Placement History
The Politics Department has a strong record of placing its Ph.D. students in jobs. UCSC Politics Ph.D.'s have taken positions in political science and other disciplines. They work in major research-focused institutions and in teaching-focused liberal arts colleges alike. Please note that the following list is not comprehensive.
Natali Levin Schwartz
Ph.D. 2023
Director of Impact and Policy Research, Alliance for Middle East Peace-ALLMEP
Ingy Higazy
Ph.D. 2023
Freelance, Writer/Editor
Sarah Cheikhali
Ph.D. 2023
Political Science Lecturer/Researcher
Trina Barton
Ph.D. 2022
Staff, Santa Cruz County 3rd District Supervisor-Justin Cummings
David Amaral
Ph.D. 2022
Program Analyst, All Home
Paige Lancourt
Ph.D. 2022
Visitng Assistant Professor, University of Puget Sound in Tacoma
Jeff Sherman
Ph.D. 2022
Adjunct Professor, IONA University & Farmingdale State College
Randy Villegas
Ph.D. 2022
Associate Professor, College of the Sequoias
Dominique De Wit
Ph.D. 2020
Director of Business Development, GridX
Scott Newsome
Ph.D. 2020
Lecturer, UCSC / Santa Cruz City Council, District 4
Martín Ordoñez
Ph.D. 2019
Assistant Professor/Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Juan Diego Prieto
Ph.D. 2019
Assistant Professor, SUNY Cortland
Jess Whatcott
Ph.D. 2019
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
Alena Wolflink
Ph.D. 2019
Assistant Professor, University of Denver
Andrew Wood
Ph.D. 2018
Faculty Instructor, De Anza College
Michael Wilson
Ph.D. 2018
Visiting Professor, Swarthmore College
Aaron Augsburger
Ph.D. 2018
Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Steven Araujo
Ph.D. 2017
President, Alberto's Churros
James Beneda
Ph.D. 2017
Defense Personnel and Security Research Center
Katherine Blakeley
Ph.D. 2017
Director, Strategy and Analysis at Boeing
Sam Cook
Ph.D. 2017
Editor, Cambridge Proofreading
Abdullah Wais Hassan
Ph.D. 2017
Assistant Professor, Pierce College
Sandra Harvey
Ph.D. 2017
Assistant Professor, UC Irvine
Gabriel Filartiga
Ph.D. 2017
Funding Manager, Brazilian Development Bank
Logan Puck
Ph.D. 2017
Visiting Assistant Professor, Gerorge Washington University
Maxim Tabachnik
Ph.D. 2017
Citizenship Expert, European Union
Eric Crosbie
Ph.D. 2016
Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno
Omid Mohamadi
Ph.D. 2016
Educator, California Nurses Association
Eric Snickars
Ph.D. 2015
Lecturer, UC Santa Cruz
Anaïs Miodek Bowring
Ph.D. 2015
Research Director, State Matters
Jasmine Syedullah
Ph.D. 2014
Assistant Professor, Vassar College
Charles Olney
Ph.D. 2014
Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Sarah Mak
Ph.D. 2013
Admissions and Access Specialist, London School of Economics and Political Science
Shawn Nichols
Ph.D. 2013
Lecturer, UC Santa Cruz
Sarah Romano
Ph.D. 2012
Independent Consultant
Lavar Pope
Ph.D. 2012
Clinical Associate Professor, Arrupe College of Loyola University Chicago
Theresa Enright
Ph.D. 2012
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Alexander Keller Hirsch
Ph.D. 2012
Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Sandra Alvarez
Ph.D. 2012
Assistant Professor, Chapman University
Corina McKendry
Ph.D. 2011
Associate Professor, Colorado College
Sara Benson
Ph.D. 2011
Assistant Professor, San Jose State University
Rebecca Hester
Ph.D. 2009
Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
James Rowe
Ph.D. 2009
Associate Professor, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Paul Viotti
Ph.D. 2008
Associate Professor, California State University, Chico
Heather Turcotte
Ph.D. 2008
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Kea Gorden
Ph.D. 2008
Senior Associate Director, University of Chicago
Pascha Bueno Hansen
Ph.D. 2008
Associate Professor, University of Delaware
Irma Sandoval
Ph.D. 2006
National Autonomous University of Mexico
