• Amanda d’Urso, Northwestern University
• Anirvan Chowdhury, University of California Berkeley
• Apekshya Prasai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Changwook Ju, Yale University
• Don Grasse, Emory University
• Jacob Turner, University of Notre Dame
• Jasmine English, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jasmine Smith, Duke University
• Jingyuan Qian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• John Minnich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jongyoon Baik, University of Chicago
• Kaiyu Li, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Kara Hooser, The Ohio State University
• Lindsey Pruett, Cornell University
• Marco Alcocer, University of California, San Diego
• Mary Shiraef, University of Notre Dame
• Nadia Eldemerdash, University of Nevada Las Vegas
• Natan Skigin, University of Notre Dame
• Rachel Hulvey, University of Pennsylvania
• Sabrina Axster , Johns Hopkins University
• Stephen Roblin, Cornell University
• Xiran Chen, University of Arizona
• Yunus Orhan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Anirvan Chowdhury is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Anirvan has previously studied economics and public policy at the University of Delhi, the Madras School of Economics and Georgetown University. He has worked at the International Food Policy Research Institute, the World Bank, and the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi, India.

Apekshya Prasai is a PhD candidate in the department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to the APSA-DDRIG, her research has received support from United States Institute of Peace, MIT’s Center for International Studies, MIT India Program, MIT Governance Lab and the Jeanne E Guillemin fund. Apekshya holds a B.A. in Government and Legal Studies with honors from Bowdoin College.

Changwook Ju is a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Yale University whose research interests revolve around military and security studies. Changwook holds an M.A. and M.Phil. in Political Science (en route to a Ph.D.) from Yale University. Before Yale, Changwook earned his M.P.P. from the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. He also spent two years in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, beginning as a private and then becoming a sergeant, and has dual undergraduate degrees in public policy and political science from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.

Donald (Don) Grasse is a PhD candidate in political science at Emory University. He received his BA in political science from the University of Kentucky.

Jacob Turner is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. Jacob received his BA in International Studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, TN and his MS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics from Notre Dame. He previously received a Fulbright ETA grant to Río Cuarto, Argentina and observed the 2016 Colombian plebiscite on the peace accord with the FARC as a member of the Carter Center.

Jasmine Carrera Smith is a Ph.D. candidate at Duke University in political science. Jasmine received her B.A. from Indiana University in political science in 2017.

Jasmine English is a PhD candidate in political science at MIT. Jasmine’s work has been supported by APSA and MIT GOV/LAB, and she is a recipient of a Walter A. Rosenblith Presidential Fellowship at MIT. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jasmine graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with degrees in political science and economics.

Jingyuan Qian is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his BA in political science and history from Macalester College and a Master of Public Policy from Georgetown University.

John David Minnich is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition to the ASPA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant, John’s research is supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation World Politics & Statecraft Fellowship and MIT’s Center for International Studies. Previously, John was a Senior Asia-Pacific Analyst at Stratfor. He holds a BA summa cum laude in History and Asian Studies from Cornell and an MA with honors in International Relations from the University of Chicago.

Jongyoon Baik is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and a M.S. student in Statistics at the University of Chicago. Before joining the University of Chicago, she received an M.A. in Political Science and International Relations and a B.A. in Chinese Language and Literature from Seoul National University in South Korea. She also spent a year at Peking University in Beijing as an exchange student.

Kaiyu Li is a PhD candidate in political science at University of Illinois Chicago. She received a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Shanghai International Studies University and an MA in international relations from New York University.

Kara Hooser is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at The Ohio State University. Prior to OSU, she earned her MA in International Relations and a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies from St. Mary’s University at San Antonio, as well as her BA, with distinction, from North Carolina State University.

Lindsey Pruett is a PhD candidate in political science at Cornell University. Lindsey received her undergraduate degree from Colby College, and she currently serves as a graduate fellow at the Gender and Security Sector Lab.

Marco Alcocer is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego and a Research Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies. Marco has an M.A. in International Security from George Mason University and a B.A. in Political Science from Southwestern University.

Mary A. Shiraef is a Ph.D. Candidate in political science at the University of Notre Dame. Mary holds an MLitt degree in International Relations theory from the University of St Andrews and an M.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame specializing in comparative politics.

Nadia Eldemerdash is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Prior to UNLV, Nadia received a BA in Mass Communication from the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, and an MA in Political Science from the University of Toronto in Canada.

Natán Skigin is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to coming to the United States, Natán studied in Argentina: he received an M.A. in Political Science from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a B.A. in Political Science from Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Rachel Hulvey is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate affiliate of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China.

Sabrina Axster is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. She holds an MS in Global Affairs from Rutgers University and an MSc in International Development Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Prior to embarking on her doctoral studies, she worked at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Stephen Roblin is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Government at Cornell University. Prior to Cornell University, Stephen received a master’s at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and BA in Literature and Language from Morgan State University, a historically Black university in Baltimore, Maryland.

Xiran Chen is a PhD candidate at the School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), University of Arizona. Prior to his doctoral studies, Xiran received his undergraduate degree from Beijing Foreign Studies University, and an MA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Yunus Orhan is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He holds a MA in Political Science from the Istanbul Sehir University.