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Michael J. Nelson

Michael J. Nelson

Michael J. Nelson
mjn15@psu.edu
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  • American Politics
  • State Politics
  • Judicial Politics
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Lee Ann

Lee Ann Banaszak

Lee Ann Banaszak
(814) 863-1449
lab14@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
  • Social Movements and Protest
  • Western Europe, especially German speaking countries
  • Gender and Politics
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Christopher Beem

Christopher Beem

Christopher Beem
(814) 863-7630
cxb518@psu.edu
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D. Scott Bennett

D. Scott Bennett

D. Scott Bennett
dsb10@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
  • Methodology
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Michael Berkman

Michael Berkman

Michael Berkman
(814) 863-6120
mbb1@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • State Politics
  • Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
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Ray Block

Ray Block
(814) 863-7660
rjb6233@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
  • Gender and Politics
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
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David Bracken

David Bracken
(814) 863-3192
dbb5793@psu.edu
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  • Gender and Politics
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Xun Cao

Xun Cao

Xun Cao
814-865-8749
xuc11@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
  • Climate change and the environment
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John Christman

John Christman

John Christman
(814) 865-4190
jpc11@psu.edu
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Justin Crofoot

Justin Crofoot
jkc6561@psu.edu
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  • Institutions
  • Public Policy
  • Social Movements and Protest
  • State Politics
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Bruce Desmarais

Bruce Desmarais

Bruce Desmarais
bdesmarais@psu.edu
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  • American Politics
  • Methodology
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Matt Golder

Matt Golder

Matt Golder
mrg19@psu.edu
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  • Comparative Politics
  • Methodology
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Sona N. Golder

Sona N. Golder
sgolder@psu.edu
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  • Comparative Politics
  • Methodology
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Pete Hatemi

Pete Hatemi

Pete Hatemi
phatemi@gmail.com
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • International Relations
  • Methodology
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Marie Hojnacki

Marie Hojnacki

Marie Hojnacki
(814) 865-1912
marieh@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Representation
  • Interest Groups
  • Public Policy
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Zaryab Iqbal

Zaryab Iqbal

Zaryab Iqbal
zxi1@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
  • Political Violence
  • Human Security
  • State Failure
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Douglas Lemke

Douglas Lemke

Douglas Lemke
dwl14@psu.edu
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  • International Relations
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Amy Linch

Amy Linch

Amy Linch
(814) 863-0743
atl3@psu.edu
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Suzanna Linn

Suzanna Linn

Suzanna Linn
sld8@psu.edu
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  • American Politics
  • Methodology
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Cyanne E. Loyle

Cyanne E. Loyle

Cyanne E. Loyle
(814) 863-1040
cloyle@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • International Relations
  • Government Repression
  • Human Security
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Roseanne McManus

Roseanne McManus

Roseanne McManus
(814) 865-4476
rum842@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
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Bumba Mukherjee

Bumba Mukherjee

Bumba Mukherjee
(814) 865-6575
bumba.mukherjee@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
  • Methodology
  • Domestic Politics and War
  • Comparative Political Economy
  • Institutions
  • Political Violence
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Adam Nye

Adam Nye

Adam Nye
(814) 863-1594
awn10@psu.edu
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  • American Politics
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Robert Packer

Robert Packer

Robert Packer
(814) 863-9403
rbp12@psu.edu
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Jim Piazza

Jim Piazza

Jim Piazza
(814) 867-4429
jap45@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Terrorism
  • Political Violence
  • Violent Extremism in the United States
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Eric Plutzer

Eric Plutzer

Eric Plutzer
(814) 865-6576
exp12@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Methodology
  • Public Opinion and Political Behavior
  • Gender and Politics
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Isaac Pollert

Isaac Pollert
imp5243@psu.edu
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Tracee Saunders

Tracee Saunders

Tracee Saunders
tms7421@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Institutions
  • Methodology
  • Public Policy
  • State Politics
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Daniel Tavana

Daniel Tavana
tavana@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Democratization
  • Dictatorships
  • Public Opinion and Political Behavior
  • Representation
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Andrew Vitek

Andrew Vitek
auv434@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Democratization
  • Political Violence
  • Extremism and Radicalization
  • Terrorism
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Christopher Witko

Christopher Witko

Christopher Witko
(814) 865-3747
cxw877@psu.edu
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Joseph Wright

Joseph Wright

Joseph Wright
(814) 865-3205
josephGwright@gmail.com
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Dictatorships
  • Comparative Political Economy
  • Government Repression
  • Civil Military Relations
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Vineeta Yadav

Vineeta Yadav

Vineeta Yadav
(814) 863-2395
vyadav@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
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Yuehong Cassandra Tai

Yuehong Cassandra Tai
yhcasstai@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Methodology
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Boliang Zhu

Boliang Zhu

Boliang Zhu
(814) 865-6901
bxz14@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
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Christopher Zorn

Christopher Zorn

Christopher Zorn
zorn@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Methodology
  • Federal and State Courts, and Judicial Behavior
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Kelsey Block

Kelsey Block

Kelsey Block
(814) 863-6944
kmb7481@psu.edu
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Kristy Boob

Kristy Boob
(814) 863-1595
kmc248@psu.edu
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Allison Bressler

Allison Bressler

Allison Bressler
814-863-5346
anb5993@psu.edu
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Jodi Guy

Jodi Guy

Jodi Guy
(814) 863-8346
jlg6358@psu.edu
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Allison Haas

Allison Haas

Allison Haas
(814) 863-8110
ajh38@psu.edu
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Angela Hill

Angela Hill

Angela Hill
(814) 865-4597
amr25@psu.edu
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Michelle Ilgen

Michelle Ilgen

Michelle Ilgen
(814) 865-4598
mlg4@psu.edu
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Paige McCarthy

Paige McCarthy
863-1449
pem5220@psu.edu
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Kati Miller

Kati Miller
814-867-6024
cam7846@psu.edu
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Mia Parise

Mia Parise

Mia Parise
(814) 863-6811
mcp5009@psu.edu
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Marcus Toomer

Marcus Toomer
(814) 867-1988
mut15@psu.edu
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Jamie Wentzel

Jamie Wentzel
814-865-8140
jlw7100@psu.edu
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Graduate Students

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Ludmila Bandeira

Ludmila Bandeira
814-863-1595
lfb5423@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Public Policy
  • Federalism
  • Economic Inequality
  • Ideology
  • Far Right Movements
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Danielle Beavers

Danielle Beavers
drb6031@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Methodology
  • Public Policy
  • State Politics
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Josefina Camcaro

Josefina Cárcamo Vergara

Josefina Cárcamo Vergara
jmc9321@psu.edu
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Cecilia Cavero Sánchez

Cecilia Cavero Sánchez
(814) 863-1595
ccaveros@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • civil conflict
  • civil society
  • human security
  • peacebuilding
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Q. J. Clarke

Q. J. Clarke
Areas of Interest:
  • IR and Methods
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Maya Dalton

Maya Dalton
mad6821@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • electoral violence
  • gender politics
  • machine learning
  • political methods
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Songtao Duan

Songtao Duan
sduan@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Conflict and Political Violence
  • Foreign Aid
  • International Organizations
  • Political Economy of Development
  • Political Methodology
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Kadir Cihan Duran

Kadir Cihan Duran
kcd5376@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Methodology
  • Social Movements
  • Social Media
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Ash Elswick

Ash Elswick
ave5420@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Gender and Politics
  • Institutions
  • Interest Groups
  • Political Behavior
  • Political Opinion
  • State Politics
  • Public Policy
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Nathaniel Flemming

Nathaniel Flemming

Nathaniel Flemming
nsf5109@psu.edu
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Dan Folk

Dan Folk
djf5506@psu.edu
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Chi Shun (Gary) Fong

Chi Shun (Gary) Fong
cjf5914@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Authoritarian politics
  • contentious politics
  • Political Communication
  • politics of East Asia
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Lingyu (Jack) Fuca

Lingyu (Jack) Fuca
lxf5287@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Political human behavior
  • Coalition building
  • Regime/Institutional dynamics and durability
  • Methodologies
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Nicholas Hemauer

Nicholas Hemauer
ndh5286@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Health Policy
  • Machine Learning
  • Natural Language Processing
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Morrgan Herlihy

Morrgan Herlihy

Morrgan Herlihy
mth5492@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Institutions
  • Representation
  • Public Policy
  • Elite Political Behavior
  • Public Opinion Methodology
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Yimin Huang

YiMin Huang

YiMin Huang
ym.h@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Dictatorships
  • Democratization
  • Public Opinion and Political Behavior
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Kayla Kahn

Kayla Kahn

Kayla Kahn
kpk5494@psu.edu
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Maya Kerr Coste

Maya Kerr Coste

Maya Kerr Coste
mek6186@psu.edu
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Faith Khumalo

Faith Khumalo

Faith Khumalo
fmk5@psu.edu
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Chen-Yu Lee

Chen-Yu Lee

Chen-Yu Lee
cvl6079@psu.edu
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Yanran Li

Yanran Li

Yanran Li
yxl6080@psu.edu
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Yunfan Ling

Yunfan Ling

Yunfan Ling
ykl5847@psu.edu
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Michael Lynn

Michael Lynn

Michael Lynn
mtl5177@psu.edu
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Arif Memovic

Arif Memovic
aqm6729@psu.edu
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Nitheesha Nakka

Nitheesha Nakka

Nitheesha Nakka
nvn5240@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Methodology
  • American Politics
  • Social Media
  • Political Economy
  • Institutions
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Mia Powell

Mia Powell

Mia Powell
map6814@psu.edu
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Nicholas Riebel

Nicholas Riebel
ntr5167@psu.edu
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Christine Semeniuk

Christine Semeniuk

Christine Semeniuk
cis5730@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • State Politics
  • Elections and Campaigns
  • Methodology
  • Content Analysis
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Tuba Sendinc

Tuba Sendinc

Tuba Sendinc
tzs5636@psu.edu
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Yasin Shafi

F H Yasin Shafi

F H Yasin Shafi
fxs5261@psu.edu
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Viktar Siamionau

Viktar Siamionau
vps5399@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Democratic Backsliding/Authoritarian behavior
  • Eastern Europe
  • Methodology
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Connor Somgynari

Connor Somgynari
cjs72@psu.edu
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Yang Song

Yang Song
yvs5471@psu.edu
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William (Tyler) Suman

William (Tyler) Suman

William (Tyler) Suman
wts5131@psu.edu
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Sheng-Hui Tseng

Brooke Tseng

Brooke Tseng
sqt5667@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Gender Politics
  • Political Representation of Women
  • Violence and Harassment against Women in Politics
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Angel Manuel Villegas Cruz

Angel Manuel Villegas-Cruz

Angel Manuel Villegas-Cruz
amv5718@psu.edu
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Sara Lindsay Walsh

Sara Lindsay Walsh

Sara Lindsay Walsh
sjw5658@psu.edu
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  • Comparative Politics
  • Gender and Politics
  • Representation
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Jiahui Xu

Jiahui Xu

Jiahui Xu
jmx5128@psu.edu
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Yang Yang

Yang Yang

Yang Yang
yky5272@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
  • International Political Economy
  • Political Methodology
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Zhifan (Lesley) Zhang

Lesley Zhang

Lesley Zhang
zkz5339@psu.edu
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Lingbo Zhao

Lingbo Zhao

Lingbo Zhao
lkz5164@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International conflicts
  • International political economy
  • Public opinion
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Affiliated Faculty

Donna Bahry

Donna Bahry

Donna Bahry
dlb46@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Democratization
  • Communist and Post-Communist Politics
  • Participation, Voting, and Public Opinion
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Anthony Bertelli

Anthony Bertelli

Anthony Bertelli
bertelli@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Comparative Political Economy
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Gretchen Casper

Gretchen Casper

Gretchen Casper
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  • Comparative Politics
  • Democratization
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Christian Elliott

Christian Elliott
Christian.elliott@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Political Economy
  • International Relations
  • Public Policy
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John Gastil

John Gastil

John Gastil
jwg22@psu.edu
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Errol Henderson

Errol Henderson

Errol Henderson
eah13@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
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David Lowery

David Lowery

David Lowery
dlowery@me.com
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  • American Politics
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Jud Mathews

Jud Mathews
8148654285
jcm41@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • American Politics
  • Comparative Politics
  • Judicial Politics
  • Western Europe, especially German speaking countries
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Cory McCartan

Cory McCartan
(814)867-5363
mccartan@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Computational Social Science
  • Bayesian Methods
  • Causal Inference
  • Spatial Data
  • Elections
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John McCarthy

John McCarthy

John McCarthy
(814) 863-8260
jxm516@psu.edu
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Kidane Mengisteab

Kidane Mengisteab

Kidane Mengisteab
(814) 863-5815
kim3@psu.edu
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Sommer Mitchell

Sommer Mitchell
814-865-4598
sjm6731@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • International Relations
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Burt L. Monroe

Burt L. Monroe

Burt L. Monroe
burtmonroe@psu.edu
Areas of Interest:
  • Comparative Politics
  • Methodology
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David Myers

David Myers

David Myers
djm8@psu.edu
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Glenn Palmer

Glenn Palmer

Glenn Palmer
gop2@psu.edu
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  • International Relations
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Lilliard Richardson

Lilliard Richardson

Lilliard Richardson
lxr561@psu.edu
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