Penn State’s Political Science Ph.D. students receive academic appointments at some of the top schools in the U.S., and take private sector positions in research, technology, security, and more:
Graduation Year 2021
Name | Current Placement | Initial Placement | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|
Qing Deng | George Washington University, Visiting Assistant Professor | Part-time instructor, Penn State | Comparative Politics/International Relations |
Joseph Phillips | Post-doc, University of Kent, UK | Post-doc, Exeter | American Politics/Political Methodology |
Aubrey Waddick | Research Analyst, Maryland Independent College and University Associate | Research Analyst, Maryland Independent College and University Associate | International Relations/Asian Studies |
Omer Yalcin | Lecturer position, Data Analytics and Computational Social Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Lecturer position, Data Analytics and Computational Social Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Comparative Politics/Social Data Analytics |
Graduation Year 2020
Name | Current Placement | Initial Placement | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|
Nicholas Dietrich | Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio Wesleyan | Visiting Assistant Professor, Ohio Wesleyan | International Relations/Political Methodology |
Markus Neumann | Post-doc, Wesleyan | Post-doc, Wesleyan | American Politics/Social Data Analytics |
Graduation Year 2019
Name | Current Placement | Initial Placement | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|
Yaoyao Dai | Assistant Professor, Univ. of North Carolina-Charlotte | Post-doc, New York University – Abu Dhabi | Comparative Politics/Asian Studies |
Matthew Denny | Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science | Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science | American Politics/Social Data Analytics |
MinHyung (Minnie) Joo | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Lowell | International Relations/Political Methodology |
Chuyu Liu | Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam | Post-doc, Johns Hopkins University | International Relations/Political Methodology |
Xu Xu | Assistant Professor, Princeton University | Assistant Professor, Princeton University | Comparative Politics/International Relations |
Graduation Year 2018
Name | Current Placement | Initial Placement | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Ariotti | Assistant Professor, University of Georgia | Assistant Professor, University of Georgia | Comparative Politics/Political Methodology |
Amanda Fidalgo | Assistant Professor, New College of Florida | Assistant Professor, New College of Florida | Comparative Politics/American Politics |
Fridolin Linder | Data Scientist at Siemens Intelligent Traffic Systems, Siemens | Post-doc, New York University | Political Methodology/Comparative Politics |
Ryan McMahon | Data Scientist, Google | Verisk Maplecroft Company | Political Methodology/American Politics |
Kevin Reuning | Assistant Professor, Miami University (Ohio) | Assistant Professor, Miami University (Ohio) | American Politics/Political Methodology |
Wonjun Song | Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, South Korea | Post-doc, Penn State | International Relations/Comparative Politics |
Anne Whitesell | Assistant Professor, Miami University of Ohio | Assistant Professor, Ohio Northern University | American Politics/Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies |
Graduation Year 2017
Name | Current Placement | Initial Placement | Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|
Christopher Boylan | Data Scientist, Verisk Maplecroft Company (Dublin) | Data Scientist, Verisk Maplecroft Company (Dublin) | Comparative Politics/Political Methodology |
Michael Kenwick | Assistant Professor, Rutgers University | Post-doc, University of Pennsylvania | International Relations/Political Methodology |
Zachary Jones | Senior Analyst, University of Washington | Post-doc, University of Washington | International Relations/Political Methodology |
Josh Semat | Senior Business Analyst, MITRE Corporation | Visiting Assistant Professor, George Mason University | American Politics/Comparative Politics |
Eleanor Schiff | Visiting Professor, Bucknell University | Visiting Assistant Professor, Dickinson College | American Politics/Comparative Politics |