First Generation Scholars

Semra Sevi is a PhD candidate in Université de Montréal’s political science department where she is a member of the Research Chair in Electoral Studies, Canada Research Chair in Electoral Democracy and the Centre for […]

Yanira G. Rivas Pineda is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she is finishing her dissertation titled, “Crime-Ridden and Heavily Policed:  Political Involvement in two Los Angeles Public Housing Facilities.”  […]

Nahrain Rasho is a PhD Candidate in the department of political Science at the University of California, Davis. Her research focuses on nationalism, ethnic conflict, and state-building strategies in ethnically divided societies. Nahrain’s dissertation examines […]

Gustavo Diaz is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, specializing in comparative politics and political methodology. Substantively, he is interested in political economy and political […]

Tugba Bozcaga is a PhD Candidate in the department of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research interests lie in comparative political economy, with a substantive focus on development, governance, and distributive […]

Cameryn Blackmore is a PhD candidate in the political science department at The University of Alabama. Her research focuses on the impact judicial policymaking has on the education field. Her dissertation research will focus on […]

Peter Onah Thompson is a public policy PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina – Charlotte from Nigeria. His research interests include environmental justice, climate change, migration, security, and political violence. Though he had […]