People | Department of Political Science | University of Washington

Sophia Aepfelbacher

Graduate Student

saepfel@uw.edu

SMI 220B

Candela Arias Perez

Graduate Student

cariasp@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 9am-10am, Wednesdays 10am-11amAM - 12:00PM

SMI 33

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

Hassan Aziz

Graduate Student

hazizm@uw.edu

SMI 220B

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

Jihyeon Bae

Graduate Student

jihyeonb@uw.edu

GWN 42

Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Methodology

Thomas Bidewell

Graduate Student

bidewell@uw.edu

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

Smith 43

Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Socialism and Post-Socialism

Can Bodrumlu

Graduate Student

bodrumlu@uw.edu

SMI 220B

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

Ali Bouterse

Graduate Student

aliboute@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12 pm - 2 pm

SMI 31

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

Ian Callison

Graduate Student

icalliso@uw.edu

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

SMI 43

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

GWN 28

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

Emily Christensen

Graduate Student

echrist2@uw.edu

Please contact via email

American Politics, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Political Theory, Race and Ethnicity

Ji Hyeon Chung

Graduate Student

jihyeonc@uw.edu

Office Hours: Contact by email for office hours

SMI 33

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 1 pm - 3pm

SMI 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

Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:20 am - 10:20 am

GWN 30

Elizabeth Echavarria

Graduate Student

eet1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 10 am - 12 pm (Only by appointment meet in-person or virtual)

SMI 40B

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology

Julian Fisher

Graduate Student

jfisher1@uw.edu / 910-685-3757

Office Hours: Wednesdays 1 pm - 2 pm & Fridays 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

SMI 40B

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

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Jana Foxe

Graduate Student

jfoxe@uw.edu

SMI 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

Joshua Gilmore

Graduate Student

jrg1401@uw.edu

Please contact via email

Jeffrey Grove

Graduate Student

jgrove91@uw.edu

Office Hours: On Leave

American Indian/Native American, American Political Development, American Politics, Courts, Law and Society, Race and Ethnicity

Jintong Han

Graduate Student

jtonghan@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 11:30 am - 1:30 pm online (Zoom)

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

Levi Jaeger

Graduate Student

ljaeger1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 10 am - 12pm (Only virtually meet by appointment)

GWN 28

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

Minji Jeong

Graduate Student

mjjeong@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays 9:30 am - 11:30 am (Only meet virtually by appointment)

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

SMI 39

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

Zhaomin Li

Graduate Student

zmli7@uw.edu

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

GWN 36

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

Tao Lin

Graduate Student

soxvlin@uw.edu

SMI 35

Comparative Politics, East Asian, Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, State-business Relations

Cody Little

Graduate Student

colittle@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 am - 11:00 am

GWN 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

SMI 31

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: Tuesdays & Thursdays 12 pm - 1 pm

GWN 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: Thursdays 2 pm - 4 pm

SMI 40B

Kayla E. Morton

Graduate Student

kem95@uw.edu

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 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

GWN 24

American Political Development, American Politics, Housing, Immigration, Labor, Quantitative Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements, Urban Studies

Lucas Owen

Graduate Student

leo4@uw.edu

Office Hours: Only by appointment

SMI 35

Comparative Politics, Crime and Criminality, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods, Science and Technology, Statistics

Christianna Sirindah Parr

Graduate Student

parr182@uw.edu

Office Hours: On Leave

Civil Society, Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Gender, International Relations, NGOs, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Quantitative Methods, Southeast Asian

Becca LuAn Peach

Graduate Student

rlpeach@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:30am - 1:30pm (Only by appointment meet virtual or in-person)

SMI 30

American Political Development, Faith-Based Initiatives, Housing, Neoliberalism, Political Theory, Poverty, Privatization of Public Goods, Public Policy, Purchase of Social Services, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Movements, Social Welfare, State & Local Government, Urban Studies

Ryan Reynolds

Graduate Student

deadpool@uw.edu

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

SMI 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: Fridays 8:30 am - 10:30 am (Only virtually meet by appointment)

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

Office Hours: Wednesdays 11am-1pm

GWN 30

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

Brieana Smith

Graduate Student

smithbri@uw.edu

Office Hours: Virtually Mondays & Thursdays 9am -10am (Only by appointment)

Smith 43

American Political Development, American Politics, Civic Engagement, Data Visualization, International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Psychology, Religion, Social Movements, Sociology

Benjamin Soto

Graduate Student

bensoto@uw.edu

Office Hours: M 2pm - 3pm

SMI 31

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

Jared Stewart

Graduate Student
On-leave

jstew12@uw.edu

American Political Development, American Politics, Communication, Environmental Politics, Interest Groups, Political Communication, Political Methodology, Political Psychology, Religion, Science and Technology

Yulenni Venegas Lopez

Graduate Student

yvenegas@uw.edu

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: Thursdays 9 am - 11 am

GWN 034

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

Andrew Wang

Graduate Student

awang68@uw.edu / 425-343-4399

Office Hours: Fridays 11:30 am - 1:30 am

GWN 42

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

Julia Wejchert

Graduate Student

jwejch@uw.edu

Office Hours: T 2:15-4:15pm

GWN 26

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

Tongtian Xiao

Graduate Student

Office Hours: Thursdays 11:30am - 12:30pm & Fridays 10:30 am -11:30am

SMI 33

Comparative Politics, East Asian, Housing, Political Economy, Political Methodology, Social Welfare

Siyu Yin

Graduate Student

syyin@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:15pm - 2:15 pm

GWN 42

Eun-sik Yoo

Graduate Student

ykryu319@uw.edu

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00 - 2:00 pm

SMI 35

Comparative Historical Analysis, Comparative Political Development, Comparative Politics, Crisis of Democracy, Democracy and Democratization, Korean Politics

Chanwoong Yoon

Graduate Student

chanyoon@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

GWN 32

Yi Zhang

Graduate Student

yiz42@uw.edu

Office Hours: Fridays 12 pm - 2 pm or by appointment

GWN 32

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