Current Students
Faculty & fellows Administration advisory board
(2018-2019 year):
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Riaz Akbar- Second Year Education: Political Science at Forman Christian College Research Interests: Democracy promotion and politics of South Asia and Middle East Languages: English, Urdu, Burushaski, Shina, Persian |
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Lexi Merrick Boiro- Second Year Education: B.A. Political Science and African Studies, Emory University Research Interests: Citizen participation, civic education, public health, monitoring and evaluation, African politics, elections, human rights Languages: English, French, Pulaar/Fula |
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Chris Comer- Second Year Education: Miami University, Political Science and Entrepreneurship Research Interests: Southeast Asia, Civic Education, Social Entrepreneurship Languages: English, Indonesian |
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Rick Freeman Ferreira- Second Year Education: B.A. Political Science, University of Florida, Certificate of specialization in International Relations Interests: International Relations, Political Theory, Security, Sino-Russian Politics, Russo-Japanese Politics, Historical Evolution, Democratic Diffusion, Populism Languages: English, Spanish |
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Asma Ghribi- Second Year Education: Faculté des Lettres, des Arts et des Humanités- Manouba University Research Interests: Democratic transitions, Human rights and religious freedom in the Middle East and North Africa region Languages: Arabic, French, English, Farsi |
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Jiangqi “Sara” Guo- Second Year Education: University of Iowa, international relations and journalism Research Interests: Disadvantaged groups, social welfare issues Languages: Mandarin Chinese, English |
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Matison Hearn-Desautels- First Year Education: B.A. in political science and international studies, Bryn Mawr College Research interests: Middle East and African politics, states and human rights Languages: English, French, Arabic |
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Joe Cho-Han Hsiung- First Year Education: National ChengChi University BA in Political Science Research/Academic Interests: East Asian politics, Cross-strait relation, Democratization, Political parties, Languages: Chinese, English, Japanese |
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Lama Al Jarallah- Second Year Education: UC Santa Barbara Research Interests: State-society relations, political development, and democratization in the Middle East, particularly the Gulf states Languages: Arabic, English, French |
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Han Wool Jung– Second Year Education: Penn State Research Interests: Effects of corruption on the process of international democracy, future of political relationships between Asia and the Western world Languages: Korean, English, Indonesian |
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Grayson Lewis- Second Year Education: Virginia Tech, BA in Political Science, Certificate in History, Minor in War and Society Interests: US National Security Process, Conventional Interstate Warfare, Political Parties Languages: English, Latin |
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Ben Lynch- Second Year Education: B.A. Philosophy, Political Science, with a concentration in International Relations, Rice University Interests: Technology and Governance, Democratic Transitions, Post-Conflict and Failed States, Political Theory Languages: English, Spanish, Sesotho |
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Hashim Pasha- First Year Education: B.A. International Relations & Arabic, Tufts University Research/ Academic Interests: Negotiation, Anti-Corruption, Civil-Military Relations, Democratization, Civic Education Languages: Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Bahasa Malay |
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Abigail Parrish- Second Year Education: B.S. in Political Science and Cultural and Global Studies: Middle East and Islamic Studies, Central Michigan University Research Interests: Democratization of the Middle East, Authoritarianism, Rule of Law, Elections, and Human Rights Languages: English and Spanish |
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James Placius- First Year Education: Penn State University, B.A. In International Politics. Research Interests: International Security, U.S. foreign and defense policy, Democracy and Post-conflict reconstruction policies. Languages: French, English, Spanish and Haitian-Creole. |
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Avram Reisman- Second Year Education: Colby College, Political philosophy Research Interests: Democratic stability, democracy as development, civil strife Languages: English, Spanish |
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Allison Schlossberg- Second Year Education: B.A. International Affairs from The George Washington University Research Interests: Corruption, Electoral Reform, Political Parties & Institutions, Latin America Languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese |
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Habiba Shebita– First year Education: B.A. in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies with a minor in International Relations, Rutgers University Research/Academic Interests: Middle East, U.S. Foreign Policy, Transitional Governments, Democratization, and Human Rights Languages: English and Arabic |
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Aleksandra Zaytseva- Second Year Education: B.A. History and Anthropology, Certificate in Russian and Eastern Research Interests: Eurasian Politics, Post-Conflict Studies, International Development, Languages: English, Russian, French |