Graduate Students

Name	Title	Contact information
Joseph Bolton	PhD Candidate Research Interests: Constitutional Law, Judicial Politics, Public Policy, Political Inequality, Economic and Social Stratification, Political Theory, and Sociological Theory Committee: Dr. Cornell Clayton (Chair), Dr. Travis Ridout, Dr. Michael Salamone	Johnson Tower 227 joseph.bolton@wsu.edu
Furkan Cakmak	PhD Student Research interest: Political Psychology, American Politics, Political Communication Committee: Dr. Travis Ridout (Chair), Dr. Thomas Preston, Dr. Martha Cottam	Johnson Tower 227 furkan.cakmak@wsu.edu
Pip Cawley	PhD Candidate Research Interests: Political Psychology, International Relations, Political Violence, Leadership Studies, Media and Politics Committee: Dr. Thomas Preston (Chair), Dr. Travis Ridout, Dr. Anthony Lopez	Johnton Tower 625 pipcawley@wsu.edu Curriculum vitae
Timothy Chatburn	PhD Candidate 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. Committee: Dr. Travis Ridout (Chair), Dr. Martha Cottam, Dr. Michael Salamone	Johnson Tower 621 timothy.chatburn@wsu.edu
Yin Ru Chen	PhD Candidate Committee: Dr. Steven Stehr (Chair), Dr. Amy Mazur, Dr. Claudia Leeb	Johnson Tower 625 yinru.chen@wsu.edu Curriculum vitae
Steffanie Chritz	PhD Candidate Committee: Dr. Mark Stephan (Chair), Dr. William Kabasenche, Dr. Steven Stehr	steffanie.chritz@wsu.edu
Don Cooper	PhD Student Research interest: Political Psychology, International Relations, Identity, American Institutions, and Latin America	donald.cooper@wsu.edu
James Dalton	MA Student	james_dalton@wsu.edu
Jeffrey D. David	PhD Candidate 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. Otwin Marenin	jeffrey.david@wsu.edu
Bronti DeRoche	PhD Student Research Interests: Institutions & Processes, Public Policy	Johnson Tower 226 bronti.deroche@wsu.edu
Adam Emerson	PhD Candidate Research Interests: Political psychology, propaganda and political communication, Eastern European and Eurasian politics, and experimental method Committee: Dr. Thomas Preston (Chair), Dr. Martha Cottam, Dr. Travis Ridout	adam.emerson@wsu.edu
Amanda Fleming	PhD Student Research Interests: Political Theory & Global Politics	Johnson Tower 226 a.fleming@wsu.edu
Andrew Flint	PhD Candidate 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	Johnson Tower 623 andrew.flint@wsu.edu
Brenden Higashi	PhD Candidate Research Interests: Constitutional Law, Judicial politics, class demographics, and judicial decision making	brenden.higashi@wsu.edu
Michael Highfill	PhD Student	michael.highfill@wsu.edu
Michael Hourigan	PhD Student 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	Johnson Tower 624 michael.hourigan@wsu.edu
Fidaa Jabbouri	PhD Student Research Interests: International relations, global politics, American foreign policy, Middle East politics, and political psychology	Johnson Tower 226 fidaa.jabbouri@wsu.edu
Abbas Mammadov	PhD Student Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Turkish Foreign Policy, and Post-Soviet Affairs	Johnson Tower 112 abbas.mammadov@wsu.edu
Oscar Martinez	PhD Candidate 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	Johnson Tower 227 oscar.l.martinez@wsu.edu
Joel Mehic-Parker	PhD Candidate Research interest: Comparative Politics, Gender and Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Media and Politics	Johnson Tower 227 joel.parker@wsu.edu
Joshua Munroe	PhD Candidate 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	Johnson Tower 621 joshua.munroe@wsu.edu Curriculum vitae
Joel Preuninger	PhD Candidate Research interest: Cyber warfare, international security and political psychology	joel_preuninger@wsu.edu
Chase Riddle	PhD Candidate 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)	Johnson Tower 227 chase.riddle@wsu.edu
Sebastian Ruiz	PhD Student Research Interests: Inter-communal conflict, voting & political behavior, political communications, public opinion formation, political socialization, political obedience/acquiescence, colonialism, and power relations	Johnson Tower 112 sebastian.ruiz@wsu.edu
Julia Smith	PhD Candidate	julia.pusateri@wsu.edu
Nate Steffen	PhD Student Research Interests: International Relations, Political Psychology, War Crimes, International Law, Terrorism/Suicide Terrorism	Johnson Tower 112 nate.steffen@wsu.edu
Matthew J. Sutherland	MA Student	matthew.sutherland@wsu.edu
Sedef Asli Topal	PhD Student Research Interests: Political psychology, political behavior, democratic governance and comparative politics	Johnson Tower 226 sedefasli.topal@wsu.edu
Helary Yakub	PhD Student	Johnson Tower 226 helary.yakub@wsu.edu
Orion Yoesle	PhD Candidate 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	oayoesle@wsu.edu Curriculum vitae