TEACHING
Graduate Courses
Learn about the Political Science PhD program at UC Merced
American Political Institutions (Poli 210)
Research Design in Political Science (Poli 200)
Undergraduate Courses
Congressional Politics (Poli 100)
The Presidency (Poli 101)
State Legislative Simulation (Poli 109) (Check it our HERE)
Politics and Film (Poli 170)
SPARK: The Politics of Reform
Current and Former Graduate Students
Served as dissertation chair or co-chair for:
Gregory Robinson (PhD 2007, Associate Professor and Chair at University of Binghamton)
Tessa Provins (PhD 2018, Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh)
Josh Franco (PhD 2018, Assistant Professor at Cuyamaca College)
Neelum Maqsood (PhD 2024)
Devon Moffett (PhD 2025)
Ricardo Robles (PhD expected Summer 2025)
Nicholas Brouwer (PhD expected Spring 2026)
Served or serve on the following students dissertation committees:
Michael Crespin (PhD 2005, Professor at University of Oklahoma)
Philip Kloha (PhD 2006)
Suzanne Gold (PhD 2007)
Kayla Canelo (PhD 2019, Assistant Professor at UT Arlington)
Stephanie Nail (PhD 2019, Postdoc at Stanford University)
Ae-sil Woo (PhD 2020, Assistant Professor at Gettysburg College)
Reagan Dobbs (PhD 2022, Associate Research Director at YouGov)
Shengkuo Hu (PhD 2022, Senior Data Scientist at NBC Universal)
Eddie Lucero (PhD, 2023, Assistant Professor at Colorado State University, Pueblo)