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Mijeong Baek

• Research Interests: My research interests include mass political behavior, the media, election campaigns, and comparative political communication systems.
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Manuel Balán

• Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Political Parties and Party Systems, Corruption Scandals, Transparency and Anti-Corruption Policies, Constitutional Design and Reform, Media Independence and Autonomy, the Politics of Judicial and Institutional Reform, and Latin American Political Development
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Frederic Cady

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Laura Field

• Research Interests: The politics of philosophic rhetoric, literature and politics, the philosophic foundations (ancient and modern) of the social sciences, the jurisprudence of cultural protections (language and religious protections), free speech.
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Roy Germano

• Research Interests: International migration, migrants' remittances, the political economy of development, agricultural policy, Latin American politics (particularly Mexican politics), globalization, comparative politics, statistical methods, and survey methodology.
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Aaron Herold

• Research Interests: My dissertation examines the relationship between liberal-democracy and religion through an analysis of Locke, Spinoza, and Tocqueville. After first indicating the character of the religious reforms that the thinkers of the Enlightenment sought to bring about, I examine Tocqueville’s critique of them in light of his warnings about the potential future of democracy. My broader research interests include early modern liberal political thought and its critics, the relationship between liberalism and religion, the problem of political theology, and the intersections between political theory and international relations.
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Patrick Hickey

• Research Interests: Congress, Presidency, Political Behavior, Campaigns and Elections, Methodology, Interest Groups, Formal Organizations
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Chih-shian Liou

• Research Interests: My research interests are political economy, bureaucratic politics, and foreign policy. Most of my work, both past and future, lies at the interaction of comparative politics and international relations in East Asia in general, and China in particular. I am especially concerned with how domestic conflicts of interest and bureaucratic politics affect China’s foreign policy and international behavior.
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• Research Interests: The impact of ideas on processes of institutional change, constitutional transformation, the politics of judicial reform, the impact of law and courts on policy-making and political mobilization, Latin American political development, and Brazilian studies.
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Joel Parker

• Research Interests: Democratic theory, political equality, theories of representation, deliberative democracy, constitutional development, American jurisprudence, political legitimacy, and random selection.
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Arthur Shuster

• Research Interests: Classical conception of justice, philosophy of punishment, origins of modern political thought, theoretical tensions within liberalism, American constitutionalism, and morality and the passions.
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• Research Interests: Politics and political participation in India, particularly civil society, contentious politics, social movements, political behavior, elections, and ethnic conflict.  Dissertation investigates class-wise participation in contentious politics in Varanasi and the implications thereof for traditional theories of civil society.
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