AMERICAN POLITICS
Amy Friesenhahn -- Vita, Website
- Ph.D. (2020). Currently a visiting assistant professor at Oklahoma State University.
- Areas of Interest: American Politics and Institutions; Women, Gender, and Politics; US Congress; Race and Ethnic Politics/Minority Political Behavior; Marginalized Groups; Feminist and Contemporary Political Theory
- Dissertation: "Does Gender Representation Matter? Gender, Descriptive and Substantive Representation, and Women-Friendly Districts"
- Committee: Regina Branton (co-chair), Elizabeth Oldmixon (co-chair), Bethany Blackstone, and Ashley English
- Email: amyfriesenhahn@my.unt.edu
COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Amanda White Bennett -- Vita
- Ph.D. (2020).
- Areas of Interest: comparative politics, international political economy, organized crime and violent non-state actors, Latin American politics
- Dissertation: "Risky Business: A Subnational Analysis of Organized Crime and Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico"
- Committee: Glen Biglaiser (Chair), John Ishiyama, T. David Mason, Lee Walker
- Email: amanda.white@unt.edu
Yen-Hsin Chen -- Vita
- Ph.D. (2017). Currently a visiting assistant professor at Trinity College.
- Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, international relations, Chinese politics, protest
- Dissertation: "Protests in China: Why and Which Chinese People Go to the Streets"
- Committee: T. David Mason (co-Chair), Phil Paolino (co-Chair), Ko Maeda, and John Ishiyama.
- Email: ychen1@trinity.edu
Hope Dewell Gentry -- Vita, Website
- Ph.D. candidate (expected completion: 2021)
- Areas of interest: Comparative politics, nationalism, politics and religion, East Asian politics
- Dissertation: "The Strategic Use of Religion in a Secular State: The Impact of Religious Organizations on Japanese Politics"
- Committee: Ko Maeda (chair), John Ishiyama, Elizabeth Oldmixon, and Regina Branton
- Email: HopeDewellGentry@my.unt.edu
Mustafa Kirisci
- Ph.D. (2019).
- Areas of Interest: Civil wars, terrorism, nonviolent movements, state repression
- Dissertation: "Life Cycle of Terrorist Groups: When Terror Groups Emerge and Exit​"
- Committee: T. David Mason (chair), Michael Greig, Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt, Paul Hensel.
- Email: mustafakirisci46@gmail.com
Michael Widmeier -- Vita, Website
- Ph.D. (2020).
- Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, international relations, civil war, rebel organization, causes and consequences of refugees, violence against civilians
- Dissertation: "Where Do They Come From, and Where Do They Go? Rebel Group Origins and the Dynamics of Civil War"
- Committee: Idean Salehyan (Chair), John Ishiyama, T. David Mason, Jacqueline DeMeritt.
- Email: MichaelWidmeier@my.unt.edu
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Seyma Akyol -- Vita
- Ph.D. candidate (expected completion: May 2021)
- Areas of Interest: International Relations, Conflict Management, Civil Conflict, Human Rights, International Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations.
- Dissertation: "Collaboration among Conflict Management Practitioners and Human Rights Advocacy Groups"
- Committee: Michael Greig (Chair), Marijke Breuning, John Ishiyama, and Jacqueline DeMeritt.
- Email: SeymaAkyol@my.unt.edu
- Ph.D. candidate (expected completion: 2021)
- Areas of Interest: International Relations, Conflict Management, International Political Economy, Political Violence, and Civil Conflicts
- Dissertation: "Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Peace during/after Civil Conflicts"
- Committee: Michael Greig (Chair), Glen Biglaiser, John Ishiyama, and T. David Mason
- Email: BoraJeong@my.unt.edu
Daniel Mintun -- Vita, Website
- Ph.D. candidate (expected completion: 2021)
- Areas of Interest: International Relations, Conflict Management, Foreign Policy, and Human Rights.
- Dissertation: "Third Party Actor Interests and Conflict Management Approaches in Intrastate and Interstate Conflict"
- Committee: J. Michael Greig (Chair), Jacqueline DeMeritt, Marijke Breuning, James Meernik, and John Ishiyama
- Email: DanielMintun@my.unt.edu
POLITICAL THEORY
Sebastian R. Graham
- Ph.D. candidate (expected completion: Spring 2021)
- Areas of Interest: Classical Political Philosophy, Modern Political Philosophy, Politics and Literature, Political Psychology, Political Ambition, Leadership, Statesmanship, Rhetoric, Democracy, Populism.
- Dissertation: "To Constrain or to Tame: Machiavelli and Aristotle on the issue of Popular Leadership and Demagoguery"
- Committee: Richard Ruderman (chair), Steven Forde, Marijke Breuning, and Alexander Duff
- Email: srg0125@unt.edu
Evan M. Lowe -- Website
- Ph.D. candidate.
- Areas of Interest: Classical political philosophy, modern political philosophy, politics of modern science, American political thought, American Presidency
- Dissertation: "Political Judgment and Rule in Francis Bacon's New Atlantis"
- Committee: Richard S. Ruderman (Chair), Steven P. Forde, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Martin Yaffee (UNT Philosophy).
- Email: EvanLowe@my.unt.edu
Placement Director - Dr. Ko Maeda - Ko.Maeda@unt.edu