Professional Summary
Yorkow is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), UC, specializing in American politics, political methodology, and comparative politics. Alongside his doctoral studies, he has earned a graduate certification in Public Opinion and Survey Research and received the Taft Competitive Dissertation Fellowship.
His research focus spans public and elite opinion, political behavior, social and economic justice, and public policies in the United States and Africa. Specifically, he is interested in marijuana politics and death penalty policies in the US and Africa.
Education
Master of Applied Politics: University of Akron 2018
B.A in Political Science with Philosophy and Classics: University of Ghana 2015
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Niven, David, Stephen Bryant, Francesca Gottardi, Yorkow Oppon-Acquah, and Mustafa Sagir (2023. ) Personal Belief Versus Universal Truth: Religion Rhetoric in Death Penalty Policy Debates in the United States.Social Science Journal, , More Information