26%
of domestic students are students of color
41%
of our doctoral students are international
58%
of political science Ph.D. students are women
Naz Elif Ay
Ph.D. Student, Political Science Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies
Bio
Naz Elif will study comparative politics with an emphasis on the relationship among political economy, inequality and political corruption. She is interested in examining how political clientelism influences poverty and the experience of those in poverty particularly in the Middle East and Europe. Naz Elif has a B.A. in international relations from Koc University in Turkey.