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American Politics

 

Name               Year   Email Research Interest
Lamar Benton, Jr. 2006 benton.60[at]osu.edu

Judicial Politics; Intergovernmental Relations; Political Methodology.

Vanessa Bouche 2005 bouche.1[at]polisci.osu.edu

American Foreign Policy in the Middle East, with a Focus on Inter-Institutional Politics; Quantitative Methods; Political Psychology.

Sarah Bryner 2006 bryner.3[at]osu.edu

Political Communication; Gender and Politics; Environmental Politics.

Jeff Budziak 2006 budziak.3[at]osu.edu

Judicial politics; Constitutional Law; Civil Liberties; American Political Institutions.

Dino Christenson 2004 christenson.24[at]polisci.osu.edu

Voting Behavior; Survey Research Methodology; Campaigns;

Interest Groups; Parties.

Delton T. Daigle 2003 daigle.8[at]osu.edu

US Politics; Canadian Politics; Voting Behavior; Public Opinion; Campaign Dynamics.

Samuel DeCanio 2000 samueldecanio[at]hotmail.com

Voting Behavior and Public Opinion; Interest Groups and Civic Engagement; American Political Development; State Theory and State Formation; Methodology of the Social Sciences

Christopher Devine 2006 devine.61[at]osu.edu

Political Psychology; Voting Behavior; Ideology and Partisanship.

Monique Fournet 2005 fournet.1[at]osu.edu Judicial Politics; Gender Politics; Race Politics; Quantitative Methods; Survey Methodology
Erik Heidemann 2004 hediemann.3[at]osu.edu American Politics: Political Parties, Elections, and Voting Behavior; Political Psychology, and Survey Methodology.
Gregory Gwiasda 1999 gwiasdag[at]denison.edu

Dissertation: “The Consequences of Ambivalent Political Attitudes”

Kyle C. Kopko 2005 kopko.5[at]osu.edu

American Politics; Judicial Politics; Constitutional Law; State & Local Politics; Religion & Politics; Political Psychology.

Chryl Laird 2006 laird.40[at]osu.edu

Race and Politics; Black Voting Behavior and Political Participation; Minority Youth Voting Behavior and Civic Engagement.

Daniel Lempert 2006 lempert.4(at)osu.edu

American Politics.

Dorothy "Didi" Lund 2007 lund.29[at]osu.edu Political Behavior and Ideology; Latino Politics; Women in Politics.
Todd Makse 2003 makse.1[at]osu.edu

Congressional and State Legislative Redistricting; Legislative Elections; Public Policy Diffusion; Political Parties; Legislative Politics; State Politics; Direct Democracy.

Roneka Matheny 2005 matheny.43[at]osu.edu

Comparative Racial Politics, specifically the Politics of African Diaspora Communities in Latin America. 

Erin McAdams 2002 mcadams.19[at]osu.edu Voting Behavior; Party Politics; Public Opinion; Religion and Politics; Survey Research Methodology
Banks Miller 2004 miller.3676[at]osu.edu

Judicial Politics; Research Methods; State Courts, Federal Appellate Courts and Judicial Decision Making.

De'Mel Mojica 2006 mojica.2[at]polisci.osu.edu
Judicial Decision Making; Latino Politics; Constitutional Law; Judicial Politics; Race and Politics; and Gender Politics.
Steven Nawara 2006 nawara.1[at]osu.edu

Voting Behavior; Public Opinion; Elections; Political Parties; Methodology

Tina D. Pierce 2001 pierce.252[at]osu.edu Dissertation: Political Leadership and Policy Preferences: A Case Study of the Columbus Board of Education
Corwin Smidt 2002 smidt.2[at]osu.edu

Campaigns and Mass-level Opinion and Electoral Behavior.

Anand E. Sokhey 2003 sokhey.2[at]osu.edu

Voting Behavior; Public Opinion; Elite Behavior; Religion & Politics; Methodology.

Lyndsey Stanfill 2003 stanfill.5[at]osu.edu

Gender; Political Parties and Interest Groups; Legislative Politics; Maximum Likelihood Models; Duration Models; Spatial Models; Surveys.

Dana Wittmer 2005 wittmer.8[at]osu.edu Gender and Politics; Judicial Politics; Political Psychology.

 

Comparative Politics

Name               Year   Email Research Interest
Dody Ambardi 2007 ambardi.1[at]osu.edu Party Politics; Democratization.
Richard Arnold 2003 arnold.301[at]osu.edu

Comparative Ethnic Politics; Forms of Ethnic Violence; Political Parties and Political Theory.

Melanie Barr 2005 barr.177[at]osu.edu Democratization in East and Southeast Asia; Chinese Politics; Migration and Citizenship; Political Psychology
Quintin Beazer 2004 beazer.1[at]osu.edu

Post-communist Political Economy; Methods; Game Theory.

Soundarya Chidambaram 2004 chidambaram.2[at]osu.edu Ethnic Politics; Political Economy of Ethnic Violence; Communal Riots in India.
Michael Cohen 2002 cohen.271[at]polisci.osu.edu Parties and Elections; Comparative Political Institutions of the Developed World; Federalism; Public Policy Diffusion
Daniel O. Davis 2006 davis.2397[at]osu.edu Comparative Judicial Politics; Transnational Courts; Human Rights Law; Political Theory.
Delia Dumitrescu 2003 dumitrescu.5[at]osu.edu

Political Communication and Political Behavior in Advanced Industrialized Countries; Political Psychology.

Dissertation: Political Posters: An Old Form of Campaign Communication in a New Light. Why Do Politicians Use Posters and to What Effect? 

Dinissa Duvanova 2002 duvanova.1[at]osu.edu

Comparative Political Institutions; Interest Group Politics, Parties, and Elections; Political Economy of the Post-communist Transitions; Democratization in Eastern Europe and State Building in Eurasia.

Shelly Fleming 2007 fleming.232[at]osu.edu Political Economy of Development; Latin American Politics
Nanaho Hanada 2003 hanada.2[at]polisci.osu.edu

Nonprofit Organizations and Political Empowerment; Women and Politics; Civic Engagement; Community Involvement and Women; Women in Japan.

Djayadi Hanan 2007 hanan.2[at]osu.edu Legislature Reform; Decentralization; Political Leadership; Social Movement and Civil Society.
Sinan Hastorun 2003 hastorun.1[at]osu.edu

Comparative Political Economy, International Political Economy, Economic Growth and Development in Japan, East Asia, Turkey, Middle East, Eastern Europe

Suh Jiwon 2006 suh.79[at]polisci.osu.edu Democratization; Social Movements and Development of Modern Political Concepts with a Focus on Southeast and East Asia, particularly Thailand.
Ryan Kennedy 2001 kennedy.310[at]polisci.osu.edu Dissertation: Lifting the Curse: Natural Resources and Democratization in Developing States.
Natalie Kistner 2000 kistner.7[at]osu.edu

Dissertation: “Legislative Party Institutionalization in New Democracies: The Case of Poland.”

Danielle Langfield 2002 langfield.1[at]osu.edu

Dissertation: The Effects of the Changing Political Party System, Particularly at the Local Level, on the Consolidation of South Africa’s Democracy.

Katja Michalak 2000 katjamichalak[at]web.de

Theories of Dictatorships, Transitions and Democratization Process; European Integration; Administrative Reforms in East European; Political Psychology.

Dag Mossige 2002 mossige.1[at]osu.edu

Comparative Political Institutions; Democratic Transitions and Consolidation. Dissertation: Comparative Study of the Argentine Partido Justicialista-Frente para la Victoria and the Mexican Partido de la Revolución Democrática.

Yoon-Ah Oh 2005 oh.146[at]osu.edu Political Economy of Global Migration, Comparative Immigration Policy, Democratization, Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism, Citizenship, Southeast and East Asian Politics
Hiram J. I. Osorio 1996 irizarry-osorio.1[at]osu.edu

Dissertation : The Politics of Taxation in Argentina and Brazil in the Last Twenty Years of the 20th Century.

Yusuf Sarfati 2001 sarfati.1[at]osu.edu Politics of the Middle East, Religion and Politics, Culture and Politics, Social Movements, Political Theory, Democratic Theory
Dissertation:
State Co-optation, Religiopolitical Actors, and the Mobilization of Sociocultural Cleavages: A Comparative Study of the Rise of Religious Parties in Turkey and Israel
Sarah W. Sokhey 2003 sokhey.3[at]osu.edu

The Politics of Economic Reform in Post-communist Countries.     Dissertation: The Transformation of the Welfare State in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia.

Konstantin Vossing 2002 vossing.1[at]osu.edu

Institutions of Advanced Democracies; Comparative Political Parties; Comparative Political Behavior; Political Development: EU Studies.

Dinna Wisnu 2001 wisnu.3[at]osu.edu

Dissertation: Identifying and Explaining the Variation of Social Security Reforms post the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Christina Xydias 2003 xydias.1[at]osu.edu

                     Comparative Politics; Contemporary Political Theory.

Dissertation: Pathways to (Women's) Representation: Examining the Effects of Gender Quotas in Germany and Greece.

Amanda K. Yates 2006 akyates[at]gmail.com Political Economy of Development and Democratization.
A. Kadir Yildirim 2004 yildirim.10[at]osu.edu

Comparative Political Economy; Globalization, and Social Protection in Developing Countries; Turkey and Middle East.

 

International Relations

Name               Year   Email Research Interest
Justin Acome 2007 acome.1[at]osu.edu Cultural Practice; Representation and Power
Vonna Adams 2007 adams.818[at]polisci.osu.edu Foreign Policy; International Security; Sources of International Conflict; Construction of and Roles of Power; Politics of Development.
Bentley B. Allan 2006 allan.29[at]polisci.osu.edu IR Theory; Political Theory; Language Theory; Culture in Decision-Making Processes; International Law and Diplomatic Usage of Legal Language.
Emilie Becault 2005 becault.1[at]polisci.osu.edu

IR Theory; Historical Sociology and International Relations; Global Ethics; Impact of Emotions in International Relations; The Sociology of Norbert Elias.

Daniel Blake 2004 blake.165[at]polisci.osu.edu International Political Economy; Rationalist Theories of Institutions; Quantitative Studies of International Security; Methods; Game Theory
Anna Bergevin 2007 bergevin.1[at]osu.edu International Relations; International Cooperation; Human Rights; Methods
Zoltán I. Búzás 2007 buzas.7[at]osu.edu Social Theories of International Relations; Philosophy of Science; Transatlantic Relations; European Integration and European Identity; the Renaissance Italian Subsystem
Austin Carson 2007 carson.153[at]osu.edu IR Theory; Security Studies; US WMD and Defense Policy; Political Psychology; Qualitative Methods
Aldous Cheung 2007 cheung.97[at]polisci.osu.edu IR Theory; The Social Construction of Sovereignty; International Norms; Legitimacy; Political Theory.
Kevin J. Duska Jr. 2007 duska.1[at]polisci.osu.edu Anomie; Comparative Historical Foreign Policy Analysis; Collective Emotion and Sovereignty; Durkheim and Weber in IR; Processes of State Identity Change; Qualitative Methods; Transatlantic Relations
Miryam Farrar 2006 farrar.23[at]osu.edu

Security; Foreign Policy; Creation of Conflict; the Conflict in the Middle East; the Transitions to Democracy in Southern Europe and South America

Caleb Gallemore 2006 gallemore.1[at]polisci.osu.edu

20th Century Continental Political Theory, particularly the Work of Gilles Deleuze; Global Governance Institutions, particularly the European Union.

Seth M. Goldstein 2003 goldstein.95[at]osu.edu IR Theory; Political Psychology; Foreign Policy; International Security.
Dissertation: 'Image-ning' Credibility: The Perceptual Logic of Domestic Signaling in International Bargaining.
Erin Graham 2006 graham.474[at]osu.edu International Organization; International Institutions; Regime Design.
Marcus Holmes 2006 holmes.504[at]polisci.osu.edu IR Theory; International Political Economy; Political Psychology; Corporate Social Responsibility; Media and Politics; the Public Interest.
Dane Imerman 2003 imerman.2[at]osu.edu IR Theory; International Norms and Norm Change; Social Theories of Institutions; Hegemony and Hegemonic Decline; Qualitative Methods.  Dissertation: The Politics of Progress in International Relations.
Benjamin Jones 2007 jones.2781[at]polisci.osu.edu

International Security; IR Theory; The Sources of International Conflict; Foreign Policy; Alliance Behavior

Jason Keiber 2006 keiber.4[at]osu.edu IR Theory; Norms & Legitimacy; International Security; Normative IR and Foreign Policy.
Joshua D. Kertzer 2007 kertzer.1[at]osu.edu International Security; Political Psychology; American Foreign Policy; International Relations Theory, Strategic Culture and Alliance Formation; Societal Insecurity in Security Communities.
TongFi Kim 2003 kim.1740[at]osu.edu

Alliance Theory and International Security Affairs of Northeast Asia.

Rebecca Lightle 2004 lightle.21[at]osu.edu

Political Psychology; Foreign Policy; Socialization and Norm Dynamics Among States; Iran and Its Relationship with Other Muslim-majority Countries.

Autumn Lockwood Payton 2003 payton.29[at]osu.edu

International Relations

Dissertation: How Weak States Dominate the Design of International Institutions?

Jenny Nowlin 2005 nowlin.17[at]polisci.osu.edu Near East Politics; Foreign Policy
Ryan Phllips 2006 phillips.763[at]polisci.osu.edu

International Relations Theory; Critical Theory; Democratic
Theory; the Politics of Turkey.

Xiaoyu Pu 2006 pu.8[at]osu.edu

IR Theory; International Security; Comparative Politics; China’s Foreign Policy; Political Psychology.

Michael Reese   reese.150[at]osu.edu

International Security; Crises; Asymmetric Relationships; Empire; International Legitimacy; Nuclear Weapons and National Security; Nationalism.

Amanda M. Rosen 2002 rosen.81[at]osu.edu

Environmental Politics (Multilevel Governance of International Climate Change); Transatlantic Security; Terrorism; The US-UK "Special Relationship"; American Politics

Jarrett Sacks 2006 sacks.12[at]osu.edu

International Crime, and International Finance and Government Institutions; International Security; Political Economy.

Yohanes Sulaiman 2000 sulaiman.6[at]osu.edu International Relations; Leadership; Security Studies; Ethnic Conflict. Dissertation: Inside Keraton: The Role of Leaders in the Formation of Indonesian Foreign Policy.
Srdjan Vucetic 2002 vucetic.2[at]osu.edu

IR Theory, Alliance Behavior; Human Migration; Qualitative Methods. Dissertation: The Development and Role of Anglo Identities in International Security.

Byungwon Woo 2003 woo.54[at]polisci.osu.edu

International Political Economy; International Institutions; Economic Sanctions, WTO Dispute Settlement Process; Formal Theory; Methods.   Dissertation: The Effect of Domestic Interests in International Economic Bargaining.

Clément Wyplosz 2005 wyplosz.1[at]osu.edu

International Security; Middle-Eastern Politics, Religion and Politics; Nationalism; Conflicts in the Third-World.

 

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