Where will your graduate degree take you?
Our PhD graduates 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).
Some of our PhD graduates 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 Harvard University, 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 the School of Politics and Global Studies Graduate Coordinator at spgs@asu.edu.
Name | Graduation Year | Current Position | Current Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Cantrell | 2024 | Instructor of American Politics | United States Military Academy, West Point |
| Jonathan Turner | 2024 | Research Analyst | Tarrant County College |
| Camila Paez Bernal | 2024 | Assistant Professor, Educator in Comparative Politics | University of Cincinnati |
| Cagla Kilic | 2024 | Assistant Professor | Bilkent University (as of Jan 2025) |
| Trudy Horsting | 2024 | Senior Research Manager | MMR Strategy Group |
| Weining Ai | 2023 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Institute for US-China Issues, University of Oklahoma |
| Alexandra Williams | 2023 | Research Fellow | Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| Namig Abbasov | 2022 | Digital Humanities Analyst | Arizona State University |
| Peyman Asadzade | 2022 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Harvard University |
| Chirasree Mukherjee | 2022 | Assistant Professor | Eastern Michigan University |
| Pablo Ortega Poveda | 2022 | Assistant Professor | Sam Houston State University |
| Angguntari Ceria Sari | 2022 | Lecturer | Parahyangan University |
| Haroon Atcha | 2022 | Data Scientist | U.S. Foods |
| Matthew Dempsey | 2020 | Teaching Assistant Professor | Arizona State University |
| Holly Williamson | 2019 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Christopher Davis | 2019 | Faculty Associate Academic Advisor | Arizona State University University of Arizona |
| Alicia Ellis | 2019 | Teaching Assistant Professor & Program Director, Global Security MA | 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 & Manager of ASU Technology Studios | Arizona State University |
| Valery Dzutsati | 2017 | Assistant Professor of Practice | Southern Illinois University |
| Paul Lohse | 2017 | Faculty Associate | Arizona State University |
| Eyal Bar | 2016 | Assistant Teaching Professor | Northern Arizona 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 Study Director | Westat |
| 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 | Open Census Lead | U.S. Census Bureau |
| Christopher Hale | 2013 | Associate Professor | University of Alabama |
| David Muchlinski | 2013 | Assistant Professor | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Tech University |
| John Parsi | 2013 | Visiting Assistant Professor | UNL College of Law |
| Alexander Arifianto | 2012 | Research Fellow | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Jessica Auchter | 2012 | Professor | Universite Leval, Quebec |
| 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 | Research Fellow | Center for International Studies, Inha University |
| Tracy Munsil | 2011 | Chair & Associate Professor | Department of Government, History & Philosophy, Arizona Christian University |
| John Cuffe | 2011 | Analytics Lead | U.S. Census Bureau |
| 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 | Associate Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator | 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 |
| Jeffery Zavadil | 2006 | Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | U.S. 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 | Teaching Professor & Internship Coordinator | Arizona State University |
| Akan Malici | 2004 | Professor | Furman University |
| Stefan Andreasson | 2003 | Tenured Senior Lecturer & Fellow | Queen's University Belfast, U.K. |
| Lisa Centeno | 2003 | Professor | Adams State University, Colorado |
| Cameron Thies | 1999 | Dean and Foundation Professor | James Madison College, Michigan State University |
| See Seng Tan | 1999 | Professor of International Relations | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |