Giuliano Espino

PhD Candidate in Political Science

Giuliano is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northeastern University, specializing in international relations and American government. He has a strong background and interest in global public health and constitutional law. Giuliano has served as a teaching assistant for introductory statistics, research methods, American government, and judicial policy.

Related Schools & Departments

Political Science

Research Interests

Giuliano’s dissertation examines the mechanisms through which international epistemic coalitions shape domestic public health policies. His first study is on the role of the International Olympic Committee in sparking the push to prohibit anabolic steroid use in the United States. Second, he is looking at the European Food Safety Authority’s approach to the regulation of bisphenol-A, a component in plastics believed by some to mimic estrogen in the human body. Finally, he explores the role of the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies in coordinating with the European Medicines Agency and the United States Food and Drug Administration to grant psilocybin mushrooms “breakthrough” status as an antidepressant.
Giuliano also researches state and local politics in the United States. His main focus is on state judiciaries, and their role in shaping Supreme Court jurisprudence. He has also presented at the New England Political Science Association conference on state implementation of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Several articles relating to SNAP implementation are forthcoming.

Prior Work

Alongside his teaching responsibilities at Northeastern, Giuliano has taught political science courses at Framingham State University since the spring of 2019. He has taught Judicial Politics and Policy, Political Parties and Interest Groups, Psychedelic Drug Policy, The American Supreme Court, and Race Politics and The Law.

Giuliano is also an Academic Technology Scholar at Northeastern. He is certified in online course creation, and the Canvas learning management platform. He has helped faculty transition from Blackboard to Canvas, and how to leverage hyflex learning to maximize student engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biography

Giuliano grew up in Natick, Massachusetts. He received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Framingham State University in 2016. From there he went on to complete his master’s in political science at Northeastern University in 2018. He loved the school and faculty so much that he decided to stay for his PhD. He now lives in Webster with his wife and daughter.

Articles Under Review

Policy Implementation in the U.S. States:
Gubernatorial v. Local Administration of
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Conference Presentations

2019 New England Political Science Association: Policy Implementation in the U.S. States:
Gubernatorial v. Local Administration of
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Research Interest

global public health, drug policy, American constitutional law, judicial politics

Contact Info

960A Renaissance Park
espino.g@northeastern.edu
Curriculum Vitae

More Student Paths

Charles T. Wallace-Thomas IV

Charles took "Sustainable Renewable Energy Development in the Global South" with Professor Shalanda Baker, which pushed him to further question systems as they exist, no matter their entrenched in society.
He did community service as part of the Ujima Global Leaders Program through the John D. O’Bryant African American Institute. He worked on the Timebank team, helping give back to local communities.
Charles split his time for his first co-op between the Center for Economic Democracy and the Boston Ujima Project, where he analyzed studies on community needs, including infrastructure and childcare.
He was one of the co-creators of the #BlackAtNU campaign and advocated for racial literacy courses and a restorative and transformative justice center on campus.
Charles made his own research project- a macroeconomic index to measure democratic participation in municipal economies, partnering with NU, the Columbus Foundation and the Center for Economic Democracy.
He worked at the Participatory Budgeting Project as a Program Associate, helping city systems and other organizations actively decide how to invest money across different spaces.
Charles graduated in 2022. ..

Casey Greenleaf

Casey took Global Markets and Local Cultures. After traveling, she better saw how the coursework mirrored real life, and knew her education was preparing her for the world.
She went on a DOC to Argentina and Uruguay, and become highly proficient while living in Buenos Aires and visiting the glaciers of the Patagonia region.
Casey completed her first co-op at the Museum of Fine Arts as a community arts program assistant. She gained valuable hands-on experience assisting in arts classes for local communities.
She joined the Sociology & Anthropology Student Association during her third year. It allowed her to get to know her fellow students and mirrored the small school experience she loved.
Casey studied abroad in Nepal for her capstone thesis. She lived alone for a month while she researched and wrote about the lived experience of climate change in the lower Himalayas.
She worked for the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, founded by Professor Sarah Wylie. She produced promotional videos, developed a virtual research event, wrote event programming, and more.
Casey graduated in 2020. ..

Sunita Pfitzner

Sunita took Revolution, Civil War, and Insurrection, taught by Professor Risa Kitagawa. The course invited students to question the motives behind acts of violence against governments.
She traveled on a Dialogue of Civilizations to Jordan and Egypt; while there she grew interested in Middle East politics and the Arabic language.
Sunita worked at the Institute for Economics and Peace in Sydney, Australia, where she analyzed data on the corruption of police forces in Mexico.
Sunita was a member of the International Relations Council and traveled abroad with the club to compete in Model Arab League, Model NATO, and Model UN conferences.
Sunita conducted research with Berna Turam, developing a greater understanding of the Mediterranean migrant crisis. She also researched the feminist response to Covid-19 with Val Moghadam.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2022.
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Yasser Aponte

Yasser was in the Foundation Year program at Northeastern. The program was a rigorous deep dive into core subject classes that helped Yasser bridge the gap between his high school and college experiences.
He took Issues in Cities and Suburbs with Professor Erin Graves in Fall 2018. As someone deeply invested in urban life, he found the course was an enlightened look at the problems endemic to cities.
Yasser joined the Boston Beer Company as a Program Operations and Event Assistant for his first co-op. He worked on inventory, public relations, brewery events, and workspace organization.
He implemented community gardens all over Boston on deserted plots of land during his time as the Northeastern Campus Director for the campus’ United Nations Millennium Fellowship.
Yasser maintained a farm in Dorchester for The Food Project. He harvested crops, distributed produce through donations and food markets, and worked on overall logistics.
In 2020, Yasser won the Community Service Leadership award, given to students who show exemplary community engagement. He was recognized for his work at The Food Project, Northeastern Crossing, and more.
He graduated 2022 with his Bachelor’s in International Affairs and Religious Studies and his Master’s in Security and Resilience Studies, through Northeastern’s PlusOne program...