PhD Placement History

Armstrong, Brenna

• Dissertation Title: “Strategic Resouce Allocation, Gender, Autonomy, and Policy Priorities”
• Initial post-PhD position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Rice University
• Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Rice University

Goidel, Spencer

• Dissertation Title: “Too Many Candidates: the Burden of Choice in Politics”
• Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University
• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Auburn University

Kim, James Dongjin

• Dissertation Title: “The Political Consequences of Exposure to Wartime Violence”
• Initial post-PhD position: PostDoctoral Fellowship, MIT
• Current Position: PostDoctoral Fellowship, MIT

Lee, Kyung Suk

• Dissertation Title: “The Mass Public, Political Elites and Nuclear Proliferation”
• Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Daejeon University
• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Daejeon University

Moreira, Thiago M. Q.

• Dissertation Title: “Electoral Context and Political Choices: Essays on Mass and Elite Behavior”
• Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
• Current Position: PostDoctoral Fellowship, MIT

Song, Mingsi

• Dissertation Title:
• Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China
• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Renmin University of China

Yi, Joowon

• Dissertation Title: “The Causes and Effects of Colonial Native Military Recruitment”
• Initial post-PhD position: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia
• Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

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

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

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 and Financial 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

Vande Kamp, Garrett 

• Dissertation Title:
• Initial post-PhD position: Lecturer, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University
• Current Position: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Georgia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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