SPIA Graduate Students
Rachel Hope Adler
School of Public and International Affairs
Nathan Bailleux
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
His previous research includes a thesis presented to Lille Catholic University in fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Master in International Relations. This thesis was written under the supervision of Dr. Emmanuel Lincot and Dr. Emmanuel Meneut.
The title of the thesis was: « The overlapping of the conventional and nuclear security dilemmas between India and Pakistan following the 2002 nuclear alert: Dynamics of a rivalry between India, Pakistan, and China ».
His research interests include international relations theory, international security, and military doctrine. He specializes in national and international security studies, South Asian security, and technology and politics. Within these fields, his research covers two main areas: India's military effectiveness from a comparative perspective and the study of the India-Pakistan-China triangle from a realist perspective.
Alex Brogaard
Program Manager, School of Public and International Affairs
University Pavilion
Stephen Michael Bryant
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Stephen’s research interests include transnational feminism, representation of women in conflict settings, religio-political groups, intersections of identity in motivations for engaging in violence, politics of memory, and ISIS activity throughout the Middle East.
Kanisha Monet Ervin
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Joy Raafat Girgis
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Francesca Gottardi
Ph.D. Student /J.D. Candidate, School of Public and International Affairs
Adriana Lucia Hernandez Ortiz
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Her research interests include: Social Justice, Rural and Urban Development, Education and Gender Studies.
Bekir Ilhan
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Sarah Imran
Ph.D. Student, School of Public and International Affairs
Sarah’s research interests include gender justice, transnational feminist networks in the Global South, social movements, and women-led community organizing.
Sarah has a background in Economics and a Master’s degree in Community Development. She has worked on advocacy and lobbying campaigns to establish legislation related to violence against women in Pakistan and in the US, and has spearheaded programs geared towards skills training and economic independence of the survivors of gender-based violence.
Sarah is also a mission-driven artist and her art is grounded in gender, racial, and social justice (www.sarahzimran.com). She is also on the organizing team of the annual Aurat March (Women's March) in Pakistan and is a 2019-2022 Women Deliver Young Leader.
Daniel Vincent Jones
School of Public and International Affairs
Igor Kovac
Ph.D. Candidate, 2018-2019 Pre-Doctoral Fellow at ISCS, School of Public and International Affairs
Crosley Tower
His Ph.D. thesis develops a new theoty of enduring hegemony - pervasive hegemony.
Igor works on several ongoing research projects:
- Economic power factor: primus inter pares?
- Geopolitics: Shangri-La of International Relations
- A Comparison of EU and NATO’s Approaches to Managing and Regulating Cyber Threats
- Sanctioning Iran: the case of a latent blowback for the European Union
- Economic intelligence: a comparative study
Mr. Kovač is active in different think tanks and NGOs, such as REFORMISS, and The Slovenian Paneuropean Movement. He cooperates with the Slovenian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and has delivered lectures on geopolitics on several academic institutions across Europe.
Sungani Kufeyani
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Jin kyung Lee
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Jinkyung's research interests specifically concern the relationship between valuable resources in technology and large political systems. Based on her academic and work experiences, she has developed an interest in international data resource agreements and their effect on global relationship development. Especially, Jinkyung is pursuing to enhance her interests in cybersecurity policies, conflicts between countries in science and technology, and the process of establishing related systems.
Jinkyung gained in-field work experience at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning and the Korea Information Society Development Institute. At these research institutions, she analyzed the influence of science and technology on the development of Korean governmental institutions, such as the postal system and the human resources development network.
Jacqueline A Lewis
School of Public and International Affairs
Jonathan Liu
Ph.D. Student, School of Public and International Affairs
Born in Iowa and grew up in Taiwan, Jonathan received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington in Seattle. Prior to his relocation to Cincinnati, Jonathan lived in Tianjin, China for six years, first receiving a M.A. in International Relations from Nankai University before working as a full-time lecturer at the Civil Aviation University of China.
Jonathan is a 2020 Albert C. Yates Fellowship recipient.
Lisbeth Lundstedt
Affiliate - Benefits, School of Public and International Affairs
University Hall
Jacqueline Ann Marschall
Public Info Officer, School of Public and International Affairs
Hoxworth Center (4-5)
Janiah Jessica MIller
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Sayam Moktan
School of Public and International Affairs
Alexandra Fe Nash
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
MD WASIM NEWAZ
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Yorkow Oppon-Acquah
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
His research focuses on religion, politics, and social policies in sub-Saharan Africa and America. He's currently working on a research project that examines why some sub-Saharan countries have greater acceptance for Comprehensive Sexuality Education(CSE) programs than other sub-Saharan countries.
Emma Grace Parker
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Aida Ramusovic-Witham
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Mallory Rock
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Yenni Rosana
Student Worker, School of Public and International Affairs
Mustafa Sagir
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Molly Anne Scruta
Asst Director, School of Public and International Affairs
LINDHALL
Molly Scruta is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics. She is pursuing a doctoral concentration in Feminist Comparative and International Politics.
Molly brings over 10 years of teaching experience to the program, and currently works in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UC Blue Ash College in addition to her studies, serving as Title IX liaison and providing support to Latinx/e/a/o and gender diverse students. Her academic background is in International Relations, and her research passions include mobility justice, critical race theory, social movements, and women’s rights in the Global South. She is keenly interested in the intersections of law and policy, international relations, identity and immigration, focusing on relationships and mobilities between Latin America and the US.
In collaboration with Rice University’s Baker Center for the United States and the Department of International Studies in the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Molly is currently a collaborating on a transnational research project examining the relationship between the United States and Mexico through a feminist lens, focusing on the ways in which relations could plausibly be shaped in the next twenty years by policy decisions, historical development and global and regional trends.
Regina Shahi
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
She obtained her Bachelors in Law from Nepal and is a licensed lawyer in Nepal. She has an experience working in business and employment law in Nepal and in the United States. She is interested in understanding the interrelation between law, politics and society, more specifically how legal changes impact public participation in democracies. Currently, Regina is working as a graduate research assistant with Dr. Laura Dudley Jenkins and Dr. Rina Verma Williams on an oral history project about women in political science.
Yash Sharma
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Yash’s research interests are political mobilization, electoral politics, and ethnoreligious nationalism, focusing on South Asia. He is particularly interested in the mobilization activities of the Bhartiya Janata Party in India. He is currently working on a project studying the mobilization of youth in vigilante groups and another project that looks at anti-conversion legislation (so-called 'love jihad' laws) in India. He has also recently worked on another project examining the politics of protest from the lens of prefigurative politics.
Yash has a background in International Relations and Comparative Politics. For his MPhil, his dissertation examined right-wing political movements in Eastern Europe and their relation to the politics of memory, social communication, and identity politics. As part of his Diploma in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building, he defended his thesis titled “Islamification of Pakistan under Zia-ul-Haq.” He recently worked on a project studying the constitution-making process in India. He was responsible for archival research on media coverage of the Indian Constituent Assembly debates and helping digitize resources related to the constitution-making process in India.
Ryane Kristen Sickles
Clinical Research Manager, School of Public and International Affairs
Medical Sciences Building
Rickey Charles Terrell
Program Manager, School of Public and International Affairs
Teachers College
Bilgen Turkay
School of Public and International Affairs
She previously completed an M.A. in Journalism at Ankara University. She has undergraduate degrees in International Relations and Public Relations and Advertising.
Her research interests include immigration, refugees, social media & technology and human rights.
Jelena Vicic
Predoctoral Fellow, School of Public and International Affairs
Jelena’s research interests include: international relations, cybersecurity, and EU politics.
Aileen Wang
Instructor - Adj, School of Public and International Affairs
Old Chemistry Building
Stuart D. Warren
Ph.D., Student, Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Joey Kristin Williams
School of Public and International Affairs
Leadership experiences include servings as Vice President of the University of Cincinnati chapter of Amnesty International in 2012/2013 (as well as Treasurer of the Skydiving Club 2012/2013), acting as Intern Lead and providing volunteer coordination on a local congressional campaign in 2014, and in my current role at the Cincinnati Public Library (started 2016) which allows me coordinate community and civic participation events.
Demonstrated committment to the greater Cincinnati community through approximately 2000 hours of voluntary service with the Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, Veteran Affairs of Cincinnati, and Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, and various local community service projects.
Gabrielle Eve Woehler
Graduate Assistant, School of Public and International Affairs
Justin S Wolterman
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, School of Public and International Affairs