COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Yen-Hsin Chen - vita

• Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, international relations, Chinese politics, protest
• Dissertation: Protests in China: Why and Which Chinese People Go to the Streets
• Committee: T. David Mason (co-Chair), Phil Paolino (co-Chair), Ko Maeda, and John Ishiyama
• Email: Yen-HsinChen@my.unt.edu

Mustafa Kirisci - vita

• Areas of Interest: Civil wars, terrorism, nonviolent movements, state repression
• Dissertation: Life Cycle of Terrorist Groups: When Terror Groups Emerge and Exit​
• Committee: T. David Mason (chair), Michael Greig, Jacqueline H.R. DeMeritt, Paul Hensel.
• Email: MustafaKirisci@my.unt.edu

Michael Widmeier - vita

• Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, international relations, civil war, rebel organization, causes and consequences of refugees, violence against civilians
• Dissertation: Where Do They Come From, and Where Do They Go? Rebel Group Origins and the Dynamics of Civil War
• Committee: T. David Mason (co-Chair), Idean Salehyan (co-Chair), Jacqueline DeMeritt, and John Ishiyama
• Email: MichaelWidmeier@my.unt.edu

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Ayal K. Feinberg - vita

• Areas of Interest: Diasporas, ethnic politics, hate crimes, anti-semitism, Middle Eastern politics, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Dissertation: Explaining the Homeland-Diaspora Nexus: Israel Motivated Anti-Semitism and its Consequences
• Committee: Marijke Breuning (chair), Regina Branton, J. Michael Greig, and John Ishiyama
• Email: AyalFeinberg@my.unt.edu
• Website: www.ayalfeinberg.com

Roman Krastev - vita

• Areas of Interest: International Relations, American Foreign Policy, International Conflict, Russia and East European Politics
• Dissertation: Identity Claims and Leadership Survival
• Committee: Paul Hensel (chair), Marijke Breuning, John Ishiyama, and James Meernik.
• Email: RomanKrastev@my.unt.edu

Melissa Martinez - vita

• Areas of Interest: International relations, comparative politics, human rights, repression, violent non-state actors
• Dissertation: Reacting to What? Violent Non-State Organizations, Naming and Shaming, and Human Rights Violations
• Committee: Jacqueline DeMeritt (co-chair), Marijke Breuning (co-chair), Glen Biglaiser, John Ishiyama
• Email: MelissaMartinez10@my.unt.edu
• Website: melissamartinez01.wordpress.com

Lynsey Parsons - vita

• Areas of Interest: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Origins of Conflict, Indigenous/Minority Politics, Foreign Policy in Small States, Arms Control, Refugee Issues
• Dissertation: The Long-Term Effects of Exclusion on Regime Stability
• Committee: J. Michael Greig (Chair), Paul R. Hensel, Valerie Martinez-Ebers, and Lisa Henry (UNT Anthropology)
• Email: LynseyParsons@my.unt.edu

POLITICAL THEORY

Evan M. Lowe - vita

• Areas of Interest: Classical political philosophy, modern political philosophy, politics of modern science, American political thought, American Presidency
• Dissertation: Political Judgment and Rule in Francis Bacon's New Atlantis
• Committee: Richard S. Ruderman (Chair), Steven P. Forde, Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Martin Yaffee (UNT Philosophy)
• Email: EvanLowe@my.unt.edu
• Website: evanmlowe.weebly.com

Placement Record

Placement Director - Dr. Jacqueline DeMeritt - jdemeritt@unt.edu