STUDENT FELLOWS

Erin York is a Ph.D. candidate at Columbia University with a focus on comparative politics of the Middle East and additional interests in quantitative methods and political economy. Her dissertation project addresses information and legislative accountability in autocratic environments. At ISEP, Erin is currently conducting work on thermal infrastructure and political factors influencing environmental regulation in India. Her research addresses energy infrastructure and the relationship between elected officials and bureaucratic processes.

Erin graduated cum laude from Yale in 2009; following graduation, she spent a year conducting research as a Fulbright Fellow in Damascus, Syria. Prior to joining the political science department at Columbia, she worked as a researcher for the RAND Corporation. She is a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.