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.
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
Undergraduate Students, Fall 2022 and/or Spring 2023
Student | Degree Program | Lab Project |
Maaz Abbasi | BA, GVIP 2024 | Undergraduate TA |
Ysabella Aromas | BA, GVIP 2026 | URAP; caucus data management |
Anna Garren | BS, PUAD & Data Science, 2025 | Undergraduate TA |
Gabriella Grabovska | BA, GVIP 2026 | URAP; caucus data management |
Molly Izer | BA, GVIP 2024 | Undergraduate TA; Caucus Persistence |
Zona Khan | BA, GVIP 2024 | URAP; Manuscript support |
Stuart Loomis | MA, Poli Sci, 2024 | Manuscript support |
Eleni Mercer | BA, GVIP 2025 | Manuscript support |
Daksha Magesh | BA, GVIP 2025 | Undergraduate TA |
Jena Musmar | BA, GVIP 2025 | Undergraduate TA |
Ethan Thomas
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BA, GVIP 2024 | Caucus data management |
Charreko “CJ” Walker | BA, GVIP 2025 | URAP; Manuscript support |
Lab Photo August 2023

Fall 2021 Victor Lab Participants
