Regulatory Statutes”; Princeton University

Ahn, Kee Hyun: “American Militaries in US Congress: Another Military Transformation from the 103rd to the 112th Congress”; University of Kansas

Ammann, Sky: “Essays on Religion and Political Behavior: How Religion Facilitates Political Development and Change”; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Anderson, Christopher: “The Causes and Consequences of Congressional Endorsements”; Texas A&M University

Barber, Michael: “Buying Representation: The Incentives, Ideology, and Influence of Campaign Contributors in American Politics”; Princeton University

Barnes, Matthew: “Responsiveness and Policy Choice in Local Governments”; Princeton University

Becker Kane, Jenna: “Exploring Amicus Curiae Participation in State Courts of Last Resort”; Temple University

Bissex, Christopher: “Gouverneur Morris’s Constitution: How the Man Who Wrote the Constitution Understood the Mixed Regime and Separation of Powers”; Baylor University

Bowers-Brown, Marquita: “The St. Louis Desegregation Transfer Program: Does Participation Lessen The Educational Disparity Between the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County Students?”; University of Missouri, St. Louis

Bright, Chelsie: “Racial and Political Inequalities in State Voter ID Laws”; University of Kansas

Bryant, Lisa: “Voter Confidence and the Use of Absentee Ballots and Voter Assist Terminals: An Experimental Study”; University of New Mexico

Buhler, David: “The Decline in State Funding of Public Higher Education: Competing Budget Priorities and State Variations”; University of Utah

Cargile, Ivy: “Latinas Como Candidatas: The Effects of Candidate Stereotyping on Latinas Seeking Political Office”; Claremont Graduate University

Carrington, Adam: “Liberty in Full: Justice Field’s Cooperative Constitution of Liberty”; Baylor University

Chausow, Lara: “It’s More than Who You Know: The Role of Access, Procedural and Political Expertise, and Policy Knowledge in Revolving Door Lobbying”; Yale University

Cluverius, John: “Grassroots Lobbying and the Economics of Political Information”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Craig, McKinzie: “Legal Doctrine and Self Imposed Norms: Examining the Politics of Stare Decisis”; Texas A&M University

Darr, Joshua: “Using the Local News: Campaigns, Newspapers, and Accountability”; University of Pennsylvania

Dynes, Adam: “Three Essays on Legislative Tactics, Electoral Accountability, and Experimental Methods”; Yale University

Epp, Derek: “Information Processing and the Instability of Political Outcomes”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Galantucci, Ellen: “Normal Winners: The Strategies of Strong Candidates”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Grant, Keneshia: “Realignment and Relocation: How the Great Migration Changed the Face of the Democratic Party”; Syracuse University

Hartney, Michael: “Turning Out Teachers: The Causes and Consequences of Teacher Political Activism in the Postwar United States”; University of Notre Dame

Hensley, Jonathan: “Legal Argument, Issue Framing, and the Development of Campaign Finance Law on the Supreme Court”; University of Maryland, College Park

Herron, Paul: “Southern State Constitutions, Federalism, and American Political Development, 1860–1965”; Brandeis University

Hicks, William: “Representation in the American States: Partisan Competition and Its Conflicting Effects on Representative Government”; University of Florida

Howard, Nick: “Members and Leaders in Senate Obstruction”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Huder, Joshua: “Cycles of Opposition: Reform Politics and Congressional Development, 1879–2010”; University of Florida

Iliev, Iliyan: “Energy Policy and Lobbying Dynamics in the US Senate”; University of Texas at Dallas

Joh Elligers, Julia: “Bureaucrat Politicking: An Examination of Local Health Officials and Their Local Health Departments”; University of Maryland, College Park

Kessler-Mata, Kouslaa: “A Constitutive Theory of Tribal Sovereignty: The Possibilities of Federalism”; University of Chicago

Kim, Yujin: “The Dynamics of Party Issue Reputations”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Kirsch, Daniel: “Southie Versus Roxbury: Crime, Welfare, and the Racialized Gubernatorial Politics of Massachusetts in the Post-Civil Rights Era”; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Kobren, Martin: “Taxing Ourselves: Understanding School Tax Elections”; University of Maryland, College Park

Lynch, Timothy: “Golden Opportunities: Vacancies and Representation in the US Senate”; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Manzo, Whitney: “Impacts, Benefits, and Implications of Direct Democracy”; University of Texas at Dallas

McConahey, Mary: “Sex and the City: Private Vice and Public Scandal in the American Public”; Claremont Graduate University

Moffett-Bateau, Alexandra: “The Development of Political Identity in Public Housing Developments”; University of Chicago

Nakajo, Miwa: “Civic Engagement and Trust in National and Local Governments”; Texas A&M University

Navarro-Rivera, Juhem: “The Diversity of Latino Ideology”; University of Connecticut

Norell, Elizabeth: “Wither the Center? Political Polarization in the United States”; University of Texas at Dallas

Obert, Jonathan: “Six Guns and State-Formation: The Co-Evolution of Public and Private Violence in American Political Development”; University of Chicago

Parker, Daniel: “CPAC: The Origins and Role of the Conference in the Expansion and Consolidation of the Conservative Movement, 1974–1980”; University of Pennsylvania

Parris, Girma: “Why the Turks Have it Better in Germany: Comparative Historical Analysis of Policy Trajectories in US Bilingual Education and German Islamic Instruction from 1965–2010”; Johns Hopkins University

Pierce, Andrew: “How Generational Differences in Socialization and Identity Shaped America’s Partisan-Ideological Landscape”; Emory University

Prosky, Melissa: “The Effects of Public Comment Mechanisms on Bureaucratic Implementation: The Case of No Child Left Behind, 2002–2009”; Brandeis University

Racek, Scott: “Public Opinion and the Roberts Court”; University of Maryland, College Park

Ringenberg, Thomas: “Issue Voting in a Polarized Era: Ideology, Constituencies, and Policy-Making in Congress”; University of Kansas

Ruder, Alexander: “Attribution, Accountability, and Institutional Design in Bureaucratic Politics”; Princeton University

Sadin, Meredith: “A Wealth of Ambivalence: How Stereotypes About the Rich Matter for Candidate Choice and Political Attitudes”; Princeton University

Sandoval, Claudia: “Conjuring Immigrant Racial Threat Narratives: Using Citizenship Status to Shape Black-Latino Relations in US Politics”; University of Chicago

Schoettmer, Patrick: “Crescents and Stars and Stripes: The Transformation of Muslim Political Identity in 21st Century”; University of Notre Dame

Scully, Mark: “The Path to Party Unity: Popular Presidential Leadership and Principles Consensus”; Baylor University

Shinohara, Hiromichi: “The MacArthur Constitution: Religion and Democracy in Japan”; Claremont Graduate University

Shrader, Nathan: “Pennsylvania Public School Boards: An Analysis of Politics, Policy, and Public Servants”; Temple University

Shufeldt, Gregory: “Unequal Parties: Partisan Differences in Political Behavior”; University of Notre Dame

Silber, Marissa: “Leaving Implementation Behind: Understanding the Failures of the Bipartisan No Child Left behind Act of 2002”; University of Florida

Snell, Steven: “The Social Influence of Religious Congregations on Political Behavior”; Princeton University

Socker, Erica: “The Influence of Big Donors on Congressional Behavior and Electoral Prospects”; Texas A&M University

Spivey, Michael: “Culture Warriors Go to Court: The Supreme Court and the Battle for the ‘Soul’ of America”; University of Maryland, College Park

Svensen, Eric: “Reconceptulaizing Divided Government”; The University of Texas at Austin

Tarsi, Melinda: “A Veteran Welfare State: Veterans’ Benefits, Coalition Politics, and Social Policy Change, 1943–1973”; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Turner, Ian: “The Politics of the American Policymaking System”; Washington University in St. Louis

Wallander, Zachary: “SCOTUS on Cert: A Look at the Blackmun Papers”; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Wantz, Joseph: “National Partisanship and State Policy Decisions: The Impact of Polarized Politics on State Policy Diffusion”; University of Maryland, College Park

Weghorst, Keith: “Losing the Battle, Winning the War: Legislative Candidacy in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes”; University of Florida

Wolf, Greg: “Parties in the American Electorate”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Wolfe, Christopher: “After Rights: A Response to Alasdair MacIntyre’s Critique of Rights”; Claremont Graduate University

Wood, Thomas: “Ads, Visits, Contact: New Data on Presidential Campaign Effects”; University of Chicago

Wood, Stuart: “Knowledge-Perception and Misinformation: A Case Study of Climate Change Denial in the United States”; Claremont Graduate University

Yoder, Stephen: “Should They Stay or Should They Go? Examining Legislator Behavior on State Immigration Policy”; University of Maryland, College Park

COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Bauwens, Fabian: “Cleavages, Organized Interests, and Parties in the US, Germany, and Japan: An Analysis of the Relationships between Labor Unions, Minority Organization, Cleavages, and Parties”; Johns Hopkins University

Vellinga, Tristan: “Controlling the Agenda: EU Accession and Political Competition in Turkey”; University of Florida

Abramson, Scott: “The Economic Origins of the Territorial State”; Princeton University

Al, Serhun: “State Elites, Political Change, and Patterns of Nationalhood From Late Ottoman Empire To Contemporary Turkey”; University of Utah

Alptekin, Huseyin: “Explaining Ethnopolitical Mobilization: Ethnic Incorporation and Mobilization Patterns in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Turkey, and Beyond”; The University of Texas at Austin

Alvarez, Linda: “Political Knowledge of Poor in Latin America”; Claremont Graduate University

Amisi, Bertha: “People are Suffering: Noncombatant Mobilization for Peace in Africa”; Syracuse University

Andersen, Kaeli: “Access Politics and Military Relationships Under the Shadow of Dictators”; Yale University

Anria, Santiago: “Social Movements, Parties, and the Left in Latin America: The Bolivian MAS (Movement Toward Socialism) in Comparative Perspective”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Argaman, Jonathan: “A City on the Edge: Global Aspiration, Anxiety-Management, and the Politics of Urban Growth in Cairo”; University of Pennsylvania

Barlow, Leanna: “From Protest to Power: Niche Party Politics in Contemporary Western Europe”; Brandeis University

Barry, Jack: “I Want My ICT: Information Communication Technology, Governance, and Poverty in the Developing World”; University of Connecticut

Benedict, Ashley: “Women in Kazakhstan: A Multifaceted Approach to Female Political Participation”; University of Missouri, St. Louis

Biava, Ryan: “The Comparative Politics of Privacy: Interests, Information, and the Internet”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Bilinski, Adam: “Paths to Success, Paths to Failure: Historical Trajectories to Democratic Stability”; University of Florida

Blair, Robert: “Four Essays on Peacebuilding and the Consolidation of State Authority”; Yale University

Bottomley, Daniel: “A Nation that is Religious: Indonesia, the Ahmadiyah, and the States SARA Echoes”; University of Delaware

Burrier, Grant: “Developmentalism and Infrastructure Investments in Brazil”; University of New Mexico

Byrd, Douglas: “The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Conflict, Resistance, and Change”; University of Utah

Cai, Zuo: “Welfare Distribution Without Voters: The Local Political Economy of Welfare Reform in China”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Carreras, Miguel: “Outsider Presidents, Institutional Performance, and Governability in Latin America”; University of Pittsburgh

Castaneda-Angarita, Nestor: “Economic Power and Political Influence: Business Groups and Taxation in Latin America”; University of Pittsburgh

Clogston, Juanity: “Post-Print Democracy: The Decline of Newspapers and the Effect on Political Information, Political Participation, and Political Power”; Johns Hopkins University

Dean, Laura: “Beyond the Natasha Effect: Determinants of Human Trafficking Policy Variation in the Post-Soviet Region”; University of Kansas

Derderyan, Svet: “The Effects of EU Leverage on Corruption Control in Central and Eastern Europe Before and After Accession”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Dye, Jennifer: “Food Security and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions: The Cases of Tanzania and Ethiopia”; University of Cincinnati

El Nakhala, Doaa’: “Walls and Fences: The Making of Good Neighbors?!”; The University of Texas at Austin

El-Kazaz, Sarah: “Building Politics: Urban Transformation and Governance in Cairo and Istanbul”; Princeton University

Feuer, Sarah: “Religious Establishment and Regime Survival: The Politics of Religious Education in Morocco and Tunisia, 1956–2010”; Brandeis University

Foroughi, Payam: “Liberal Norm Compliance & Post-Communist Central Asia: Comparative Study of Tajikistan & Kyrgyzstan vis-à-vis the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) & Its Optional Protocol (OPCAT)”; University of Utah

Galinanes Jr., Ramon: “Negotiating a Lasting Peace: A Comparative Analysis of Angola’s Civil War Settlements”; University of Florida

Gonzalez, Yanilda: “State Building on the Ground: Police Reform and Participatory Security in Latin America”; Princeton University

Hartshorn, Ian: “Corporatism, Labor Mobilization, and the Seeds of Revolution in Egypt and Tunisia”; University of Pennsylvania

Huang, Kai-Ping: “Electoral Reforms and the Transformation of Party System: Thailand in Comparative Perspective”; The University of Texas at Austin

Hummel, Sarah: “Nondemocratic Politics, Targeted Goods Provision, and International Policy: Water and Energy Management in Post Soviet Central Asia”; Princeton University

Jung, Dong-Joon: “Sources of Partisanship and Its Political Impact: Comparing the Western and Postcommunist Experiences”; University of Florida

Kakizaki, Masaki: “Contentious Politics in Turkey: The Changing Patterns of Popular Participation in Protest, 1945¬–2007”; University of Utah

Keskin, Aysegul: “Iraq’s De-Ba’athification: Analyzing the Degrees to which the Implemented Policy Reflected the Particular Rationales”; Kent State University

Kim, Hye-Sung: “Ethnicity, Distributive Politics, and Voting in Uganda”; University of Rochester

Kim, Jung: “Divided Government and Legislative Bargaining in Japan and South Korea”; Yale University

Koo, Sejin: “Parties, Voters, and Activists: Building Ideological Linkage in Developing Democracies”; Texas A&M University

Larson, Jared: “Bringing the Outside In: The Comparative Politics of Immigration in Spain and Portugal”; University of Delaware

Leppert-Wahl, Marlaina: “Pacifist Activists: Christian Peacemakers in Palestine 1995–2014”; University of Cincinnati

Lierl, Malte: “Essays on Informal Governance: Enforcement and Accountability under Weak Institutions”; Yale University

Livny, Avital: “A State of Distrust: Islamic Mobilization in Turkey and the Muslim World”; Stanford University

Maka, Zofia: “Public Opinion and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe (1992–2004)”; University of Delaware

Martin, Lucy: “Taxation and Accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa”; Yale University

Martirosyan, Anna: “Privatization, State Militarization through War, and Durable Social Exclusion in Post-Soviet Armenia”; University of Missouri, St. Louis

Mezini, Evis: “The Effects of Economic Factors on Public Support for the European Union: Evidence form Experimental and Survey Data”; Claremont Graduate University

Mohanty, Peter: “Denizen Politics: A Comparative Analysis of Opposition to Immigration in the European Union”; The University of Texas at Austin

Okwako, Jane: “Innovative Governance and Natural Resource Management in Kenya: Procedural and Substantive Outcomes of Civil Society Participation”; Western Michigan University

Olivieri, Victor: “New Model Europeans: How Regional, National, and European Identities Interact to Forge What It Means to Be European”; University of Florida

Paller, Jeffrey: “African Slums: Constructing Democracy in Unexpected Places”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Pankani Lindberg, Winifred: “A Reversed Collective Action Dilemma and the Challenge of Enhancing Bureaucratic Capacity in Botswana and Ghana”; University of Florida

Recker, Sterling: “Vision 2020: An Analysis of Policy Implementation and Agrarian Change in Rural Rwanda”; University of Missouri, St. Louis

Rivera, Gustavo: “Campaign Advertising and Its Effects: The Case of Mexico”; The University of Texas at Austin

Roy, Oindrila: “Exploring the Influence of Faith on Foreign Policy Attitudes in the United States”; Kent State University

Rueda Robayo, Miguel: “Three Essays on Electoral Manipulation”; University of Rochester

Rukhadze, Vasili: “The Causes of Post Mobilization Leadership Change and Continuity: Comparative Analysis of Post-Color Revolution Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia”; Kent State University

Rumsey, Jessie: “Aid and International Norms: The Effects of Human Rights and Counterterrorism Regimes on US Foreign Assistance Pre- and Post-9/11”; Kent State University

Schiumerini, Luis: “Incumbency and Democracy in South America”; Yale University

Shockley, Bethany: “Local Representation in the Context of Decentralization: Mayors, Citizens and Local Governance in Latin America”; Texas A&M University

Sorace, Christian: “Beyond Repair: State-Society Relations in the Aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake”; The University of Texas at Austin

Sternfeld, Rachel: “Political Coalitions and Media Policy: A Study of Egyptian Newspapers”; The University of Texas at Austin

Stobb, Maureen: “From Rhetoric to Reality: The Role of Domestic Actors in Diffusing International Human Rights Norms”; University of Texas at Dallas

Stoyan, Alissandra: “Constituent Assemblies, Presidential Majorities, and Democracy in Contemporary Latin America”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Su, Yen-Pin: “Opposition Parties and Anti-Government Protests in Comparative Perspective”; University of Pittsburgh

Teele, Dawn: “The Logic of Women’s Enfranchisement: A Comparative Study of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom”; Yale University

Urbanski, Piotr: “Within-Industry Technological Specialization, Collective Action, and Trade Policy”; Texas A&M University

Vazquez D’Elia, Javier: “(Re-)Shaping the Political Arena? A Comparative Study of Welfare Regime Reforms in Latin American, 1980–2010”; University of Pittsburgh

Vekasi, Kristin: “China’s Political Rise and Japan’s Economic Risk: Multinational Corporations and Political uncertainty”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Verseckaite, Egla: “Citizenship as a Stateless Boundary Maintenance Regime: The Curious Case of the Lithuanian Dual Citizenship”; Johns Hopkins University

Viedma, Manuel: “The Social Origins of Authoritarian Institutions: Bosses and Elites in Postrevolutionary Mexico and Bolivia”; University of Chicago

Warner, Travis: “Elections as Concessions: Revenue, Stability, and Village Self-Governance in China”; University of Chicago

White, Allison: “From Competition To Monopoly: Establishing Party Dominance In Post-Communist Russia”; The University of Texas at Austin

Wimpy, Cameron: “Foiled Expectations: When Democracy Doesn’t Deliver”; Texas A&M University

Wolff, Michael: “Criminal Authorities and the State: Gangs, Organized Crime, and Police in Brazil”; University of New Mexico

Yeh, Yao-Yuan: “Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Democracy Reconsidered”; Texas A&M University

Yu, Jihoon: “Enduring Territorial Dispute Between the Two Koreas in the West Sea of the Korean Peninsula”; Syracuse University

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abdelaaty, Lamis: “Selective Sovereignty: Foreign Policy, Ethnic Identity, and the Politics of Asylum”; Princeton University

Acosta, Benjamin: “How Political Violence Work Explaining Variation in Resistance Outcomes”; Claremont Graduate University

Alenezi, Nouf: “The Influence of Political Globalization on Domestic Government: Human Rights INGOS in the Cases of Venezuela and Iran”; University of Utah

Allerkamp, Doreen: “The Presidency Effect”; Syracuse University

Aronson, Jacob: “The Provision and Impact of External Support to Combatants in Civil Wars”; University of Maryland, College Park

Avedian, Arevik: “Inequality and Conflict”; Claremont Graduate University

Balasco, Lauren: “Just Security or a Secure Justice? Mapping the Transitional Justice–Human Security Nexus”; University of Delaware

Bell, Laura: “Repercussions of Terrorist Assassinations: A Post-Assassination Institutional Analysis, 1970–2012”; University of Texas at Dallas

Belton, Kristy: “Precarious Belonging: Stateless People in a ‘Postnational’ World”; University of Connecticut

Bilgel, Yasemin: “Regional Power Politics after the Cold War”; University of Chicago

Bridwell, Brenna: “Legitimate Illegitimacy: Measuring Terrorists’ Legitimacy during and after Negotiations”; University of Connecticut

Campbell, Peter: “The Essence of War and Military Change: Military Realism and US Army Warfighting Doctrine from 1962 to 2010”; University of Notre Dame

Carnegie, Allison Sovey: “States Held Hostage: Political Hold-up Problems in International Relations”; Yale University

Davies, Emma: “Arming Agents or Assailants: A Principal-Agent Approach to Examining US Military Aid and Repression”; University of Maryland, College Park

Dean, Adam: “The Gilded Wage: Domestic Profit Sharing Institutions and the Political Economy of International Trade”; University of Chicago

Delacour, Justin: “Liberal Discourse and the Hegemon’s Dilemma: A Realist-Constructivist Approach to the Study of US-Latin American Relations”; University of New Mexico

Drake, Janet: “Who Decides? A Study of the Effects on Decision Unit Dynamics in Crisis and Crisis Transition”; University of Missouri, St. Louis

Dunne, Gordon: “The European Union and Minority Nationalism: A Comparative Study of the Spanish and Turkish Cases”; University of Utah

Durgana, Davina: “Correlates of Trafficking: Measuring the Human Insecurity of Vulnerable Minors to Human Trafficking in the United States”; American University School of International Service

Dye, Dan: “‘Whether Autumn Should Follow Summer…’: Globalization Discourse and British Party Politics”; American University School of International Service

Enríquez Szentkirályi, María Fernanda: “Social Movements and Framing Decisions: Ecuador’s Campaign for the Rights of Nature”; University of Connecticut

Eralp, Pelin: “Foreign Military Interventions in Civil Conflicts, 1946–2002”; University of Maryland, College Park

Fisunoglu, Fahrettin: “Beyond the Phoenix Factor: Consequences of Major Wars and Determinants of Postwar Recovery”; Claremont Graduate University

Fleury, Eric: “A Fruitless Crown: The Logic and Limits of Foreign Policy in Revolutionist Dictatorships”; Baylor University

Garcia, Blake: “International Migration and Extreme-Right Terrorism”; Texas A&M University

Gerzhoy, Eugene: “Coercive Nonproliferation: Security, Leverage, and Nuclear Reversals”; University of Chicago

Gillum, Rachel: “Muslim-American Identity, Integration, and Government Relations in the Post-9/11 Environment”; Stanford University

Guse, Jeffrey: “An Investigation of Competitive and Non- competitive Framing Effects: Interpreting the Relationship between Elite Rhetoric and Support for Preventive War”; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Harris, Peter: “Global Gatekeeping: How Great Powers Respond to Rising States”; The University of Texas at Austin

Hasler, Kirstin: “Symbols & Sacrifice: The Role of Nationalism in Combat Effectiveness”; University of Notre Dame

Haynes, Susan: “Behind the Buildup: Explaining Chinese Motivations for Nuclear Modernization”; George Mason University

Helou, Rabih: “The Political Economy of Social Markets: How Voluntary Standards Emerge, Compete, and Segment International Policy Making”; University of Maryland, College Park

Hibben, Mark: “Drivers of Change: Explaining IMF Low Income Country Reform in the Post Washington Consensus”; Syracuse University

Howard, Michael: “Foreign Aid from Emerging Countries”; University of Utah

Hsueh, Chienwu: “The Liberal Commercial Peace: Regional Considerations”; University of South Carolina

Innes, Tara: “Did I Say This Land is Your Land? Patterns of Contention in Indonesian Environmental Disputes”; University of Maryland, College Park

Jafari, Sheherazade: “Bridging the Secular-Religious Divide within Transnational Women’s Movements? Western-Muslim Partnerships for Women’s Rights”; American University School of International Service

Jamil, Tahir: “Prospective Solutions to the Kashmir Conflict: An Empirical investigation”; Claremont Graduate University

Jeon, Sangick: “Essays on the Costs and Benefits of Ethnic Diversity”; Stanford University

Kartal, A. Mert: “Accounting for the Bad Apples: The European Union’s Impact on Good Governance”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Kaya, Ruchan: “A New Type of Resource Curse? The Effect of Natural Resource Pipelines on the Level of Democracy, Regime Stability, and Development”; University of Florida

Kendall, Chris: “Courting Compliance: Judicial Politics as a Constraint on the Domestic Enforcement of International Law”; Princeton University

Kenkel, Brenton: “Essays on Conflict and Diplomacy”; University of Rochester

Kim, Hayam: “International Organizations, Economic Openness, and the Deepening of Democracy: The Indirect Link between International Organizations and Democracy”; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Kim, In Song: “International Political Economy with Product Differentiation: Firm-Level Lobbying for Trade Liberalization”; Princeton University

Kishi, Roudabeh: “Does Foreign Aid Lead to Armed Civil Conflict? Examining Horizontal Inequalities and Ethnic Exclusion”; University of Maryland, College Park

Kuo, Raymond: “Augmenting Order: The Diffusion of Dominant Alliance Forms”; Princeton University

Lainson, Douglas: “‘Help! I’m a Senior. Get Me Out of Here’: A Strategic Management Study of Hygiene/Maintenance and Motivation Factors in Higher Education Correlated to Class Standing”; Claremont Graduate University

Levin, Andrew: “Peacekeeping Effectiveness in Civil War: National and Sub-national Analyses”; University of Pennsylvania

Li, Lingqun: “China’s Policy towards the South China Sea-Geopolitics and the International Maritime Regime”; University of Delaware

Litwin, Oren: “Who May Fight Just Wars? Right Authority for States and Non-States”; George Mason University

Liu, Roger: “Essays on Battle Clusters in Internal Armed Conflicts and Insurgencies: Concepts, Causes, and Consequences”; University of South Carolina

Makara, Michael: “Domestic Instability and Legislative Development: Understanding the Sources of Parliamentary Weakness in Jordan”; Syracuse University

Marcum, Anthony: “To Dictate the Peace: Power, Strategy, and Success in Military Occupations”; University of Maryland, College Park

Martineau, Joshua: “The Fractured Society: A Study of Utopian Conflict in World Politics”; University of Delaware

Matesan, Ioana: “The Dynamics of Violent Escalation and De-Escalation: Explaining Change in Islamist Strategies in Egypt and in Indonesia”; Syracuse University

McManus, Roseanne: “The Role of Statements of Resolve in International Conflict”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Menninga, Elizabeth: “Multiparty Mediation: Identifying Characteristics of the Mediation Dream Team”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mucci, Steve: “Managing Political and Investment Risk in the International Oil and Gas Industry”; University of Missouri, St. Louis

Mukherjee, Bappaditya: “Domestic Political Consequences of Interstate Wars”; University of Maryland, College Park

Munayyer, Yousef: “The Smoking Gun: Toward Understanding the Decision Calculus Behind Repressive Outcomes”; University of Maryland, College Park

Ohls, David: “Exchanging Fire: Trade, Conflict, and the Strategic Incentives of Indirect Economic Interdependence”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Oktay, Sibel: “Unpacking Coalitions: Explaining International Commitment in European Governments, 1994–2004”; Syracuse University

Pearl, Jonathan: “To Accommodate or Oppose? Explaining US Responses to the Indian and Israeli Nuclear Program”; University of Maryland, College Park

Picquet, Raymond: “The Acquisition of Chemical Weapons in Iraq: The Social Construction of a Weapon of Mass Destruction in a Rough Neighborhood”; Claremont Graduate University

Prakash, Deepa: “Carrots, Stick, and Stones: The Politics of Naming in Counter-Terrorism”; Syracuse University

Primorac, Maja: “International Political Economy of E-Scrap Trade and The Basel Convention”; Claremont Graduate University

Raggo, Paloma: “Leaders’ Accounts: A Study on Transnational NGOs Leadership Views on Accountability”; Syracuse University

Reese, Kate: “The Road Ahead: American Automobility and the Politics of the Future”; American University School of International Service

Rosato, Susan Pratt: “Granting Access: A Rationalist Explanation of INGO Access to Multilateral Negotiations”; University of Chicago

Sevin, Efe: “Making New Friends: Relational Public Diplomacy as a Foreign Policy Instrument”; American University School of International Service

Shin, Chan Woong: “America’s New Internationalists? Evangelical Transnational Activism and US Foreign Policy”; Syracuse University

Shirk, Mark: “Pirates, Anarchists, and Terrorists: Violence and the Boundaries of Sovereign Authority”; University of Maryland, College Park

Singh, Ila: “Civic Nationalism in Post-Colonial States: A Comparative Analysis of Civic Nationalism in Mauritius, India, and Sri Lanka”; University of Maryland, College Park

Staisch, Matthias: “When Do International Institutions Restrain Great Powers? A Network Theory”; University of Chicago

Steele, Lara: “Civil War and Health: The Short and Long Term Effects of War Type on Population Health”; Claremont Graduate University

Stevenson, John: “Capitol Gains: How Foreign Military Intervention and the Elite Quest for International Recognition Cause Mass Killing in New States”; University of Chicago

Strome, Stuart: “England’s Answer: Identity and Legitimation in British Foreign Policy”; University of Florida

Tai, Qiuqing: “A Double-Edged Sword: Western Media in Transforming the Political Attitudes of Overseas Chinese”; Yale University

Torrente, Steven: “Bodies of Knowledge: Torture Dynamics within a Network of Bodies, Space, Information, and Security”; University of Kansas

Tyburski, Michael: “Curse or Cure? Remittances and Corruption in the Developing World”; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

von Borzyskowski, Inken: “A Double-Edged Sword: The Effects of International Assistance on Election Violence”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Wang, Ke: “Rethinking Chinese Territorial Disputes”; University of Pennsylvania

Wang, Di: “Leviathan as Foreign Investor: Evidence from Sovereign Wealth Funds”; Texas A&M University

Weber, Yuval: “Petropolitics and Foreign Policy: Fiscal and Institutional Origins and Patterns of Russian Foreign Policy, 1964–2012”; The University of Texas at Austin

Weng, Lu-Chung: “Political Participation and Democratic Citizenship in a New Democracy—Taiwan”; University of Texas at Dallas

Wilf, Meredith: “International Politics of Finance and Bank Regulations”; Princeton University

Yeeles, Adam: “The Political Ecology of Governance, Inequality, and Unrest”; University of Texas at Dallas

Yoo, In Tae: “Power and International Economic Integration: Comparing Institutions of Regional Economic Integration”; University of South Carolina

Zhang, Nan: “Corruption and Social Norms: Explaining Corruption’s Persistence in the Face of Moral Condemnation”; Stanford University

METHODOLOGY

Cook, Scott: “Rare Events in International Relations: Modeling Heterogeneity and Interdependence with Sparse Data”; University of Pittsburgh

Gulotty, Robert: “Governing Trade Beyond Tariffs: The Politics of Multinational Production and Its Implications for International Cooperation”; Stanford University

Lee, Byung-Jae: “Methodological Problems in Causal Inference, with Reference to Transitional Justice”; The University of Texas at Austin

POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY

Alamariu, Costin: “The Problem of Tyranny and Philosophy in the Political Thought of Friedrich Nietzsche”; Yale University

Anderson, Ryan: “Neither Liberal nor Libertarian: A Natural Law Approach to Social Justice and Economic Rights”; University of Notre Dame

Anderson, Joshua: “The Commonwealth of Social Science: The American Social Science Association and a Pragmatist Politics of Expertise”; University of Minnesota

Anfinson, Kellan: “The Ethos of the Event: From Political Eruptions to Climate Change”; Johns Hopkins University

Blomme, Anna: “The Senses of Climate Change: The Politics of Belonging in the Age of Climate Change”; Johns Hopkins University

Chai, Shaojin: “Enlightened Compassion and Universal Order with Chinese Characteristics: Embodied Oneness, Care with Distinction, and Sentimental Cosmopolitanism in the Political Philosophy of Wany Yangming (1472–1529)”; University of Notre Dame

Cook, Amanda: “Breastfeeding, Feminism, and the State”; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Cooper, Kody: “‘Upon the Earth There Is Not Its Like…?’ Thomas Hobbes’ Natural Law Theory of Morality and Politics”; The University of Texas at Austin

Coyne, Brian: “Non-State Governance and Non-State Legitimacy”; Stanford University

Dannenbaum, K. Thomas: “Inextricable Accomplices: The Meaning of Fighting in an Illegal War and International Law’s Dissonant Treatment of the Soldiers Forced to Do It”; Princeton University

Dixon, William: “A Demotic Void: Materialism, Capitalism, and Inequality”; Johns Hopkins University

Eberhardt, Lindsay: “The Hegelian State: Liberal Rights in Context”; Claremont Graduate University

Fan, Guangxin: “Contesting the Truth of Revolution, Democracy, and Good Governance in the Land of Confucius: The Chinese Reception of Rousseau’s Social Contract 1898–1906”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Fortier, Jeremy: “Nietzche’s Political Ambition: His Case For and Against the Modern State”; The University of Texas at Austin

Getachew, Adom: “The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination: Toward a History of Anti-Colonial World Making”; Yale University

Gingerich, Brian R.: “The Liturgy of Localism”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Grove, Nicole: “Gamers, Hunters, Provacteurs: Digital Mediations of Violence, Gender, and Faith in the Arab World”; Johns Hopkins University

Hassanpour, Navid: “A Republic of Tweets: Communication and Political Conflict”; Yale University

Henao Castro, Andrés Fabián: “Antigone Claimed, ‘I am a Stranger’: Democracy, Membership, and Unauthorized Immigration”; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Herold, Carly: “Virtue and Irrationality in Republican Politics: Cicero’s Critique of Popular Philosophy”; The University of Texas at Austin

Hill, Samantha: “The Promise of Mourning”; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Hoffman, Christopher: “Bureaucratic Discretion: Citizen Officials and the Choice to Resist”; University of Maryland, College Park

Irvine, Suvi: “Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Rethinking Cynicism and the Value of Political Critique”; Johns Hopkins University

Janow, Jeremy: “Reconstituting the War Powers: Toward a Deliberative Constitutional Order for War”; University of Maryland, College Park

Kundmueller, Michelle: “Politics and the Flight from Honor: Homer and Human Good”; University of Notre Dame

Lamb, K. Michael: “A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine and the Democratic Tradition”; Princeton University

L’Arrivee, Elizabeth: “Converting the Soul from Politics to Philosophy: The Philosophic Way of Life in Plato’s Republic”; University of Notre Dame

Lee, Jinmin: “The Faces of Fear: Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Fear and Political Community”; Brandeis University

Lee, Sang Won: “Being, Truth, and Power: Heidegger’s Thoughts on Plato and Its Political Implications”; Claremont Graduate University

LeMoine, Rebecca: “Philosophy and the Foreigner in Plato’s Dialogues”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

Lepori, Matthew: “Place, Nature, and Political Economy: The Submerged Politics of Alternative Agri-Food Movements”; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Longo, Matthew: “The Venn Paradox: Borders and Bordering in an Age of Security”; Yale University

Mathie, Mary: “Aquinas on Judgment, Justice, and the Unity of Peace”; Baylor University

Mayville, Luke: “Fear of the Few: John Adams and the Problem of Inequality”; Yale University

McCracken, Darrah: “Trading Places to Care? Humanitarians and Migrants in World Politics”; University of Minnesota

McCumbers, Rebecca: “The Battle of the Unarmed Prophets: Religion and Republicanism in the Thought of Girolamo Savonarola and Niccolo Machiavelli”; University of Notre Dame

McKinney, Claire: “Ethics and Political Judgment in Feminist Abortion Politics”; University of Chicago

Melonas, Alex: “Situated Animals: A Critique of Social Constructivist Excesses in Political Theory”; Temple University

Molinari, Lori: “The Ancient Republics and Mixed Regime in Montesquieu’s Political Thought”; University of Notre Dame

Orozco-Mendoza, Elva: “Undying Protests: On Collective Action and Practices of Resistance Against Feminicide in Ciudad Juárez”; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Orsinger, Ann: “Developing Democratic Civil Virtues Through Aesthetic Education And Design In Public Schools”; The University of Texas at Austin

Otruba, Alexander: “A Tale of Two Modernities: A Liberal Alternative to a Liberal Modernity”; University of Maryland, College Park

Paik, SungWook: “Foundations of Juristocracy”; University of Maryland, College Park

Phillips, Charles: “Bend, Engage, Wait, and Watch: Rethinking Political Agency in a World of Flows”; Johns Hopkins University

Pittz, Steven: “The Free Spirit and Liberal Political Order”; The University of Texas at Austin

Rabinowitz, Laura: “Harmony of City and Soul: Plato and the Classical Virtue of Moderation”; The University of Texas at Austin

Reighard, Vince: “Nietzsche as Educator”; Baylor University

Roberts, Veronica: “Romanitas Recast: Idolatry, Citizenship, and Augustine’s Reeducation of Rome”; University of Notre Dame

Sellers, Joshua: “The ‘Crown Jewel’ at a Crossroads: Appraising the Contemporary Political Function of the Voting Rights Act”; University of Chicago

Smith, Brannon: “Philosopher Kings, Then and Now: The Political Philosophy of IQ”; University of Maryland, College Park

Spengeman, Sarah: “Saint Augustine and Hannah Arendt on Love of the World: An Investigation into Arendt’s Reliance on and Refutation of Augustinian Philosophy”; University of Notre Dame

Spino, Matthew: “Reinhold Niebuhr and Creative Humility in Deliberative Politics”; University of Maryland, College Park

Verbitsky, Mark: “Aristotle on Rhetoric and Rationality: A Study of Aristotelian Political Psychology”; The University of Texas at Austin

Yi, Se-Hyoung: “Deliberation and Its Tragic Moment: Deliberative Harmony in Aeschylus’ Oresteia and Mengzi’s Mengzi”; University of Wisconsin, Madison

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Murphy, Haley: “Nonprofit Collaboration: Building Relationships across Sectors”; The University of Oklahoma

Nuraliyev, Nurlan: “Wage Inequality and Violent Protest in Oil/Gas Producing Countries”; Claremont Graduate University

Rauh, Jonathan: “The Effects of Political Control and Institutional Structure on State Ethics Commissions”; University of South Carolina

PUBLIC LAW AND COURTS

Cote Hampson, Sarah: “Rights in the Balance: Rights Consciousness, Rights Claiming, and Work/Life Balance Policy in the United States”; University of Connecticut

Huff, Jamie: “On Southern Soil: Fiction, Identity, Violence, and the Law”; University of Connecticut

Reid, Rebecca: “Judicial Institutionalization of International Law: The Roles of Regional and National High Courts in Adopting Human Rights Law”; University of South Carolina

Stohler, Stephan: “The Origins and Development of Affirmative Action in Constitutional Democracies”; University of Pennsylvania

Tagliarina, Daniel: “Power, Privilege, and Prayer: Christian Right Identity Politics and Mobilizing for School Prayer”; University of Connecticut

PUBLIC POLICY

Al-Kohlani, Sumaia: “The impact of Religious and Less Religious Constitutions on Female-to-Male School Enrollment”; Claremont Graduate University

Glasgow, Derek: “Unequal State Air Pollution: Adopting and Adapting to State Clean Air Policy”; University of Kansas

McKibben, Diana: “Does Restorative Justice Serve Justice?”; Claremont Graduate University

Rutherford, Amanda: “Politics, Perceptions, and Performance in Higher Education”; Texas A&M University

Sandoval Perea, Saúl: “Collective Efforts between the Police and the Public to Address Problems of Insecurity at the Municipal Level in Mexico”; Claremont Graduate University

Saunders, Emily: “Nuclear Terrorist Acquisition Pathways: Implications for US Counterterrorism Policy”; Claremont Graduate University

Ybarra, Vickie: “The Impact of Immigration Policy on Immigrant Communities: Adult Political Engagement and Child Well-Being”; University of New Mexico