People - Graduate Student

Name

Field of Interest

Sophia Aepfelbacher

Graduate Student

Acelya Altun

Graduate Student

Autocratization, Comparative Politics, Historical Legacies, Middle Eastern Politics, Political Methodology, Repression, State Terror

Candela Arias Perez

Graduate Student

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

Hassan Aziz

Graduate Student

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

Jihyeon Bae

Graduate Student

jihyeonb@uw.edu

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

Thomas Bidewell

Graduate Student

bidewell@uw.edu

Comparative Politics, Political Theory, Religion, Southeast Asian

Can Bodrumlu

Graduate Student

bodrumlu@uw.edu

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

Ali Bouterse

Graduate Student

aliboute@uw.edu

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

Ian Callison

Graduate Student

icalliso@uw.edu

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

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

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

Taylor Cox

Graduate Student

Lauren Dawson

Graduate Student

Elizabeth Echavarria

Graduate Student

Comparative Politics, Environmental Politics, Political Economy, Political Methodology

Merve Edeer

Graduate Student

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

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

Jana Foxe

Graduate Student

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

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

Levi Jaeger

Graduate Student

ljaeger1@uw.edu

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

Minji Jeong

Graduate Student

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

Brian Leung

Graduate Student

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

Zhaomin Li

Graduate Student

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

Cody Little

Graduate Student

colittle@uw.edu

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

Ramses Llobet

Graduate Student

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

Robert Maxwell

Graduate Student

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

Kayla E. Morton

Graduate Student

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

Anna Nguyen

Graduate Student

nguyenad@uw.edu

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

Becca LuAn Peach

Graduate Student

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

Mark W. Perry

Graduate Student

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

Ryan Reynolds

Graduate Student

deadpool@uw.edu

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

Jessica Sciarone

Graduate Student

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

Devanshu Singh

Graduate Student

dsingh27@uw.edu

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

Brieana Smith

Graduate Student

smithbri@uw.edu

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

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

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

Andrew Wang

Graduate Student

awang68@uw.edu / 425-343-4399

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

Julia Wejchert

Graduate Student

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

Tongtian Xiao

Graduate Student

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

Eun-sik Yoo

Graduate Student

ykryu319@uw.edu

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

Chanwoong Yoon

Graduate Student

chanyoon@uw.edu

Yi Zhang

Graduate Student

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Political Science Mascot 2025-2026