Job Placement & Achievements
Learn more about our graduate students' placement history by subfield.
We have an excellent placement record for doctoral students. Most graduates have initially obtained tenure-track positions or post-doctoral fellowships at leading universities and colleges. Following is the placement history of our recent graduates.
Current & Initial Doctoral Program Graduate Placement
Carl Graefe; IR; Current & Initial Placement: E. John Rosenwald, Jr. '52 TU'53 Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth University
Casey Griffin; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Internal Organizer, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa
Ibrahim Oker; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Union College
Pedro Accorsi Amaral; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Notre Dame University
Tracey Blasenheim; IR; Initial Placement: Instructor, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Zach Crowley; AP; Current Placement: Data Scientist & Visualization Specialist, Blackstone Research and Evaluation; Initial Placement: Research Specialist, The Mark USA
Seo Nyeong (Holly) Jo; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Moravian University
María José "Majo" Méndez Gutiérrez; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Emily Mitamura; PT; Current Placement: CFD Postdoctoral Fellow, Bowdoin College; Initial Placement: Pembroke Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
Ashley Sorensen; AP; Current Placement: Junior Research Manager, Gradient; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, College of Wooster
Yakasah Wehyee; CP; Current Placement: Managing Director of Alumni and External Affairs, Teach for America, Initial Placement: Director of Step Up Level 2, Achieve Twin Cities
Paula Armendariz Miranda; CP; Current Placement: Senior Project Manager, SSRS; Initial Placement: Senior Research Analyst, PYMNTS
Samarjit Ghosh; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Ozyegin University
Rachael Houston; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University
Ivan Jucá; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, FGV CEPSP
Siyu Li; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Research Analyst II, Minnesota's 4th Judicial District
Oanh Nguyen; CP; Current Placement: Policy Advisor, Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement; Initial Placement: Policy Analyst, Oregon Legislative BIPOC Caucus
Carly Potz-Nielsen; IR; Current Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Technical University of Munich; Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University
María Sanchez; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Colorado College
Patrick Snyder; CP; Current Placement: Senior Qualitative UX Researcher, Pinterest; Initial Placement: Qualitative UX Researcher, Facebook
Logan Stundal; IR; Current Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia Humanitarian Collaborative; Initial Placement: Instructor, University of Michigan
Farrah Tek; IR; Current Placement: Senior User Experience Research, Royal Bank of Canada; Initial Placement: User Experience Researcher, Royal Bank of Canada
Mihaela Toza; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Parliamentary Consultant, Autoritatea Electorala Permanenta
Katrina Heimark; CP; Current Placement: Fiscal Analyst, Minnesota House of Representatives; Initial Placement: Lecturer, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Robert Ralston; IR; Current Placement: Lecturer, University of Birmingham; Initial Placement: Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow, International Security Program
Kristin Lunz Trujillo; CP; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina - Columbia; Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, COVID States Project, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard University
Lucas Franco; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Research Manager, LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota
Shai Gortler; PT; Current Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas - Fayetteville; Initial Placement: Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Humanities Research (CHR), University of the Western Cape
José Kaire; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University - Tempe
Thomas Vargas Castro; CP; Current Placement: Senior Researcher, Rethink Priorities; Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University
Elena Gambino; PT; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University; Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates College
Jennifer Halen; IR; Current Placement: Lecturer, Harvard University; Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Graduate Fellow, Harvard University
Elif Kalaycioglu; IR; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa; Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University
Florencia Montal; IR; Current Placement: Senior Researcher and Evaluator, Center for Victims of Torture; Initial Placement: Assistant Research Professor, Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Ahmad Munhazim; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University
Avram Munoz; AP; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, Our Lady of the Lake University; Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College
Charmaine Chua; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of California - Santa Barbara
Holly Dunn; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Southern Florida - Tampa
Daniel Henry; CP; Current & Initial Placement: Associate Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago
Chase Hobbs-Morgan; PT; Current Placement: Lecturer, University of California - Santa Barbara; Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
Garnet Kindervater; IR; Current Placement: Clinical Assistant Professor, New York University; Initial Placement: Visiting Scholar, Dartmouth College
Ore Koren; IR; Current Placement: Associate Professor, Indiana University - Bloomington; Initial Placement: Affiliated Faculty, Vincent & Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University - Bloomington
Matthew Motta; AP; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health; Initial Placement: Affiliated Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale Law School
Bryan Nakayama; IR; Current Placement: Senior Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, UnitedHealth Group; Initial Placement: Visiting Lecturer, Mount Holyoke College
Adam Olson; AP; Current Placement: Senior Data Scientist, NMDP; Initial Placement: Data Scientist, Colle McVoy
Quynh Pham; IR; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, Colby College; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of San Francisco
Aaron Rosenthal; AP; Current Placement: Research Director, North Star Policy Action; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Simmons University
Brianna Smith; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy
Jennifer Spindel; IR; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire - Durham; Initial Placement: Fellow, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College
Emily Baer-Bositis; AP; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire - Durham; Initial Placement: Visiting Scholar, Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs, American Political Science Association
Christina Farhart; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Carleton College
Lucas Lockhart; CP; Current Placement: Special Review Auditor, Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor; Initial Placement: Customer Due Diligence Analyst, US Bank
Tom Pryor; AP; Current Placement: Staff Attorney, Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law; Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
Paul Snell; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Pacific University Oregon
David Temin; PT; Current Placement: Associate Professor, University of Michigan; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Sergio Valverde; PT; Current & Initial Placement: Medical Interpreter & Health Policy Researcher, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
Robert Asaadi; IR; Current & Initial Placement: Instructor, Portland State University
Pelin Binnet; CP; Current Placement: Designer - Beauty, Target; Initial Placement: Visual Merchandising Leader, Target
Timothy Callaghan; AP; Current Placement: Associate Professor, Boston University; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Brooke Coe; IR; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater; Initial Placement: Predoctoral Research Fellow, Georgetown University
Ashley English; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Associate Professor, University of North Texas
Caleb Goltz; PT; Current Placement: Assistant Professor and Director of Legal Studies and Legal Skills, St. Thomas University; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Hartwick College
Kevin Lucas; CP; Current Placement: Associate Professor, Capital University; Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Lycoming College
Andrew Lucius; IR; Current Placement: Senior Solutions Architect, Databricks; Initial Placement: Research Manager, Hennepin County Attorney's Office
Matthew Luttig; AP; Current Placement: Associate Professor, Colgate University; Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
Zein Murib; AP; Current Placement: Associate Professor, Fordham University; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Fordham University
Maron Sorenson; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College
Josh Anderson; PT; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College; Initial Placements: Lecturer, Augsburg College, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Aaron Beitman; IR; Current Placement: McCloy Fellow, American Council on Germany; Initial Placement: Fiscal Policy Analyst, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Phil Chen; AP; Current Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Denver; Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
Ralitsa Donkova; IR; Current Placement: Policy Analyst, REPowerEU (DG ECFIN); Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Colgate University
Ross Edwards; PT; Current Placement: Associate Professor and Dean of Academic Affairs for the Traditional Undergraduate Program, Albertus Magnus College; Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Albertus Magnus College
Magic Wade; AP; Current & Initial Placement: Associate Professor, University of Illinois - Springfield
Ilya Winham; PT; Current & Initial Placement: Academic Advisor II & Lecturer, The University of Georgia