Nathaniel Beck
Research Interests: Political Methodology; Political Economy.
Steven Brams
Research Interests: Game theory; social choice theory; fair division; voting and elections; international politics
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Research Interests: International Relations
Amy Catalinac
Research Interests: International relations, comparative politics, Japanese politics, quantitative text analysis.
Kanchan Chandra
Research Interests: Comparative Ethnic Politics, Democratic Theory, Political Parties and Elections, Violence, Comparative Research Methods, Patronage and Clientelism
Chris Dawes
Research Interests: Political behavior with an emphasis on voter turnout; genopolitics; experimental methods
David Denoon
Research Interests: US Foreign Policy, Asian Political Economy
Eric Dickson
Research Interests: Political Methodology; Political Economy
Tiberiu Dragu
Research Interests: Political Economy
Patrick Egan
Research Interests: Political attitudes and behavior regarding partisanship, public policy and identity
Michael Gilligan
Research Interests: International intervention in civil conflict, formal models of international cooperation
Sanford Gordon
Research Interests: US political institutions, political economy, private influence in government decision making, bureaucratic and administrative politics.
Catherine Hafer
Research Interests: property rights, conflict, deliberation, lobbying
Christine Harrington
Research Interests: Public Law and Law & Society
Anna Harvey
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, policing, judicial politics, political economy
James Hsiung
Research Interests: International law, politics and organizations; Asian Pacific international relations
Dimitri Landa
Research Interests: Deliberation, representation, legal and political institutions
Gwyneth McClendon
Research Interests: Comparative political behavior, religious and ethnic politics, political participation with regional foci in Sub-Saharan Africa and the U.S.
Lawrence Mead
Research Interests: American politics and policy making; social policy; implementation; America as a world power
Rebecca Morton In Memorium
Research Interests: Voting processes; experimental methods
Jonathan Nagler
Research Interests: Methodology; voting behavior; social-media, turnout; Latino voting; the economy and campaigns and elections
Bertell Ollman
Research Interests: Marxism, dialectical method, fascism, history of political thought.
Pasquale Pasquino
Research Interests: Normative political theory; comparative constitutions
Julia Payson
Research Interests: Representation, accountability, and public service provision in state and local governments in the U.S.
Ryan Pevnick
Research Interests: Political theory
Pablo Querubin
Research Interests: political economy of development, elites, economic and political institutions
Peter Rosendorff
Research Interests: International Relations, International Political Economy, Formal Methods
Howard Rosenthal
Research Interests:Political economy, American politics, political methodology, comparative politics.
Arturas Rozenas
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Statistics
Cyrus Samii
Research Interests: Research design; field experiments
Shanker Satyanath
Research Interests: International relations, political economy, comparative politics
Melissa Schwartzberg
Research Interests: Democratic theory, constitutionalism, ancient political institutions and thought, history of political thought
Nicole Simonelli
Research Interests: International relations, international cooperation and organizations
Tara Slough
Research Interests: Comparative politics, political economy, methods
Alastair Smith
Research Interests: International Relations
Arthur Spirling
Research Interests: Political methodology, political development, institutions, text-as-data, data science
David Stasavage
Research Interests: Political economy
Joshua Tucker
Research Interests: Comparative political behavior: elections, voting, partisanship, protest and social media; post-communist politics.
Hye Young You
Research Interests: Political economy, special interests, lobbying and campaign contributions, federalism and local government
Congyi Zhou
Research Interests: Political economy, formal model, comparative politics and public policy
Washington Square Campus
Professor of Sociology; Affiliated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Social Networks, Analytic Sociology
Associate Professor of Sociology; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Politics; Culture; Nationalism; Populism; Radicalism; Relational Survey Methods; Experiments; Computational Text Analysis; Comparative Research
Associate Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Modern and contemporary political theory, democratic theory, Latino Studies/Latino politics in the U.S., feminist theory, American political thought, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality
Professor of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Mathematical and Computational Modeling, Agent-Based Modeling, Modeling Social and Behavioral Dynamics
Samuel Tilden Professor of Law; Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Positive Political Theory, Seperation of Powers, Democratic Thehory, Philosophy of Social Science
Professor of Economics; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Experimental Economics Industrial Organization Political Economy Public Economics
Professor of Applied Statistics, NYU Steinhardt; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Bayesian Methods, experimental methodology, causal inference
Walter E. Meyer Professor, School of Law; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Normative theory
Professor of Social & Cultural Analysis; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: American politics development, urban and metropolitan politics, race and ethnic politics
Professor of Psychology; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Stereotyping, prejudice, political ideology, and system justification theory
Clinical Assistant Professor, Center for Global Affairs; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Political psychology and behavior, and experimental research methodology
Associate Professor of International Education, NYU Steinhardt; Associated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: War, peace, development and education in ethnically diverse and conflict-affected context
Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, Wagner School of Public Service; Affiliated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Bureaucracy, civil service, Congress, entitlement programs, the exective branch
Anne And Joel Ehrenkranz Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science; Professor of Economics; Affiliated Professor of Politics
Research Interests: Economics of crime, voting, the career decisions of politicians, the formation and dissolution of coalition governments
NYU Global
Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
Areas of Research/Interest: Institutions and political behavior in Africa
Affiliated Assistant Professor of Politics, NYU Abu Dhabi
Areas of Research/Interest: Political Methodology; Data Science; US Political Institutions; Voter Behavior
Associate Professor of Politics, NYU Abu Dhabi; Affiliated Professor of Politics
Areas of Research/Interest: European Union ideology, nationality, and party systems
Assistant Professor of Politics, NYU Abu Dhabi; Affiliated Professor of Politics
Areas of Research/Interest: institutions and ethnic conflict, terrorism, economic history and growth, Asian politics
Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
Areas of Research/Interest: Comparative politics; Political economy; Political identities; Historical legacies; Post-conflict reconciliation; Eastern Europe
Program Head, Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
Areas of Research/Interest: American Politics; Legislative Institutions; Political Methodology
Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
Areas of Research/Interest: Political economy of development in conflict-prone areas of Africa
Farhad Kazemi
Research Interests: Comparative Politics of the Middle East
Michael Laver
Research Interests: Analytical, computational and empirical accounts of political competition and decision-making.
Bernard Manin
Research Interests: Democratic and constitional theory; history of political thought; representation and deliberation
Christopher Mitchell
Research Interests: Latin American politics, United States foreign policy, political aspects of international migration.
Adam Przeworski
Research Interests: political economy, methods of cross-national research, democratic theory.
Martin Schain
Research Interests:Comparative politics; European politics; center-periphery relations; trade unions and politics; immigration
Avi Ahuja, Ph.D. Student
Email: aa2935@nyu.edu
Year Started: 2021
Dias Akhmetbekov, Ph.D. Student
Email: da2669@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Social Media
Education: B.A. in Economics, Moscow State University n.a. M.V. Lomonosov
M.Sc. in Financial Economics, Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
Year Started: 2021
Ivan Aleksandrov, Ph.D. Student
Email: ia2100@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy
Education: B.A in Political Science, Higher School of Economics
Year Started: 2020
Mariana Teresa Alvarado Chavez, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: mac1126@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative politics, Political Economy, Latin American Politics
Education: 2014 ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. MA in Comparative and International Studies; 2009 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. MA in Political Science; 2006 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. BA in Humanities
Year Started: 2015
Nejla Asimovic, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: na1991@nyu.edu
Interests: Political behavior and intergroup relations, economics of conflict and development, political psychology
Education: B.A. Hamilton College
Year Started: 2017
Carlos Felipe Balcazar, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: cfb310@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Development and Redistribution
Education: B.A. in Economics, Universidad Nacional de Colombia; M.A. in Economics, Universidad de los Andes
Year Started: 2017
Michael Becker, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: mb4959@nyu.edu
Interests: International relations, political economy, game theory
Education: B.A., Economics, French, Boston College
Year Started: 2016
Robert Black, Ph.D. Student
Email: rmb9759@nyu.edu
Interests: (American) constitutional law; political philosophy; democratic theory
Education: BA, Brown University, 2013; JD, Yale Law School 2016
Year Started: 2021
Sam Boren Reast, Ph.D. Student
Email: sbr380@nyu.edu
Interests: Democratic and legal theory; equality and representation; political ethics.
Education: B.S. in Politics, University of Bristol; M.A. in Legal and Political Theory, University College London.
Year Started: 2017
Amartya Bose, Ph.D. Student
Email: ab9084@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Methdology
Education: B.A in Political Science / Economics, University of Southern California
Year Started: 2020
Martin Castillo Quintana, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: mcq219@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy
Education: Mathematical Engineering, MS Applied Economics at the University of Chile
Year Started: 2017
Cheng Cheng, Ph.D. Student
Email: cc7321@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative politics, Political Economy, China
Education: Undergraduate: Peking University, major: Politics, Philosophy and Economics; MA: Harvard, Regional Studies: East Asia, focus: Chinese politics
Year Started: 2021
Mengfan Cheng, Ph.D. Student
Email: mfcheng777@gmail.com
Interests: International Relations, Political Economy
Education: B.A. in Journalism, Zhejiang University; MPP, Georgetown University
Year Started: 2020
Patrick Chester, Ph.D. Student
Email: pjc468@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Methods
Education:B.A. in Political Science at University of Minnesota: Morris (2010); M.A. in International Politics University of California: San Diego (2014)
Year Started: 2015
María Ignacia Curiel, Ph.D. Student
Email: mic261@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Behavior
Education: B.A. NYU in Political Science and Economics
Year Started: 2017
Anne Degrave, Ph.D. Student
Email: ad3595@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy of Development, Comparative Politics
Education: B.S. Economics & statistics, ENSAE ParisTech ; Master in Public affairs, Sciences Po ; M.A. International and Development Economics, Yale
Year Started: 2015
Aleksandr (Sasha) Demin, Ph.D. Student
Email: a.demin@nyu.edu
Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Economic Inequality, Causal Inference, Formal Theory
Education: B.A. in Political Science from Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
Year Started: 2018
Anna Denisenko, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: ad4205@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Formal Modeling, Game Theory
Education: B.A. Higher School of Economics
Year Started: 2017
Alia ElKattan, Ph.D. Student
Email: alia.elkattan@nyu.edu
Interests: social media analysis; political communication; identity building
Education: B.S Computer Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
Year Started: 2021
Matias Faure, Ph.D. Student
Email: matiasf@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Formal Theory
Education: MSc Political Science and Political Economy at the London School of Economics, BSc Computer Science with Management at King's College London
Year Started: 2021
Jiawei Fu, Ph.D. Student
Email: jf3739@nyu.edu
Interests: Game Theory, Methodology, Political Economy
Education: LL.B East China University of Political Science and Law; M.A. Duke University
Year Started: 2018
Zoe Xincheng Ge, Ph.D. Student
Email: xg762@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics
Education: B.S. Zhejiang University; M.Phil. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Year Started: 2018
Alper Gencer, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: alper.gencer@nyu.edu
Interests: strategic voting under different political institutions and regimes; electoral accountability, corruption, & democratic backsliding; protests & social movements.
Education: Washington University in St. Louis (M.A., 2021), Koc University (M.A. 2019, B.A. 2017)
Year Started: 2021
William Godel, Ph.D. Student
Email: wpg205@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Methodology, Formal Theory.
Education: B.A. NYU Philosophy;M.A. Johns Hopkins SAIS International Relations & Economics
Year Started: 2016
Juan Pablo González, Ph.D. Student
Email: jpg512@nyu.edu
Year Started: 2018
Jimmy Graham, Ph.D. Student
Email: jimmy.graham@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Economy of Development
Education: B.A. in International Studies from The University of South Carolina, Master's in Global Human Development from Georgetown University
Year Started: 2021
Ning He, Ph.D. Student
Email: ning.he@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Historical Political Economy
Education: B.A. and M.A. in Public Administration, Fudan University; M.Phil. in Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Year Started: 2019
Byeonggeun "Kun" Heo, Ph.D. Student
Email: bh1875@nyu.edu
Interests: Normative Theory, Formal Theory, Formal Political Representation
Education: BA in Political Science and International Relations in Hanyang University
Year Started: 2019
Tatsuya Koyama, Ph.D. Student
Email: tk2530@nyu.edu
Interests: Conflict, International Relations, Methodology
Education: B.A. University of Tokyo; M.A. University of Toyko
Year Started: 2019
Trellace Marie Lawrimore, Ph.D. Student
Email: tml410@nyu.edu
Interests: Historical Political Economy
Education: B.A. Georgetown University
Year Started: 2017
Dongil Lee, Ph.D. Student
Email: dongil.lee@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: Political Economy of Development, Comparative Politics (Sub-Saharan Africa)
Education: B.S. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), M.A. Seoul National University (Political Science)
Year Started: 2015
Kyuwon Lee, Ph.D. Student
Email: kwl313@nyu.edu
Interests: International Political Economy, Political Methodology
Education: B.A. Seoul National University, M.A. Seoul National University
Year Started: 2017
Giacomo Lemoli , Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: gl1759@nyu.edu
Interests:Political economy of development, Historical political economy, Comparative politics, Methodology
Education: MSc Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University; BSc International Economics, Management and Finance, Bocconi University
Year Started: 2018
Athena Yishuang Li, Ph.D. Student
Email: yl4723@nyu.edu
Interests: International Political Economy, Comparative Politics
Education: B.S. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Year Started: 2017
Porey Lin, Ph.D. Student
Email: porey.lin@nyu.edu
Interests: American Politics, Gender and Politics, Social Media Analysis
Education: M.Phil Oxford, B.A. UCLA
Year Started: 2017
Gustavo Lisboa Empinotti, Ph.D. Student
Email: gl2399@nyu.edu
Interests: Democratic Theory
Education: B.A.S. in Mathematics and Political Science;. M.A. in Latin American Studies, Stanford University
Year Started: 2021
Alejandro López Peceño, Ph.D. Student
Email: alp625@nyu.edu
Interests: Political economy, comparative politics, applied methods
Education: B.A. Carlos III University; M.A Juan March Institute
Year Started: 2019
Cristina Mac Gregor Vanegas, Ph.D. Student
Email: cmacg@nyu.edu
Interests: political economy of conflict and development, methods
Education: B.A. in International Relations, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM); Ms Computational Analysis and Public Policy University of Chicago
Year Started: 2021
Rajeshwari Majumdar, Ph.D. Student
Email: majumdar@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Methodology
Education: B.A. Political Science and B.A. Economics & Mathematics-Statistics, University of Connecticut
Year Started: 2018
Matt Malis, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: malis@nyu.edu
Interests: International relations, diplomacy, bureaucracy and foreign policy
Education: B.A. Washington University in St. Louis
Year Started: 2017
Delaine Mansfield, Ph.D. Student
Email: dtm9732@nyu.edu
Interests: International Relations, Conflict
Education: B.A. Political Science and Economics, Rice University; M.S. Statistics, Texas A&M University
Year Started: 2021
David McGrath, Ph.D. Student
Email: dm4947@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Democratic Backsliding, Immigration Politics
Education: B.A in Political Science and Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University
Year Started: 2020
Justin Melnick, Ph.D. Student
Email: melnickj@nyu.edu
Interests: International Relations, Political Economy, Formal Theory, Methodology
Education: B.A. International Relations and Economics, University of Pennsylvania
Year Started: 2021
He Niu, Ph.D. Student
Email: hn2141@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economoy
Education: B.A in Economics, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao
Year Started: 2020
Alexis Palmer, Ph.D. Student
Email: ap6100@nyu.edu
Year Started: 2019
Tine Paulsen, Ph.D. Student
Email: tine.paulsen@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: European Politics, Historical Political Economy, Methodology.
Education: B.A. in Political Science, New York University Abu Dhabi; MPhil in Politics (European Politics and Society), University of Oxford.
Year Started: 2016
Massimo Pulejo, Ph.D. Student
Email: mp4953@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: Comparative Politics and Political Economy
Education: B.Sc. in Economics, Sapienza University of Rome; M.Sc. in Economic and Social Sciences, Bocconi University
Year Started: 2018
Roxanne Rahnama, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: rahnama@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy of Development, Comparative Politics, Political Methodology
Education: BA Economics/BS Environmental Economics & Policy at UC Berkeley; SM Technology and Policy at MIT
Year Started: 2019
Franziska Roscher, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: franziska@nyu.edu
Interests: India, ethnicity and ethnic conflict, human rights, gender equality, media and public opinion.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Economics, University of Cologne; Journalism Degree at Cologne School of Journalism, Cologne; Master of Arts in Politics at Mumbai University, Mumbai.
Year Started: 2016
Ivan Alejandro San Miguel Flores, Ph.D. Student
Email: ivan.sanmiguel@nyu.edu
Interests: Historical Political Economy
Education: B.A. in Economics, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas; M.A. in Social Sciences, Juan March Institute
Year Started: 2021
Chris Schwarz, Ph.D. Student
Email: cschwarz@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: Empirical and theoretical modeling, international relations, comparative politics, political economy.
Education: BA in Political Science and Economics, MA in Political Science at University of Wisonsin-Milwaukee.
Year Started: 2016
Joohyun "Jay" Shon, Ph.D. Student
Email: js9634@nyu.edu
Interests: Formal models and political economy
Education: B.A. the University of Chicago
Year Started: 2017
Sangyong Son, Ph.D. Student
Homepage
Email: sangyong.son@nyu.edu
Interests: International Relations, Political Violence, Experimental Methods
Education: MA , BA in Political Science, Seoul National University
Year Started: 2021
Khawaja Ali Tanveer Ahmed, Ph.D. Student
Email: kta230@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy of Development, International Conflict, Africa and the Middle East
Education: MALD, Fletcher School, Tufts University; A.B. Economics, Harvard.
Year Started: 2015
Carolina Torreblanca Becerra Acosta, Ph.D. Student
Email: carolina.torreblanca@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Latin America, Political Methodology, Data Visualization
Education: B.A. Political Science and B.A. International Relations, Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo de Mexico (ITAM)
Year Started: 2019
Francis William Touola Meda, Ph.D. Student
Email: ftm230@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Conflicts, Elections and Game Theory
Education: M.A African School of Economics (ASE Benin)
Year Started: 2017
Julieta Valenzuela, Ph.D. Student
Email: jv1498@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy of Development, Comparative Politics, Conflict and Inequality, Political Behavior
Education: B.S. in Economics, Universidad de Chile; M.A. in Politics, NYU
Year Started: 2020
Kyle Van Rensselaer, Ph.D. Student
Email: kylevanr@nyu.edu
Interests: Historical, comparative, and international political economy; democratization and institutions; econometrics and methods
Education: B.A. in International Relations with a minor in chemistry (Stanford University); M.A. in International Policy (Stanford University)
Year Started: 2021
Victoria Wang, Ph.D. Student
Email: hw1849@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Methdology
Education: B.A in Political Science and Data Science, Mount Holyoke College
Year Started: 2020
Mark Williamson, Ph.D. Student
Email: mark.williamson@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Education: B.E.S. University of Waterloo; M.A. McGill University
Year Started: 2019
Elisa Wirsching, Ph.D. Student
Email: emw528@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Accountability, Bureaucratic politics
Education: BA in Political Science and Economics, University of Mannheim; MSc in Political Science & Political Economy, London School of Economics
Year Started: 2019
Kyu Sik Yang, Ph.D. Student
Email: kyusik.yang@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Institutions, American Politics, Political Methodology
Education: B.A. Yonsei University, M.A. Yonsei University
Year Started: 2021
Sophie Xiangqian Yi, Ph.D. Student
Email: xy731@nyu.edu
Interests: Comparative Politics of Nondemocracies and New Democracies, Political Methodology
Education: B.A. in economics at Peking University, M.A. in economics at NYU
Year Started: 2017
Mustafa Mikdat Yildirim, Ph.D. Student
Email: mmy267@nyu.edu
Interests: Political Economy, Mass Protests and Democratization, Impact of Economic Policies on the Institutional Features of Democracy
Education: B.A. Bogazici University
Year Started: 2017
Sidak Gebre Yntiso, Ph.D. Student
Email: sgy210@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: American Politics, Race and Ethnic Politics, Methods
Education: B.A. (Economics) New York University Abu Dhabi
Year Started: 2016
Junlong Aaron Zhou, Ph.D. Student
Email: jlzhou@nyu.edu
Homepage
Interests: Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Development, Political Methodology
Education: B.A. Peking University; M.A. University of Chicago
Year Started: 2017
Chris Bowman
Academic Program Administrator
Email: chris.bowman@nyu.edu & politics.undergrads@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 992-8080
Room: 206
Diana (Sooklall) Budhu
Administrator of Academic Programs
Email: diana.budhu@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 998-8501
Room: 202
Stephanie Nica
Administrative Aide,Undergraduate Program
Email: stephanie.nica@nyu.edu & politics.undergrads@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 998-8517
Room: 211
Carlos Rios
Administrative Aide,Graduate Program
Email: carlos.rios@nyu.edu & politics.masters@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 998-8530
Room: 232
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