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.
Xiaoya Jiang, Ph.D. 2025 | Assistant Professor, Boston University
Lauren Kriss, Ph.D. 2024 | Senior Program Coordinator, University of Texas Center for Health Communication
Macau K. F. Mak, Ph.D. 2024 | Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Danny Parker, Ph.D. 2024 | Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Omar Dumdum, Ph.D. 2023 | Senior Communications Specialist, WI Dept of Employee Trust Funds
Sang Jung Kim, Ph.D. 2023 | Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
Matt Minich, Ph.D. 2023 | Postdoctoral Researcher, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Xerxes Minocher, Ph.D. 2023 | Assistant Professor, Haverford College
Margarita Orozco, Ph.D. 2023 | Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
Kiran Bhatia, Ph.D. 2022 | User Experience Researcher, Victoria’s Secret
Shreenita Ghosh, Ph.D. 2022 | Research Associate, Pew Research Center
Hyungjin Gill, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Cal State Poly Pomona
Soo Yun Kim, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley
Jianing Li, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, University of South Florida
Estelle Ranran Mi, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Kean University
Swee Kiat “SK” Tay, Ph.D. 2022 | Postdoc, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
Yiping Xia, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Ellie Fan Yang, Ph.D. 2022 | Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University
Steven Wang, Ph.D. 2022 | Postdoc, University of Kansas
Helen Cho, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Richmond
Ornella Hills, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Steven’s Point
Juwon Hwang, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
Sunghak Kim, Ph.D. 2021 | Postdoc, Yonsei University College of Medicine
Jiyoun Suk, Ph.D. 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut
Chau Tong, Ph.D. 2021 | Postdoc, Cornell University
Hyesun Choung, Ph.D. 2020 | Postdoc, Michigan State University
Jordan Foley, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Professor, Washington State
Josephine Lukito, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas-Austin
Meredith Metzler, Ph.D. 2020 | Research Lead, Northwestern Mutual
Jeff Tischauser, Ph.D. 2020 | Senior Research Analyst, Southern Poverty Law Center
Alicia Wright, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Director, Lifelong Learning, Dartmouth College
Yini Zhang, Ph.D. 2020 | Assistant Professor, SUNY – Buffalo
Eunji Cho, Ph.D. 2019 | Assistant Professor, Midwestern State University
Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen, Ph.D. 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
Ceri Hughes, Ph.D. 2019 | Lecturer, Brunel University – London
Jinha Kim, Ph.D. 2019 | Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Jiawei Liu, Ph.D. 2019 | Postdoc, Cornell University
Mark Mederson, Ph.D. 2019 | Assistant Professor, Loras College
Mitch Schwartz, Ph.D. 2019 | Technical Service Engineer, EPIC
German Alvarez, Ph.D. 2018 | Postdoc, University of Texas, Austin
Yangsun Hong, Ph.D. 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque
Megan Duncan, Ph.D. 2018 | Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Rachel Kornfield, Ph.D. 2018 | Postdoc, Northwestern University
JungHwan Yang, Ph.D. 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
David Coppini, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Denver
Catasha Davis, Ph.D. 2017 | Researcher, FrameWorks Institute
TaeJoon Moon, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Mallory Perryman, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jordan Stalker, Ph.D. 2017 | Adjunct Faculty, DePaul University
Stephanie Tsang, Ph.D. 2017 | Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Michael Mirer, Ph.D. 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Mitchell Bard, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, Iona College
Matthew Barnidge, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Denise St. Clair, Ph.D. 2015 | Senior Study Director at Westat
Nakho Kim, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, Penn State Harrisburg
Linda Pfeiffer, Ph.D. 2015 | Assistant Professor, Purdue University
David Jasun Carr, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Idaho State University
Magda Konieczna, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Temple University
Timothy Macafee, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Concordia University
Min Woo Kwon, Ph.D. 2014 | Manager Big Data Group, Samsung Electronics Co., LTD
Bryan McLaughlin, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Texas Tech University
Nicholas Brigham Schmuhl, Ph.D. 2014 | Communications Manager, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, UW-Madison
Manisha Shelat, Ph.D. 2014 | Associate Professor, Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA)
Jiun-Yi Tsai, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University
Davita Veselenak, Ph.D. 2014 | Program & Policy Analyst, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Woo Hyun Yoo, Ph.D. 2014 | Assistant Professor, Incheon National University
Robert Rabe, Ph.D. 2013 | Graduate Coordinator, Marshall University
John C. Thomson Jr., Ph.D. 2013 | Learning Platform Administrator, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Keith Zukas, Ph.D. 2013 | Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Stephanie Edgerly, Ph.D. 2012 | Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Melissa Gotlieb, Ph.D. 2012 | Associate Professor, Texas Tech University
Christopher Terry, Ph.D. 2012 | Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Erica Salkin, Ph.D. 2012 | Associate Professor, Whitworth University
Bryan Ming Wang, Ph.D. 2012 | Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Eulalia Puig Abril, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Anthony Dudo, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Brian Ekdale, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Sojung Claire Kim, Ph.D. 2011 | Assistant Professor, George Mason University
Kang Namkoong, Ph.D. 2011 | Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Kihun Sung, Ph.D. 2011 | Assistant Professor, Catholic University of Korea
Melissa Tully, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, University of Iowa
Emily Vraga, Ph.D. 2011 | Associate Professor, George Mason University
Amy Bree Becker, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Loyola University Maryland
Porismita Borah, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Washington State University
Julie Beth Lane, Ph.D. 2010 | Assistant Professor, Boise State University
Namjin Lee, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, College of Charleston
Peter Hart-Brinson, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Qiujing Lisa Bu, Ph.D. 2010 | Content Distribution Manager, TED Conferences
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
Kjerstin Sonja Thorson, Ph.D. 2010 | Associate Professor, Michigan State University