Adam Seth Levine (Ph.D. expected April 2010)
Dissertation Title: Strategic Solicitations: Examining when Requests for Political Donations are Persuasive
Dissertation Committee: Arthur Lupia (Chair), Ted Brader, Nancy Burns, Scott Page, Mary Rigdon (U-M Research Center on Group Dynamics)
Research Interests: Political Behavior, Formal Modeling, Political Psychology, Public Policy, Political Communication, Public Opinion, Research Design and Survey Measurement, Experimental Design, State and Local Politics
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Robin Phinney (Ph.D. expected summer 2009)
Dissertation Title: Diverse Coalitions and Social Welfare Policy in the United States
Dissertation Committee: Elisabeth Gerber (Chair, U-M Public Policy), Richard Hall, Charles Shipan, Sheldon Danziger (U-M Public Policy)
Research Interests: Interest Groups, Legislative Behavior, State and Local Government, Social Welfare Policy, Poverty and Inequality, Quantitative Methods, Formal Modeling, Case Studies
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Olesya Tkacheva (Ph.D. expected spring 2009)
Dissertation Title: "Rational Actors and Transient Institutions: Essays on Consequences of Electoral Reform in Russia"
Dissertation Committee: Jan Svejnar (Co-chair, UM Schools of Business and Public Policy), William Zimmerman (Co-chair), John Jackson, Allen Hicken, Sheldon Danziger (UM School of Public Policy)
Research Interests: Political economy, Federalism, Party politics
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