{"id":3038,"date":"2023-08-02T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/?page_id=3038"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:47:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:47:30","slug":"graduate-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/graduate-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Alumni &amp; Placements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n                        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Placements_statistics.jpg\" alt=\"POIR Placement Statistics\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2025<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7910 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/jose-alcocer-headshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/jose-alcocer-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/jose-alcocer-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/jose-alcocer-headshot-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/jose-alcocer-headshot.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Jos\u00e9 Alcocer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Three Essays on Race, Gender, and Institutional Constraints Shaping Representation in U.S. Legislatures&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Applied Empirical Researcher, Harvard Law School<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1280 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Samuel-Bonilla-Bogaert-Cropped-Cropped-e1680630170819-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Samuel-Bonilla-Bogaert-Cropped-Cropped-e1680630170819-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Samuel-Bonilla-Bogaert-Cropped-Cropped-e1680630170819-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Samuel-Bonilla-Bogaert-Cropped-Cropped-e1680630170819-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Samuel-Bonilla-Bogaert-Cropped-Cropped-e1680630170819.jpg 490w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Samuel Bonilla Bogaert<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Business Power and the Culture of Political Silence: The State, Firms, and Media in the Dominican Republic&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Gerardo Munck<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Professor, Instituto Tecnol\u00f3gico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7911 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Brisbane-Laura-1280x1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Laura Brisbane<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Political Psychology of Scarcity in American Society: A Study of Culture, Discourse, and Public Opinion&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ann Crigler<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Abundance Policy Consortium Lead, Possibility Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7912 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Centeno-Raquel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Raquel Centeno<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Racial Undercurrents of Partisan Polarization: How Racial Status Threat Influences Affective Polarization&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Linde Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1316 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Gansen-Sarah-Cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Sarah Gansen<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Understanding Decision-Making Processes: The Effect of Personal Characteristics on Diplomatic Postings, Sentencing Outcomes, and Political Voting Patterns&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carol Wise<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Independent Legal Researcher and Political\/Data Analyst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7913 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-320x320.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/Johnson-Alayna.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Alayna Johnson Doebler<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Last Generation: How the International Maritime Organization has failed on climate and where to go from here&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1328 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Khemakhem-Alya-Cropped-e1680644473455-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Khemakhem-Alya-Cropped-e1680644473455-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Khemakhem-Alya-Cropped-e1680644473455-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Khemakhem-Alya-Cropped-e1680644473455-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Khemakhem-Alya-Cropped-e1680644473455.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Alya Khemakhem<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Politics of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Between Cooperation and Competition amongst MENA Countries&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Alison Dundes Renteln<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7914 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/morales_gaea-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/morales_gaea-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/morales_gaea-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/morales_gaea-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/morales_gaea-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/08\/morales_gaea.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Gaea Patrice Morales<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Agents of Mass Construction: How Cities Localize through the Sustainable Development Goals&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Loyola University Chicago<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7513 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/06\/photo_1089694-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kayla Wolf\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/06\/photo_1089694-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/06\/photo_1089694-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/06\/photo_1089694-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/06\/photo_1089694-1280x1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Kayla Wolf<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Four More Years (of Education): College, Outgroup Empathy, and Changes in Ideology&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jane Junn<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2024<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3075\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/placeholder-5x7-1.png 1144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Tolulope Babalola<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;<span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:15px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'docs-Calibri';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">Cultural Heterogeneity, Colonialism, and Black Americans&#8217; Political Behavior and Attitudes&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jane Junn<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Loyola Marymount University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1301\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Cornelius-Michelle-Cropped-e1680631540785-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Cornelius-Michelle-Cropped-e1680631540785-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Cornelius-Michelle-Cropped-e1680631540785-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Cornelius-Michelle-Cropped-e1680631540785-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Cornelius-Michelle-Cropped-e1680631540785.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Michelle Cornelius<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Partisan Media Bias vs. Structural Media Bias: Which One Dominates in a Polarized Environment?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ann Crigler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1321\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Idomoto-Yuji-Cropped.jpg 1409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Yuji Idomoto<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;China\u2019s Peaceful Rise, After All? The Threat of Rising Powers Reconsidered&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Diego<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sawasdipakdi-Pongkwan-Cropped-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sawasdipakdi-Pongkwan-Cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sawasdipakdi-Pongkwan-Cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sawasdipakdi-Pongkwan-Cropped-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sawasdipakdi-Pongkwan-Cropped.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Pongkwan Sawasdipakdi<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Hard Feelings: Friendship, Betrayal, and Outrage in International Relations&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Brian Rathbun<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Thammasat University, Bangkok<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1546\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Wong-Jackie-Cropped-e1680632676724-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Wong-Jackie-Cropped-e1680632676724-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Wong-Jackie-Cropped-e1680632676724-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Wong-Jackie-Cropped-e1680632676724-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Wong-Jackie-Cropped-e1680632676724.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Siu Hei &#8220;Jackie&#8221; Wong<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Of Words and Deeds: A 70-year Analysis of China&#8217;s Official Rhetoric and Coercion since 1949&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5119 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/photo_1082178-e1724701342317-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Alix Ziff\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/photo_1082178-e1724701342317-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/photo_1082178-e1724701342317-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/photo_1082178-e1724701342317-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/photo_1082178-e1724701342317-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/photo_1082178-e1724701342317.jpg 975w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Alix Ziff<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;<span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:13px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'Arial';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">The Politics of Aid Allocation &amp; Accessibility&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Benjamin Graham<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2023<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3039 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Crawford-Claire-scaled-e1689877478182.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Claire Crawford<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;&#8216;<span data-sheets-formula-bar-text-style=\"font-size:15px;color:#000000;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:'docs-Calibri';font-style:normal;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;\">Hum So the Devil Doesn&#8217;t Hear You&#8217;: Rural Black Southern Political Existences as the Otherwise&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations and African American Studies, Wake Forest University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1318 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Gonzalez-Edward-Cropped-e1754433850154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Edward Gonzalez<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Pathways to Nuclear Weapon Reversal: Exploring Mechanisms and Understanding Non-Proliferation Policy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Visiting Lecturer in Master of Arts in International Relations program, New York University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4738 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney-320x320.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/12\/Hua-Whitney.jpeg 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Whitney Hua<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Signaling Identity: How Race and Gender Shape What Representatives Say Online&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ann Crigler<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Director of Research &amp; Stakeholder Analytics, The Center for Election Science<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1339 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Napolio-Nicholas-Cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Nicholas Napolio<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Bureaucratic Politics and Power Building in the Administrative State&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1341 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Nguyen-Dat-X-Cropped-scaled-1-1280x1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Dat Nguyen<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Identity and Regional Integration: Case Studies on Central Asia and Southeast Asia&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Robert English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1340 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Neumeier-Stefanie-Cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Neumeier-Stefanie-Cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Neumeier-Stefanie-Cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Neumeier-Stefanie-Cropped-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Neumeier-Stefanie-Cropped.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Stefanie Neumeier<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Refugee Protection and Empowerment Joint Venture: Understanding How and Why Public and Private Actors Cooperate to Tackle the Global Refugee Crisis&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Senior Clients Insight Analyst, Edward Jones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.3359%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1349 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kendrick-Roberson-Cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kendrick-Roberson-Cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kendrick-Roberson-Cropped.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.6641%;\">\n<h3><strong>Kendrick Roberson<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Pernicious Racism And The Impacts Of Intentional Racist In A Color Blind Society&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2022<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam-1022x1024.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Barnum-Miriam.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Miriam Barnum<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Lesser Evils? WMD Pursuit Beyond Nuclear Weapons&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Purdue University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3046 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Best-Ayana-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Best-Ayana-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Best-Ayana-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Best-Ayana-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Best-Ayana.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Ayana Best<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Voices Unheard, Stories Untold: Black Women, Police Violence and Political Participation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Howard University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3048 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Cuellar-Jarred-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Cuellar-Jarred-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Cuellar-Jarred.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Jarred Cuellar<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;<em>La Eleccion de la Pandemia<\/em>: Analyzing the Adverse Effects of Covid-19 on Latinos during the 2020 Presidential Election&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3049 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Dalton-Taylor-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Dalton-Taylor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Dalton-Taylor-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Dalton-Taylor-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Dalton-Taylor.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Taylor Dalton<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Things Fall Apart: The Unraveling of International Institutions through Withdrawal&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1309 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Maria-D.-Perez-e1680632229531-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Maria-D.-Perez-e1680632229531-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Maria-D.-Perez-e1680632229531-320x320.png 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Maria Dominguez-Perez<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Strategy of Firms Towards Political Elites and Consumers in Polarized Western Democracies&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Gerardo Munck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1306 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sarah-Cueva-Cropped-e1680632207649-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sarah-Cueva-Cropped-e1680632207649-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sarah-Cueva-Cropped-e1680632207649-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sarah-Cueva-Cropped-e1680632207649-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Sarah-Cueva-Cropped-e1680632207649.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Sarah Cueva Egan<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Identity Salience and Political Violence: Centering Social Identity in the Study of Intrastate Violence&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Laurie Brand<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Associate Director of Quantitative Research, Anti-Defamation League<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3050 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Giannaros-Spiros-Jason.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Spiros Jason Giannaros<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Are You as Old as You Feel? A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Leader Age and Foreign Policy Decision-Making&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of District of Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2126 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/11\/Nola-Haynes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/11\/Nola-Haynes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/11\/Nola-Haynes.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Eboni &#8220;Nola&#8221; Haynes<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Valuation of National Security Threats: An Integrative Look at Ideational, Material Threats and Identity&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Adjunct Professor in School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University and Research Fellow, Truman National Security Project<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3051 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui-900x903.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Hsieh-Han-Hui.jpg 904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Han-Hui Hsieh<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Explaining the Variation in the Extent of China\u2019s Hegemony, 1279-1840 \u2014 Multiple Sources of Ideational Power beyond Confucianism&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3052 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Knafou-Brian-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Knafou-Brian-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Knafou-Brian-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Knafou-Brian-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Knafou-Brian.jpg 719w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Brian Knafou<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Authoritarian Religion: Explaining When and Why Authoritarian Governments Instrumentalize Religion&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Laurie Brand<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Quantitative Program Evaluator, Ripple Effect<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3056 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew-320x320.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Nelson-Matthew.jpeg 1165w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Matthew Nelson<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Can Election Reforms Improve Democracy?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Quantitative Research Specialist, Purple Strategies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3055 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Maag-Daniela-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Maag-Daniela-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Maag-Daniela.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Maria Daniela Maag Pardo<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Politics Behind Appointments: Policy, Patronage, and Party Systems in the Andes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Gerardo Munck<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3057 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Orner-Paul-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Orner-Paul-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Orner-Paul-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Orner-Paul-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Orner-Paul-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Orner-Paul.jpg 807w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Paul Orner<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Logics of Chinese Strategy&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Research Analyst, Center of Naval Analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1347 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kyuri-Park-Cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kyuri-Park-Cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kyuri-Park-Cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kyuri-Park-Cropped-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kyuri-Park-Cropped-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Kyuri-Park-Cropped.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Kyuri Park<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Goldilocks\u2019 Signal for Cooperation in East Asia: China\u2019s Rise, Hedging, and Joint Military Exercises&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Research Institute, William &amp; Mary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3058 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Pfonner-Michael.jpg 1996w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Michael Pfonner<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Organized Intra-Ethnic Conflict and Cooperation in Divided Stateless Nations: The Competitive Dynamics of Rival Ethnonationalist Factions&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3059 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Rapp-Kyle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Rapp-Kyle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Rapp-Kyle-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Rapp-Kyle-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Rapp-Kyle.jpg 596w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Kyle Rapp<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;By Word, Not Deed: Advancing a Theory of Rhetorical Compliance in International Law&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Berlin-Potsdam Research Group, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3060 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Saraceno-Joseph-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Saraceno-Joseph-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Saraceno-Joseph-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Saraceno-Joseph-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Saraceno-Joseph.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Joseph Saraceno<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Representation of LGBT Interests in the United States: A Multi-Method Approach&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Data Scientist, Team Lead, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3053 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Li-Sarain-Ada-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Li-Sarain-Ada-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Li-Sarain-Ada-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Li-Sarain-Ada-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Li-Sarain-Ada-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/07\/Li-Sarain-Ada.jpg 1016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Yue &#8220;Ada&#8221; Li Sarain<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Engaging Together: Exploring the Peer Effects of Civic Engagement&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jefferey Sellers<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 31.1395%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1543 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Anne-Van-Wijk-Cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Anne-Van-Wijk-Cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Anne-Van-Wijk-Cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Anne-Van-Wijk-Cropped-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Anne-Van-Wijk-Cropped-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/poir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/03\/Anne-Van-Wijk-Cropped.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68.8605%;\">\n<h3>Anne van Wijk<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The IO Contestation Project: A Multi-Method Approach Towards Understanding the Different Ways States Contest International Organizations&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Mixed-Methods UX Researcher @ Instagram, Meta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-5-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-5-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2021<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-5-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-5-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<td width=\"100%\">\n<h3>Nicol\u00e1s Albertoni<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Risk of Trade Protectionism In An Interconnected and Uncertain Global Economy. A State, Industrial, and Regional Analysis&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carol Wise<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Cody Brown<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;A Theory of Status-Quo Terrorism: Democracies in Conflict and Their Proclivity to Outsource Repression&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Mixed-Methods Research Scientist, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Gabrielle Lai Ting Cheung<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Ambition in World Politics: The Domestic Sources of Global Economic Integration&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Saori N. Katada<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Lecturer, Brunel University of London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Victoria Chonn Ching<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Economic Policy-Making in a Changing Environment: The Politics of Success in Peru vis-a-vis China&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carol Wise<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California and Non-resident Fellow, Atlantic Council&#8217;s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Timo B. Dahler<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Essays on the International Political Economy of Sovereign Debt&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisors: Joshua Aizenman<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Quantitative Analyst, Raiffeisen Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Fabi\u00e1n Naranjo Gonzalez<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Running for Office? Three Different Models in U.S. Political Campaigns &amp; Elections&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Coordinator of Legislative Advocacy, Los Angeles Unified School District<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Evgeniia Iakhnis<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Public Opinion and International Affairs. A Multi-Method Approach to Foreign Policy Attitudes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James &amp; Brian Rathbun<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Senior UX Researcher, Meta<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Ellen Kim<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Fear or Greed? The Balance of Relative Interest under the Dual Hierarchical Order in Asia-Pacific&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Alex Yu-Ting Lin<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Challenges from Below: The Origins of Status Competitions in World Politics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow, International Security Center, University of Notre Dame<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Susan Mulesky<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Selling Virtue: How Human Rights NGOs and Their Donors Work Together to Create a Better World&#8230;For Themselves&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Principal Behavioral Scientist, Vanguard<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>David Somogyi<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Erosion of Democracy in the Post-Cold War World: Understanding the Phenomenon and its Causes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Gerardo Munck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Mao Suzuki<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Deciding Modalities of Global Health Governance: What Facilitates or Hinders Public-Private Partnerships?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Saori N. Katada<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale-NUS College and National University of Singapore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Joshua Timm<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Small Dollar Political Donor: Why Regular Folks Give Money to Politics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Insights Researcher, Riot Games<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Shiming Yang<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;A Global South Divided: Developing Countries in International Environmental Politics&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carol Wise<\/p>\n<p>Placement: University Lectureship in Global Political Economy of China, Leiden University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Kelebogile Zvobgo<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Governing Truth: NGOs and the Politics of Transitional Justice&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Government, William &amp; Mary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-6-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-6-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2020<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-6-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-6-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Therese Anders<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Perspectives on State Capacity and the Political Geography of Conflict&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Data Scientist, Apple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Adam Badawy<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Analysis and Prediction of Malicious Users on Online Social Networks: Applications of Machine Learning and Network Analysis in Social&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Capital One<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Kevin Baron<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;California&#8217;s Adaptation to Sea Level Rise: Incorporating Environmental Justice Communities Along the State Coastline&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Kristopher Coombs<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Political Participation, Public Opinion, and the Law&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jane Junn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>David Brooks Ebner<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Politics Is Something We Do Together: Identity and Institutions in U.S. Elections&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sweet Briar College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Stephanie Nayoung Kang<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Origins and Evolution of the US Alliance Network: How Allies Transform and Transact&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Research Scientist, PXTCS, Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3>Jennifer Rogl\u00e0<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Role of Local Actors in International Development: How Incentives Types Affect Foreign Aid Effectiveness&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Carol Wise<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning, iDE Global<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-7-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-7-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2019<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-7-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-7-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Youssef Chouhoud<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Changing State of Tolerance and Tolerance in Changing States&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Laurie Brand<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Christopher Newport University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Ronan Tse-Min Fu<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Perceiving and Coping with Threat: Explaining East Asian Perceptions toward China&#8217;s Rise&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Researcher, Academia Sinica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Theodora Giallouri<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;&#8216;Neither Purse Nor Sword&#8217;: Strategic Minority Opinions and Judicial Policy-Making&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State University, San Bernardino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Xinru Ma<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Volatile Nationalism: Nationalism and Its Influence on Maritime Disputes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Research Scholar, APARC Stanford Next Asia Policy Lab, Stanford University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Hai-Vu Phan<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Circuit Breakers: How Policy Entrepreneurs Interrupted the Electric Flow with Peru\u2019s First Renewable Energy Legislation for the Grid&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James &amp; Carol Wise<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Government Relations Senior Specialist, Edison International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Sara Sadhwani<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Descriptive Representation in a Multiracial America&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jane Junn<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Politics, Pomona College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Jihyun Shin<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Like Father, Like Son?: A Succession-Based Explanation on Conflict Initiation by Authoritarian Regimes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Senior Research Scientist, Amazon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Ming-Min Yang<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Anti-Foreign Boycotts as a Tool of Economic Coercion: The Case of China&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Saori N. Katada<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Research Fellow, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-8-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-8-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2018<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-8-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-8-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Robert Joseph Huddleston<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Legitimizing Self-Determination: Advancing the Sovereignty of Separatist Movements&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Thomas Jamieson<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Information, Public Opinion, and International Relations&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Lecturer in the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Te Herenga Waka- Victoria University of Wellington<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>In Young Min<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Status Seeking in Hierarchy: Korea and Vietnam under Chinese Hegemony in Early Modern Asia&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Lecturer, Heidelberg University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Jordan Carr Peterson<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Private Interests in American Government Institutions&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Christian Grose<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Mayag\u00fcez Salinas<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Code &#8216;War&#8217; Theorizing: Information and Communication Technology&#8217;s Impact on International Relations Theorizing, Negotiation, and Cyber Relations&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Co-Founder and Executive Director, <span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_11 wixui-rich-text__text\">The Law Enforcement Work Inquiry System (LEWIS<\/span><\/span>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Meredith Shaw<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Forced March to Modernity: State-Imposed Cultural Change and Regime Stability in 20th Century East Asia&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Associate Professor at the Institute of Science, University of Tokyo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Phoebe Mengxiao Tang<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Social Making of Authoritarian Environmentalism: Protest-Litigation Nexus and Policy Changes in China&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jefferey Sellers<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Teaching Professor of Comparative Politics and Public Health, Drew University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Scott Wilbur<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Creating Destruction: The Political Economy of Zombie Firms&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Saori N. Katada<\/p>\n<p>Placement: International Relations Specialist, U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-9-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-9-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2017<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-9-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-9-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.2141%;\" width=\"74\">\n<h3>Adam Feldman<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Role of Merits Briefs in the Generation of Supreme Court Decisional Language&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Founder, Optimized Legal Solutions LLC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.2141%;\">\n<h3>Matthew Gratias<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Paradox of Personalism: Internal Political Constraints on Nuclear Posture in Authoritarian Regimes&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Regional Director, Department of Defense National Security Technology Accelerator (MD5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.2141%;\">\n<h3>Elli Menounou<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Global Judicial Dialogue and the U.S. Courts&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Wayne Sandholtz<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.2141%;\">\n<h3>Mariana Rangel Padilla<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Developing Countries in the Digital Era: State and Business Interactions for Industrial Upgrading&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Gerardo Munck<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science and National Academic Director of Political Science and International Relations, Tecnol\u00f3gico de Monterrey<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 99.2141%;\">\n<h3>Keira Stearns<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Women as Political Subjects: Discursive Constructions of Women in Peace Processes at the United Nations&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Alison Dundes Renteln<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Deputy Director of Research Strategy, Analyst Institute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-10-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-controls=\"section-1-10-AG7BFabyKb\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">2016<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-10-AG7BFabyKb\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-10-AG7BFabyKb\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <table style=\"width: 100%; border-style: none;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Rod Albuyeh<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Thawing Rivalries and Fading Friendships: A Multi-Method Approach to Rapprochement and Alienation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Founder, Albell Cloud Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Jiun Bang<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Business of Nationalism: How Commodification Sustains Bilateral Tensions&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science and Asian Studies, Colorado College<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Tyler Bonanno-Curley<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Emergency-War Machine: National Crisis, Democratic Governance, and the Historical Construction of the American State&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: J. Ann Tickner<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Manager of Government Affairs and Acting Deputy City Manager, City of Long Beach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Benjamin Cohn<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;&#8216;Fire Alarms&#8217; Revisited: Limitations for Effectuating Institutional Change and the Promise of &#8216;Police Patrols&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Jane Junn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Nicolas de Zamar\u00f3czy<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Taking Orders from Brussels? External Actors and Regional Organizations in the Developing World&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Lead Computational Social Scientist, Interos Inc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Denise Gonzalez<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Mexican Hometown Associations: Zacatecanos in Los Angeles, Gendered Participation and Mexican State Ties&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Ann Crigler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Eunice Kang<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Securitizing Language: Political Elites and Language Policy Securitization in South Korea&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Laurie Brand<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanguard University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Peter Knaack<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Examining Global Financial Regulatory Reform in the G20 and the FSB&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Saori N. Katada<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Adjunct Professorial Lecturer in the School of International Service, American University and consultant to the World Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Gloria Koo<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Supply and Demand of Economic Hierarchy: the Northeast Asia Case&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: David Kang<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Associate Director of the Korean Studies Institute, University of Southern California<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Kymberly MacNeal<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;When Bullets Are Not Enough: Determinants of Chemical Weapons Usage and Abstention&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Cyrus Mohammadian<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;Forced Migration as a Cause and Consequence of Conflict&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advisor: Patrick James<\/p>\n<p>Placement: Principal Data Scientist, 605<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h3>Mark Paradis<\/h3>\n<p>Dissertation: &#8220;The Treatable Masses? 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