I very much enjoy working with students, and have had the privilege of working with many excellent ones. Here I provide a list of current and past students I have advised or on whose dissertation committees I have served. If you are interested in working with me, I strongly recommend you: 1) check out the work on my Research page to assess fit and 2) contact me via e-mail.
Current Ph.D. Advisees
- Nechama Huba: extremism and the political psychology behind it.
- Justine Robinson [Co-advised with Peter Feaver]: behavior within the military.
- Stephanie Wright: recognition and its effects; post-conflict behavior.
Former Ph.D. Advisees (Some on the job market!)
- Gloria Cheung [Co-advised with Eddy Malesky]: Duke Ph.D. 2024, Trajectories of Authoritarian Consolidation, Current Position: Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.
- Pei-Yu Wei: Duke Ph.D. 2023, Strategic Third-Party Actors in Economic Sanctions, Current Position: Dartmouth Dickey Postdoctoral Fellow. (On the job market!)
- So Jin Lee [Co-advised with Peter Feaver]: Duke Ph.D. 2021, Carrots or Sticks? Positive Inducements and Sanctions in International Relations, Current Position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh.
- Marco Morucci [Co-advised with Cynthia Rudin]: Duke Ph.D. 2021, Methods for Robust and Interpretable Causal Inference and Analysis of Image Data for Political Science, Current Position: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.
- Margaret Foster: Duke Ph.D. 2020, Between a Hammer and an Anvil: Bottom-Up Organizational Transformation, Current Position:
Data Science Researcher at the National Security Data and Policy Institute at the University of Virginia. - Katie Webster [Co-advised with Kyle Beardsley]: Duke Ph.D. 2019, Rethinking Civil War, Current Position: Chief Solutions Architect at RS21.
- Christine Mele [Co-advised with Will Moore]: FSU Ph.D. 2013, Terrorism, Provocation, and Mobilization, Current Position: Data Governance Analyst, Clayton Homes.
- Carlisle Rainey [Co-advised with Bob Jackson], FSU Ph.D. 2013, Essays on the Role and Function of Political Parties, Current Position: Associate Professor at the Florida State University.
Current Ph.D. Committees
- Rahel Kessete Afewerky (Western Michigan University)
Former Ph.D. Committees
- Benjamin Broman (Duke, 2024)
- Kendrick Hardison (Duke, 2023)
- Gabriella Levy (Duke, 2023)
- Priscilla Torres (Duke, 2023)
- Ana Montoya (Duke, 2022)
- Gabriel Madson (Duke, 2021)
- Tusi (Ündes) Wen (Duke, 2020)
- Frances Duffy (UNC, 2020)
- Daniel Gustafson (UNC, 2020)
- Chong Chen (Duke, 2019)
- Noa Cnaan-On (Duke, 2019)
- Howard Liu (Duke, 2019)
- Chelsea Estancona (UNC, 2018)
- Xiaoli Guo (FSU, 2018)
- Asli Cansunar (Duke, 2018)
- Sophie Lee (Duke, 2017)
- Max Gallop (Duke, 2015)
- Ammar Shamaileh (FSU, 2015)
- Marius Radean (FSU, 2013)
- Daniel Hill (FSU, 2012)
- Nate Lee (FSU, 2012)
- Daniel Milton (FSU 2012)
- Sunhee Park (FSU, 2012)
- Justin Conrad (FSU, 2011)
- Robert Parillo (FSU, 2009)
MA Advisees
- Yuxiang Chen (Duke)
- Talia Tao (Duke)
- Michelle Hung (Duke, 2024)
- Anisha Datta (Duke, 2022)
- Qi Liu (Duke, 2022)
- Saamia Noorali (Duke, 2019)
- Jaewon Chung (Duke, 2016)
Undergraduate Honors Advisees
- Athanacia Varelas (Duke)
- Kulsoom Rizavi (Duke)
- Jazper Lu (Duke, 2024)
- Kyle Melatti (Duke, 2022)
- Danielle French (Duke, 2018)
- Nick Johnston (Duke, 2017)
- Julia Janco (Duke, 2015)
- Michael Brandow (FSU, 2008)
- Wesley Yeary (FSU, 2007)
