The department has a strong placement record, placing our Ph.D.s at teaching and research institutions both in the US and throughout the world, and in non-academic jobs in both the public and private sector.
2024-2025
Kristina Rohrer - Assistant Professor at West Liberty University
Geoffrey Henderson - Assistant Professor at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Julien Labarre - Assistant Professor at CSU Dominguez Hills
2023-2024
Navid Yousefian Jazi - Teaching Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK
Sam Fontaine - Assistant Professor at Wofford College
Eric Stein - Lecturer at the University of California-Santa Barbara
Daniel Gomez - Visiting Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University
2022-2023
Geoff Henderson - Post-doctoral Associate at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy
Jeff Feng - Visiting Assistant Professor at Hamilton College
2021-2022
Amanda Brush - ACLS Leading Edge Fellow for the Service and Advocacy for Gay Elders (SAGE)
Ellen Park - Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
Chris Miljanich - Quanitative Social Scientist at Gallup
Andrew Johnson - Lecturer at Seattle University
2020-2021
Jasmine Yarish - Assistant Professor at the University of the District of Columbia
Matthew Jenkins - Assistant Professor at Gyeongsang National University
Chia-Chien Chang - Assistant Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Politics, National Chung Hsing University
2019-2020
Shannon Schumacher - Research Associate at Pew Research Center
Brian Lovato - Cal State Fullerton
Shyam Sriram - Butler University
Natasha Bennett - University of Puget Sound
Geof Allen - University of Utah
Matthew Jenkins - Saint Martin's University
2018-2019
Lisa Argyle - Brigham Young Univesity
Shyam Sriram - College of Charleston
Scott Englund - National Intelligence University
Tristin Beckman - Eventbrite (Data Scientist)
Jaedong Choi - Yonsei University (Post-Doctoral Researcher)
Caleb Miller - Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School (Visiting Fellowship)
Aaron Sparks - Elon University
2017-2018
Francisco Brandão - Chamber of Deputies, National Congress of Brazil (Data Scientist)
Nicole Filler - Highline College
Aaron Sparks - Ohio Northern University
2016-2017
Joivian Radheshwar - Douglas College, New Westminster, BC
Yanjun Liu - Peking University
Tristin Beckman - Oxford University (Post-Doctoral Fellowship)
Rhoanne Esteban - Wesleyan University (Data Analyst)
Cecilia Farfan Mendez - Center for US-Mexican Studies at UC San Diego (Post-Doctoral Fellowship)
Colin Kuehl - Northern Illinois University
2015-2016
Sarah Oliver - Towson University
2014-2015
Lauren Copeland - Baldwin Wallace University
Stuart Gray - Washington and Lee University
Heather Hodges - Reed College
Richard Huizar - William Patterson University
Sarah Oliver - Saint Lawrence University
Galen Stocking - Pew Research Center
Alisa Rod - Barnard College, Empirical Reasoning Lab
2013-2014
Yu-chun Kuo - National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
Pavel Oleinikov - Wesleyan University
Francois Zdanowicz- Cal Luthern/ CSU Channel Islands
2012-2013
Tabitha Benney - University of Utah (IR)
Kathleen Cole, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota (PT)
Meredith Conroy, California State University, San Bernardino (AP)
Yu-chun Kuo - Academia Sinica, Taiwan (PT)
Brooke Mascagni - Texas A&M, Kingsville (AP)
Karen Pitakdumrongkit - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (IR)
Anne Pluta - Chestnut Hill College (AP)
2011-2012
Dean Chen - Ramapo College of New Jersey (IR)
Jessica Feezell - University of New Mexico (AP)
Stuart Gray - Johns Hopkins University -- Postdoctoral Fellowship (PT)
Mario Guerrero, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (AP)
Richard Huizar, Hamilton College - Postdoctoral Fellowship (CP)
2010-2011
Joseph Gardner - Gonzaga University (AP)
Thomas Hughes - Cal Lutheran University (PT)
Corrina McKoy - Ventura College (IR)
2009-2010
April Clark - Purdue University (AP)
Meredith Conroy - Occidential College (AP)
Stuart Kasdin - George Washington University (AP)
Sandra Popiden - Bridgewater State College (IR)
Tiffany Willoughby-Herard - University of California, Irvine
2008-2009
Emerald Archer - Woodbury University (IR)
Rebecca Glazier - University of Arkansas, Little Rock (IR)
Robert Hinckley - State University of New York, Potsdam (CP)
Cynthia Stavrianos - Gonzaga University (AP)
Past Placements
Juliet Carlisle - University of Idaho (AP)
Michael Clark - Northern Illinois University (CP)
Jeffrey Chwieroth - London School of Economics (IR)
Kathleen Collihan - American River College (IR)
Christopher Cook - University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (IR)
Lawrence Ezrow - University of Essex (CP)
John Fortuna - University of the Pacific*, California State University at Northridge (PT)
Gigi Gokcek - University of the Pacific, Dominican University of California (IR)
Thomas Hartman - California State University at Northridge* (IR)
Andrea Haupt - Santa Barbara City College, Ohio State University, DePaul University (IR)
Alison Keleher - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (AP)
Tom Knecht - University of Denver, Westmont College (IR)
Pericles Leon - California State University, Dominguez Hills (CP)
Kristy Michaud - California State University at Northridge (AP)
Gerhard Peters - Citrus College (AP)
Sabrina Pinnell - San Jose State University (CP)
Lia Roberts - Mount St. Mary's College (IR)
Alan Segui - University of San Diego (AP)
Tiffany Willoughby-Heard - San Francisco State University (AP)
Ning Zhang - California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (IR)
Other past placements include Arizona State University, Oklahoma State University, Portland State University, UC Santa Cruz, University of Delaware, University of Kentucky, University of Missouri, University of Nebraska -- Lincoln, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University of Utah, University of Virginia, Utah State University, DePaul University, Loyola Marymount, Miami University of Ohio, Pomona College, Redlands University, Seton Hall University, University of Denver, University of San Diego, California State University, Long Beach, and the U.S. Naval Academy.