My name is Mitushi Mukherjee and I am a third year PhD candidate in the Purdue Department of Political Science.
My research broadly explores topics in International Relations and Political Psychology, with a methodological focus in experimental methods. More specifically, I am interested in the intersection of human rights and emotions, seeking to uncover the psychological motivations which drive individuals to care about human rights violations.
At Purdue, I am the Graduate Fellow of the Law and Conflict Research Lab wherein I manage a large quantitative data collection project involving incumbent-rebel conflict. I also train undergraduate research assistants, and conduct weekly workshops on different components of social scientific research, which I enjoy thoroughly. Further, I am affiliated with the Computational Social Science Lab.
I am passionate about pursuing theoretically driven and methodologically precise research projects. As a result the of classes I have taken at Purdue and outside, I have built a wholistic expertise in research methodology that I continue to expand upon. My skills cover a range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, such as causal and inferential statistical analyses, survey and behavioral experiments, text analysis, and qualitative coding. Outside the department, I have advanced quantitative research methodology training from ICPSR at University of Michigan and survey methods training from Summer School in International Survey Methods at Vanderbilt University.
Born and raised in Kolkata, India, I moved to Purdue University in 2017 where I received my BA in Political Science and BSc in Psychology in 2021. Further, I received my MA in Political Science from Purdue in 2023, before continuing my PhD journey.