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Job Placement

Entries are ordered alphabetically, by graduation year, and refer to the first position received. If the first position was a postdoctoral fellowship, the first academic position after that is also included. Current position is not included (unless it's the same as the first position).

Entries are updated at the end of each quarter once degrees in that quarter have been conferred and placements have been confirmed.

For features on a selection of our PhD graduates, check out the 'Where Are They Now?' page.

2023-2024
Emilio Lehoucq Data Scientist, Research Computing and Data Services, Northwestern University
2022-2023
Laura Acosta Gonzalez Postdoctoral Researcher in International and Public Affairs, Watson Institute, Brown University
Brandon Alston Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Ohio State University
Erica Banks Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Smith College
Karlia Brown Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy at University of Illinois Chicago
Yannick Coenders Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Washington University in St Louis
Miri Eliyahu Senior Analyst, Euromonitor International
Gabriela Kirk Faculty Fellow, Sociology Department, Syracuse University
Jeremy Kuperberg Lead Reseach Analyst, The Policy & Research Group, New Orleans
Lantian Li User Experience Researcher, Google
Anna McKean Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Utah
Sonia Planson Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
2021-2022

Angel Escamilla Garcia

Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University //  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yale University

Emily Handsman

College Fellow in Sociology, Harvard University

Kris Kenn

Full-time Associate, Ropes & Gray LLC

Marie Laperriere

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba

Tina Law

Postdoctoral Scholar, Stone Center on Socioeconomic Inequality, CUNY

Alyssa Lynne

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Wichita State University

Anna Michelson

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, McPherson College

Antonio Nanni

Research Data Scientist, GAINSystems
Mariana Oliver Full-time Associate, Data Privacy and Cyber Security at Baker McKenzie Law
Andrew Owen Senior Research Analyst, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
2020-2021
Kat Albrecht  Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University 
Melike Arslan  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
Joshua Basseches  Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy  //  Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Tulane University
John Cataldi Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Washington and Lee University
Phillip Fang  Three-year Visiting Assistant Professorship, Department of Sociology, Colby College  //  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Colby College
Coline Ferrant  Assistant Professor, American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
John Lee  Research Project Manager, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
2019-2020 
Magda Boutros  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology at the University of Washington.
Joshua Basseches  Postdoctoral fellowship, the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan
Ole Hexel  Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory for Digital and Computational Demography at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany.
Anthony Johnson Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, at The Ohio State University.
Jane Pryma  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, at University of Connecticut (UConn). 
2018-2019

Grace  Augustine

Lecturer, Department of Organisational Behavior, Cass Business School, London UK
Anya Degenshein Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Marquette University
Brittany Friedman
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
Joseph Guisti
Data Strategist and Research Coordinator, Institute for Nonviolence, Chicago
Jess Meyer Postdoctoral Scholar, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Saheli Nath Assistant Professor, Department of Strategy and Management, University of Central Oklahoma
Nevena Radoynovska Assistant Professor, Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, EMLYON Business School
Zachary Sommers Judicial Law Clerk, Chambers of the Hon. John Tharp, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of IL
2017-2018  
Savina Balasubramanian Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University (Chicago)
Robin Bartram Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Tulane University 
Anthony Johnson Post-Doc, Inequality in America Initiative, Harvard University 
Marisol Mastrangelo Retention Specialist Student Advisor, Trio Program, University of Iilinois at Chicago
Vontrese Pamphile Assistant Professor, Strategic Management and Public Policy, George Washington University
David Peterson Post-Doc, Institute for Society & Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Talia Shiff Post-Doc, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Stefan Vogler Post-Doc, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine 
Kelly Iwanaga-Becker Associate Director, Student Affairs Assessment, Northwestern University
Christopher Carroll  
Diego de los Rios Assistant Director, Research, Professional Development, and Academic Affairs, ASA
Marcel Knudsen People Analytics Specialist, Xerox
David McElhattan Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Purdue University
Alka Menon Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yale University
Jaimie Morse Post-Doc, Global Health, Yale University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Nisa Goksel Visiting Research Fellowship, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Joshua Kaiser Post-Doc, Society of Fellows, Dartmouth; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Kangsan Lee Assistant Professor, Social Research and Public Policy, New York University - Abu Dhabi 
Andre Nickow Research Project Manager, Mgr CSDE, Global Poverty Research Lab, Northwestern University 
2016-2017  
Jordan Conwell Post-Doc, Departments of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Assistant Professor, Departments of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Natalia Forrat Visting Fellowship, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Notre Dame 
Clare Forstie Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Farmingdale State College (SUNY)
Juliette Galonnier Post-Doc, Global Race Project, The French Institute for Demographic Studies (INED); Assistant Professor on "Islam in Europe", SciencesPo
Iga Kozlowska Privacy Manager, Microsoft
Kellie Owens Post-Doc, The Division of Medical Ethics, U. Penn
Hannah Wohl Post-Doc, Department of Sociology, Columbia University; Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Priscilla Adipa Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, International University of Grand-Bassam
Anna Hanson  
Yu-Han Jao Senior Quantitative Analyst, Santander Bank, N.A.
Kevin Loughran Post-Doc, Department of Sociology, Rice University
Sakhile Matlhare Art Director, Sakhile&Me
Diana Rodriguez-Franco Deputy Director of the Center for Law, Justice, and Society - Dejusticia
Ricardo Sanchez Cardenas Assistant Professor, Central University of Ecuador
Brian Sargent Post-Doc, University of Washington - Seattle; Assistant Professor, Sociology and Public Policy, U Mass Amherst
Elyse Kovalsky Senior Manager, Program Innovation
Gemma Mangione Lecturer, Teachers College, Columbia University
Rim Naguib  
2015-2016  
Kiyona Brewster Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Centre College
Spencer Headworth Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Purdue University 
Kofi Asante Post Doc, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse; Research Fellow, Institute for Statistical, Social, and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon
John Robinson Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington University - St. Louis
Daphne Demetry Post Doc Research Associate, Centre for Corporate Reputation, University of Oxford, Said Business School; Assistant Professor, Business School, McGill University
Mary Beth Finch Coordinator for Institutional Effectiveness, Office of Research and Planning, Oakton Community College; Instructor, Oakton Community College
2014-2015  
Theodore Greene Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Bowdin
Amy Myrick Staff Attorney, Center for Reproductive Rights
Lisa-Jo Van Den Scott Postdoc, Visual Arts, Brock School (Ontario); Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Memorial University in Newfoundland  
Dawna Goens Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Cincinati  ; Senior Research Associate, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University
Jeffrey Kosbie Staff Attorney, Positive Resource Center; Staff Attorney, US Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit
Jessica Koski Associate Organizing Representative, Sierra Club
Steven Munch Associate, Polsinelli 
Cassidy Puckett Post doc, Department of Sociology, Tufts University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Emory
Jill Weinberg Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, DePaul U; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Tufts University
Elizabeth Onasch Post Doc, New School; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SUNY Plattsburgh  
Pierre Penet Postdoctoral Fellow, International History, Graduate Institute Geneva 
2013-2014  
Amelia Branigan Frank H. T. Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellowship, Cornell Population Center, Cornell; Assistant Professor, Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland
Jennifer Rosen Visiting Assistant Professor, Social Science Division, Pepperdine
Jason Kevern Senior Strategy Consultant, IBM; Director, Workforce Analytics, PepsiCo
Christine Wood Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University; Clinical Research Associate, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
2012-2013  
Angela Anderson Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University ; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, NYU - Abu Dhabi
Jeong Chul Kim  Civil Servant, Civil Service Division, Gwangju Dong-gu Office, South Korea
Armando Lara-Millan Post-doc, Diversity Initiative, University of Delaware; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley
Queen Zabriskie Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, New College of Florida
Yingying Deng Strategic Sourcing Manager, Market Research, xpedx
Maurice Hajjar Assistant Professor, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, US Military Academy
Ke-Hsien Huang Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University
Stacy Lom Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sociology, North Central College; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Central Arkansas U
Kieran Bezila Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, Beloit College
Bienvenido Ruiz Martinez Adjunct Faculty, Social Science, National Louis University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology , 
2011-2012  
Umud Dalgic  
Victor Espinosa Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University
Erin McDonnell Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Notre Dame
Robert Vargas Scholar in health policy research, Public health, Harvard university; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
Marina Zaloznaya Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Iowa
Barry Cohen Independent Scholar in Boston
Yordanos Tiruneh Post-doc, Department of Public Health, Brown University; Assistant Professor, UT Health, University of Texas
2010-2011  
Janet Gazley Postdoc, Clinical Research Associate, Feinberg School Of Medicine, Northwestern University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, The College of New Jersey
Antonio Jimenez Director of Operations, Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago
Nina Johnson Post Doc, Department of Sociology and Black Studies, Swarthmore College; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Black Studies, Swarthmore College
Lori Delale O'Connor Research Scientist, Youth Development, Child Trends; Assistant Professor, Urban Education, Univeristy of Pittsburgh
Corey Fields Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Stanford University; Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Georgetown University
Stefan Griffin Post Doc, SISSA; Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology, EastWest University
Marcus Hunter Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yale University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and African American Studies, UCLA
Michelle Naffziger Clinical Research Associate, Feinberg School Of Medicine, Northwestern University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Oakton community College
Nicole Van Cleve Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Temple Univ; Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
Bin Xu Assistant Professor, Asian  &  Global Sociocultural Studies Departs, Florida Int'l University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Emory University
Jean Beaman Postdoc, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Purdue University
Faiza Mushtaq Professorial Lecturer, Department of Sociology, George Washington University; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Institute of Business Administration Karachi
Lashawnda Pittman Postdoc, National Poverty Center; Assistant Professor, American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington
Mikaela Rabinowitz Program Associate, Criminal Justice, Resource Development Assoc; Senior Project Manager, Criminal Justice, Resource Development Associates
Zandria Robinson Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Mississippi; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Memphis
Berit Vannebo Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Organization & Leadership, Nord-Trndelag U College