Political Science Graduate Students

Nakiessa Abbassi

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 10:00am - 12:00pm

Abigail Bako

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 3-4, Friday 4-5

Elaina Barker

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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
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
Office: 840 PLC

Robin Brackett

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: 2:00-3:00

Fatih Demirci

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 12-2 pm
Research Interests: Middle East, terrorism, extremism, religion

Thao Dinh

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 11:00-12:00

Kayla Fisher

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 10-12

Mary Follo

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 5:00-6:00

Elisse Genel

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 837 PLC

Casey Goldstein

Doctoral Student
Political Science
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
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 12:00-1:00

Caden Hicks

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 10-12

Nina Kankanyan

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 10:30-11:30

Sijie Liu

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 837 PLC

Marina Longaray

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 837 PLC

Andrew Martin

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office: 812 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 12-2pm

Isaiah McGuire

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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

Thanh Nguyen

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC

Caitlin O'Quinn

Doctoral Student
Political Science
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
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Wednesday 9:30am-11:30pm

Brett Scott

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Monday 5:00-6:00

Munkyoung Shin

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Friday 2:00-3:00

Amy Snyder

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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
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
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
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
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
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10:30 - 11:30 am

Zhuoran Wang

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30