Placement - Political Science at UC Riverside

The department has a strong record of placing graduates in academic positions at research universities and liberal arts colleges. In recent years we have placed graduates at research institutions such as University of California, San Diego; Virginia Tech; and University of Connecticut. As we believe it is important for applicants to have accurate information about the program’s success in placing its Ph.D. alumni in academic positions we provide the complete list of students awarded a Ph.D. since 2010 along with their academic placement.

Year of PhD	Name	Field	Position	Institution	Institution Type
2019 (exp)	Collin Grimes	Comparative	Visiting Assistant Professor	Skidmore College	Liberal Arts
2019 (exp)	Ricardo Crespo	International Relations	Assistant Professor	Grossmont College	Liberal Arts
2018	Steven Cauchon	International Relations	Assistant Professor	Imperial Valley College	Liberal Arts
2017	Allan Colbern	American	Assistant Professor	Arizona State University	Research University
2017	Danielle Lemi	American	Post-doctoral Fellow	Southern Methodist University	Research University
2016	Jaw-Nian (Ted) Huang	Comparative	Assistant Professor	Tamkang University, Taiwan	Research University
2016	Andrea Silva	American	Assistant Professor	University of North Texas	Research University
2015	Nicholas Boushee	American	Assistant Professor	San Diego City	Liberal Arts
2015	Carrie Skulley	American	Assistant Professor	Albright College	Liberal Arts
2015	Andrew Flores	American	Assistant Professor	American University	Research University
2015	Diego Esparza	Comparative	Assistant Professor	University of North Texas	Research University
2014	David S. McCahon	American	Program Analyst	Resource Development Associates	Private
2014	Brian Williams	Comparative	Assistant Professor	SUNY, Cortland	Liberal Arts
2014	Danijela Dudley	Comparative	Assistant Professor	San Jose State University	Liberal Arts
2013	Chris Haynes	American	Assistant Professor	University of New Haven	Liberal Arts
2013	Ray Wang	Comparative	Assistant Professor	National Chengchi University	Research University
2013	Antonio Ugues Jr.,	Comparative	Assistant Professor	St. Mary's College, Maryland	Liberal Arts
2012	Cristina Nicolescu Waggonner	Comparative	Lecturer	Pomona College, Pitzer College	Liberal Arts
2012	Dennis Xavier Medina	American	Assistant Professor	Virginia Tech University	Research University
2012	Dino Bozonelos	American	Assistant Professor	Victor Valley College	Liberal Arts
2012	Masahiro Omae	Comparative	Assistant Professor	San Diego City College	Liberal Arts
2012	Thomas Joseph Hayes	American	Assistant Professor	University of Connecticut	Research University
2012	Nancy A. Jimeno	American	Lecturer	California State University, Fullerton	Liberal Arts
2012	Mayia Shulga	Theory	Assistant Professor	Lone Star College	Liberal Arts
2011	Tak Kei Wong	Comparative	Assistant Professor	University of California, San Diego	Research University
2011	Cameron Jones Hastings	Comparative	Instructor (tenured)	Glendale Community College	Liberal Arts
2011	Charles Stanley Hilliard	American
2011	Byran Nevin Martin	American	Assistant Professor	Houston Community College	Liberal Arts
2010	Christina Leigh Caldwell	Comparative	Assistant Professor	Santa Monica Community College	Liberal Arts
2010	Shawn Richard Schulenberg	Comparative	Associate Professor	Marshall University	Liberal Arts