Below is a list of our PhD candidates who are on the academic job market and the non-academic job market.
If you have questions, please contact the candidates directly or our placement director Haifeng Huang.
Academic Job Market
Maryum N. Alam
Subfields: International Relations and Political Methodology
Dissertation Title: "For as long as it takes? Time Horizons and Foreign Policy Termination."
Dissertation Chair: Christopher Gelpi
Website: maryumnalam.com
Bear Brown
Subfields: American Politics and Political Theory
Dissertation Title: Running for "the People": Anti-Elitism and Populism among Members of Congress and their Constituents
Dissertation Chair: Michael Neblo
Website: u.osu.edu/bearbrown/
Emily Ann Israelson
Subfields: American Politics and Political Theory
Dissertation Title: Disrupting Deservingness: How Americans’ Orientations toward Egalitarianism Impact Redistribution Attitudes
Dissertation Chairs: Michael Neblo and Thomas Nelson
Website: eapisraelson.github.io
Jiyoon Kim
Subfields: International Relations and Political Methodology
Dissertation Title: The Emotional Pulse of Foreign Policy
Dissertation Chair: Christopher Gelpi
Website: jiyoon-kim.com
Daniel Naftel
Subfields: American Politics and Political Methodology
Dissertation Title: Identifying the Effects of Policing on Voter Behavior
Dissertation Chair: Vladimir Kogan
Website: dnaftel.github.io
José Pérez
Subfields: International Relations and Comparative Politics
Dissertation Title: Welcoming Migrants and Refugees: Governance, Labor, and Integration of Venezuelans in Brazil
Dissertation Chair: Jennifer Mitzen
Website: joseoviperez.com
Chris Ray
Subfields: International Relations and Political Psychology
Working Dissertation Title: Enemy Unknown: Anxiety, Uncertainty, and Emergent National Security Threats
Dissertation Chair: Christopher Gelpi
Website: chrisrayphd.com/
Daniel Smith
Subfields: Comparative Politics and Political Methodology
Dissertation Title: Storm from the Steppes: Institutional Disruption and Divergence in Pre-modern Eurasia, 1000-1800 CE
Dissertation Chair: Marcus Kurtz and Jan Pierskalla
Website: www.danssmith.com/
Haoming Xiong
Subfields: International Relations and Political Methodology
Dissertation Title: The Struggle for Connectivity: Network Embeddedness and Strategic Alignment in Great Power Competition
Dissertation Chair: Randall Schweller and Skyler Cranmer
Website: haomingxiong.info
Non-Academic Job Market
Bear Brown
Subfields: American Politics and Political Theory
Dissertation Title: Running for "the People": Anti-Elitism and Populism among Members of Congress and their Constituents
Dissertation Chair: Michael Neblo
Website: u.osu.edu/bearbrown/
Cara Nix
Subfields: Methodology and American Politics
Dissertation Title: Studying Representation Using Methodological Applications
Dissertation Chairs: Skyler Cranmer and William Minozzi
Website: u.osu.edu/nix.39/
Industry/Field of Interest: Data science