Welcome to StephenElk.com! This is my personal website for information about my professional research and personal information. I am a PhD Candidate at the University of California, Riverside, studying political science. My research primarily focuses on the politics of race, immigration, and ethnicity through the lenses of behavioral and comparative politics. More specifically, my existing and continued work evaluates discrimination, public policy, and political psychology. My research is primarily inspired and driven by my experiences as a bi-racial, first-generation Arab-American.
Education
- Ph.D. Political Science, University of California, Riverside (expected 2020)
- Dissertation: “Morality and the Marginalized: The Politics of Identity and Morality”
- Committee: Loren Collingwood (Chair), Jennifer Merolla, Benjamin Newman
- Dissertation: “Morality and the Marginalized: The Politics of Identity and Morality”
- M.A. Political Science, University of California, Riverside (2018)
- Political Mass Behavior, Comparative Politics, and Political Methodology
- M.A. Social Science and Globalization Studies, California State University, San Bernardino (2015)
- Security Studies
- B.A. Social Science, California State University, San Bernardino (2013)
- Political Science, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, and Anthropology
- B.A. Arabic Language, Literature, and Culture, California State University, San Bernardino (2013)
