PhD Program Placements

Political Science PhD Placements

Our program’s size allows for extensive interaction between graduate students and faculty and our graduate students frequently co-author conference papers and articles with the faculty.

Our size also has allowed us to develop and maintain a strong alumni network, which allows us to consistently place our graduates. Recent graduates of our PhD program currently teach at institutions including; Vanderbilt University, University of Georgia, Kansas State, University of California (Irvine), LSU, University of Mississippi, Old Dominion University, University at Buffalo (SUNY), University of Maryland and the University of North Texas.

• 2024

  Assistant Professor, University of Scranton

  Lecturer of the Division of International Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• 2023

  Senior Operations Research Analyst at WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority)

  Assistant Professor, Computational Political Science at Strathclyde University

  Lecturer, Xi’an Jiatong-Liverpool University

  Researcher/Statistician, US Census

  Assistant Professor, Walsh College

  Postdoctoral Scholar position, Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Washington

  Data Analyst at the North Carolina Justice Center, Health Advocacy Program

• 2022

  Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island

   Post-Doctoral Fellow, Gender and the Security Sector Lab, Cornell University

  Lecturer at McGill University 

• 2021

  Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Gender and the Security Sector Lab, Cornell University

• 2020

  Shawn Donahue, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo

  Syed Rashid Munir, Assistant Professor, Forman Christian College University (Lahore, Pakistan)

  Alena Gericke, Strategy Data Analyst, Corning Incorporated

  Katherine Felt, Associate Director of IT Systems, University at Buffalo

  Eric Walsh, Assistant Director of Assessment and Research, University at Buffalo

• 2019

  Evgeny Sedashov, Assistant Professor, NRU Higher School of Economics (Moscow)

  Kyle Mackey, Visiting Instructor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

  Brendan Skip Mark, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island

• 2018

  Tenure Track, Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island 

  Visiting Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo (SUNY), (AP) 

  Lead Programmer/Analyst, Office of Admissions, Enrollment Management, University at Buffalo (SUNY) 

  Assistant Director of Assessments & Evaluations, SUNY at Buffalo (SUNY)

  Instructor, Political Science, Central Piedmont Community College

  Strategy Data Analyst, Corning Inc.

• 2017

  Mert Moral, Assistant Professor, Sabancı University

  Giovanni Scaringi, Assistant Professor, SUNY Broome

  Ihsan Efe Tokdemir, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University

  Associate Director of Graduate Enrollment, Binghamton University 

  Senior Project Coordinator, Private Contractor for NASA’s Office of Education

• 2016

  Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga, Max Weber Postdoc Fellow, European University Instit.

  Graig Klein, Assistant Professor, New Jersey City University

  Carlos Moreno Leon, Assistant Professor, ICESI University

  Halil Ege Ozen, Assistant Professor, College of Staten Island

  Zhiyuan Wang, Visiting Assistant Professor, Bryn Mawr College

  Tenured Assistant Professor, Leiden University College

• 2015

  Scott Boddery, Visiting Assistant Professor, Davidson College

  Young Soo Yu, Research Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University

• 2014

  Diana Branduse, Lecturer, Leiden University, The Hague

  Raymond Carman, Jr., Assistant Professor, SUNY Plattsburgh

  Steve Chapman, Assistant Professor, Monmouth University

  Ben Farrer, Visiting Assistant Professor, Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Assistant Professor, Knox College effective Fall 2015)

  Josh Zingher, Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage, University of Oklahoma (Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University effective Fall 2015)

• 2013

  Colin Barry, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma

  Alper Ecevit, Assistant Professor, Bahcesehir University

  Michael Flynn, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alabama (Assistant Professor, Kansas State University effective Fall 2014)

  Sangbeom Yoo, Assistant Professor, Korea National Defense University

• 2012

  Chad Clay, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

  Ellen Cutrone, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama

  Matt DiGiuseppe, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi

  Conor Dowling, Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi

  Jenna K. Emery, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of West Florida (Assistant Professor, University of West Florida effective Fall 2013)

• 2011

  Michael Allen, Assistant Professor, Boise State University

  Julie VanDusky-Allen, Assistant Professor, Keuka College

• 2010

  Paola Fajardo, Assistant Professor, Canisius College

  Denese McArthur, South Texas College

  Eric Schwartz, Lecturer, Appalachian State University

  Lucie Spanihelova, Research Associate, Montesquieu Institute (The Hague, Netherlands)

  Brandon Zicha, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Free University of Amsterdam

• 2009

  Sam Bell, Assistant Professor, Kansas State University

  Rich Frank, Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans

  Adriana Buliga-Stoian, Assistant Professor, Eastern Connecticut State University

• 2008
  Conor Dowling, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yale University
• 2007

  Robin Best, Assistant Professor, Leiden University (Netherlands)

  Steve Lem, Visiting Assistant Professor, Kutztown University

• 2006

  Aysegul Aydin, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder

  Liza Benham, Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University

  Rachel Cremona, Assistant Professor, Flagler University

  Anessa Kimball, Assistant Professor, Université Laval (Quebec)

  Shawna Sweeney, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts

  Woongjo You, Researcher, National Assembly Research Service (Korea)

• 2005

  Rod Abouharb, Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University

  Odul Celep, Assistant Professor, Isik University (Turkey)

  Paul Collins, Assistant Professor, University of Houston

  Aida Paskeviciute, Assistant Professor, Bilkent University (Turkey)

  Maria Elena Sandovici, Assistant Professor, Lamar University

  Yuliya Tverdova, Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine