Nords Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Is anyone here either applying to the doctoral program at UCSB or already a student/faculty member there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeudepaume Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Hey! I'm applying to their Political Theory program. Whatup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeudepaume Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Oh wait no, checked my list: I'm applying to Santa Cruz. My bad! tpop and astreaux 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nords Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 Oh wait no, checked my list: I'm applying to Santa Cruz. My bad! Aah, ok haha. I was all surprised that I suddenly had 2 responses! Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaxp91 Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Is anyone here either applying to the doctoral program at UCSB or already a student/faculty member there? I'm applying to the doctoral program at UCSB as well. What research emphasis are you selecting? I chose American Politics and Methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nords Posted December 9, 2013 Author Share Posted December 9, 2013 I'm applying to the doctoral program at UCSB as well. What research emphasis are you selecting? I chose American Politics and Methods. Interesting. Mind if I ask who you're hoping to work with? I'm going for IR and am hoping they'll let me pick political economy as my self-defined field. Really hoping to work with Dr. Cohen. Have you already finished your SOP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaxp91 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Interesting. Mind if I ask who you're hoping to work with? I'm going for IR and am hoping they'll let me pick political economy as my self-defined field. Really hoping to work with Dr. Cohen. Have you already finished your SOP? I can't see why they wouldn't let you select Political Economy as a sub-field under IR, and Dr. Cohen would be a great choice. Are you specifically interested in fiscal and monetary policy? I'm primarily interested in working with Dr. Bimber, among one or two others. And yes, I've completed my SOP. Have you finished yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nords Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 I can't see why they wouldn't let you select Political Economy as a sub-field under IR, and Dr. Cohen would be a great choice. Are you specifically interested in fiscal and monetary policy? I'm primarily interested in working with Dr. Bimber, among one or two others. And yes, I've completed my SOP. Have you finished yours? Hopefully you're right! Yeah, EU monetary politics and financial regulation are my primary areas of interest. I'm 99% done with my SOP. Just putting finishing touches on it. It's a bit different than my other ones, so it's taking a bit longer! Dr. Bimber seems interesting (though I didn't read much about him, since his area of research was clearly very different than mine...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brittney1 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I am a student here. Cohen and Bimber are freaking amazing. Just real down to earth amazing people with tons to offer. I don't think that political economy is a possible sub-field, but field papers are really strongly encouraged, so you would probably do that. It should help prepare you for your dissertation. Congrats and feel free to PM me if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRTheoryNerd Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Oh wait no, checked my list: I'm applying to Santa Cruz. My bad! Hahahaha. I'm sort of relieved to find out I'm not the only who forgets all the schools to which I've applied. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nords Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 I am a student here. Cohen and Bimber are freaking amazing. Just real down to earth amazing people with tons to offer. I don't think that political economy is a possible sub-field, but field papers are really strongly encouraged, so you would probably do that. It should help prepare you for your dissertation. Congrats and feel free to PM me if you want. Thanks Brittney1. Cohen does seem like an absolutely brilliant professor to have as an advisor. All the contact I've had with him has been very positive. Now just waiting to hear about that funding offer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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