We are thrilled to announce the second cohort of Good Authority fellows. We look forward to sharing with you their insights across the wide range of their expertise, from political campaigns to corruption and international interventions as well as separation of powers, among other topical areas. Our fellows’ research and expertise offer more coverage and analysis on important events in Africa, Asia, Europe, and of course, the United States. Meet our nine new fellows:
Kelechi Amakoh is a political scientist at Michigan State University, focusing on political behavior, campaign messaging, and democratic governance in multiethnic societies. His research examines how elite communication, especially negative campaign messages, affects voter perceptions and ethnic polarization. Kelechi also explores the media’s role in shaping social cohesion and preventing conflict in diverse societies.
Isabella Bellezza is a PhD candidate at Brown University and an incoming assistant professor of political science and College Fellow at Northwestern University. She studies the international politics of border control and the role of secrecy in international relations.
Isabelle DeSisto is a PhD candidate in politics at Princeton University. Her dissertation analyzes the long-term political consequences of violence in Eastern Europe. In other research projects, she studies revolutions, public opinion, and local governance in the region.
Eun A Jo is David and Cindy Edelson Fellow in International Security at the Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College. She studies historical memory and nationalism with a focus on East Asia.
Eric Gonzalez Juenke is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Chicano/Latino Studies Program at Michigan State University. He specializes in racial and ethnic politics; U.S. federal, state, and local elections; legislative and bureaucratic minority representation; immigration politics; and democratic theory. His recent book The Presidency and Immigration Policy: Rhetoric and Reality (with Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Andrea Silva) examines how U.S. presidents talk about immigration. His current book project (with Paru Shah and Bernard Fraga) focuses on the election of racial and ethnic minority candidates to state legislative office in the United States.
Mert Kartal is an associate professor of political Science at St. Lawrence University. His research lies at the intersection of international organizations and European politics, with a focus on the European Union’s influence on corruption control in both its existing and potential member states. His work has been published in multiple outlets, including the Journal of European Public Policy, West European Politics, the Journal of European Integration, and Comparative European Politics.
Nicholas G. Napolio is assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside. He researches American political institutions – specifically Congress, the executive branch, and the separation of powers.
William G. Nomikos is assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He conducts research on international intervention, statebuilding, and ethnic conflict. He is the author of Local Peace, International Builders: How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up (Cambridge University Press, 2025).
Jan Zilinsky is postdoctoral fellow at the Technical University of Munich as well as a research associate at the NYU Center for Social Media and Politics and the Slovak Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the impact of technology on politics and society, encompassing its manifestations such as anti-technology sentiment and campaigns centered on grievances, economic populism, and conspiracism.