ACDIS Graduate Student Affiliates are current graduate and PhD students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are interested in arms control, domestic security, or international security.
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Current Graduate Affiliates
Myla Burton
PhD Program - Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science
Research Interests: Post-Soviet defense and security. The relationship between religion and state security/nuclear weapons. Applications of time series analysis, permutation tests, and hypothesis testing in Political Science.
Previous Education: B.A. Political Science, Pre-Law; J.D. Health Law & Policy and Litigation & Dispute Resolution; M.A. Political Science from Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Do Young Gong
PhD Program - Political Science
Dissertation: Bullets to Bargains: The Impact of Wartime Coup Attempts on Civil War Management and Resolution
Previous Education: B.A. in English Language and Literature, Political Science and M.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Ewha W. University - M.S. in Applied Statistics from UIUC (expected 2025)
Seungmi Kim
PhD Program - Political Science
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Elisia Meyle
PhD Program - Chemistry
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Vesal Razavimaleki
PhD Program - Physics
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Emmy Tither
PhD Program - Informatics
Bio: Doctoral student in Informatics specializing in applied information science with a commitment to advancing human rights and international security. I specialize in transforming noisy signals into actionable insights by using mixed methods, revealing underlying human behaviors and emotions. My proficiency in managing both complex and sparce open-source testual, audio, and geospatial datasets ensures useable intelligence for policy-making grounded in the complexity of diverse sociocultural contexts. I plan to pursue a career in public service after my doctoral studies.
Previous Education: B. Sc Social Sciences with Social Anthropology + Cert.HE Social Anthropology; Birkbeck, University of London - MA Documentary Arts; University of Cape Town
ACDIS Graduate Affiliates (prior to 2024)
Igor Dubinsky - Nuclear, Plasma, Radiological Engineering
Non-proliferation Risk Analysis Index for Small & Micro Nuclear Reactors
Lula Chen – Political Science
Chenghao Ding – Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
Bei Yang - Department of Economics
Nico Daiyega – Physics
Emergency phase, mechanically induced, particle resuspension and resuspension stabilization