By combining theory with critical engagement under leading scholars and intellectuals, students from the Politics department are prepared to pursue opportunities with world-class institutions, universities, law firms, governmental organizations, think
tanks, and policymakers.
Master’s Students
Our MA students have continued their studies at top universities, including London School of Economics; University of California, Berkeley; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; New York University; The New School for Social Research.
They have also found employment as writers, policy researchers, and lead managers at law firms such as Paul, Weiss, Rifkind and Coletto, Gregoski, and Gavroski, government agencies like the New York City Department of Finance, companies like Dow Jones,
and media outlets like Circa.
PhD Students
Our doctoral students are working in positions throughout the academic world.
- Jan Dutkiewicz (2018) is the Caplan Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
- Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi (2018) is a visiting assistant professor at the University of Portland
- Brandon Koenig (2018) is an assistant professor at Franklin & Marshall College
- Amanda Zadorian (2018) is a postdoctoral fellow at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development in Russia
- Luis Alberto Herran Avila (2017) is a visiting assistant professor at Carleton College
- Carmen Ilizarbe (2017) is an assistant professor at Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya in Peru
- Howell Williams (2017) is an assistant professor at Western Connecticut State University
- Camila Andrade Gripp (2016) is a senior research associate at Yale Law School
- Marina Kaneti (2016) is an assistant professor at Grand Valley State University
- Brandon Koenig (2016) is an assistant professor at Franklin & Marshall College
- Nathan Angelo (2015) is an assistant professor at Worcester State University
- Laura Balbuena Gonzalez (2015) is a professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
- Amando Basurto Salazar (2015) is a lecturer at Adelphi University
- Hadas Cohen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Social Science Research Center Berlin
- Yoav Fromer (2015) is a visiting assistant professor at Tel Aviv University in Israel
- Maria Gonzalez de Withrington (2015) is a professor at National University of Cordoba in Argentina
- Carmen Ilizarbe (2015) is a professor and chair at Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya in Peru
- Angel Jaramillo Torres (2015) is a postdoctoral fellow at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Veronica Zebadua Yanez (2015) is a lecturer at Mount Holyoke College
They have also found employment in institutes and governments around the globe.
- Blair Taylor (2017) is director at the Institute for Social Ecology
- Samuel F. Müller (2016) is a program director at the Europäische Akademie Berlin in Germany
- Marcos Soler (2015) is chief of staff at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice in New York City
- Sarah Taylor (2015) is the women, peace and security advocate at Human Rights Watch