Graduates Placement
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 tenured or tenure-track jobs at the University of Notre Dame, Emory University, Michigan State University, Marquette University, the University of Dallas, Kenyon College, St. John's College (both the Sante Fe and Annapolis campuses), College of the Holy Cross, the University of Texas–Austin, and the University of Houston, among others. Students have also received post-doctoral fellowships and other positions at Harvard University, Duke University, the University of Virginia, the University of Richmond, Emory University, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of London.
Contact
The placement program is directed by Professor Ryan Hanley. 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 2006
2017-2018
Thomas Cleveland
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dept. of Political Science
Miami University of Ohio
John Hungerford
Jack Miller Center
Maria McCollester
Associate Political Scientist
RAND
2016-2017
Matthew Berry
Post-doctoral Fellow
Boston College
Shilo Brooks
Instructor in the Herbst Program of Humanities for Engineers
College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado
Gregory Burnep
Assistant Professor
College of the Holy Cross
Paul Carrese
Director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought and Leadership
Arizona State University
Thomas Cleveland
Post-doctoral Fellowship
Department of Government
Harvard University
Grayson Gilmore
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Northern Illinois University
Yuxing Huang
Assistant Professor
Department of International Relations
Tsinghua University
Yael L. Hungerford
Consulting Editor
Tikvah Fund
Kazutaka Kondo
Associate Professor
Political Science and Economics
Takushoku University (Tokyo)
Timothy Lehmann
Post-doctoral Fellow
Ohio University
Ibrahim Kerem Oge
Assistant Professor
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Dustin Sebell
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Nicholas Starr
Tutor (Tenure-track)
St. John's College, Sante Fe
Adam Thomas
Post-doctoral Fellow
Furman University
Gary Winslett
Post-doctoral Fellowship
European University Institute
Florence, Italy
2015-2016
Shilo Brooks
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Grayson Gilmore
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Boston College
Allison Levy
Tutor (Tenure-track)
St. John's College, Sante Fe
Elitsa Molles
Visiting Assistant Professor
Trinity College, CT
Kerem Oge
Post-doctoral Fellow
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Dustin Sebell
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
University of Richmond
Nicholas Starr
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Emory University
2014-15
Shilo Brooks
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Jakub Franek
Assistant Professor
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Dustin Sebell
Post-doctoral Fellow in Constitutional Government
Harvard University
Nicholas Starr
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Emory University
2013–14
Shilo Brooks
Visiting Assistant Professor
Bowdoin College
Rebecca Clark
Assistant Professor
University of New Hampshire
Susan D. Collins
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
Uner Daglier
Post-doctoral fellow
Dept. of Modern Languages and Cultures
University of Hong Kong
Randal Hendrickson
Director of Faculty Development
The Jack Miller Center
Kazutaka Kondo
Research Fellow of the Japanese Society
for the Promotion of Science
Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo
David Levy
Tutor
St. John's College (tenure-track)
Sante Fe, NM
Kerem Oge
Postdoctoral Researcher
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Joy Samad
American University of Iraq (AUIS)
Suleimaniya, Iraq
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
Rebecca Clark
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Kerem Oge
Post-doctoral Fellow
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
Nicholas C. Starr
Fellow and Lecturer, Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Brenna R. Strauss
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Boston College
Boston, MA
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 Fellow
Manhattan Institute
New York, NY
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 Anseim Lam
Assistant Professor
School of the Humanities
Hang Seng Management College
Hong Kong
Raphael 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
Johnathan 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
Jakub Franek
Lecturer
Anglo-American University
Prague, Czech Republic
Randal Hendrickson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Duke University
Durham, NC