Darren Janz
Biography
Darren is a PhD student in the MIT Department of Political Science specializing in comparative politics. His research focuses on the political economy of development and comparative political behavior in Africa, with particular interests in local and regional governance, land politics, traditional authority, and public attitudes toward industrialization, urbanization, and foreign investment. Darren is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a Kenan Sahin Presidential Fellow at MIT. He holds a BA in Political Science from Duke University, where he received the 2023 Elizabeth G. Verville Award for the best honors thesis in the subject of political science.
Biography
Darren is a PhD student in the MIT Department of Political Science specializing in comparative politics. His research focuses on the political economy of development and comparative political behavior in Africa, with particular interests in local and regional governance, land politics, traditional authority, and public attitudes toward industrialization, urbanization, and foreign investment. Darren is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow and a Kenan Sahin Presidential Fellow at MIT. He holds a BA in Political Science from Duke University, where he received the 2023 Elizabeth G. Verville Award for the best honors thesis in the subject of political science.