University of Texas at Austin

Meet Our Team

Core Members

Affiliated Fellows

Zsombor Csata

Research Fellow
Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania)
Center for Social Sciences (Hungary)

Mike Medeiros

Research Fellow Emeritus
University of Texas at Austin

Andrej Findor

Research Fellow
Comenius University (Slovakia)

Roman Hlatky

Lab Manager Emeritus
University of North Texas

Marcel Roman

Research Fellow Emeritus
Harvard University

Graduate Students

Chew, Keith Padraic

Interest: Intersectionality, legislatures, institutions.

Compton, Betty

Interest: Language politics, the former Soviet Union, media.

Dunphy, Peter

Interest: Democratic institutions, federalism, political development, American South.

Garza, Stephanie

Interest: Political behavior, polarization, elections, Congress, political communication.

Gomez, Vianney

Interest: Latinx politics, gender politics, criminal justice.

Hatch-Rivera, Elyse

Interest: Carceral state, Latinx politics, immigration, border policy, national security.

Hsu, Victor

Interest: Judicial politics in advanced democracies

Kim, Eric

Interest: Public opinion, political behavior, American politics.

Martin, Matt

Interest: Immigration politics, Latin American politics, public participation in constitutional design.

Oh, Jongwon

Interest: Public opinion, policy attitude, media.

Osa, God’swill

Interest: Polarization, persuasion, political behavior, political psychology, race.

Power, Eoin

Interest: Institutions, ethnic politics, Eastern Europe (the Balkans).

Salzman, Jenna

Interest: Voting, public opinion, rural politics, state legislatures, agenda setting.

Sanchez, Linette

Interest: Latine politics, immigration, voting and elections.

Selsky, Sam

Interest: Middle East politics, forced migration, religion and politics.

Sullivan, Miranda

Interest: Religion and politics, urban politics, immigration.

Verrilli, Allison

Interest: Behavior, policing, gentrification.

Ward, Daisy

Interest: Bureaucracy, historical political economy, indigenous politics, Latin America.

Xu, Meiying

Interest: Language politics, public opinion, Chinese diaspora.

Yew, Joel

Interest: Ethnic politics, party politics, authoritarian institutions, sub-national politics, Southeast Asia.

Yoo, Ethan

Interest: Political psychology, group identity politics, experimental method.

Undergraduate Fellows

Findley, Andrea

Major: Economics, Government, and Psychology