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. Candidate 2017 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: The Geopolitics of Currency Swap Agreements.
- Employment: Fellowship, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, 2019-2020
- E-mail: alvaughn@ucsd.edu
Christina Cottiero, Ph.D. Candidate 2018 (UCSD)
- Dissertation: Staying Alive: The Strategic Use of Regional Integration Organizations by Vulnerable Elites.
- E-mail: ccottier@ucsd.edu
Michael Duda, Ph.D. Candidate 2019 (UCSD)
ShahBano Ijaz, Ph.D. Candidate 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
Rachel Schoner, Ph.D. Candidate 2018 (UCSD)
Yoav Raskin, Ph.D. Student (Tel Aviv University)
SENIOR HONORS’ THESES
Eric Della Santa, 2010 (UCSD)
Vijaya Surampudi, 2010 (UCSD)
Theodore Widjaja, 2018 (UCSD)