Comparative Politics

Kathryn Schauer

Avery Lord — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:21:39 +0000

Kathryn Schauer Avery Lord Fri, 10/24/2025 - 11:21

Dissertation: Economic Inequality and Its Discontents: The Negative Effects of Inequality on Democratic Values

Committee: Jennifer Fitzgerald (Chair), Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Joseph Jupille, Anand Sokhey, Terra McKinnish (ECON)

Major Fields: Comparative Politics and Methodology

PhD 2025

Analyst, Chicago Transit Authority

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Ganesh Gorti

Avery Lord — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:19:29 +0000

Ganesh Gorti Avery Lord Fri, 10/24/2025 - 11:19

Dissertation: Three Essays on Promoting Trust through Public Policies and its Consequences for Political Attitudes

Committee: Jennifer Fitzgerald (Chair), Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Amanda Carrico (ENVS), Andrew Philips, Krister Andersson (University of Notre Dame)

Major Fields: Public Policy and Comparative Politics

PhD 2025

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

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Alberto Burgos-Rivera

Avery Lord — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:18:19 +0000

Alberto Burgos-Rivera Avery Lord Fri, 10/24/2025 - 11:18

Dissertation: Globalizing Communities: Immigration and Public Opinion in Stateless Nations

Committee: Adrian Shin (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Joseph Jupille, Michelangelo Landgrave, Andy Baker (Purdue)

Major Fields: Comparative Politics and International Relations

PhD 2025

Lecturer, University of Colorado Boulder

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Sarah Brown

Avery Lord — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:10:30 +0000

Sarah Brown Avery Lord Fri, 10/24/2025 - 11:10

Dissertation: Feminist Spatial Politics

Committee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Steven Vanderheiden, Verónica Zebadúa-Yáñez (Spelman College)

Major Fields: Political Theory and Comparative Politics

PhD 2025

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Washington College

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Ken Stallman

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:27:37 +0000

Ken Stallman Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:27

Dissertation: A Dividing Line In Foreign Labor Policy: Differences Between Immigration Openness and Immigrant Rights

Committee: David Bearce (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Andy Baker, Srinivas Parinandi, Thomas Zeiler (History)

Major Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics

Ph.D. 2024

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University Kingsville
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Zoe Moss

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Zoe Moss Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:26

Dissertation: Bad Sex: Hookups, Harms, and the Politics of Sex in the 21st Century

Committee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Tamar Malloy, Steve Vanderheiden, Alisa Kessel (University of Puget Sound)

Major Fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politics

Ph.D. 2024

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Southwestern University

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Michelle Benedum

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Michelle Benedum Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:00

Dissertation: Hand Over the Resources: Community-based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFAs) in Hawai’i and Community Forestry in Nepal

Committee: Carew Boulding (Chair), Jennifer Fitzgerald, Srinivas Parinandi, Vanessa Baird, Michelle Shuey (University of Hawaii at Hilo)

Major Fields: Public Policy, Comparative Politics

Ph.D. 2023

Instructor, Center for Wildlife Studies, and Policy Analyst and Consultation Biologist working as a contractor with Saltwater, Inc. in support of the West Coast Region NOAA Fisheries, Protected Resource Division (PRD)

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Matt Harvey

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:43:30 +0000

Matt Harvey Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/13/2023 - 09:43

Dissertation: The Sublime and a Dying Earth: Cultivating an Environmentally Conscious Political Imagination

Committee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Steven Vanderheiden, Lauren Stone (Germanic and Slavic Studies), Elisabeth Ellis (University of Otago)

Major Fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politics

Ph.D. 2023

Postdoc, Princeton's High Meadows Environmental Institute

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Owen Fite

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 15:37:12 +0000

Owen Fite Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/13/2023 - 09:37

Dissertation: Performative Citizenship and the Continuation of Ethnocentrism in Ethnoblind Citizenship

Committee: Michaele Ferguson (Chair), Tamar Malloy, Steven Vanderheiden, Nishant Upadhyay (Ethnic Studies), Maria Struble (Western Colorado University)

Major Fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politics

Ph.D. 2023

Instructor, Political Science Department at the University of Nevada, Reno

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Marija Verner

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:46:37 +0000

Marija Verner Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 09/15/2022 - 10:46

Dissertation: What makes a Green Citizen: Pre-Existing Belief Systems, Vulnerability, and Environmental Attitudes in the Americas
Committee: Carew Boulding (Chair), Andy Baker, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Karleen West (State University of New York at Geneseo)
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Ph.D. 2022
Postdoctoral Associate at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication

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