Elizabeth R. Nugent
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Resources for Students

Teaching

Mixed Methods Research
  • Fall 2020 PLSC 352 (undergraduate) PLSC 523 (graduate)
  • Spring 2019 PLSC 352/523

Political Psychology and Comparative Politics (graduate seminar)
  • Fall 2018 PLSC 744 

The Study of Comparative Politics (graduate seminar)
  • Fall 2023 POL 521
  • Spring 2021 PLSC 778

Politics of the Middle East (undergraduate lecture)
  • Fall 2023 POL 364
  • ​Summer 2021 PLSC S396-E/MMES S364-E
  • Spring 2021 PLSC 396/MMES 364
  • Fall 2018 PLSC 396/MMES 364 

Politics of the Middle East: Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective (graduate seminar)
  • Spring 2024 

Information for Prospective Graduate Students

Learn more about Princeton’s PhD program and the application process here. Like most political science programs, Princeton Politics does not admit students to work with specific faculty. Instead, admissions decisions are made by committee. You are welcome to mention my name in your personal statement in order to ensure it is sent to me for review during the admission process. However, following the example of Betsy Paluck, I no longer have personal conversations with prospective students, in order to avoid favoring students who have received advice to connect with faculty or who have connections with my colleagues. If you are admitted to Princeton, I will be eager to talk about working with you and promise to give you my candid assessment about whether our program is the best fit for you.

In preparing your application, I encourage you to consult the following resources:
  • Jessica Calarco's Field Guide to Grad School
  • Erica Chenoweth’s overview of the differences between policy-oriented and academic degrees
  • Joshua Kertzer’s advice on graduate school applications in political science
    • Pay particular attention to the section on "signaling you understand the field." This is very important for those with backgrounds in Middle East studies who seek additional training in the social sciences, as these fields differ in important ways with regards to their ontological and epistemological commitments.  
  • Nuno Monteiro’s advice on whether to go to graduate school and tradeoffs between programs
  • Steven Wilkinson’s advice for international applicants

While an applicant’s GRE score is a noisy and imperfect measurement of many things, and it is not the only metric the admissions committee uses for assessing a candidate, doing well on the GRE is helpful for having your application taken seriously and read carefully. This is also a concrete aspect of your application that you can control and improve, and a way that international students who have graduated from institutions outside of the American academic system can indicate their preparedness for the rigor of our program. GRE scores of previously admitted students fall in the 90th+ percentile on both the verbal and the quantitative sections.


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