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PhD Students

Shekinah Nissi Lightner

Shekinah is a joint PhD student in Public Policy and Political Science. Prior to coming to Michigan, she graduated with her B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Furman University in 2020. She is broadly interested in religion and politics,…
PhD Students

Margarita Maria Rodriguez Morales

Margarita is a doctoral student in the joint program of Public Policy and Sociology. Her research interests focus on inequalities, development, and Science and Technology Studies. She plans to study of the bureaucratics of poverty governance in Latin…
PhD Students

Alvin Christian

Alvin Christian is a joint PhD student in Economics and Public Policy. His research interests include the economics of education, gender, and the family. Previously, he worked as a Research Assistant at Brown University and MDRC. He graduated from…
PhD Students

Nicholas Birdsong

Nicholas is a joint Ph.D. student in Public Policy and Political Science at the University of Michigan, studying the measurement of ideological preferences and trust in political institutions. He holds an MPP with a concentration in analysis methods…
PhD Students

Catalina Anampa Castro

Catalina is a joint doctoral student in the departments of Public Policy and Sociology. Prior to coming to Michigan, Catalina completed a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Sociology of Law, Criminology, and Deviance at the University of Minnesota and…
In the Media

Rabe discusses how Democratic governors tackle climate policy

Sep 24, 2020 Environment & Energy News
“We’re in a window where a lot of Democratic governors are trying to do something related to climate, and if the executive order approach is their only route, carbon neutrality is a kind of popular step,” said Rabe.  Read the full E&E News...
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Ciorciari comments on winding down of Khmer Rouge Tribunals

Sep 24, 2020 La Prensa Latina
"I think it is quite likely that the [remaining] cases will be dismissed. With little prospect of those cases advancing... and after years of mounting donor frustration and fatigue, it is doubtful that the tribunal will be open much longer," said...