Graduate Placement

Dissertation: Potential Fighting Capability and State Concessions: A Study of Violent Rebellion and Nonviolent Resistance Committee: Jaroslav Tir (Chair), Aysegul Aydin, Megan Shannon, David Bearce, Erica Chenoweth (Harvard Kennedy School) Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 HR Analytics and Data Insights Manager, Kroger

Dissertation: Buying Goodwill with Economic Exchange? Latin American Public Opinion and Elite Rhetoric toward the United States and China Committee: Andy Baker (Chair); Amy Liu; David Bearce; Carew Boulding Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Associate Professor, History & Political Science, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Dissertation: International Institutions and Domestic Commitments in Non-Democratic Regimes Committee: Moonhawk Kim (Chair), Scott Wolford, David Brown, David Bearce, Andy Baker Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics

Dissertation: Networks and Legislative Politics in Brazil: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Political Networks for Parties and Legislators Committee: Andy Baker (Chair), Anand Sokhey, David Brown, Lucio Renno, Carew Boulding Major Fields: Comparative Politics Ph.D. 2014 Principal Data Scientist, National Grid Renewables

Dissertation: How Places Shape Partisanship Committee: Jennifer Wolak (Chair), Anand E. Sokhey, E. Scott Adler, Jennifer Fitzgerald, and Leaf Van Boven Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2014 Program lead, Associate Professor, Political Science, Boise State University

Dissertation: The Dynamics Of Presidential Control And Agency Compliance Committee: Scott Adler (Chair), Kenneth Bickers, John Griffin, Jennifer Wolak Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2014 Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Studies, Georgia Southern University

Dissertation: Costs and Commitment: The Leverage of International Institutions in Conflicts between States Committee: Jaroslav Tir (Chair), David Bearce, Moonhawk Kim, Joseph Jupille, Ryan Bakker Major Fields: International Relations, Methodology, and Comparative Politics Ph.D. 2014 Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Ursinus College

Dissertation: Politics, The Judeo-Christian Tradition, And The Modern West: Envisioning Political Liberalism Through An Arendtian Lens Committee: Horst Mewes (Chair), David Mapel, Michaele Ferguson, Steven Vanderheiden, Deborah Whitehead Major Fields: Political Theory Ph.D. 2014 Deputy Director of Open Data, City of Detroit

Dissertation: Costs and Commitment: The Leverage of International Institutions in Conflicts between States Committee: Steven Vanderheiden (Chair), Michaele Ferguson, David Mapel, James Martel, Alison Jaggar Major Fields: Political Theory Ph.D. 2014 Associate Professor of Politics & Government, Western Colorado University

Dissertation: The Fatal Attraction of Suicide Terrorism: An Empirical Analysis of Suicide Terrorist Attacks in the Middle East and South Asia Committee: Aysegul Aydin (Chair), Susan Clarke, Jaroslav Tir, Moonhawk Kim, Stan Deetz Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2014 Associate Instructional Professor, Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago