PhD Alumni : Graduate Program : Department of Political Science : 91��̳

Graduate Program

PhD Alumni

Since the inception of its PhD program in the 1960s, the Department of Political Science has been consistently producing some of the most distinguished and influential scholars in the discipline.

91��̳ PhDs currently sit on the faculties of an array of universities and colleges, including Harvard, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, UCLA, UCSD, Columbia, Ohio State, Michigan, Minnesota, NYU, Caltech, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Rice, Washington (St. Louis), Notre Dame, Northwestern, Texas, and Yale. Others are flourishing outside of the academy.

Listed here is a complete roster of our alumni sorted by year of PhD, with the most recent alumni listed first. Retired alumni are listed with their last institutional affiliation. Deceased alumni are listed in italics, along with their last institutional affiliation.

Name	PhD	Most Recent Affiliation
	2022	Nanyang Technological University
Yeon Kyung Jeong	2022	Seoul National University (research fellow)
Jae-Eun Kim	2022	Fors Marsh Group, Arlington, Virginia
Gyu Sang Shim	2022	Bush School, Texas A&M University (D.C. teaching site)
Maria Silfa	2022	Princeton University (post-doc)
Emily Vanmeter	2022	Lexmark International
Aram Kim	2021	Korea University (research fellow)
	2021	Booz Allen Hamilton
	2021	New York Times
	2021	IE University
Karen Albert	2020	Joint Warfare Analysis Center
	2020	Measures for Justice
	2020	IE University
	2020	Hertie School of Governance (post-doc)
	2020	Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
	2020	Arab Barometer
Jeheung Ryu	2020	Kookmin University, Korea
	2019	London School of Economics (post-doc)
	2019	Princeton University
	2019	NYU Abu Dhabi
	2019	Yelp
	2019	TNTP
	2018	University of Essex
	2018	Vanderbilt University
Youngchae Lee	2018
Ian C. Sulam	2018
	2018	Amazon
	2018	GutCheck
	2018	Apple
	2017	University of Cologne
	2017	University of Memphis (assistant director)
	2017	Waseda University
Trung Dang	2017	United Nations
	2017	Pivotal Software
	2017	California Institute of Technology
	2017	King's College London (Fellow)
	2017	Vanderbilt University
	2017	Sparkline Insights
	2017	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich (post-doc)
	2016	Texas A&M University
	2016	University of Essex
	2015	Instacart
	2015	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
	2015	Matrix BI
	2015	University of Pittsburgh
	2014	University of North Carolina at Asheville
	2014	Vanderbilt University
	2014	Winthrop University
	2014	605
	2014	Emory University
	2013	Bocconi University, Milan
	2013	University of Mississippi
	2013	Durham University
Lukas Pfaff	2013	U.S. Government, Analyst
	2013	Shelf Engine
	2012	Oakland University
	2012	University of Houston
	2012	University of Pittsburgh
	2012	Osaka City University, Japan
	2012	Kyung Hee University, Korea
	2012	Northwestern Mutual
Jessica Stoll	2012	Institute for Physical Sciences, McLean, VA
	2012	United States Navy Academy (deputy director)
	2011	Michigan State University
	2011	Colgate University
	2011	O.P. Jindal Global University
	2011	Rutgers University, Newark
	2010	International Monetary Fund
	2010	NYU Abu Dhabi
	2010	University of Essex
	2009	Washington University in St. Louis
	2009	University of Pennsylvania
	2009	West Virginia University
	2008	Washington University in St. Louis
	2008	University of Houston
	2008	Ajou University, Korea
	2008	VW Credit
	2008	Morehouse College
	2008	New York University
	2007	NYU Abu Dhabi
	2007	Seoul National University
	2007	University of Buffalo
	2007	Yonsei University
	2006	Michigan State University
	2006	Rice University
	2006	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Insun Kang	2006	Institute for National Security Strategy, Korea
	2005	Drew University
	2005	Kyung Hee University, Korea
Kalina Popova	2005	NPD Group
	2005	Princeton University
	2005	Willamette University
	2005	University at Buffalo
	2004	El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico
	2004	Washington University in St. Louis
	2004	University of Southern California
	2004	Korea Development Institute
	2004	Trinity College, Dublin
	2003	Texas A&M University
	2002	University of Mississippi
	2002	University of British Columbia
	2002	University of California, San Diego
	2001	Lynne J. Davidson
	2001	New York University
	2001	University of California, Riverside
	2001	Duke University
	2001	Penn State University (instructor)
Carolyn Whitfield	2001	91��̳, NY
	2001	Community Action Partnership
Amy Makinen	2000	U.S. Government
	2000	Bocconi University, Milan
	2000	Cairo, Egypt
	2000	Trinity College, Dublin
	1999	Urban Institute
	1999	University at Buffalo
	1999	Duke University
	1998	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
	1998	Brigham Young University
	1998	Troy University
	1998	University of Oklahoma
	1997	National Chengchi University
	1997	Meliora Research LLC
	1997	Rice University
	1997	University of California, Los Angeles
	1997	Australian National University
Ethan R. Zorick	1997	Essex, England
	1996	California State University, Los Angeles
	1996	Loyola University, Chicago
	1995	Vanderbilt University (chancellor)
	1995	University of Sydney, US Study Center (CEO)
	1995	Hanover College
Fiona McGillivray	1995	New York University
	1995	Eastern Illinois University
	1995	North Carolina State University, College of Education
	1995	New York University
Ronald J. Vogel	1995	Southern University, Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Byeonggil Ahn	1994	Seoul National University, International and Area Studies
	1994	Global Consumer Bank
	1994	Washington University in St. Louis
	1994	Brown University
	1994	Texas A&M University
	1993	Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Chief Program Support Officer
	1993	Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
	1993	Columbia University, Associate Provost
	1993	Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
	1993	Hofstra University
	1993	Lawrence University
Thomas O'Donnell	1993
	1992	Claremont Graduate University
	1992	University of Mississippi
	1992	Trevecca Nazarene University
Gary Woller	1992	Mendez England & Associates
	1991	Columbia University
	1991	ETH Zurich
Carol McPhee	1991	North Carolina
Nancy Weyl	1991	Churchville, NY
	1991	University of Washington
Paul R. Gehman Jr.	1990	Lockheed Martin
	1990	University of California, San Diego
	1990	Washington University in St. Louis
Samuel Wu	1990
Patrick Fett	1989	University of Memphis
	1989	North Carolina State University
	1989	Yeungnam University, Korea
	1989	Hallym University, Korea
Gerald Bushee	1988	Mount Olive College
Sirithorn Chantrasmi	1988	Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok
	1988	College of William and Mary
Seifeldin Hussein	1988
	1988	Yonsei College, Korea
	1988	Clark University
	1987	Indiana University
	1987	American University
Evelyn Fink	1987	Lincoln, NE
Marianne Reynolds Highwood	1987	Research Consultant, England
	1987	Northeastern Illinois University
	1987	SUNY Geneseo (instructor)
David Lalman	1986	University of Maryland
	1986	NORC at the University of Chicago, Senior Fellow
	1986	Stanford University, Hoover Institution, Research Fellow
	1985	Lamar University
	1985	University of Oklahoma
John Langeland	1985	Trinity College
Paul M. Montebello	1985	Mathematica Policy Research
	1985	University of Hyderabad
	1985	Research Director, Leidos, Inc.
Walter Petersen	1984
Madeleine Smith	1984	U.S. House of Representatives, Ways and Means Committee
	1983	Marquette University
	1983	Stanford University
	1983	Health Care Cost Institute
	1983	Ohio State University
	1982	Foreign Policy Research Institute (editor)
Raymond Duch	1982	Nuffield College, University of Oxford
	1982	University of South Carolina
	1982	The Vanguard Group
	1982	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Eugene J. Seyna	1982
	1982	Novo Nordisk
	1981	Georgia Institute of Technology
	1981	Westat Corporation, Senior Study Director
Thomas Mortillaro	1981
	1981	Roanoke College, Dean of the College
	1980	US Army
	1980	ICF Consulting
	1980	Trinity College
Chung-hsiou Huang	1980
Gideon Doron	1978	ISPSA Press Tel Aviv University
	1978	University of Georgia
	1977	California State University, Los Angeles
	1977	McGill University
Stephen Paul Brown	1977
	1977	University of Texas at Austin
	1977	Dartmouth College
	1977	Ways and Means Committee, New York State Assembly
Ralph C. Joyce	1977	Statistics Canada
	1977	Wilfred Laurier University
Martin Jay Zechman	1977	Jolicoeur & Associates Risk Solutions, LLC
	1976	Food and Drug Administration
Masakatsu Kato	1976
	1976	University of Heidelberg, South Asia Institute
	1976	Attorney, La Crosse, WI
Stuart H. Teger	1976	Attorney, Detroit, MI
	1975	Duke University
Charles Edward Lucier	1975	Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Cleveland, OH
	1975	Willamette University, Atkinson School of Management
Nancy McGlen	1975	Niagara University, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
David G. Pfeiffer	1975	Policy Analyst, Honolulu
	1975	National Security Archive, Senior Fellow
	1975	University of Wisconsin, Superior
Robert Weber	1975	Saint John's University
Terence Brennan	1974
	1974	Université de Montréal
	1974	Adult and Continuing Education, Barry University
	1974	Université de Montréal
Lynda W. Powell	1974	91��̳
William Paul Alexander, Jr.	1973
Wendy Joan Hoag	1973	University of Michigan
	1973	California Institute of Technology
Abraham R. Wagner	1973	Columbia University, Adjunct Professor
T. Edward Westen	1973	Central Michigan University
Peter A. Wissel	1973
	1972
	1972	Columbia University, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Policies
	1972	Stanford University
John Happy	1972	Guelph, Ontario
William C. Stratmann	1972	91��̳, NY
Sarah F. Liebschutz	1971	SUNY Brockport
	1971	Duke University
Robert Gale Samberg	1971	Albany, NY
	1971	INPEA - Westat
Wallace Donald George Gagne	1970	Sophia University
David B. Meltz	1970	Attorney
James T. Murphy	1970	Saint John's University
	1970	Southern Connecticut State University
	1970	Harvard University
Barbara Sinclair	1970	University of California, Los Angeles
Mark Stern	1970	Shepherd University, Vice President of Academic Affairs
William James Zavoina	1970
	1969	Clark University
	1969	California Institute of Technology
Robert Alan Schoenberger	1967	San Diego, CA

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