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Political Science

Political Science Graduate Students

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Nakiessa Abbassi

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
nabbassi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 10am-11am
Research Interests: Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development, Climate Resilience
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Olivia Atkinson

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
oatkins2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 10:00am - 12:00pm
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Abigail Bako

Doctoral Student
Political Science
bako@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 3-5
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Elaina Barker

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
ebarker7@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesdays 11am-12pm by appointment via zoom
Research Interests: American Politics, Power, Gender, Sexuality, Criminal Justice
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Brenda Bastian

Doctoral Student
Political Science
bbastian@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: 9am-12pm; T: 2pm-5pm; W: 9am-12pm, Th: 1pm-4pm, F: 10am-1pm
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Emily Beatty

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
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
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Grace Boyd-Bigby

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
gboydbi5@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
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Robin Brackett

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
rbracket@uoregon.edu
Office: 814 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays 1:30-2:30p
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Iranian Foreign Relations, Middle East Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Luis Claveria Cambon

Doctoral Student
Political Science
lclaveri@uoregon.edu
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursday 4:00-5:00
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Fatih Demirci

Doctoral Student
Political Science
fad@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 12-2 pm
Research Interests: Middle East, terrorism, extremism, religion
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Thao Dinh

Doctoral Student
Political Science
thaodinh@uoregon.edu
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 11:00-12:00
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Kayla Fisher

Doctoral Student
Political Science
kbf@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday 11-12pm
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Mary Follo

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Yuxuan Gao

Doctoral Student
Political Science
yuxgao@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 2:00-3:00
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Elisse Genel

Doctoral Student
Political Science
elisse@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 5-6
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Casey Goldstein

Doctoral Student
Political Science
cgoldste@uoregon.edu
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Research Interests: Queer Theory, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality, Biopolitics, Political Theory
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Abdul Halim

Doctoral Student
Political Science
ahalim@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 4:00-5:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Democracy, and Democratization in Developing Countries
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Caden Hicks

Doctoral Student
Political Science
cadenh@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursday 1:30-3:30
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Nina Kankanyan

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
nkankan3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 814 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursdays 12:30-1:30
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Parichehr Kazemi

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Alex Li

Doctoral Student
Political Science
ali5@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 12:00pm-1:00pm
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Sijie Liu

Doctoral Student
Political Science
sijieliu@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 5:00-6:00pm
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Marina Longaray

Doctoral Student
Political Science
mfingerl@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:45-2:45pm
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Andrew Martin

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
amarti23@uoregon.edu
Office: 812 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 12-2pm
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Isaiah McGuire

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
imcguir2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4865
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Friday-12:00pm-1:00pm
Research Interests: Political Theory, International Relations, Philosophy, Ethics of Law
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Rosie Nguyen

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Thanh Nguyen

Doctoral Student
Political Science
fnguyen@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
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Caitlin O'Quinn

Doctoral Student
Political Science
coquinn@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Political Economy/Feminist Political Economy, Alternative Economic Systems, Social Movements, Reimagining Local Economic Resiliency
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Madison Schroder

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
mschrod2@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Wednesday 9:30am-11:30pm
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Brett Scott

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
bscott3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4834
Office: 907 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursday 1:45 - 3:45pm
Research Interests: Race, Ethnicity & Politics, Social Policy, Income & Inequality, Power, Privilege & Politics
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Mohammed Shakibnia

Doctoral Student
Political Science
shakibni@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursday 1:30-2:30pm
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Munkyoung Shin

Doctoral Student
Political Science
mshin@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 11:00 - 12:00
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Amy Snyder

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Haifa Souilmi

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Nick Squires

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Peter Suechting

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Political Science
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
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Katie Temple

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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Irina Toland

Graduate Employee
Political Science
itoland@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10:30 - 11:30 am
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Zhuoran Wang

Doctoral Student
Political Science
zhuoranw@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30