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Dissertation: Untested Membership: Reputation, Ambiguity and International Relations Committee: David Bearce (Chair), Moonhawk Kim, Amy Liu, Joshua Strayhorn, Jaroslav Tir Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2016 Senior Data Scientist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Dissertation: Local Economies and National Politics: How Members of Congress Respond to Economic Crisis Committee: Edward S. Adler (Chair), Jeffrey Harden, Peter Hanson, John Griffin, Jennifer Wolak Major Fields: American Politics, Methods Ph.D. 2016 Associate Professor, University of West Florida

Dissertation: Preserving the Integrity of Courts: Can State Courts Influence Public Knowledge and Perceptions of the Judicial Branch? Committee: Vanessa Baird (Chair), Joshua Strayhorn, Harry Surden, Jeffrey Harden, Jennifer Wolak Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2016 Associate Professor, Tennessee State University

Dissertation: Citizens, Government, and NGOs: Is Three a Crowd? Committee: Carew Boulding (Chair), David S. Brown, Krister Andersson, Andy Baker, and Karl Linden Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Methods Ph.D. 2015 Department Chair, Associate Professor, The University of New Mexico

Dissertation: Explaining a New Foreign Aid Recipient: The Provision of European Union Aid to Regional Trade Agreements, 1995-2011 Committee: David Bearce (Chair), Joe Jupille, Moonhawk Kim, Megan Shannon, and Julia Gray Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Instructor, Department of Political Science, Texas Christian University

Dissertation: Taking the Lead: Congressional Staffers and Their Role in the Policy Process Committee: Ken Bickers (Chair), Scott E. Adler, Maxwell Boykoff, Wendy Ginsberg, Susan E. Clarke Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Dissertation: Committee: Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Methods, American Politics Ph.D. 2015 Program Director for Indigenous Knowledge Initiative , Henry Luce Foundation Inc.

Dissertation: Potential Fighting Capability and State Concessions: A Study of Violent Rebellion and Nonviolent Resistance Committee: Jaroslav Tir (Chair), Aysegul Aydin, Megan Shannon, David Bearce, Erica Chenoweth (Harvard Kennedy School) Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Associate Research Scientist, OCLC Next

Dissertation: Buying Goodwill with Economic Exchange? Latin American Public Opinion and Elite Rhetoric toward the United States and China Committee: Andy Baker (Chair); Amy Liu; David Bearce; Carew Boulding Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Associate Professor, History & Political Science, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Dissertation: International Institutions and Domestic Commitments in Non-Democratic Regimes Committee: Moonhawk Kim (Chair), Scott Wolford, David Brown, David Bearce, Andy Baker Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics