Political Science Graduate Students
Abigail Bako
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: bako@uoregon.edu
Office: 806 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Friday 2:00-4:00
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: 837 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday 3:00-5:00
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: Spring 2026: Wednesday 12:00-2:00pm
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