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El-Java Abdul-Qadir

El-Java Abdul-Qadir

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.S.W., Syracuse University, 2002

Advisor:

Rebecca Schewe

eawillia@syr.edu

Poonam Argade
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Poonam Argade

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

psargade@syr.edu

Saidakbar Askarov

Saidakbar Askarov

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.P.A., National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, 2014

Advisor:

Prema Kurien

sbaskaro@syr.edu

Elvis Avdic

Elvis Avdic

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.S., Syracuse University, 2016

Advisor:

Amy Lutz

eavdic@syr.edu

Baurzhan Bokayev

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.P.A., Cornell University, 2016

 

401 Maxwell Hall

Advisor:

Amy Lutz

bbokayev@syr.edu

Mariah Brennan

Mariah Brennan

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

University of Connecticut - Public Administration

315.443.3114

mbrenn06@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Veteran affairs (education and health)

Cory Cali

Cory Michael Cali

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

J.D./M.A. (IR), Syracuse University, 2013

Advisor:

Osamah F. Khalil

cmcali@syr.edu

Erika Carter Grosso
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Erika Carter Grosso

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

M.A., Political Science, Syracuse University, 2010

C.A.S., Latin American Studies, 2010

M.A.,  Spanish Language, Literature and Culture, 1999

Advisor:

Amy Lutz

ercarter@syr.edu

Hannah Connolly

Hannah Connolly

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Advisor:

Shannon Monnat

haconnol@syr.edu

Nicholas Croce
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Nicholas Croce

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.P.A., Brandeis University, 2017 

415 Maxwell Hall

njcroce@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, inequalities, critical theory, science and technology studies 
Amir Duric

Amir Duric

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.A., Hartford Seminary, 2019

aduric@syr.edu

Natalie Gallagher

Natalie Gallagher

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.A., Wayne State University, 2019

Advisor:

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

ngalla01@syr.edu

Emmy Helander
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Emmy Helander

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Advisor:

Peng Gao

meheland@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

EMS operations and datasets, data science, pattern recognition, network algorithms, mathematical modeling, geospatial statistics.

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Harneet Kaur

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Economics, Panjab University, India, 2016

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

Advisor:

Sarah Hamersma

hkaur08@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Education policy, economics of education, labor economics.
Darzhan Kazbekova
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Darzhan Kazbekova

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

M.A., Academy of Public Administration, Kazakhstan, 2011

415 Maxwell Hall

Advisor:

Tina Nabatchi

dkazbeko@syr.edu

Bramsh Khan
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Bramsh Khan

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

M.P., Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2020.

Advisor:

Mona Bhan

bkhan05@syr.edu

S. Samanta Lee
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S. Samanta Lee

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.A., Columbia University, New York, 2013

Advisor:

Tina Nabatchi

sslee100@syr.edu

C. Ren Morton
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C. Ren Morton

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

MPA, University of Kansas, 2018

401 Maxwell Hall

Advisor:

Selina Gallo-Cruz

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Selina Gallo-Cruz

crmorton@syr.edu

Bashir Pazhwak
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Abdul Bashir Pazhwak

Ph.D. Student, Social Science, Ph.D.

MBA, Sejong-Syracuse University, South Korea

401 Maxwell Hall

Advisor:

Jok Madut Jok

apazhwak@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Negotiation, diplomacy/protocol, international relations

Alexandra Scrivner
(Pronouns: She, Her, Hers)

Areas of Expertise

Transitional justice, international institutions and governance, history of globalization, conflict studies, human rights, climate transitions, reparations, collective memory, collective trauma, participatory action research 

Taveeshi Singh
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Taveeshi Singh

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisor:

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

tsingh01@syr.edu

Aditya Srinivasan
(Pronouns: He, Him, His)
Cassidy Thomas

Cassidy Thomas

M.A. Student, Geography and the Environment Department

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Faculty Research Collaborators:

Matthew T. Huber

cthoma22@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Far-right environmental thought, political economy, social movements, political extremism
Mirjahon Turdiyev
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Melodi Var Ongel

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Ph.D., Syracuse University, in progress

415 Maxwell Hall

mvaronge@syr.edu

Shiyang Xiao
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Shiyang Xiao

Ph.D. Candidate, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.A., Tsinghua University, Wuhan China, 2011

Advisor:

Yilin Hou

sxiao11@syr.edu

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Jun Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

M.P.A., Renmin University of China, 2022

jzhan328@syr.edu

Dongmei Zuo

Dongmei Zuo

Ph.D. Student, Social Science Ph.D. Program

M.A., Management Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University

dzuo01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Aging and health, health-based public policy, food and nutrition policy, social gerontology

Social Science Ph.D. Program
413 Maxwell Hall