Political Science Graduate Students

Nakiessa Abbassi

Doctoral Student

Graduate Employee

Political Science

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 8am - 9am

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 Hours: Winter 2023: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Abigail Bako

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: bako@uoregon.edu

Office: 810 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 3-5

Elaina Barker

Doctoral Student

Graduate Employee

Political Science

Email: ebarker7@uoregon.edu

Office: 840 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays from 2-3pm

Research Interests: American Politics, Power, Gender, Sexuality, Criminal Justice

Brenda Bastian

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: bbastian@uoregon.edu

Office: 810 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

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, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

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, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284

Robin Brackett

Doctoral Student

Graduate Employee

Political Science

Email: rbracket@uoregon.edu

Office: 814 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

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

Luis Claveria Cambon

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: lclaveri@uoregon.edu

Office: 831 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 14:00-15:00

Fatih Demirci

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: fad@uoregon.edu

Office: 837 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 12pm - 2pm

Research Interests: Middle East, terrorism, extremism, religion

Tim Fewless

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: tfewless@uoregon.edu

Kayla Fisher

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: kbf@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4864

Office: 810 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 1-2pm

Yuxuan Gao

Master's Student

Political Science

Email: yuxgao@uoregon.edu

Office: 832 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 2:00-3:00

Elisse Genel

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: elisse@uoregon.edu

Office: 837 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 5-6

Casey Goldstein

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: cgoldste@uoregon.edu

Office: 817 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 10am - 11am

Research Interests: Queer Theory, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality, Biopolitics, Political Theory

David Gregory

Doctoral Student

Political Science

Email: dmgre@uoregon.edu

Research Interests: Political Theory, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Political Thought, Tribal Critical Race Theory (TCRIT), Social Contract Theory, Political Thought, Colonialism and Settler Colonialism, Race and Gender in Political Institutions, State Power and Sovereignty, American Political Development (APD), Federalism, presidential Leadership, Institutional Reproduction of Inequality, Decolonial Approaches, Epistemic Boundaries of Political Science, Foregrounding Marginalized Voices, Intersection of Race, Gender, and Power, The harms of Western Epistemology.