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Research interest: Indigenous education policy, ethnic conflict, generational poverty, indigenous achievement gaps in public schools, indigenous rights, placed & culture based education
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Research Interests: Constitutional Law, Judicial Politics, Public Policy, Political Inequality, Economic and Social Stratification, Political Theory, and Sociological Theory
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Research Interests: Voter Choice and Participation, Political Psychology, and United States Foreign Relations
Committee: Dr. Martha Cottam (Chair), Dr. Tom Preston, Dr. Otwin Marenin
Furkan Cakmak
PhD Student
Office: Johnson Tower 227
Email: furkan.cakmak@wsu.edu
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Research Interests: Political Psychology, International Relations, Political Violence, Leadership Studies, Media and Politics
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Research Interests: Research Interests: American political behavior, Political communications as well as group and individual level information processing, Influence of political behaviors on political institutions with specific interest in the courts.
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Research Interests: Regional Emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa, Political Psychology, Identity, (Cultural) Conflict, Structural Violence, Security & Violent Extremist Organizations, International Relations, Constructivism
Committee: Dr. Martha Cottam (Chair), Dr. Thomas Preston, Dr. Ashly Townsen
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Research Interests: Political psychology, propaganda and political communication, Eastern European and Eurasian politics, and experimental method
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Research Interests: Political Theory and American Politics, Critical Theory, Political Economy, Ethics in Business & Economics, Social Theory.
Committee: Dr. Claudia Leeb (Chair), Dr. Cornell Clayton, Dr. Matt Stichter
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Mohammad Ghaedi
PhD Candidate
Office: Johnson Tower 623
Email: mohammad.ghaedi@wsu.edu
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Research Interests: Political psychology, psychology of political leadership, terrorism, peace studies
Committee: Dr. Martha Cottam (Chair), Dr. Thomas Preston, Dr. Ashly Townsen
Research Interests: Constitutional Law, Judicial politics, class demographics, and judicial decision making
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Research interest: Judicial Politics, Judicial Elections, and State and Local Politics, Voting Behavior, and Constitutional Law
Committee: Dr. Michael Salmone (Chair), Dr. Cornell Clayton, Dr. Travis Ridout
Research Interests: Constitutional law, judicial politics, public law, political polarization, and judicial decision-making
Committee: Dr. Michael Salamone (Chair), Dr. Cornell Clayton, Dr. Amy Mazur
Research interest: Comparative Politics, Gender and Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Media and Politics
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Nathan Mikami
PhD Candidate
Office: Johnson Tower 622
Email: nathan.mikami@wsu.edu
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Research Interests: International Relations; political psychology; religious nationalism; religious violence; terrorism; and political Islam
Committee: Dr. Martha Cottam (Chair), Dr. Tom Preston, Dr. Ashly Townsen
Danny Mueller
PhD Candidate
Office: Hulbert Hall 311C
Email: daniel.mueller@wsu.edu
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Research Interests: Public policy; local environmental policy regarding climate change adaptation, sustainability, and collaborative governance; global environmental politics and climate change policy; normative environmental theory
Committee: Dr. Steven Stehr (Chair), Dr. Mark Stephan, Dr. Michael Goldsby, Dr. Season A. Hoard
Research Interests: American politics, political elites (Congress), political communications, elections, political institutions, public policy, policy communications, political psychology
Committee: Dr. Travis Ridout (Chair), Dr. Steven Stehr, Dr. Michael Salamone, Dr. Martha Cottam
Research interest: Cyber warfare, international security and political psychology
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Research Interests: Fake News, Political Polarization, Political Communication, Political Behavior, Voting and Elections
Committee: Dr. Travis Ridout (Chair), Dr. Cornell Clayton, Dr. Michael Salamone, Dr. Porismita Borah (Murrow College of Communication)
Research interest: International Relations, Political Psychology, Human Rights/War Crimes, Genocides, Audio Analysis
Committee: Dr. Martha Cottam (Chair), Dr. Thomas Preston, Dr. Raymond Sun (History)
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Research Interests: Political psychology, political behavior, democratic governance and comparative politics
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Research interest: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Public Policy, and International Relations
Committee: Dr. Martha Cottam, Dr. Tom Preston, Dr. Steven Stehr
Research Interests: International Relations, Turkish Foreign Policy, Comparative Politics, and Political Psychology
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Research Interests: Political communication, particularly media framing and political advertising Voting behavior, political behavior (especially among partisans), electoral policy, Political Polarization and sorting
Committee: Dr. Travis Ridout (Chair), Dr. Michael Salamone, Dr. Steven Stehr