Democracy and Governance Studies

Mohammed Al-Adeeb

B.S. Electrical Engineering and Materials Engineering, University of California - Berkeley

Interests: Theory, comparative government

Languages: Arabic, Spanish

B.A. Middle East Studies, George Washington University

Interests: Middle East, accountability and alternation of power

Languages: Arabic

Danielle Bayar

B.A. Political Science, Vassar College

Interests: Democracy and good governance in post-conflict environments, civil society development, combatting corruption, relationships between economic and political development, humanitarian assistance, Russia and Central Asia, Afghanistan

Languages: Russian, French, Dari

Genève Bergeron

B.A. Government, Georgetown University

Interests: Philosophy of governance, roots of American democracy, civil society

Languages: Arabic

Colleen Bickel

B.A. Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University

Interests: African Development, Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies

Shuang Bin

Philosophy, Wuhan University (China)

Interests: China, Singapore and South America

Languages: Chinese, English, some German and Korean

Deborah Brown

B.A. Political Science/Human Rights, Barnard College, Columbia University

Interests: Electoral Systems, Civil Society in the Middle East

Languages: French, Arabic

Maggie Brown

B.A. Politics, The Catholic University of America

Interests: Theory, comparative systems, religion and democracy, government and culture

Languages: French

Marcelo Buitron

B.A. Political Science and Economics, Vassar College

Interests: Transitions from authoritarian rule, political economy, electoral systems and Latin America

Languages: Spanish, Italian

Sehwan Cheong

B.A. Political Science, Economics, and Finance, Hanyang University (Seoul)

Interests: economic and political reforms

Languages: Korean

Ayesha Chugh

B.A. Political Science, Scripps College

Interests: Political and Institutional Development, Civil Society and Democracy in South Asia. The intersections of race, religion, class and gender in contexts of political and institutional change, development, and democratization.

Languages: Hindi, French

Robert Colvin

B.A. Political Science and History, Washington University in St. Louis

Interests: Role of non-state actors in governance, failed states, corruption, Middle East

Languages: Arabic, Japanese

B.A. Political Science, Brigham Young University

Interests: developing countries and religion

Languages: Spanish

Imara Crooms

B.A. Political Science, Rutgers

Interests: Conflict Resolution, Latin America, International Institutions & Strategic Studies

Languages: Spanish, Mandarin

Elizabeth Cutler

B.A. Politics, Occidental College

Interests: Civil society, U.S. foreign policy and foreign aid, the people and processes of foreign aid and democracy assistance, media and politics, campaigns and elections

Languages: Spanish

Kevin Dunlevy-Wilson

B.A. Political Science, Colorado State University

Interests: Emerging systems of federalism, development assistance, political theory

Languages: Spanish

Santiago Edwards

B.A. Political Science, Universidad Diego Portales

Interests: Democracy, Governance and Institutions. Electoral systems, electoral behavior and democratic reforms.

Languages: Spanish, still much to learn in English, and some French.

Osama Eisa

B.A. Political Science and History, Rochester Institute of Technology

Interests: Advocacy of a proper Islamic Democracy and understanding where abstract ideas meet practical realities

Languages: Arabic, Japanese

Drew Gripp

B.A. International Relations, University of Delaware

Interests: Religion, U.S. Foreign Policy/Democracy Promotion, the Middle East

Languages: German, some Arabic

Dan Harper

B.A. Political Science, University of Delaware

Interests: Southeast Asia, The Middle East, American Policy

Languages: Spanish, Arabic

Chris Jackson

B.A. Government and Politics, University of Maryland - College Park

Interests: Asia-World Relations, China

Languages: Italian

David Jandura

B.A. Political Science, North Carolina State University

Interests: Political economy, electoral systems, democratic transitions, political parties, the Middle East and Africa

Languages: Arabic, French

Kitty Kaletsky

English Literature, Oxford University

Interests: political journalism and government

Languages: French

Sookyung Koo

Political Science, Ewha Womans University (Korea)

Interests: Democracy building in North Korea, the role of media in democracy, the association of famine to democracy (regime type), democratic waves in rural/urban China

Languages: Korean

Jungmin Lee

Political Science and Diplomacy, Pukyong National University (Korea)

Interests: Social welfare system, democratization

Languages: Korean

Josh Loh

B.A. History, Brown University

J.D. Washington and Lee School of Law

Interests: The role of democracy in counterinsurgency

Languages: Japanese

Liza Prendergast

B.A. History, The George Washington University

Interests: Conflict Mitigation/Reconciliation, the Near East and Southeast Europe Regions

Languages: French

Zvisinei Sandi

Political Philosophy, University of Zimbabwe

Interests: African development and politics, human rights, journalism, democracy promotion

Languages: Shona, French

Patrick Sell

B.A. Political Science, University of Florida

Interests: History of Democracies, Diplomacy, Development

Languages: Spanish

Daniel Steiman

B.A. Political Science, Bucknell University

Interests: History and Theories of Democracy and Democratization

Meg Stringer

B.A. Sociology, Hamilton College

Interests: Women's Empowerment/Leadership and Behavior Change

Languages: Japanese, French

Samuel Tadros

Political Science with a concentration on International Relations, The American University in Cairo

Interests: Democratization

Languages: Arabic, German

Guillermo Vallejo

B.A. Political Science, Loyola University Chicago

Interests: Human rights, constitutional frameworks

Languages: Spanish, Italian

Stephany Warner

B.A. Political Science and English, SUNY Binghamton

Interests: The impact of religion on civil society and governance

Languages: Spanish, Arabic