Alumni
Alumni of the Center for the Study of Political Psychology and the affiliated PhD minor in political psychology currently occupy a variety of positions in academia, government, and the private sector. Our students have gone on to leadership roles in political-psychology research in a wide range of contexts. Below is a list of our alumni, broken down by decade.
- Minyoung Kim, 2025, Quantitative UX Researcher, Meta
- Madeline Salucka, 2025
- Ashley Sorensen, 2023, Junior Research Manager, Gradient
- Ezekiel Wright, 2023
- Rafael Aguilera, 2022, Assistant Director, Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Services at University of Texas, El Paso
- Rachael Houston, 2022, Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University
- Paula Armendariz Miranda, 2022, Senior Project Manager, SSRS
- Clara Juarez Miro, 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vienna
- Hui (Max) Bai, 2021, Stanford Impact Labs Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford University
- Wen Bu, 2021, Postdoc, Indiana University
- Katrina Heimark, 2021, Lecturer, University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs
- Kristin Lunz Trujillo, 2021, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
- Elliot Winter, 2020, Director of Research and Continuous Improvement, Relay Graduate School of Education
- Evan Stewart, 2019, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Boston
- Pierce Ekstrom, 2018, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Allison Williams, 2018, Research Associate at Happify
- Matt Motta, 2018, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania (based at Yale University)
- Brianna Smith, 2018, Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy
- Jake Appleby, 2018, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hamline University
- Christina Farhart, 2017, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Carleton College
- Joseph A. Vitriol, Postdoctoral Scholar, Lehigh University
- Timothy Callaghan, 2016, Assistant Professor of Health Policy, Texas A&M
- Matthew Lutting, 2016, Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Chicago
- Elizabeth Householder, 2016, Marketing Director, Blue Cross
- Andrea L Miller, 2015, Doctoral Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Philip G Chen, 2015, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
- Michal Reifen Tagar, 2014, Assistant Professor of Psychology, IDC Herzliya, Israel
- Molly Madzelan, 2014, Policy Post-Doctoral Fellow, Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Christopher Miller, 2013, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Syracuse University
- Matt Cravens, 2013, Visiting Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
- Steven Ludeke, 2013, Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Southern Denmark
- Geoff Sheagley, 2013, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota, Duluth
- Caitlin (Dwyer) Jewitt, 2012, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Erik J. Girvan, 2012, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law
- Nathan Gilkerson, 2012, Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication, Diederich College of Communication, Marquette University
- Corrie V. Hunt, 2011, Senior Analyst, Peter D. Hart Research Associates, Washington, DC
- Emily L. Fisher, 2011, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Grace Deason, 2011, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse
- Kevin Wang, 2011, Associate Professor of Strategic Communication, Butler University
- Brad M. Lippmann, 2011, Senior Account Executive for Data & Analytics, Catalist, Washington, DC
- Chris Galdieri, 2011, Associate Professor, Saint Anselm College
- Damla Ergun, 2010, Research Analyst, Langer Research Associates, New York
- Aaron Rapport, 2010, Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
- Neil Bendle, 2010, Associate Professor, Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario
- Henriet Hendriks, 2009, Fiscal Analyst, Minnesota State Legislature
- Jon Peterson, 2009, Associate Professor of Politics and Government, North Park University
- Dana Adams Griffin, 2009, User Experience Researcher, Microsoft Corporation
- Justin Holmes, 2009, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Northern Iowa
- Kjersten Nelson, 2009, Associate Professor of Political Science, North Dakota State University
- Eve Ringsmuth, 2009, Associate Professor of Political Science, Okalahoma State University
- Bas van Doorn, 2008, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Wooster
- Christopher Chapp, 2008, Associate Professor of Political Science, St. Olaf College
- Colleen (Miller) Adler, 2008, Senior Research Advisor at AARP
- Alina Oxendine, 2007, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hamline University
- Angie Bos, 2007, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Wooster
- Monica Schneider, 2007, Associate Professor of Political Science, Miami University of Ohio
- Justin Wedeking, 2007, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
- Michael Parkin, 2006, Associate Professor of Politics, Oberlin College
- Melinda Jackson, 2005, Associate Professor of Political Science, San Jose State University
- Marc J. Wagoner, 2005, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
- Ian Williamson, 2004, Professor of Psychology, New Mexico Highlands University
- Daniel Stevens, 2002, Associate professor and Director of Education in Politics, University of Exeter
- Patrick Meirick, 2002, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Oklahoma
- John Transue, 2001, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois, Springfield
- Amy Gangl, 2001, Senior Lecturer, University of Wisconsin
- Thomas Rudolph, 2001, Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois
- David Peterson, 2000, Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
- Eric Riedel, 2000, Chief Academic Officer, Walden University
- Christina Fiebich, 2000, Marketing Communications Director, 2020 Brand Solutions
- Jennifer Lambe, 2000, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Delaware
- Amy Jasperson, 1999, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rhodes College
- Elizabeth Smith, 1999, Professor of Political Science, Furman College
- Beth A. Haney, 1999, Independent consultant, St. Paul, MN
- Dvahn Shah, 1999, Maier-Bascom Professor and Director of the Mass Communication Research Center, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Catherine Luther, 1999, Associate Dean and Professor, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- Hungsoo Khang, 1998, Research Inc., Seoul, Korea
- Paula O’Loughlin, 1998, Associate Provost and Dean of Arts and Humanities, Gustavus Adolphus College
- Diana J. Burgess, 1998, Core Investigator, Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes, Minneapolis VA Medical Center; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- Karen Bird, 1997, Associate Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
- Virginia Chanley, 1997, Senior Analyst, Government Accountability Office
- Mark Watts, 1997, Manager of Quality, Bechtel Systems & Infrastructure
- Kristina Thalhammer, 1995, Professor of Political Science, St. Olaf College
- Howard Lavine, 1994, Arleen C. Carlson Professor of Political Science and Psychology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- Sandra Healey Wood, 1994, Full Time Parent
- Davida Alperin, 1993, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls
- Diane Duffy, 1993, Independent Scholar
- Sung-don Hwang, 1991, Hankuk University, Seoul, Korea
- Amy Fried, 1991, Professor of Political Science, University of Maine
- Wendy Rahn, 1990, Professor of Political Science, University of Minnesota
- Beth Theiss-Morse, 1989, Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska
- Jason R. Young, 1988, Associate Professor of Psychology, Hunter College, New York City
- Thomas Trump, 1987
- Jon Hurwitz, 1984, Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
- Mark Peffley, 1984, Professor of Political Science, University of Kentucky
- Michael Delli Carpini, 1980, Walter H. Annenberg Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- Pamela Conover, 1979, Burton Craige Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina
- Michal Shamir, 1979, Alvin Z. Rubinstein Chair for Political Science, Tel-Aviv University
- Stanley Feldman, 1978, Professor of Political Science, Stony Brook University
- Choong-Nam Kim, 1978, East-West Center, Honolulu