The Department of Political Science is very proud of our graduates and the career opportunities they have found after completing our Ph.D. program. Graduates of our program are successful in obtaining positions at leading universities, in government agencies, research organizations, and in the private sector. Listed below are the placement results of recent graduates.
2025-2026
Heather Elliot
University of Michigan | Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Public Health
Jane Kitaevich
Harvard University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Katelyn Knapp
Federal Agency | Methodologist
Irene Morse
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Lecturer, Data Analytics and Computational Social Science
Shayla Olson
University of Notre Dame | Postdoctoral Fellow, Rooney Democracy Institute
Brandon Romero
Washington University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity
Rebecca Wai
University of Notre Dame | Postdoctoral Fellow, Klau Institute for Civil and Human Rights, Keough School of Global Affairs
Hilary Zedlitz
University of Oregon | Visiting Instructor, Honors College
2024-2025
Daniel Blinderman
University of Virginia | Postdoctoral Fellow, Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy
Mitchell Bosley
National Center for AI Research (CENIA) in Santiago, Chile | Postdoctoral Researcher
Jared Cory
Western Texas College | Instructor of Government
Benjamin Goehring
University of Virginia | Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy
Phoebe Henninger
SSRS | Senior Project Director
Hojung Joo
Harvard University | Assistant Professor of Government
Saki Kuzushima
META | Research Scientist on the Demography and Survey Science
Derek Lief
Fordham University | Assistant Professor of Strategy and Statistics, Gabelli School of Business
Guoer Liu
University of California, San Diego | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Yehia Mekawi
Université Libre de Bruxelles | Postdoctoral Fellow, Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration and Equality, Department of Sociology
Eugenia Quintanilla
University of Texas, Austin | Postdoctoral Fellow, Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life
Merisa Bahar Sahin
Sewanee: The University of the South | Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
David Suell
Eastern Michigan University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Joshua Thorp
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Fabricio Vasselai
University of Illinois | Assistant Professor of Quantitative Methods, Department of Political Science
Zoe Walker
University of Rochester | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Emma Willoughby
National University of Singapore | Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Research Institute
2023-2024
Paul Atwell
Ohio State University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Jade Burt
Y2 Analytics | Director of Research
Sydney Carr
College of the Holy Cross | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Erin Cikanek
Cornell University | Klarman Fellow in the Department of Government
Marty Davidson
University of Wisconsin, Madison | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Janice Feng
Trent University | Assistant Professor of Political Studies and Philosophy
Yuequan Guo
WZB Berlin Social Science Center | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institutions and Political Inequality
Justin Heck
Opportunity@Work | Senior Director, Research & Data Production
Hilary Izatt
Binghamton University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Timothy Jones
Duke University | America in the World Consortium Postdoctoral Fellow
Byung Koo Kim
KDI School of Public Policy and Management | Assistant Professor in Data Science
Amanda Mauri
University of Maryland, College Park | Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
Sara Morell
College of New Jersey | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Taha Rauf
University of Louisville | Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Sarah Rozenblum
Marquette University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Hwayong Shin
Washington University in St. Louis | Postdoctoral Fellow in Survey Research, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy
Michael Thompson-Brusstar
Trinity College | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Htet Thiha Zaw
University of British Columbia | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
2022-2023
Kiela Crabtree
Emory University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Joe Klaver
University of Passau | Researcher
Wooseok Kim
University of Glasgow | Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow
Maxwell Lykins
University of Texas | Assistant Professor, School of Civic Leadership
Anil Menon
University of California, Merced | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Eitan Paul
J-PAL Global at MIT | Senior Research, Education, and Training Manager
Alex Pineda
VMLY&R | Director of Data Science
Sinead Redmond
Bodman PLC | Senior Associate Attorney
Roya Talibova
Harvard University | Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman Assistant Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Logan Woods
Illinois State Board of Education | Principal Consultant
Nuannuan Xiang
Columbia University | Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health
2021-2022
Samuel Baltz
MIT Election Data and Science Lab | Research Director
Chris Campbell
United Steelworkers (USW) | Project Field Organizer
Nicholas Carney
Bank of America VP Senior Underwriter | Community Development Banking
Yunsieg Paik Kim
University of Missouri-Columbia | Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
Tom O'Mealia
Harvard University | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Chan School of Public Health
Jacob Walden
Bain & Company | Consultant
2020-2021
William Berger
University of Arizona | Assistant Professor of Practice
Deanna Kolberg-Shah
Freedom House | Learning Specialist
Michael Lerner
London School of Economics | Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Julia Maynard
University of Zurich | Research Scientist
Hyeon-Young Ro
Princeton University | Postdoctoral Fellow
Corina Simonelli
US Department of State | Data Scientist, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
Jessica Sun
Emory University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Sasha de Vogel
New York University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Jordan Center
Princess Williams
Amherst College | Postdoctoral Fellow
Charley Willison
Cornell University | Assistant Professor of Public Health
Nicole Wu
University of Toronto | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Patrick Wu
New York University | Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Social Media and Politics
2019-2020
Chinbo Chong
Indiana University | Postdoctoral Fellow, CRRES
Yilang Feng
University of Illinois | Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor, Gies College of Business
Diogo Ferrari
University of California | Riverside Assistant Professor
Alexander Furnas
Northwestern University | Research Assistant Professor, Kellog
Hyeonho Hahm
Hanyang University | Assistant Professor, Policy Studies
Nadia Kostyuk
Georgia Institute of Technology | Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Jieun Lee
SUNY Buffalo | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Kevin McAlister
Emory University | Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods
Dumitru Minzarari
German Institute for International & Security Affairs (SWP) | Research Associate
Steven Moore
Wesleyan University | Assistant Professor of Government
Marzia Oceno
Vanderbilt University | Postdoctoral Fellow, CSDI
Joe Ornstein
University of Georgia | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Albana Shehaj
Harvard University | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for European Studies
Nicole Yadon
Ohio State University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Kirill Zhirkov
Vanderbilt University | Postdoctoral Fellow, LAPOP
2018-2019
Kevin Cope
University of Virginia | Associate Professor, Law School
David Cottrell
University of Georgia | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Charles Crabtree
Dartmouth College | Assistant Professor of Government
Jesse Crosson
Princeton University | Postdoctoral Fellow
Dustin Gamza
US Department of State | Analyst
Christina Kinane
Yale University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Patrick Meehan
Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being | Program Manager
Blake Miller
London School of Economics | Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science
Fabian Neuner
Arizona State University | Assistant Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies
Chris Skovron
Civiqs | Director of Data Science
James Strickland
Arizona State University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Carly Wayne
Washington University, St Louis | Assistant Professor of Political Science
2017-2018
Logan Casey
Movement Advancement Project | Policy Researcher
Jason Davis
University of Pennsylvania | Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Alex Van Hagen-Jamar
Carleton College Visiting | Assistant Professor
Hakeem Jefferson
Stanford University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Kirill Kalinin
Stanford University | Research Fellow
Julia Kamin
CivilServant (non-profit research group) | Research Manager
Joshua Shipper
Adrian College | Visiting Lecturer
Alon Yakter
Tel Aviv University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Yujeong Yang
SUNY Cortland | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Justin Williams
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Visiting Research Scholar
2016-2017
Logan Casey
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health | Research Associate
Jennifer Chudy
Wellesley College | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Anna Grace Cotter
Motion Picture Association of America | Senior Research Analyst
Jonathan Jay Fuentes
Odessa College | Executive Director for Extension Areas
Vincent Fusaro
Boston College, School of Social Work | Assistant Professor of Social Work
Diana Greenwald
City College of New York | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Maiko Heller
Facit Research | Consultant Expert
Ayse Koker
Arizona State University | Honors Faculty Fellow
Geoff Lorenz
University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Shaun McGirr
Cox Automotive UK | Lead Data Scientist
Vanessa Nichols
Indiana University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Benjamin Peterson
University of North Carolina | Coordinator of Faculty
Marie Puccio
Pearson | Scorer
2015-2016
LaShonda Brenson
Project Vote | Research Director
Jean Clipperton
Northwestern | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Cali Mortenson Ellis
University of Southern California, Center for International Studie/Evergreen State College | Hayward R Alker Postdoctoral Scholar/Faculty
LaGina Gause
University of California, San Diego | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Jeremy Gelman
University of Nevada, Reno | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Bai Linh Hoang
University of Texas at Arlington | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Mi Hwa Hong
Yonsei University | Researcher, Center for International Studies
Trevor Johnston
RAND Corporation | Associate Social Scientist
Kristyn Karl
Stevens Institute of Technology | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Elizabeth Mann
Brookings Institution | Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy
Danielle Martin
European Institute | Postdoctoral Fellow
Leslee McKnight
CEB, now Gartner | Research Consultant
Nico Ravanilla
Stanford/University of California San Diego, School of Global Policy & Strategy | Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow/ Assistant Professor of Political Science
Katherine Robbins
Center for American Progress | Director, Poverty Policy
Adrian Shin
University of Colorado at Boulder | Assistant Professor of Political Science
Bonnie Washick
Greenheart International | External Relations Manager
Matthew Wells
Wabash College | Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
Qingjie Zeng
Fudan University | Assistant Professor of Political Science
2014-2015
Richard Anderson
Los Angeles (Anaheim) Angels | Assistant Director of Quantitative Analysis
James Atkinson
CEB Inc | Research Director
Erin Baribeau
USC-Sunter | Adjunct Instructor
Carolyn Barnes
Duke (Sanford School of Public Policy) | Assistant Professor
Timm Betz
Texas A&M University | Assistant Professor
Allison Laine Dale-Riddle
Montana Democratic Party | Data Director
Charles Joseph Doriean
General Motors | Data Analyst, Statatician
Michael David Duenes
University of Minnesota | Assistant Professor
Eli Feiman
US Department of State | Analyst
Cassandra Grafstrom
Boston Consulting | Group Consultant
Lisa Langdon Koch
Claremont/ Mckenna College | Assistant Professor
Erin McGovern
McKinsey & Company | Engagement Manager
Srinivas (Chinnu) Parinandi
University of Colorado Boulder | Assistant Professor
Amy Pond
Texas A&M University | Assistant Professor
Molly Reynolds
Brookings Institution | Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management
Ihab Faleh Saad
Birzeit University | Faculty
Ali Sanaei
UC-Berkeley | Postdoctoral Fellow
Matthew Wells
Wabash College | Visiting Assistant Professor
