NR Brouwer
Dissertation: Self-Governance and Economic Development: Evidence from American Indian Reservations
Focus Areas: American politics, local politics, indigenous politics, political economy
Co-Chairs: Aditya Dasgupta and Nathan Monroe
Website: https://nrbrouwer.com/
Nihan Karagul
Dissertation: Why do Disasters Hurt the Opposition? Political Pandering and Voting Behaviour
Focus Areas: Comparative politics, Natural disaster policies and voting behavior, immigration and citizenship.
Chairs: Tesalia Rizzo Reyes and Courtenay Monroe
Devon Moffett
Dissertation: The Conceptual and Empirical Boundaries of Electoral Accountability
Focus Areas: I consider myself a comparativist with a focus on the American context. Broadly, I study political institutions with a specific interest in electoral politics.
Chair: Nathan Monroe
Website: https://devonmoffett.github.io/
Ricardo Robles
Dissertation: Watching from the Bench? Protest Activity and its Influence on the United States Courts of Appeals
Focus Areas: Judicial Politics and Race and Ethnic Politics
Chair: Tom Hansford
Website: www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-robles-2a955215a
Updated July 2025
