Graduate Student Contact Information nelam@uw.edu Fields of Interest Comparative Politics East European European Politics Ideology Political Economy Political Methodology Religion Social Movements Socialism and Post-Socialism Statistics Research Selected Research Asli Cansunar and Nela Mrchkovska (2024), "Beyond the Classroom? Primary Schools and Rural Civic Participation", Journal of Historical Political Economy: Vol. 3: No. 4, pp 501-525. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/115.00000060 Mrchkovska N, Dolšak N, Prakash A (2023) Does ESG privilege climate action over social and governance issues? A content analysis of BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s annual letters. PLOS Sustain Transform 2(12): e0000090. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000090 Courses Taught Summer 2023POL S 204 A: Introduction to Comparative Politics Spring 2023POL S 204 AA: Introduction to Comparative Politics POL S 204 AC: Introduction to Comparative Politics POL S 499 G: Undergraduate Readings and Research Winter 2023POL S 204 AA: Introduction to Comparative Politics POL S 204 AB: Introduction to Comparative Politics Autumn 2022POL S 367 AB: Comparative Law and Courts POL S 367 AC: Comparative Law and Courts Spring 2022POL S 426 A: World Politics Winter 2022POL S 285 AA: Political Science as a Social Science POL S 285 AB: Political Science as a Social Science News & Events Related Events CANCELED: UWISC Talk: Examining how Election Observation Statements impact Perceptions of Misinformation, Fraud, and Violence: Evidence from Kenya's 2022 General Election - May 26 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Yu Sasaki, Kanazawa University - May 19 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Tiago Ventura, New York University - May 5 2023, 3pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Brian Leung, UW Political Science Ph.D. Student - April 7 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Volha Charnysh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - February 24 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Anna Wilke, Washington University, St. Louis - February 10 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Ryan Geohrung, UW Ph.D. Student - January 27 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Zhaowen Guo, UW Political Science Ph.D. Student - December 2 2022, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Haifeng Huang, University of California, Merced: Triumphalism and the Inconvenient Truth: Correcting National Overconfidence in a Rising Power - November 4 2022, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Alexandra Cirone, Cornell University, “When Women Win: Land Lotteries and Civic Participation in Georgia” - October 21 2022, 1:30pm Prospectus and Dissertation Roundtable: Graduate Studies and the Graduate Students Professionalization Series - May 13 2022, 1:30pm UWISC Talk: Religion in Insecure Time: Evidence from Eastern Europe - May 6 2022, 12pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics - April 29 2022, 1:30pm UW International Security Colloquium - November 6 2020, 12pm