Job Placement
Graduates from the doctoral and master's programs have gone on to pursue careers at a wide range of institutions and organizations.
Hire an MIT PhD: list of graduate students currently on the job market
List of Institutions/Organizations at which graduates have been placed
Job Placement: 2018-2019
Sarah Parrish Bergquist
Assistant Professor
McCourt School of Public Policy
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Program on Climate Change Communication
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Elissa Berwick
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Megan Goldberg
Assistant Professor
Department of Politics
Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA
Philip A. Martin
Assistant Professor
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University
Arlington, VA
Rachel Esplin Odell
Research Fellow
East Asia Program
Quincy Institute
Washington D.C.
Reid Pauly
Assistant Professor, joint appointment
Department of Political Science
The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Brown University
Providence, RI
Tesalia Rizzo
Assistant Professor of Political Science
The University of California Merced
Merced, CA
Michael Freedman
Postdoctoral Associate
Political Science and International Relations
Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Political Science
Haifa University
Haifa, Israel
Job Placement: 2017-2018
Fiona Cunningham
Assistant Professor
Elliot School of International Affairs
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for International Security and Cooperation
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Marika Landau-Wells
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Unviersity of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Leah Rosenzweig
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Advanced Study
Toulouse, France
Andreas Wiedemann
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow
Nuffield College
University of Oxford
UK
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Department of Politics and Woodrow Wilson School
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Ketian Zhang
Assistant Professor
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University
Arlington, VA
Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center Research Center
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Job Placement: 2016-2017
James Conran
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
Justin de Benedictis-Kessner
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Boston University
Boston, MA
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Boston Area Research Initiative ("BARI," Northeastern/Harvard/City of Boston)
Boston, MA
Daniel de Kadt
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA
Dean Knox
Assistant Professor
Department of Politics
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Renato Lima de Oliveira
Assistant Professor
Asia School of Business
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tom O'Grady
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Quantitative Political Science
Department of Political Science
University College, London
Alec Worsnop
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
International Security Program
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor
School of Public Policy
University of Maryland--College Park
Job Placement: 2015-2016
Noel Anderson
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dickey Center
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Mark Bell
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Laura Chirot
Presidential Management Fellow
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Washington, DC
Yue Hou
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joseph Torigian
Assistant Professor
School of International Service
American University
Washington DC
Yiqing Xu
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, San Diego
Job Placement: 2014-2015
Daniel Altman
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
Chris Clary
Postdoctoral Fellow
Watson Institute
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
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Assistant Professor of Political Science
University at Albany
State University of New York
Jeremy Ferwerda
Postdoctoral Fellow
Watson Institute
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
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Assistant Professor
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Michael Sances
Assistant Professor
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN
Leah Stokes
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
Job Placement: 2013-2014
Hanna Breetz
Assistant Professor
School of Sustainability
Arizona State University
Pheonix, AR
Erica Dobbs
Postdoctoral Fellow
Penn Social Science and Policy Forum
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
Swarthmore College
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Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Swarthmore College
Brandan Green
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Chad Hazlett
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and Department of Statistics
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Michele Margolis
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Nicholas Miller
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies
Brown University
Providence, RI
Jonas Nahm
Postdoctoral Fellow, International and Public Affairs
Watson Institute
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island
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Assistant Professor of Energy, Resources, and Environment
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Washington, DC
Michael Sances
Postdoctoral Scholar
Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Adam Ziegfeld
International Council Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Job Placement: 2012-2013
Marc DeVore
Assistant Professor
School for International Relations
University of Saint Andrews
Fife, Scotland
United Kingdom
Greg Distelhorst
Associate Professor of International Business
Said Business School
Oxford University
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
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Fellow
Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Brendan Green
Visiting Professor
LBJ School
University of Texas Austin
Austin, Texas
Akshay Mangla
Assistant Professor
Business, Government, and International Economy Unit
Harvard Business School
Cambridge, MA
Kai Quek
Assistant Professor
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
John Payne
Assistant Professor
Department of Security Studies
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
Gustavo Setrini
Assistant Professor of Food Studies
Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health
New York University
New York, NY
Job Placement: 2011-2012
Nathan Black
Vice President of Solutions
Chronicle Graphics, Inc.
Centennial, CO
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard University Center for the Environment
Cambridge, MA
Sarah Zukerman Daly
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard Academy
Cambridge, MA
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Assistant Professor
Boston College
Department of Political Science
Chestnut Hill, MA
Evan Liaras
Garcia Pelayo Fellow
Centro de Estudios Politicos y Constitucionales
Madrid, Spain
Reo Matsuzaki
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
John Payne
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
Texas State University- San Marcos
San Marcos, TX
Andrew Radin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
International Security Program
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School
Cambridge, MA
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The Hayward Alker Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for International Studies
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Yumi Shimabukuro
Postdoctoral Fellow
Program on US-Japan Relations
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
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Lecturer
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Columbia University
New York, NY
Rachel Wellhausen
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
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Assistant Professor
Department of Government
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
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Faculty Affliate
McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Job Placement: 2010-2011
Matt Amengual
Assistant Professor
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Kristin Fabbe
Assistant Professor
Department of Government
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
Francisco Flores-Macias
Senior Oil Research Associate
Louis Capital Markets
New York City, NY
Peter Krause
Post-doctoral Fellow
The Crown Center
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
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Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Boston College
Newton, MA
Evan Liaras
Post-doctoral Fellow
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Jon Lindsay
Assistant Research Scientist
Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA
Reo Matsuzaki
Post-doctoral Fellow
Centerfor Democracy, Development & the Rule of Law
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Gautam Mukunda
Assistant Professor
Organizational Behavior Unit
Harvard Business School
Cambridge, MA
William Norris
Assistant Professor
Bush School of Government & Public Service
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX
Sarah Zukerman Daly
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mellon Foundation/ American Council of Learned Societies
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Post-doctoral Fellow
Stanford Political Science Department/CISAC
Palo Alto, CA
Job Placement: 2009-2010
Francisco Flores-Macias
Post-doctoral Fellow
The Wharton School and Department of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Rachel Gisselquist
Visiting Fellow
Department of Government
London School of Economics
London, England
William Leblanc
Health Care Policy
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Evan Liaras
Post-doctoral Fellow
International Relations
Koc University
Istanbul, Turkey
Paul Staniland
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Caitlin Talmadge
Assistant Professor of National and International Security Policy
Elliott School of International Affairs and Department of Political Science
George Washington University
Washington, DC
Job Placement: 2008-2009
Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch
Post-doctoral Fellow
Schusterman Center for Israel Studies
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
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Visiting Lecturer
Department of Political Science
Wellesley College
Boston, MA
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Assistant Professor
Department of Government
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
Edward Cunningham
Post-doctoral Fellow
Ash Institute
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Christopher Lebron
Assistant Professor
The Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Austin Long
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
School of International and Public Affairs
Columbia University
New York, NY
Sara Jane McCaffrey
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
Christopher Wendt
Tenure-track Assistant Professor
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR
Adam Ziegfeld
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow
Nuffield College, University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Placement 2007-2008
Boaz Atzili
Assistant Professor
American University
Washington, DC
Peter Evans
General Manager
Global Strategy and Planning
GE Energy
Atlanta, GA
Wenkai He
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
Llewelyn Hughes
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science and Elliot School of International Affairs
George Washington University
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Research Fellow
Energy Policy Research Program
Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Gabriel Rubin
Assistant Professor
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJ
Neil G. Ruiz
Associate Director, Global Migration & Demography
Pew Research Center
Washington, DC
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Migration Specialist
Development Economics Group
The World Bank
Washington, DC
Taylor Seybolt
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Placement 2006-2007
Marcos Ancelovici
Assistant Professor of Sociology
McGill University
Montreal, Canada.
Ana De La O
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Vanda Felbab-Brown
Assistant Professor
School of Foreign Service (Security Studies Program)
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
Rachel Gisselquist
Post-Doc
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Wenkai He
Post-Doc
Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Shirley Hung
Consultant
Boston Consulting
Boston, MA
Colin Jackson
Assistant Professor
Naval War College
Newport, RI
David Konisky
Assistant Professor
Truman School of Public Affairs
Univ. of Missouri
Columbia, MO
William LeBlanc
Post-Doc
Ctr. for the Study of American Politics
Yale University
New Haven, CT
David Munro
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Queens University
Kingston, Ontario, CANADA
Scott Radnitz
Assistant Professor
Jackson School of International Studies
Univ. of Washington
Seattle, WA
Josh Rovner
Post-Doc
Stanley Kaplan Fellowship
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
Neil Ruiz
Fellow
Global Economy and Development Program
The Brookings Institute
Washington DC
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Visiting Assistant Professor
School of International Service
American University
Washington, DC
Placement 2005-2006
Boaz Atzili
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Belfer Center for Science and IA/Kennedy School
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rachel Cobb
Assistant Professor
Government Department
Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts
Peter Evans
Senior Associate
Global Energy Scenarios
Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Douglas Fuller
Assistant Professor
Department of Government
American University
Washington, D.C.
Heather Gregg
Assistant Professor
Department of Defense Analysis
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, California
Jiyoon Kim
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Political Science
University of Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Gregory Koblentz
Post-Doctoral Fellow
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
David Konisky
Assistant Professor
Truman School of Public Affairs
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Jennifer Lind
Assistant Professor
Government Department
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire
Daniel Munro
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Philosophy
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Anny Rivera-Ottenberger
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Latin American Program
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars & Ford Foundation
Washington, D.C.
John Payne
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Mark Zachary Taylor
Assistant Professor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia
Michiko Ueda
Assistant Professor
Division of the Humanities & Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Masters Program
Josiah Q. Seale
Senior Analyst
Analysis Group
Boston, Massachusetts
Placement 2004-2005
Dan Breznitz
Assistant Professor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs & School of Public Policy
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Georgia
Dana Brown
University Lecturer
Said Business School & Lady Margaret Hall (joint appointment)
Oxford University
Oxford, England
David Burbach
Assistant Professor
Army School of Advanced Military Studies
Leavenworth, Kansas
Rachael Cobb
Visiting Professor
Government Department
Suffolk University
Boston, Massachusetts
Janice Fine
Assistant Professor
Department of Labor Relations
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Douglas Fuller
Post-Doc
SPRIE
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Kelly Greenhill
Assistant Professor
Government Department
Wesleyan University
Middleton, Connecticut
Gregory Koblentz
Visiting Professor
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Brett Kubicek
Senior Policy Analyst
Government of Canada
Deputy Minister's Committee on Justice, Security & Human Rights
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alen Kuperman
Assistant Professor
LBJ School of Public Affairs
University of Texas
Austin, Texas
Daniel Munro
Visiting Professor
Huron University College
University of Western Ontario
Ontario, Canada
Miriam Murase
Lecturer
Department of Politics
Saint Mary's College
Moraga, California
R. Russell Rumbaugh
Military Analyst
CIA
Lonn Waters
Program Analyst
Joint Center for Operational Analysis
Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Virginia
Amos Zehavi
Lady Davis Post-Doctoral Fellow
Hebrew University
Jerusalem, Israel
Placement 2003-2004
Ph.D. Program
David Art
Assistant Professor
College of the Holy Cross, Political Science Department
Worcester, MA
David Burbach
Visiting Assistant Professor
Clark University, Government Department
Worcester, MA
Michel Goyer
Assistant Professor
Warwick Business School, Industrial Relations Department
Warwick, United Kingdom
Heather Gregg
Political Analyst
Rand Corporation, Project Air Force
Santa Monica, CA
Brian Hanson
Associate Director
Northwestern University, Center for International and Comparative Studies
Evanston, IL
Yinan He
Assistant Professor
University of Georgia, Department of International Affairs
Athens, GA
Loren King
Assistant Professor
Wilfrid Laurier University, Political Science Department
Waterloo, Ontario
Gregory Koblentz
Post-Doctoral Fellow
MIT, Security Studies Program
Cambridge, MA
Brett Kubicek
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ohio State University, Mershon Center
Columbus, OH
Jennifer Lind
Research Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
Karen Rothkin
Lecturer
Northeastern University, Department of Political Science
Boston, MA
Christopher Twomey
Assistant Professor
Naval Post-Graduate School, Department of National Security Affairs
Monterey, CA
Sharon Weiner
Assistant Professor
American University, School of International Service
Washington, DC
Cory Welt
Fellow
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Washington, DC
Irene Yackovkev
Economist
IMF Economist Program
Washington, DC
Masters Program
Ryan Crow
Analyst
Project Performance Corporation
McLean, VA
Michael A. Faerber
Analyst
Department of Defense
Washington, DC
Isabelle Ferreras
Post-Doctoral Fellow
National Fund for Scientific Research
Belgium
Oliver Fritz
Principal
DFI International
Washington, DC
Adam Horst
Advance Worker
Mitch Daniels for Governor Campaign Committee
Indianapolis, IN
Kristen Landino
Analyst
Salomon Smith Barney, Investment Banking Division
New York, New York
David M. Blum
Strategic Systems Analyst
Department of Defense, Joint Warfare Analysis Center
Dahlgren, VA
Victor Yeung
Manager
American Express Risk Management
Hong Kong
Placement 2002-2003
Ph.D. Program
Phineas Baxendall
Assistant Director
Harvard University, JFK School of Government, Rappaport Institute
Cambridge, MA
Janice Fine
Research Associate
Economic Policy Institute
Washington, DC
George Gilboy
Strategy & Planning Manager
Shell Gas & Power
Beijing, China
Jette Steen Knudsen
Director
Copenhagen Centre
Copenhagen, Denmark
Jeremy Pressman
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut, Department of Political Science
Storrs, CT
Seth Racusen
Assistant Professor
Annamaria College, Criminal Justice & Political Science
Paxton, MA
Trevor Thrall
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan, Social Sciences Department
Dearborn, MI
Masters Program
Steve Millman
Director, System Management and Planning
National Geographic and Political Software (NGP)
Washington, DC
Mary E. Schumacher
Research Assistant
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Marine Policy Center
Woods Hole, MA
Placement 2001-2002
Ph.D. Program
Phineas Baxendall
Associate Editor
Boston Federal Reserve, Research Department
Boston, MA
Jane Kellett Cramer
Assistant Professor
University of Oregon, Department of Political Science
Eugene, OR
Michel Goyer
Lecturer in Strategy
Birkbeck College, Department of Management
London, England
Waleed Hazbun
Adjunct Professor
Bentley College, International Studies
Waltham, MA
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Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University, Department of Political Science
Baltimore, MD
Kevin Karty
Adjunct Lecturer
Simmons College, School of Competitive Intelligence
Boston, MA
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Research Fellow
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Cambridge, MA
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Senior Statistician
Affinnova
Boston, MA
Sarah Lischer
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Cambridge, MA
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Assistant Professor
Sweet Briar College, Department of Government
Sweet Briar, VA
Sophie Meunier
Tenure Track Researcher
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of International Studies
Princeton, NJ
Jessica Piombo
Assistant Professor
Naval Postgraduate School, National Security Affairs Department
Monterey, CA
Bela Prasad
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Harvard University, Center For International Development
Cambridge, MA
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Post-Doctoral Fellow
MIT, Sloan School of Management
Cambridge, MA
Jeremy Pressman
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Harvard University, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Cambridge, MA
David Reiner
Lecturer
Cambridge University, Judge Institute of Management Studies
Cambridge, England
Apichai Shipper
Assistant Professor
University of Southern California, Department of Political Science & School of International Relations
Los Angeles, CA
Taylor Seybolt
Grant Officer
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington, DC
Benjamin Valentino
Assistant Professor
Dartmouth College, Department of Political Science
Hanover, NH
James Walsh
Director
Harvard University, Belfer Center For Science and International Affairs
Cambridge, MA
Masters Program
Berta Liao
Manager
United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC)
Marketing Communications Department
Taipei, ROC
Jane Lim
Assistant Director
Ministry of Law, Intellectual Property Policy Division
Singapore
Junko Shimazoe
Deputy Manager
NASDÅ, Planning & Management Division
Tokyo, Japan
Feng-Ji Sim
Administrative Officer
Public Service Commission
Singapore
Placement 2000-2001
Ph.D. Program
Maryann Barakso
Assistant Professor
American University, Department of Government
Washington, DC
Phineas Baxandall
Lecturer
Harvard University, Social Studies Department
Cambridge, MA
Margarita Gomez-Reino
Faculty
University of Salamanca, Spanish Ministry of Education
Salamanca, Spain
Yusaku Horiuchi
Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore
Singapore
Alan Kuperman
Post-doctoral Fellow
University of Southern California, Center for International Studies
Los Angeles, CA
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Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Bologna, Italy
Ram Manikkalingam
Assistant Director
The Rockefeller Foundation
New York, NY
David Mendeloff
Assistant Professor
Carleton University, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Ottawa, Canada
Stephen Minicucci
Senior Research Associate
MIT Consortium on Financing Higher Education
Cambridge, MA
Pablo Policzer
Post-Doc Fellow
University of British Columbia, Institute for International Relations
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bela Prasad
Associate
Booz-Allen & Hamilton
Chicago, IL
Gunnar Trumbull
Assistant Professor
Harvard Business School
Cambridge, MA
Benjamin Valentino
Research Scholar
Stanford University Center for International Security
Stanford, CA
Inger Weibust
Assistant Professor
Carleton University, Norman Patterson School of International Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario
Masters Program
Berta Liao
Intern
American Chamber of Commerce
Taipei, ROC
An-Soo Chang
Naval Intelligence Officer
Republic of Korea Navy
Seoul, Korea
Thomas Ewing
Research Associate
Fidelity Investments
London, UK
Lynn Johnston
Research Assistant
Brookings Institute
Washington, DC
Manju Madhavan
Analyst
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Ying-Li Tan
Government Officer
Public Service Commission
Singapore
Liang Wang
Trainee Officer
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Singapore