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26%

of domestic students are students of color

41%

of our doctoral students are international

58%

of political science Ph.D. students are women


Mansour AlMuaili

Mansour Kh N A Almuaili

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mkalmuai@syr.edu

Irem Gulen

Irem Aybala Gulen

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

igulen@syr.edu

Almila Basak

Almila Basak

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

abasak@syr.edu

Aysenur Deger Yanik

Aysenur Deger

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

adegerya@syr.edu

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Amr El Afifi

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

aelafifi@syr.edu

Mahder Serekberhan

Mahder Habtemariam Serekberhan

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

mhserekb@syr.edu

Falak Hadi

Falak Hadi

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

fnhadi@syr.edu

Dhia Hammami

Dhia Hammami

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

mhammami@syr.edu

Xiaoxia Huang

Xiaoxia Huang

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

xhuang16@syr.edu

Havva Karakas-Keles

Havva Karakas Keles

Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Ph.D. candidate, Syracuse University

102 Maxwell Hall

315.443.9931

hkarakas@syr.edu

Kaia Kirk

Kaia Kirk

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

M.A., Syracuse University, 2022

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Emily Thorson

kjkirk@syr.edu

Pedram Maghsoud-Nia

Pedram Maghsoud-Nia

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

pmaghsou@syr.edu

Samantha Martin
(Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)

Mahdi Mohammad Saeidbeigie

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

mmoham21@syr.edu

Amber Morris

Amber Morris

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Jenn M. Jackson

amorri11@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Criminal justice policy, gender and sexuality, immigration and transnational criminal organizations

Moses Onyango Ogutu

Moses Ogutu

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies

Graduate Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

moogutu@syr.edu

Raza Raja

Raza Raja

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

rhraja@syr.edu

Hengel Reina

Hengel Reina

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

hreina@syr.edu

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Katharine Russell

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Lamis Abdelaaty

kbrussel@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

The multiple roles, both violent and non-violent, terrorist organizations assign to female members
Prakhar Sharma

Prakhar Sharma

Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

sharmap@syr.edu

Nilesh Sinha

Nilesh Sinha

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

nsinha@syr.edu

Amin Soltani

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

M.A., The University of Chicago, 2021

akhalife@syr.edu

van Egdom, Josiah

Josiah Van Egdom

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

Graduate Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Shana Kushner Gadarian

jmvanegd@syr.edu

Jing Ding Wang

Jingding Wang

Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department

jwang294@syr.edu

Robert Whelan

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

rpwhelan@syr.edu

Minju Yeo

Ph. D. Student, Political Science Department

myeo02@syr.edu

Political Science Department
100 Eggers Hall