Gary P. Freeman, Chair
BAT 2.116, Mailcode A1800, Austin, TX 78712 • 512-471-5121
Graduate Student List
Job Market Candidates
Danilo Antonio Contreras
Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow, Williams College
Education
B.A., Georgetown University (2005)
Interests
race and ethnic politics in Latin America; vote choice; political behavior; Dominico-Haitian relations; experimental and survey methodsKody Cooper
Graduate student
Education
BA, Kansas State University
Interests
History of moral and political thought; contemporary liberal, early modern, and medieval political theory; constitutional law and theory; jurisprudence.Jonghoon Eun
Graduate student
Education
BA, Seoul National University; MA, Seoul National University
Interests
American National Institutions (the Presidency, Congress, the Federal Courts), Elections & Campaigns, Public Policy, Spatial Models of Politics, Political MethodologyLaura K. Field
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rhodes College
lkfield@gmail.com | (901) 843-3481 | Rhodes College Department of Political Science
Education
PhD in Government (December 2011), University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Rhetoric, philosophic autobiography, political psychology and agency, the philosophic foundations of the social sciences, the politics of nature and the environmentAustin Hart
Graduate student
Education
BA, University of Kansas
Interests
Campaigns and elections in comparative perspective, political communications, comparative political economy, research methodsAaron L Herold
Postdoctoral Fellow, Rhodes College
Education
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
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 relationsTaofang Huang
Visiting Lecturer, Southwestern University
tao.fang.huang@utexas.edu | MEZ 3.224
Education
Ph. D., University of Texas at Austin, Department of Government
Interests
American Politics, Political Behavior, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Campaigns and Elections, Political Parties, and Research MethodsJacqueline Hunsicker
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, University of Houston
Education
PhD August 2012, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Constitutional development (domestic and foreign), constitutional change, rule of law, American founding, Niccolò Machiavelli, ancient and modern political thought.Joanne D. Ibarra
Graduate student
Education
BA, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
American Politics, MethodologyHector Ibarra-Rueda
PhD Candidate (ABD)
hector.ibarra@utexas.edu | BAT 1.118
Education
M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Business Administration, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
Interests
Comparative Politics, Political Communication, Public Policy, Political Parties, Latin America, MexicoMatthew Johnson
Post Doctorate Research Fellow, The Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University
matthewjohnson (at) utexas (dot) com
Education
Ph.D, 2012, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Latin American Politics, Politics of the Developing World, The Resource Curse, Comparative and International Political Economy, Political Institutions, and International Relations.Adam Myers
Graduate student
Education
BA, Pomona College; MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
legislative politics, state politics, public policy, campaigns and elections, public opinionDaniel Nogueira-Budny
Doctoral Candidate (ABD)
Education
MA, Georgetown University (2007); BA, Columbia University (2004)
Interests
Political parties, Latin American politics, political institutions, and democratizationMarco Paoli
Graduate student
Education
BA, University of Toronto
Interests
Political Theory, International RelationsJoel Parker
Senior Lecturer, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Education
AB, PhD, Stanford University, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Democratic theory, political equality, theories of representation, deliberative democracy, constitutional development, American jurisprudence, political legitimacy, and random selectionJerod T Patterson
Graduate student
Education
Ph.D. (ABD), M.A., University of Texas, M.Div., Wake Forest University
Interests
Public opinion, public policy, survey research, civic participation, group politics, religion and politicsLaura Rabinowitz
Graduate student
Education
M.A. in Government, University of Texas at Austin; B.A. in Government and Philosophy, Skidmore College
Interests
Classical political thought (especially moral and political virtue); early modern political thought; constitutional law and theoryGustavo Rivera
Doctoral Candidate (expected graduation December 2012)
Education
B.A. in Political Science and Peace Studies, 2007, University of Notre Dame
Interests
Comparative politics, political psychology, experimental methods, campaign advertising, Latin American politics, Mexican politics, African politicsArthur Shuster
Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston College
Education
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Classical (especially Socratic) political thought; early modern political thought; German idealism; twentieth century German thought; American political thought; American constitutional theory; political themes in Greek tragedy.Amanda C. Skuldt
Graduate student
skuldt@utexas.edu | BATTS 1.118
Education
B.A. Political Science, Simmons College, Boston Mass.
Interests
Armed conflict, foreign policy, international security, military outsourcing, non-state armed groups, pedagogy, political violence, state formation, terrorismEric Svensen
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas, Austin; B.A., University of California, San Diego
Interests
Congress, the presidency, separation of powers, political parties, American political development, economic policy, methodologyMark Verbitsky
Graduate student
Education
BA, University of Alberta; MA, University of Alberta
Interests
Rhetoric, political psychology, development of liberal natural rights doctrines, constitutional lawShinya Wakao
Graduate student
Education
BA, Meiji Gakuin University; MA, Keio University
