This list reflects positions currently held or accepted by our alumni
Ph.D. Placements
2022
Patrick Chester: The China Data Lab-UCSD, Postdoctoral Scholar
Dongil Lee: Korea Development Institute, Assistant Professor
Matt Malis: Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor (2023-); Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Postdoctoral Fellow (22-23)
Lucia Motolinia: Washington University in St. Louis, Assistant Professor
Tine Paulsen: University of Southern California, Assistant Professor
Ye Wang: University of North Carolina, Assistant Professor
Sidak Yntiso: University of Rochester, Assistant Professor
Jan Zilinsky: Technical University of Munich, Postdoctoral Fellow
Stephanie Zonszein: University of California Berkeley, Assistant Professor.
2021
Rafael ChDuran: Princeton University, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, Postdoctoral Fellow
James Bisbee: Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor; currently Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Social Media and Politics, NYU
Taylor Mattia: University of Pennsylvania, Center for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Immigration, Postdoctoral Fellow
Sebastian Thieme: University of Toulouse, Postdoctoral Fellow
Stephanie Zonszien: University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Fellow
2020
Antonella Bandiera: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Assistant Professor
Nicholas Haas: Aarhus University, Assistant Professor
Sean Kates: School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, Associate Director of Programs in Data Analytics
Prabin Khadka: University of Essex, Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Zhenhuan (Reed) Lei: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Assistant Professor
Umberto Mignozzetti: Emory University, Visiting Assistant Professor
Ju Yeon Park: University of Essex, Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Steven Rashin: Salem Center, University of Texas, Postdoctoral Fellow
Denis Stukal: HSE University, Associate Professor
2019
Abraham Aldama: Social Norms Group, The University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Fellow
Zhaotian Luo: University of Chicago, Assistant Professor
Mateo Vasquez: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Assistant Professor
Alessandro Vecchiato: Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford, Postdoctoral Fellow
2018
Maria Carreri: University of California San Diego, Assistant Professor
Emine Deniz: Özyeğin University, Assistant Professor
Megan Metzger: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kevin Munger: Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor
Sergey Sanovich: Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University,Postdoctoral Fellow
Renard Sexton: Emory University, Assistant Professor
Alexandra Siegel: University of Colorado, Assistant Professor
Gabor Simonovits: Central European University, Assistant Professor
Denis Stukal: Social Media and Political Participation Lab, NYU, Postdoctoral Fellow
2017
Eric Arias: William and Mary, Assistant Professor
Rodolpho Bernabel: ESPM (Sao Paolo Brazil), Assistant Professor
Jeffrey Carnegie: Montana State University (Bozeman), Teaching Assistant Professor
Livio Di Lonardo: Bocconi University, Assistant Professor
Soenke Ehret: Oxford Nuffield, Researcher
Saad Gulzar: Stanford University, Assistant Professor
Marlene Guraieb: Facebook, Data Scientist
Carlo Horz: Texas A&M, Assistant Professor
Hannah Simpson: Texas A&M, Assistant Professor
Emily West: University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor
2016
Drew Dimmery: Facebook, Data Scientist
Omar Garcia Ponce: George Washington University, Assistant Professor
SP Harish: William and Mary, Assistant Professor
Woo Chang Kang: Australian National University, Lecturer
Kai Ou: Florida State, Assistant Professor
Ju Yeon Park: Washington University at St. Louis, Postdoctoral Fellow
Sunkyoung Park: Incheon National University, Assistant Professor
Pedro Silva: Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Assistant Professor
2015
Pablo Barbera: University of Southern California, Assistant Professor
Brett Casper: ZS Associates, Business Associate Consultant
Jenny Guardado: Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Assistant Professor
Adam Harris: University College London, Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Franziska Keller: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor
Marko Klasjna: Georgetown School of Foreign Service/ Government Department (joint position), Assistant Professor
Parashar Kulkarni: Yale-NUS College, Assistant Professor
Lindsay Newman: IHS Markit, County Risk and Forecasting Team
Scott Tyson: University of Michigan, Assistant Professor
2014
Michaël Aklin: University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor
Nicholas Almendares: Federal District Court of the Southern District of Texas and Tulane University, Visiting Assistant Professor
Iulia Cioroianu: University of Exeter, Research Fellow
Lindsey Cormack: Stevens Institute of Technology, Assistant Professor
Dominik Duell: Essex, Assistant Professor
Pablo Fernandez-Vazquez: University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Proessor
Jorge Gallego: Universidad del Rosario, Assistant Professor
Ji Yeon Hong: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor
Sebastián Lavezzolo: Carlos III University of Madrid, Assistant Professor
2013
Andrew Bausch: Carnegie Mellon University, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ana Bracic: University of Oklahoma, Assistant Professor
Julie Browne: Yeshiva University, Assistant Professor
Hanil Chang: New York University Abu Dhabi, Postdoctoral Fellow
Drew Conway: Project Florida, Head of Data
Patrick LeBihan: Science Po (France), Assistant Professor
Andrew Little: University of California, Berkeley, Assistant Professor
Kristin Michelitch: Vanderbilt University, Assistant Professor
Kazuto Ohtsuki: Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Assistant Professor
Gonzalo Rivero: Westat, Senior Data Scientist
Victoria Shineman: University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor
Tianyang Xi: Peking University, National School of Development, Assistant Professor
Yael Zeira: University of Mississippi, Croft Assistant Professor
Thomas Zeitzoff : American University, Assistant Professor
2012
Mike Tiernay: Edmunds, Senior Data Scientist
Michael Kates: Georgetown University, Visiting Assistant Professor
Alexander Herzog: Clemson University, Lecturer
Nicholas Beauchamp: Northeastern University, Assistant Professor
Didac Queralt: Yale, Assistant Professor
Robin Harding: University of Oxford, Associate Professor
Tolga Sinmazdemir: SOAS, University of London, Senior Lecturer
2011
Daniel Berger: Creative Associates International, Data Lead
Mathew Coakley: University of Warwick, Teaching Fellow
Michael Woodruff: Citigroup Digital Insights, Senior Vice President
Andrew Therriault: City of Boston, Chief Data Officer
Anna Getmansky: London School of Economics and Political Science, Assistant Professor
Alejandro Quiroz Flores: University of Essex, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
Adam Bonica: Stanford University, Assistant Professor
Feryal Cherif: Loyola Marymount University, Associate Professor
Simon Chauchard: Dartmouth College, Assistant Professor
James Hollyer: University of Minnesota, Benjamin Evans Lippincott Associate Professor
2010
Anna Bassi: UNC - Chapel Hill, Associate Professor
Anjali Thomas Bohlken: Georgia Tech Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Assistant Professor
Gökçe Göktepe: IBEI, Barcelona, Assistant Professor
Fernando Martel Garcia: Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, Post-doctoral research fellow
Hande Mutlu: Columbia University, Lecturer
Ernest Sergenti: World Bank, Senior Economist
Yunus Sozen: Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Assistant Professor
2009
Melanie Goodrich: Westat, Research Manager
Gwendolyn Taylor: Yale University, Post-doctoral Fellow
Yu Wang: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Assistant Professor
2008
Leslie Johns: UCLA, Associate Professor
Vincentas Vobolevicius: ISM University of Management and Economics, Associate Professor
2007
Ozlem Altan: Koc University, Istanbul, Associate Professor
Severine Autesserre: Barnard College, Professor
Beth Ginsberg: University of Connecticut, Assistant Professor in Residence
Julios Rios-Figueroa: CIDE, Associate Professor
Nicole Simoneli: New York University, Clinical Professor
Melanie Goodrich: Booz Allen Hamilton, Senior Consultant