2015

Dissertation: Citizens, Government, and NGOs: Is Three a Crowd? Committee: Carew Boulding (Chair), David S. Brown, Krister Andersson, Andy Baker, and Karl Linden Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Methods Ph.D. 2015 Associate Professor, The University of New Mexico

Dissertation: Explaining a New Foreign Aid Recipient: The Provision of European Union Aid to Regional Trade Agreements, 1995-2011 Committee: David Bearce (Chair), Joe Jupille, Moonhawk Kim, Megan Shannon, and Julia Gray Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Instructor, Department of Political Science, Texas Christian University

Dissertation: Taking the Lead: Congressional Staffers and Their Role in the Policy Process Committee: Ken Bickers (Chair), Scott E. Adler, Maxwell Boykoff, Wendy Ginsberg, Susan E. Clarke Major Fields: American Politics Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Dissertation: Committee: Major Fields: Comparative Politics, Methods, American Politics Ph.D. 2015 Program Director, Henry Luce Foundation Inc.

Dissertation: Potential Fighting Capability and State Concessions: A Study of Violent Rebellion and Nonviolent Resistance Committee: Jaroslav Tir (Chair), Aysegul Aydin, Megan Shannon, David Bearce, Erica Chenoweth (Harvard Kennedy School) Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 HR Analytics and Data Insights Manager, Kroger

Dissertation: Buying Goodwill with Economic Exchange? Latin American Public Opinion and Elite Rhetoric toward the United States and China Committee: Andy Baker (Chair); Amy Liu; David Bearce; Carew Boulding Major Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Associate Professor, History & Political Science, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Dissertation: International Institutions and Domestic Commitments in Non-Democratic Regimes Committee: Moonhawk Kim (Chair), Scott Wolford, David Brown, David Bearce, Andy Baker Major Fields: International Relations Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance & Economics