PhD Students
For those looking the PhD program at Berkeley, I'm happy to work with any student admitted to our PhD program who wishes to work with me, but am not directly involved with the admissions process. You do not need to email me before you apply to our PhD program. Questions about graduate admissions can best be directed to psgradadvise@berkeley.edu, if they are not already answered on this website.
All of my current and former PhD students are listed below. They work on topics spanning IR, Comparative, and American Politcs. My former PhD students have gone on public policy jobs, the private sector, post-docs, and faculty positions after completing their degrees. I am very proud of all them! Working with PhD students to the best part of my job.
Current PhD Students
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Essays on Police Reform
Dissertation Committee Member, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Citizen appeals and political participation in the Russian Federation
Dissertation Committee Chair, Tara Chandra, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Untangling Dynamics in Civil Conflict: Explaining Insurgent Behavior Toward Women
Daniel Balke
Dissertation Committee Member, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Peace, Prevention, and Global Public Goods: Exceptional Finance and Inducing Reform from Aid Recipients
Andrew Blinkinsop
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation The Limits of Elite Influence on Public Opinion of Foreign Policy
Oren Samet
Dissertation Committee Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Challenging Autocrats Abroad: Opposition Parties on the International Stage
Dissertation Committee Chair, Lauren Barden-Hair, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Corporate Double Takes: When Firms Agree To Conduct Foreign Security Policy
Jennie Barker
Dissertation Committee Chair, University of California, Berkeley
Dissertation Standing Up for Democracy? Democracy Promotion under Emerging Multipolarity
Former PhD Students
Dissertation Committee Chair, Katherine Beall, University of California, Berkeley, completed Spring 2022
Dissertation Trading Sovereignty for Self-Determination: Regional Organizations, Authority, and Human Rights
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Completed Spring 2021, University of California, Berkeley.
Dissertation Managing Humanitarian Emergencies: How Host Governments Constrain International Intervention
Dissertation Committee Member, Torey McMurdo, Yale University, completed Spring 2022.
Dissertation No Angels: The Politics of U.S. Information Interventions in Cold War Elections
Dissertation Committee Member, Yale University, Completed Spring 2020.
Dissertation Money or Blood? Why States Allow Illicit Economies
Dissertation Committee Member, University of California, Berkeley, Completed Spring 2020.
Dissertation Wartime Experiences of Civic Leaders: Legacies of Civil War, Rebel Control, and Democratization in Post-Conflict Africa
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Completed Spring 2019, Yale University
Dissertation Citizenship Beyond Borders: Emigrant Enfranchisement in Africa
Dissertation Committee Member, Completed Fall 2018, Yale University.
Dissertation {Reply: All} An Experimental Study of Legislative Responsiveness.
Dissertation Committee Chair, Completed Spring 2016, Yale University.
Dissertation The Assault on Democracy Assistance: Explaining State Repression of NGOs.
Dissertation Committee Chair, Completed Spring 2016, Yale University.
Dissertation A Means of First Resort: Contested Sovereignty, Non-State Actors and Norms of Nonintervention
Dissertation Committee Co-Chair, Completed Spring 2016. Université Laval
Dissertation Foreign Electoral Assistance as a Strategy of Peace-Building in Post-Conflict Societies.
Dissertation Committee Member, Completed Spring 2015, Yale University.
Dissertation Security Cooperation and Access Politics: An Analysis of Access Rights among Distant, Proximate, and Local Powers
Dissertation Committee Member, Freie Universität Berlin, Competed 2015
Dissertation The Albatross of Post-9/11 US Foreign Policy in the Developing World: From Struggling Liberal Democracies to Illiberal National Security States in Southeast Asia,
Dissertation Committee Member, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Completed May 2014
Dissertation A Double-Edged Sword: The Effects of International Assistance on Election Violence
Dissertation Committee Member, Completed 2013, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dissertation Bringing the Ballot Box to the People: Election Administration and the Origins of Inclusive Voting Practices.
Dr. Paul Lagunes
Dissertation Committee Member, Completed 2012, Yale University
Dissertation Monitoring as a Democratic Imperative: A Study on Corruption and Accountability in Mexico.
Dr. Karisa Cloward
Dissertation Committee Member, Completed in 2010, Yale University
Dissertation When Norms Collide: Micro-Level Responses to the Transnational Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence