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John Ahlquist
Fields: Comparative and international political economy, methodology.
Dissertation title: Building and Using Strategic Capacity: Labor Union Federations and Economic Policy
Committee: Margaret Levi (chair), Christopher Adolph, Michael Ward, Erik Wibbels

web site: http://students.washington.edu/jsa5
email: jsa5@u.washington.edu
CV: http://students.washington.edu/jsa5/cvAhlquist.pdf



Jonathan Acuff
Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Political Theory
Dissertation Title: "Identity and Legitimacy"
Committee: Karen Litfin (Chair), Rodney Bruce Hall, and Stephen Hanson

email: acuff@u.washington.edu
CV: Acuff_CV.doc



Michael Strausz
Fields: International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Japan Studies
Dissertation: "Cetaceans and Citizens: International Norms and Debates about National Identity in Japan"
Committee: Elizabeth Kier (Chair), Stephen Hanson, Robert Pekkanen, Saadia Pekkanen

web site: http://students.washington.edu/strauszm
email:
strauszm@u.washington.edu



Devin Joshi
Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, International Political Economy
Dissertation Title: Government Performance, Economic Growth and Human Development in China and India
Committee: James Caporaso (chair), David Bachman, Sanjeev Khagram

email: daowen@u.washington.edu
CV: Joshi_CV_Oct_2007.doc









Job Placement Record

Departmental Placement Record
(students placed for 2002-2007)

Updated July 2007


Political Science Placement Record, 2006-2007

Umut Aydin
International Relations, Comparative Politics
Bogazici University, Turkey, tenure-track position (autumn 2008); Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute, Florence (autumn 2007).

Kristen Bakke
Comparative Politics, International Relations.
Leiden University, Netherlands, Assistant Professor (autumn 2008); Postdoctoral Fellow, Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs, Harvard (2007-2008).

Graeme Boushey
American Politics, Public Policy Processes
San Francisco State, tenure track position (autumn 2007).

Christian Breunig
Political Economy, Comparative Politics
University of Toronto, tenure-track position (autumn 2008); Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Studies of Societies, Cologne, Germany (autumn 2007).

Stephanie Burkhalter
Political Theory, American Politics and Political Communication
Humboldt State University, tenure-track position (autumn 2007).

Xun Cao
International Relations, Political Economy
Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton (autumn 2007).

Rose Ernst
American Politics, Public Law .
Seattle University, Visiting Assistant Professor (two-year appointment, autumn 2007).

Lisa Glidden
Comparative Politics, Latin Am. Studies
State University of New York, Oswego, tenure-track position (autumn 2007)

Iza Hussin
Public Law, Comparative Politics, SE Asia/Middle East
University of Massachusets, tenure-track position (autumn 2008); Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard (autumn 2007).

Chris Koski
Public Policy, American Politics
James Madison, tenure-track position (autumn 2007)

Terence Lee
International Relations, SE Asian Politics, Comparative Politics
Nanyang Technological University, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore (3-year appointment autumn 2007). Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University (autumn 2006).

Ying Lin
China, Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Offer: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, tenure track position.

Glenn Mackin
Political Theory, Public Law
Eastman School of Music, Assistant Professor (autumn 2007).

Brian Mello
Comparative Politics, Political Theories, Social Movements –
Muhlenberg College, tenure track position (autumn 2007).

Anthony Pezzola
Comparative Politics, International Political Economy
Pontificia Universidad, Chile, Assistant Professor (autumn 2007); Reed College, Visiting Assistant Professor (autumn 2006).





2005-2006 Placement for Political Science

Wongi Choe
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Korea (autumn 2006). University of Oklahoma, School of International and Area Studies, Visiting Assistant Professor (2005-2006).

Robert Farley
Patterson School of Diplomacy, University of Kentucky, tenure-track position (autumn 2006). Doctoral Fellow, Patterson School of Commerce and International Diplomacy, University of Kentucky (autumn 2005). Lecturer, University of Washington, Department of Political Science (autumn 2004).

Ahmet Kuru
San Diego State University, tenure-track position (autumn 2006). Other offers: Iowa State, and Dickinson College. Other interviews: Cornell, University of Arizona, Villanova, and interview declined at Colorado State University.

Heather Larsen
University of Memphis, tenure-track position (autumn 2006). Other offers: University of Mississippi, and Albright College. Other Interviews: University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, Southern Illinois University, Wesleyan, and interview declined at Temple University.

Terence Lee
Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University (autumn 2006).

Adam Luedtke
University of Utah, tenure-track position (autumn 2006). Other interview: Miami University (Ohio).

Brian Mello
Seattle University, Department of Political Science, Core Lecturer (autumn 2005 and autumn 2006).

Anthony Pezzola
Reed College, Visiting Assistant Professor (autumn 2006). Other offer: School of Economics and Social Sciences, Singapore Management University. Interview: Georgia State University.

Ki-young Shin
Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ochanomizu University (autumn 2006). Other interview: Georgetown University.





2004-2005 Placement for Political Science

Lauren Basson
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Politics and Government, tenure-track position (autumn 2005).

Betsi Beem
University of Sydney, Australia, Lecturer (autumn 2005).

Wongi Choi
University of Oklahoma, School of International and Area Studies, Visiting Assistant Professor.

Robert Farley
Postdoctoral Fellow, Patterson School of Commerce and International Diplomacy, University of Kentucky (autumn 2005). Lecturer, University of Washington, Department of Political Science (autumn 2004).

Turan Kayaoglu
University of Washington, Tacoma, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, tenure-track position (autumn 2005).

Cricket Keating
Ohio State, Women’s Studies, tenure-track position (autumn 2005). Sienna College, tenure-track position (autumn 2004). Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership and the Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana (2002-2004).

Yoshi Nishizaki
Postdoctoral Fellow, National University of Singapore (spring 2005).

Katherine Stenger
Gustavus Adolphus College, tenure-track position (autumn 2005).

Michael Xeno
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Communication Arts, tenure-track position (autumn 2005). Other interview: Ohio State.




2002-2003 and 2003-2004 Placement for Political Science

Carlo Bonura
University of Puget Sound, tenure-track position (autumn 2003).

Jamie Davidson
Research Fellow, Von Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University (autumn 2004 -2007); Postdoctoral Fellow, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (January 03).

Jeffrey Dudas
University of Connecticut, tenure-track position (autumn 2004). University of Alabama, tenure-track position (2003-2004).

Deborah Elms
Offer: Institute for Defense and Security Studies (Singapore), February, 2005.

T. Jens Feele
NASA Headquarters, Science Directorate, Arlington, Virginia (July 2004).

Christine Keating
Sienna College, tenure-track position (autumn 2004). Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership and the Department of Political Science, St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana (2002-2004).

Scott Lemieux
Hunter College, tenure-track position (autumn 2004).

Kimberley Manning
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University (2003-2004); Concordia University, tenure-track position (autumn 2003).

Gregory Miller
Western Washington University, Visiting Assistant Professor (autumn 2004). Lewis & Clark College, Visiting Instructor (2003-2004).

Tamir Moustafa
University of Wisconsin, Madison, tenure-track position (autumn 2003).

Mary Alice Pickert
Wesleyan, tenure-track position (autumn 04). Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Academy for International Studies (2003-2005).

Claire Rasmussen
University of Delaware, tenure-track position (autumn 2003).

Benjamin Smith
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Academy for International Studies (2002-2004). University of Florida, tenure-track position (autumn 2003).

Robert Wood
University of North Dakota, tenure-track position (autumn 2003).