Recent Ph.D. Graduate Placements
Ariana Montoya Lozano (2026)
Assistant Professor of Political Science & Public Policy and Environmental Studies, Elon University
Christina Walker (2026)
Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
Alex Wilhelm (2026)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kennesaw State University
Matthew Ellis (2025)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Augusta University
Kaleigh Karageorge (2025)
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Knox College
Hanna Sistek (2025)
Civil Discourse Fellow, Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University
Catalina Vega Mendez (2025)
Democracy Postdoctoral Researcher, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame
Scovia Aweko (2024)
Global Evidence Fellow with the Research on International Policy Implementation Lab
Sharonda Woodford (2023)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University Texarkana
Qian (Habi) Zhang (2023)
Post-doctoral Visiting Fellow, James Madison Program, Princeton University
Erik Davis (2023 Candidate)
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Political Science, Peru State College, Nebraska
Janel Jett (2022)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
Amber Lusvardi (2022)
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Jasmine Jackson (2022)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas Christian University
Kuan-Sheng (Charles) Wu (2021)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice, University of South Alabama
Guillermo Caballero (2021)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Salisbury University
Mintao Nie (2020)
Assistant Professor, School of Political Science and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law
Bi Zhao (2020)
Associate Professor of Political Science, Gonzaga University
Elis Vllasi (2019)
Senior Director of Academic Operations, College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies, University of Tennessee Knoxville
Placements Prior to 2019
Aurora University in Illinois - Mark Petersen & Matt Dabros
California Polytechnic State University - Amelia Andrews
Carleton College - Summer Forrester
Center for Policy Alternatives - Kirsten Lindquist
Christopher Newport University - Crystal Shelton
East Carolina State University - Caroline Orth
Eastern Illinois University - Paul Danyi
Environment Canterbury, New Zealand - Stefanie Rixecker
Fors Marsh - Sara Wiest
Georgia Gwinnett College - Laura Young
Global Project Against Hate and Extremism - Heidi Beirich
Grand Valley State University - Laura Schneider
Hope College - Joel Toppen
Illinois State University - Julie Webber
International University of Sarajevo - Joseph Kaminski
Jackson State University, Mississippi - Hyung-Lae Park
Kentucky State University - Minerva Cruz
Lockheed Martin - Amy Zeitler
Loyola University - Young Soo Kim
Loyola University, Chicago - Olga Avdeyeva
Marian University - Melissa Buehler
Masaryk University - Zuzana Ringlerova
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center - Viviana Abreu-Hernandez
National War College, National Defense University - Maria Omelicheva
Northern Kentucky University - Jonathan McKenzie
Oakland University - Terri Towner
Ohio Wesleyan University - Ji Young Choi
Rice University Baker Institute for Public Policy - Chris Kulesza
San Diego State University - Cheryl O'Brien
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - Min Tang
Sigma Chi Leadership Institute - Abigaile VanHorn
Southern Nazarene University - Anthony Rodin
Southwestern College - Jean Gabriel Jolivet
St. Anselm College - Erik Cleven
Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation - John McGeady
Trinity University - Katsuo Nishikawa
Tuskegee University - Thierno Thiam
United Nations Development Program, Sri Lanka - Vagisha Gunasekara
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - Dwaine Jengelley, Natasha Duncan
University of Arizona Global Campus/Grand Canyon University - Toby Lauterbach
University of Baltimore - Nusta Carranza Ko
University of Central Punjab - Waheed Ahmad Khan
University of Connecticut - Evelyn Simien
University of Pittsburgh - Fernando Tormos
University of Tennessee College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies - Katie Ann Cahill
University of Toronto Mississauga - Andrea Olive
Waikato University, New Zealand - Priya Kurian
West Chester University - Ashlie Delshad
Westfield State University - Heather Brown
Westminster College - Kali Wright-Smith
Wingate University - Chelsea Kaufman