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The New School for Social Research
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New York, NY 10011
212.229.5600 or 800.523.5411
SocialResearchAdmit@newschool.edu

Admission Liaison
PolSciLiaison@newschool.edu

Department of Politics
6 East 16th Street, room 711A
New York, NY 10003
212.229.5747 x3090
Fax: 212.229.5473

Mailing Address
79 Fifth Avenue, room 711A
New York, NY 10003

Chair
Rafi Youatt

Senior Secretary
Yvonne Garrett

Student Advisor
Sebastean Pujols: PoliticsAdvisor@newschool.edu

2026-27 Politics Student Handbook

Student Directory

First name	Last name	Email	Degree	Areas of Study
Abigail	Mitchell	mitca573@newschool.edu	MA	Feminist Political Theory
Caroline	Debnam	cdebnam@newschool.edu	MA	Marxist Political Theory, Marxian Political Economy, International Relations, Radicalization, Imperialism
Chunxi	Tong	tongc715@newschool.edu	MA	Constitutional Theory, Sovereignty, Social Contract Theory
Feiyu	Tao	taof431@newschool.edu	MA	Techno-authoritarianism, Digital Dictatorship, Grassroots Democracy, Contemporary Chinese Politics
Hallie	Brannick	branh314@newschool.edu	MA
Helennara	Xue	xueh682@newschool.edu	MA
Jens	Jaanimägi	jaanj062@newschool.edu	MA	Critical Theory, Marxist Thought, Ideology, Political Subjectivity. View personal website. View LinkedIn Profile.
JS	Zhang	wanxz616@newschool.edu	MA
Konstantin	Raftl	raftk565@newschool.edu	MA	Political Thought, Democracy, Contemporary Global Artmaking
Linfu	Qi	qil561@newschool.edu	MA	Regime Studies, Universalism, Liberalism, Methods
Matt	Boyer	boyem491@newschool.edu	MA
Ryan	Busillo	busir006@newschool.edu	MA
Vlad	Dubois	dubov534@newschool.edu	MA

Aditi	Dey	deya389@newschool.edu	PhD
Adrian	Totten	totta444@newschool.edu	PhD
Aishwarya	Ramkumar	ramka388@newschool.edu	PhD	Law and Politics, Feminist Theory, Decolonial Theory
Anastasia	Kalk	kalka364@newschool.edu	PhD	Modern and Contemporary Political Thought, Feminist Theory, Gender Studies, Democracy, Communes
Andrew	Carr	carra943@newschool.edu	PhD	American Politics, Constitutional Law, Political Theory
Beatriz	da Silva	dasib047@newschool.edu	PhD
Ben	Serra	serrb791@newschool.edu	PhD
Cagla	Orpen	orpec808@newschool.edu	PhD
Clover	Reshad	reshc244@newschool.edu	PhD	History of Political Thought; Affect Theory; Democratic Theory. View Personal website.
Connor	Smith	smitc220@newschool.edu	PhD	Global Politics, Political Theory, Migration and Mobility, Design Theory
Daniel	Fermin Alvarez	fermd780@newschool.edu	PhD	Politics and History; Venezuela and Latin America; Fracture, Polarization, and Democratic Breakdown; Media and Communications. View personal profile
Dion	Nania	nanid359@newschool.edu	PhD
Elisabeta	Pop	pope364@newschool.edu	PhD	Migration, Eastern Europe, Global Politics. View LinkedIn profile
Esther M.	Franke	frane423@newschool.edu	PhD
Florian	Meier	meief242@newschool.edu	PhD
Forrest	Deacon	deacf434@newschool.edu	PhD	History of Political Thought, Contemporary Continental Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Political Economy
Grigory	Yudin	yudig653@newschool.edu	PhD
Gunce	Hafizoglu	hafig059@newschool.edu	PhD
Helia	Faezipour	faezh018@newschool.edu	PhD
Hermann	Derwanz	derwh139@newschool.edu	PhD	Historical International Relations, International Relations Theory, International Political Economy
Hind	Wright	bouah871@newschool.edu	PhD	Politics of Migration, Political Economy, and International Relations, with a focus on Africa, the Middle East, and Europe
Ihor	Andriichuk	andriici@newschool.edu	PhD	Political Theory, Comparative Politics
Jeremy	Robson	robsj896@newschool.edu	PhD
Jochen	Schmon	schmj813@newschool.edu	PhD	Political Theory and Philosophy; Abolitionist, Feminist, and Proletarian Radicalisms. View Academia.edu profile; view personal website.
John	Feldmann	feldj542@newschool.edu	PhD
Lenny	Black	blacl231@newschool.edu	PhD	Discard Studies; Political Economy; Global Politics.
Liam	Bouquet	bouql856@newschool.edu	PhD
Lydia	Nobbs	nobbl806@newschool.edu	PhD	Artificial Intelligence (AI), Antitrust and Regulation, Politics of Technology, History of Technology. View LinkedIn profile
Lygia	Georgiou	georl260@newschool.edu	PhD
Matthew	Binetti	binem770@newschool.edu	PhD
Mauricio	Vargas Sosa	vargm959@newschool.edu	PhD	Poverty, Critical Theory, Latin America, Political Philosophy. View LinkedIn profile.
Mayra	Cotta Cardozo De Souza	cottm625@newschool.edu	PhD
Nikola	Ksiazek	ksian968@newschool.edu	PhD	Political Economy, Political Theory
Obaidullah	Bahir	bahiro@newschool.edu	PhD
Orsolya	Lehotai	lehoo535@newschool.edu	PhD	Critical IR, Ontological Security, Gender and Nationalism, Hungarian Illiberalism
Ozgur	Kazakli	kazao908@newschool.edu	PhD	Comparative Politics, State Repression, Social Movements, State Theory. View LinkedIn profile.
Paloma	Griffin	grifp221@newschool.edu	PhD	Migration and Borders, Indigenous Studies, Social Movements
Pavlina	Lewandowska	majop364@newschool.edu	PhD
Robert	Shaver	shavr492@newschool.edu	PhD
Runjie	Ou	our121@newschool.edu	PhD
Sachchal	Ahmad	ahmas419@newschool.edu	PhD
Sebastean	Pujols	pujos797@newschool.edu	PhD
Stephen	Graf	grafs540@newschool.edu	PhD
Sujata	Gadkar-Wilcox	gadks456@newschool.edu	PhD
Susana	Garibay Salomon	garis234@newschool.edu	PhD	Social and Political Theory, Anti-imperialism
Teresa	Perosa	perot388@newschool.edu	PhD	Global Politics, Science and Technology, Surveillance, Migration/Mobilities, Political Economy
Vasiliki	Malouchou Kanellopoulou	malov705@newschool.edu	PhD
Yani	Abdul Rahman	abduy677@newschool.edu	PhD
Yundi	Fang	fangy298@newschool.edu	PhD

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