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Ph.D. Alumni
With alumni in professional positions on University faculty and in various
government and research agencies in over twenty states and several foreign
countries, the Department is well represented in the discipline. Most
students in the doctoral program expect to pursue a career as part of
a university faculty. The Department provides information on available
positions, assists in the development of a placement file, and sends
that file to institutions that are recruiting faculty. Our students
have a strong record of obtaining positions; some at major research
universities, some at smaller colleges and universities that emphasize
undergraduate teaching, others in the private sector or government.
Many of our graduates are listed below with the year of their degree
and their current place of employment.
Job Placements
: As of Fall 2012
| Year | Name | Area | Initial Placement | Current Placement |
| 2012 | Danny Hill | IR | University of Georgia | |
| Daniel Milton | IR | Arkansas State University | ||
| Sunhee Park | IR | Central European University | ||
| Meredith Whiteman | Policy | Charter Schools USA | ||
| Jessica Ice(Herwat) | Policy | West Virginia University Institute for Labor Studies and Research |
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| Andreas Beger | IR | Duke University Post-Doc | ||
| 2011 | Justin Conrad | IR | UNC-Charlotte | Ben Gaskins | AP | Gardner-Webb University |
| 2010 | Courtenay Ryals Conrad | IR | UC - Merced | UNC-Charlotte |
| Greg Goelzhauser | American | Coastal Carolina | Utah State University | |
| Daniel Scheller | Policy | Western Kentucky University | New Mexico State | |
| James P. Nelson | American | UT - Pan American | Lamar University | |
| Sally Anderson | IR | Univ. South Florida | ||
| Hong-Cheol Kim | IR | Republic of Korea Air Force | ||
| Jeffrey Weber | IR | Trinity College Dublin | ||
| Elizabeth Nyman | IR | FSU Geography Post-Doc | University of Louisiana-Lafatette | |
| 2009 | Jackie H.R. DeMerrit | IR | University of North Texas | |
| Melissa Neal | American | Texas A&M - Corpus Christi | ||
| Robert Parrillo | IR | Auburn-Montgomery | Full Sail University | |
| Woojin Kang | Comparative | Angelo State University | ||
| Soo Hyun Jung | Policy | Yonsei University (South Korea) Post-Doc | ||
| 2008 | Justin Esarey | Policy/Methods | Emory University | Rice University |
| Joseph K. Young | IR/Comparative | Southern Illinois University | American University | |
| Faruk Ekmekci | IR | Illinois Wesleyan University | University of Trabzon (Turkey) | |
| 2007 | Cindy Rugeley | American/Policy | Texas Tech University | |
| Joel Turner | American | Western Kentucky University | ||
| William Davis | IR/Comparative | Walsh University | ||
| Glynn Ellis | IR | Georgia Southern University | ||
| Nicholas Charron | IR | Goteborg University (Sweden) | ||
| Christina Fattore | IR | West Virginia University | ||
| 2006 | Ramiro Berardo | Policy | University of Arizona | |
| Joohyun Kang | Policy | Sookmyung Women's University (South Korea) | ||
| Shunta Matsumoto | American | Meijo University (Japan) | ||
| Emilia Powell | IR/Comparative | Georgia Southern | University of Notre Dame | |
| Marc Pape | IR | Dickinson College | ||
| Mike Allison | IR | University of Scranton | ||
| Christopher Lewis | American | Haas Center, University of West Florida | ||
| 2005 | Mary Anderson | American | University of Memphis | University of Tampa |
| Sabri Ciftci | IR | Kansas State University | ||
| Kursad Turan | IR | Baskent University (Turkey) | ||
| Brad Kile | Policy | Kile Consulting | ||
| William R. Bowen, Jr. | Policy/American | Pensacola Christian College | ||
| 2004 | Andrew Long | IR | University of Mississippi | Kansas State University |
| Carl Dasse | Policy | Legislative Staff, Florida House | ||
| 2003 | Stephen M. Shellman | IR | College of William & Mary | |
| Jun Young Choi | American | Inha University, Inchon (South Korea) | ||
| Clifton Sherrill | IR | Mississippi College | ||
| 2002 | Ethan Bernick | Policy | University of Illinois-Springfield | Kansas State University |
| Thomas E. Sowers | IR | Lamar University | ||
| John Vanzo | Comparative | Bainbridge College | ||
| Robert A. Hart, Jr. | IR | Univ. North Texas | Harris Interactive | |
| Scot Schraufnagel | American/Policy | University of Central Florida | Northern Illinois | |
| Wartyna Davis | Policy/American | William Paterson University | ||
| Petia Kostadinova | IR | University of Florida | ||
| 2001 | Belinda C. Davis | Policy | Michigan State University | Louisiana State University |
| Thomas F. Brezenski | IR | St. Thomas University | ||
| 2000 | Tatiana Kostadinova | Comparative | Minnesota-Duluth | Florida International University |
| John Tures | IR | La Grange College | ||
| Arnold Lewis | American | College of Wooster | William Paterson University | |
| Scott Lamothe | Policy | University of Nebraska | University of Oklahoma | |
| 1999 | David Clark | IR | University of Iowa | Binghamton University |
| Marc Turetzky | IR | Gavilan College | ||
| James Corey | Policy | High Point University | ||
| Don Smith | Policy | University of North Texas | ||
| 1998 | Richard Fording | Policy | University of Kentucky | |
| Joseph D. Eyerman | IR | Research Triangle Institute | ||
| Laura Langer | American/Policy | Washington State University | University of Arizona | |
| Quan Li | IR | Pennsylvania State University | Texas A&M University | |
| William Reed | IR | Michigan State University | University of Maryland | |
| Jeffrey Yates | American/Policy | University of Georgia | Binghamton University | |
| 1997 | Aubrey Jewett | American/Policy | University of Central Florida | |
| Eric Prier | American | Florida Atlantic University | ||
| 1996 | Jean-Sebastien Rioux | IR | Laval University (Quebec) | |
| James Ciotti | IR | |||
| Mark Padgett | IR | Duke University (ROTC) | ||
| Jeffrey Ling | IR | Iowa State University | Evergreen Solutions, LLC | |
| 1995 | Carol Glen | IR | Valdosta State University | |
| Hyeon-Joong Shin | Comparative | Chonnam Natl U (South Korea) | ||
| Kevin Wang | IR | Urban Institute - Washington DC | Research Triangle Institute | |
| Erick Highum | IR | University of Wisconsin- River Falls | ||
| Debra Munro | Comparative | |||
| Lui Hebron | IR | California Maritime Academy, California State University | ||
| 1994 | Frank Trapp | Policy | Methodist College | |
| Hyun Jang | Comparative | |||
| Noh Soon Chang | IR | |||
| Patricia Morris | IR | Purdue | ||
| 1993 | Mi Yung Yoon | IR | Hanover College | |
| 1992 | Edward DeClair | IR/Comparative | Lynchburg College | |
| Robert Wells | IR | University of New Orleans | Thiel College (PA) | |
| Abdullah Al-Ghamdi | Comparative | |||
| Saud Al-Otaibi | Comparative | |||
| 1991 | Chinsoo Bae | IR | Korean Research Institute for Military Affairs | |
| Roy Dawes | American | Southwestern Louisiana | Gettysburg College | |
| James Decker | American | Macon State College | ||
| Scott Hays | Policy | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | ||
| Eimad Houry | Comparative | Mercer College | ||
| Salvatore Lombardo | American/Policy | Siena College | ||
| P. S. Ruckman, Jr. | American/Policy | Northern Illinois | Rock Valley College | |
| Gawdat Baghat | Comparative | |||
| James Frederick McMichael | American | |||
| 1990 | Mihalis Halkides | Comparative | Krassacopoulos (Greece) | |
| Huo-Yan Shyu | Comparative | Academic Sinica (Taiwan) | ||
| Nelson Easterling | American | Florida Senate Staff | ||
| Chris Bourdouvalis | Comparative | |||
| 1989 | Kenneth Christie | Comparative | University of Bergen (Norway) | |
| Craig Emmert | American | Texas Tech University | ||
| Robert Rohrschneider | Comparative | Indiana University | University of Kansas | |
| Yusen Liu | Comparative | |||
| Aie-Rie Lee | Comparative | Texas Tech University | ||
| Hasan Johar | Comparative | |||
| 1988 | Carol Ann Traut | American | South Dakota | Univ of Texas - Permian Basin |
| Amjad E. Haddad | Comparative | Jordan University (Jordan) | ||
| Ayse Tuna | Comparative | Bilkent Univ (Turkey) | ||
| Richard Blanco | Comparative | University of Puerto Rico | ||
| Mohammed Arab | Comparative | |||
| 1987 | Stephanie Larson | American | Dickinson College | |
| Genie Stowers | American | San Francisco State University | ||
| William R. Fleming | Policy | |||
| 1986 | Keith Nicholls | American | Arizona State | University of South Alabama |
| Ebere Onwudiwe | IR | Central State University (Ohio) | ||
| Suzanne Parker | American | FSU | Purdue University | |
| Barbara White | Policy | University of Texas, Austin | ||
| Jonah Ekpenyong | Comparative | |||
| Nancy Lea Ross | American | State of Florida | ||
| William Ruefle | American | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | Univ. South Florida | |
| 1985 | Theodore Davis | American | University of Mississippi | University of Delaware |
| Robert Brown | Comparative | Troy State University | ||
| Krisada Suthanintr | Comparative | |||
| Abdullah Samardar | IR | |||
| 1984 | Robert Duval | IR/Methods | West Virginia University | |
| Karl Schultz | Political Theory | Dept of Revenue, State of FL | ||
| Abdelrahma Al-Hegelan | Comparative | |||
| Harry Shallcross | IR | |||
| Nickolas Limberes | Comparative | |||
| Ali Mivechi | Comparative | |||
| 1983 | L. Gary Zuk | IR | Clemson | |
| George W. Pruet | American | University of New Orleans | ||
| Charles Windler | American | Broward Community College | ||
| Matthew DeZee | American | Defense Systems, Inc. | Cisco Systems | |
| Stephen K. Foster | Policy | |||
| 1982 | William Taggart | Policy | New Mexico State University | |
| Paul Lopatto | American | CBS News Survey Unit | Budget Office, City of New York | |
| Mohammed S. Al-Ghamdi | Comparative | |||
| Douglas McIntyre | American | |||
| Dorothy Davidson Nesbit | American | Oklahoma | ||
| Gamal Perez-Santiago | IR | |||
| John Burt, Jr. | American | FSU | ||
| Ernie Litz | American/Policy | State of Florida | ||
| 1981 | Karen Rasler | IR | Indiana University | |
| Chaichana Ingavata | Comparative | |||
| Jayme Kaniss | American | Catawba College | ||
| Kenneth Mitchell | Policy | |||
| Suliman Shadukhi | Comparative | |||
| Mohamad Aizli-Bigdeli | Comparative | |||
| Syrous Abbassi | Comparative | |||
| Barrie Edward Blunt | Policy | University of Maine-Orono | ||
| Adam Azzain Mohammed | Comparative | |||
| Martin Thompson | American | |||
| 1980 | Diana DiNitto | Policy | University of Texas, Austin | |
| Antoine Chaibane | IR | |||
| Byung-Chin Kim | Comparative | |||
| James Renick | Policy | University of West Florida | American Council on Education | |
| Paul Kadlec | Policy | |||
| Lance Brouthers | American | University of North Texas | UT-El Paso | |
| Mima Nedelcovych | Comparative | Schaffner Global Group | ||
| Larry Wright | Comparative | |||
| Ibrahim F. Al-Ghofaily | Comparative | |||
| Hilal Khashan | Comparative | |||
| 1979 | Kent Portney | Policy | Tufts | |
| Cesar Marcello Baquero | Comparative | Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil | ||
| Kwang-Mo Koo | Policy | |||
| Andrew Fogarty | American | CSX Corporation | ||
| James Nathan Cole | Policy | |||
| Edmund Sokari George | Comparative | U. Science and Technology, Nigeria | ||
| David Rapkin | Comparative/IR | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
| 1978 | Laurie Eckert Ekstrand | Policy | ||
| Hae Shik Kim | Comparative | |||
| Darwin Bruce Gamble | Policy | Arkansas State University | Florida OPPAGA | |
| James Benton | American | University of South Florida | ||
| Ghassan Raad | IR | |||
| 1977 | Marilyn Dantico | American | Illinois-Chicago | Arizona State University |
| Michael McDonald | American | University of New Orleans | Binghamton University | |
| Emma Jackson | IR | |||
| James Ammons | Policy | Florida A&M University | ||
| Michael Colella | Policy | |||
| Corey Schou | IR | |||
| Ahmed Dia | IR | |||
| Theodore Robinson | American | |||
| Thomas Russell Davies | IR | |||
| 1976 | Henry Sirgo | American | McNeese State University | |
| Alice Titus | American | University of Nevada at Las Vegas | US House of Representatives | |
| John Franklin Whitehouse | ||||
| Elaine Johansen | University of Connecticut | |||
| Peter Fannon | Policy | |||
| William A. Eckert | Policy | Arthur D. Little and Co. | ||
| Gilbert Bergquist | IR | FL Dept of Community Affairs | Institute of Science and Public Affairs, FSU | |
| 1975 | Susan MacManus | American/Policy | Univ. of Houston | University of South Florida |
| Carol Cassel | American | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa | ||
| Stanley Richard Freedman | American | Office of Statistical Standards, Energy Information Administration | ||
| Jon Siew Tien Quah | Comparative | National University of Singapore | ||
| Karl Dixon | Comparative | |||
| David Barton Hill | American | Kansas State University | Hill Research Associates, TX | |
| Thomas Lane Hurley | Policy | University of Alabama | ||
| Edward Glenn Weston | American | University of Florida | ||
| Omar Fathaly | Comparative | |||
| Willie Earl Johnson | Policy | |||
| Darryl Paulson | American | USF-St. Petersburg | ||
| Moon Cho Rhee | IR | |||
| Alan Trachten | Theory | |||
| Donald Tryman (D) | American | Texas Southern University | Mississippi State University | |
| 1974 | William A.P. Thompson | Comparative | Bishop College | |
| Prasan Wongyai | Comparative | |||
| Eugene Declercq | Comparative | Boston University School of Public Health | ||
| Neuman Frank Pollack | Policy | |||
| Dwight Francis Davis | Florida Auditor General | |||
| 1973 | Soud Abdel A. Ramadan | Comparative | ||
| Nancy Joyner | IR | University of Virginia | ||
| Robert J. Leonard | Policy | |||
| John W. Pickering | American | Lamar University | Senior Executive Institute, UVa | |
| Phillip Roeder | Policy | University of Kentucky | ||
| James F. Sheffield | Policy | University of New Orleans | University of Oklahoma | |
| 1972 | Harold Edward Albert | Policy | ||
| Leonard Douglas Dobson | American | |||
| Michael Worman | American | |||
| Terry J. Edwards | ||||
| Bruce Lawrence Kessler | American/Policy | |||
| Khalil A. Nakib | Comparative | |||
| Wanki Paik | Comparative | |||
| 1971 | Richard Finnegan | Comparative | Stonehill College | |
| Charles N. Brownstein | American | |||
| John Armando Garcia | ||||
| William Gary Howard | American | |||
| William Paul Collins | Policy | |||
| 1970 | Frank Scioli | American | National Science Foundation | |
| Daniel Fleitas | American | UNC-Charlotte | ||
| Rafael A. Lecuona | Comparative | TAMU-International | ||
| Thomas J. Price | Comparative | Florida Atlantic University | UT-El Paso | |
| Richard W. Griffin | Policy | Ferris State University | ||
| Boyd Lee Lanier | Comparative | Lamar University | ||
| Daniel O. Vaughn | Policy | |||
| David H. Vomacka | ||||
| Thomas H. Kiefer | American | |||
| Stephen I. Levine | American | |||
| Peter Flaum | Policy | |||
| 1969 | Manohar Lal Gupta | Comparative | ||
| Thomas J. Cook | ||||
| David S. Lindsay | American | |||
| Thomas H. Roback | ||||
| Talib Abbas Al-Tabatabai | Comparative | |||
| 1968 | Syng Ek Moon | Theory | ||
| H. Fred Vetter | Policy | University of Kentucky | ||
| 1967 | Parris N. Glendening | American | University of Maryland | |
| Makoto Takizawa | IR | |||
| Herbert Stephens | American | |||
| Galen Arnold Irwin | ||||
| Walton Harrison Owens | ||||
| 1966 | Chee Soon Ahn | Theory | ||
| William Edward Coyle | American | |||
| Thomas C. Laughlin | American | |||
| Mary Kathryn Lepper | IR | |||
| Jimmie William Stevens | American | |||
| David Franklin Dickson | American | |||
| Roald Y. Mykkeltvedt | American | |||
| 1965 | Weldon Vernon Barton | American | ||
| Charles Wythe Dunn | American | |||
| Byung Koo Pak | IR | |||
| Roger Marvin Nichols | American | |||
| Hugh Stephen Whitaker | American | |||
| 1961 | Anne Estelle Kelley | American | ||
| 1957 | Raul de Guzman Y Policarpio | American/Comparative | ||