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Nicholas R. Gonzalez is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University. His subfield is American politics, with research interests spanning political behavior, urban politics, and the intersections of race, class, and political economy. Prior to arriving at Northwestern, Nicholas completed his master’s de...

The 2026 APSA Graduate Student Survey, conducted from February to April 2026, gathered responses from 207 graduate students in political science and closely related fields (e.g. public administration). The survey collected information about respondents’ field of study, finances, career preparation resources, job market outcomes, key challenges and resources needed. Presented...

Nicolas Cardenas-Miller is a Ph.D. student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studying political economy with a regional focus on Latin America using causal inference applied to observational data. He completed undergraduate degrees in economics (B.S.) and political science (B.S.) from the Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State...

Nikolas Dawson (he/they) is a second-year political science PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis, specializing in formal theory and American politics. His fields of study include political behavior, elites, and minority politics (broadly defined). He received his bachelor’s degree in quantitative economics with minors in political science and mat...