William Kakenmaster

Biography

Bill Kakenmaster is a PhD student in comparative politics at the University of Notre Dame and a PhD Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. He is also affiliated with Notre Dame’s Environmental Humanities Initiative. His research considers the politics and political economy of climate change and the environment. Before coming to Notre Dame, Bill was a research assistant for the Hoover Institution and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA from American University.

Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Political Behavior, American Politics, Democracy and Democratization, Environmental Politics, Climate Change