Students
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Alexander Arifianto
Ph.D. Student, 4th Year (2010-2011); On the Market: CV; Dissertation Project
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Minor Field: International Relations
Bio: Alex holds a B.A in Economics and Sociology from Ripon College, Wisconsin (1999), an M.A. in International Economics from Brandeis University (2001) and an M.A. in International Affairs concentrating on Southeast Asian Studies from the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (2007). He also has worked as a policy analyst with the SMERU Research Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia for three years (2002-2005) in the area of economic development, social policy reform, and corruption and governance reform. In his spare time, Alex likes to watch science fiction movies and crime/detective series on TV.
Research Interests: Religion and Politics, Political Islam, Southeast Asian politics, Nationalism and ethno-religious conflicts.
Region: Southeast Asia; Middle East
Languages: Indonesian (native); English (near-native)
Alexander.Arifianto@asu.edu
Jessica Auchter
Brian Blanchard
Stefan Borg
Erik Bumgardner
Ph.D. Student, 1st Year, with M.A. (2010-2011)
Major Field: American Government
Minor Field: Public Policy
Research Interests: Campaigns and Elections, Public Opinion, American Legislative Institutions, Policy Processes, and Environmental Policy
erik.bumgardner@asu.edu
Ph.D. Student, 2nd Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: American Politics
Minor Field: Policy
Research Interests: Media and women and politics
jill.carle@gmail.com
Yong Ouk Cho
Ph.D. Student, 3rd Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: International Relations
Minor Field: Comparative Politics
Research Interests: International dimensions of civil war, IPE, Methodology
yongouk@gmail.com
Jean Paul Crissien
Ph.D. Student, 2nd Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Minor Field: Political Theory
Bio: Jean did his undergraduate studies at Northern Arizona University, where he completed a B.A. in Political Science in 2006. While an undergrad, Jean was highly involved in various campus organizations, including Pi Sigma Alpha and the service fraternity of Omega Delta Phi. He continued his education at Colorado State University, where he completed a M.A. in Political Science in 2009. Jean’s first year of study at Arizona State (2009-2010) was funded through the highly competitive Doctoral Enrichment Fellowship, awarded through the Arizona State University Graduate College. He also remains active in the campus community, volunteering his time to the Graduate & Professional Student Association (GPSA) at ASU as well as the SHADES multicultural mentoring program through the graduate college.
Research Interests: Ethnic politics, political economy, democratization, democratic theory, and public opinion.
Region: Latin America
Languages: Spanish (expert); French (intermediate)
jean.crissien@asu.edu
John Cuffe
M.A. Student, 2nd Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Minor Field: Public Policy
Bio: I received my BA from Indiana University, and currently study legislator behavior in low control environments, focusing on the European Parliament with secondary research interests in civic education and its influence on public policy and social capital. I am spending the summer at ICPSR at the University of Michigan studying advanced regression methods and brushing up on my somewhat meek mathematics skills.
Research Interests: Legislator behavior in low control environments, with a focus on the European Parliament; civic education and its influence on public policy and social capital.
jcuffe@asu.edu
Rob Davis
Ph.D. Student, 2nd Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: Public Policy
Minor Field: International Relations
Research Interests: Emerging technology governance, science and society, international IP policy.
Languages: Spanish (Intermediate); French (Beginner-Intermediate)
robert.william.davis@asu.edu
Matthew Dempsey
Ph.D. Student, 1st Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: American Politics
Minor Field: Comparative Politics
Bio: Matthew earned his B.A. in Political Science from Stephen F. Austin State University (Aug. 2004) in Nacogdoches, TX and his M.A. in Political Science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (May 2010) in Las Vegas, NV. A chapter of his Master’s thesis, “Latino Locales: Does Context Matter?,” was presented along with Dr. Kenneth Fernandez (UNLV) at the National Conference on Latino Politics, Power, & Policy at Brown University in October 2009. Since 2002, Matthew has worked for several Members of Congress: Max Sandlin (TX-01), Shelley Berkley (NV-01), and Dina Titus (NV-03). Additionally, he has worked on several state legislative races in Texas and as a political fundraiser. Outside of politics, some of the activities Matthew enjoys are reading, cooking, teaching LSAT prep courses, and playing the flute.
Research Interests: Voting behavior, Latino politics, American elections
Matthew.C.Dempsey@asu.edu
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Leonardo E. Figueroa Helland
Ph.D. Candidate (2010-2011)
Major Field: International Relations
Minor Field: Political Theory
Leonardo.Figueroa@asu.edu
Peter Hickman
Jennifer Holsman
Cliff Koehler
Ph.D. Student, 2nd Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: International Relations
Minor Field: Comparative Politics
Bio: Cliff holds a M.A. in Political Science with a concentration in Global Politics (IR/Comparative) from California State University (Winter 2008), Los Angeles, and a B.S. in Psychology from Arizona State University with a strong science background (2005). He grew up in Arizona, completing high school as part of the first graduating class at Mesquite High, and played ice hockey in the desert for eight years. While completing his M.A. and shortly after, Cliff worked as an unpaid intern in the district office of a U.S. Congressman for six months.
Research Interests: Traditional security studies, nuclear proliferation, military strategy/technology, and studying interesting questions.
Region: East Asia
Languages: Spanish (Beginner-Intermediate); Chinese (Beginner)
cliff.koehler@asu.edu
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Kyla Mocharnuk
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Minor Field: American Politics
Arizona State University, M.A. in Political Science (2007)
“Women and the European Union: Less Supportive than Men?”
Committee: Carolyn Warner (Chair), Miki Kittilson, Vanna Gonzalez (M.A. Thesis)
Ursinus College, B.A. cum laude, with Honors in International Relations and French (2005)
“L’Evolution de l’Identité française : Du Théâtre classique au 17esiècle à l’Union européenne et la Menace de l’Américanisation”
Committee: Frances Novack (Chair), Rebecca Evans, Hon. Joseph Melrose
(Honors Thesis)
Research Interests: Women in Politics, European Integration Women in Politics, Women’s Representation, European and European Union Politics, Political Participation, Comparative Judiciaries, American Politics, American Electoral Behavior
Languages: French (Proficient)
Kyla.Mocharnuk@asu.edu
Emily Molfino
Ph.D. Student, 1st Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: International Relations
Minor Field: Public Policy
Bio: BA from San Diego State University (2007) in Political Science and International Security and Conflict Resolution. MA from The New School (2010) in International Affairs. Spent junior year undergrand in Germany studying the language and some political science courses. In the summer of 2008, worked in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with a local NGO helping with AIDS clinics. Besides school, she enjoys hiking, visiting zoos and coffee shops, and technology/gadgets.
Research Interests: The interplay of conflict and security studies and technology policy
Languages: German
emolfino@asu.edu
David Muchlinski
Ph.D. Student, 3rd Year (2010-2011)
Dissertation Committee: Carolyn Warner (chair), Michael Hechter, David Siroky, Tomomi Tanaka
Major Field: Comparative Politics
Minor Field: International Relations
Bio: BA in International Relations and BA in Economics from University of Redlands Southern CA. Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude.
Research Interests: My interests lie in ethnic conflict, especially religious conflict, and collective action. My dissertation topic covers the collective production of security by small agricultural communities, called kibbutzim and moshavim, in the area of Israel/Palestine from 1920-1948 as well as explaining the relative economic success of the Kibbutz Dati (religious kibbutz federation) relative to the secular kibbutzim federations. I conceptualize security as a public good supplied at differing rates according to the differing modes of production inherent in the kibbutzim and the moshavim. For answering my second question I analyze the Kibbutz Dati through the “economics of religion” literature developed by Lawrence Iannaccone, Roger Finke, and Rodney Stark among others. I am especially interested in explaining how religion works as an efficient motivating frame for collective action and how religion might differ from other ethnic motivations for collective action.
Region: Israel/Middle East and North Africa
Languages: Human; English (proficient); French (Intermediate); Hebrew (Beginner); Arabic (Beginner)
Mathematics: Game Theory (Intermediate); R (beginner); Will be studying agent-based modeling Spring 2011-Summer 2011 (at ICPSR)
dmuchlin@asu.edu
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Jeffrey Popowsk
Ph.D. Candidate, 4th Year (2010-2011)
Major Field: Political Theory
Minor Field: Comparative Politics
Languages: English and Spanish
Jeffrey.Popowski@asu.edu
Dan Pout
Charles Ripley
Patrick Roe
Tim Stalker
Scott Swagerty
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Amanda Cristelli Wintersieck
Bill Wolfgram
