Nearly 85 percent of our graduates are placed in university positions, with 47 percent placed in top-tier research institutions. Another 11 percent find careers in government, private or nonprofit sectors. This list of recent Ph.D. recipients includes either first position or current position, depending on available information.
Eulalia Puig Abril, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
German Alvarez, Ph.D. 2018 | Postdoc, University of Texas, Austin
Mitchell Bard, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, Iona College
Matthew Barnidge, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Amy Bree Becker, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
Kiran Bhatia, Ph.D. 2022 | User Experience Researcher, Victoria’s Secret
Porismita Borah, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Washington State University
Peter Hart-Brinson, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Qiujing Lisa Bu, Ph.D. 2010 | Content Distribution Manager, TED Conferences
David Jasun Carr, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Idaho State University
Eunji Cho, Ph.D. 2019 | Assistant Professor, Midwestern State University
Helen Cho, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Richmond
Hyesun Choung, Ph.D. 2020 | Postdoc, Michigan State University
Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen, Ph.D. 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
David Coppini, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Denver
Catasha Davis, Ph.D. 2017 | Researcher, FrameWorks Institute
Anthony Dudo, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Omar Dumdum, Ph.D. 2023 | Senior Communications Specialist, WI Dept of Employee Trust Funds
Megan Duncan, Ph.D. 2018 | Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Stephanie Edgerly, Ph.D. 2012 | Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Brian Ekdale, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Jordan Foley, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Professor, Washington State
Timothy K. F. Fung, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Philip Glende, Ph.D. 2010 | Student Media Executive Director, Indiana State University, Terre Haute
Shreenita Ghosh, Ph.D. 2022 | Research Associate, Pew Research Center
Hyungjin Gill, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Cal State Poly Pomona
Melissa Gotlieb, Ph.D. 2012 | Associate Professor, Texas Tech University
Ornella Hills, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Steven’s Point
Yangsun Hong, Ph.D. 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Ceri Hughes, Ph.D. 2019 | Lecturer, Brunel University – London
Juwon Hwang, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
Jinha Kim, Ph.D. 2019 | Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Nakho Kim, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg
Sang Jung Kim, Ph.D. 2023 | Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Soo Yun Kim, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley
Sojung Claire Kim, Ph.D. 2011 | Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Sunghak Kim, Ph.D. 2021 | Postdoc, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Magda Konieczna, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Temple University
Rachel Kornfield, Ph.D. 2018 | Postdoc, Northwestern University
Min Woo Kwon, Ph.D. 2014 | Manager Big Data Group, Samsung Electronics Co., LTD
Julie Beth Lane, Ph.D. 2010 | Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Namjin Lee, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, College of Charleston
Jianing Li, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Jiawei Liu, Ph.D. 2019 | Postdoc, Cornell University
Josephine Lukito, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Timothy Macafee, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Concordia University
Bryan McLaughlin, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
Mark Mederson, Ph.D. 2019 | Assistant Professor, Loras College
Meredith Metzler, Ph.D. 2020 | Research Lead, Northwestern Mutual
Matt Minich, Ph.D. 2023 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Xerxes Minocher, Ph.D. 2023 | Assistant Professor, Haverford College
Estelle Ranran Mi, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Kean University
Michael Mirer, Ph.D. 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
TaeJoon Moon, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Kang Namkoong, Ph.D. 2011 | Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Margarita Orozco, Ph.D. 2023 | Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Mallory Perryman, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Linda Pfeiffer, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Robert Rabe, Ph.D. 2013 | Graduate Coordinator, Marshall University
Erica Salkin, Ph.D. 2012 | Associate Professor, Whitworth University
Nicholas Brigham Schmuhl, Ph.D. 2014 | Communications Manager, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, UW-Madison
Mitch Schwartz, Ph.D. 2019 | Technical Service Engineer, EPIC
Manisha Shelat, Ph.D. 2014 | Associate Professor, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
Denise St. Clair, Ph.D. 2015 | Senior Study Director at Westat
Jordan Stalker, Ph.D. 2017 | Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University
Jiyoun Suk, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
Kihun Sung, Ph.D. 2011 | Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Korea
Swee Kiat “SK” Tay, Ph.D. 2022 | Postdoc, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
Christopher Terry, Ph.D. 2012 | Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
John C. Thomson Jr., Ph.D. 2013 | Learning Platform Administrator, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Kjerstin Sonja Thorson, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Jeff Tischauser, Ph.D. 2020 | Senior Research Analyst, Southern Poverty Law Center
Chau Tong, Ph.D. 2021 | Postdoc, Cornell University
Jiun-Yi Tsai, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University
Stephanie Tsang, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Melissa Tully, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Davita Veselenak, Ph.D. 2014 | Program & Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Emily Vraga, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, George Mason University
Bryan Ming Wang, Ph.D. 2012 | Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Steven Wang, Ph.D. 2022 | Postdoc, University of Kansas
Alicia Wright, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Director, Lifelong Learning, Dartmouth College
Yiping Xia, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Ellie Fan Yang, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University
JungHwan Yang, Ph.D. 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Woo Hyun Yoo, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Incheon National University
Yini Zhang, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Professor, SUNY – Buffalo
Keith Zukas, Ph.D. 2013 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater