DISSERTATION COMMITTEES
Chair/Co-chair
Shannon Carcelli, Ph.D. 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Bureaucracy at the Border: The Fragmentation of U.S. Foreign Aid.
- Employment:
- Fellowship, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, 2018-2019
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Maryland, starting July 2019
- Webpage: https://www.shannoncarcelli.com
Lauren Ferry, Ph.D. 2019 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Who Wins? The Political Economy of Sovereign Debt Restructuring.
- Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Mississippi, starting July 2019
- Webpage: https://www.laurenleeferry.com
Abigail Vaughn, Ph.D. 2019 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: The Geopolitics of Currency Swap Agreements.
- Employment:
- Fellowship, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, 2019-2020
- Assistant Professor, Sam Nun School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech University
- Webpage: https://www.abigailvaughn.com
Christina Cottiero, Ph.D. Candidate 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Staying Alive: The Strategic Use of Regional Integration Organizations by Vulnerable Elites.
- Employment:
- Postdoctoral Fellow, IGCC, 2021-2022
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Utah
- E-mail: ccottier@ucsd.edu
- Webpage: https://www.christinacottiero.com
Michael Duda, Ph.D. Candidate 2019 (UCSD)
ShahBano Ijaz, Ph.D. Candidate 2020 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Foreign Aid, Access and Accountability in Developing Democracies
- E-mail: ssijaz@ucsd.edu
- Webpage: https://ssijaz.github.io
Nathan Mariano, Ph.D. Candidate 2021 (UCSD)
Austin Beacham, Ph.D. Student 2020 (UCSD)
Member
Francesca Piccin, Ph.D. 2013 (University of Geneva)
- Dissertation: The European Union Humanitarian Aid Policy and the Management of External Humanitarian Crises.
Simone Guenther, Ph.D. 2016 (University of Zurich)
- Dissertation: Newcomer Behavior in the World Trade Organization. Activity, Cooperation & Strategies in the Doha Round Negotiations.
Michael Nicholson, Ph.D. 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Immigrants’ Identities and Host-Country Participation: The Role of Linked Fate.
- Employment: Social Science Researcher, Center for Migration Studies, New York, starting July 2018
Sara Kerosky Guenther, Ph.D. 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Relaxing Federal Rules: Political Determinants of Targeted Leniency.
- Employment: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, Montana State University, starting July 2018
- Webpage: http://saraguenther.com
Kelly S. Matush, Ph.D. 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Going Public Abroad: Why do Leaders Address Foreign Publics?
- Employment:
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College, 2018-2019
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, starting July 2019
- Webpage: https://www.kellymatush.com
Derek Bonett, Ph.D. 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Political Incentives for Regulatory Forbearance in Banking
- Employment: Research Fellow, Cato Institute, 2018-
- E-mail: dbonett@ucsd.edu
Heidi McNamara, Ph.D. 2019 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Who Gets In? Private Actor Access to International Organizations.
- Webpage: https://heidimcnamara.com
Yoav Raskin, Ph.D. 2022 (Tel Aviv University)
- Dissertation: Doomed to Alienate? How European Integration Feeds Euroscepticism.
Rachel Schoner, Ph.D. Candidate 2018 (UCSD)
Alexandra Lange, Ph.D. Candidate 2020 (UCSD)
Rachel Skillman, Ph.D. Candidate 2021 (UCSD)
Sevin Sagnic, Ph.D. Candidate 2021 (UCSD, Sociology)
Bianca Freeman, Ph.D. Candidate 2021 (UCSD)
Kennedy Middleton, Ph.D. Candidate 2021 (UCSD)
SENIOR HONORS’ THESES
Eric Della Santa, 2010-2011 (UCSD)
Vijaya Surampudi, 2010-2011 (UCSD)
Theodore Widjaja, 2018-2019 (UCSD)
Ryan Roden, 2020-2021 (UCSD)
Audrey Swenson-Heim, 2021-2022 (UCSD)