Placement of Graduates
department of political science
The department makes vigorous efforts to find suitable positions for its graduate students, especially for graduates of its doctoral program. Happily, we have been quite successful. Ph.D. students from the department have received tenure-track jobs and post-doctoral fellowships at such institutions as Emory University, Harvard University, Duke University, Michigan State University, Kenyon College, St. John's College, the University of Houston, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of London.
The placement program is directed by Professor Robert C. Bartlett. A key component is an annual employment seminar in which young faculty discuss their own searches and distribute written suggestions and hints. The director and other faculty also review a student's résumé and other documents involved in job applications. And the faculty who have worked most closely with a student have responsibility for writing and calling on his or her behalf.
Placement of Doctoral Program Graduates since 2000
2012-13
Daniel Burns
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Department of Politics
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
Alek Chance
Fellow, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership
Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD
Kerem Öge
Post-doctoral Fellow
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
2011-12
Rebecca Clark
John Marshall Visiting Research Fellow
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
Alison Smith
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Department of Political Science
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
2010-11
Stephen Eide
Senior Research Associate
Worcester Regional Research Bureau
Worcester, MA
Kazutaka Kondo
Post-doctoral Fellow
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
David Levy
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Paul Nolette
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Department of Political Science
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
2009-10
Heitor Gouvea
Special Assistant to the President
Advancement Plus
Cambridge, MA
Jonathan Pidluzny
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY
2008-09
Alexandre Provencher-Gravel
Professeur
Département de Philosophie
Cégep de Sainte-Foy
Québec, Canada
Wing Kwan Anselm Lam
Assistant Professor
School of the Humanities
Hang Seng Management College
Hong Kong
Raphaël Arteau McNeil
Professeur de philosophie
Collège François-Xavier-Garneau
et Responsable du
Certificat sur les œuvres marquantes de la culture occidentale
Université Laval
Philip Wodzinski
Tutor (tenured)
Thomas Aquinas College
Santa Paula, CA
2007-08
Mischa Ann Beckett
Lecturer
Simmons College
Boston, MA
Jonathan Culp
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Department of Politics
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
Benjamin Lorch
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
2006-07
David Bobb
Director, Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship
Lecturer
Department of Politics
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI
Natalie Wills Culp
Adjunct Professor
Constantin College of Liberal Arts
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
Kyle Dell
Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Political Science
Guilford College
Greensboro, NC
Erik Dempsey
Post-doctoral Fellow
Thomas Jefferson Center
University of Texas-Austin
Austin, TX
Wyatt Dowling
Lawyer
Yetter Coleman LLC
Houston, TX
Jakub Franek
Lecturer
Anglo-American University
Prague, Czech Republic
Randal Hendrickson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Duke University
Durham, NC
2005-06
Hiroshi Nakazato
Associate Director
International Studies Program
Adjunct Professor
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Joy Samad
Research Affiliate
Centre for Global Governance
London School of Economics
London, England
2004-05
Jeffrey Black
Tutor (tenured)
Director of the Graduate Institute in Liberal Education
St. John’s College
Annapolis, MD
John Colman
Assistant Professor and Chair
Department of Political Science
Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL
Tobin Craig
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
James Madison College
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Uner Daglier
Assistant Professor
Sung Kyun Kwan University
Seoul, Korea
Stephen Lange
Assistant Professor (tenured)
Associate Dean for the School of Public Affairs
Morehead State University
Morehead, KY
2002-03
Haila Al-Mekaimi
Professor for Political Science
Head of Euro-Gulf Research Unit
College of Social Sciences
Kuwait University
Kuwait
Jeremy Bailey
Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Political Science
University of Houston
Houston, TX
Timothy Lynch
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
University of Melbourne
Australia
Thomas Schneider
Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
Head of Political Science
University of St. Francis
Fort Wayne, IN
2001-02
Gratia M. Cobeen
Tutor (adjunct)
Integral Liberal Arts Program
Saint Mary's College of CA
Michael Ehrmantraut
Tutor (tenured)
St. John’s College
Sante Fe, NM
2000-01
Jennifer Erkulwater
Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Political Science
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
Kathleen Bailey
Adjunct Associate Professor
Associate Director
Islamic Civilization and Societies
Department of Political Science
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
Christopher Kukk
Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Political Science
Director, Honors Program
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CT