75. Undergrad: Comparative Politics

37. Impact of Political Polarization on Transitions to Competitive Authoritarianism: Quantitative Analyses and Logic. - Ray Igbinedion, Meiji University

38. Legitimacy and Democratic Trajectories in East Asia: Taiwan and Singapore’s Divergent Political Paths - Emma Schwarz, Xavier University

39. Parochialism from Above: Administrative Rank and Issue Selection in China’s National People’s Congress - Chengqi Zhao, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

40. Repression through the Lens of Spatiality and Governmentality: Vietnam’s Civil Society and Its Creation of Physical, Discursive, and Institutional Distance from the State - Huynh Tran, Carleton College

41. State Structure, Economic Management, and Authoritarian-led Democratization: Comparing Mexico’s PRI and South Korea - Benjamin Gunther, James Madison College Michigan State University

42. The Strength to Exit: Court Empowerment During Democratic Transitions - Bohou Zhang, Swarthmore College

43. Tradition Meets Democracy: Understanding South Korea’s Cultural Paradox - Isabella Cooper, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

44. Who Supports Mano Dura? An Empirical Analysis of Indicators that Influence Individuals' Punitive Attitudes in Latin America. - Bradyn Arrenius, Monmouth College

Eric Splavec, University of Kansas

Faiz Ullah, University of New Mexico Albuquerque Campus