This page lists the great doctoral students I have advised in different capacities. Click their names to see their professional websites.
Thao-Nguyen Ha
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Dissertation: Essays on the microdynamics of civil wars and political violence
Dissertation Committee Member (Brenton Kenkel, chair)
On the academic job market
Jennifer Barnes
PhD Candidate, Vanderbilt University
Dissertation: The Accountability Dilemma: Competing Accountability for Abuses by Coercive State Agents
Dissertation Chair
Placement: Research Professional for the Center for the Study of Global Issues at the University of Georgia and member of the Methodology Research & Design Team of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative
Peter Carey
2023 PhD, University of California, Merced
Dissertation: Repression, Group Threat, & the Threat Environment
Dissertation Co-Chair (with Courtenay Conrad)
Dogus Aktan
2023 PhD, University of Denver
Dissertation: How Does Violence Deter? Functional and Informational Effects of Preemptive Repression
External Dissertation Committee Member (Cullen Hendrix, Chair)
Current placement: Lecturer, Rice University
Ae sil Woo
2020 PhD, University of California, Merced
Dissertation: Designing the Rules of the Game: Legislative Processes in Authoritarian Legislatures
Dissertation Committee Member (Courtenay Conrad, Chair)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Gettysburg College
Gina Lei Miller
2015 PhD, University of Alabama
Dissertation: Anticipating Backfire: The Effect of Institutions on Repression of Nonviolent Dissent
Dissertation Co-Chair (with Douglas Gibler)
Placement: Assistant Professor, George Fox University
Current: Associate Professor, George Fox University
Christopher Kromphardt
2015 PhD, University of Alabama
Dissertation: How Law Clerks Influence: U.S. Supreme Court Law Clerks as Information Sources
Dissertation Committee Member (Joseph Smith, chair)
Placement: Lecturer, Washington State University
Jacqueline M. Sievert
2014 PhD, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Dissertation: Authoritarianism and Information: Courts as Information Providers in Non-Democracies
Dissertation Committee Member (Harvey Palmer, chair)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University
Steven V. Miller
2012 PhD, University of Alabama
Dissertation: Territorial Threats and Individual Attitudes of Leadership, Corruption and Quality of Life
Dissertation Committee Member (Douglas Gibler, chair)
Placement: Assistant Professor, Clemson University
Current: Associate Professor, Clemson University