Department of Politics and International Affairs
Graduate student profiles
Ashley Beale
PhD Student
Research interests: Public administration for police organizations. Mental health in law enforcement, Policy implementation in police organizations
Yu Cao
PhD Student
yc427@nau.edu
Research interests: Corporate Social Responsibility, Resource Politics, Social Conflicts
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yu-cao-kimmy/
Joseph Amazuwa Chirwa
PhD Student
jac2272@nau.edu
Research interests: Political economy of development and Public sector reforms
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-amazuwa-chirwa-86a937190/
Isaac Garza
PhD Student
ig368@nau.edu
Research interests: International Relations, Security Studies, Latin American Studies, and Migration.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaac-garza-4a56475a
Ayotunde Giwa
PhD Student
aog42@nau.edu
Research interests: Public sector ethics and accountability; Public management and governance; and Bureaucratic reform in developing countries
www.linkedin.com/in/ayotundegiwa
Alena Gross
PhD Student
ag3769@nau.edu
Research interests: Non-standard employment, gig-economy, platform workers, political behavior, political identity
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alena-gross-b604599a/
Levison Makuvise
PhD Student
lnm258@nau.edu
Research interests: International Relations, Politics and Government, Human Rights, Corruption
linkedin.com/in/levison-makuvise-19846a105
Sina Mirzaei
PhD Student
sm3853@nau.edu
Human rights; State and majority-minority relations; Politics of nationalism and ethnicity; Middle East politics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sina-mirzaei-41a072111
April Peters-Downum
PhD Student
april.peters@nau.edu
Research Interests: Race, Education, Social Movements, Political Economy
https://www.linkedin.com/in/april-peters-5a1707264/
Sofia Stokes
PhD Student
srs522@nau.edu
Research Interests: Political Theory, Environmental Politics, Feminist Politics, Public Administration
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/sofia-stokes-733673262
Jo Whitney
PhD Student
jdw366@nau.edu
Research interests: Political Economy, Environmental Theory, Data Politics, Ethnic Studies
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdean-whitney/