Graduate Students

	Nick Archer Graduate Student Thompson 502 Office Hours: Tu 1:00-2:30 and by appt. Phone: (413) 545-2850 narcher@polsci.umass.edu
	Yakubu Azindow Graduate Student Phone: 646-436-9237 yazindow@polsci.umass.edu
	Claire Brault Graduate Student Thompson 240 Phone: (740) 803-0593 cbrault@polsci.umass.edu
	Kyle T. Brownlie Graduate Student QDAP Project Manager Thompson 426 kbrownli@polsci.umass.edu
	Amanda Brule Graduate Student Thompson 204 Office Hours: Thursday 1:00-4:00 abrule@polsci.umass.edu
	Nathaniel Byron Kraft Graduate Student Thompson 430 Phone: (413) 545-6244 nkraft@polsci.umass.edu
	Deniz Cakir Graduate Student Thompson 536 dcakir@polsci.umass.edu
	Hrvoje Cvijanovic Graduate Student Thompson 502 hcvijano@polsci.umass.edu Interests: Modern and contemporary political theory. In particular, I am interested in Hobbes and the problem of political stability, or how political instability, namely the Hobbesian state of nature, is invoked by conflicting pre-political and transcendent...
	Tim Delaune Graduate Student Graduate Fellow in Legal Studies Thompson 232, Gordon 121 Office Hours: Tu 4:00-5:30 in Thompson, MF 1:00-2:00 in Gordon, and by appt. tdelaune@polsci.umass.edu Interests: My interests span the fields of international relations, law, and political theory, and his dissertation research examines jury nullification through the political theory of Carl Schmitt. I regularly teach constitutional law, international law,...
	Sirin Duygulu Graduate Student Thompson 430 Phone: (413) 559-8974 duygulu@polsci.umass.edu
	Edward Erikson Graduate Student Thompson 202 eerikson@polsci.umass.edu Interests: Edward Erikson received his BA in Political Science from the University of Southern Maine and his MA from Georgetown University in Communication, Culture and Technology. He is currently Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of...
	Andres Fabian Henao Graduate Student Thompson 502 Phone: (413) 559-9621 ahenaoca@polsci.umass.edu
	Samir Fayyaz Graduate Student Thompson 420 Phone: (608) 833-7357 sfayyaz@polsci.umass.edu
	Amy E. Fleig Graduate Student Thompson 426 afleig@polsci.umass.edu Interests: Since entering the Ph.D. program in 2007 I have been focused on learning about politics and culture, social movements, feminist theory and politics, global agenda setting, and language and politics. I am beginning to explore how the modern...
	Kemi George Graduate Student Thompson 408 Phone: (413) 546 1948 kemi@polsci.umass.edu
	Lauren Handley Graduate Student Thompson 202 Phone: (413) 545-6244 lhandley@polsci.umass.edu
	Samantha Hill Graduate Student Thompson 240 Office Hours: Tu 1:00-4:00 and by appt. srhill@polsci.umass.edu
	Lindsey Hoemann Graduate Student Thompson 202 Phone: (413) 545-2850
	Inkyoung Kim Graduate Student inkyoung@polsci.umass.edu
	Osman Sab Kiratli Graduate Student Thompson 538 Phone: (413) 665-8430 okiratli@polsci.umass.edu
	Dan Kirsch Graduate Student Thompson 204 Phone: (413) 441 6146 dtkirsch@polsci.umass.edu
	Meelis Kitsing Graduate Student Thompson 408 mkitsing@polsci.umass.edu
	Nicklaus Laverty Graduate Student Thompson 240 nlaverty@polsci.umass.edu
	Michael Lenz Graduate Student Thompson 536 Office Hours: W 11:30-12:45 and by appt.
	Matthew Lepori Graduate Student Thompson 538 mlepori@polsci.umass.edu
	Rebecca Lisi Graduate Student Thompson 538 rlisi@acad.umass.edu
	Kristen McHenry Graduate Student Thompson 240 Phone: (508) 298-9325 kabatsis@polsci.umass.edu
	Elva Orozco-Mendoza Graduate Student Thompson 202 eorozcom@polsci.umass.edu
	Rachel Ostrowski Graduate Student Thompson 232 Office Hours: M 1:00-2:00 and by appt. Phone: (413) 545-2850 rostrows@polsci.umass.edu Interests: My research interests span the fields of international relations and comparative politics, including international security, Middle Eastern politics, human rights, foreign aid and political violence.
	Kevin Pallister Graduate Student Thompson 204 Office Hours: W 3:00-5:00 and by appt. kpallist@polsci.umass.edu Interests: My subfield concentrations are comparative politics and international relations. Using a variety of methodologies, although drawing most heavily on qualitative and comparative historical approaches, my research addresses issues of democratization,...
	Kurt Roderick Graduate Student Thompson 420 kurt6@polsci.umass.edu
	Drew Seals Graduate Student Thompson 536 Office Hours: Tu. 2:30-4:00, Wed. 4:00-5:30 and by appt. aseals@polsci.umass.edu
	Ruchika Singh Graduate Student Thompson 536 Phone: (413) 695-0985 ruchika@polsci.umass.edu
	Michael Stein Graduate Student Thompson 504 mstein@polsci.umass.edu Interests: My areas of interest include contemporary political theory, post - "isms," critical theory, and semiotics. I am currently researching the role of signs in contemporary consumption and politics.
	Casey Stevens Graduate Student ccsteven@polsci.umass.edu
	Carlos A Suarez-Carrasquillo Graduate Student csuarez@polsci.umass.edu
	Sarah Tanzi Graduate Student Thompson 516 Office Hours: W 3:00-5:00 and by appt. stanzi@polsci.umass.edu
	Melinda Tarsi Graduate Student, Undergraduate Advisor Thompson 222 Office Hours: M 9:30-12:30; Tu 10:00-5:00; W 10:00-3:00; Th 9:30-12:30, F 11:00-1:00 Phone: 545-3695 mtarsi@polsci.umass.edu Interests: I am a doctoral student in the department, having graduated from Western Connecticut State University in 2006 with a B.A. in political science and justice & law administration. My subfields of study are American politics and international...
	Paul White Graduate Student Thompson 204 pwhite@polsci.umass.edu
	Jason Wilson Graduate Student Research Assistant Thompson 430 Phone: (413) 545-6244 jwilson@polsci.umass.edu Interests: I am a doctoral student concentrating in political theory and international relations. My research is on theorizing cyberspace as a new frontier for international relations, and how social media is fundamentally integrating the politics of...
	Alper Yagci Graduate Student Thompson 538 Office Hours: By appointment ayagci@polsci.umass.edu Interests: I am a doctoral student concentrating in comparative politics. My interests include studies of state, ideology and hegemony, especially in the context of semiperipheral capitalist development. My prospective research will focus on the metropolitan...
	Gizem Zencirci Graduate Student fzencirc@polsci.umass.edu
	Lena Zuckerwise Graduate Student