{"id":1687,"date":"2019-11-13T23:03:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T23:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/pia\/?page_id=1687"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:57:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:57:25","slug":"graduate-student-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/graduate-student-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate student profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Politics and International Affairs<\/h1>\n

Graduate student profiles<\/h2>\n

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Ashley Beale<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

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arb436@nau.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Research interests: Public administration for police organizations. Mental health in law enforcement, Policy implementation in police organizations<\/p>\n

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Yu Cao<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

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\nyc427@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: Corporate Social Responsibility, Resource Politics, Social Conflicts
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yu-cao-kimmy\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Joseph Amazuwa Chirwa<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h4>\n

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jac2272@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: Political economy of development and Public sector reforms
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joseph-amazuwa-chirwa-86a937190\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Isaac Garza<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

ig368@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: International Relations, Security Studies, Latin American Studies, and Migration.
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/isaac-garza-4a56475a<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ayotunde Giwa<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

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aog42@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: Public sector ethics and accountability; Public management and governance; and Bureaucratic reform in developing countries
\nwww.linkedin.com\/in\/ayotundegiwa<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alena Gross<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

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\nag3769@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: Non-standard employment, gig-economy, platform workers, political behavior, political identity
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alena-gross-b604599a\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Levison Makuvise<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

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lnm258@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: International Relations, Politics and Government, Human\u00a0Rights, Corruption<\/p>\n

linkedin.com\/in\/levison-makuvise-19846a105<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sina Mirzaei<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n
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sm3853@nau.edu<\/a>
\nHuman rights; State and majority-minority relations; Politics of nationalism\u00a0and ethnicity;\u00a0 Middle East politics<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sina-mirzaei-41a072111<\/a><\/p>\n

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April Peters-Downum<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

april.peters@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interests: Race, Education, Social Movements, Political Economy
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/april-peters-5a1707264\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sofia Stokes<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

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srs522@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch Interests: Political Theory, Environmental Politics, Feminist Politics, Public Administration
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/mwlite\/in\/sofia-stokes-733673262<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jo Whitney<\/h4>\n

PhD Student<\/h5>\n

jdw366@nau.edu<\/a>
\nResearch interests: Political Economy, Environmental Theory, Data Politics, Ethnic Studies
\nhttps:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jdean-whitney\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Department of Politics and International Affairs Graduate student profiles     Ashley Beale PhD Student arb436@nau.edu 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1687","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1687\/revisions\/2204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-politics-international-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}