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Graduate Research/Teaching/Placement

Graduate Student Research
Graduate students in the department are actively involved in research beyond normal class work. Departmentally funded graduate assistants often work with faculty on research projects, and there is considerable research collaboration between faculty and graduate students and among graduate students. Many students have delivered papers at professional meetings, with the department covering some of their travel expenses, and a significant number have published in professional journals and books.

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Graduate Student Teaching
Graduate students are involved in teaching, an integral part of professional training. Graduate assistants may assist faculty as graders or discussion section leaders for undergraduate classes. Senior graduate students, after passing the candidacy examination, are normally given the opportunity to teach classes on their own, including introductory and specialized courses. This teaching experience gives our graduate students an important edge when seeking teaching jobs, and it makes it easier to begin a faculty career.

Ph.D. Placement

The OSU Department of Political Science has an excellent placement record. Our graduates have been very successful in securing positions in major research universities and liberal arts colleges, while others have pursued non-academic careers in government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and private industry.

Rather than providing a sample of notable placement successes, we provide below a comprehensive list of our placements. This includes all the data we have (as of December 2007) regarding where all of our Ph.D.s since 1997 were placed or are currently employed. All academic positions are tenure-track unless otherwise noted.

Updated July 2009

Department of Political Science Placement, 1997 - 2009

2009 Ph.D.s

Richard Arnold Comparative Muskingum College

Lakeyta Bonnette American Georgia State University

Delia Dumitrescu Comparative Post-Doc, Univ. of Montreal

Nanaho Hanada Comparative St. Olaf College (visiting)

Erin McAdams American Dickinson College (visiting)

Zachary Mears IR Analyst, Private Sector

Banks Miller American University of Texas-Dallas

Dag Mossige Comparative Davidson College (visiting)

Autumn Payton IR Post-Doc, European Univ. Inst.

Tina Pierce American Denison University (visiting)

Amanda Rosen IR Webster University

Michael Reese IR Univ. of Chicago/CIR (visiting)

Yusuf Safarti Comparative Illinois State University

Anand Sokhey American University of Colorado-Boulder

Konstantin Vossing Comparative Humboldt University (Berlin)

2008 Ph.D.s

Kuskridho Ambardi Comparative Gadjah Mada University

Samuel DeCanio American Yale University

Ryan Kennedy Comparative University of Houston

Katja Michalak Comparative American University of Bulgaria

Christopher Moore IR Bethel University

Bradley Nelson IR Analyst, Private Sector

Eric Russell American Auburn University

Anna Shadley Comparative The Ohio State University (Administration)

Corwin Smidt American Michigan State University

Yohanes Sulaiman IR Analyst, Ctr for Dem., Int. Peace and Sec. Stud. (Jakarta)

Srdjan Vcetic IR Post-Doc, Cambridge; Univ of Ottawa

Sean Williams American Analyst, Private Sector

Unislawa Wszolek IR Spelman College

2007 Ph.D.s

Dinissa Duvanova Comparative SUNY Buffalo

Roman Ivanchenko American Analyst, Joint Welfare Analysis Center

Natalie Kistner Comparative James Madison University

Nathan Toronto IR Analyst, Foreign Military Studies Office, Ft. Leavenworth

Linda Trautman American Ohio University, Lancaster

Dinna Wisnu Comparative USAID, World Learning Respect Program, Deputy Director

2006 Ph.D.s

Brandon Bartels American Stony Brook Univ; George Washington Univ.

Ray Block American Florida State University

Jong Kun Choi IR Post-doc, Yonsei University, South Korea

Bridget Coggins IR Dartmouth College

Paul Fritz IR Hofstra University

Yoav Gortzak IR Arizona State University

Amu Oakes IR College of William and Mary

Brent Strathman IR Dartmouth (visiting)

2005 Ph.D.s

William Anderson American University of South Dakota

Brett Curry American Georgia Southern University

Gregory Gwiasda American Analyst, Private Sector

Andrew Holbrook American University of New Orleans

Hiram Irizarry-Osorio Comparative Analyst, Kirwan Institute, OSU

Robert Kelly Comparative University of the Pacific

Jeffrey Martinson IR Meredith College

Scott Orr Comparative Texas Lutheran University

Justin Taylor American Analyst, Private Sector

2004 Ph.D.s

Eileen Braman American University of Indiana

Andrew Farrell American University of Oklahoma (visiting)

Yoram Haftel IR University of Illinois - Chicago

Blair King American Analyst, National Democratic Inst for Int. Affairs

Gregory Miller IR College of William & Mary; Univ. of Oklahoma

J. Quin Monson American Brigham Young University

Kenneth Mulligan American Southern Illinois, Carbondale

Jason Mycoff American University of Delaware

Mary Outwater American Director, Oklahoma University Poll

Julie Anne S. Peterson American Analyst, Private Sector

Kevin Sweeney IR Analyst, Department of Defense

Wendy Watson American Univ. of North Texas; Southern Methodist University

Margaret Williams American James Madison University; Goucher College

2003 Ph.D.s

Khalilah Brown-Dean American Yale University

Kimberly Conger American Iowa State University

Matthew Courser American Analyst, Private Sector

Corey Ditslear American University of North Texas

Sara Dunlap American Analyst, Private Sector

Brian Harpuder American Analyst, Navy Joint Intelligence Center

Timothy Hill American Doane College

Takeshi Kohno Comparative National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan

Pedro Magalhaes Comparative Universidade de Lisboa

Saiful Mujani Comparative Director of Research, Freedom Institute, Indonesia

Shannon Peterson American Utah State University

Melanye Price American Wesleyan University

Louise Steen-Sprang IR Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency

Chia Hung Tsai American Election Study Center, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Kenneth Watman IR Naval Defense College; Dir. of Strategic Planning, US Air Force

2002 Ph.D.s

Shelly Anderson American EZ Employment Alliances; National Research Director, NAACP

Edward Hasecke American Cleveland State University; Wittenberg University

Jonathan Keller IR James Madison University

Timothy Lehmann IR Hamilton College

Allyson Lowe Comparative Chatham College

Patrick McDonald IR Univ of Texas-Austin

Scott Meinke American Bucknell University

Jason Mycoff American University of Delaware

Kevin Scott American Texas Tech University

Valeria Sinclair-Chapman American University of Rochester

Elaine Willey Tomlinson American Georgetown Univ. (Visiting)

Mariano Torcal Comparative Univ. Autonoma de Madrid; Univ Pompeu Fabra

Deborah Wituski American Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency

2001 Ph.D.s

Denny Ali Comparative Director, Indonesian Survey Institute

David Bearce IR University of Pittsburgh

J. Tobin Grant American Southern Ill. Univ., Carbondale

April Kelly-Woessner American Elizabethtown College

Young Ho Kim IR Inha University

Jon Kimminau IR Intelligence, United States Air Force

Stephen Mockabee American University of Cincinnati

Jessica Perez-Monforti American Mercer University; Univ-Texas, Pan American

Kathy Powers IR Univ of Arizona; Penn State Univ.; Univ. Of New Mexico

Vaughan Shannon IR Univ. Of Northern Iowa

Andrew Tomlinson American Georgetown Univ (Visiting)

Karen Swenson American Eastern Illinois University

Matthew Woessner American Penn State-Harrisburg

2000 Ph.D.s

Hans Hacker American Stephen F. Austin State Univ.; Arkansas State Univ.

Kent Kille IR College of Wooster

Kendra King American Univ. of Georgia; Oglethorpe University

Laura Luehrmann Comparative Wright State University

Rizal Mallarangeng Comparative Exec. Director, Freedom Institute, Indonesia

Jon Pevehouse IR Univ-Wisconsin, Madison; Harris School, Univ of Chicago

Jason Pigg American Louisiana Tech University

Christopher Scholl IR Wheeling Jesuit University

Jonathan Swarts Comparative Purdue Univ-North Central

Rossen Vassilev Comparative Lecturer, Ohio State

1999 Ph.D.s

Keith Eakins American University of Central Oklahoma

Laurel Elder American Hartwick College

Steven Greene American Texas Tech; North Carolina State University

Andrea Grove IR Westminster College; Cal State Univ-Channel Islands

Lori Hausegger American Louisiana State University; Boise State University

Mark Kemper American Bridgewater State College

Omar Keshk IR International Studies Program, Ohio State

Peter Nagler American Fed. Energy Regulation Comm.

Gul Sosay IR Bogazici University

Stefanie Torphy American Furman University

1998 Ph.D.s

Barry Burden American Louisiana State Univ; Harvard; Univ-Wisconsin, Madison

Deborah Haddad IR Asst. Dean, SBS, Ohio State

Kevin Murrin IR Analyst, Private Sector

Zoe Oxley American Union College

John Payne IR Analyst, Private Sector

Peter Radcliffe American Analyst, Univ. of Minnesota

Michael Sabados Comparative Analyst, Connecticut Office of Health Care Access

Roger Scully Comparative Brunel Univ.; Aberstwyth Univ.

Courtney Smith IR Seton Hall University

Gregory Strizek American Analyst, American Institutes for Research

1997 Ph.D.s

Laura Arnold American Southern Ill, Carbondale

Russell Ayres IR Elizabethtown College

William Boettcher IR North Carolina State Univ.

Rebecca Dean American Univ-Texas, Arlington

Tanya Charlick-Paley IR Analyst, Rand Corporation

Michael Fischerkeller IR Analyst, Institute for Defense Analyses

Sally Ann Healy American Central Michigan University

Eric Heberlig American Univ-North Carolina, Charlotte

David Kimball American Southern Ill, Carbondale; Univ of Missouri, St. Louis

Rorie Spill American Northern Iowa Univ; Oregon State Univ.

Gregory Tilton IR University of Cincinnatti

Mark Wayda IR Dir of Govt & Public Affairs, Ohio National Guard

Seongyi Yun Comparative Gyeongsang National Universit; Kyung Hee University

Christopher Zorn American Emory University; Univ. of South Carolina; Penn State

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