Ph.D. Job Market Candidates

David Froomkin

Dissertation:  Structuring Democracy
Current Position:  Instructor at Yale (teaching Designing and Reforming Democracy, fall 2023)
Personal Website:  https://david.froomkin.com/
Advisors List:  Ian Shapiro, Hélène Landemore, Seyla Benhabib
Areas of Concentration:  Political Theory, Public Law
Email:   david.froomkin@yale.edu

Jack Greenberg

Dissertation:  The President’s First Moves: The Dynamics of Agenda Construction, 1968-2022
Personal Website:  https://greenbergjack.com/
Advisors List:  Steve Skowronek (Chair), Christina Kinane, Ian Turner
Areas of Concentration:  American politics, the presidency, political leadership, American political development, Congress, American political thought, public policy, qualitative & mixed methods
Email:   jack.greenberg@yale.edu

Daniel Hirschel-Burns

Dissertation:  The Ideological Socialization of Civilians During Civil War
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University
Personal Website:  http://www.dannyhirschelburns.com/
Advisors List:  Elisabeth Wood (chair), James Scott, Daniel Mattingly, Egor Lazarev
Areas of Concentration:  Comparative Politics, Qualitative Methods, Political Violence, Latin American Politics
Email:   dh4476@princeton.edu

Cleo O’Brien-Udry

Dissertation: Essays on the political economy of foreign aid
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania
Personal Website: https://cobrienudry.github.io/
Advisors List: Sarah Bush, Kate Baldwin, and Christina Schneider
Areas of Concentration:  IR/IPE/climate/development
Email:   coudry@sas.upenn.edu

Collin Schumock

Dissertation:  Three Essays on Electoral Institutions
Personal Website:  https://www.collinschumock.com/
Advisors List:  Greg Huber, Ian Turner, Keith Schnakenberg, Frances Rosenbluth
Areas of Concentration:  American politics, formal theory, political economy
Email:   collin.schumock@yale.edu

Shahana Sheikh

Dissertation:  Party Campaigns in the Digital Age: Theory and Evidence from India
Personal Website:  https://www.shahanasheikh.com/
Advisors List:  Steven Wilkinson, Sarah Khan, Susan Stokes
Areas of Concentration:  Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Quantitative Empirical Methods
Email:   shahana.sheikh@yale.edu

Drew Stommes

Dissertation:  Armed Political Parties and Their Violence
Personal Website:  https://drew-stommes.github.io/
Advisors List:  P. Aronow, Elizabeth Nugent, Steven Wilkinson (Chair), Elisabeth Wood
Areas of Concentration:  Comparative Politics, Quantitative Methods, South Asian Politics, Political Violence, Elections
Email:   drew.stommes@yale.edu

Dana Stuster

Dissertation:  Great Powers, Regional Powers, and the Balance of Power in Conflict
Current Position:  Ph.D. Candidate, Yale University - Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow (2023-24), Notre Dame International Security Center, University of Notre Dame - Deputy Foreign Policy Editor, Lawfare
Personal Website:  https://www.jdanastuster.com/
Advisors List:  Nuno Monteiro, Tyler Pratt, Sarah Sunn Bush, David Edelstein
Areas of Concentration:  International Relations Theory, International Security, International Norms, Middle East Politics, Network Analysis, Qualitative Methods
Email:  dana.stuster@yale.edu

Robin Yajie Wang

Dissertation: The Politics of Trade Policymaking in China
Personal Website:  https://robin-yajiewang.com/
Advisors List:  Kenneth Scheve, Didac Queralt, Daniel Mattingly
Areas of Concentration:  Political Economy, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics
Email:   wangyajie621@gmail.com

Sam Zacher

Dissertation:  The New Democratic Allegiance of Affluent Americans and the Politics of Redistribution
Personal Website:  https://google.com/yale.edu/zacher
Advisors List:  Jacob Hacker, Greg Huber, Ian Turner, Dara Strolovitch
Areas of Concentration:  American Politics; Political Economy; Quantitative Methods; Inequality; Climate Politics
Email:   sam.zacher@yale.edu

Annabelle Hutchinson

Dissertation:  Three Essays on the Political Economy of Gender
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Utah
Personal Website:  https://www.annabellehutchinson.com/
Advisors List:  Frances Rosenbluth (chair), Jacob Hacker, Sarah Khan, Jim Curry (Utah)
Areas of Concentration:  Political Economy, American Politics, Quantitative Methods, Inequality, Gender & Race
Email:  annabelle.hutchinson@utah.edu

Chris Price

Dissertation:  Legacies of War: Group Identification, Ethnic Polarization, and Civil War Violence
Current Position:  Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, Bates College
Personal Website:  https://www.chrisgprice.com
Advisors List:  Elisabeth Wood; Stathis Kalyvas; Jason Lyall; Elizabeth Nugent
Areas of Concentration:  International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Violence, Ethnic Politics, Qualitative Methods
Email:  chris.g.price@aya.yale.edu

Shikhar Singh

Dissertation:  Three Essays on Distributive Politics in India
Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
Personal Website:  https://shikhar-singh.com/
Advisors List:  Steven Wilkinson, Susan Stokes, Greg Huber, Tariq Thachil
Areas of Concentration:  Comparative Politics, Quantitative Methods
Email:  shikhars@sas.upenn.edu