Complete Roster of PhD Alumni

The Rochester Political Science Department congratulates its most recent students on their superb job placements. This is our listing of all students who have graduated over the last five years, along with their current positions:

Deniz Aksoy (Visiting Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University)
Tanya Bagashka (University of Houston)
Muhammet Bas (Harvard University)
Cristina Bodea (Michigan State University)
David Carter (Pennsylvania State University)
Tim Carter (Wayne State University)
Seok-ju Cho (Yale University)
Songying Fang (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
Justin Fox (Yale University)
Stephen Gent (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Laura Flamand Gomez (El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City)
JeongHun Han (Seoul National University)
Matthew Jacobsmeier (University of New Orleans)
Insun Kang (Economist Intelligence Institute)
Shin-Goo Kang (Post-doctoral Researcher, Korea University)
Jaehoon Kim (Associate Fellow, Korea Development Institute)
Gail McElroy (Trinity College, Dublin)
Elena McLean (Texas A&M University)
Navine Murshid (Colgate University)
Arnd Plagge (Post-doc, Yale University)
Matthew Platt (Harvard University)
Kalina Popova (Consultant, Harris Interactive)
Kristopher Ramsay (Princeton University)
Arthur Spirling (Harvard University)
Robert Walker (Washington University in St. Louis)
Taehee Whang (Texas A&M University)
Antoine Yoshinaka (University of California, Riverside)

Since the inception of its PhD program in the 1960s, the Rochester Political Science Department has been consistently producing some of the most distinguished and influential scholars in the discipline. In its most recent report, which did not control for faculty size, the National Research Council ranked the Rochester department's graduate program sixth in the country. Controlling for size, a 2001 study in PS: Political Science & Politics concluded that Rochester ranked first in the country in the productivity of its PhD alumni, as measured by publications in leading journals. Rochester PhDs currently sit on the faculties of an array of universities and colleges, including Harvard, Stanford, UNC Chapel Hill, Duke, UCLA, UCSD, Columbia, Ohio State, Michigan, Minnesota, NYU, Caltech, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Rice, Washington (St. Louis), Notre Dame, Northwestern, Texas, and Yale. Others are flourishing outside of the academy.  (Deceased alumni are listed in italics, along with their last institutional affiliation.)


Name PhD Current Affiliation
Byeonggil Ahn 1994 International and Area Studies, Seoul National University
Deniz Aksoy 2008 Visiting Assistant Professor, Penn State
John Aldrich 1975 Duke University
William Paul Alexander, Jr. 1973  
Michael Altfeld 1980 Carlisle, Penn.
Theodore Anagnoson 1977 California State University, Los Angeles
Peter Aranson 1972 Economics, Emory University
Rory Austin 1998 Washington, D.C.
Tanya Bagashka 2008 University of Houston
Richard Barke 1981 Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
Muhammet Bas 2007 Harvard University
Douglas Beck 1980 ICF Consulting, Fairfax, Va.
Bruce Berkowitz 1982 Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
William T. Bianco 1987 Indiana University
Jerome Black 1977 McGill University
John C. Blydenburgh 1969 Clark University
Cristina Bodea 2006 Michigan State University
Terence Brennan 1974  
Stephen Paul Brown 1977  
Gerald Bushee 1988 Public and International Affairs, George Mason University
David Carter 2009 Pennsylvania State University
Tim Carter 2005 Wayne State University
David S. Castle 1986 Lamar University
Bradford W. Chaney 1981 Westat Corporation
Sirithorn Chantrasmi 1988 Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangkok
Partha Chatterjee 1972 Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
Don-yun Chen 1997 Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
Yen-pin Chiang 1993 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Seok-ju Cho 2005 Yale University
Edouard Cloutier 1974 Université de Montréal
Shrikant Dash 1994 Bhanjpur, India
Lynne Davidson 2001 Deputy to the President, University of Rochester
Christine DeGregorio 1987 Public Affairs, American University
Daniel Diermeier 1995 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Nathan Dietz 1999 Washington, D.C.
Darrell Dobbs 1983 Marquette University
Gideon Doron 1978 Tel Aviv University
Lucy Drotning 1993 Associate Provost, Columbia University
Raymond Duch 1982 Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Lee Dutter 1974 Adult and Continuing Education, Barry University
James Enelow 1977 University of Texas at Austin
C. Lawrence Evans 1988 College of William and Mary
Diana Evans 1980 Trinity College, Hartford
Songying Fang 2006 University of Minnesota
Timothy Feddersen 1993 Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Patrick Fett 1989 University of Memphis
Yi Feng 1992 Provost, Claremont Graduate University
Evelyn Fink 1987 Lincoln, Nebr.
Morris Fiorina 1972 Stanford University
Laura Flamand 2004 El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City
Richard Forgette 1992 University of Mississippi
Linda Fowler 1977 Dartmouth College
Justin Fox 2004 Yale University
Matthew Gabel 1994 Washington University in St. Louis
Wallace Donald George Gagne 1970 Sophia University
Paul R. Gehman, Jr. 1990 APEX Technology, Inc.
Stephen E. Gent 2006 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Jane L. Gilbert 1976 Washington, D.C.
Jay Goodliffe 1998 Brigham Young University
Clifford Griffin 1989 North Carolina State University
Christian Grose 2003 Vanderbilt University
Gang Guo 2002 University of Mississippi
Catherine Hafer 2001 New York University
Jeong Hun Han 2007 Seoul National University
John Happy 1972 Guelph, Ontario
David Hayes 1998 Fayetteville, N.C.
Roman Hedges 1977 Ways and Means Committee, New York State Assembly
Marianne Reynolds Highwood 1987 Research Consultant, England
Jeffrey Hill 1987 Northeastern Illinois University
Richard Himelfarb 1993 Hofstra University
William Hixon 2000 Lawrence University
Wendy Joan Hoag 1973  
Michael D. Horn 1987  
John Fuh-sheng Hsieh 1982 University of South Carolina
Chung-hsiou Huang 1980  
John Huber 1991 Columbia University
Seifeldin Hussein 1988  
Indriði H. Indriðason 2001 University of Oxford
Simon Jackman 1995 Stanford University
Matthew Jacobsmeier ABD University of New Orleans
Hank Jenkins-Smith 1985 Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma
Jane Jenson 1974 Université de Montréal
Ralph C. Joyce 1977 Statistics Canada
Joon Pyo Jung 1989 Yeungnam University, Korea
Christopher Kam 2002 University of British Columbia
Insun Kang 2006 Economist Intelligence Institute
Shin-Goo Kang 2008 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Korea University
Masakatsu Kato 1976  
Barry Kay 1977 Wilfred Laurier University
Chae-han Kim 1989 Hallym University, Korea
Jaehoon Kim 2004 Associate Fellow, Korea Development Institute
Woosang Kim 1988 Yonsei College, Korea
Vally Koubi 1991 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Keith Krehbiel 1983 Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
Richard Kronick 1990 University of California, San Diego
William J. Kubik 1995 Hanover College
Todd Kunioka 1996 California State University, Los Angeles
David Lalman 1986 University of Maryland, College Park
John Langeland 1985 Director of Information Technologies, Trinity College, Hartford
Jonathan Lemco 1982 The Vanguard Group, Valley Forge, PA
Bahar Leventoglu 2001 SUNY Stony Brook
Sarah F. Liebschutz 1971 Rochester, N.Y.
Tamar London 2001 Pennsylvania State University
Charles Edward Lucier 1975 Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Cleveland, Ohio
Amy Makinen 2000 U.S. Government
Lanny Martin 2000 Rice University
Steven Maser 1975 Atkinson School of Management, Willamette University
Gail McElroy 2004 Trinity College, Dublin
Fiona McGillivray 1995 New York University
Nancy McGlen 1975 Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Niagara University
Richard McKelvey 1973 California Institute of Technology
Elena McLean 2007 Texas A&M University
Carol McPhee 1991 Cortland, N.Y.
David B. Meltz 1970 Attorney
Subrata Kumar Mitra 1977 South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg
Paul M. Montebello 1985 Birmingham, Ala.
James Morrow 1982 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Thomas Mortillaro 1981 Nicholls State University
Melinda Mueller 1995 Eastern Illinois University
James T. Murphy 1970 Saint John's University
Navine Murshid 2009 Colgate University
David Newman 1983 National University of Singapore
James Bowen Noble 1976  
Thomas O'Donnell 1993  
Michael O'Grady 1986 United States Department of Health and Human Services
Peter Ordeshook 1969 California Institute of Technology
Harvey Palmer 1999 University of Mississippi
Nancy Perkins 1991 Churchville, N.Y.
Walter Petersen 1984 Industriforvaltnings AB Kinnevik, Stockholm
David G. Pfeiffer 1975 Policy Analyst, Honolulu
Arnd Plagge 2008 Yale University
Matthew Platt 2008 Harvard University
Keith Poole 1978 University of California, San Diego
Kalina Popova 2005 Consultant, Harris Interactive
Stephen Porter 1995 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Iowa State University
Lynda W. Powell 1974 University of Rochester
Kul Rai 1970 Southern Connecticut State University
Kristopher Ramsay 2005 Princeton University
Margaret E. Raymond 1986 Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Anne Reisinger 1988 Clark University
Jeffrey Richelson 1975 Senior Fellow, National Security Archive
David Rohde 1971 Duke University
Jonathan Sabella 2009  
Robert Gale Samberg 1971 Albany, N.Y.
Mitchell S. Sanders 1997 Harris Interactive
Prakash C. Sarangi 1985 University of Hyderabad, India
Grace I. Scarborough 1985 Pherson Associates, LLC
Wendy Schiller 1994 Brown University
Robert Alan Schoenberger 1967 Wilton, Conn.
Itai Sened 1990 Washington University in St. Louis
Eugene J. Seyna 1982  
Marc Shapiro 2000 ICF Consulting
Kenneth Shepsle 1970 Harvard University
Carol Silva 1998 Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma
Barbara Sinclair 1970 University of California, Los Angeles
Branislav Slantchev 2002 University of California, San Diego
Alastair Smith 1995 New York University
Madeleine Smith 1984 Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
Richard Smith 1981 Vice President and Dean of the College, Millsaps College
Arthur Spirling 2008 Harvard University
Annette Steinacker 1996 Claremont Graduate University
Mark Stern 1970 Vice President of Academic Affairs, Shepherd College
Randolph Stevenson 1997 Rice University
Peter Stone 2000 Stanford University
William C. Stratmann 1972 Rochester, N.Y.
Ahmer Tarar 2003 Texas A&M University
Stuart H. Teger 1976 Attorney, Detroit, Mich.
Cynthia Thomas 1971  
Gloria I. Toivola 1975 University of Wisconsin, Superior
Georg Vanberg 1999 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lynn Vavreck 1997 University of California, Los Angeles
Ronald J. Vogel 1995 Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Southern University
Abraham Richard Wagner 1973 Los Angeles, Calif.
Robert Walker 2005 Washington University in St. Louis
Scott Ward 1992 Business Administration, The Master's College
Robert Weber 1975 Saint John's University
T. Edward Westen 1973 Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Taehee Whang 2008 Texas A&M University
Carolyn Whitfield 2001 Rochester, N.Y.
Guy Whitten 1994 Texas A&M University
Aaron Wicks 2001 Harris Interactive
John Wilkerson 1992 University of Washington
Laura Winsky-Mattei 1993 Buffalo, N.Y.
Neil S. Wintfield 1982 Roche, Nutley, N.J.
Peter A. Wissel 1973  
Gary Woller 1992 Woller & Associates, Sandy, Utah
John Wright 1983 Ohio State University
Samuel Wu 1990  
O. Fiona Yap 1997 University of Kansas
Antoine Yoshinaka 2005 University of California, Riverside
William James Zavoina 1970  
Martin Jay Zechman 1970  
Ethan R. Zorick 1997 Essex, England
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