Graduate students

Kejun Chen

Kejun is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Political Science. Her subfield is comparative politics and political methodology, explicitly focusing on public opinion and political ideology. She has a degree in public administration from North China Electric Power University (2020) and an M.A. in Chinese Economic and Political Affairs from the University of California, San Diego (2022). She presented her master's thesis about Chinese citizens’ ideology at the 81st Midwest Political Science Association Conference (2024). She is also interested in the history and politics of late-imperial & modern China and Europe during & after WWⅡ.

Gia Jackson

Gia was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and has lived in Indiana her whole life. She obtained her undergraduate degree from Indiana University, where she studied political science. After graduating, she spent a year in Bloomington working, and preparing to come back to IU and become a graduate student. Her interests in political science are concentrated on methodology, and public opinion, particularly how people develop their political opinions, and how we may go about changing those opinions.

Naewon Lee

Naewon holds a B.A. and M.A. in Political Science and a B.S. in Sustainability Studies from Seoul National University. She studies political philosophy with a focus on democracy and climate change. Her research interests include ecological political thoughts, political ecology, social movements, and democratic theory.

Guanjie Niu

Guanjie graduated from Shandong University with a BA in Journalism. He then earned a MPA and a MA in International Studies from University of Washington, and a MA in politics from New York University. His major field is comparative politics and his main interests include nationalism heterogeneity and political propaganda.

Caleb Lucas

I am an assistant professor of methodology and international relations in the Department of Political Science at Indiana University. Prior to joining IU, I was a political scientist at RAND, where I worked in the Special Mission Analysis group and conducted research for the Department of Defense. I earned my PhD from Michigan State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research.