Anniston McMahan was awarded the 2022 Campbell Leadership Award (MA/PC).
Shadi Heidarifar was awarded the 2022 Best Graduate Paper Award(Patricia Sohn, faculty).
Bryant Harden was awarded the 2022 Best Graduate Teacher Award.
Kristen Gary was awarded the 2022 Roth Memorial Award.
Hannah Lazar was awarded the 2022 Button Memorial Award.
LaRaven Temoney was awarded the 2022 Price American Government Award.
Charles Williams was awarded the 2022 Gonzalez Independent Spirit Award (MA/PC).
James Fahey successfully defended his dissertation entitled “The American Demagogues: Causes and Consequences of Populism in American Politics.” Co-chairs were Beth Rosenson and Hannah Alarian, committee members Michael Martinez, Drew Rosenberg, and outside member Lauren Pearlman (History). Congratulations Dr. Fahey!
James Fahey‘s (with Stephen M. Utych and Damon C. Roberts) article “Principled or Partisan? The Effect of Cancel Culture Framings on Support for Free Speech,” has been published at American Politics Research.
James Fahey & Hannah Alarian‘s article “When populists win: How right-wing populism affects democratic satisfaction in the U.K. and Germany,” (with Trevor J. Allen) has been published at Electoral Studies.
Kristen N. Gary was awarded the spring APSA Diversity Fellowship.
Jeeye Song received 2022-2023 Dissertation Completion Fellowship ($3500) from the International Studies Association (ISA).
Lucas Tiron successfully defended his MA non-thesis papers, “The Electoral College and Voter Turnout” and “Economic Voting and Vote Choice.” His supervisory committee was Michael Martinez, Angela McCarthy, and Rich Conley.
Bobby Mermer successfully defended his dissertation, “Legislating for the Moral Economy of the Working Class: Economic Inequality, Labor, and Representation.” His supervisory committee was Larry Dodd (chair), Michael Martinez (co-chair), Amie Kreppel, Beth Rosenson, and Hélène Huet (UF Library). Congratulations, Dr. Mermer!
Hannah Jacobs successfully defended her MA Political Campaigning Capstone project. Her supervisory committee was Steve Craig, Michael Martinez, and Elizabeth Sena.
Zachary Perez successfully defended his MA Political Campaigning Capstone project. His supervisory committee was Suzanne Robbins, Michael Martinez, Angela McCarthy, and Roger Austin.
Charley Williams successfully defended his MA Political Campaigning Capstone project with Distinction. His supervisory committee was Michael Martinez, Angela McCarthy, Beth Rosenson, and Roger Austin.
Anniston McMahan successfully defended her MA Political Campaigning Capstone project. Her supervisory committee was Beth Rosenson, Steve Craig, Suzanne Robbins, and Elizabeth Sena.
Christine Calvert successfully defended her MA thesis, The Internal Other: Uyghur Separatism as a Perceived Ontological Security Threat to Nationalist China, on February 16. Her supervisory committee was Badredine Arfi (chair), Drew Rosenberg, and Sebastian Wang.
Aesha Soliman successfully defended her MA thesis, Arising Security Dilemma: Does China’s Involvement with Egypt Pose a Threat to the United States’ Security Interests on February 15. Her committee was Badredine Arfi (chair), Zachary Selden, and Patricia Sohn.
Audrey Vilaihong successfully defended her thesis, More Media More Problems? The Influence of Media Consumption on Concern for the Environment 2000-2020 on February 25. Her committee was Angela McCarthy (chair), Beth Rosenson (member), and Michael Martinez (member).
Nouf Aljassar successfully defended her dissertation, “U.S. Senate Foreign Policy Behaviour Toward Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq From 2001-2017” on February 1. Her committee was Beth Rosenson (chair), Larry Dodd (member), Zach Selden (member), and Matt Jacobs (outside member). Congratulations, Dr. Aljassar!
Julio César Díaz Calderón received one of the three 2022 Feminist Theory and Gender Studies’ International Studies Association (ISA) Convention Awards. Julio was also selected as a participant in pre-ISA workshop for emerging scholars organized by Review of International Political Economy.
Qingming Huang has been selected as a Kyujanggak Junior Fellow for 2022 with a research grant, 9 million KRW, for him to complete his dissertation research in South Korea. The grant is from Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies at Seoul National University.
Muharrem Bagriyanik presented his paper “Social Movements and Social Media: Topic Modeling of the 2013 Gezi Movement in Turkey Using Twitter Data” at Bilim ve Sanat Vakfi Bisav – The foundation for Sciences and Arts) in Istanbul on December 25, 2021.
James Fahey has been awarded a month-long GESIS EUROLAB Visiting Research Grant in Cologne, Germany in order to examine patterns of far-right party support among individuals with migrant backgrounds in Germany.
Torrian Pace has been selected to receive a Graham Center Spring 2022 dissertation completion award.
Julio César Díaz Calderón (2021). “La marcha de la Revolución trans (The March of the Trans Revolution).” Nexos. November 25th. Available here: https://redaccion.nexos.com.mx/la-marcha-de-la-revolucion-trans/
Qingming Huang and Jeeye Song presented their paper “Inclusion, Othering, and Hierarchy: Imagining the Identity of Korean Chinese in South Korea” at the 14th Kyujanggak International Symposium on Korean Studies, Seoul National University, November 5.
On November 2, Graham Gallagher received an award from this year’s UF Graduate Research Symposium for the presentation of his second dissertation chapter; “The Rise of Decline: Narrative Historiography, Historical Perceptions of Time, and Reactionary Narratives”.
Daniel Zengotita received a grant from the APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship to develop an oral history archive which centers the experiences of bilingual students and the role language-brokering plays in forming their sense of politics, community, culture, citizenship, and judgment. The full announcement is available at this APSA website.
Srisa-nga, Treethep. “When Democracy Trumps Populism: European and Latin American Lessons for the United States, written by Weyland, Kurt, and Raúl L Madrid”, Populism (published online ahead of print 2021) doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/25888072-bja10021
Hannah Alarian, Andrew Rosenberg, and Christine Berry (first year graduate student) were awarded an APSA Centennial Center Research Grant for their project titled “National Identity and the Construction of Immigrant Labour Attitudes.”
James J. Fahey has received an APSA Summer Centennial Center Research Grant (funded by the Ostrom and 2nd Century Funds) for his project “Playing Fair?: Cooperation, Competition and Support for Populism and Punitivism.”
Hye Ryeon Jang defended her dissertation “China’s Energy Mercantilism, Asymmetric Trade Dependence, and the Escalation of its Militarized Maritime Disputes,” on August 20, 2021. Her dissertation committee consists of Ido Oren (Chair), Michael Bernhard, Benjamin Smith, Zachary Selden, and Liang Mao (Geography). Congratulations, Dr. Jang!
Qingming Huang was selected to participate at the American Political Science Association’s Institute for Civically Engaged Research, from June 15 to June 22, 2021.
Daniel Zengotita has been named a DFP Spring Fellow by the American Political Science Association Diversity Fellows Program.
Karla Mundim received a grant from the SSRC’s Democratic Anxieties in the Americas program in support of her dissertation project (Legacies of Resistance: A Long-Range Approach to Indigenous Mobilization in the Andes).
Kristina Wright was awarded a 2021 APSA Health Policy and Politics division grant to support her in-person attendance at the APSA meetings in Seattle.
Yunizar (“Yudi”) Adiputera was awarded the 2021 Best Graduate Paper Award.
James Fahey was awarded the 2021 Best Graduate Teacher Award.
Marah Schlingensiepen Malleck was awarded the 2021 Price American Government Award.
LaRaven Temoney was awarded the 2021 Roth Memorial Award.
Stephen Phillips and Kelly Richardson were awarded the 2021 Button Memorial Award.
Mundim, Karla (2021). “My body, my territory: Indigenous women, territoriality, and the rights of cultural minorities” Politics, Groups, and Identities. Can be accessed here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/E6VRZWRQXMMV43NEXCGT/full?target=10.1080/21565503.2021.1974897.
Zackery Colby Snaidman was awarded the 2021 Gonzalez Independent Spirit Award (MA/PC).
Hannah Jacobs was awarded the 2021 Skip Campbell Award (MA/PC).
Taylor McDonald has been recognized as a 2019 Anderson Scholar faculty honoree (Undergraduate Anderson Scholar Award recipients, who maintained a full, uninterrupted course load and at least a 3.90, 3.95 and 4.00 GPA, respectively, during their first two years at UF, are given an opportunity to identify one faculty member who has been particularly inspiring or influential.)
Anna Weismann has been selected to serve as Research Associate and Curatorial Intern at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in DC.
Benjamin Smith and Qingming Huang received the Korean Studies Grant 2020 awarded by the Academy of Korean Studies to support research on North Korea and South Korea.
Miaad Hassan was awarded the Fall 2019 Graduate School Doctoral Research Travel Award to conduct fieldwork in Turkey.
Amanda Edgell successfully defended her dissertation, “The Strategic Origins of Electoral Gender Quotas in Authoritarian Regimes.” Her supervisory committee was Michael Bernhard (chair), Sebastian Elischer, Amie Kreppel, Ben Smith, and Abe Goldman (Geography). Congratulations Dr. Edgell!
Enrijeta Shino successfully defended her dissertation, “Survey Mode Effects: Reshaping Perceptions of the Electorate.” Her supervisory committee was Michael Martinez, (chair), Michael McDonald, Dan Smith, Ken Wald, and Chris McCarty (Anthropology). Congratulations Dr. Shino!
Sedona Huffy received a high pass on her comprehensive exam for the MA in Public Affairs. Her supervisory committee was David Hedge (chair), Beth Rosenson, and Methusam Kumaran.
Karla Mundim received an O. Ruth McQuown Scholarship Supplementary Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Paul Rader passed his comprehensive exam for the MA in Political Campaigning. His supervisory committee was Michael Martinez (chair), Beth Rosenson, Tracy Johns, and Roger Austin.
Michael Russel passed his comprehensive exam for the MA in Political Campaigning. His supervisory committee was Steve Craig (chair), Beth Rosenson, Michael Martinez, and Roger Austin.
Alexandria Wilson received an O. Ruth McQuown Scholarship Supplementary Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Javier Arroyo-Plaza successfully defended two papers, “Substantive and Descriptive Representation of Latinos in Facebook” and “Why do Puerto Ricans Vote,” for the MA in Political Science. His supervisory committee was Michael Martinez, Beth Rosenson, and Steve Craig.
On Friday, March 29, Ross Cotton successfully defended his PhD dissertation entitled “The Challengers of Regional Authority: Explaining Regionalist Party Success and Failure in Scotland and Quebec.” His supervisory committee was Conor O’Dwyer (chair), Larry Dodd, Jessica Harland-Jacobs, Bryon Moraski and Benjamin Smith. Congratulations Dr. Cotton!
Patricia Mitchell passed her comprehensive exam for the MA in Political Campaigning. Her supervisory committee was Steve Craig (chair), Michael Martinez, Michael McDonald, and Elizabeth Sena.
Matthew Riedi passed his comprehensive exam for the MA in Political Campaigning. His supervisory committee was Michael Martinez (chair), Steve Craig, Beth Rosenson, and Elizabeth Sena.
Benjamin Torpey passed his comprehensive exam for the MA in Political Campaigning. His supervisory committee was Steve Craig (chair), Michael Martinez, Beth Rosenson, and Elizabeth Sena.
On March 13, Bobby Mermer gave an invited talk entitled “American Unionism on the Factory Floor, in the Classroom, and in the Fields,” at UF’s Second Alachua County Labor Coalition Teach-In.
Sabrina Marasa successfully defended her MA thesis “Freedom of education in Flemish and Francophone Belgium: Explaining Variation in the Effects of Universal Education Programs.” Here supervisory committee was Professors Kreppel (chair), Steven Klein and Suzanne Robbins
Andrea Miranda successfully defended her MA thesis entitled “Where are the Women? Gender Mainstreaming in Mercosur.” Her supervisory committee was Laura Sjoberg (chair), Aida Hozic, and Brian Gendreau.
Lilia Popova successfully defended her MA thesis entitled “The Influence of Military Assistance on Corruption in Recipient States.” Her supervisory committee was Professors Zach Selden (chair), Badredine Arfi, and Bryon Moraski.