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Principal Investigators

Dr. Jack Zhang

Director of the KU Trade War Lab and Assistant Professor of Political Science

Project Leads

Kristopher Long
(Predoctoral Research Associate)

Timothy Cichanowicz
(5th Year PhD)

David Cardaronella
(KU'26)

Research Assistants

Sarah McCoy
(KU'26)

Abraham Frederick
(KU'26)

Pedro Gonzalez Marroquin (KU '26)

Lance Lang
(KU '26)

Allison Muzzy
(KU '26)

Camille Chaffin (KU '27)

Cade Baker (KU '27)

Kristy Ingles Nguyen (KU '27)

Charles Andrade (KU '28)

Claire Ain (KU '28)

Stephen Zaken
(KU '27)

Heagen Bell
(KU '28)

Morgan Peters
(KU '28)

Henry Nwagwu
(KU '28)

Maddie Doyle
(KU '28)

Zachary Dreier
(KU '27)

Varun Chaturvedi (KU '29)

Intern Researchers

Advisory Committee

Raj Bhala, Brenneisen Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas School of Law

Zongwu Cai, Charles Oswald Distinguished Professor of Econometrics, Department of Economics, University of Kansas

Donna Ginther, Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor and Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research, University of Kansas

Akiko Takeyama, Professor of WGSS and Director, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas

Melissa Birch, Emeritus Professor and Executive Director, Institute of International and Global Engagement, University of Kansas

John Kennedy, Professor of Political Science and Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Kansas

Victor Shih, Ho Miu Lam Chair in China and Pacific Relations, UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy

Student Committee

Sarah McCoy
(Chair)

Charles Andrade
(Public Relations Chair)

Cami Chaffin
(Human Resources Chair)

Kristopher Long
(Project Lead)

Timothy Cichanowicz
(Project Lead)

David Cardaronella
(Project Lead)

Maddie Doyle
(Secretary/Deputy Chair)

TWL Collaborators

Dr. Samantha Vortherms
(UC Irvine)

Dr. Timothy Cichanowicz
(Harvard University)

Dr. Uras Demir
(Temple University, Japan Campus)

Kristopher Long
(Washington University in St. Louis)

Dr. Spencer Shanks
(Boys & Girls Club of America)

Dr. Rigao Liu
(Washington & Jefferson College)

TWL Alumni

2019-2020: Shahab Mirza (KU'22, Capital One), Peter Campbell (KU'22, MAcc@ University of Kansas), Gannon Miller (KU'21, JD@ Willamette University), Daniel Webb (KU'21)

2021-2022: Sofia Berrospi Fernandez (KU'22, PhD@ Vanderbilt University), Edmond Cheung (KU'22, MS@ University of Arizona School of Business, Seaboard Foods), Brandon Hwang (BA@ Rutgers University), Lance Chapman (MA@ Syracuse University Maxwell School), Zakariya Ahmed (KU'25, Goldman Sachs)

2023-2024: Raina Peter (KU'24, Department of State), Jared Madsen (KU'26), Andrew Beckwith (KU'25, KPMG), Riley Chambers (KU'25, Paralegal)

2020-2021: Quinn Lee (KU'21, JD@ Columbia Law School), Jackson Martin (KU'21, MA@ Johns Hopkins SAIS), Irene Caracioni (KU'24, Federal Reserve Board)

2022-2023: Tyler Liggett (KU'23, RAND Corporation), Michael Scott (KU'23, JD@ UChicago Law School), Henry Haw (KU'23, Federal Reserve Board), Jimin Park (KU'23, MA@ Georgetown SFS), Caroline Sharp (KU'23, Governor Laura Kelly's Office), Bethlehem Kelecha (KU'24, Paralegal), Jianbing Li (PhD@ HKU)

2024-2025: Rigao Liu (PhD'25, Washington & Jefferson College), Spencer Shanks (PhD'25, Boys & Girls Club of America), Braiden Bangalan (KU'25), Kristopher Long (KU'25), Aiden Forner (KU'25, MA@ KU Business), Cade Baker (KU'25)

2025-2026: Kristopher Long (KU'25, PhD@ Washington University in St. Louis), Timothy Cichanowicz (KU'26, Postdoc@ Harvard University), Lance Lang (KU'26, JD@ KU Law School), Sarah McCoy (KU'26, Little Government Relations), Abraham Frederick (KU'26), Pedro Gonzalez Marroquin (KU'26), Allison Muzzy (KU'26, Fulbright U.S. Student Program), Camille Chaffin (KU '27), Charles Andrade (BA @ Boston University)

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