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Burcu Pinar Alakoc
Major Fields: International Relations
Burcu.Alakoc@Colorado.edu

Eamon Aloyo
Major Fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Interests: Global Justice, Ethics, and Organization; International Development, Africa.
eamon.aloyo@colorado.edu

Ceren Altincekic
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations Research Interests: Welfare state, migration, the European Union and social policy ceren.altincekic@colorado.edu

Curtis Bell
Major Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Interests: Conflict, Democratization, Non-Democratic Regimes
curtis.bell@colorado.edu

Brian Bernhardt
Major Fields: Theory and Comparative
Research Interests: (1) Democratic Theory and Practice: local participatory governance; horizontal organization; workplace democracy; anti-authoritarian social movement praxis. (2) Environmental Politics: environmental justice; political ecology; community autonomy and extractive industries; food sovereignty
brian.bernhardt@colorado.edu

Jonathan Berohn
Major Fields: International Relations, Methodology
Research Interests: I am interested in conflict and security studies, focusing specifically on passion and resolve in conflict initiation and duration.
Jonathan.Berohn@colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~berohn/

Michael Burch
Major Fields: International Relations and Comparative Politics
Research Interests: Unrecognized States, Frozen Conflicts, Transnational Rebel Groups, Global Crime Networks, and Sovereignty Issues
michael.burch@colorado.edu

Ozge Celik
Major Fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Interests: Political philosophy of Hannah Arendt, Nationalism, national identity and ethnic identity, Modernity, Theories of democracy, Relation bewteen political apathy and narrow-mindedness.
ozge.celik@colorado.edu

K. Amber Curtis
Major Fields: Comparative Politics
Research Interests: identity politics, European integration, ethnic conflict, regime stability
Amber.Curtis@Colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~elms

Martin DeNicolo
Major Fields: Political Theory, Comparative Politic
Research Interests: Religion and Politics, Identity, Narrative, Recognition, Kierkegaard
Martin.DeNicolo@colorado.edu

Mark W. Denniston
Major Fields: American Politics, Political Theory
Mark.Denniston@Colorado.edu

Maureen Donaghy
Major Fields: Comparative Politics and Public Policy
Research Interests: the policy impact of social movements, international development, Latin American politics, participatory governance processes and migration.
Maureen.Donaghy@Colorado.edu

Raymond Foxworth
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, indigenous movements, identity politics
Raymond.Foxworth@colorado.edu

Gulay Ugur Goksel Yasar
Major Fields: Political Theory
Research Interests: Political Philosophy of Hegel, Frankfurt School and Identity Politics
gulay.gokselyasar@colorado

Sara Hagedorn
Major Fields: American Politics
Research interests: Congress, Polarization in Congress, Senate Appropriations process, Agriculture policy, Energy and Natural Resource Policy development, Native American politics.sara.hagedorn@colorado.edu

Ryan H. Isaacson
Major Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research interests: My dissertation explores the domestic political conditions and processes that allow US presidents to use military force to bolster their personal political fortunes rather than to defend U.S. national security.  
Ryan.Isaacson@colorado.edu

Zane Kelly
Major Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Interests: Political economy, finance, international conflict
zane.kelly@colorado.edu

Duncan Lawrence
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Political Methodology
Research Interests: South-South Migration, Immigration Policy, Water Policy
Duncan.Lawrence@colorado.edu

John Champion Linebarger
Major Fields: International Relations, Methodology
john.linebarger@colorado.edu

Gabrielle Lubisich
Major Fields: Comparative Politicsand International Relations
Research Interests: Development in Asia, especially China and India
gabrielle.lubisich@colorado.edu

Jeff Lyons
Major Fields: American Politics, Research Methodology
Research Interests: Political Behavior, Local Politics, Contextual Influences
Jeffrey.Lyons@Colorado.edu

Thomson W. McFarland
Major Fields: American Politics, Research Methodology, and Comparative Politics
Research interests: I am interested in the role of the judiciary in democratic governance. To this end, I study American judicial politics, comparative judicial systems, quantitative methodology, and formal theory. I am particularly interested in the role of the public in formal models of separation-of-powers games.
Thomson.Mcfarland@colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~mcfarltw

Wesley McLaughlin
Fields: Comparative, American
Research interests: social capital, political psychology, IPE
Wesley.Mclaughlin@Colorado.edu

Erin C. Mewhinney
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, International Relations
Research Interests: Political economy of environmental policy, democratic institutions and environmental policy formation
Erin.Mewhinney@colorado.edu

Demaree Michelau
Major Fields: Public Policy, American Politics
Research Interests: Higher education policy, state-level policy innovation and diffusion
dmichelau@gmail.com

Scott Louis Minkoff
Major Fields: American Politics, Methodology
Research Interests: Congress, Appropriations, Policy Dynamics, Local Politics, Federalism
scott.minkoff@colorado.edu
http://www.scottminkoff.com

Elise Pizzi
Major Fields: Comparative, Interational Relations
Elise.Pizzi@Colorado.edu

Shannon Port
Major Fields: International Relations
Shannon.Port@Colorado.edu

Jason Robles
Major Fields: Theory, International Relations
Jason.Robles@Colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~jarobles/

Heather M. Roff
Major Fields: Theory, International Relations
Research Interests: Just War Theory, International Political Thought, History of Political Thought, Feminism
Heather.Roff@colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~roff

Josh Ryan
Major Fields: American Politics
Research Interests: American Institutions, Minority politics, Bureaucracy
Joshua.Ryan@colorado.edu

Lapo Salucci
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Political Economy, Urban Politics
Research Interests: The political implications of migration and mobility in the European Union. Mobility and sorting in the US. International Debt and its political implications.
Lapo.Salucci@Colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~salucci/

Melanie W. Sisson
Major Fields: International Relations, Political Theory
Melanie.Sisson@colorado.edu

Keeley Wynne Stokes
Major Fields: Public Policy, Comparative Politics, American Politics
Research Interests: Immigration, Racism, Minority Politics, Comparative Policy
Keeley.Wynne@colorado.edu

Seth Stradling
Major Fields: International relations, Methodology
Research Interests: Nuclear proliferation and state motivations, security regimes, system behavior and interaction
seth.stradling@colorado.edu

Kate Tipton
Major Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics
Research Interests: Political Psychology, Executive Decision-making Processes, International Organizations, and Social Contexts
tiptonk@colorado.edu

Mike Touchton
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Interests: Latin America and the relationship between states and markets
Michael.Touchton@colorado.edu
http://web.me.com/miketouchton/Site/Home.html

Katja Vermehren
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Political Theory
Katja.Vermehren@colorado.edu

Bozena C. Welborne
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Public Policy
Research Interests: Political incorporation in the Middle East and North Africa, the political economy of the Islamic world, and the political economy of defense in developing countries--specifically the African subcontinent
welborne@colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~welborne

Aubrey Westfall
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations
Research Interests: Immigration and integration policy formation relating to family migrants; asylum and refugee politics; the intersection of international norms and domestic policy-making. Area focus: European Union.
Aubrey.Westfall@colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~westfaal

Dawn Wilson
Major Fields: American Politics, Comparative Politics
Research Interests: American political behavior, minority politics, gender politics, comparative politics
dawn.r.wilson@colorado.edu

Glenn Daniel Wright
Major Fields: Comparative Politics
Reasearch Interests: Economic and political development, local government, natural resource politics, Latin America
Glenn.Wright@Colorado.edu
http://sobek.colorado.edu/~wrightgd

Bin/Priscilla Yu
Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory
Bin.Yu@colorado.edu

 

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