APSA is pleased to include here the names of individuals who have completed their doctoral dissertations at political science departments in the United States during the 2017 calendar year. In order to provide the most accurate information possible, this list is based on data reported directly from departments.

Ghazal Nadi, American University

Transparent They Endure: Causes and Consequences of Fiscal Transparency in Hybrid Regimes

Sara Salman, American University

The Power of Parliaments: Understanding Why and How Parliamentary Power Changes in Transitioning Democracies

William Harder, American University

The Administrative Governor and the Parties Environment

Christine Basil, Baylor University

Who Am I to Judge? Rhetoric, Passion, and Rule of Law in Aristotle’s Political Thought

David Little, Baylor University

Aristotle and Kant on the Noble and the Good

Deborah O’Malley, Baylor University

Religious Institutions and Associational Freedom in US Supreme Court Jurisprudence

James Odom, Baylor University

Public Debt and the Common Good

Kevin Burns, Baylor University

Progressive Constitutionalism: William Howard Taft as Chief Executive and Chief Justice

Alexander Oliver, Boston University

Three Essays on the American Public’s War Support Calculus: Evidence from Experiments

Douglas Mock, Boston University

Natural Law in the US Supreme Court: Tracing the History of Natural Law and Natural Rights Reasoning in Supreme Court Jurisprudence Through the Cases of Calder v. Bull and Corfield v. Coryell

Eniola Soyemi, Boston University

Law’s Moral Legitimacy and the Significance of Participation

Gregory Winger, Boston University

Soft Power by Other Means: Defense Diplomacy as a Tool of International Statecraft

Hae Won Lee, Boston University

Assessing the Impact of Transitional Justice: South Korean Experience, 1980–2016

Jillian Jaeger, Boston University

Understanding Minority Incorporation: Evidence from State and Local Politics

Lenka Wieluns, Boston University

Understanding the Relationship Between Military Spending Cuts and Military Capacity: European States 2000–2012

Matthew Maguire, Boston University

Governance Beyond Governments? The Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility Through Non-Financial Reporting

Taiyi Sun, Boston University

Civil Society Under Authoritarian Rule: Disasters, Social Capital, and their Consequences in Chinese State-Society Relations

Adam Smith, Brandeis University

Democratic Medicine: Recongition, Citizenship, and the Politics of Medicalization

Victoria McGroary, Brandeis University

Marketing Resistance: Explaining Choices of Violence and Nonviolence Inside Nationalist Movements

Abdulaziz Ahmed Ali Albinali, Claremont Graduate University

Oil Policy & Elites Political Survival: Determinants & Consequences of Oil Sector Ownership Structure

Andrew D Carico, Claremont Graduate University

Rhetorician in Chief: President Obama’s Popular Leadership and American Constitutionalism

Charupol Ruangsuwan, Claremont Graduate University

The Study of Labor Trafficking in Thailand Fishing Industry: The Case of Migrant Labors from Myanmar in Thailand Fishing Industry

Ichsan Zulkarnaen, Claremont Graduate University

The Study of Income Inequality in Indonesia: The Case of Globalization and Fiscal Decentralization in Provincial Income Inequality

Jay Michael Hoffpauir, Claremont Graduate University

Between the Many and Socrates: A Study of Plato’s Crito

Jean Ock Kang, Claremont Graduate University

Finding Clues to Machiavelli’s Political Philosophy: Discord, Rationality, and the ‘One Man’

Jessica Leeann England McGuire, Claremont Graduate University

Representative Bureaucracy in the States: An Examination of Male and Female Cabinet Secretaries

Jordan Mosiah Bradley, Claremont Graduate University

The Genius of Republican Liberty: James Madison’s Theory of Representation

Loren J Rotner, Claremont Graduate University

Popular Leadership Without Populism? A View from the Founding

Mark Russell Becher, Claremont Graduate University

J.R.R. Tolkien & the Great War: The Lord of the Rings & the Modern Civil War

Matthew Daryl Nickens, Claremont Graduate University

A Dynamic Model of Stabilization and Reconstruction

Melissa Mahoney Smith, Claremont Graduate University,

Civic Dignity, Recognition, and Meaningful Political Participation,

Michael Howard Steinman, Claremont Graduate University

Legislative Bicameralism: Has It Always Been and Should It Always Be a Foregone Conclusion

Michael Raphael Davidson, Claremont Graduate University

The Role of Irrigation Efficiency in the Implementation of Climate-Smart Agriculture in the Jujuy Province of Argentina

Nacar Omer Abdelmagid Abdelrahman, Claremont Graduate University,

Predicting Pro-Government Militia Activity: A Multinomial Logistic Regression Analysis

Rena Salayeva, Claremont Graduate University

Finding Democracy in Authoritarian Elections: Strategies For Mobilizing and Rewarding Russian Voters

Zhidong Fang, Claremont Graduate University

Leo Strauss’s Understanding of Tyranny: A Reading of the ‘Introduction’ to On Tyranny

Jeffrey Cook, Colorado State University

Setting the Record Straight: Interest Group Influence on Climate Policy At The Environmental Protection Agency

Megan DeMasters, Colorado State University

Solving The Rubik’s Cube: Understanding the Many Sides of the Municipal Stormwater Program

Megan Ruxton, Colorado State University

This Budworm’s For You: How Framing, Trust, and Participation Affect Attitudes On Natural Resource Management Issues in Atlantic Canada and New England

Amanda Cheney, Cornell University

Tibet Lost in Translation: Power Politics, Language, and the Mechanics of International Order Transformation Between the Sinosphere and Westphalia, 1890–1937

Cardona Arroyo Aileen, Cornell University

Framing Matters: Immigration, the Media, and Public Opinion

Catherine Reyes-Housholder, Cornell University

Presidentas, Power and Pro-Women Change

Christopher Cairns, Cornell University

China’s Weibo Experiment: Social Media (Non)Censorship and Autocratic Responsiveness

Comstock Audrey, Cornell University

Domestic Legislatures and International Law: Explaining State Participation and Compliance with United Nations Human Rights Treaties

David Cortez, Cornell University

Broken Mirrors: Identity, Duty, and Belonging in the Age of the New La(tinx) Migra

Frederick Setzer, Cornell University

Judicial Power in Transitional Regimes: Tunisia and Egypt since the Arab Spring

Gandhi Triveni, Cornell University

Layers of Subordination: Intersectional Approaches to Affirmative Action in Rural India

Gregory Thaler, Cornell University

Forest Governance and Global Development: The Land Sparing Fallacy in Brazil and Indonesia

Isaac Elfstrom, Cornell University

Resistance, Repression, Responsiveness: Workers and the State in China

Isaac Kardon, Cornell University

Rising Power, Creeping Jurisdiction: China’s Law of the Sea

Katrina Browne, Cornell University

The Borders of Conflict: Three Essays on Border Management and Conflict Escalation

Kevin Duong, Cornell University

Democratic Terror: Redemptive Violence and the Formation of Nineteenth Century France

Lauren Honig, Cornell University

Land, State-Building, and Political Authority in Africa

Mariano Sanchez Talanquer, Cornell University

States Divided: History, Conflict, and State Formation in Mexico and Columbia

Natalie Letsa, Cornell University

Voting For the Devil You Know: Understanding Electoral Behavior in Authoritarian Regimes

Nicole Weygandt, Cornell University

Crude Choice: The Centrality of Learning and Emulation in the Developing World’s Transformation of Oil Regimes

Robert Braun II, Cornell University

Religious Minorities and Resistance to Genocide

Rumela Sen, Cornell University

Bullets to Ballots: Maoists and the Lure of Democracy in India

Sarah Maxey, Cornell University

The Humanitarian Discourse of Force: Explaining US Presidents’ Justifications for Military Intervention

Silvana Toska, Cornell University

Rebel Passions: How Emotions Fuel the Diffusion of Rebellion

Steffen Blings, Cornell University

Political Parties and Social Movements: Mobilizing and Representing Civil Society

Wendy Leutert, Cornell University

Economic Reform through Political Leadership in China’s State-Owned Economy

Aaron Shapiro, CUNY Graduate Center

Dinosaurs for the Digital Age: Party Organization in the Twenty-First Century

Domenico Romero, CUNY Graduate Center

The Impact of State-Promoted Participation in Democracy and Development: A Comparison of Venezuela and Mexico

Kristofer Petersen-Overton, CUNY Graduate Center

Thresholds of Atrocity: Liberal Violence and the Politics of Moral Vision

Matthew Murray, CUNY Graduate Center

Stayin’ Alive: Transnational Sanctuary and Insurgency

Puangchon Unchanam, CUNY Graduate Center

The Bourgeois Crown: Capitalism and the Monarchy in Thailand, 1946–2016

Tatianna Carayannis, CUNY Graduate Center

Webs of War in the Congo: The Politics of Hybrid Wars, Conflict Networks, and Multilateral Responses, 1996–2003

Wilnedia Negron, CUNY Graduate Center

Movements and Political Parties in the 21st Century Exploring the role of ICTs, Human Development, and Political-Activism Culture in East Asia and Latin America

Alexandra Oprea, Duke University

Children or Citizens: Civic Education in Liberal Political Thought

Anna Schultz, Duke University

The Geography of Accountability

Cindy Cheng, Duke University

The Politics of Food Safety

Guadalupe Rojo, Duke University

Connecting The Nodes: How Social Capital Enhances Public Services and Infrastructure in Slums

Jiseon Lee, Duke University

Guns and Roses: A Study of Violent and Nonviolent Resistance Movements

Joshua Lerner, Duke University

Using Ideas As My Maps: Tracing the Flow of Ideas Through the Legislative Process

Matthew Cole, Duke University

Dystopia and Political Imagination in the Twentieth Century

Michael Hawley, Duke University

Cicero’s Legacy and the Story of Modern Liberty

Samuel Bagg, Duke University

The Dispersion of Power: Thinking Democratically in the 21st Century

Ana Paula Von Bochkor Podcameni, Florida International University

An Inquiry of the Status of Individual Criminal Responsibility of Children Under International Law Using a Children’s Rights Approach

David Tooch, Florida International University

The Diffusion of Knowledge in Foreign Policy: The Case of Israel’s Technology Transfers as Tools of Diplomacy

Galib Bashirov, Florida International University

US Foreign Policy Toward Azerbaijan, 1991–2015

Graham Slater, Florida International University

Foreign Policy Evaluation and the Utility of Intervention

Jeff Maslanik, Florida International University

Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Its Role in Swedish and European Immigration Policy Development

Karen Clay, Florida International University

Rethinking Development Cooperation through South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Brazil and Haiti

Roberto Flores, Florida International University

Speaking Private Authority: The Construction of Sustainability in Forests and Fisheries

Ryan Opsal, Florida International University

Contrasting Oil Security Objectives Within a Grand Streategic Framework: the Case of the United States and China

Thomas Just, Florida International University

Contemporary State Policies Toward Antisemitism in Germany and Poland

Tristan DiMontenegro, Florida International University

China’s Interest in Africa: Conflict Or Stabillity?

Yuanyuan Fang, Florida International University

Balance of Power in Regional Institutional Framework: Reassessment of the Us-China-Japan Trilateral Relationship

Alexander Reisenbichler, George Washington University

The Politics of Entrenchment: Growth Models and Housing Finance Policy in the United States and Germany

Allison Quatrini, George Washington University

“Party” Politics: Ethnic Minority Holiday Celebrations and Ethnic Identity Reinforcement in the People’s Republic of China

Amanda Alcorn, George Washington University

Leading the South: Emerging Powers in International Institutions

Barnett Koven, George Washington University

Development Assistance and the Diffusion of Insurgent Violence

Brian Francisco Reed, George Washington University

Getting His Way: Presidential Preferences and Bureaucratic Relations During Foreign Policy Crises

Diogo De Castilho Penha de Lemos, George Washington University

The Politics of Unmixing: Riots, Segregation, and Votes in India

Jacquelyn Schneider, George Washington University

The Information Revolution and International Stability: A Multi-Article Exploration of Computing, Cyber, and Incentives for Conflict

Jeannette Haynie, George Washington University

Canaries in the Coal Mines: Does Gender Equality Reduce Domestic Terrorism?

Jessica Anderson, George Washington University

Making Locals: Recruitment and the Knowledge Market in International Aid

Kenneth Vincent, George Washington University

The Strategic Determinants of Oil Stockpiling Behavior

William Cubbison, George Washington University

Like the People: Three Essays on Race, Gender, and Political Participation

Diana White, Georgia State University

The Impact of Geography and Ethnicity on EU Enlargement: New Evidence from the Accession of Eastern Europe

Gulcan Saglam, Georgia State University

Selective Humanity: The Social and Economic Origins of State Responses to Asylum Crises

Hisham Soliman, Georgia State University

Defection-Proofed Militaries and Authoritarian Regime

John Raines, Georgia State University

Folding a Losing Brand: Modeling Party Brand Loyalty and the Power of Niche Groups in International Political Economy Decision Making

Mamdouh Shouman, Georgia State University

Deserts in the City: White Land and Regime Survival in the Gulf

Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia State University

Ethnic Federalism and Authoritarian Survival in Ethiopia

Adriana Alfaro, Harvard University

The Belief in Intuition: A Politico-philosophical Reading of Henri Bergson and Max Sheler

Andrei Roman, Harvard University

A Theory of Protest Escalation

Emily Clough, Harvard University

Exit, Voice, and Resources: How NGOs Shape State Performance in India

Gabrielle Ramaiah, Harvard University

Determinants of Success and Failure in US Advising of Foreign Militaries, 1945–present

George Yin, Harvard University

Essays on Systemic Theories of Conflict

Jeffrey Javed, Harvard University

Land and Retribution: Morality, Mobilization, and Violence in China’s Land Reform Campaign, 1950–1952

Jonathan Bruno, Harvard University

Democracy Beyond Disclosure: Secrecy, Transparency, and the Logic of Self-Government

Jonathan Phillips, Harvard University

Good Governance in Poor Places: Explaining Inclusive Politics in Emerging Subnational Democracies

Kara Ross Camanera, Harvard University

Aid, Violence, and Intervention: Three Essays on the Transnational Implications of Refugee Policy

Leslie Finger, Harvard University

Group Power and Policy Change in Education

Mahhav Khosla, Harvard University

Modern Constitutionalism and the Indian Founding

Matthew Kim, Harvard University

Public and Elite Opinion on International Human Rights

Melissa Sands, Harvard University

How Context Affects Politics: Essays on Causality and Measurement

Michael Hankinson, Harvard University

Political Ideology and Development Regulations

Rachel Friedman, Harvard University

Probability, Distributive Justice, and the Promise of Social Insurance

Soledad Prillaman, Harvard University

Why Women Mobilize: Dissecting and Dismantling India’s Gender Gap in Political Participation

Stephen Pettigrew, Harvard University

Long Lines and Voter Purges: The Logistics of Running Elections in America

Sungho Kimlee, Harvard University

Factions and Orders: from Machiavelli to Madison

Tae-Yeoun Keum, Harvard University

Plato and the Mythic Tradition in Political Thought

Volha Charnysh, Harvard University

Migration, Diversity, and Economic Development: Post-WWII Displacement in Poland

Zeynep Pamuk, Harvard University

Examining the Experts: Science, Values, and Democracy

Adam Brewer, Idaho State University

A Bridge’s Demise: A Study of Coalitional Narrative Strategies Advanced in the Columbia River Crossing Boondoggle

Katherine Scofield, Indiana University

Indigenous Rights and Constitutional Change in Ecuador

Katie Stewart, Indiana University

Contentious Conceptions of We the People: An Analysis of Regional Variation in Russian Nation Building Strategies and Outcomes

Kayo Onishi, Indiana University

Electoral Gender Quotas and Women’s Representation in Developing Countries

Kirk Harris, Indiana University

Patronage in Development: Ethnicity and the Politics of Public Goods Provision in Kenya

Laura Bucci, Indiana University

Union Decline and Its Consequences For Political Voice: A Look At The American States

Matthew Fowler, Indiana University

White Group Consciousness and Dwindling Dominance: The Meaning of Linked Fate Among White Americans in a Changing Demographic Landscape

Ottawa Sanders, Indiana University

Existential Threats and the Militarization of Minor Powers: Why Leaders Choose to Pursue and Acquire Nuclear Weapons and Why Some Give Them Up Whereas Others Do Not

Rafael Khachaturian, Indiana University

Discipline, Knowledge, and Critique: Marxist Theory and the Revival of the State in American Political Science, 1968–1989

Yesola Kweon, Indiana University

Orienting the Welfare State: Electoral Systems, Social Cleavages, and Policy Priorities

Anne Gillman, Johns Hopkins University

Making Culture Moving Margins: Cultural Policy and State-Society Relations in Brazil

Devin Fernandes, Johns Hopkins University

Constructing the Cause: The Role of Third Party Funders in the Development of Mexican American Interest Group Advocacy

Elizabeth Mendenhall, Johns Hopkins University

Shifting Grounds: Scientific and Technological Change and International Regimes for the Ocean and Outer Space

Fernando Romero, Johns Hopkins University

Being in International Relations: The Structure of International Feeling

Joseph Mohorcich, Johns Hopkins University

Power Pragmatism

Kavi Abraham, Johns Hopkins University

Governing Through Stakeholders: Systems Thinking and the Making of Participatory Global Governance

Meghan Luhman, Johns Hopkins University

From Free Movement to Migration Crisis: Events and Ideas in Europe

Zachary Reyna, Johns Hopkins University

The Matter of Law: Reconsidering the Natural Law Tradition

Amanda Clark, Kent State University

Framing Strategies and Social Movement Coalitions: Assessing Tactical Diffusion in the Fight Against Human Trafficking from 2008–2014

Askat Dukenbaev, Kent State University

Understanding Elections in “Hybrid Regimes”: Why do Citizens Vote in Elections They Do Not Trust? A Case Study of Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, 1991–2016, with Generalizations to the Post-Soviet Central Asian States

Elizabeth Moore, Northeastern University

Transnational Actors and New Venture Creation: Examining Formal and Informal Entrepreneurship From an Interdisciplinary Perspective

James Boesen, Northern Illinois University

A Reconsideration of Montesquieu’s Liberal Pacifism

Katherine Paton, Northern Illinois University

Foundations of Modern Democracy: Machiavelli and the Demise of Greatness

Li-Yin Liu, Northern Illinois University

Cultural Influence on Taiwanese Environmental Nongovernmental Organizations’ Strategies and on Public Perception of their Strategies

Martin Claar, Northern Illinois University

The Swords of Damocles: Explaining Unconventional Weapon Nonuse

Ronnie Nataatmadja, Northern Illinois University

Decentralization and Public Service in Indonesia: The Influence of the Middle Class

Thomas Rhoden, Northern Illinois University

Neither Refugee Nor Migrant: Comparative-Historical Study of Burmese Migration into Thailand

Timothy Marquez, Northern Illinois University

Race, Ethnicity, Economics, and Federalism: State Sentiment Regarding Noncitizens from 2009–2015

Alison Craig, Ohio State University

Policy Collaboration in The United States Congress

Carolyn Morgan, Ohio State University

Fear & Loathing in the Vaterland: Hate Crimes and Immigrant Political Engagement in Modern Day Germany

Daniel Silverman, Ohio State University

Perceptions and Misperceptions in War: Civilian Beliefs about Violence and their Consequences in Pakistan, Iraq, and Beyond

Gabriella Lloyd, Ohio State University

Mandating (In)Security? How UN Missions Endanger the Civilians They Intend to Protect

Jakob Miller, Ohio State University

All of the People, All of the Time : An Analysis of Public Reaction to the Use of Deception by Political Elites

Kelly Atkinson, Ohio State University

The Effect of Gender-Based Development Policies on Child Recruitment into Conflict

Lauren Ratliff Santoro, Ohio State University

Choosing to Be Changed: How Selection Conditions the Effect of Social Networks on Political Attitudes

Margaret Hanson, Ohio State University

Legalized Rent-Seeking : How Dictators Use Civil Courts to Manage Corruption

Megan Bowman, Ohio State University

Oil Wealth and Ruling Party Longevity in Democracies

Nicholas Felts, Ohio State University

Please Explain Yourself : Mechanisms of Opinion Improvement in Deliverative Forums

Raphael Cunha, Ohio State University

Financial Globalization & Democracy: Foreign Capital, Domestic Capital, and Political Uncertainty in the Emerging World

Sergio Diaz Sierra, Ohio State University

The Role of Coherence in the Development of Ideologies: A Case Study of Conservative Thought on Immigration from 1995–2000

Anne Whitesell, Penn State University

Who Represents the “Other”? The Influence of Organized Interests in State Welfare Policy

Christopher Boylan, Penn State University

Speaking On Our Behalf : Essays On Political Representation

Christopher Culver, Penn State University

Remittances and Autocratic Regime Durability

Eleanor Schiff, Penn State University

Institutional Political Actors’ Relative Influence Across the US Federal Bureaucracy

Emma Leonard, Penn State University

Explaining Violence in African Civil Wars: Sierra Leone and Liberia in Comparative Perspective

Joshua Semat, Penn State University

Sympathy and Strength : Understanding Negotiations Between Principals and Agents

Michael Kenwick, Penn State University

Securing Control and Controlling Security: Civil-Military Relations and Conflict Processes

Thomas Brawner, Penn State University

The Diffusion of Instability in Authoritarian Regimes

Zachary Jones, Penn State University

Interpretable Statistical Learning

Dan Sinh Nguyen Vo, Purdue University

Human Rights Treaty Commitment and Compliance: A Machine Learning-based Causal Inference Approach

John Schultz, Purdue University

Revisiting Rustow: An Empirical Assessment of the Relationship Between National Identity and Attitudes Towards Democracy in post-Soviet Russia

Mark Denninghoff, Purdue University

A Hard Pill to Swallow: Federal Intervention and the Peculiarities of Nineteenth Century Mormon Political Pluralism

Summer Forester, Purdue University

Security Threats and the Policy Agenda: Understanding State Action on Women’s Rights in the Middle East

William Shelby, Purdue University

Prone to Drone: Unmanned Aircraft Systems’ Effects On Public Support For the Use of Force

Carolina Tchinitian, Rice University

Ballots, Vote Casting Procedures, and Electoral Outcomes

James Hedrick, Rice University

Immigration Policy in the American States: Attitudes, Adoption, and Outcomes

Mathias Tromborg, Rice University

Voter Demands and Representative Behavior

Santiago Alles, Rice University

Parties, Incumbents, and the Reform of Electoral Rules in Latin American Democracies

Amanda Roberti, Rutgers University

Women Deserve Better: Pro-Woman Issue Framing of Regulatory Abortion Policy in the States

Andrew Spath, Rutgers University

Turbulence in Transition? Leader Succession and Government-Activist Interaction in Jordan, Syria, and Beyond

Bo Peng, Rutgers University

Kant’s Theory of Duty and Conflict of Rights

Cristina Gherasimov, Rutgers University

Postaccession Democratic Backsliding in the New Europe: The Case of Anticorruption Performance

Farah Jan, Rutgers University

Adversarial Peace: The Persistence of Nuclear Rivalries

Grace Howard, Rutgers University

The Criminalization of Pregnancy: Rights, Discretion, and the Law

Hector Bahamonde, Rutgers University

State Capacities in Latin America: Structural Transformations, Elite Competition, and Fiscal Development (1850–2010)

Ion Marandici, Rutgers University

Oligarchic State Capture: Wealthy Elites and State Autonomy in Communist and Postcommunist Countries

John Lesher, Rutgers University

Enhancing Minority Electability: Do Majority-Minority Districts Work?”

John Kane, Stony Brook University

Party Coalitions and Partisan Behavior in the American Public

Scott Bokemper, Stony Brook University

Experiments on Social Safety Nets for Unemployment

Rafael Jacob, Temple University

Party, People, or Policy? Uncovering the Impact of Advertising on Voter Behavior in Ballot Initiative and Candidate-Centered Campaigns

Travis Blemings, Temple University

The Politics of Development Aid: Understanding the Lending Practices of the World Bank Group

Andrew Philips, Texas A&M University

Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles

David Switzer, Texas A&M University

Private Taps, Public Good: Exploring Compliance, Conservation, and Equity in United States Drinking Water

Kendall Funk, Texas A&M University

The Causes and Consequences of Women’s Representation in Local Governments

Kristen Carroll, Texas A&M University

When Representatives Work: The Influence of Local Context on Minority Representation

Megan Dyer, Texas A&M University

Rousseau Against Republicanisms; Political Community and Human Order at the Edge of a Tradition

Mitchell Radtke, Texas A&M University

Dictators, Ministerial Cronyism, and International Conflict

Amira Saleem Jadoon, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY

Aiding Repression? The Effects of US Military Aid on Conflict Intensity and Civilian Targeting

Katherine M Zuber, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY

Lobbying to Lawsuits: Optimistic Biases and Tactical Transitions in the Movement For LGBT Equality

Rachel Rappaport, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY

The New Right in Europe: Supply, Demand, and Electoral Performance

Steve S Sin, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy, University at Albany, SUNY

While the Enemy is Preoccupied: A Distractionary Theory of Interstate Crisis Initiation

Eunbee Kim, University of Arizona

Road to Democratization

Jonathan Beagles, University of Arizona

Organizational Values and the Network Governance of International Nongovernmental Organizations

Paul Bezerra, University of Arizona

Blunder or Plunder? Donor, Recipient, and Aid Attributes for the Successful Use of Bilateral Aid as a Foreign Policy Tool

Tomas Olivier, University of Arizona

Institutional Design and Adaptation in Regional-Scale Common-Pool Resource Institutions: Securing Access to High-Quality Drinking Water in Boston, New York, Portland, and San Francisco

Jenny Kahl, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Presidential Leadership, Executive Orders, and Civil Rights in America

Muhammed Erenler, University at Buffalo, SUNY

A Social Control Theory: Bridging the Information-Violence Gap: How Can Information Provision Affect States’ Tendency Toward Violence Against Civilians?

Reverien Mfizi, University at Buffalo, SUNY

The Effects of Civil War Outcomes on Economic Disparities, Government Repression and State-Building in Postconflict Countries

Allison Bond, University of California, Berkeley

Wounded Warriors: Contemporary Representations of Soldiers’ Suffering

Christian Philips, University of California, Berkeley

Expansion and Exclusion: Race, Gender, and Immigration in American Politics

Christopher Chambers-Ju, University of California, Berkeley

Democratization and Labor Activation: Teachers and Parties in Latin America

Denise Van Der Kamp, University of California, Berkeley

Clean Air at What Cost? The Rise of Blunt Force Regulation in China

Geoffrey Upton, University of California, Berkeley

Negotiating the Sharing Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Democracy in the Era of Neoliberal Capitalism

Laurel Eckhouse, University of California, Berkeley

Watching the Watchers: Accountability, Democratic Control, and Equal Enforcement of the Law in US Policing

Mark Fisher, University of California, Berkeley

Heroic Democracy: Thucydides, Pericles, and the Tragic Science of Athenian Greatness

Michael Dougal, University of California, Berkeley

Democracy in a Dim Light: Milquetoast Local Newspapers, Candidates that Only Look the Part, and the 2016 Online News Cycle

Nicole Willcoxon, University of California, Berkeley

The Voting Rights Act in North Carolina: Turnout, Registration, Access, and Enforcement

Sheryl Zaks, University of California, Berkeley

Resilience Beyond Rebellion: How Wartime Organizational Structures Affect Rebel-to-Party Transformation

Raman Deol, University of California, Merced

Traits Versus States: The Interactive Effect of Emotion and Personality on Political Behavior

Aaron Cotkin, University of California, San Diego

Recovery of Virtu: Imitation and Political Practices in the Works of Niccolo Machiavelli

Alan Ward, University of California, San Diego

Legitimacy’s Stutter: The Philosophical Anarchist Challenge and Deliberation’s Uncertain Solution

David Searle, University of California, San Diego

Can Television Ads Persuade? Strategy and Choice of Television Advertising in US House of Representatives Elections

Elaine Denny, University of California, San Diego

Poverty and the Psychology of Political

John Kuk, University of California, San Diego

An Unequal and Polarized Democracy: Why Has Unequal Growth Caused Party Polarization in the American Public

Kyle Haines, University of California, San Diego

Critical Political Ecology and Environmental Crisis: Rhetoric, Technology, and Decentralization in the US and Mexico

Matthew Nanes, University of California, San Diego

From the Bottom-Up: Policing and Sectarian Conflict in Divided Societies

Mona Roseann Vakilifathi, University of California, San Diego

From the Statehouse to the Schoolhouse: The Effect of State Legislative Institutions on Charter School Growth

Nazita Lajevardi, University of California, San Diego

A Comprehensive Study of Muslim American Discrimination by Legislators, the Media, and the Masses

Rumman Chowdhurry, University of California, San Diego

Beating Plowshares into Swords: The Impact of the Metropolitan-Military Complex

Yunkyu Sohn, University of California, San Diego

Measuring Ideology, Dimensionality and Polarization in Politics

Aaron Sparks, University of California, Santa Barbara

Reducing Distance to Increase Action: How Psychological Proximitydrives Political Activism

Francisco Brandao, University of California, Santa Barbara

Campaign Spheres in Latin America: How Institutions Affect Digital Media in Presidential Elections

Hyunsook Moon-Chen, University of California, Santa Barbara

Exchange Rate Policy and Policy Diffusion: Exchange Rate Regime Choices in East Asia

Nicole Filler, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gendered Struggles for Social Justice: Asian American Activism and Resistance in the Early 21st Century Los Angeles and Las Vegas

Yanjun Liu, University of California, Santa Barbara

The Making of a Divided Leviathan: Redistribution, Information, and Authoritarian Mass Politics in China

Abdullah Wais Hassan, University of California, Santa Cruz

Unreliable Allies: Democrats and the Decline of Public Sector Unions

Gabriel Filartiga, University of California, Santa Cruz

Adaptive Development: The Micro Genesis of Development as Adaptive Learning

James Beneda, University of California, Santa Cruz

Indoctrinated Incoherence: An Institutional Theory of Traumatic Experience

Katherine Blakeley, University of California, Santa Cruz

Fighting Green: How Congress and the Pentagon Make Defense Policy

Logan Puck, University of California, Santa Cruz

Mexico’s Private Security Dilemma: Understanding the Relationship Between the Mexican State and the Private Security Industry

Maxim Tabachnik, University of California, Santa Cruz

Nation Building in Russia’s Buffer Zone: Territorial Citizenship and Separatism in Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Georgia

Samantha Cook, University of California, Santa Cruz

Encountering Metis: Feminist Articulations of UN Security Council Practice

Sandra Harvey, University of California, Santa Cruz

Passing for Free, Passing for Sovereign: Blackness and the Formation of the Nation

Steven Araujo, University of California, Santa Cruz

Bodies of Popular Power: Territorial Activism and Grassroots Control in Argentina

Amanda Blair, University of Chicago

Going Beyond Accountability and Untangling the Politics of Conflict-Related Rape

Amanda Maher, University of Chicago

The Corrupt Republic: The Contemporary Relevance of Machiavelli’s Critique of Inequality and Dependence

Chad Levinson, University of Chicago

Moral Subsidy: The Origins of Influential Extra-Governmental Organizations in US National Security Politics

Dina Rashed, University of Chicago

Authoritarianism and the Civilianization of Force: Police Power in Militarized Regimes

Emma Stone Mackinnon, University of Chicago

Imperial Promises: The Contested Politics of Human Rights in the Twentieth Century

Gordon Arlen, University of Chicago

Oligarchs Among Us: Confronting Wealth and Power in a Democratic Age

Jay Cost, University of Chicago

One Great American System: James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the Problem of Republican Nationalism

Kathryn Lindquist, University of Chicago

Facing Revolutionary Realities: Understanding High-Intensity State Sponsorship of Nonstate Actors

Marcus Board, University of Chicago

Preparing a Defeat: Invisible Power Causing Nonevents By Inhibiting Decision Making and Autonomy

Milena Ann Collan Granillo, University of Chicago

Corrupting Accountability: Elite Control and Corruption Prosecution in Comparative Perspective

Nara Park, University of Chicago

The Nature of Japanese Governance: Seikai-Tensin’s Political Success in Postwar Japan, 1947–2014

Emmanuel Balogun, University of Delaware

Regional Convergence in West Africa: Converging Practices and Goverance in the Economic Community of West African States

Faith Okpotor, University of Delaware

Electing Violence: Explaining Post-Election Violence in Africa

Samantha Kelley, University of Delaware

Welcome “Guests”? Migrant Labor rights in the US Guest Worker Program

Victoria Sanchez, University of Delaware

Radioactive Reversal? The Fukushima Accident as a Focusing Event for Comparative Policy Change on Nuclear Energy

Alison Mintz, University of Georgia

Geostrategy and Identity: Motivations for the Russian Sphere of Influence

Allison Turney, University of Georgia

Major Powers, Minor Powers, and the Institutional Design of Asymmetric Alliance Treaties

Carolin Pursar, University of Georgia

The Concept, Measurement, and Determinants of Human Security: A Spotlight on Personal Security

Chase Meyer, University of Georgia

The Messenger Matters: Race, Party, and the Perceptions of Candidates by White and Nonwhite Voters

Jason Villarreal, University of Georgia

Booker T. Washington and Preparatory Citizenship

Jennifer Inglett, University of Georgia

The Utility of Foreign Policy Goals: How Goals Affect Threat Perceptions

John Willingham, University of Georgia

Enter Stage Right: Rebel Leader Type & Conflict Dynamics in Intrastate War

Joshua Massey, University of Georgia

Grand Strategy in the Information Age: An Examination of Global Cyber Technology and the Rise of Public Capacity

Rongrong Liu, University of Georgia

The Role of Multinational Corporations in Chemical Nonproliferation

Ryan Williamson, University of Georgia

Examining the Effects of Institutional Design on Electoral Outcomes

Steven Kaszycki, University of Georgia

The Unbroken Circle: Political and Tax Aggressiveness, with Application to the Pharmaceutical Industry

Steven Walter, University of Georgia

Rethinking Repression

Margarita Ramirez Rubio, University of Houston

Why do Legislators COF? Congressional Open Forum Speeches and Electoral Incentives in Presidential America

Markie McBrayer, University of Houston

The Institutional Foundations of Local Decisionmaking & Representation

Yeaji Kim, University of Houston

Education and Democracy

Audrey Neville, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The Political Psychology of Perceptions of Latino Voters and of Latino Politicians

Benjamin Kantack, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Mind the Gap: Issue Positions, Candidate Preferences, and Motivated Reasoning in US Presidential Elections

Blair Niece, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Partial Diffusion and Backsliding in International Standards

David Bowden, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Politics Among Rebels: The Causes of Division Between Dissidents

Duu Renn, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

What’s the Point of Postwar Elections? Power, Institutions, and Politics in the Wake of Civil War

Matthew Cawvey, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Personality and the Political System: An Exploration of the Psychological Roots of Political Support

Matthew Martin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Into the Fold: Security Fears and Power Sharing the Credible Commitment of Rebel Military Integration and Durable Peace

Tarah Williams, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

The Fragility of Tolerance: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Challenge of Speaking Up

Abigail Matthews, University of Iowa

The Diffusion of Precedent Across State Supreme Courts

Elizabeth Maltby, University of Iowa

The Political Origins of Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Kellen Gracey, University of Iowa

The Macro Polity and Public Opinion in Religious Context

Kyu Young Lee, University of Iowa

Political Clout of Government Bondholders: How Government Bondholders Expect and Affect States’ Conflictual Behaviors

Michael Ritter, University of Iowa

Accessible Electoral Systems: State Reform Laws, Election Administration, and Voter Turnout

Ray Ou Yang, University of Iowa

The Way to a Dominant International Currency: A Political General Theory and the Prospect of the Renminbi’s Rise

Shuai Jin, University of Iowa

Politics of Economic Inequality in China: Government Propaganda and Public Opinion

Adam Brown, University of Kansas

Of Six Minds on the Matter: A Psychology-based Typology of Hawkish and Dovish Decision Makers

Ben Rogers, University of Kansas

The Best Subset in Validation Algorithm: Testing Political Scientific Theory Via Predictive Analytics

Brittnee Carter, University of Kansas

Analyzing the Criminal Justice and Military Models of Counterterrorism: Evidence from the United States

Chris Higginbotham, University of Kansas

Procuring the Cross of Iron: The Effect of Congressional Approval on the Defense Budget

Ginger Feather, University of Kansas

Moroccan Feminists: The Innovators and Drivers Behind Progressive Legal Reform Successes, Setbacks, and Future Priorities

Lidiya Zubytska, University of Kansas

Explaining Foreign Policy Change in Transitional States: A Case Study of Ukraine between Two Revolutions

Ranya Ahmed, University of Kansas

Religion and Ideology as Determinants of Contentious Politics: Terrorism and Beyond

Annamarie Rannou, University of Kentucky

Ethnic Xenophobia as Symbolic Politics: A Cross-National Study of Anti-Migrant Activism from Brussels to Beirut

Austin Trantham, University of Kentucky

The State House and the White House: Gubernatorial Rhetoric During the Obama Administration

Gabriela Rangel, University of Kentucky

Voting as a (Mandatory) Duty: Citizen Attitudes, Political Engagement, and Party Outreach Under Compulsory Voting

John Poe, University of Kentucky

How the Climate of Opinion in States and Countries Influences Gay Rights

Alyssa Grahame, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Democracy in Crisis: Social Mobilization Against Financial Capital

Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Voter Turnout Overreports: Measurement, Modeling, and Deception

Khorapin Phuaphansawat, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

My Eyes are Open but My Lips are Whispering: Linguistic and Symbolic Forms of Resistance in Thailand during 2006–2016

Moise St. Louis, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Looking Beyond the Rubble Toward Louverturean Statecraft: The Post-Occupation State and the Historical Fault Line of Responsive Government in Haiti (1791–2010)

Christopher Skovron, University of Michigan

Perceptions of Public Opinion and Representation in American Politics

Geoffrey Lorenz, University of Michigan

Prioritized Interests: Why Congressional Committees Address Some Problems and Ignore Others

Greenwald Diana, University of Michigan

Pathways to Self-Rule: Occupation, Resistance, and State-Building in Palestine and Timor-Leste

Huzefa Hakim Khalil, University of Michigan

Europe: Requiem for an Idea?

Jennifer Chudy, University of Michigan

Racial Sympathy in American Politics

Jonathan Fuentes, University of Michigan

Exploring the Dynamics of Representation, Institutional Rules, and Policy Outcomes in the US States

Juan E. Marcano, University of Michigan

Politics as Hope: Towards the Elpidology of the Oppressed from Paulo Freire’s Political Realism

Kirill Kalinin, University of Michigan

The Essays on Election Fraud in Authoritarian Regimes

Maiko Heller, University of Michigan

The Empirical Implications of Interparty Bargaining in Multiparty Governments

Marie Puccio, University of Michigan

Effects of Education on Political Perspectives in Haiti

Meredith Blank, University of Michigan

The State’s Use of Force

Neveser Koker, University of Michigan

Gendering East and West: Transnational Politics of Belonging in the Ottoman Empire and France, 1718–1905

Vanessa Cruz Nichols, University of Michigan

Latinos Rising to the Challenge: Political Responses to Threat and Opportunity Messages

Vincent Fusaro, University of Michigan

The Spirit of ‘96: States & the Implementation of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Adam Olson, University of Minnesota

Confict, Consensus, and Opportunity: Congress and the Development of the American Welfare State

Bryan Nakayama, University of Minnesota

From Aerospace to Cyberspace: The Evolution of Domains of Warfare

Chase Hobbs-Morgan, University of Minnesota

Greenhouse Democracy: A Political Theory for Climate Change

Christina Farhart, University of Minnesota

Look Who is Disaffected Now: Political Causes and Consequences of Learned Helplessness in the US

Emily Baer-Bositis, University of Minnesota

Organizing for Reform: the Democratic Study Group and the Role of Party Factions in Driving Institutional Change in the House of Representatives

Lucas Lockhart, University of Minnesota

Guardians of Market Integrity: Political Institutions, Regulatory Independence, and Stock Market Development

Ore Koren, University of Minnesota

Hunger Games: Analyzing Relationships Between Food Insecurity and Violence

Paul Snell, University of Minnesota

Power and the Quest for Justice

Sergio Valverde, University of Minnesota

A Speculative Theory of Politics: Logic of the Pary-Form

Clinton Swift, University of Missouri

Agendas and Committees in American State Legislatures: Causes and Consequences of Matching Priorities with Institutional Roles

Colton Heffington, University of Missouri

Foreign Policy During Intrastate Conflict: Patterns of Support, Retaliation, and Opportunism

Jeffrey King, University of Missouri

Shared Affinities: The Effect of Shared Neoliberal Orientation on Foreign Policy Behaviors

Jessica Anderson, University of Missouri

Justice for All? Explaining the International Criminal Court’s Situation Selection

Kenneth Bryant, Jr., University of Missouri

Systematic Stages of Group Realignment Case Study: Black Group Realignment 1912–1964

Krisztina Pusok, University of Missouri

Determinants and Consequences of Private Environmental Regimes

Thomas Guarrieri, University of Missouri

The Counterterrorism Escalation Game: How Leadership Targeting Affects the Behavior of Terrorist Groups

Brendan Morris, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Obligations of the State: State Behavior and the Occurrence of State Success

Katherine Eugenis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Effects of Judicial Primary Election Systems On Challenger Emergence and Candidate Success

Kenneth Retzl, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Audits and Accountability in Nongovernmental Organizations

Nathan Henceroth, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The Engaged Eurosceptic: Explaining Eurosceptic Success and Failures in European Parliamentary Elections

Benjamin Gross, University of North Texas

Knowing What is Useful: Rousseau’s Education Concerning Being, Science, and Happiness

Brandon Stewart, University of North Texas

Crossing Over: Essays on Ethnic Parties, Electoral Politics and Social Conflict

Christopher Macaulay, University of North Texas

Territorial Issue Salience: Escalation, Resources, and Ethnicity

Jinrui Xi, University of North Texas

The “King” Arrives: Chinese Government Inspections and their Effects

Wei Feng Tzeng, University of North Texas

Elections and Authoritarian Rule: Causes and Consequences of Adoption of Grassroots Elections in China

Yen-Hsin Chen, University of North Texas

Protests in China: Why and Which Chinese People Go to the Street

Gulce Tarhan Celebi, University of Oregon

The Constitutional Court of Turkey from State-in-Society Perspective

Thibaud Henin, University of Oregon

Standards as Strategies: Using Transnational Private Standards as Lobby Governments

Ashley A. Tallevi, University of Pennsylvania

Making the Political Personal: Health Insurance, State Visibility, and Civic Perceptions

Elspeth M. Wilson, University of Pennsylvania

The Reproduction of Citizenship: How the US Government Shaped Citizenship During the 20th Century by Regulating Fertility, Procreation, and Birth Across Generations

Matthew M. Kavanagh, University of Pennsylvania

Constitutionalizing Health: Rights, Democracy, and the Political Economy of Health Policy

Robinson Woodward-Burns, University of Pennsylvania

American Reconstitution: How the States Stabilize American Constitutional Development

Sidney A. Rothstein, University of Pennsylvania

Worker Mobilization in Twenty-First Century Liberalism

Alexis Mootoo, University of South Florida

Structural Racism: Racists Without Racism in Liberal Institutions within Colorblind States

Nicole Ford, University of South Florida

Measuring Trust in Post-Communist States: Making the Case for Particularized Trust

T. Adam Golob, University of South Florida

Hidden: A Case Study on Human Trafficking in Costa Rica

Clay Fuller, University of South Carolina

The Economic Foundations of Authoritarian Rule

Paul Strickler, University of South Carolina

Partisan Polarization, Social Identity, and Deliberative Democracy in the United States

Christopher Acuff, University of Tennessee

Beyond the City-County Divide: Race, Referenda, and Representation in Consolidated Governments

Michael Moltz, University of Tennessee

Preferences for Employment in the Government Workforce

Royal Cravens, University of Tennessee

Politics at the Intersection of Sexuality

Treston Wheat, University of Tennessee

America’s Imperfect War: The Ethics, Law, and Strategy of Drone Warfare

Curt Childress, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas

Lochner and the Police Powers Doctrine

Imrana Iqbal, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas

International Law of Nuclear Nonproliferation: Legal and Theoretical Analysis of its Applicability to Nonnuclear Weapons States and Nonstate Actors

Razan Albana, Univeristy of Texas, Dallas

Juditialization of Repression: Exceptional Courts and Human Rights

Jennifer Seelig, University of Utah

Is a Woman’s Place in the Community Council? Salt Lake City’s Neighborhood Governance Institutions and the Empowerment of Women

Jennifer Yim, University of Utah

Delinquency’s Treatment: Why Interactions Produce Policy and Identity in Secure Juvenile Facilities

Marin Bryce, University of Utah

The Politics of Genetically Modified Food Aid: Zambia and Malawi in 2002

Samuel Field, University of Utah

Globalization and Political Parties: Is there a Connection?

Tal Buenos, University of Utah

The Power of “Genocide”: International Law as a Dialectical Profession of Hard Power through Soft Power Toward Legal Power

Andrew Clarke, University of Virginia

Essays on American Party Factions

Boris Heersink, University of Virginia

National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics

Harrison Frye, University of Virginia

The Sociality of Freedom

Matt Scroggs, University of Virginia

Democracies Under Fire: How Democratic Targets and Allies Respond to Coercive Threats

Nicole Pankiewicz, University of Virginia

The Good American: An Exploration of American Understandings of Citizenship

Thomas Gray, University of Virginia

Retention Politics in State Supreme Courts: The Power of Elites and the Limitations of Voter Oversight of the Judicial Branch

Carolina Johnson, University of Washington, Seattle

Engaging Democracy: An Institutional Theory of Participatory Budgeting

Caterina Rost, University of Washington, Seattle

The Divergent Trajectories of an Idea: Sustainable Development in Germany and the United States

Emily Gade, University of Washington, Seattle

Connection and Resistance: Civilian Experiences of Violence in Conflict Zones and their Impact on Civilians’ Preference for Violent and Nonviolent Resistance

Erin Adam, University of Washington, Seattle

Queer Alliances: Paradoxes and Power in the Formation of Rights-Based Movement Coalitions

Jennifer Noveck, University of Washington, Seattle

Autocratic Brews: Small Firm Politics in China’s Emerging Craft Beer Industry

John Buchanan, University of Washington, Seattle

The Rise of the Bo: Autonomous Strongmen, Opium Capital, and State Formation in Mainland Southeast Asia (1948–1996)

Kahraman Filiz, University of Washington, Seattle

Claiming Labor Rights as Human Rights: Legal Mobilization at the European Court of Human Rights

Xiao Ma, University of Washington, Seattle

Guardians and Gridlocks: Bureaucracy, Bargaining, and Authoritarian Policymaking

Yu Sasaki, University of Washington, Seattle

Precocious Enough to Rationalize Culture? Explaining the Success and Failure of Nation Building in Europe, 1400–2000

Brianne Wolf, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Tasting Liberty: Affective Judgement in the Work of Rousseau, Smith, and Tocqueville

Katelyn Jones, University of Wisconsin, Madison

The Weight of Words: Deliberation and Policymaking in the United Nations Security Council

Mark Toukan, University of Wisconsin, Madison

International Politics by Other Means: Interstate Rivalries and the Escalation of Civil Conflicts

Matthew Scharf, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Development or Decay? Investment Outcomes Following Political Turnover in Madagascar

Nicholas Barnes, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Monopolies of Violence: Gang Governance in Rio de Janeiro

Ryan Power, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Macroprotectionism: The Causes and Consequences of Temporal Variation in Mass Trade Preferences

Samantha Vortherms, University of Wisconsin, Madison

A Comparative Political Economy of China’s Local Citizenship

Sarah Bouchat, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Common Knowledge: Elicited Priors in Political Science

Thomas Bunting, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Democracy at the Ballpark: Sport, Spectatorship, and Politics

Cagla Mavruk Cavlak, Wayne State University

Regional Power Politics: The Behavior and Motivations of Regional Powers in Settings of Conflict and Coalition

Catherine Schmitt-Sands, Wayne State University

The Political Determinants of Food Security: Democracy, Decentralization and Federalism

Malek Abduljaber, Wayne State University

Political Ideology in the Arab World

Robert Mahu, Wayne State University

Rationalization and the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act: Exploring the Characteristics of Multilevel Performance Monitoring and Improvement

Amber Brugnoli, West Virginia University

Postconflict Occupations: A New Analysis Using Comparisons of Contextual, Hybrid, and Instigated Factors in Germany, Japan, and Iraq

Franchesca Nestor, West Virginia University

Narrow Representation? The Impact of Implicity and Explicitly Racial Issues on Opinion and Representation

Gillian Beach, West Virginia University

Diffusion or Dissent: Examining International Family Planning Frames and Domestic Policy Divergence

Jeri Kirby, West Virginia University

Rehabilitation in the Punitive State: An Oxymoron? An Examination of Rehabilitation and Punitive Practices in the United States

Lauren Santoro, West Virginia University

Representation and Policymaking: Women Participating in the US House

Matthew Arp, West Virginia University

Civil Religion and Ontological Threat

Michael Edward Thunberg, West Virginia University

Presidential Executive Orders: The Bureaucracy, Congress, and the Courts

Abida Bano, Western Michigan University

Women’s Representation in Local Democracy: Formal and Informal Institutions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

George Lluberes, Western Michigan University

Controlling Political Corruption in Latin America: Institutional Constraints on Executive Power

Sarah Perez, Western Michigan University

A House Divided Cannot Stand: The Case for Latino-Black Coalitions