Institute for Regional and International Studies
Biography Aman Abhishek is a PhD candidate at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, with minors in history and political science. Prior to this he was pursuing a PhD in particle astrophysics, which he left because he felt that the field was disconnected from social issues. He has published research on the #MeToo movement …
Biography Tanya Carney is a graduate student in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Environment and Resources, with a minor emphasis in African Studies. Prior to her graduate studies Tanya worked for Blumont, an international development agency, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer focusing on education and …
Biography Kevin Inks is a graduate student in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In the course of earning degrees in economics and geography at the Ohio State University, he completed undergraduate research on the political ecology of dam construction in the Himalaya. His current research interests revolve around disaster management, social …
Biography Claudia M. Triana is a doctoral student in education policy studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A scholar of comparative and international education, her research focuses on the inequities of im/migration and education policies, displacement, and resistance. Her pre-dissertation fieldwork examines how displaced migrant families make sense of deportation or forced return and how …
Biography Valeriia Umanets is a PhD Student in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research interests include women’s representation and political participation, political parties, post-Communist states, and Russian politics. In her dissertation, Valeriia studies the effects of Soviet state-sponsored feminism on women’s political participation in Russia using text-as-data and archival resources. Prior to …