Margaret (Molly) Ariotti received her PhD from Pennsylvania State University with a focus in Comparative Politics, Political Methodology, and Geography. Her research interests include African politics, institutions, government composition and
Author Archive
Sep 2018
SPIA Professor’s Experiment Results in New Findings about Committee Voting
Earlier this year, SPIA professor Keith Dougherty published an article in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization about how stopping rules for committees affect the outcomes of committee voting.
Sep 2018
CITS Program Spreads Understanding about Trade Compliance
This summer, UGA’s Center for International Trade and Security (CITS) hosted a group of government officials representing India, Pakistan, and China for their annual Export Control Fellows Program (previously called
Aug 2018
Developing a Theory to Understand Women’s Involvement in Religious Conflict
Dr. Lihi Ben Shitrit’s first book “Righteous Transgressions: Women’s Activism on the Israeli and Palestinian Religious Right” was published by Princeton University Press in 2015. Although it was a monumental
Aug 2018
Questioning the Democratizing Power of the Internet
Dr. Rongbin Han’s recent book, “Contesting Cyberspace in China” discusses how although the internet has allowed citizens in some countries to fight authoritarian control, China’s government has found ways to
Aug 2018
New Faculty Friday: Q&A with Dr. Eric Zeemering
SPIA is excited to introduce Eric Zeemering. Eric Zeemering is the MPA Director and an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy. His research investigates local governance
Aug 2018
Two Key Issues in Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Dr. Amanda Abraham has received extensive media attention for her work with Dr. David Bradford, in the Department of Public Administration and Policy (SPIA), as well as colleagues in the
Aug 2018
A Key Piece of the Deforestation Puzzle
Dr. Gregory Thaler conducted fieldwork in Brazil this summer, supported in part by an Ambassador Travel Award from the UGA Latin America and Caribbean Studies Institute. He gave a presentation
Aug 2018
New Faculty Friday: Q&A with Dr. Megan Turnbull
SPIA is excited to introduce Megan Turnbull. Megan Turnbull received her PhD in Political Science from Brown University. She studies political order, violence, and democratization with an empirical focus in
Aug 2018
Building Understanding about Congress and the 2016 Election
Dr. Jamie Carson’s most recent book, Electoral Incentives in Congress, is the literary manifestation of conversations Carson had with one of his graduate students, Joel Sievert. Throughout Sievert’s time at
