Hana Abdulla
Lynda Shanell Aguayo
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Political Science, California State University, Long Beach 
    B.A., Political Science, California State University, Long Beach 
    B.A., Chicano and Latino Studies, California State University, Long Beach 

  • lsaguayo@uci.edu
Alreem Alkhelaifi
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Rice University 

  • alkhelaa@uci.edu
Pharrell Allen
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A. Political Science, Montclair State University 

  • American politics, race and ethnicity

  • pharrela@uci.edu
Veli Aydoner
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A. Political Science  

  • vaydoner@uci.edu
Reiya Bhat
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., Ohio University 

  • race and ethnic politics, American politics, immigration, Asian American politics, qualitative methods

  • reiyab@uci.edu
Jacqueline Burns
Phoebe Caudill
Elizabeth Sui-Ying Chau
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Sociology, Columbia University 
    M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration), University of Southern California 
    B.A. International Relations, University of Southern California 

  • political leadership, international relations, comparative politics

  • eschau1@uci.edu
Gabriella Colello
  • Graduate Student in Political Science

  • decolonial approaches, relationality/pluriversality, ecology, Indigenous politics, feminist/queer theory, interpretive methodology, critical security studies, Oceania

  • gcolello@uci.edu
  • Website
Benjamin Compall
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Social Sciences, University of Chicago 
    B.A. Economics and History, Vanderbilt University 

  • bcompall@uci.edu
Eric D'Angelo
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies 
    B.A., The Ohio State University 

  • autocratic politics, political violence, post-Soviet politics, international relations, US foreign policy

  • eric.dangelo@uci.edu
Mrinaleni Das
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.S. Economics  
    B.S. Applied Mathematics & Statistics  

  • mrinaled@uci.edu
Isobel Dye
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.S. International, Social and Public Policy Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2024
    B.A. American Studies, University of Manchester, 2023

  • American politics, media framing, discourse, race relations and social movements

  • idye@uci.edu
Gracie Gallay
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.Phil., University of Oxford 
    B.A., McGill University 

  • Political Theory

  • egallay@uci.edu
Udita Ghosh
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., International Studies, University of Kent, 2014

  • comparative politics, refugee studies in the global south, political violence, conflict studies, democratization, democratic processes and social cohesion

  • ghoshu@uci.edu
María Elisabeth Giulianelli
Iidah Golly
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A. Black Diaspora and African American Studies, University of California, San Diego 
    A.A. Philosophy, Palomar College 

  • Black Consciousness

  • igolly@uci.edu
Hunter Raymond Hilinski
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science
    M.A., Colorado State University 
    B.A., Wilkes University 

  • critical theory, German idealism, marxism, ecology

  •  667 Social Science Tower

  • hhilinsk@uci.edu
Parker James Hovis
Giovanna Itzel
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Political Science, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A. Political Science, California State University, Long Beach 

  • Race and Ethnic Politics; Qualitative Methods; Latinx Youth Political Behavior; U.S. Immigration-Impacted Latinx Youth; Mixed-Status Families; Higher Education; Healing & Unruly Methodologies; Black, Indigenous, and Chicanx Epistemologies; Art-based Participatory & Community-Based Research

  • giaitzel@uci.edu
Alexis Jenson
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A., Political Science and Russian Area Studies, Saint Olaf College 

  • feminist international relations, peace and conflict studies, visual studies, art and politics, queer theory, women's and queer rights activism

  • ajenson@uci.edu
  • Website
Dohyung Kim
Ngoc Le
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A. Political Science, University of California, Irvine 
    A.A. Political Science, Norco College 

  • ngocl5@uci.edu
Mingiu Lee
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., International Relations, Seoul National University, 2018
    B.A., International Studies, Kyung Hee University, 2015

  • political theory

  •  5288 Social Science Plaza B

  • mingiul@uci.edu
Su Hyun Lee
Tingwei Lu
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Quantitative Methods of Social Sciences (QMSS), Columbia University 
    B.A. Political Science, Vassar College 

  • tingwel9@uci.edu
Marcelo Maciel
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.S. in Modeling of Complex Systems, University of Sao Paulo 
    B.S. in Political Science, Federal University of Pernambuco 
    SPEC. in Artificial Intelligence, University of Pernambuco 

  • mvmaciel@uci.edu
Ayra Matondang
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A. Cognitive Sciences, Rice University 
    B.A. Social Policy Analysis, Rice University 

  • asm20@rice.edu
Zora Mihaley
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., University of California, Irvine 

  • zmihaley@uci.edu
Ryan Mundy
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., California Lutheran University 

  • American politics, elections, political representation, campaign finance, political economy

  • rmundy@uci.edu
Luis Enrique Orozco-Sanchez
Seyfullah Ozkurt
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Marquette University 
    B.A., Bogazici Universitesi 

  • comparative politics, migration, state capacity, authoritarianism, biopolitics, political geography, refugee politics in the global south

  • sozkurt@uci.edu
Shanna Phillips
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Mathematical Behavioral Sciences and Economics, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., Economics, University of California, Irvine 

  • international political economy, international relations, international security

  • shannajp@uci.edu
Anthony Pitch
Savannah Plaskon
Sharath Prabhu
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., McMaster University 

  • Frankfurt School critical theory, post-Marxist political theory, political aesthetics, and the politics of mass animal suffering and resistance

  • sharathp@uci.edu
Iuliia Oleksandra Puchko Wilson
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., UC San Diego 
    B.A., CSU San Marcos 
Abhimanyu Rajshekar
Alex Reyes
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, 2017
    B.A. Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, 2015

  • reyesa4@uci.edu
Anibal Serrano
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. National Security Studies, California State University, San Bernardino 
    B.A. Political Science, California State University, Los Angeles 

  • international relations, comparative politics, international security, violent non-state actors, and political violence

  • a.serrano@uci.edu
Anna Setyaeva
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A., Political Science and Government, Long Island University,  2015

  • political theory, democratic theory, economic inequality and democracy, Latin American studies

  •  640 Social Science Tower

  • anna.setyaeva@uci.edu
Tara Shafie
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.A. International Relations  

  • international relations, great power politics, European security

  • tshafie@uci.edu
Yi-Hsiang (Ian) Shieh
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Asian Studies, George Washington University 
    B.A., Political Science, George Washington University 

  • yihsians@uci.edu
Swan Shin
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Political Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Newark 
    B.A. Political Science and International Studies, Chung-Ang University 

  • swans1@uci.edu
Mohammad Amaan Siddiqui
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A. Political Sciences, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A. International Studies, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 

  • comparative politics, international relations, migration, (non)citizenship, social movements, digital discourses, mixed methods, Gulf studies, MENA, and South Asia

  • amaansid@uci.edu
  • Website
Julia Silva Souza Dias
Joshua Stom
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Social Science, University of Chicago 
    B.Sc., Political Science, University of Amsterdam 

  • democratic theory, representation, accountability

  •  667 Social Science Tower

  • stomj@uci.edu
Jacob Sutherland
  • Ph.D. Candidate - ABD in Political Science
    M.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2023
    B.A., Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 2020

  • urban politics, public policy, institutions, civic engagement

  • jacob.sutherland@uci.edu
Jessica Taghvaiee
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., Political Science and Spanish-Latin American Studies, Westminster College 

  • U.S. and comparative immigration politics, race/ethnicity and gender, Latinx and indigenous politics, citizenship and borders, social media activism, and political participation/behavior

  • jtaghvai@uci.edu
Kayla Than
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    B.S. Psychology, Seattle University 

  • thank1@uci.edu
Xinyue Wei
  • Graduate Student in Political Science
    M.A., International Relations, Fudan University, 2024
    B.A., Russian and Diplomacy, Fudan University, 2021

  • weix25@uci.edu