Jacob Allin

Office: 
E-mail: jallen24@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Strategic Campaigning: Explaining Differences in Leadership Strategies
Supervisor: Professor A. Harmes

Hayl Al-Salehi

Office: SSC 7334
E-mail: halsale3@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: Professor D. Armstrong

Justine Bechard

Office: SSC 7325
E-mail: jbech@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Merlin Beier

Office:  
E-mail: mbeier@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Self-Dismembering States: Peaceful Secessions As a Solution to Domestic Coalition-Building
Supervisor: Professor M. Horak

Calvin Choi

Office: SSC 7329
E-mail: cchoi246@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Leslie Chong

Office: SSC 7329
E-mail: lchong24@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Jamie Chow

Office: SSC 7330
E-mail: jchow244@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Mobilizing Motherhood and Gender Identity
Supervisor: Professor A. Friesen

Axel Déry

Office: SSC 7336
E-mail: adery2@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Experiments on Public Support for Economic Redistribution
Supervisor: Professor M. Turgeon

Kaylynn Driggers

Office: SSC 7311
E-mail: kdrigger@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Hunter Driggers

Office: SSC 7334
E-mail: mdrigger@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Making Democracy Work Again
Supervisor: Professor C. Anderson

Jan Eckardt

Office: SSC 7328
E-mail: jeckardt@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Climate Change Misinformation
Supervisor: Professor M. Turgeon

Jérémy Gilbert

Office: SSC 7323
E-mail: jgilbe62@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Liddell Hastings

Office: SSC 7334
E-mail: lhastin3@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Crisis Convergence: Inputs and Outputs of Covid-19 Policy
Supervisor: Professor C. Anderson

Jesse Helmer

Office: SSC 7317
E-mail: jhelmer@uwo.ca
Dissertation: The Great Suppression: How The Rules Are Rigged Against Renters
Supervisor: Professor M. Horak

Jowan Hussain

Office: SSC 7311
E-mail: jhussa3@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Jenna Kawar

Office: SSC 7325
E-mail: jkawar@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: Professor A. Harmes

Juliette Leblanc

Office: SSC 7328
E-mail: jlebla56@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: Professor L. Stephenson

Hugo Machado

Office: SSC 7332
E-mail: hmachad2@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Political Beliefs and Information Flows
Supervisor: Professor M. Turgeon

Katie McCoy

Office: SSC 7328
E-mail: kmccoy7@uwo.ca
Dissertation: The Losers of Urbanization? The Dynamics and Consequences of the Urban-Rural Cleavage in Canada
Supervisor: Professor L. Stephenson

Craig Mutter

Office: SSC 7327
E-mail: cmutter@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: Professor M. Horak

Ryan Phillips

Office: SSC 7313
E-mail: rphill59@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

William Poireir

Office: SSC 7336
E-mail: wpoirier@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Assessing Construct and Measurement Validity of Inattentive Responding in Survey Research
Supervisor: Professor D. Armstrong

Lucas Pokrywa

Office: 
E-mail: lpokrywa@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Alliance Formation in Armed Conflict (1970-2016): A Resource Mobilization Approach
Supervisor: Professor D. Armstrong

Farah Rana

Office: SSC 7327
E-mail: frana9@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Tyler Romualdi

Office: SSC 7317
E-mail: tromuald@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Investigating How Canadians Reason About Redistribution and Others' Deservingness of Government Assistance
Supervisor: Professor C. Anderson

Sam Routley

Office: SSC 7332
E-mail: sroutley@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Canada and the Changing Center-Right
Supervisor: Professor Z. Taylor

Carmen Salloum

Office: SSC 7311
E-mail: csallou@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Cole Stevenson

Office: SSC 7313
E-mail: csteve59@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Stefano Toffoletto

Office: SSC 7315
E-mail: stoffole@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Noah Vanderhoeven

Office: SSC 7330
E-mail: nvande43@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Professional Sport as a Form of Political Representation for Historically Excluded Groups: A Comparative Analysis
Supervisor: Professor A. Friesen

Philip Zuidema

Office: SSC 7323
E-mail: pzuidema@uwo.ca
Dissertation:
Supervisor: 

Dr. Tyler Girard

Dr. Tyler Girard is Assistant Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University. His research focuses on global financial governance, financial technology, global norms and agendas, and measurement. Dr. Girard’s published work appears in leading journals of the discipline, including the  American Political Science Review and the  Review of International Political Economy. Before beginning his tenure-track position at Purdue University, he completed a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at Duke University. Dr. Girard received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in 2021 and was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal in recognition of his academic achievement. To learn more about his research and teaching, please visit  www.tylergirard.com.  

Dr. Michael McGregor

Dr. Mike McGregor is a graduate of the PhD program at Western where he was co-supervised by Professors Cameron Anderson and Laura Stephenson. After teaching at Bishop's University, he is currently in a tenure-track position at Ryerson University's Department of Politics and Public Administration. His work is on attitudes, motivations, and voter behaviour at local and national levels in Canada. Dr. McGreggor has published widely in journals such as Canadian Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Nations and Nationalism, Political Psychology and Urban Affairs Review. He is the co-author or co-editor of three books, most recently Big City Elections in Canada (University of Toronto Press). He has also won numerous research grants, is the lead investigator of the SSHRC-funded Canadian Municipal Election Study, and was awarded an Early Researcher Award by the Government of Ontario.

Jesse Mehravar

E-mail: jmehrava@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Bending Boundaries and Constructing Categories: On the Limits and Prospects of Inclusive and Exclusive Political Group Identities
Supervisor: Professor A. Friesen

Alvaro Pereira

E-mail: aperei65@uwo.ca
Dissertation: The Targeting Model of Partisanship: Explaining the Origins and Consequences of Expressive Partisanship
Supervisor: Professor L. Stephenson

Shanaya Vanhooren

Office: SSC 7317
E-mail: svanhoo5@uwo.ca
Dissertation: Provincial Party Systems and Policy Agendas
Supervisor: Professor Z. Taylor
Personal Website: www.shanayavanhooren.com