Current PhD Students

First Year Students

• Raluca Pavel is from Bacau, Romania, and her areas of interests are government efficiency and transparency, with a focus on small level governments in European Union member countries.

Second Year Students

• Tommy Callan is from Chicago, IL, and his area of interest is China’s emerging role as a great power.
• Elisa D’Amico is from Galena, IL, and her areas of interest are immigration and asylum policy, refugee integration, and xenophobia.

Third Year Students

• Adam Hii is from Chicago, IL and his area of interest is international healthcare policy.

Fourth Year Students

• Nellie Bohac is from Minnetonka, Minnesota, and her areas of interest are international organizations and development.
• Samantha Costas is from Valparaiso, Indiana, and her area of interest is international relations, with a focus on US-Cuba relations.
• Jorge Guzman (Fulbright Scholar) is from Bogota, Colombia and his areas of interest are comparative politics, with an emphasis on inequality.
• Eugene Schelfaut is from Chicago, Illinois and his interests include nuclear deterrence, the evolution of sovereignty, and globalization and interdependence.

Fifth Year Students:

• Taghreed Alsabeh is from Buraydah, Saudi Arabia, and her area of interest is international relations, with an emphasis on the Middle East.

 Sixth Year Students

• Muhammet Asil is from Istanbul, Turkey, and his areas of interest are refugees and the ethics of forced displacement.
• Paul Olander is from Canton, Ohio and his area of interest is international relations, with a focus on soft power.
• Mamy Randriamanantena is from Antananarivo, Madagascar and his area of interest is international relations, particularly the role of the Vatican as a third-party mediator.