Placement

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
2008-09      
  Darnton, Christopher Asst. Professor Catholic University of America
  Francis, Megan Post-Doc Indiana University Mauer School of Law
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
  Mayne, Quinton Post-Doc European University Institute
  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
2007-08      
  Bermeo, Sarah Asst. Professor Duke University
  Buckinx, Barbara Post-Doc Brown University
  Gallagher, Katie Post-Doc Stanford 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
2006-07      
  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
2005-06      
  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
2004-05      
  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
2003-04      
  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
2002-03      
  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)
2001-02      
  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
2000-01      
  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
1999-00      
  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
1998-99      
  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
1997-98      
  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