Thanks to generous gifts over several years, this program offers funded opportunities for Political Science majors to assist faculty members with their research.
Past Projects
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
Girma Parris
Anne Castagnero
Research on party leadership races in Britain; research on gender parity cabinets in Europe.
Karen Beckwith
Ashley Hawkins
Democracy’s Tangible Benefits – Research on the impact of regime type on epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic outcomes.
Kelly McMann
Rori Holm
Luke Koski
Ani Raghuvir
Ongoing climate change denial database upkeep and additional research on climate change denial.
Matthew Hodgetts
Grace Johnson
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
Stranded in Ohio: Bankruptcies, Bailouts and Buyouts of Coal and Nuclear Power Plants
Elliot Posner
Dylan Jewell
Elliot Posner
Ussaid Ishaq
Research on party leadership races in Britain; research on gender parity cabinets in Europe.
Karen Beckwith
Ashley Hawkins
Research on party leadership races in Germany.
Karen Beckwith
Cameron Tong
Research on party leadership races in Norway.
Karen Beckwith
Enya Eettickal
Victoria Lai
Research on party leadership races in Sweden.
Karen Beckwith
Savannah Gazda
Research on the impact of regime type on epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic outcomes and research on post-Soviet corruption. “Bringing About Democracy Without Increasing Corruption: Lessons from Post-Soviet States” Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia Policy Memo, January 2022, http://www.ponarseurasia.org/.’
Kelly McMann
Faheem Ali
Democracy’s Tangible Benefits – Research on the impact of regime type on epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic outcomes. “Democratic Regimes and Epidemic Deaths,” (Kelly M. McMann and Daniel Tisch) Varieties of Democracy Institute: Working Paper No. 126. August 2021.
Kelly McMann
Jordan Reif
Extending Democratic Rights and Institutions – Research on subnational influences on democratic transition and consolidation.
Kelly McMann
Mamadi Jallow
Digital Speech and the Value of Free Expression: Why is COVID-19 Misinformation Different Than Climate Change?
Matthew Hodgetts
Grace Johnson
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
Project on gender parity and cabinet reshuffles in France and Spain; published as Karen Beckwith and Susan Franceschet, “Gendering Cabinet Reshuffles in France and Spain,”Government & Opposition, 2022, 1-22, doi:10.1017/gov.2022.31.
Karen Beckwith
Jackson Rudoff
Regulating Climate Speech on the Digital Frontier
Matthew Hodgetts
Jackson Rudoff
Stranded in Ohio: Bankruptcies, Bailouts and Buyouts of Coal and Nuclear Power Plants
Elliot Posner
Dylan Jewell
Democracy’s Tangible Benefits – Research on the impact of regime type on epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic outcomes. “Democratic Regimes and Epidemic Deaths,” (Kelly M. McMann and Daniel Tisch) Varieties of Democracy Institute: Working Paper No. 126. August 2021.
Kelly McMann
Jordan Reif
Extending Democratic Rights and Institutions – Research on subnational influences on democratic transition and consolidation.
Kelly McMann
Mamadi Jallow
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
Project on U.S. cabinet formation and media reporting.
Karen Beckwith
Gillian Prater-Lee
Research on digital forms of climate change denial.
Matthew Hodgetts
Jackson Rudoff
Voluntary Disruptions; Stranded in Ohio – Research on the politics of international soft law; research on the politics of electric utilities.
Elliot Posner
Sruthi Venkatachalam
Research on media coverage of the Federal Budget.
Joe White
Jacob Natowicz
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
Project on the gendered process of cabinet formation in seven democracies; published as Claire Annesley, Karen Beckwith, and Susan Franceschet, Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender (Oxford University Press, 2019); and project on party systems change.
Karen Beckwith
David McCrath
Voluntary Disruptions; Stranded in Ohio – Research on the politics of international soft law; research on the politics of electric utilities.Research on regional buy-in on Second Nature climate pledges.
Matthew Hodgetts
Jackson Rudoff
Voluntary Disruptions; Stranded in Ohio – Research on the politics of international soft law; research on the politics of electric utilities.
Elliot Posner
Sruthi Venkatachalam
Extending Democratic Rights and Institutions – Research for book project on subnational influences on democratic transition and consolidation. Also produced multiple conference papers.
Kelly McMann
Mark Patteson
Research on public opinion in regard to federal budget issues.
Joe White
Timothy O’Shea
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
Project on the gendered process of cabinet formation in seven democracies; published as Claire Annesley, Karen Beckwith, and Susan Franceschet, Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Karen Beckwith
Rita Maricocchi
Project
Faculty Member
Student(s)
What happened to EU Multilateralism? – Research on the EU as a global actor in the area of financial regulation
Elliot Posner
Spencer Kiesel
Project on the gendered process of cabinet formation in seven democracies; published as Claire Annesley, Karen Beckwith, and Susan Franceschet, Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender (Oxford University Press, 2019).
Karen Beckwith
Kirstin Costedio
Olivia Ortega
Extending Democratic Rights and Institutions – Research on the impact of subnational election quality on national election quality in foreign countries
Kelly McMann
Mark Patteson
Article for the Journal of Development Studies
Pete Moore
Tasha Jhangiani