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Job Placements 2023-2024

Rachel Castellano
Senior Research Scientist, ICF International

Rutger Ceballos
Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Megan Erickson
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship in Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford University

Zhaowen Guo
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Better Government Lab - McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University

Ryan Goehrung
Learning and Evaluation Specialist, American Council of Learned Societies

Hanjie Wang
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston University Global Development Center

Nicolas Wittstock
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Technology and International Security, University of California

Dennis Young
Racial Equity Analyst, Policy Division, Washington State Attorney General's Office

Job Placements 2022-2023

Kenya Amano
Dissertation
Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Inhwan Ko
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Reno
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Vanderbilt University (declined)

Nela Mrchkovska
Dissertation
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Morgan Wack
Dissertation
Research Assistant Professor, Media Forensics Hub, Clemson University

Bree Bang-Jensen
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia (2024)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
,  University of Pittsburgh

Grace Reinke
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans

Yusri Supiyan
Dissertation
Postdoctoral Fellow, Singapore Management University’s School of Social Sciences

Job Placements 2021-2022

Ellen Ahlness
Dissertation
Researcher, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

John-Paul Anderson
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

Mathieu Dubeau
Dissertation
UX Researcher, Buildertrend (2022)
Lecturer, University of Puget Sound

Beatrice Magistro
Dissertation
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, Resnick Sustainability Institute (2023)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
, University of Toronto, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society

Tan Zhao
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Renmin University, Beijing

Job Placements 2020-2021

Kylie Clay
Dissertation
Associate Program Director, Forest Carbon and Climate Program, Michigan State University

William Gochberg
Dissertation
Technical Climate Policy Analyst, Wildlife Works, Burlington, VT (2023)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis

Sean Butorac
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, North Central College, Illinois

Emma Rodman
Dissertation
Postdoctoral, Center for Human Values and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University (2021-2022)
Assistant Professor of Political Theory at University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Rafeel Wasif
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Nonprofit Management, Portland State University (2021)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lilly School of Philanthropy, Indiana University–Purdue University (2020)

Nora Webb Williams
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Stephen Winkler
Dissertation
Researcher Social Development, The World Bank

Job Placements 2019-2020

Kevin Aslett
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida, School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs (2022-2023)
Post-doc, NYU, Social Media and Political Participation

Elizabeth Chrun
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (2021)
Post-doc, McGill University (2019)

Sarah Dreier
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico (2021)
NSF Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington (2019)

Emily Gade
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Emory University Atlanta, GA (2020)
Acting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Washington (2018)
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Moore/Sloan &WRF Innovation in Data Science, University of Washington (2017)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy, University of Denver (2016)

David Lopez
Dissertation
Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU Department of Politics (2019)

Job Placements 2018-2019

Andreu Casas
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2020)
Faculty Associate in the Center for Social Media and Politics, New York University (2020)
Moore/Sloane Data Science Post-Doctoral Fellow, New York University (2018)

Meredith Loken
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Vanessa Quince
Dissertation
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Education Data and Research, Seattle WA (2018)

Daniel Yoo
Dissertation
Survey Scientist, Airbnb, San Francisco Bay Area

Job Placements 2017-2018

Erin Adam
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY

Hind Ahmed Zaki
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut (2019)
Post-doc, Brandeis University (2018)
Post-doc, Researcher, Belfer Center, Harvard University (2017)

John Buchanan
Dissertation
Postdoctoral Associate, MacMillan Center, Yale University (2018-2019)
Director of Research at the Institute for Strategy and Policy, Myanmar (2017)

Carolina Johnson
Dissertation
Systems Impact Data Scientist, King County, Seattle Washington

Filiz Kahraman
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto (2018)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University

Xiao Ma
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Peking University (Beijing)

Jennifer Noveck
Dissertation
Research and Communications Coordinator in the Department of Economic Development, Port of Bellingham (2018)
Noveck Consulting Services

Yu Sasaki
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law and the School of International Studies, Kanazawa University, Japan (2019)
Assistant Professor, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (2018)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (2017)

Job Placements 2016-2017

Will d'Ambruoso
Dissertation
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates College (2016)
Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard University (2020-2021)

Kendra Dupuy
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Western Washington University (2023)
Senior Environmental Advisor at Norwegian People's Aid / Norsk Folkehjelp, Oslo, Norway (2019)
Researcher Christian Michelsen Institute (Bergen, Norway) and Researcher Peace Research Institute, Oslo, Norway (2014)

Aaron Erlich
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, McGill University

Kiku Huckle
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Pace University NYC

Yuting Li
Dissertation
Henry Luce Foundation as the Program Associate for Asia Program (New York)

Kassra Oskooii 
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

Crystal Pryor
Dissertation
Program Director/Research Fellow, Pacific Forum CSIS (2017)
Postdoctoral researcher, Harvard University (2016)

Hannah Walker
Dissertation
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University (2017)
Postdoctoral fellowship, Georgetown University / Assistant Professor, Rutgers University (2016)

Job Placements 2015-2016

Katherine Banks
Dissertation
Instructor, School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, Washington State University (Tri Cities)

Yoav Duman
Faculty, Green River College

Sergio I. Garcia-Rios
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Cornell University

Stephan Hamberg
Dissertation
Assistant Department Director at NOKUT, Oslo Area, Norway (2019)
Assistant Department, Oslo Area, Norway (2019)
Section Manager Evaluation and Development, Oslo Area, Norway (2016)

Will Murg
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Seattle Pacific University

Kirstine Taylor
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, Ohio University

Joannie Tremblay-Boire
Dissertation
Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland (2018)
Assistant Professor, Georgia State University (2015)

Job Placements 2014-2015

Amanda Clayton
Assistant Professor, Travers Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley (2023)
Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University (2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Research College, Freie Universität Berlin (2014)
Research Fellowship at the Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard Kennedy School (2014)

Betsy Cooper
Senior Research and Data Analyst, Association of American Medical Colleges (2017)
PRRI Research Institute

Larry Cushnie
Dissertation
Faculty, South Seattle College

Ann Frost
Lecturer, Law, Society and Justice, University of Washington

Benjamin Gonzalez
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University (2018)
Faculty, Highline Community College (2015)

Milli Lake
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics (2016)
Assistant Professor, Arizona State University (2014)

Ketty Loeb
Grants Manager, Craft3, Portland, Oregon (2020)
Grants and Research Manager, Office of Climate Change, Sustainability, and Resiliency, Honolulu HI (2016)
Executive Board Secretary, Washington State China Relations Council (WSCRC) (2014)

Annie Menzel
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2017)
Assistant Professor, Vassar College

Allison Rank
Assistant Professor, SUNY Oswego

Kristan Seibel
Consultant at Unify Consulting, Seattle, Washington

Christopher Towler
Assistant Professor, Sacramento State University (2018)
Assistant Professor, Western Washington University
(2014)

Steven Zech
Assistant Professor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (2016)
Postdoctoral researcher, University of Denver (2014)

Job Placements 2013-2014

James Chamberlain
Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University

Marcela García-Castañon
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University

Jason Lambacher
Lecturer, University of Washington-Bothell

Sijeong Lim
Assistant Professor, Korea University (2018)
Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam (2014)
Postdoctoral research position at Stockholm University (2013)

Mary Anne Madeira
Assistant Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University (2018)
Assistant Professor, CUNY - Queens College (2013)
European University Institute, Florence, Postdoctoral Fellow

Rachel Sanders
Assistant Professor, Portland State University

Job Placements 2012-2013

Daniel Berliner
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, London School of Economics (2016)
Assistant Professor, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University (2015)
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (2013)
Freie Universitat, Berlin, Postdoctoral Fellow (2012)

Brandon Bosch
Lecturer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Loren Collingwood
Associate Professor, University of New Mexico (2021)
Associate Professor, University of California-Riverside (2019)
Assistant Professor, University of California-Riverside (2012)

Josh Eastin
Assistant Professor, Portland State University

Brad Epperly
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina (2013)
European University Institute, Florence, Postdoctoral Fellow (2012)

Seth Greenfest
Program and Project Manager, Greater Seattle Area (2017)
Analyst, Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services (2016)
Instructor, Seattle Central College (2015)
Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University (2012)

Sophia Wilson
Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (2013)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Law, Society and Culture, Indiana University (2012)
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Washington (2011)

Job Placements 2011-2012

Christopher Heurlin
Associate Professor, Bowdoin College (2018)
Assistant Professor, Bowdoin College (2011)

Hsiao-Chi Hsu
Assistant Professor, National Taiwan Normal University

Ashley Jochim
Center on Reinventing Education, Senior Research Analyst

Nimah Mazaheri
Tufts University, Associate Professor (2017)
Tufts University; Assistant Professor (2011)

Heather Pool
Associate Professor, Denison University (2019)
Assistant Professor, Denison University (2013)
Post-Doctoral Lecturer, University of Washington (2011)

Barry Pump
Office of Historian in the U.S. House of Representatives
Historical Publications Specialist

Adrian Sinkler
Social Scientist, Seattle, Washington

Job Placements 2010-2011

Shauna Fisher
Assistant Professor, West Virginia University (2012)
Syracuse University Maxwell School, Post Doc

Brian Greenhill
Associate Professor , University at Albany,  SUNY (2018)
Assistant  Professor , University at Albany,  SUNY (2017)
Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College (2010)

Jennifer Fredette
Assistant Professor, Ohio University (2012)
Visiting Professor, SUNY, Albany (2010)

Yuko Kawato
Research Fellow, Asia Centre, Paris, France (2012)
Postdoc, France-Japan Foundation of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France (2010)

Taedong Lee
Department of Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei Univeristy, South Korea
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Asia and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong (2010)

Francisco Pedraza
UC Riverside, Assistant Professor (2016)
Texas A&M, Assistant Professor (2010)

Jason Scheideman
Dean of the Faculty's Office, Bates College
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates College

Matthew Walton
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto (2018)
Senior Research Fellow in Modern Burmese Studies, St Antony's College, Oxford University

Misti Williams
Lecturer, Coastal Carolina University (2010)

Changdong Zhang
Assistant Professor, School of Government, Peking University
Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiaotong University (2011)

Job Placements 2009-2010

Erica Johnson
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Post-doc,Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, Georgetown University (2009)

Sebastien Lazardeux
St. John Fisher College, Assistant Professor (2010)
Lecturer, University of Bordeaux (2009)

Emily Neff-Sharum
Department Chair and Associate Professor, University of North Carolina-Pembroke
University of North Carolina-Pembroke, Assistant Professor (2009)

Josh Sapotichne
Michigan State University, Associate Professor
Michigan State University, Assistant Professor (2009)

Christi Siver
Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University

David Watkins
Associate Professor, University of Dayton
Assistant Professor, University of Dayton (2009)

Samuel Workman
Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma (2016)
Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma (2014)
Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin (2010)
Research Fellow, University of Texas-Austin (2008)

Job Placements 2008-2009

John Ahlquist
Associate professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD (2015)
Associate professor of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2013)
Assistant professor of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2011)
Research associate in political economy, United States Study Centre at the University of Sydney (2010)
Assistant Professor, Political Science, Florida State University (2009)
Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, UCLA, Post-doctoral fellow (2008)

Iza Hussin
Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge (2008)
University of Massachusets (2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard (2007)

Hironori Sasada
Associate Professor of international studies, Hokkaido University (2013)
Assistant Professor, University of Ritsumeikan, Kyoto, Japan (2009)

Yüksel Sezgin
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, Assistant Professor (2008)
Associate Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

Theresa Squatrito
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
Lecturer in International Relations, University of Liverpool (UK) (2017)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pluri Courts Centre, University of Oslo, Norway (2013)
Postdoctoral, Transdemos Research Project, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Job Placement 2007-2008

Jonathan Acuff
Saint Anselm College, Visiting Assistant Professor (2008)
Coastal Carolina University

Ceren Belge
Assistant Professor, Concordia University, Montreal (2009)
Academy for International and Area studies, Harvard University; Post-doctoral fellow (2008)

Devin Joshi
Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University (2015)
Associate Professor, Korbel School of Int’l Studies, University of Denver (2015)
University of Denver, Assistant Professor (2008)

Vince Jungkunz
Ohio University, Assistant Professor (2008)

Min-Hyung Kim
Professor, Illinois Wesleyan
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Visiting Assistant Professor

Erik Lundsgaarde
Danish Institute for International Studies
German Development Institute, Research fellow

Melissa Merry
Assistant Professor, University of Louisville (2008)
Pacific Lutheran University, Visiting Assistant Professor

Michael Strausz
Director of Asian Studies, Texas Christian University (2018)
Associate Professor, Texas Christian University (2014)
Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University (2008)

Job Placements 2006-2007

Umut Aydin
Institute of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Bogazici University, Turkey (2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute, Florence (2007)

Kristen Bakke
Professor, University College London (2016)
University College London, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations (2009)
Leiden University, Netherlands, Assistant Professor (2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs, Harvard (2007)

Graeme Boushey
Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine (2016)
Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine (2012)
Assistant Professor, San Francisco State University (2007)

Christian Breunig
Political Economy, Comparative Politics Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics & Public Administration, University of Konstanz,Germany (2012)
University of Toronto, tenure-track position (Autumn 2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Studies of Societies, Cologne, Germany (Autumn 2007)

Stephanie Burkhalter
Humboldt State University (2007)

Xun Cao
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Penn State University (2015)
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Penn State University (2011)
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex, (UK) (2007)
International Relations, Political Economy , Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton

Rose Ernst
Department Chair and Associate Professor, Political Science (2017)
Assistant Professor, Seattle University, tenure track (2007)
American Politics, Public Law, Seattle University, Visiting Assistant Professor (two-year appointment)

Lisa Glidden
Director of the Global and International Studies, State University of New York, Oswego (2017)
Associate Professor, State University of New York, Oswego (2013)
Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Oswego (2007)

Chris Koski
Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Reed College, Portland, OR (2016)
Assistant Professor, Political Science and Environmental Studies,
Reed College, Portland, OR (2011)
Assistant Professor, Political Science and Public Administration, James Madison University

Ying Lin
Offer: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, tenure track position

Job Placements 2005-2006

Ahmet Kuru
Professor, San Diego State University (2016)
Associate Professor, San Diego State University (2011)
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University (2006)

Heather Larsen
University of Memphis, tenure-track position (2006)

Terence Lee
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore (2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University (2006)

Adam Luedtke
Queensborough Community College CUNY
University of Utah (2006)

Glenn Mackin
Eastman School of Music, Assistant Professor (2007)

Brian Mello
Associate Professor,  Muhlenberg College (2013)
Assistant Professor,  Muhlenberg College (2007)
Seattle University, Department of Political Science, Core Lecturer (Autumn 2005 and Autumn 2006)

Anthony Pezzola
Assistant Professor, Institute of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2008)
Reed College, Visiting Assistant Professor (2006)

Ki-young Shin
Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Ochanomizu University (2006)

Job Placements 2004-2005

Lauren Basson
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Politics and Government (2005)

Betsi Beem
University of Sydney, Australia, Lecturer (Autumn 2005)

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

Robert Farley
Assistant Professor, Patterson School of Commerce and International Diplomacy, University of Kentucky (2006)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Patterson School of Commerce and International Diplomacy, University of Kentucky (2005).
Lecturer, University of Washington, Department of Political Science (2004)

Turan Kayaoglu
Associate Directorof International Relations, University of Washington - Tacoma (2013)
Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Washington - Tacoma (2011)
Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Washington - Tacoma (2005)

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

Katherine Stenger (Knutson)
Gustavus Adolphus College (2005)

Michael Xenos
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Department of Communication Arts (2005)

Job Placements 2002-2003 and 2003-2004

Carlo Bonura
SOAS University of London (2011)
University of Oxford (2008)
University of Puget Sound (2003)

Jamie Davidson
Research Fellow, Von Vollenhoven Institute, Leiden University (2004 -2007)
National University of Singapore (2003)

Jeffrey Dudas
Faculty Residential Fellow, Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut (2014-2015)
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Connecticut  (2010)
Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut (2004)
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama (2003-2004)

Deborah Elms
Founder and Executive Director of the Asian Trade Centre
Offer: Institute for Defense and Security Studies (Singapore), February, 2005

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

Cricket Keating
Associate Professor, GWSS University of Washington (2017)
Ohio State, Women’s Studies (2005)
Siena College (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
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Washington (2017)
Assistant Professor, Hunter College (2004)

Kimberley Manning
Associate Professor, Concordia University (Autumn 2003)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University (2003-2004)

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

Tamir Moustafa
Professor and Stephen Jarislowsky Chair, Simon Fraser University (2016)
Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University (2007)
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2003)

Mary-Alice Pickert
Chair, College of East Asian Studies (2015)
Professor of Government (2015)
Associate Professor of Government (2011)
Assistant Professor of Government (2004)

Claire Rasmussen
Associate Professor, University of Delaware (2009)
Assistant Professor, University of Delaware (2003)

Benjamin Smith
University of Florida (2003)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Academy for International Studies (2002-2004)

Tracy Sulkin
Professor of Political Science, Dean of the College of Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018)

Robert Wood
University of North Dakota (2003)

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