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Professor Ahmed's main area of specialization is democratic studies, with a special interest in elections, voting systems, legislative politics, party development, and voting rights.

Zachary Albert's main focus is on the study of American politics, with particular emphasis on political parties, elections, and public policy.

Roberto Alejandro's research interests include Greek philosophy and tragedies, Nietzsche, contemporary liberal theory, and American political thought.

Sonia E. Alvarez's main areas of specialization are social movements and protest politics, comparative and transnational feminisms, and Latin American politics and cultures, with a focus on Brazil and the Southern Cone.

Stephen Anderson was a Political Science & Legal Studies Advisory Board Member at UMass Amherst.

Stephen Arons is Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Kendrick is a Ph.D. student with research interests in constitutional law, the presidency, courts, civil rights, and federal education policies.

Jaeye Baek's research focuses on how and why transnational social movements understand and use the international human rights regime through courts for their desired outcomes, particularly with a focus on conflict-related sexual violence, particularly the Japanese Military Sexual Slavery.

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I also teach in the Department of Legal Studies. I hold a Master’s Degree in political science from UMass and a Bachelor’s Degree in political science from Idaho State University.

Broadly, I am interested in the study of law and society, judicial behavior, American politics, feminist theories and methodologies, and social science methodologies.

For more information on my current research, my prior publications, and my current and prior publications, please visit my website.

Martha Balaguera Cuervo's major fields are comparative politics and political theory.