Mentorship & Advising

Students

Mentorship is one of the most rewarding parts of academic life. Over the years I have worked with undergraduate and doctoral students on projects spanning presidential politics, democratic accountability, political geography, election administration, and public policy.

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Graduate Mentorship

Doctoral Students

Committee member · 2026

Jordon Newton

Research connected to migration, political geography, and the spatial organization of American politics.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

Selected collaborative work

Short-Haul Moves and the Political Geography of Partisanship: Intrametropolitan Migration as a Force for Change in U.S. Politics Forthcoming · Urban Affairs Review

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Committee chair · 2025

Jordan Duffin Wong

Work connected to municipal administration, representation, rural planning, and public institutions.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Rural Planner, Five Rule Rural Planning

Selected collaborative work

Elections and Representation in American Municipal Administration: Elite Survey Evidence from Five New England States Forthcoming · Political Research Quarterly

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Outside committee member · 2024

Aleph Shin

Doctoral committee work in economics.

Degree: PhD, Economics
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis

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Outside committee member · 2024

Hyunjoo Oh

Doctoral committee work in business and strategy.

Degree: PhD, Business
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Head of Strategy, NeuroFusion Inc.

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Committee member · 2024

Lucas Boschelli

Doctoral committee work in political science with applied quantitative research connections.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Senior Data Scientist, Maritz

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Chair · 2023

Ben Noble

Research on presidential power, congressional politics, executive rhetoric, and democratic accountability.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego

Recognition

George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award

Selected collaborative work

Crime and Presidential Accountability: A Case of Racially Conditioned Issue Ownership 2022 · Public Opinion Quarterly
Public Opinion and Public Support in Crisis Management 2021 · Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis

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Committee member · 2023

Patrick Rickert

Research connected to American national institutions, political development, and quantitative methodology.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rollins College

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Committee chair · 2023

Zoe Ang

Research on public opinion, executive power, crisis politics, and presidential accountability.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Data Scientist, Clayco

Selected collaborative work

Partisanship, Economic Assessments, and Presidential Accountability 2022 · American Journal of Political Science
Public Opinion and Public Support in Crisis Management 2021 · Encyclopedia of Crisis Analysis

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Chair · 2020

David Miller

Research on crisis management, blame, delegation, and public evaluations of political leadership.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Assistant Professor, American University

Recognition

George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award

Selected collaborative work

Pass the Buck or the Buck Stops Here? The Public Costs of Claiming and Deflecting Blame in Managing Crises 2022 · Journal of Public Policy
Attitudes toward Delegation to Presidential Commissions 2017 · Presidential Studies Quarterly
U.S. Presidential Campaigns and Their Impact 2018 · Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science

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Committee member · 2020

Min Hee Seo

Work connected to public opinion, institutional context, and political behavior.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Health Data Scientist, U.S. News & World Report

Selected collaborative work

The Contextual Determinants of Support for Unilateral Action 2017 · Presidential Studies Quarterly
Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a Multi-Campus Study 2020 · Political Research Quarterly
Polling Place Quality and Access 2020 · The Future of Election Administration, Palgrave Macmillan
Pedagogical Value of Polling Place Observation By Students 2018 · PS: Political Science \& Politics

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Committee member · 2019

Joshua Boston

Research on American legal and political institutions, courts, representation, and election administration.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Associate Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University

Selected collaborative work

Waiting to Vote in the 2016 Presidential Election: Evidence from a Multi-Campus Study 2020 · Political Research Quarterly
Polling Place Quality and Access 2020 · The Future of Election Administration, Palgrave Macmillan
Pedagogical Value of Polling Place Observation By Students 2018 · PS: Political Science \& Politics

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Committee member · 2019

Myunghoon Kang

Research on political institutions, political behavior, public policy, and environmental politics.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Associate Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology

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Committee member · 2018

Emily Moore

Doctoral committee work in political science with applied quantitative connections.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Statistician/Data Scientist, St. Louis County Assessor's Office

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Committee member · 2017

Patrick Tucker

Doctoral committee work in political science and quantitative research.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Senior Statistician, Edison Research

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Committee member · 2017

Taeyong Park

Research on local economic context, voting, and quantitative methods.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Position: Assistant Teaching Professor, Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar

Selected collaborative work

Local Unemployment and Voting for President: Uncovering Causal Mechanisms 2020 · Political Behavior

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Committee member · 2016

Alexander Oliver

Research connected to disaster politics, public opinion, and political behavior.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Boston University
Position: Chief Data Scientist, Evolving Strategies

Selected collaborative work

The Politics of Disaster Relief 2015 · Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, John Wiley & Sons

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Committee member · 2014

Alex Whalen

Doctoral committee work in political science.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Boston University

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Committee member · 2014

Laura Lucas

Doctoral committee work in political science.

Degree: PhD, Political Science
Institution: Boston University
Position: Director of Research and Training, International Consortium for Law and Development

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Undergraduate Mentorship