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PhD Placement History


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Graduates 2021-22

Allamong, Maxwell

  • Dissertation Title: “Three Essays on Disaffection in American Politics”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Postdoctoral Associate, Duke Institute of Survey Methodology
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Duke Institute of Survey Methodology

Dhima, Kostanca

  • Dissertation Title: “Gender and Political Representation”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Political Science at Georgia State University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept of Political Science at Georgia State University

Jeong, Jongwoo

  • Dissertation Title: “Essays on Party Identification Among the New Americans in teh Era of Immigration”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis

Jin, Hwalmin

  • Dissertation Title: “Essays on Political Control Over the Military in Civil-Military Relations”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, School of Social Science and Government, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Social Science and Government, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education

Junqueira, Andrea

  • Dissertation Title: “Who so tough? Understanding the Politics Behind Aggressive Crime-Fighting Policies”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis

Magat, Janica

  • Dissertation Title: “Constructing Alliances: The Political Dynamics of Informality in Weak States”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Associate Professorial Lecturer, De La Salle University
  • Current Position: Associate Professorial Lecturer, De La Salle University

Stevens, Reed

  • Dissertation Title: “Care Ethics and Political Institutions: Democracy, constitutionalism, and Federalism”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Lecturer, Political Science, Texas A&M University
  • Current Position: Lecturer, Political Science, Texas A&M University

Graduates 2020-21

Dvir, Rotem

  • Dissertation Title: “Shifting Horizons: Temporal Orientations and Conflict Decision-making”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University
  • Current Position: Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University

Johnson, Austin

  • Dissertation Title: “Rediscovering Tax Farming: An Investigation into How Privatized Tax Administration Influences Tax Compliance”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Temple College
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Temple College

Medina, Alejandro

  • Dissertation Title: “Purchasing Certainty: Concerning Intra-Legislature and Interest Group BA”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
  • Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Mendez Mendez, Nathalie

  • Dissertation Title: “Wellsprings of Bureaucratic Collaboration: Identity, Trust, and Agency Performance in Colombia”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes

Peterson, Benjamin

  • Dissertation Title: “Islamic Reform and the Challenge of Nomocracy: The Constitutional Theories of Fazlur Rahman and Javed Ahmad Ghamidi”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Abilene Christian University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Abilene Christian University

Zuhlke, Samantha

  • Dissertation Title: “A Political Theory of Nonprofits: Partisanship, Policy, and the Rise of the Nonprofit Sector”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa

Graduates 2019-20

Alley, Joshua K.

  • Dissertation Title: “Alliance Participation and Military Spending”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-Doc at the Democratic Statecraft Lab at the University of Virginia
  • Current Position: Post-Doc at the Democratic Statecraft Lab at the University of Virginia

Jung, Yoo Sun

  • Dissertation Title: “Legalization of International Institutions and Global Economic Order”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-Doc at the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy (CCD) at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)
  • Current Position: Post-Doc at the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy (CCD) at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)

Mitchell, Austin

  • Dissertation Title: “The Political Economy of Electoral Authoritarianism: Fiscal andFinancial Conditions for Elections in Dictatorships”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Qatar
  • Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Qatar

Yin, Weiwen

  • Dissertation Title: “Essays on the Transnational Commercial Arbitration Institutions in the Politics of FDI”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-Doc at the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program & School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
  • Current Position: Post-Doc at the Columbia-Harvard China and the World Program & School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Graduates 2018-19

Berkemeier, Molly L.

  • Dissertation Title: “Exploring Military Noncombat Operations”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

Nascimento da Silva, Thiago

  • Dissertation Title: “Coalitional Dynamics in Presidential Systems”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim
  • Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Mannheim

Song, Miyeon

  • Dissertation Title: “Managing Public Services: The Role of Non-Profit, For-Profit, and Governmental Organizations”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina

Zhang, Youlang

  • Dissertation Title: “Essays on Intergovernmental Lobbying in America”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China

Graduates 2017-18

An, Seung-Ho

  • Dissertation Title: “Optimal Turnover Rates and Organization Performance in Public & Non-Profit Organizations”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University

Bogiaris, Guillaume

  • Dissertation Title: “Rethinking Plato’s Place in Machiavelli’s Thought”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of West Alabama
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of West Alabama

Calderon, Apolonia

  • Dissertation Title: “Who’s Going to Build Your Wall?: The influence of Non-governmental Institutions on Immigration Outcomes”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

Haglin, Kathryn M.

  • Dissertation Title: “The Political Determinants of Attitudes Towards Science”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-doc, Yale University & University of Pennsylvania
  • Current Position: Post-doc, Yale University & University of Pennsylvania

Merrill, Alison H.

  • Dissertation Title: “The Dynamics of Issue Attention on the United States Supreme Court”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Susquehana University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Susquehana University

Turner, Jeremy

  • Dissertation Title: “Exploring Military Non-Combat Operations”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Air War College of Air University
  • Current Position: Air War College of Air University

Graduates 2016-17

Carroll, Kristen

  • Dissertation Title: “When Representatives Work: The Influence of Local Context on Minority Representation”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
  • Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Funk, Kendall D.

  • Dissertation Title: “The Causes and Consequences of Women’s Representation in Local Governments”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Philips, Andrew Q.

  • Dissertation Title: “Manipulating the Masses: New Theories of Political Cycles”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder

Radtke, Mitchell

  • Dissertation Title: “Dictators, Ministerial Cronyism, and International Conflict”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Visiting Lecturer, St. Olaf College
  • Current Position: Visiting Lecturer, Bucknell University

Switzer, David

  • Dissertation Title: “Private Taps, Public Good: Exploring Compliance, Conservation, and Equity in United States Drinking Water”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Florida Atlantic University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Missouri

Graduates 2015-16

Cheon, Ohbet

  • Dissertation Title: “Management and Performance in US Healthcare Institutions: Does Sector-difference Matter?”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-doc, Texas A&M University Health Science Center
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Clarkson University

Compton, Mallory E.

  • Dissertation Title: “The Political Economy of Unemployment Insurance”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-doc, Utrecht University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University

Conway, Nicholas

  • Dissertation Title: “Rush to Justice The Disappearing Civil Trial”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University

Favero, Nathan

  • Dissertation Title: “Representation in the Fourth Branch of Government: A Closer Look at the Link between Employee Demographics and Client Outcomes”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, American University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, American University

Wofford (Gooch), Peyton

  • Dissertation Title: “Competing Versions of Contemporary Aristotelianism a Contemporary Political Theory”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Visiting Instructor, Central Arkansas University
  • Current Position: Lecturer, Steven F. Austin State University

Graduates 2014-15

Bryant, Katherine

  • Dissertation Title: “The Benefits of Multilateral Aid: How Agency Motivation, Specialization, and Autonomy Promote Development”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Adjunct Faculty, Westmont College
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Westmont College

Garcia, Blake

  • Dissertation Title: ““International Migration and Extreme-Right Terrorism””
  • Initial post-PhD position: Research Associate, Association of Corporate Counsel
  • Current Position: Research Associate, Association of Corporate Counsel

Ghosh Moulick, Abhisekh

  • Dissertation Title: “Essays in Public and Non-Profit Financial Management”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma

Jordan, Soren

  • Dissertation Title: “Partisan Polarization, Lawmaking, and Representation in the United States Congress”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University

Molina Jr., Angel

  • Dissertation Title: “Guided by Governance: New Perspectives on the Political Dynamics of Latino Education”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Nakajo, Miwa

  • Dissertation Title: “Civic Engagement and Trust in National and Local Governments”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Hokkai Gakuen University
  • Current Position: Associate Professor, Tsuda University

Rutherford, Amanda

  • Dissertation Title: “Politics, Perceptions, and Performance in Higher Education”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Indiana University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indiana University

Shrek, Brian

  • Dissertation Title: “Better the Devil You Know: A Theory of Decision-Making in Collaborative Governance and Evidence from Endangered Species Management”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-doc, Texas Tech University
  • Current Position: Director of McNair Scholars Program, University of Wyoming

Wang, Di

  • Dissertation Title: “Leviathan as Foreign Investor: Evidence from Sovereign Wealth Funds”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
  • Current Position: Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin

Wang, Di

  • Dissertation Title: “Leviathan as Foreign Investor: Evidence from Sovereign Wealth Funds”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
  • Current Position: Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin

Graduates 2013-14

Brown, Ted

  • Dissertation Title: “The Rhetoric of Conflict in Political Theory”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Southwest Oklahoma State University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southwest Oklahoma State University


Ferguson, Grant

  • Dissertation Title: “The Conflict-Oriented Group Identity of Partisanship”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Instructor, Texas Christian University
  • Current Position: Instructor, Texas Christian University

Flink, Carla

  • Dissertation Title: “Punctuated Equilibrium Theory: Methodological and Theoretical Extensions”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Texas San Antonio
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, American University

Seki, Katsunori

  • Dissertation Title: “Causes and Consequences of Elections in Nondemocracies”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-doc, University of Mannheim
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba

Shockley, Bethany

  • Dissertation Title: “Local Representation in the Context of Decentralization: Mayors, Citizens, and Local Governance in Latin America”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Post-doc, Qatar University
  • Current Position: Post-doc, Qatar University

Tkach, Benjamin

  • Dissertation Title: “Corporate Security and Conflict Outcomes”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, King University
  • Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mississippi State

Urbanski, Piotr

  • Dissertation Title: “Heterogeneous Industry Entry and Exit Costs, Collective Action, and Trade Policy”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Research Project Manager, Southern California Edison
  • Current Position: Research Project Manager, Southern California Edison

Wimpy, Cameron

  • Dissertation Title: “Foiled Expectations: When Democracy Doesn’t Deliver”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Research Associate, Fors Marsh Group
  • Current Position: Research Director, MIT

Wimpy, Cameron

  • Dissertation Title: “Foiled Expectations: When Democracy Doesn’t Deliver”
  • Initial post-PhD position: Research Associate, Fors Marsh Group
  • Current Position: Research Director, MIT

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