Current and Completed PhD Dissertations & Placements
ABD | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995
ABD
Baker, Eric
- Dissertation Title: The Epistemic Community of Sustainable Development at the Local Level: Two Case Studies
- Chair: Rosenbaum
- Placement: East Carolina University (visiting)
Bardsley, Lance
- Dissertation Title: The Politics of Devolution: Institutionalizing Subnational Legislatures in Scotland and Wales
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Gainesville College (Georgia)
Bow, Shannon
- Dissertation Title: Regionalism in Presidential Rhetoric
- Chair: Conley / Dodd
- Placement: University of Texas - Austin (lecturer)
Moody, Eric M.
- Dissertation Title: Landmines on the Table: A Negotiations Analysis of the Global Campaign to Ban Landmines, 1991-1997.
- Chair: Barkin
- Placement: U.S. Air Force
Nazworth, Napp
- Dissertation Title: The Structure of the Christian Right
- Chair: Wald
- Placement: University of Texas - Tyler (visiting)
2006
Moore, Kelli
- Dissertation Title: How Do Organizations Matter? The Effects of Civic Organizations on Ethnic Relations in England and Beyond
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri, St. Louis (NTA)
Straus, Jacob R.
- Dissertation Title: Amateurs and Professionals in the House of Representatives: The Impacts of Pre-Congressional Political Experience
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Assistant Professor at Frostburg State University in Maryland (TT)
2005
Ellis, David
- Dissertation Title: Defending the International Interest
- Chair: Barkin
- Placement: Visiting Professor of Political Science at New College of Florida (NTA)
Gainous, Jason
- Dissertation Title: Having Our Cake and Eating it Too: Americans' AmbivalenceAabout Social Welfare
- Chair: Craig/Martinez
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville (TT)
Hoon, Parakh
- Dissertation Title: Between Exchange and Reciprocity: The Politics of Wildlife Conservation and Agricultural Intensification in Botswana and Zambia
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Visiting Professor at University of Massachusetts, Amherst (NTA)
Mousa, Waleed
- Dissertation Title: Islam, Democracy, and Governance: Sudan and Morocco in a Comparative Perspective
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Director, Center for Governance, Khartoum, Sudan (NA)
Seri, Guillermina
- Dissertation Title: Policing and Democracy: The Influence of Narratives on Police Discretion
- Chair: Anderson/Thiele
- Placement: 2005-6 academic year post-doctoral fellowship at Colgate University
Spadoni, Paolo
- Dissertation Title: Effectiveness of Dconomic Sanctions in the Context of Globalization and Transnational Linkages: The Case of Cuba
- Chair: McCoy
- Placement: Visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida (NTA)
Wagner, Kevin
- Dissertation Title: Image, Authority and Change: Reconstructing Representation in the Modern Era
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University (TT)
2004
Albarracin, Julia
- Dissertation Title: Selecting Immigration in Modern Argentina: Economic, Cultural, International and Institutional Factors
- Chair: Williams
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western Illinois University (TT)
Aguayo, Javier
- Dissertation Title: The Legislature Strikes Back in Peru: The Role of Congress in the Demise of Fujimori in 2000
- Chair: Anderson
- Placement: Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Denison University (TT)
Baia, Larissa
- Dissertation Title: Christianity and the Imagined Latino Self: The Emergence of Pan-ethnic Identity Amongst Latinos in Paterson, New Jersey
- Chair: Anderson
- Placement: Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions at Lynn University (NA)
Behringer, Ronald
- Dissertation Title: Middle Power Leadership on Human Security
- Chair: Oren
- Placement: Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida (NTA)
Bolus, John M.
- Dissertation Title: The Road to Public Sector Reform in Argentina's Provinces
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Sam Houston State University (TT)
Press, Robert
- Dissertation Title: Establishing a Culture of Resistance: The Struggle for Human Rights and Democracy in Authoritarian Kenya, 1987-2002
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Mississippi (TT)
2003
Fuentes, Vilma Elisa
- Dissertation Title: The Political Effects of Disaster and Foreign Aid: National and Subnational Governance in Honduras After Hurricane Mitch
- Chair: Anderson
- Placement: Teaches in the Social and Behavioral Sciences at Santa Fe Community College (TT)
Leslie, Agnes George Ngoma.
- Dissertation Title: Social Movement and Democracy in Africa: The Impact of Women's Struggle for Equal Rights in Botswana
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Outreach Director for the Center for African Studies at the University of Florida (NA)
Walker, Lee D.
- Dissertation Title: The Democratic Arbiter: The Role of the Judiciary in the Democratic Consolidation Process in Nicaragua and Costa Rica
- Chair: Anderson
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky (TT)
2002
Gordon, Joshua Barrett.
- Dissertation Title: The Power of the Purse Reconsidered: Partisanship and Social Integration in the House Appropriations Committee
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Policy analyst at the Concord Coalition in Washington, DC (NA)
Greaves, Edward F.
- Dissertation Title: Reorganizing Popular Civil Society: Popular Movements, Municipalities And The State in Post-Dictatorship Chile, 1990-2000
- Chair: Anderson
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at St. Cloud State University (TT)
Kenney, Michael C.
- Dissertation Title: Outsmarting the State: A Comparative Case Study of the Learning Capacity of Colombian Drug Traffic
- Chair: Williams
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Pennsylvania State University Capitol College (TT)
Nisley, Thomas Jay
- Dissertation Title: Democracy Promotion and U.S. Foreign Policy: The Role of Domestic Norms
- Chair: Brown
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southern Polytechnic State University (TT)
Reid, Audley George, Jr.
- Dissertation Title: Distinct Paths: Race and Public Housing in Postwar Toronto and Chicago
- Chair: Button
Rogers, Peter J.
- Dissertation Title: The Political Ecology of Pastoralism, Conservation, and Development in the Arusha Region of Northern Tanzania
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Assistant Professor in the Environmental Studies Program at Bates College (TT)
Silverman, Adam L.
- Dissertation Title: An Exploratory Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Theory of Terrorism
- Chair: Wald
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Long Island University (TT)
2001
Bird, Shawn L.
- Dissertation Title: Mitigating the Crisis in Democratization: Municipal Reform and Local Governance in El Salvador
- Chair: Williams
- Placement: Bureau of Intelligence and Research, US Deptartment of State
Currinder, Marian
- Dissertation Title: Leadership PAC Contribution Strategies and House Member Ambitions
- Chair: Conway/ Dodd
- Placement: Senior Fellow in the Government Affairs Institute at Georgetown University (TT)
Garrott, Luke
- Dissertation Title: Authenticity and Ideology
- Chair: Thiele
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah (TT)
Oldmixon, Elizabeth
- Dissertation Title: Understanding the Fight Over Good and Evil: Legislating Morality in the U.S. House of Representatives
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas (TT)
Roth, Barbara N.
- Dissertation Title: Florida AFDC Families: Identifying Elements that Increase the Probability of Becoming Economically Independent
- Chair: Button
- Placement: Barbara Roth is deceased. Adjunct Professor prior to death (NTA)
2000
Marcus, Richard R.
- Dissertation Title: Cultivating Democracy on Fragile Grounds: Environmental Institutions and Non-Elite Perceptions
- Chair: Hyden
- Placement: Assistant Professor of international studies at California State University, Long Beach (TT)
Pfeifer, Kimberly
- Dissertation Title: Echoing Silence and Narcissistic Violence
- Chair: Sanderson
- Placement: Research Director, OXFAM-USA, Washington D.C. (NA)
Schecter, David L.
- Dissertation Title: Evaluating the Impact of Direct Democracy on Voter Turnout
- Chair: Conway
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at California State University-Fresno (TT)
Wright, Fiona M.
- Dissertation Title: Congressional Reform and its Institutional Consequences
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (TT)
Zarkin, Michael J.
- Dissertation Title: The Transformation of US Telecommunications Policy: Social Learning and Policy Change, 1900-1996
- Chair: Dodd
- Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Westminster College of Salt Lake City (TT)
