Jennifer Nicoll Victor

Politics Research Lab

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My politics research lab hosts a select group of graduate and undergraduate students each semester who serve as my research assistants, teaching assistants, mentees, or coauthors. We have lab meetings every Friday at 4pm.

The following roster applies to students in the Fall 2025 Research Lab.

Graduate Students 

Christine German
Political Science Ph.D., 2026
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation
Research Interests: extremism, terrorism, gender, authoritarianism

Oakley Hill
Peace & Conflict Resolution, Ph.D. 2026
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation

John Sheehan
History, Ph.D. 2026
Lab Projects: Ph.D. dissertation

Mathew Ha [email protected]
Political Science, Ph.D. 2028
Lab Projects: Teaching Assistant

Janet Marroquin [email protected]
Biodefense Ph.D., 2026
Lab Projects: Ph.D. Dissertation

Tanzia Haq [email protected]
Political Science, MA 2026
Lab Projects: Teaching Assistant

 

Undergraduate Students, Fall 2025

Student Degree Program Lab Project
Ariel Mehmeti GVIP, 2028 Caucus Explorer
Charles Ritter GVIP, 2026 Data Viz
Christine Cieri GVIP, 2028 Data Viz
Emma Schiable GVIP, 2028 Book manuscript support
Grace Miller GVIP, 2028 Book manuscript support
Maya Tichoc GVIP, 2025 Data Viz
Oluwatamilore Adejumo
 GVIP, 2028 Boox manuscript support
Peter Weiss GVIP, 2028 Teaching Assistant
Reece Knowles GVIP, 2026 Book manuscript support
Sierra Hill GVIP, 2028 Teaching Assistant

 

Research Lab Alumni

Tim Bynion, [email protected]

Political Science Ph.D., 2025

Dissertation: Party Foul: Ideology, Electoral Incentives, and Part Disloyalty in the House of Representatives

 

 

 

 

Aubrey Grant, [email protected]

Aubrey Grant photo

Public Policy Ph.D., 2024
Dissertation: Networks and Policy Outcomes: The Case of Refugee Integration

 

 

 

 

 

Jason Smith, [email protected]

Jason Smith

Political Science, Ph.D., 2023
Dissertation: Delegate or Abdicate: How Public Opinion Influences Congressional and Executive Behavior

 

 

Lab Photo May 2025

BACK ROW (from left): Liam Wright, Anna Garren, Prof. Victor, Anastasia Rea, Tim Bynion, Jacob Pritchard, Ariel Mehmeti; FRONT ROW: Maya Tichoc, Janet Marroquin

 

Lab Photo December 2024

Students and faculty around a table
Commonwealth Brewery, December 2024; Counterclockwise from lower left: Charlie Ritter, Maggie Reier, Lojain Soheim, Maya Tichot, Anna Garren, Jacob Pritchard, Tim Bynion, Prof. Victor

 

Lab Photo August 2023

Clockwise from top left, ON ZOOM Molly Izer, Christine German, Andrew Strasberg, Jason Smith, Janet Marroquin; IN THE ROOM Stuart Loomis, Ethan Thomas, Daksha Magesh, Jena Musmar, Maaz Abbasi, Ysabella Aromas, Gabriella Grabovska, Anna Garren, Jennifer Victor, Tim Bynion. Not pictured: CJ Walker, Ashutosh Pathak, Aubrey Grant, Zona Khan, Eleni Mercer

 

Fall 2021 Victor Lab Participants

Photo of Prof. Victor with students
Clockwise from top-center: Andrew Strasberg, Sandra Tombe, Saarah Baig, Ethan Thomas, Nylah Mitchell, Prof. Victor, Molly Izer, Jason Smith, Tim Bynion. Fall lab participants not pictured: Aubrey Grant, Molly Reed, Sasha Silva, Aaron Stuvland,