UIC Department of Political Science Graduate Students

Association of Graduate Students of Politics (AGSP)

Welcome to the official website of the Association of Graduate Students of Politics, a registered University of Illinois at Chicago student organization.

This association's purpose is to enhance graduate students' experience at the university via an avenue of communication and action addressing their work, concerns, and accomplishments. The AGSP serves as an academic forum and as a social network.

The department of political science at UIC offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, and Urban Politics. You may visit the department's official website by clicking here.

Congratulations to Gregory Holyk for successfully defending his dissertation, titled: "U.S. Leader and Public Support for the United Nations"! Greg is a consultant at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Congratulations to Jamie Smith (ABD) who will be Visiting Lecturer at Indiana University South Bend during 2008-2009!

Graduate Students 2008-2009

• Matt Berry
• Anika Bishka
• Daniel Bliss
• Andrada Costoiu
• Clifford Deaton
• Gina Del Priore-Loera
• Betül Demirkaya
• Anthony DiMaggio
• Jaime Dominguez
• Tom Ethridge
• Maya Evans
• John French
• Zach Gephardt
• Catherine Griffiths

• Vanessa Guridy
• Magdalyn Guzzo
• Wael Haboub
• Shawn Healy
• Annika Hinze
• Tom Kelly
• Heidi Lawson
• Nawojka Lesinski
• Fei Lu
• Melanie Mierzejewski
• Ryan C. Maness
• Connie Mixon
• Elisabeth Muhlenberg
• Shannon Nelson
• Michael Owens

• Matt Powers
• Mitzi Ramos
• Amy B. Schoenecker
• Deron Schreck
• Anand Shastri
• Abe Singer
• Cori Smith
• James Smith
• Jason Stodolka
• Leighton Taylor
• Matt Twetten
• John Van Benthuysen
• Alan Ward
• Andris Zimelis