Job Placements

Alumni of UConn's political science graduate programs go on to work at top educational institutions and have successful careers in industry and the public sector. See some of our recent job placements below.

Steven Manicastri '20 Ph.D.
Staff Representative, Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1036
(West Trenton, NJ)

Yunmin Nam '16 (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, Kongju National University
(South Korea)

Taesim Kim '19 (Ph.D.)
Research Associate, Institute for Social Sciences at Sogang University
(Seoul, Korea)

Kelly Delaney '19 (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, Community College of Rhode Island
(Warwick, RI)

Andrew Cain '19 (M.A.)
Academic Department Administrator, George Washington University
(Washington D.C.)

Derefe Chevannes '19 (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
(Memphis, TN)

Frank Griggs '19 Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence, University of Connecticut Avery Point
(Groton, CT)

Wais Wardak '18 (Ph.D.)
Rule of Law Subject Matter Expert, INL-JSSP at Tetra Tech; formerly Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics, University of Hartford

Gabriela Tafoya '19 (Ph.D.)
Assistant Professor, Manchester University
(North Manchester, IN)

Briana Bardos '18 (M.A.)
LexPro
(Stamford, CT)

Stephen Del Visco '18 Ph.D., Instructor, Young Harris Early College (Young Harris, GA)

Bussey, Timothy '18, Assistant Director, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI), Kenyon College (Gambier, OH)

Tagliarina, Corinne '18, Director of Human Rights Advocacy Program/Adjunct Faculty, Utica College (Utica, NY)

Rice, Jerry '17, Social Studies Teacher, Jefferson Public Schools (Jefferson, GA)

Peterson, Meghan '17, Adjunct Professor, UConn Avery Point (Groton, CT)

Meinzer, Melanie '17, Director, Mellon Programs, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (Princeton, NJ)

Harper-Shipman, Takiyah '17, Assistant Professor at Davidson College (Davidson, NC)

Dzurilla, Timothy '17, Development Consulting

Dardani, Ross '17, Assistant Professor, Muhlenberg College (Allentown, PA)

Boecherer, Brian '17, Executive Program Director, UConn, Early College Experience (Storrs, CT)

Williamson, Steven '17, Visiting Professor, Bryant University (Smithfield, RI) & URI (Kingston, RI)

Lovelace, Vanessa '17, Assistant Professor of Crime and Justice Studies at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (Dartmouth, MA)

Benegal, Salil '16, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy, DePauw University (Greencastle, IN)

Charrette, Jason '16, Assistant Professor, Casper College (Casper, NY)

Yankle, Allyson '16, Assistant Professor, Radford University (Radford, VA)

Williams, Gregory '15, Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)

Navarro-Rivera, Juhem '15, Managing Partner, Socioanalitica Research

Melo, Daniela '15, Visiting Instructor of Government and International Relations, Connecticut College (New London, CT)

Carbonetti, Benjamin '15, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science and Human Rights, Trinity College (Hartford, CT)

Bridwell, Brenna '15, Visiting Professor of Comparative Politics at UConn, Stamford

Barry, Jack '15, Academic Director, Study of the United States Institute for Sub-Saharan and North Africa (UConn) Academic Director, Young
Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (UConn)

Bridwell, Brenna '14, Special Education Teacher (Meriden, CT)

Tagliarina, Daniel '14, Assistant Professor of Government, Utica College (Utica, NY)

Ricci, Dennis '14, Assistant Professor, Curry College (Milton, MA)

Huff, Jamie '14, Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State University (Boston, MA)

Hampson, Sarah '14, Assistant Professor, University of Washington Tacoma (Tacoma, WA)

García, Yazmín '14, Post-doctoral researcher and survey statistician, U.S. Census’ Center for Survey Measurement

Enriquez, Maria '14, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition (Boulder, CO)

Belton, Kristy '14, International Studies Association (ISA), Director of Professional Development (Storrs, CT)

Reger, Alexander '13, Legislative Analyst, Office of Legislative Research, Connecticut General Assembly

Praino, Rodrigo '13, Lecturer in Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University (Adelaide, Australia)

Paras, Pablo '13, Founding Partner, Data OPM–a private public opinion firm (Mexico)

Leep, Matthew '13, Faculty Member, Western Governors University (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Mello, Joseph '12, Associate Professor, DePaul University (Chicago, IL)

Easton, Nicholas '12, Assistant Professor, Columbus State University (Columbus, GA)

Badie, Dina '12, Associate Professor of Politics and International Studies (chair), Centre College (Danville, KY)

Arbatli, Ekim '12, Assistant Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia)

Maier, Romulus '11, Adjunct Professor, UConn (Storrs, CT)

Al-Marshad, Sultan '11, Associate Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies, Norther Border University (Saudi Arabia)

Uzondu, Chaka A.K. '10, Policy Manager, WaterAid Ghana (London, UK)

Stockemer, Daniel '10, Professor, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA)

Sielman, Peter F. '10, Retired-Town of Salem, CT (Salem, CT)

Mora, Jose E. '10, Assistant Professor, Royal University of Law and Economics (Phnom Penh Cambodia)

Glover, Robert W. '10, Associate Professor of Political Science and Honors, University of Maine (Orono, ME)

Bosco, Robert M. '10, Associate Professor of International Studies, Centre College (Danville, KY)