Placement History
While students complete their dissertations, the department works actively to help them find appropriate employment. The department's record in placing graduate students is very strong. Following is the placement history of recent graduates.
| Year | Name | Position | Institution |
| 2012-2013 | Abdelaaty, Lamis | Asst. Professor | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Beim, Deborah | Asst. Professor | Yale University | |
| Buisseret, Peter | Asst. Professor | University of Warwick | |
| Donnelly, Michael | Post-Doc | European University Institute | |
| Douglass, Rex | Post-Doc | University of California, San Diego | |
| Frost, Daniel | Asst. Professor | Clemson University | |
| Goff, Sarah | Post-Doc | London School of Economics | |
| Levitov, Alex | Post-Doc | Stanford University | |
| Mark, Daniel | Asst. Professor | Villanova University | |
| Mastro, Oriana | Asst. Professor |
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
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| McKean, Benjamin | Asst. Professor | Ohio State University | |
| Moschella, Melissa | Asst. Professor | Catholic University of America | |
| Myers, Dan | Asst. Professor | University of Minnesota | |
| Rose, Julie | Post-Doc | Stanford University | |
| Ruder, Alex | Researcher | Rutgers University | |
| Thrower, Sharece | Asst. Professor | University of Pittsburgh | |
| 2011-2012 | Arnold, Samuel | Asst. Professor |
Texas Christian University
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| Chaudoin, Stephen | Asst. Professor |
University of Pittsburgh
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| El Amine, Loubna | Post-Doc | Yale University | |
| Everett, Andrea | Asst. Professor | University of Georgia | |
| Field, Sandra | Asst. Professor | Yale National University of Singapore College | |
| Flanigan, Jessica | Asst. Professor | University of Richmond | |
| Gadarian, Shana | Asst. Professor | Syracuse University | |
| Goff, Sarah | Post-Doc | Goethe University Frankfurt | |
| Hale, Thomas | Post-Doc | University of Oxford | |
| Harkness, Kristen | Post-Doc | University of Notre Dame | |
| Hidalgo, Javier | Asst. Professor | University of Richmond | |
| Hsu, David | Post-Doc | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Mayne, Quinton | Asst. Professor | Harvard University | |
| McClendon, Gwyneth | Asst. Professor | Harvard University | |
| McKoy, Michael | Post-Doc | Rutgers University | |
| Murali, Kanta | Asst. Professor | University of Toronto | |
| Rose, Julie | Post-Doc | Brown University | |
| Sullivan, Michael | Asst. Professor | St. Mary’s University | |
| Wallach, Philip | Fellow |
Brookings Institution
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| 2010-2011 | Altier, Mary Beth Ehrhardt | Post-Doc | The Pennsylvania State University |
| Arnold, Samuel | Post-Doc | Stanford University | |
| Bush, Sarah | Asst. Professor | Temple University | |
| Carnes, Nicholas | Asst. Professor | Duke University, Public Policy School | |
| Chen, Jing | Asst. Professor | Eckerd College | |
| Davenport, Lauren | Asst. Professor | Stanford University | |
| Elazar, Yiftah | Post-Doc | Hebrew University | |
| Glick, David | Asst. Professor | Boston University | |
| Hidalgo, Javier | Post-Doc | Brown University | |
| Kaye-Zwiebel, Eva | Post-Doc | Occidental College | |
| Lauderdale, Ben | Lecturer (tenure track) | London School of Economics | |
| Lupu, Noam | Asst. Professor | University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| Miller, Michael | Lecturer (tenure track) | Australian National | |
| Myers, Dan | Post-Doc | Robert Wood Johnson | |
| Rousseliere, Genevieve | Post-Doc | University of Chicago | |
| Wilson, James L. | Collegiate Assistant Professor | University of Chicago Society of Fellows | |
| Woldemariam, Michael | Asst. Professor | Boston University | |
| Yamamoto, Teppei | Asst. Professor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 2009-2010 | Crowder-Meyer, Melody | Asst. Professor | Sewanee: University of the South |
| Francis, Megan | Asst. Professor | Pepperdine University | |
| Gallagher, Katie | Lecturer | Harvard University | |
| Lee, Daniel | Fellow | Columbia: Society of Fellows | |
| McKean, Benjamin | Fellow | University of Chicago: Society of Fellows | |
| Tingley, Dustin | Asst. Professor | Harvard University | |
| Zackin, Emily | Asst. Professor | Hunter College | |
| 2008-2009 | Darnton, Christopher | Asst. Professor | Catholic University of America |
| Gadarian, Shana | Post-Doc | University of California, Berkeley | |
| Lieb, Jennifer | Asst. Professor | College of the Holy Cross | |
| Lombardini, John | Asst. Professor | College of William and Mary | |
| Oh, Jennifer | Asst. Professor | Ewha Womans University, South Korea | |
| Owen, Andrew | Asst. Professor | University of British Columbia | |
| Oxman, Evan | Post-Doc | McGill University | |
| Palanza, Valeria | Asst. Professor | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | |
| Riedl, Rachel | Asst. Professor | Northwestern University | |
| 2007-2008 | Bermeo, Sarah | Asst. Professor | Duke University |
| Buckinx, Barbara | Post-Doc | Brown University | |
| Chartock, Sarah | Asst. Professor | The College of New Jersey | |
| Clark, Tom | Asst. Professor | Emory University | |
| Klemp, Nathaniel | Asst. Professor | Pepperdine University | |
| Shuster, Amy | Asst. Professor | University of Minnesota, Duluth | |
| Singh, Prerna | Asst. Professor | Harvard University | |
| Ward, Ian | Asst. Professor | University of Maryland | |
| Zhang, Yue | Asst. Professor | University of Illinois-Chicago | |
| 2006-2007 | Barndt, Will | Asst. Professor | University of California, Riverside |
| Berenson, Marc | Research Fellow | University of Sussex, UK | |
| Bou-Habib, Paul | Lecturer (tenure-track) | University of Essex, UK | |
| Choi, Eun | Research Fellow | University of Sussex, UK | |
| Crowe, Justin | Asst. Professor | Pomona College | |
| Ellinas, Antonis | Asst. Professor | College of the Holy Cross | |
| Erdos, David | Post-Doc | University of Oxford, UK | |
| Narizny, Kevin | Asst. Professor | Lehigh University | |
| Turner, Jack | Asst. Professor | University of Washington | |
| Watson, Micah | Asst. Professor | Union University | |
| Ye, Min | Asst. Professor | Boston University | |
| 2005-2006 | Beerbohm, Eric | Asst. Professor | Harvard University |
| Bloodgood, Elizabeth | Asst. Professor | Concordia University | |
| Castro, Eduardo | International Monetary Fund | ||
| Eastvold, Jonathan | Research Associate | Legislative Research | |
| Frazer, Michael | Asst. Professor | Harvard University | |
| Gershkoff, Amy | Director of Analytics | MSHC Partners, Washington, D.C. | |
| Gilley, Bruce | Asst. Professor | Queen's University, Canada | |
| Lenz, Gabriel | Asst. Professor | MIT | |
| McGlinchey, Eric | Asst. Professor | George Mason University | |
| McWilliams, Susan | Asst. Professor | Pomona College | |
| Mitchell, Kristine | Asst. Professor | Dickinson College | |
| Prud'homme, Joseph | Asst. Professor | Christopher Newport University | |
| Sriram, Chandra | Professor | University of East London, Law School | |
| 2004-2005 | Aleman, Jose | Asst. Professor | Fordham University |
| Casellas, Jason | Asst. Professor | University of Texas, Austin | |
| Davis, Mai'a | Asst. Professor | Colgate University | |
| Dodd, Lynda | Asst. Professor | American University, Law School | |
| Fouse, Matthew | U.S. Department of Defense | ||
| Karpowitz, Chris | Asst. Professor | Brigham Young University | |
| Ladd, Jonathan | Asst. Professor | Georgetown University | |
| Scholtz, Christa | Asst. Professor | McGill University | |
| Shelly, Bryan | Asst. Professor | Wake Forest University | |
| von Vacano, Diego | Asst. Professor | Texas A&M | |
| Zakaras, Alex | Asst. Professor | University of Vermont | |
| 2003-2004 | Brownlee, Jason | Asst. Professor | University of Texas, Austin |
| Hindman, Matt | Asst. Professor | University of Arizona | |
| Holzwarth, John | Asst. Professor | Lewis and Clark College | |
| Kuhonta, Eric | Asst. Professor | McGill University | |
| Mitnick, Eric | Asst. Professor | Thomas Jefferson School of Law | |
| Pope, James | Professor | Rutgers University, Law School | |
| 2002-2003 | Coleman, Katia | Asst. Professor | University of British Columbia |
| Dutton, Denise | Asst. Professor | Southwest Missouri State University | |
| Handley, Antoinette | Asst. Professor | University of Toronto | |
| Keshavarzian, Arang | Asst. Professor | University of Connecticut | |
| Markey, Daniel | Council on Foreign Relations | U.S. State Department | |
| Ramakrishnan, Karthick | Asst. Professor | University of California, Riverside | |
| Sokolowski, Alexander | Political Process | Bureau of Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) | |
| 2001-2002 | Brettschneider, Corey | Asst. Professor | Brown University |
| Furia, Peter | Asst. Professor | Wake Forest University | |
| Grygiel, Jakub | Asst. Professor | SAIS, John Hopkins University | |
| Roberts, Andrew | Asst. Professor | Northwestern University | |
| Sands, Joseph | Asst. Professor | Santa Clara University | |
| 2000-2001 | Abernathy, Scott | Asst. Professor | University of Minnesota |
| Allen, Jonathan | Asst. Professor | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne | |
| Barnes, Andrew | Asst. Professor | Kent State University | |
| Butler, Larry | Asst. Professor | Rowan University | |
| Craiutu, Aurelian | Asst. Professor | Indiana University, Bloomington | |
| Lucero, Tony | Asst. Professor | Temple University | |
| Morgan, Kimberely | Asst. Professor | George Washington University | |
| Shehata, Samer | Asst. Professor | Georgetown University | |
| Stephan, Mark | Asst. Professor | Washington State University, Vancouver | |
| Stolle, Dietlind | Asst. Professor | Pittsburgh University | |
| Tubbs, David | Associate Editor | American Journal of Jurisprudence | |
| Voeten, Erik | Asst. Professor | George Washington University | |
| 1999-2000 | Huber, Gregory | Assistant Professor of Political Science | Yale University |
| Schildkraut, Deborah J. | Assistant Professor of Politics | Oberlin College | |
| Takeda, Oki | Assistant Professor of Politics | Aoyama Gakuin University , Tokyo | |
| 1998-1999 | Fujihara, Shinju | Post-Doc | Harvard University |
| Gordon, Sandy | Asst. Professor | Ohio State University | |
| Lyshaung, Brenda | Asst. Professor | University of Utah | |
| Nowlin, Jack | Asst. Professor | University of Arkansas Law School | |
| Rogers, Reuel | Asst. Professor | Northwestern University | |
| Scorza, Jason | Asst. Professor | Fairleigh Dickinson University | |
| Shehabuddin, Elora | Asst. Professor | University of California-Irvine | |
| 1997-1998 | Arraras, Astrid | Asst. Professor | Florida Atlantic University |
| Buffonge, Gordon | Asst. Professor | Portland State University | |
| Burgess, Katrina | Asst. Professor | Syracuse University | |
| Croley, Steven | Asst. Professor | University of Michigan, Law School | |
| Dovi, Suzanne | Asst. Professor | University of Arizona | |
| Fogg-Davis, Hawley | Asst. Professor | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
