Our Ph.D.s have been accepted to positions at universities such as Dartmouth, Georgia State University, the University of Arkansas, Southern Indiana University, Omaha, Walden, St. Paul College, Benedictine College, Arizona Christian University, and Sabanci University (Turkey). Two of our recent Ph.D.s are tenured Associate Professors at Utah State. Some have gone on to pursue careers in government, such as working for the Department of Defense. Other students accepted postdoctoral fellowships at institutions such as the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and Michigan State. Several of our Ph.D. candidates have earned dissertation awards, including those from the National Science Foundation.
We make every effort to keep the information on this page current. However, if you are a graduate of our PhD program and your information is not up-to-date, please contact Jenna.Roelle@asu.edu.
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Position | Current Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haroon Atcha | 2020 | Qualitative Data Scientist | Salt Lake Community College |
| Matthew Dempsey | 2020 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Holly Williamson | 2019 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Christopher Davis | 2019 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Alicia Ellis | 2019 | Lecturer | Arizona State University |
| Shaio Zerba | 2019 | Director and Instructional Assistant Professor of Intelligence | Univ of Mississippi, Center for Intelligence and Security Studies |
| AJ Simmons | 2018 | Research Director | Institute for Legal, Legislative and Policy Studies at Univ of Illinois Springfield |
| Seyedbabak Rezaeedaryakenari | 2018 | Assistant Professor | Leiden University, the Netherlands |
| Joshua Thompson | 2018 | Faculty Associate & Academic Coordinator | Arizona State University |
| Valery Dzutsati | 2017 | Postdoctoral Scholar | Arizona State University |
| Paul Lohse | 2017 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Eyal Bar | 2016 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Erik Bumgardner | 2016 | Senior Scientist | Fors Marsh Group |
| Jean Crissien | 2015 | Professor of Government | Mountain View College, Dallas County Community Colleges |
| Scott Swagerty | 2015 | Methodologist | Arizona Auditor General's Office |
| Amanda Wintersieck | 2015 | Assistant Professor | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Jill Carle | 2014 | Senior Research Associatie | Council of State Governments Justice Center |
| Zhipei Chi | 2014 | Assistant Research Fellow | Central University of Finance & Economics, Beijing |
| Shannon Conley | 2014 | Assistant Professor | James Madison University |
| Peter Hickman | 2014 | Defense Fellow | Office of Rep. Don Bacon |
| Emily Molfino | 2014 | Survey Statistician | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Daniel Pout | 2014 | Instructor | Arizona State University |
| Christopher Hale | 2013 | Assistant Professor | University of Alabama |
| David Muchlinski | 2013 | Assistant Professor | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech University |
| Alexander Arifianto | 2012 | Research Fellow | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Jessica Auchter | 2012 | UC Foundation Assistant Professor | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |
| Stefan Borg | 2012 | Assistant Professor | Swedish Defence University |
| Leonard Figueroa Helland | 2012 | Associate Professor of Environmental Policy & Sustainability Management | The New School Milano |
| Kil Joo Ban | 2011 | Instructor | ROK Naval Academy |
| Tracy Munsil | 2011 | Chair & Associate Professor | Department of Government, History & Philosophy, Arizona Christian University |
| Phillip Hardy | 2010 | Associate Professor | Department of Political Science, Benedictine University |
| Sean Hays | 2010 | SOC Analyst | American Express Global Business Travel |
| Rafael Jimeno | 2010 | Teacher | Los Angeles Unified School District |
| Nicholoas Larowe | 2010 | Associate Professor | University of Southern Indiana |
| Halit Tagma | 2010 | Lecturer | Northern Arizona University |
| Elizabeth Wheatley Hartman | 2010 | Fellow | Interactivity Foundation & Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College |
| James Andresen | 2009 | Instructor | St. Paul College, Minnesota |
| Michael Jensen | 2009 | Senior Researcher | START, University of Maryland |
| Matthew Jette | 2009 | Teacher at BASIS, Scottsdale; Executive Director of American Cancer Society; Faculty at Grand Canyon University | |
| Wei Liu | 2009 | Renmin University, College of Commerce | |
| Christopher Lundry | 2009 | El Colegio de Mexico | |
| Sarah Gershon | 2008 | Associate Professor | Georgia State University |
| Ramazan Kilinc | 2008 | Associate Professor | University of Nebraska, Omaha |
| Maria Ortuoste | 2008 | Associate Professor | California State University, East Bay |
| Charles Ripley | 2008 | Senior Research Fellow Faculty Associate |
Council on Hemispheric Affairs Arizona State University |
| Timothy Ruback | 2008 | Lecturer & Director, Maine Model UN Program | University of Southern Maine |
| Karen Shafer | 2008 | Faculty | Walden University |
| Kai He | 2007 | Professor | Griffith University, Australia |
| Beatrice Buchegger | 2006 | Private Sector, Austria | |
| Jeffery Zavadil | 2006 | Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | US Department of State |
| Huiyun Feng | 2005 | Tenured Senior Lecturer | Griffith University, Australia |
| Mily Ming-Tzu Kao | 2005 | Adjunct Professor Faculty Associate |
Mesa Community College Arizona State University |
| Gina Woodall | 2005 | Senior Lecturer & Internship Coordinator | Arizona State University |
| Stefan Andreasson | 2003 | Tenured Senior Lecturer & Fellow | Queen's University Belfast, UK |
| Lisa Centeno | 2003 | Professor | Adams State University, Colorado |
| See Seng Tan | 1999 | Professor of International Relations | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |