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PhD job placement

Doctoral alumni: first and current jobs

The Ford School's PhD alumni go on to impressive careers in academia and public sector organizations including think tanks, federal government agencies, and foundations. Review our list of first and current jobs for Ford School doctoral alumni.

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Public Policy and Economics

Name

Position at graduation

Current Position

Abarcar, Paolo '16

Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc

Research Economist, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc

Alejos, Luis '18

Fiscal Economist (Consultant), Inter-American Development Bank; Research Affiliate, Office of Tax Policy Research, University of Michigan

Fiscal Economist (Consultant), Inter-American Development Bank; Research Affiliate, Office of Tax Policy Research, University of Michigan

Allen IV, James Edward '23

Associate Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Associate Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute

Beam, Emily ‘13

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, National University of Singapore

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Vermont

Broussard, Nzinga ‘08

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, Ohio State University; Assistant Professor, Claremont McKenna College

Senior Director of Impact Measurement, Sorenson Impact Center, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

Crow, Mark '19

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Academy Professor, Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Ferrero, Chiara '21

Economist, International Monetary Fund

Economist, International Monetary Fund

Fitzpatrick, Anne '15

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts - Boston

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University

Garlick, Robert ‘13

Postdoctoral Fellow, World Bank Development Research Group; Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Duke University

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Duke University

Gilbert, Laurien '18

Associate, Cornerstone Research

Senior Manager, Cornerstone Research

Godlonton, Susan ‘13

Postdoctoral Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute; Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Williams College

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Chair of Public Health Program, Williams College

Goldberg, Jessica ‘11

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Maryland

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Maryland - College Park

Goldstein, Daniel ‘07

Lecturer, Department of Economics, Penn State University

Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, Penn State University

Hamilton, Steven '18

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, George Washington University; Visiting Fellow, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University

Assistant Professor of Economics, George Washington University

Hernández, Mónica '16

Postdoctoral Fellow, The Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, Tulane University

Assistant Professor, EAFIT University

Hyman, Joshua ‘13

Postdoctoral Fellow, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Amherst College

Johnson, Erik ‘11

Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Georgia Tech

Assistant Professor of Economics, Chair of Department of Economics, Carthage College

Karol, Stephanie ‘23

Financial Economist, Office of Tax Analysis, Department of Treasury

Financial Economist, Office of Tax Analysis, Department of Treasury

Kingery, Seth '16

Administrator, Central Plains Research Data Center, United States Census Bureau

Administrator, Central Plains Research Data Center, United States Census Bureau

Lim, Katie '16

Financial Economist, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Office

Research Agricultural Economist, USDA Economic Research Service

Litten, Andrew '17

Associate, Cornerstone Research

Principal, Cornerstone Research

Mahajan, Parag '20

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Delaware

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Delaware

Martin, Shawn '22

Associate, Cornerstone Research

Associate, Cornerstone Research

Matsudaira, Jordan ‘05

Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, University of California - Berkeley

Professor, American University

McLaren, Zoe ‘10

Research Affiliate, IZA Institute for the Study of Labor

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Montgomery, Nicholas ‘13

Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin & Marshall College

Lecturer III, University of Michigan

Murphy, Daniel ‘13

Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Associate Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia

Nunn, Ryan ‘12

Economist, Office of Microeconomic Analysis, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Assistant Vice President for Community Development and Engagement, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Owen, Stephanie ‘21

Assistant Professor, Colby College

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Colby College

Pounder DeMarco, Laurie '07

Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Principal Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Ratner, David ‘12

Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Principal Economist, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Resch, Alexandra ‘08

Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc

Senior Advisor for Learning Innovation, FAS Impact Fellow, Institute of Education Sciences

Streich, Francie '14

Research Scientist, Amherst H. Wilder Foundation

Director of Institutional Research, Normandale Community College

Theoharides, Caroline '14

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Amherst College

Associate Professor of Economics, Chair of Department of Economics, Amherst College

Thompson, Hope '17

Operations Research Analyst, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Senior Strategy Advisor of Resilience, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Toohey, Desmond '15

Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Delaware

Financial Economist, Office of Markets, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Tulayasathien, Soraphol ‘03

Director, Economic Stability Analysis Division, Thailand Treasury Department

Senior Economist, Ministry of Finance of Thailand

Vaught, Dyann ‘24

Economist, Office of Economic Policy, Department of Treasury

Economist, Office of Economic Policy, Department of Treasury

Walsh, Elias ‘11

Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc

Principal Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc

 

Public Policy and Political Science

 

Name

Position at graduation

Current Position

Atwell, Paul Andrew '23

Postdoctoral Researcher, Juan March Institute, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Postdoctoral Researcher, Juan March Institute, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Barnes, Carolyn '14

Researcher and Lecturer, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

Associate Professor, University of Chicago

Beatty, Alison-Leigh Zielen ‘20

Mobility Specialist, Ann Arbor SPARK

Employer Unknown

Benstead, Lindsay ‘08

Postdoctoral Fellow; Lecturer, Princeton University

Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Hatfield School of Government, Director of the Middle East Studies Center, Portland State University

Bray, Janna '13

UX Researcher, Airbnb

Head of Research, Notion

Brown (Reid), Ashley ‘12

Senior Associate, McKinsey & Company

Senior Principal, ghSMART

Carr, Sydney Lee '23

Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross

Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross

Demessie, Menna ‘10

Fellow, APSA, Congressional Fellowship

Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the Task Force for Meaningful Change, Universal Music Group

Ellis, Cali '15

Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for International Studies, University of Southern California (2016-17); Assistant Professor, Masters of Public Administration Program, Evergreen State College (2017 onwards)

Executive Director, Seattle Community Police Commission

Gause, LaGina '16

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ash Center for Democracy, Harvard University (2016-17); Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California - San Diego (2017-18)

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California - San Diego

Gong, Abe ‘13

Data Scientist, Jawbone

CEO and Co-Founder, Superconductive Health

Helfstein, Scott ‘08

Assistant Professor, U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Strategy, Global X ETFs

Hemphill, Portia '15

Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Department of Housing and Development (HUD)

Senior Community Affairs Specialist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Howard, Tiffiany ‘06

Assistant Professor, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and School of Public Policy, George Mason University

Director of the Center for Migration, Demography, and Population Studies; Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Kabo, Valenta ‘13

Program Director, Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies; Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Lecturer, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Katz, Daniel ‘11

Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University

Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Kavanagh, Jennifer ‘11

Associate Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Senior Fellow, Director of Military Analysis, Defense Priority

Kostyuk, Nadiya '20

Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech

Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University

Lerner, Michael ‘21

Lecturer, London School of Economics

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Policy, London School of Economics

Lee, Jieun '20

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Buffalo

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Buffalo

Loftis, Kenyatha ‘10

Research Associate, Department of Political Science, Rice University; Research Specialist in the Office of Research and Accountability at the Houston Independent School District

Co-Founder, LSF Enterprises

McGee Larue, Heather ‘11

World Learning Democracy Fellow, USAID/DCHA/DRG Learning Team; Research Associate, International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI)

Executive Director, DevLab@Duke, Associate Professor of Practice, Duke University

Okwuje, Ifeoma ‘05

Budget Analyst, House Budget Committee, DC

Foreign Service Officer & Deputy Strategic Content Coordinator, U.S. Embassy Beijing, U.S. Department of State

Paul, Eitan ‘22

Research Manager, J-PAL Global at MIT

Senior Research Manager, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Phinney, Robin ‘10

Lecturer, Taubman Center for Public Policy & American Institutions, Brown University

President, Rise Research LLC.

Phoenix, Davin '12

Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Social Science, University of California - Irvine

Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Social Science, University of California - Irvine

Potter, Rachel '14

Assistant Professor of Politics, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Associate Professor of Politics, Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Ravishankar, Anita '21

Director, Criminal Justice Research - Policing, Arnold Ventures

Principal Research Associate, Urban Institute

Ravanilla, Nico '15

Shorenstein Postdoctoral Fellow, Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Stanford University 

Assistant Professor of Political Science, School of Global Policy & Strategy, University of California - San Diego

Redmond, Sinead '23

Associate, Bodman PLC

Associate, Bodman PLC

Reynolds, Molly '15

Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution

Simonelli, Corina '21

Data Scientist, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations

Data Scientist, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations

Stephens, LaFleur ‘12

Visiting Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Assistant Professor of Politics, Department of Politics, Princeton University

Teodoro, Manny ‘07

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Colgate University

Associate Professor, Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Tkacheva, Olesya ‘09

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester

Associate Professor, Brussels School of Governance, VUB

Ullah, Haroon ‘11

Belfer Fellow, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Employer unknown

 

 

 

Policy and Sociology

 

Name

Position at graduation

Current Position

Alemu, Matthew Wolday ‘23

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago Health Lab

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago Health Lab

Burland, Elizabeth ‘23

Assistant Research Professor, University of Connecticut School of Public Policy

Assistant Research Professor, University of Connecticut School of Public Policy

Cheng, Siwei '15

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, New York University

Cross, Christina '19

Postdoctoral Researcher and Incoming Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University

Dinzey-Flores, Zaire ‘05

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow on Race, Crime, and Justice, Vera Institute of Justice

Associate Professor and Vice Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Rutgers University

Fang, Michael '19

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University

Assistant Professor, The Johns Hopkins University

Forbes, Melissa ‘10

President Management Fellow (PMF), Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Risk Management and Analysis, DC

Assistant Administrator for Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Gillooly, Jessica '20

Research Scholar, Policing Project, NYU School of Law

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice Department, Suffolk University

Greenman, Emily ‘07

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State University

Research Associate, Penn State University

Grieger, Lloyd ‘10

Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs; Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Yale University

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Global Affairs Department, Yale University

Harris, Angel ‘05

Research Fellow, University of Michigan; Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Texas at Austin; Assistant Professor, Sociology and African American Studies, Princeton University

Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University

Hevenstone, Debra ‘08

Research Economist, Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster, London

Professor, Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH

Johnson, Maria ‘10

Director, Center for Diversity and Public Policy, Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Founder and Chairperson, Black Women and Girls Fund

Killewald (Achen), Sasha ‘11

Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc

Professor, Department of Sociology, Director of the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics, and the Robert F. Schoeni Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research, Harvard University

King, Katherine ‘11

NIA Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University

Director of Data Science, Fidelity Investments

Lewis-McCoy, R. L'Heureux ‘08

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Black Studies, The City College of New York

Associate Professor of Sociology of Education, New York University 

Liu, Airan '17

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Peking University

Morrell, Erica '16

Postdoctoral Fellow, Middlebury College

Meal Program Specialist, Hunger Free Vermont

Paul, Anju ‘12

Assistant Professor of Social Science (Sociology and Public Policy), Yale-NUS College

Social Science Diversity Liaison; Professor of Social Research and Public Policy, NYU Abu Dhabi

Pavelle (Lavelle), Bridget ‘12

Senior Research Manager, Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Senior Research Manager, Washington State Department of Health and Human Services

Peachey, Everett ‘17

Research Coordinator, Quality of Life Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Support Unit, Aga Khan Development Network

Director, Aga Khan Development Network

Perez, Anthony ‘06

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology and Department of Sociology, University of Washington

Senior Director of Data Science, Target RWE Health Evidence Solutions

Pineda, Daniela ‘10

Research Analyst, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Senior Director, Center for Equity and Social Justice Research, Research Triangle Institute

Roberts, Christopher ‘10

Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis

Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis

Rochmes, Jane '14

Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Education Policy Analysis, Stanford University

Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Center for Education Research and Policy, Christopher Newport University

Ross, Karen ‘10

Associate Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Education

Employer Unknown

Seefeldt, Kristin ‘10

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Professor Social Work; Associate Director of Poverty Solutions; University of Michigan

Shapiro, Shoshana ‘23

National Poverty Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

National Poverty Fellow, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin

Sternthal, Michelle ‘08

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Public Health/Social Epidemiology, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University

Director of Government Affairs, Community Catalyst

Turner, Kennedy '19

Director-Aspects of Leadership and LEDA Graduate School Initiative, Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America

Talent Consultant, DRG Talent

Wileden, Lydia '22

Postdoctoral Scholar, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at the University of Chicago

Assistant Research Professor, University of Connecticut

Wyse, Jessica ‘11

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Research Assistant Professor, Oregon Health and Science University

Yarger (Eckerman), Jennifer ‘11

Sociologist, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health and the Philip R. Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies, University of California - San Francisco

Assistant Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California - San Francisco

Yeh, Jesse ‘23

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Center for Legal Studies, Northwestern University

Assistant Professor of Instruction, Center for Legal Studies, Northwestern University

Zelner, Jonathan ‘11

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University

Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan

 

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