| Castaneda, Gary |
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Advanced to candidacy in July 2003. Currently conducting his dissertation fieldwork in Mexico with yearlong funding from a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship. In addition, he is a visiting professor at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City. |
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| Chwieroth, J.J. |
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earned his Ph.D. in the Spring of 2003. |
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| Cook, Christopher |
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Instructor for Law and Society |
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| Frey, Laura |
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First place paper prize 2003 PAPOR Conference, "Measuring the impact of crisis events on presidential approval:
An objective approach to the rally phenomenon" |
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| Geissler, Sandra |
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passed the International Relations qualifying exam in the Fall of 2003 |
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| Johnson, Diane |
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earned her Ph.D. in the Spring of 2003. |
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| Kasdin, Stuart |
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Paper presented at March, 2004 Public Choice Conference. Manzer-Wesson Award. |
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| Lawyer, Jared |
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Passed the Comparative Politics qualifying exam in the Spring of 2004. Presented a paper titled "The Role of Private Military Organizations in Failing Nation States" at the Multinational Corporations, Development and Conflcit conference at Oxford, UK. |
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| Michaud, Kristy |
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passed the Comparative Politics qualifying exam in the Spring of 2003 and spent the Summer interning for Resources for the Future in Washington, D.C. |
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| Pinnell, Sabrina |
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Advanced to candidacy in June 2003. Currently working on dissertation research regarding the Russian Constitutional Court and federalist reforms in the Russian Federation. |
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| Rapp, April K. |
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passed the Comparative Politics qualifying exam in the Spring of 2003. |
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| Reyes, Corinna |
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Please refer to the CV listed in the job market section of this website. |
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| Russell, Jesse |
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passed the International Relations and the Comparative Politics qualifying exams in the Spring of 2003. |
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| Sinutko, Derek |
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received the Department's Colin Reed Manzer-Robert G. Wesson Award for the best dissertation prospectus in political science for 2002-2003. In addition, he attended the Summer Institute in Political Psychology at Ohio State University in July with fellowship funds from the Graduate Division. |
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| Willoughby-Herard, Tiffany |
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earned her Ph.D. in the Spring of 2003. |
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| Young, Colin |
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Received the 2003-2004 Academic Senate and UCSB Foundation
Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award. |
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| Zhang, Ning |
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passed the International Relations and the Comparative Politics qualifying exams in the Spring of 2003. |