Graduate Student

Sydnor

Dissertation

Fighting Words and Fiery Tone: The Interaction of Political Incivility and Psychological Conflict Orientation

Committee

Nicholas J. G. Winter (co-chair), Paul Freedman (co-chair), Lynn Sanders, Brian Nosek

Current Placement

Assistant Professor

Southwestern University

Placement Year

2018

Previous Placements

Visiting Assistant Professor

Placement Year

2015

Lowande

Dissertation

Essays on the Political Power of Bureaucrats

Committee

Jeff Jenkins (Chair), Craig Volden, Rachel Potter, David Lewis (Vanderbilt)

Current Placement

Assistant Professor

University of Michigan

Placement Year

2018

Fellowship

Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton

2017

Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis

2017

Wang

Dissertation

The Dog that Barks: State Propaganda Campaigns on Territorial Disputes

Committee

John M. Owen (chair), Brantly Womack, Philip Potter

Current Placement

 

 

Placement Year

2019

Previous Placements

Postdoctoral fellow, Notre Dame International Security Center, University of Notre Dame

Placement Year

2018

Fellowship

Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute for Security and Conflict Studies, George Washington University

2017

Minerva-USIP Peace Scholar

Kubinec

Subfield

Comparative Politics

Dissertation

Making Democracy Safe for Business: Firms and Regime Transitions in North Africa

Committee

David Waldner (Chair), Daniel Gingerich, Sonal Pandya, Jonathan Kropko, William Quandt

Current Placement

Assistant Professor

Political Science, New York University-Abu Dhabi

Placement Year

2019

Fellowship

Fellow, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University

2018

Publications and Coverage

Introducing Idealstan

Frye

Dissertation

The Sociality of Freedom

Committee

George Klosko (chair), Colin Bird, and Stephen White

Current Placement

 

 

Placement Year

2019

Fellowship

Junior Faculty Fellow, Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics at the McDonough School of Business

2018

Publications and Coverage

Incentives, Offers, and Community
Economics & Philosophy
May 8, 2017

Lopez

Dissertation

Innovating in War: Risk, Organizational Cost, and Successful Adoption

Committee

Phil Potter (Chair); Jeffrey Legro; John Owen; Allan Stam

Current Placement

Chief, Future Operations

U.S. Army Futures and Concepts Center, Fort Eustis, VA

Placement Year

2019

Ray

Dissertation: 

Tagging Along: Limited Contributions to Multinational Military Coalitions

Committee: 

Philip Potter (chair), Dale Copeland, John Owen

Statement: 

Derek Ray is a PhD candidate and United States Air Force Chief of Staff Strategic PhD Program Scholar. His research focuses on explaining variation among state contributions to contemporary military coalitions. His research interests include alliance politics, military coalition effectiveness, U.S. Intelligence Community policy, and nuclear non-proliferation issues.

Wang

Chen Wang is a PhD candidate in the Politics Department at the University of Virginia. He received B.A. in Economics and M.A. in International Economics from the University of International Relations (China) and M.S. in Applied Economics from Johns Hopkins University.  His research focuses on international security, terrorism, and Chinese politics. His dissertation explores the impact of leadership turnovers on interstate relations. In his work, he applies a variety of methods, including statistical analysis, formal modeling, machine learning, and archival works.

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