Students

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			NAME: William Adler, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, cum laude, 2001, Yeshiva University INTERESTS: American Political Development, Presidency DISSERTATION: "The U.S. Army and Economic Development, 1776-1860" WEBSITE: http://adlers.home.att.net/william/
			NAME: Nirit Ben-Ari, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, Religion, Hunter College, 2001, (Cum Laude); MA, Political Science, Graduate Center, 2007 INTERESTS: Globalization of culture, hip-hop, race, Marxism DISSERTATION: "And Who Would Know If Abraham Was Not a Black Man? Hip-Hop Culture and the Discourse of Blackness in Israel" (working title)
			NAME: Tatiana Carayannis, TCarayannis@gc.cuny.edu Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: Cértificat Pratique de Français commercial et économique, 1986, Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris; BA, cum laude, 1987, Adelphi University; MA, 1988, M.Phil, 2001, Graduate Center, CUNY; PhD expected 2006 INTERESTS: International Relations and Comparative Politics; the UN and development thinking; African security and multilateral institutions; war networks; the conflict in the Congo; post-war transitions and reconstruction; children in armed conflict; peace-building DISSERTATION: “Webs of War in the Congo, 1996-2006: Hybrid Wars, Conflict Networks, and Multilateral Approaches.” RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Books: UN Voices: The Struggle for Development and Social Justice (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2005), with Thomas G. Weiss, Louis Emmerij, and Richard Jolly. Articles and Book Chapters: “Post-War Reconstruction and the Security Dilemma: The Challenge of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” in Ahmed Sikainga and Osseina Alidou, eds. Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Africa (Lawrenceville, NJ: Africa World Press, forthcoming 2006); “Ideas Matter: Voices from the United Nations,” Forum for Development Studies, no. 1-2005 (June 2005), with Thomas G. Weiss; “Reconstructing the Congo,” Columbia Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 58 (1): 115-141, Fall 2004, with Herbert F. Weiss; “The Complex Wars of the Congo: Towards a New Analytic Approach,” Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 38(2-3):232-255, 2003 (Reprinted in Rose Kadende-Kaiser and Paul J. Kaiser, Phases of Conflict in Africa (Willowdale, ON: de Sitter Publications, 2005).
			NAME: Jamie Patrick Chandler, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA (cum laude), 1993, Harvard University INTERESTS: Public Opinion and Elections, US Foreign Policy, and Political Methodology WEBSITE: http://www.jamiechandler.com
			NAME: Bobbi Gentry, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Political Science (Honors), BA, Psychology (Honors), 2004, Winthrop University INTERESTS: American Politics (elections, American culture, and rhetorical language), Public Policy (voter registration and symbolism)
			NAME: Peter J. Hoffman [PHOFFMAN@gc.cuny.edu] Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, Bennington College; MIA, New School for Social Research; M.Phil, Graduate Center, CUNY INTERESTS: International Relations/Comparative Politics: Humanitarian Affairs; Security, Violence, and Military Organizations; International Relations Theory DISSERTATION TOPIC: “The Politics of Privatizing Protection in Humanitarian Operations: Humanitarian Agency-Private Military Company Interactions”RECENT PUBLICATION: Sword & Salve: Confronting New Wars and Humanitarian Crises (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006)
			NAME: Joseph Kaminski [jkaminski@gc.cuny.edu] Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Political Science (High Honors) and Philosophy (Honors), Henry Rutgers Scholar, 2004, Rutgers University (Rutgers College) INTERESTS: Political Theory (Frankfurt School, Critical Theory, Marxist Theory, Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism) and Comparative Politics
			NAME: Annelies Z. Kamran, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, Political Science, 1991, Boston University; MA, International Relations/InternationalCommunications, 1994, Boston University; MBA, General Management, Dowling College, 1997 INTERESTS: International Relations (global governance, security studies); social network analysis DISSERTATION TOPIC: Structures of Transnational Security Networks in World Politics
			NAME: Anoulak Kittikhoun, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Political Science & International Relations (Distinction), 2001, Australian National University INTERESTS: Comparative Politics (economic development, democratization, state-society relations, contentious politics); International Relations (international organizations, UN, ASEAN); East and Southeast Asia
			NAME: Douglas A. Medina, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Psychology & Sociology (Magna Cum Laude, Psychology Departmental Honors), 2000, Manhattanville College; MA, Liberal Studies, 2005, New School University INTERESTS: American Politics, Public Policy, political economy of higher education, American political development, politics of domination
			NAME: Nayma Qayum, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Political Science and Computer Science, Colgate University (2002); MA, International Relations, City College of New York (2004) INTERESTS: Comparative Politics (Collective action and conflict, civil wars, conflict management and post conflict issues, democratization and development); International Relations (International Organizations, Peace Keeping and Peace Building)
	No Picture Available		NAME: Heidi Reijm, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Hampshire College INTERESTS: Public Policy and Comparative Politics; urban studies, community economic development, criminal justice, voting, community based organizations.
	No Picture Available		NAME: Janet Reilly, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, History, 1998, Duke University; MSt, Forced Migration Studies (Distinction), 2001, University of Oxford INTERESTS: Comparative Politics (refugees, asylum, nationalism); International Relations (human rights, international organizations)
	No Picture Available		NAME: Haley Rubinson, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Political Science, University of Maryland INTERESTS: Public Policy, American Politics, Urban Politics (Local Government, Devolution, Economic and Community Development)
			NAME: Jason Schulman, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA (Phi Beta Kappa), 1995, Oberlin College INTERESTS: Comparative Politics (political sociology, political economy, social democracy and labor movements), Political Theory (liberalism, Marxism)DISSERTATION TOPIC: Unions Without Parties? The Changing Class Composition of Western Labor Parties and the Crisis of Working-Class Representation
			NAME: Deniz Senol Sert, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, International Relations, 2000, Istanbul Koc University; MSc, EU Policy-Making, 2001, London School of Economics and Political Science INTERESTS: Comparative Politics, Political Theory, DISSERTATION TOPIC: Property rights of internally displaced persons
	No Picture Available		NAME: Michael Sharpe, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, 1990, Rutgers University; Graduate Diploma, International Law and Organization for Development, 1997, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague; MA, International Affairs, 2001, Columbia University INTERESTS: Comparative and International Politics (Politics of migration, immigrant political incorporation, transnationalism, and the politics of race and ethnic relations in the Netherlands, Japan, the United States, the Caribbean and around the world) DISSERTATION TOPIC: Globalization and Migration: A Comparative Study of the Political Incorporation of Dutch Caribbean Post-Colonial Immigrants in the Netherlands and the United States and Nikkeijin Ethnic Returnee Immigrants in Japan

			NAME: Bann Seng Tan, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA (Honors), 2000, National University of Singapore; MA, 2001, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University INTERESTS: International Relations (international security, enduring rivalries, democratic peace), Political Theory (classical liberalism, political thought of Kant)
			NAME: Marriah Star [marriahstar@yahoo.com] Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Government, 1999, Harvard University INTERESTS: International Relations (International Political Economy, Game Theory, Constructivism, Neoliberal Institutionalism); Comparative Politics (Economic Development, Modernization, Democratization, Political Culture, Civic Culture, State-Society relations, Education Policy, East and South East Asia, Eastern Europe)
			NAME: Aleta Styers [aletastyers@aya.yale.edu] Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Political Science and French, New York University; MA, International Relations (South Asia), Yale University; MA, Economics and Marketing, Northwestern UniversityINTERESTS: Political Theory (particularly democracy in multifaith populations); Comparative (France and North Africa)
			NAME: Yu-Sung Su Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, Diplomacy, 1998, National Chengchi University, Taiwan; MIA, 2002, Columbia University; MA, Politics, 2003, New York University INTERESTS: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Economy and Political Methodology (Causal Inference, Bayesian Methods, Multilevel Modeling and Game Theory) DISSERTATION TOPIC: "Remittances and Political Liberalization", a cross-national statistical analysis plus case studies of Mexico and Taiwan of the effects of remittances on political analysis.
			NAME: Karen E. Young, Ph.D. Candidate EDUCATION: BA, Anthropology, 1997, Wellesley College; MA, International Economic Relations, 1999, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador; MA, International Relations, 2000, Columbia University INTERESTS: International Relations, Political Economy, and Comparative Politics. DISSERTATION TOPIC: "Networked Rulemaking: Monetary and Bank Reforms in Ecuador and Bulgaria" A cross-regional case study of economic policymaking and extreme liberalization efforts.
			NAME: Miguel Angel Herrera Zgaib, Ph.D. Student EDUCATION: BA, Law and Social Sciences (Honors), 1980, Universidad Libre, Bogota; MA, Political Science (Honors), 1989, Unam, Mexico. INTERESTS: Comparative Politics (Presidentialism, Representation and Participatory Democracy, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Latin American issues), Political Theory (Postmodernism, Critical Theory, Gramsci, Foucault, Deleuze, Negri, Virno, Laclau, Zizek)