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.

2020 - Present

  • Ashley Sorensen, 2023, Assistant Professor, College of Wooster
  • 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 Research Analyst, What's Next Media Analytics
  • 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
  • Kristen Lunz Trujillo, 2021, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
  • Elliot Weiner, 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
  • 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