Job Placement & Achievements
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Placement History
The department has an excellent placement record for doctoral students. Most graduates have initially obtained tenure-track positions or post-doctoral fellowships at leading university and colleges. Following is the placement history of our reent graduates.
Initial Placement of Doctoral Program Graduates Since 2011
2019-2020
Elena Gambino, Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates College
Samarjit Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Ozyegin University, Istanbul
Jen Halen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
Elif Kalaycioglu, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University's Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Qais Munhazim, Assistant Professor, Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Avi Munoz, Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
Robert Ralston, Predoctoral Fellowship, Albritton Center for Grand Strategy at Texas A&M
2018-19
Aaron Rosenthal, Assistant Professor, Simmons College
Brianna Smith, Assistant Professor, U.S. Naval Academy
Holly Dunn, Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Jennifer Spindel, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
Lucas Franco, Researcher, District Council of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA)
Matthew Motta, Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center
Ore Koren, Assistant Professor, Indiana University
Quynh Pham, Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco
Katrina Heimark, Research and Professor, Universidad de Lima
2017-2018
Chase Hobbs-Morgan, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
Christina Farhart, Assistant Professor, Carleton College
David Temin, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Emily Baer, Postdoctoral Fellow, APSA Congressional Fellowship
Lucas Lockhart, Researcher, U.S. Bank
Paul Snell, Assistant Professor, Pacific University
2016-2017
Adam Olson, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota-Morris
Ashley English, Assistant Professor, University of North Texas
Charmaine Chua, Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
Maron Sorenson, Assistant Professor, Bowdoin
Matthew Luttig, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Timothy Callaghan, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M
Tom Pryor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Augsburg College
Zein Murib, Assistant Professor, Fordham University
2015-16
Adam Dahl, Assistant Professor, Sewanee: The University of the South
Darrah McCracken, Visitin Assistant Professor, Willamette University
Garnet Kindervater, Visiting Scholar & Lecturer, Dartmouth College
Kevin Lucas, Visiting Assistant Professor, SUNY-Geneseo
Magic Wade, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois-Springfield
Phil Chen, Visiting Assistant Professor, Macelester College
Robert Asaadi, Adjunct Professor, Portland State University
2014-15
Amanda Bryan, Assistant Professor, Loyola University, Chicago
Brooke Coe, Research Fellow, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University
Caleb Goltz, Visiting Assistant Professor, Hartwick College
Charles Gregory, Assistant Professor Stephen F. Austin State University
Giovanni Mantilla, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton's Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Henry Thomson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nuffield College at Oxford University
Ismail Yaylaci, Assistant Professor, Istanbul Sehir University
Josh Anderson, Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
Mark Hoffman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College
Sergio Valverde, Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Shaun Williams-Wyche, Research Analyst, State of MN, Department of Higher Education
2013-14
Anthony Pahnke, Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
Elizabeth Sharrow, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Geoffrey Sheagley, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Geoffrey Dancy, Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University
Jennifer Gagnon, Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia
Jonas Bunte, Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Dallas
Laura Thaut Vinson, Postdoctoral Resedarch Fellow, U.S. Foreign Policy & International Security, Dartmouth College
M. David Forrest, Instructor, Arizona State University
Michael Julius, Visiting Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina
Moira Lynch, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland-Loyola
Ralitsa Donkova, Visiting Assistant Professor, Colgate
Zhen Wang, Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee
2012-13
Caitlin Dwyer, Assistant Professor, Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis
Christopher Galdieri, Assistant Professor, St. Anslem College
David Pak Yue Leon, Assistant Professor, Keuka College
Denis Kennedy, Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross
Matthew Cravens, Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dartmouth College
Matthew Dean Hindman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Lindfield College
Ross Edwards, Assistant Professor, Albertus Magnus College
Veronica Michel, Assistant Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Zenqing Zhang, Assistant Professor, Hamline University
2011-12
Aaron Rapport, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University
Adriano Udani, Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
Edward Gimbel, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Esen Kirdis, Assistant Professor, Rhodes College
Lauren Wilcox, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Nordquist, Assistant Professor, Albertus Magnus College
Robyn Linde, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island College
Vencent Vecera, Assistant Professor, Randolph College