The following current and former students are seeking academic appointments. Penn State’s political science Ph.D. students have been placed at some of the top institutions in the U.S.
Student | Research Interests | Committee | |
|---|---|---|---|
Nguyen Huynh | International relations, IPE, populism | Bumba Mukherjee, Vineeta Yadav, Boliang Zhu, Bee Y. Robert | |
Mikaela Karstens | International relations, civil war, civilian victimization | Douglas Lemke, Bumba Mukherjee, Christopher Zorn, Carleen Maitland | |
Megan Kennedy | American politics, gender and politics, state politics | Michael Nelson, Lee Ann Banaszak, Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Melissa Wright | |
Sangyeon Kim | American politics, social media, contentious politics, data science | Bruce Desmarais, Kevin Munger, Cyanne Loyle, Charles Segiun | |
Taegyoon Kim | American politics, social media, contentious politics, data science | Bruce Desmarais, Kevin Munger, Cyanne Loyle, Diane Felmlee | |
Boyoon Lee | Comparative politics, immigration and migration, East Asia | Matthew Golder, Bruce Desmarais, Boliang Zhu, Jonathan Abel, Charles Crabtree
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Caner Simsek | Comparative politics, personalist regimes, Middle Eastern politics | Joseph Wright, Bruce Desmarais, Vineeta Yadav, Runze Li | |
Christopher Willis | International relations, civil war, civilian victimization | James Piazza, Cyanne Loyle, Douglas Lemke, Richard Felson |
Placement Coordinator
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
(814) 865-4476
Areas of Interest:
- International Relations