The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2021. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral dissertation research in political science. Awards support basic research which is theoretically derived and empirically oriented.
The following PhD candidates have been awarded the grants for the 2021-2022 award cycle.
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Amanda d’Urso, Northwestern University: In the Shadow of Whiteness: Middle Eastern and North African Identity in the US |
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Anirvan Chowdhury, University of California Berkeley: How do Religiously Conservative Parties Mobilize Women? Theory and Evidence from India |
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Apekshya Prasai, Massachussetts Institute of Technology: Gendered Processes of Civil War: Understanding Women’s Inclusion in Rebel Organizations |
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Changwook Ju, Yale University: Military Recruitment, Battlefield Effectiveness, and Civil-Military Relations |
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Don Grasse, Emory University: Essays in the Political Economy of Development |
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Jacob Turner, University of Notre Dame: War in Words: Law, Order, and Electoral Politics in Brazil |
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Jasmine Smith, Duke University: Black Voters and Electability in Intraparty Elections |
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Jasmine English, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Dilemmas of Accommodation: Diversity and Local Church Involvement in Politics |
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Jingyuan Qian, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Statebuilding by Campaign: Repression, Regime Consolidation, and Political Control in Modern China |
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John Minnich, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Enlisting the Market: Trade Policy as Industrial Policy in Post-WTO China |
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Jongyoon Baik, University of Chicago: Politics of the Administrative Litigation System in China |
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Kaiyu Li, University of Illinois at Chicago:Â The Politics of Survival: A Comparative Study of Chinatown Development in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago |
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Kara Hooser, The Ohio State University: Violence as Peace: Masculinities and Everyday Violence in Post-Conflict Spaces |
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Lindsey Pruett, Cornell University: Soldiers, Shovels, and the State: Militaries and State-Building in Post-Colonial Senegal |
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Marco Alcocer, University of California, San Diego: Crackdowns, Organized Crime Expansion, and Government Capture |
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Mary Shiraef, University of Notre Dame: Hoxha’s Grand Experiment on the Greek minority of Albania |
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Nadia Eldemerdash, University of Nevada Las Vegas: Transnational Actions, Domestic Outcomes: How Diasporas Drive Political Change in their Home Countries |
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Natan Skigin, University of Notre Dame: The Political Psychology of Criminal Violence and Solidarity with Victims |
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Rachel Hulvey, University of Pennsylvania: China, Ideology, and International Law: Shaping Preferences for the Legalization of Cyberspace |
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Sabrina Axster, Johns Hopkins University: Arresting Movement: The Political Economy of Immigration Detention in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom |
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Stephen Roblin, Cornell University: The Moral Public: Intent, Civilian Harm, and American Public Support for the Use of Force |
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Xiren Chen, University of Arizona: Chiefs, Elections, and Violence: Mobilization and Demobilization of African Voters |
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Yunus Orhan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee: The Road to Democratic Backsliding: How Affective Polarization Increases Support for Illiberal Politicians? |