People | Department of Political Science | University of Washington

Sophia Aepfelbacher

Graduate Student

saepfel@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 11am - 1pm

GOWEN 26

Acelya Altun

Graduate Student

altun@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12pm - 2pm

SMITH 43

Autocratization, Comparative Politics, Contentious Politics, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods, Repression, Social Movements

Candela Arias Perez

Graduate Student

cariasp@uw.edu

SMITH 33

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Gender, Human Rights, Immigration, International Relations, Justice, Political Methodology, Public Law

Hassan Aziz

Graduate Student

hazizm@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1pm - 3pm

SMITH 40B

Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, Environmental Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology, South Asian

Jihyeon Bae

Graduate Student

jihyeonb@uw.edu

GOWEN 42

Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, Human Rights, International Relations, Law and Society, Quantitative Methods

Thomas Bidewell

Graduate Student

bidewell@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 11am - 1pm

SMITH 43

Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Socialism and Post-Socialism

Can Bodrumlu

Graduate Student

bodrumlu@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 11am-1pm

GOWEN 24

Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods

Ali Bouterse

Graduate Student

aliboute@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 8:30am - 10:30am

SMITH 31

Comparative Politics, Democracy, Extremism, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Rurality, Urban Studies

Ian Callison

Graduate Student

icalliso@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 11:30am - 12:30pm & Tuesdays 9am-10am

SMITH 39

Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, Human Rights, International Relations, International Security, Political Methodology, Political Violence, Quantitative Methods

Meagan Carmack

Graduate Student

mcarmack@uw.edu

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Latin American, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods, Sustainability

Ji Hyeon Chung

Graduate Student

jihyeonc@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30pm – 3:30pm

SMITH 220B

Civilian Victimization, Crime and Criminality, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, International Law and Institutions, International Relations, Justice, NGOs, Non-State Actors

Patrich Co

Graduate Student

pelagoco@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 2pm-4 pm

SMITH 37

American Politics, Anarchism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Political Theory, Post-Marxism, Race and Ethnicity, Radical Democracy, Revolutionary Politics, Social Movements

Lauren Collins

Graduate Student

lec14009@uw.edu

GOWEN 30

Taylor Cox

Graduate Student

tcox3@uw.edu

SMITH 43

Lauren Dawson

Graduate Student

lad10@uw.edu

SMITH 31

Elizabeth Echavarria

Graduate Student

eet1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:30pm - 3:30 pm

SMITH 220B

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology

Merve Edeer

Graduate Student

edeer@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 9am - 11am

SMITH 31

Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Behavior, Political Communication, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Political Psychology, Quantitative Methods, Social Welfare

Julian Fisher

Graduate Student

jfisher1@uw.edu / 910-685-3757

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11am - 12pm & Fridays 1:30pm - 2:30pm

SMITH 40B

European Politics, International Law, International Relations, Political Theory, Theory of Law

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Jana Foxe

Graduate Student

jfoxe@uw.edu

SMITH 30

Comparative Politics, Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Environmental Politics, European Politics, Evaluation, Ideology, Implementation Science, Interest Groups, International Relations, Non-governmental Organizations, Political Economy, Public Policy, Queer Studies, Transgender Studies

Jintong Han

Graduate Student

jtonghan@uw.edu

GOWEN 26

Area Studies, Chinese Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Communication, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods

Levi Jaeger

Graduate Student

ljaeger1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursday 10AM - 12PM

GOWEN 28

American Politics, Conspiracy Theories, Constitutional Law, Political Psychology, Political Theory, Religion

Minji Jeong

Graduate Student

mjjeong@uw.edu

GOWEN 36

Africa, Area Studies, Comparative Politics, Human Rights, Immigration, International Relations, Political Methodology, Political Violence, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity

Brian Leung

Graduate Student

SMITH 39

Comparative Politics, Data Visualization, East Asian, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods, Social Movements, Statistics

Zhaomin Li

Graduate Student

zmli7@uw.edu

GOWEN 36

Comparative Politics, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, Game Theory, Political Economy, Political Methodology

Cody Little

Graduate Student

colittle@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am - 12pm

GOWEN 24

American Politics, Class Conflict, Distributive Justice, Elitism, Income Inequality, Labor, Political Methodology, Political Theory, Poverty, Social Movements, Social Welfare

Ramses Llobet

Graduate Student

rllobet@uw.edu

Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, Data Visualization, European Politics, Game Theory, Labor, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Political Science, Statistics

Robert Maxwell

Graduate Student

rlmax@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 11am - 12pm & Thursdays 11am-12pm

GOWEN 34

Civil Military Relations, Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, East Asian, Grand Strategy, Information Warfare, International Relations, International Security, Political Economy

Zachary McDowell

Graduate Student

zmcdowe7@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays & Thursdays 1pm-2pm

SMITH 40B

Kayla E. Morton

Graduate Student

kem95@uw.edu

GOWEN 26

Climate Policy, Environmental Politics, International Institutions, International Relations, International Security, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods

Anna Nguyen

Graduate Student

nguyenad@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00pm-3:00pm

SMITH 220B

American Political Development, American Politics, Immigration, Labor, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements

Becca LuAn Peach

Graduate Student

rlpeach@uw.edu

Office Hours: In Person Thursdays 11:30am - 12:30pm & Virtually Mondays 3pm - 4pm

SMITH 30

American Political Development, American Politics, Civic Engagement, Law and Society, Political Economy, Political Theory, Public Policy, Religion, Social Welfare

Mark W. Perry

Graduate Student

mwperry@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 2pm-4pm

Gowen 28

Comparative Politics, Digital Governance, Information Warfare, International Relations, International Security, Political Communication, Science and Technology

Ryan Reynolds

Graduate Student

deadpool@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays and Tuesdays 10am - 11am

SMITH 31

American Politics, Civil Military Relations, International Relations, International Security, Political Psychology, Political Theory, Social Movements, Social Networks, Voting Behavior

Jessica Sciarone

Graduate Student

jsciar@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30pm - 3:30pm

SMITH 30

American Politics, Extremism, Gender, International Security, Minority and Race Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Radicalization, Social Movements, Terrorism

Devanshu Singh

Graduate Student

dsingh27@uw.edu

GOWEN 30

Communication, International Relations, Political Communication, Political Theory, Science and Technology, Surveillance and Privacy

Brieana Smith

Graduate Student

smithbri@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:30am - 1:30pm

SMITH 43

American Political Development, American Politics, Civic Engagement, Comparative Politics, Data Visualization, Political Economy, Political Psychology, Religion, Social Movements, Sociology

Benjamin Soto

Graduate Student

bensoto@uw.edu

American Politics, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Latino/a Studies, Political Methodology, Public Administration, Public Policy, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods, State & Local Government

Yulenni Venegas Lopez

Graduate Student

yvenegas@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30pm–3:30pm

GOWEN 24

American Politics, Chicana/o, Gender, Immigration, Latino/a Studies, Law and Society, Legal Mobilization, Minority and Race Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements

Shane Wan

Graduate Student

swan0624@uw.edu / 909-991-0548

Office Hours: Wednesdays 10am - 12pm

GOWEN 34

Comparative Politics, East Asian, Feminist Epistemology, Gender, Liberalism, Political Theory

Andrew Wang

Graduate Student

awang68@uw.edu / 425-343-4399

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:30am - 12:30pm & 3:30pm - 4:30pm

GOWEN 42

Comparative Politics, Computational Methods, East Asian, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Social Movements, Statistics

Julia Wejchert

Graduate Student

jwejch@uw.edu

American Politics, Political Communication, Public Law, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements

Tongtian Xiao

Graduate Student

ttxiao@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 8:30am-9:30am & 10:30am-11:30am

SMITH 33

American Politics, Comparative Politics, East Asian, Housing, Housing Policy, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Qualitative Methods, Quantitative Methods, Social Welfare, Urban Studies

Siyu Yin

Graduate Student

syyin@uw.edu

GOWEN 42

Eun-sik Yoo

Graduate Student

ykryu319@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 4:30pm - 6:30pm

SMITH 35

American Politics, Comparative Political Development, Comparative Politics, Democracy, Ideas and Discourses, Korean Politics

Chanwoong Yoon

Graduate Student

chanyoon@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 1pm-3pm

GOWEN 32

Yi Zhang

Graduate Student

yiz42@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 2:25pm-4:25 pm

GOWEN 32

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