Hana Abdulla
Lynda Shanell Aguayo
  • Graduate Student
    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
Pharrell Allen
  • Graduate Student
    B.A. Political Science, Montclair State University 

  • American politics, race and ethnicity

  • pharrela@uci.edu
Alyssa Arends
  • Graduate Student
    B.A. History  
    B.A. Political Science  

  • arendsa@uci.edu
Veli Aydoner
Reiya Bhat
Jacqueline Burns
Phoebe Caudill
Elizabeth Sui-Ying Chau
  • Graduate Student
    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

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

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

  • bcompall@uci.edu
Eric D'Angelo
  • Graduate Student
    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
Isobel Dye
  • Graduate Student
    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
    M.Phil., University of Oxford 
    B.A., McGill University 

  • Political Theory

  • egallay@uci.edu
Udita Ghosh
  • Graduate Student
    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
Amy Gilmore
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. Global Security and Borders  
    B.A. Government and Foreign Affars; Philosophy  

  • critical borders, humanitarianism, and security studies

  • gilmore1@uci.edu
María Elisabeth Giulianelli
Hunter Raymond Hilinski
  • Ph.D. Candidate
    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
    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
    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
Mingiu Lee
  • Graduate Student
    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
Marcelo Maciel
  • Graduate Student
    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
Zora Mihaley
Ryan Mundy
  • Graduate Student
    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
    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
    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
    M.A., UC San Diego 
    B.A., CSU San Marcos 
Abhimanyu Rajshekar
Alex Reyes
  • Graduate Student
    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
    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
    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
    B.A. International Relations  

  • international relations, great power politics, European security

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

  • yihsians@uci.edu
Swan Shin
  • Graduate Student
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
Xinyue Wei
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., International Relations, Fudan University, 2024
    B.A., Russian and Diplomacy, Fudan University, 2021

  • weix25@uci.edu