Each of our undergraduate fellows works together with a graduate student mentor on a project in international studies. For more information on the program, visit its main page. Meet our current graduate student mentors here.
Mango J. Angar
Graduate Student
Political Science
Mango is pursing her PhD in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. As a comparativist she aims to explore the implications of electoral violence on political accountability, the effects of electoral violence on the long-term welfare of historically marginalized...Read more about Mango J. Angar
Jennie Barker
Graduate Student
Political Science
Jennie Barker is a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she studies international influences on democratization. Her current research examines recipient government behavior toward democracy assistance. Prior to coming to UC Berkeley, Barker worked...Read more about Jennie Barker
Clara Bicalho
Graduate Student
Political Science
Clara Bicalho is a PhD student in the Political Science Department at the University of California, Berkeley and a Research Associate at the Center of the Politics of Development. Her research focuses on belief formation and political accountability with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin...Read more about Clara Bicalho
Robert Braun
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Robert Braun is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies civil society and intergroup relationships in times of social upheaval, with a particular focus on racism and antisemitism, altruism and social solidarity, and clandestine...Read more about Robert Braun
Ryan Brutger
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Ryan Brutger is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He studies international political economy, international law, international security, and political psychology, examining the domestic politics of international negotiations and...Read more about Ryan Brutger
Juan Campos
Graduate Student
Political Science
Juan Campos is a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is generally interested in studying security institutions, political violence, and corruption in Latin America. His most recent research assesses the causes and consequences of drug trafficking...Read more about Juan Campos
Anirvan Chowdhury
Graduate Student
Political Science
Center on the Politics of Development
Anirvan Chowdhury is a graduate student at UC Berkeley’s department of political science. His broad research interests lie in comparative politics and the political economy of development. His current projects centre on women’s political mobilisation and collective action, ideology in...Read more about Anirvan Chowdhury
J. Bradford DeLong
Professor
Economics
Brad DeLong is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a weblogger for the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and was previously a deputy assistant secretary for economic policy in the United States Treasury. Prof. DeLong studies economic...Read more about J. Bradford DeLong
Rachel Fisher
Graduate Student
Political Science
Rachel Fisher is pursuing her PhD in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on comparative politics and political behavior, including candidate ambition and recruitment, international development, and policy evaluation. She employs experimental methods...Read more about Rachel Fisher
Ritika Goel
Graduate Student
Political Science
Ritika Goel is a PHD candidate in Political Science at University of California, Berkeley. She studies comparative political economy, focusing on democratic accountability, inequality and, upward redistribution and populism.Read more about Ritika Goel
Bethany L. Goldblum
Associate Research Engineer
Bethany L. Goldblum is an Associate Research Engineer in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and the executive director of the Nuclear Science & Security Consortium at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also a staff scientist in the Nuclear Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley...Read more about Bethany L. Goldblum
Pranav Gupta
Graduate Student
Political Science
Pranav Gupta is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, he had completed an M.Sc. in
Johnathan Guy
Graduate Student
Political Science
Johnathan Guy is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on the comparative political economy of energy and climate change. More specifically, he is interested in how decarbonization (or lack thereof) in low-income societies can be...Read more about Johnathan Guy
Max Kagan
Graduate Student
Political Science
Max Kagan is a Ph.D. student in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, focusing on international political economy. His main research interest is the political impact of cross-border flows of money and people. In particular, he focuses on how multinational corporations and...Read more about Max Kagan
Otto Kienitz
Graduate Student
Political Science
Otto Kienitz is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on autocratic institutions in comparative perspective ranging from Europe to imperial and post-Soviet Eurasia. His dissertation explores the relationship between...Read more about Otto Kienitz
Nicholas Kuipers
Graduate Student
Political Science
Center on the Politics of Development
Nicholas Kuipers joined the Center on the Politics of Development in August 2017. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the UC Berkeley. His research interests include comparative politics and political economy, with a particular focus on the origins and consequences of democracy and...Read more about Nicholas Kuipers
Meiqing Li
Graduate Student
City and Regional Planning
Meiqing Li is a PhD student in City and Regional Planning at University of California, Berkeley. She studies the intersection of sustainable transportation planning, travel behavior, and built environment in the US and Asia.Read more about Meiqing Li
Yue Lin
Graduate Student
Political Science
Yue Lin is a Ph.D. student in the Travers Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a Designated Emphasis on Political Economy. Her research interests cover global investment, multinational corporations, and computational social sciences. Currently, she...Read more about Yue Lin
Adan Martinez
Graduate Student
Political Science
Adan Martinez is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on comparative politics, political economy, and
Alison Post
Associate Professor
Political Science
Center on the Politics of Development
Alison Post is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Metropolitan Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She studies the intersection of comparative urban politics and comparative political economy in Latin America and South Asia, with a particular focus...Read more about Alison Post
Daniel Quiroga-Ángel
Graduate Student
Political Science
Daniel is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at UC Berkeley. His broad research interests lie in the political economy of conflict and development, with a regional focus on Latin America. Methodologically, he is interested in the application of spatial econometrics and machine learning...Read more about Daniel Quiroga-Ángel
Andrew Reddie
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Political Science
Andrew Reddie is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley and senior engineer at Sandia National Laboratories where he works on projects related to wargaming, nuclear issues, and cybersecurity. He is currently a Bridging the Gap New Era fellow,...Read more about Andrew Reddie
Michelle Reddy
Program Director and Assistant Adjunct Professor
Master in Development Practice (MDP), Goldman School of Public Policy
Michelle Reddy is a political sociologist with interests in international development and organizations. Her recent work has largely focused on social mobilization during crises: Ebola, COVID-19, and the European migration crisis and how crises reflect wider challenges in democracy and...Read more about Michelle Reddy
Oren Samet
Graduate Student
Political Science
Oren Samet is pursuing a PhD in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include comparative politics and comparative democratization, with a particular focus on political transitions, parties, and elections in Southeast Asia. Before coming to Berkeley...Read more about Oren Samet
Surili Sheth
Graduate Student
Political Science
Surili Sheth is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Her research interests center on identities (such as gender,
Alexander Stephenson
Graduate Student
Political Science
Alexander Stephenson is a PhD Student in the Travers Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley. His primary research interests are military organizations, policing, the determinants of political violence, and causal inference. He is also interested in creating tools to make software easier...Read more about Alexander Stephenson
Andrew Wojtanik
Andrew Wojtanik is a Ph.D. Candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on elite politics and regime decision-making in Sub-Saharan Africa. His work draws on an original dataset on individual elites in Africa from 1960-2010, archival materials, and...Read more about Andrew Wojtanik
Soo Sun You
Graduate Student
Political Science
Soo Sun You is pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on comparative politics and political behavior. Her research interests lie at the intersection of economic and political inequality and development and studies how political...Read more about Soo Sun You