Political Science Graduate Students
Nakiessa Abbassi
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nabbassi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 808 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Wednesdays 12-1pm on Zoom, in-person by appointment
Research Interests: Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development, Climate Resilience
Olivia Atkinson
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: oatkins2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Abigail Bako
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: bako@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 3-4, Friday 4-5
Elaina Barker
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ebarker7@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10:00
Research Interests: American Politics, Power, Gender, Sexuality, Criminal Justice
Brenda Bastian
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: bbastian@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: 9am-12pm; T: 2pm-5pm; W: 9am-12pm, Th: 1pm-4pm, F: 10am-1pm
Emily Beatty
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: ebeatty3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: SP 24: Thursday 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: American Political Development; Democratic Theory; Critical Phenomenology; Queer and Trans Studies; Social movements
Grace Boyd-Bigby
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: gboydbi5@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Robin Brackett
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: rbracket@uoregon.edu
Office: 814 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Wednesdays 3:30-4:30. Zoom by appointment
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Iranian Foreign Relations, Middle East Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Luis Claveria Cambon
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: lclaveri@uoregon.edu
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: 2:00-3:00
Fatih Demirci
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: fad@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 12-2 pm
Research Interests: Middle East, terrorism, extremism, religion
Thao Dinh
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: thaodinh@uoregon.edu
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 11:00-12:00
Kayla Fisher
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: kbf@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 10-12
Mary Follo
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mfollo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: SP24: Wednesday 11am-1pm
Research Interests: Affordable and Fair Share Housing, Land-Use Policy, Governance
Yuxuan Gao
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: yuxgao@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 5:00-6:00
Casey Goldstein
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cgoldste@uoregon.edu
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:30
Research Interests: Queer Theory, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality, Biopolitics, Political Theory
Abdul Halim
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: ahalim@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 12:00-1:00
Caden Hicks
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cadenh@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 10-12
Nina Kankanyan
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nkankan3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 814 PLC
Office Hours: Fallp 2024: Fridays, from 1 pm to 2 pm both in-person and online via TEAMS
Parichehr Kazemi
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: pkazemi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Thursday 1-3:50
Research Interests: Political Theory and Comparative Politics: Nondemocratic Regimes, Democratization, Revolutionary Models, Leadership
Alex Li
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: ali5@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 10:30-11:30
Andrew Martin
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: amarti23@uoregon.edu
Office: 812 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 12-2pm
Isaiah McGuire
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: imcguir2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4865
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 12:00-1:00
Research Interests: Political Theory, International Relations, Philosophy, Ethics of Law
Rosie Nguyen
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nhungn@uoregon.edu
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Wednesday 3:00-4:00
Research Interests: Vietnamese Politics, Republic of Vietnam (1954-1975), Authoritarianism, Democratization, Sino-Vietnamese Relations
Caitlin O'Quinn
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: coquinn@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Political Economy/Feminist Political Economy, Alternative Economic Systems, Social Movements, Reimagining Local Economic Resiliency
Madison Schroder
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mschrod2@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Wednesday 9:30am-11:30pm
Brett Scott
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: bscott3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4834
Office: 907 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: Race, Ethnicity & Politics, Social Policy, Income & Inequality, Power, Privilege & Politics
Mohammed Shakibnia
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: shakibni@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Monday 5:00-6:00
Munkyoung Shin
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: mshin@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Friday 2:00-3:00
Amy Snyder
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: asnyder5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: S22 - Virtual: Thurs 3-4 (weeks 1-10 & finals week). Zoom url: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97730570250
Research Interests: Indigenous Hawaiian Studies, Women Gender, and Sexuality, and Public Policy
Haifa Souilmi
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: hsouilmi@uoregon.edu
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 1:00-2:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, International Relations, US Foreign Policy, Middle East and North Africa, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, Religion , Race and Politics, Interfaith Dialogue
Nick Squires
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nsquires@uoregon.edu
Office: 815 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 1:00-3:00
Research Interests: International Relations, US Foreign Policy, National Security, Climate Change, Securitization of Migration
Peter Suechting
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Political Science
Email: psuechti@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 837A PLC
Research Interests: Climate Change, International/Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Politics/Comparative Environmental Politics, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy
Katie Temple
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ktemple2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Virtual: Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00
Research Interests: Mindfulness Movements in the US, Economic Sociology, Social Theories of Capitalism
Irina Toland
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: itoland@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10:30 - 11:30 am
Zhuoran Wang
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: zhuoranw@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30