Z_Gundam

Thanks for coming over to this post. Its always good to identify buddies. Wish you all best!!

I am considering to do a Ph.D program in the US and would like to pursue a career in the direction of political theory (perhaps minor in comparative politics). I like reading book/article referencing to Foucault, Butler, Badiou but I definitely understand that a doctoral degree (and the career that follows) is not about reading books that I found intriguing but pursuing my own research with my own research questions. At the moment, my first research interest is about to examine the effect of capitalism/ neo-liberalism on political activities (election, protest, community building). Also the grip of neo-liberal ideology on our social life. It is mainly inspired by the work of Wendy Brown and of cos I would like to get into the poli dept of UCB. Other than Wendy Brown in UCB, I found Bonnie Honig is a teacher that I would like to study under her (Brown U is not accepting application in Fall2021 cycle tho, sad...). I am wonder, are there any other scholars in US grad school that may suit me? Plus I am not familiar with depts' culture in the US so I have no clue on which school is strong at theory. I will be grateful if I got some suggestions from you generous ladies and gentlemen. Thank you in advance!