Graduate Students
by Subfield
American
- Cardona, Aileen
- American Politics, Latino/a Politics, Race and Ethnic Politics, Political Participation
- › ac854@cornell.edu
- Casillas, Christopher
- American Politics, public law, judicial politics, American institutions, constitutional law
- › cjc76@cornell.edu
- Cortez, David

- Political behavior, Latin@ politics, race and ethnicity, social inequality, identity, military service, immigration and public opinion.
- › dc727@cornell.edu
- Dichio, Michael

- American political development, public law, judicial politics, and American political thought
- › mad286@cornell.edu
- Koch, Julianna
- American politics, social policy, inequality
- › jmk422@cornell.edu
- O’Toole, Thomas
- Civic engagement/political participation, religion and politics, The First Amendment, public administration
- › tjo22@cornell.edu
- Radostitz, Casey

- American Politics, American political development, race and politics, inequality, and political economy
- › cjr228@cornell.edu
- Rose, Deondra

- American politics, public policy, political behavior, inequality, gender and politics, race and politics, and American political development
- › der33@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Sonti, Samir

- Political economy, labor politics, social movements, inequality and the welfare state
- › ss2786@cornell.edu
- SoRelle, Mallory
- American Politics, Political Participation, Campaigns and Elections, Public Policy
- › ms2342@cornell.edu
- Thomsen, Danielle

- American Politics, Women and Politics, Campaigns and Elections
- › dt324@cornell.edu
- Walker, Alexis

- Public Policy, Political Participation, Policy Feedback, American Political Development, and Organized Labor
- › anw47@cornell.edu
- Blings, Steffen

- Comparative politics, mass politics in democracies, methods, European integration
- › sb632@cornell.edu
- Braun, Robert

- Comparative Politics, collective violence, ethnic conflict, social movements, mixed methods
- › rb529@cornell.edu
- Cairns, Christopher

- Chinese Politics (state-owned enterprises, energy politics, environmental politics), information technology and politics, political communication, human rights, mixed methods
- › cmc467@cornell.edu
- Duong, Hoa

- Institutional basis of Economic Development; Political Economy of Development; Southeast Asia; Economic Integration and Development
- › hhd27@cornell.edu
- Esen, Berk

- Latin American politics, national-developmentalist ideologies, social movements and democratization, qualitative methods & comparative-historical analysis
- › be62@cornell.edu
- Florence, Joseph
- Comparative politics with a focus on the Middle East, political order and disorder, international trade and government finance, natural resource politics, authoritarian regimes, state-society linkages, research methodology, and political theory.
- › jaf327@cornell.edu
- Fossati, Diego

- Political economy of development, social policy in developing countries. Political science methodology. Southeast Asian politics
- › df275@cornell.edu
- Fu, Lin

- Political economy, economic development, inequality, East and Southeast Asia
- › lf333@cornell.edu
- Gallagher, Janice

- Latin America, Transnational Social Movements & International Law
- › jkg49@cornell.edu
- Gandhi, Triveni

- South Asia, formal and informal institutions, and economic development
- › tg235@cornell.edu
- Giusti-Rodriguez, Mariana
- Comparative politics, Latin America, social movements, democratization, development, and the informal sector
- › mg674@cornell.edu
- Greco, Michelle
- › mgg58@cornell.edu
- Hecht, Jason

- Comparative political behavior of the advanced industrial societies, Comparative political economy, European integration.
- › jdh293@cornell.edu
- Hern, Erin

- Comparative politics, sub-Saharan Africa, gender, foreign aid, state and institutional development, and international development policy
- › eah228@cornell.edu
- Honig, Lauren
- Africa, public policy and reform, state-building, development politics
- › leh76@cornell.edu
- Leonard, Don

- Latin American politics, state development, international and comparative political economy, state revenue, and the distributional politics of collective goods provision
- › drl43@cornell.edu
- Letsa, Natalie

- African politics, democratization, civil unrest, the onset of conflict
- › njw57@cornell.edu
- Logvinenko, Igor

- International Relations (IPE, politics of money, security), Comparative Politics (political economy of development, democratization, authoritarianism)
- › iol3@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Marcesse, Thibaud

- Ethnicity, political parties, South Asian politics, politics of foreign aid (with a focus on governance and transitions)
- › tbm43@cornell.edu
- Masaki, Takaaki

- African politics, democratization, political institutions, political economy of patronage system, political methodology and macroeconomic policy in Africa
- › tm427@cornell.edu
- Matovski, Aleksander
- Comparative Politics (comparative authoritarianism, dynamics of protest and repression, ethnic politics and civil wars), International Relations (international security, external support of democratization processes), and Political Methodology; Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.
- › am862@cornell.edu
- Muppirisetty, Sreedevi
- South Asia; Social movements; Political Parties; Political theory
- › sm675@cornell.edu
- Reyes-Housholder, Catherine

- Latin American politics
- › cgr46@cornell.edu
- Sanchez-Talanquer, Mariano

- Political institutions, Latin American politics, elections and electoral administration, party systems, democracy and inequality; democratic theory, Latin American political thought.
- › ms2728@cornell.edu
- Sen, Rumela

- Comparative Politics
- › rs723@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Setzer, Harris

- Islam and politics, absolute monarchy, Middle East politics, political theory
- › fhs45@cornell.edu
- Thaler, Gregory
- Political ecology, political economy of development, collective action and social movements, agrarian politics
- › gmt45@cornell.edu
- Velasquez, Simon
- Latin American politics, Social Movements, Racial & Ethnic politics, and Indigenous Politicization.
- › st523@cornell.edu
- Wilfahrt, Martha
- Political economy of development, sub-Saharan Africa
- › maw299@cornell.edu
- Yanguas, Pablo

- Post-conflict state-building and development, democratization, Sub-Saharan Africa
- › py45@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Ayoub, Phillip

- European integration, transnationalism, minority rights
- › pma34@cornell.edu
- Bautista, Anna

- International Relations and Comparative Politics, with a focus on China and Southeast Asia
- › aib43@cornell.edu
- Brigden, Noelle
- › nkb24@cornell.edu
- Browne, Katrina
- › klb262@cornell.edu
- Cheney, Amanda
- › ajc356@cornell.edu
- Cohen, Danielle

- International Relations and Comparative Politics with a focus on East Asia
- › dfc27@cornell.edu
- Comstock, Audrey

- International Relations (International law, international organization, compliance) Comparative (human rights)
- › alc249@cornell.edu
- Duan, Hong
- › hd29@cornell.edu
- Hill, Matthew

- International political economy, and strategic studies.
- › mah439@cornell.edu
- Kardon, Isaac

- Asian security, Chinese politics
- › ibk22@cornell.edu
- Kampani, Gaurav
- › gk58@cornell.edu
- Leutert, Wendy

- International relations, comparative politics, Chinese foreign policy
- Maxey, Sarah

- Peace operations, ethnic conflict, causes of war, perceptions of security
- Oaks, Jason

- International Relations, Comparative Politics, Chinese and East Asian Security, Nationalism
- › jco58@cornell.edu
- Seybert, Lucia

- International relations theory, international norms, international organizations, European politics, populism, political participation, ethnic conflict
- › la72@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Sperandei, Maria

- International political economy with a focus on international finance and financial crises, economic causes of war and foreign policy, coercive diplomacy.
- › ms554@cornell.edu
- Tao, Jing
- › jt265@cornell.edu
- Toska, Silvana

- International Relations and Comparative Politics, with a focus on Africa and the Middle East.
- › st522@cornell.edu
- Weygandt, Nicole
- International relations, international political economy, energy politics, resource nationalism
- › nlw39@cornell.edu
- Bennett, Nolan

- Literature of political theory; Postmodern thought; African American political theory
- › ndb47@cornell.edu
- Cotton, Simon

- Normative Political Theory (particularly global justice, ethics in economic life, distributive justice & democratic theory); History of Political Thought; Theories of International Relations, Security & Political Economy
- › src34@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Duong, Kevin

- Feminist politics and gender theory; politics of sexual difference; rhetoric and philosophy; democratic theory; political thought on the Left
- › ktd24@cornell.edu
- Gavin, Aaron
- › abg89@cornell.edu
- Gilhooley, Simon

- Political Theory, American Politics, with a focus on American Political Theory in the Early Republic
- › sjg67@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Gorup, Michael
- Modern and contemporary political theory, continental thought, democratic theory, political identity
- › michael.gorup@gmail.com
- Graf, Sinja

- Modern Western political theory, international law with a focus on international criminal law, history of international relations and imperialism, theories of global justice
- › sug3@cornell.edu
- Ibrahim, Leila
- › lmi2@cornell.edu
- Ince, Onur

- Modern and Contemporary Political Theory; History of Political Thought; Political Economy; Postcolonial Theory, Theories of Empire
- › oui2@cornell.edu
- › Web Page
- Jagmohan, Desmond
- › dj89@cornell.edu
- Kemerli, Pınar

- Secularism, Nationalism and Imperialism, Politics and History of Turkey and the Middle East
- › pk233@cornell.edu
- Phulwani, Vijay

- Ancient political thought, pragmatism/pluralism, politics and the narrative arts, contemporary theory, international relations
- › vmp35@cornell.edu
- Piotrkowski, Judith

- Modern and contemporary political theory, early American political thought, politics of emotion/affect, biopolitics, feminist theory, totalitarianism, political violence, identity politics, politics of literature
- › jp935@cornell.edu
- Son, Kyong-Min

- Modern and Contemporary Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Critical Theory, Comparative History of Postwar Democracy, Philosophy and Methods of Political Inquiry
- › ks426@cornell.edu
Primary Contacts
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Graduate Field Assistant and Job Placement Coordinator
Tina Slater
212 White Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853-7901
tel: (607) 255-3567
fax: (607) 255-4530
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