First Generation Scholars

Qingming Huang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida. His research interests include ethnicity and nationalism, state building, authoritarian politics, and communism and post-communism. His dissertation examines how […]

Thomas Benson is a Ph.D. Candidate in the department of Political Science & International Relations at the University of Delaware. His research is focused on environmental and ecological justice, sustainability, urban governance, and smart cities. He […]

Maricruz Ariana Osorio is a Ph.D. student at the University of California, Riverside. Broadly, her work looks at the political engagement and behavior of marginalized groups, with an emphasis on women and immigrants. She has published […]

Muhammad Hassan Bin Afzal (he/him/his) is a Ph.D. candidate in Kent State University’s political science department. His research focuses on global health crises and how that affects both public health and social policies. Hassan’s dissertation, […]

Justin Zimmerman is a fourth-year Ph.D. student at Northwestern University, studying institutional trust in race-class subjugated communities in Chicago. Justin received a Bachelor of Arts in political science and philosophy in 2009 and a Master of Public […]

Elizabeth Dorssom is a Ph.D. candidate in the political science department at the University of Missouri. Her research focuses on the impact of resources on politics and policy. Specifically, she is interested in understanding how resources such as […]