Current Political Science Graduate Students

Richard Barrett
rabarrett@ucsd.edu
SSB 329

Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Focus area:  Political Theory - Ancient Political Theory, Law    

Molly Bauer
mebauer@ucsd.edu
SSB 348

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Megan Becker
mlbecker@ucsd.edu
SSB 331

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Celeste Beesley
craymond@ucsd.edu
SSB 324

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy, Post Communisist Societies   

Amanda Berg
alberg@ucsd.edu
SSB 326

Fields of study: Political Theory, International Relations
Focus area:    

Michael Binder
mbinder@ucsd.edu
SSB 448

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Benjamin Bohr
bbohr@ucsd.edu
SSB 349

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

R. Allen Bolar
rbolar@ucsd.edu
SSB 330

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Robert Bond
rbond@ucsd.edu
SSB 341

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Nicole Bonoff
nbonoff@ucsd.edu
SSB 345

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Political Economy of Development, Africa

Leigh Bradberry
lbradberry@ucsd.edu
SSB 330

Fields of study: American Politics, Political Theory
Focus area:    

Cameron Brown
csb003@ucsd.edu
SSB 322

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Legitimacy in International Relations

Craig Burnett
cburnett@ucsd.edu
SSB 446

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Francisco Cantu
fcantu@ucsd.edu
SSB 347

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Political Economy, Comparative Institutions

Scott Cederbaum
scederbaum@ucsd.edu
SSB 343

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Christina Chen
chc003@ucsd.edu
SSB 324

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Christopher Chiego
cchiego@ucsd.edu
SSB 343

Fields of study: International Relations, American Politics
Focus area:    

Matthew Childers
mchilder@ucsd.edu
SSB 448

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Jinhee Choung
jchoung@ucsd.edu
SSB 444

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Rumman Chowdhury
ruchowdhury@ucsd.edu
ssb 341

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Aaron Cotkin
acotkin@ucsd.edu
SSB 328

Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Focus area:    

Araceli (Cesi) Cruz
avcruz@ucsd.edu
SSB 345

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Mark Culyba
mculyba@ucsd.edu
SSB 447

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Saul Cunow
scunow@ucsd.edu
SSB 320

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Christopher Dawes
cdawes@ucsd.edu
SSB 328

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:  American- Behavior    

Aakash Dharmadhikari
adharmadhikari@ucsd.edu
SSB 449

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Christian Donath
cdonath@ucsd.edu
SSB 444

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Kathryn Dove
kdove@ucsd.edu
SSB 320

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Latin America    

Daniel Enemark
denemark@ucsd.edu
SSB 332

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:  Political behavior, experiments, game theory    

Christopher Fariss
cfariss@ucsd.edu
SSB 346

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Human Rights

Mark Farrales
mjfarrales@ucsd.edu
SSB 445

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Melanie Feurey
mek005@ucsd.edu
SSB 347

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Ivo Gatzinski
igatzinski@ucsd.edu
SSB 447

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Micah Gell-Redman
mgellredman@ucsd.edu
SSB 341

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Adam Gomez
ajgomez@ucsd.edu
SSB 447

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Ricardo Gomez-Vilchis
rgomezvilchis@ucsd.edu
SSB 446

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Justin Gottschalk
jgottschalk@ucsd.edu
SSB 328

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Benjamin Graham
bagraham@ucsd.edu
SSB 329

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Dimitar Gueorguiev
dgueorguiev@ucsd.edu
SSB 326

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: China    

Kyle Haines
kyhaines@ucsd.edu
SSB 349

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Molly Hamilton
mhamilton@ucsd.edu
SSB 331

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Melanie Hart
mmhart@ucsd.edu
 

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Hans Hassell
hhassell@ucsd.edu
SSB 323

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Campaigns and Elections, Campaign Finance, Congress,

Lindsay Heger
lheger@ucsd.edu
SSB 445

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Jeremy Horowitz
jhorowitz@ucsd.edu
SSB 449

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Jeremy D. Horowitz
jdhorowitz@ucsd.edu
SSB 324

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Judicial Politics    

Veronica Hoyo
vhoyo@ucsd.edu
SSB 448

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area:    

Douglas (Alex) Hughes
dhughes@ucsd.edu
SSB 330

Fields of study: American Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Ryan Jablonski
rjablonski@ucsd.edu
SSB 346

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy, China Studies    

Paula Jacobson
pjacobson@ucsd.edu
SSB 331

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Jihyeon Jeong
jeong8@ucsd.edu
SSB 447

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Joel Johnson
jwjohnson@ucsd.edu
SSB 444

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Seungjoon (Steve) Jung
sejung@ucsd.edu
SSB 349

Fields of study: International Relations, American Politics
Focus area:    

Danielle Jung
dfjung@ucsd.edu
SSB 448

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Jeffrey Kaplow
jkaplow@ucsd.edu
SSB 341

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Matthew Kearney
mckearney@ucsd.edu
SSB 323

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Jennifer Keister
jkeister@ucsd.edu
SSB 449

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Sarah Knoesen
sknoesen@ucsd.edu
SSB 345

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Africa, Political Economy of Development   

Travis Knowles
tknowles@ucsd.edu 
SSB 446

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Vladimir Kogan
vkogan@ucsd.edu
SSB 350

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Ming-Chieh (Jason) Kuo
mikuo@ucsd.edu
SSB 343

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Jeffrey Kwong
j2kwong@ucsd.edu
SSB 352

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: Chinese/East Asian security, Chinese nationalism, religion and ethnic identity

Don (Dong Seong) Lee
donlee@ucsd.edu
SSB 346

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:

John LeJeune
jlejeune@ucsd.edu
SSB 329

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Brad LeVeck
bleveck@ucsd.edu
SSB 332

Fields of study: International Relations, American Politics
Focus area:    

Justin Levitt
jlevitt@ucsd.edu
SSB 352

Fields of study: American Politics, Political Theory
Focus area:    

Yuhui (Huey) Li
yul010@ucsd.edu
IRPS

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Comparative governmental institutions    

Tai-Wei (Derek) Liu
taliu@ucsd.edu
SSB 328

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

James Long
jdlong@ucsd.edu
SSB 448

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Voting behavior, electoral fraud and violence, field and survey methods, Africa   

Lydia Lundgren
llundgre@weber.ucsd.edu
SSB 323

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Yonatan Lupu
ylupu@ucsd.edu
SSB 351 

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:  International Institutions, International Law, Courts
Website: http://dss.ucsd.edu/~ylupu/

Antony Lyon
alyon@ucsd.edu
SSB 443

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Daniel Maliniak
dmaliniak@ucsd.edu
SSB 351

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy    

Jonathan Mark
jnmark@ucsd.edu
SSB 348

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Emily Matthews
eomatthews@ucsd.edu
SSB 445

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Institutions, Interest Groups, Forestry and Environmental Policy    

Rupal Mehta
rnmehta@ucsd.edu
SSB 322

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Security, Nuclear Weapons Proliferation and Terrorism    

Ellen Moule
emoule@ucsd.edu
SSB 331

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Neil Narang
nnarang@ucsd.edu
SSB 330

Fields of study: International Relations, Political Theory
Focus area:    

Kuniaki Nemoto
knemoto@ucsd.edu
IRPS

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Lindsay Nielson
lnielson@ucsd.edu
SSB 322

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American - Elections, political behavior, voter mobilization    

Christopher O'Keefe
cokeefe@ucsd.edu
SSB 351

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Steven Oliver
s1oliver@ucsd.edu
SSB 332

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Kai Ostwald
kostwald@ucsd.edu
SSB 326

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area: Comparative Governance, Southeast Asia    

Kristen Parks
kparks@ucsd.edu
SSB 352

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Development, Latin America    

Jennifer Piscopo
jpiscopo@ucsd.edu
CILAS 16

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area:    

Michael Plouffe
mplouffe@ucsd.edu
SSB 347

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Political Economy    

Andrew Poe
apoe@ucsd.edu
SSB 446

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Justin Reeves
jfreeves@ucsd.edu
SSB 350

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Government Institutions (Japan)    

Michael Rivera
murivera@ucsd.edu
SSB 347

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American Political Behavior, Race/Ethnic Politics    

Patrick Rogers
pjrogers@ucsd.edu
SSB 350

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

R. Alexander Ruiz Euler
rruizeuler@ucsd.edu
SSB 332

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area: Latin America   

Paul Schuler
pschuler@ucsd.edu
SSB 326

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: Southeast Asia, Authoritarianism, Institutions    

David Selby
daselby@ucsd.edu
SSB 447

Fields of study: Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Samuel Seljan
sseljan@ucsd.edu
SSB 443

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Jaime Settle
jsettle@ucsd.edu
SSB 323

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area: American Political Behavior    

Weiyi Shi
w3shi@ucsd.edu
SSB 352

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Daniel Smith
dms001@ucsd.edu
SSB 351

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area: Comparative Politics (Japan)    

Yunkyu Sohn
ysohn@ucsd.edu
SSB 324

Fields of study: American Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Benjamin Tang
btang@ucsd.edu
SSB 324

Fields of study: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Focus area: International Organizations, International Political Economy, Federations    

Devesh Tiwari
dtiwari@ucsd.edu
SSB 341

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Adam Tyner
atyner@ucsd.edu
SSB 350

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Focus area:    

Karthik Vaidyanathan
kvaidyanathan@ucsd.edu
SSB 352

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Neil Visalvanich
nvisalvanich@ucsd.edu
SSB 346

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Alan Ward
award@ucsd.edu
SSB 348

Fields of study: Political Theory, American Politics
Focus area:    

Andrew Waugh
aswaugh@ucsd.edu
SSB 328

Fields of study: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Focus area:    

Stephen Weymouth
sweymout@ucsd.edu
IRPS

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Madeline Woo
m1woo@ucsd.edu
SSB 347

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area:    

Melissa Ziegler
mrziegler@ucsd.edu
SSB 445

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Focus area:    

Brigitte Zimmerman
bazimmerman@ucsd.edu
SSB 345

Fields of study: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Focus area: