People in the Department

PhD Candidates Currently Seeking Academic Positions

Fall 2011 candidate list:

Name Subfields/Specialties Advisors Contact
Boris Barkanov
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Research Methodology
Post Communist Studies
George W. Breslauer
Steven Weber
Mark Bevir
barkanov@berkeley.edu
Matthew Baxter
mhbaxter@berkeley.edu
Jason Blakely
Political Theory
History of Political Thought
Philosophy of Social Science
American Political Thought
Mark Bevir
Kinch Hoekstra
Shannon Stimson
blakelyjason@berkeley.edu
Jordan Branch
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Steven Weber
Christopher Ansell
Ron E. Hassner
jbranch@berkeley.edu
Crystal Chang
Comparative Politics
International Relations
East Asia (China)
John Zysman
J. Nicholas Ziegler
Kevin O'Brien
Laura D. Tyson
crystalchang@berkeley.edu
Jennifer Dixon
International Relations
Comparative Politics
Ron Hassner
Gordon Silverstein
T.J. Pempel
Margaret Lavinia Anderson
Jennifer_Dixon@hks.harvard.edu
Lee Drutman
American Politics
Organizational Theory
Political Economy
Henry Brady
Paul Pierson
David Vogel
ldrutman@gmail.com
Andrius Galisanka
Political Theory and Philosophy Mark Bevir
Kinch Hoekstra
David Hollinger
Hans Sluga
andrius_galisanka@berkeley.edu
Joshua Green
American Politics
Political Behavior
Media and Politics
Laura Stoker
Jack Citrin
Phil Tetlock
joshgreen@berkeley.edu
Theocharis Grigoriadis
Comparative Politics
Comparative Economics
International Development
Formal Theory
Russia and the former Soviet Union
Israel
Gerard Roland
M. Steven Fish
Sean Gailmard
Bradford DeLong
Barry Eichengreen
thgrigoriadis@berkeley.edu
Samuel Handlin
Comparative Politics
Latin American Politics
Methodology
Ruth Berins Collier
David Collier
Pradeep Chhibber
Jason Wittenberg
samhandlin@gmail.com
Joon Seok Hong
International Relations
International Law
Public Law & Jurisprudence
Comparative Politics
East Asia
TJ Pempel
Hong Yung Lee
Ron Hassner
Gordon Silverstein
jshong@berkeley.edu
Bruce Huber
Public Law
Environmental Politics
American Politics
Robert Kagan
Gordon Silverstein
Daniel Farber
bhuber@berkeley.edu
Mark Huberty
Comparative Politics
Western European Politics
Quantitative Methodology
John Zysman
Paul Pierson
Alison Post
markhuberty@berkeley.edu
Jack Jackson
Political Theory
Public Law/Jurisprudence
American Politics
Wendy Brown
Kathy Abrams
Paul Thomas
Steve Shiffrin
jacksonj@berkeley.edu
Diana Kapiszewski
Martin Shapiro
Robert Kagan
David Collier
dianakap@uci.edu
Asaf Kedar
Political Theory Mark Bevir
Wendy Brown
Martin Jay
asafkedar@berkeley.edu
Benjamin Krupicka
Political Theory
Democratic Theory
American Political Thought
Political Ethics
American Politics
The American Presidency
Mark Bevir
Shannon Stimson
Chris Kutz
btkrupicka@berkeley.edu
Jody LaPorte
Comparative Politics
Research Methods
Post-Communist Politics
Jason Wittenberg
David Collier
Steven Fish
jlaporte@berkeley.edu
Brendan McSherry
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Africa
Islam and Politics
Political Economy of Development
Ethnic and Religious Politics in the Developing World
David Leonard
Leonardo Arriola
Robert Price
Ann Swidler
Mark Juergensmeyer
brendanmcsherry@berkeley.edu
Seung-Youn Oh
seungyoun.oh@berkeley.edu
Beth Rabinowitz
Comparative Politics
African Politics
Political Theory
Political Stability
Robert Price
Steven Vogel
Catherine Boone
Michael Watts
bethrab@berkeley.edu
Jessica Rich
Comparative Politics
Latin American Politics
Interest Groups and Civic Organizations
Intergovernmental Relations
Ruth Berins Collier
David Collier
Ann Swidler
Chris Ansell
Laura Stoker
jajrich@berkeley.edu
Michael Salamone
American Politics
Public Law
Methods
Gordon Silverstein
Jack Citrin
Robert Kagan
Kevin Quinn
salamone@berkeley.edu
Regine Spector
Comparative Politics
Political Economy
Development
Post-Communist and Eurasian Studies
George Breslauer
Steve Vogel
Jason Wittenberg
Ned Walker
Vicki Bonnell
regineamy@yahoo.com
Alexander Street
Comparative Politics
Political Behavior
Western Europe
Taeku Lee
Jonah Levy
Jack Citrin
Irene Bloemraad
alexstreet@berkeley.edu
Alexander Theodoridis
American Politics
Political Behavior/Psychology
Political Methodology
Experimental Research Methods
Eric Schickler
Henry Brady
Jack Citrin
Rob Van Houweling
Rob MacCoun
theodoridis@berkeley.edu
Bartholomew Watson
Western Europe
Comparative Politics
Methodology
Jonah Levy
John Zysman
Steve Cohen
bwatson@berkeley.edu
Susanne Wengle
Comparative Politics
Political Economy
Post-Socialism
Steven Vogel
Kiren Chaudhry
Jason Wittenberg
Yuri Slezkine
wengle@berkeley.edu