Thesis Title:
Political Justification amid Reasonable Disagreement 

First Thesis Advisor: Professor Melvin Rogers

Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

Second Thesis Advisor:  Professor David Estlund

Lombardo Family Professor of the Humanities

Thesis Title: 

'Polite Anarchy': An Analysis of the Institutional and Leadership Forces behind Judicial Confirmation Delay in the Senate, 1980 to Present

First Thesis Advisor:  Professor Wendy Schiller

Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science, Professor of Public & International Affairs, Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy

Second Thesis Advisor:  Professor Ross Cheit

Professor of Political Science, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Thesis Title: 

Staff Connections in Congress: A Quantitative Analysis into the Influence of Congressional Staff on Partisan Polarization 

First Thesis Advisor:  Professor Richard Arenberg

Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science

Second Thesis Advisor:  Professor Ross Cheit

Professor of Political Science, Director of Undergraduate Studies

Thesis Title: 

Fair Food vs. Free Farming: Explaining Low Unionization Rates Among U.S. Farm Employees 

First Thesis Advisor:  Professor Alexander Gourevitch

Associate Professor of Political Science

Second Thesis Advisor:  Dawn King

Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society

Third Thesis Advisor: Madeline Sharrow
Migrant Justice

Thesis Title: 

Latino COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake Amid the First Year of Vaccine Availability in the United States

First Thesis Advisor:  Professor Paul Testa

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Second Thesis Advisor:  Dean Ronald Aubert

Interim Dean, School of Public Health, Professor of the Practice of Race and Ethnicity, CSREA,  Faculty Co-Director, Presidential Scholars Program

Thesis Title: 

Opportunity Migrants and Border Restrictions: A Conversation on Personal Autonomy and Self-Determination

First Thesis Advisor:  Professor Alexander Gourevitch

Associate Professor of Political Science

Second Thesis Advisor:  Professor Bernard Reginster

Romeo Elton Professor of Natural Theology, Chair of Philosophy

Thesis Title: 

Preferences Shape Positives: Evaluating Women’s Labor Market Outcomes in the US and Sweden Through the Lens of a Contextualized Comparison 

First Thesis Advisor: Professor Richard M. Locke

Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs

Second Thesis Advisor:  Ben Armstrong

Research Scientist, Executive Director, Industrial Performance Center, MIT

Thesis Title: 

The Role of Decentralization and Bureaucratic Quality in Absorbing EU Structural Funds: Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

First Thesis Advisor:  Anthony Levitas

Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs

Second Thesis Advisor:  Professor J. Nicholas Ziegler

Professor of International and Public Affairs (Research), Watson Institute