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 who participated in Fall 2022 and/or Spring 2023 Research Lab activities.
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., 2023
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation
Research Interests: extremism, terrorism, gender, authoritarianism
Aubrey Grant, agrant12@gmu.edu
Public Policy Ph.D. Candidate, 2023
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
Aaron Stuvland **ON MARKET** astuvland.gmu@gmail.com
Political Science Ph.D., 2021; 2022-2023 APSA Congressional Fellow
Research interests: Populism/extremism, parties/party systems, religion and politics
Personal interests: Distance running, biking, food and wine
Undergraduate Students, Fall 2022 and/or Spring 2023
| Student | Degree Program | Lab Project | Interests | |
| Will Albiston | walbisto@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2023 | Voter Turnout Experiment (Fall ’22) | |
Joycelyn Antwi  |
jantwi4@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Manuscript support (Fall ’22) | Law and public policy, skiing, reading |
| Ethan Connell | econnel8@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Caucus data management (Fall ’22) | |
Avery Dawson  |
adawso2@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2024 | Caucus data management (Spring ’23) | US elections, polarization, flute, ASL |
| Peter DerHagopian | pderhago@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Caucus data management (Fall ’22) | |
| Daire Donohoe | ddonohoe@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Caucus data management (Fall ’22) | |
Michelle Du  |
michellecdu04@gmail.com | volunteer | Caucus data management (Fall ’22/Spring ’23) | political economy, computational social science, travel |
Molly Izer  |
mizer@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2024 | Caucus Persistence (Fall ’22/Spring ’23) | congressional networks, constitutional law, gardening |
| Aarush Jambunathan | ajambuna@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Manuscript support (Fall ’22) | |
| Safiya Khan | skhan206@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2024 | Manuscript support (Spring ’23) | |
| Emma Lopez | elopez29@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2024 | Manuscript support (Fall ’22) | |
| Eleni Mercer | emercer3@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Manuscript support (Fall ’22/Spring ’23) | |
| Nylah Mitchell | nmitch2@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Caucus data management (Fall ’22) | US elections, media and politics, reading |
Olivia Nealon  |
onealon@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Manuscript support (Fall ’22) | US politics, horseback riding |
| Charles Negash | cnegash@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2025 | Caucus data management (Fall ’22) | |
| Elie Ramos | eramos21@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2023 | Manuscript support (Spring ’23) | history, international relations, DC sports |
Andrew Strasberg  |
astrasbe@gmu.edu | BS, PUAD 2023 | R; data visualization (Fall ’22/Spring ’23) | Computational social science, populism, soccer |
| Kate Strickland | kstrick8@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2024 | Manuscript support (Spring ’23) | |
Sophia Thobani  |
sthobani@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2023 | Manuscript support (Fall ’22/Spring ’23) | Congress, democratic decline, art |
Ethan Thomas  |
ethoma9@gmu.edu | BA, GVIP 2024 | Caucus data management (Fall ’22/Spring ’23) | Congress, constitutional law, baseball (Red Sox), gaming |
Fall 2021 Victor Lab Participants
