Graduate Student Research

The Mershon Center provides support for select graduate students to focus on research related to international security.  Projects cover an interdisciplinary range of fields, from geography to political science. 

To learn more about recent graduate research projects, click on the student's name below.

• Soundarya Chidambram (Political Science) Why do People Riot? Implications of Hindu-Muslim Riots in India
• Michael Ewers (Geography), Locational Decisions and Perceived Risk of U.S. Multinationals in the New Gulf Development States
• Denice Fett (History), Information, Intelligence and Negotiation: The Atlantic European Diplomatic World, 1558-1585
• Ursula Gurney (History), The United States and European Détente: Nixon, Ford and the Helsinki Accords, 1969-75
• Edward Gutierrez (History), Sherman was Right: The Experience of WWI AEF Soldiers
• Marguerite Hernandez (Sociology), Problem Definitions: Understanding the NGO Response to Sex Trafficking
• Eliza Ho (History of Art), War, Propaganda and Photography: The Chinese Photographer Sha Fei (1912-50)
• Ryan Irwin (History), Race and Revolution: The International Dilemma of Apartheid, 1948-69
• Dag Mossige (Political Science), The Perils of Movement Parties: An Investigation of Political Parties in Mexico, Argentina, and Chile
• Rohit Negi (Geography), Re-negotiating the Postcolonial Sub-Saharan State: Capitalist Development and Conflicts over Land in Zambia
• Mark Rice (History), The Alliance City: NATO and Berlin, 1958-63
• Srdjan Vucetic (Political Science), The “Anglosphere”: A Genealogy of an Identity in International Relations
• Christina Xydias (Political Science), Women At/On the Ballot: Examining the Effects of Tokenism and Quotas