Politics Research Lab

My politics research lab hosts a select group of graduate and undergraduate students each semester who serve as my research assistants, teaching assistants, mentees, or coauthors. We have lab meetings every Friday at 4pm.

The following roster applies to students in the Fall 2023 Research Lab.

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Graduate Students 

Tim Bynion tbynion@gmu.edu

Political Science PhD, 2024
Lab projects: Voter Turnout Experiment, Teaching Assistant, PhD dissertation
Research interests: Congress, partisanship, voting behavior
Personal interests: Playing piano, watching football, playing tennis, and trivia night with other students!

 

 

 

 

 

Christine German
Political Science Ph.D., 2024
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation
Research Interests: extremism, terrorism, gender, authoritarianism

 

Aubrey Grant, agrant12@gmu.edu

Public Policy Ph.D. Candidate, 2024
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation writing
Research Interests: immigration, refugee resettlement, networks, gender, public policy
Personal Interests: travel, reading, running, cooking

 

 

 

 

 

Janet Marroquin jmarroq2@gmu.edu
Biodefense Ph.D., 2024
Lab Projects: Ph.D. Dissertation

 

Jason Smith, jsmit28@gmu.edu

Political Science, Ph.D., 2023
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation
Research Interests: Congress, executive, separation of powers, domestic policy effects on foreign affairs, national security
Personal Interests: biking, reading, movies

 

 

 

 

 

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Undergraduate Students, Fall 2022 and/or Spring 2023

Student	Degree Program	Lab Project
Maaz Abbasi mabbasi9@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2024	Undergraduate TA
Ysabella Aromas yaromas@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2026	URAP; caucus data management
Anna Garren agarren@gmu.edu	BS, PUAD & Data Science, 2025	Undergraduate TA
Gabriella Grabovska ggrabovs@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2026	URAP; caucus data management
Molly Izer mizer@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2024	Undergraduate TA; Caucus Persistence
Zona Khan zkhan47@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2024	URAP; Manuscript support
Stuart Loomis sloomis@gmu.edu	MA, Poli Sci, 2024	Manuscript support
Eleni  Mercer emercer3@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2025	Manuscript support
Daksha Magesh dmagesh@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2025	Undergraduate TA
Jena Musmar jmusmar2@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2025	Undergraduate TA
Ethan Thomas ethoma9@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2024	Caucus data management
Charreko “CJ” Walker cwalke9@gmu.edu	BA, GVIP 2025	URAP; Manuscript support

 

Lab Photo August 2023

 

Fall 2021 Victor Lab Participants