Michael Masterson
Position title: Ph.D. Candidate: International Relations
Email: masterson2@wisc.edu
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Research Interests:
Conflict, Emotions, National Humiliation, Nationalism, China, and Machine Learning
Biography:
Michael is a Ph.D. candidate writing a dissertation on when political leaders use national humiliation narratives as a political strategy and the unintended effects of these narratives and the emotions they evoke on foreign policy. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Joint B.A./M.A. in global studies with political science as his second undergraduate major and a minor in Chinese.
Dissertation:
National Humiliation and International Conflict: Origins, Microfoundations, and Effects
TA for:
China in World Politics
Understanding Political Numbers
Political Science Research Methods
Awards:
Mellon-Wisconsin Fellowship Fall 2019
Two-Year University Fellow 2014