Scott Helfstein (Ph.D. expected Spring 2008)
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Intelligence on Decisions: Belief Bias and Strategic Behavior in International Politics
Dissertation Committee: Robert Axelrod (Chair), Kenneth Lieberthal, James Morrow, Scott Atran
Research Interests: International Security, Public Policy, Nonproliferation, Intelligence, Terrorism, Globalization, Deterrence, and Organizational Behavior.
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Robin Phinney (Ph.D. expected )
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
Joel Selway (Ph.D. expected Spring 2009)
Dissertation Title: Constitutions, Cleavages and Coordination: The Political Economy of Human Development Policy
Dissertation Committee: Rob Franzese (Co-chair), Allen Hicken (Co-chair), Ashutosh Varshney, Ken Kollman, Mark Mizruchi (UM Sociology/Business)
Research Interests: Comparative Political Economy, Ethnic Politics & Social Structure, Political & Economic Development, Civil War & Political Violence, Institutions & Electoral Systems, Statistical Methodology, Formal Modeling
Area Interests: Southeast Asia, The Developing World (esp. Middle-Income Countries)
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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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Laura Wernick (Ph.D. expected Spring 2009)
Dissertation Title: Social Justice Philanthropy and Young Donor Organizing: How Young Progressives with Wealth are Leveraging their Power and Privilege to Support Social Justice…A Case Study of Resource Generation
Dissertation Committee: Greg Markus (co-chair), Lorraine Gutierrez (co-chair, UM Social Work), John Chamberlin, Barry Checkoway (UM Social Work), Susan Ostrander (Tufts Sociology) and Michael Spencer (UM Social Work)
Research Interests: Community organizing and social movements; political participation & civic engagement; philanthropy; feminist & intersectional theories; organizational theory; wealth & inequality; urban politics; qualitative and quantitative methods
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