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
Gabriel Anderson
  • Graduate Student
     B.A.,  Political Science, Yale University 
    J.D., Lewis and Clark Law School 
    M.S. , Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science 
    M.A., Political Psychology, UC Irvine Political Science Department 

  • political philosophy, sociopolitical psychology, and religion in American politics, society and culture

  • ganders1@uci.edu
Nahreen Aref
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 
    B.A., University of California, Berkeley 

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

  • arendsa@uci.edu
Veli Aydoner
Reiya Bhat
Cameo Brereton
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of Washington 

  • american politics, mass media, political theory

  • cbrereto@uci.edu
Ben Brisson
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Political Science and Economics, Saint Lawrence University 

  • political theory, intellectual history, critical theory, economic thought

  •  669 Social Science Tower

  • bbrisson@uci.edu
John Brunson
  • Master's Student
    M.A., University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., University of California, Irvine  

  • jpbrunso@uci.edu
Sarah Burke
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. in Political Science, University of California, Irvine, 2022
    B.A., Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova University,  2018

  • "gender and conflict, feminist security studies, international relations, reproductive justice, human rights

  • burkes1@uci.edu
  • Website
Jacqueline Burns
Reyna Cabrera Lucero
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of California, Irvine 

  • reynac1@uci.edu
Samantha Canty
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Florida Gulf Coast University 

  • cantys@uci.edu
Monique A. Cendejas
  • Graduate Student
    B.A. Political Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 

  • international relations, middle east, comparative politics, war and peace theory

  • mcendej@uci.edu
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
Alexandra De Ciantis
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University College London 
    B.A., University of Toronto 

  • adeciant@uci.edu
John T. Deacon
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., California State University, Los Angeles, 2020
    B.A., SUNY - College at Geneseo 

  • international security, nuclear deterrence, US-China relations

  • jdeacon@uci.edu
Nathaniel Deken
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Philosophy, Political Science, & Economics, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., Philosophy, University of Nevada - Las Vegas 
    B.A., Economics, University of Nevada - Las Vegas 

  • ndeken@uci.edu
Nazim Uras Demir
  • Graduate Student
    B.Sc., Global and International Affairs, State University of New York at Binghamton 
    B.Sc., Global Politics and International Affairs, Middle East Technical University 
    M.Sc., Global Business and International Finance, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord 

  • international relations, international political economy, financial markets

  • demirn@uci.edu
  • Website
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
James Arie Figgins
  • Graduate Student
     B.S.,  Northeastern University, 2016
    M.A., Northeastern University, 2017

  • Genocide, Nationalism, Political Memory, Contentious Politics

  • jfiggins@uci.edu
Gracie Gallay
  • Graduate Student
    M.Phil., University of Oxford 
    B.A., McGill University 

  • Political Theory

  • egallay@uci.edu
Angelica Garcia-Macias
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Eastern Washington University 
Michelle Kim Gardner
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Political Science, University of California, Irvine 
    B.A., Political Science, North Carolina State University 

  • political theory, critical ethnic studies, interpretive methods

  •  609 Social Science Tower

  • mkgard@uci.edu
  • Website
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
John David Greenwood
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of California, Berkeley 
    M.A., University of Chicago 

  • political theory

  • jdgreenw@uci.edu
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
Peyton Howard
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Economics, Southern Methodist University 
    B.B.A., Finance, Southern Methodist University 

  • Middle East security, non-state armed groups, political economy

  • peytoh1@uci.edu
Yiwen Huang
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., Politics, The New School 
    M.Sc., Political Theory, London School of Economics 
    B.A., Political Science, Nanjing University 

  • yiwenh11@uci.edu
Mary Isaac
  • Graduate Student
     B.A.,  University of California, Los Angeles, 2017

  • Comparative politics, political violence, nationalism and nation-building, ethnic conflict, minority politics, and migration diplomacy

  • msisaac@uci.edu
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
William Kidd
  • Graduate Student
    M.A., University of Minnesota at Twin Cities,  2018
    B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara,  2013

  • American politics, political psychology, partisanship, political behavior

  • wkidd@uci.edu
Dohyung Kim
Jackie Chuan Yin Ku
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., University of La Verne 
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
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
Geidy Mendez
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Rutgers University at Brunswick 

  • geidym@uci.edu
Zora Mihaley
Liz Muehlmann
  • Ph.D. Candidate
    M.A., Political Science, California State University, Fullerton 
    M.A., Communications, California State University, Fullerton 
    B.A., Philosophy, California State University, Pomona 

  • community, norms, democracy, constitutional law, first amendment, unions, GIS, computational social sciences, data visualization

  • liz.muehlmann@uci.edu
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
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
Kiyaan Parikh
Melisa Perut
  • Graduate Student
    M.S., King's College London,  2015
    B.S., Middle East Technical University,  2013
    B.S., Binghamton University 

  • International relations, environmental politics, climate change

  • m.perut@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
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
Ana Schugurensky
  • Graduate Student
    B.A., Liberal Arts, Soka University of America, 2020

  • American politics, comparative public policy, political communication, public opinion

  • aschugur@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
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
Ervin Slavick
  • Graduate Student
    M.A. National Secuirty Studies, California State University, San Bernardino 
    M.A. Economics, California State Univeristy, Fullerton 
    B.A., California State University, San Bernardino 

  • international relations, security, conflict, political economy, terrorism, economic warfare

  • slavicke@uci.edu
Morgan Spencer
  • Graduate Student
    M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science 

  • mfspence@uci.edu
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
Elane Westfaul
  • Ph.D. Candidate
    M.A., The University of Memphis 
    B.A., The Mississippi University for Women 

  • environmental justice, religion and spirituality, narrative methods, relationality

  • ewestfau@uci.edu
  • Website

 

 

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