The following is a list of initial placements of our graduate students who received Ph.D. since 1996. The vast majority of our graduates are employed in tenure-track faculty positions at universities and colleges. Some of our students accept research and policy positions in industry, non-profit, and public sectors.  

Peter Lista (PhD 2024): Strategic Research Analyst, U.S. Postal Service,

Katie Beardall (PhD 2024): Survey Statistician, Data Collection Methodology & Research Branch, Census Bureau

Sam Regas (PhD 2023): Senior Media Research Analyst, Futuri

Nicholas Smith (PhD 2023): Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, College Park

Pui Yin (Ben) Cheung (PhD 2023): Post Doc, University of Hong Kong

Max Coleman (PhD 2023): Assistant Professor, University of Utah

Muna Adem (PhD 2023): Assistant Professor, University of Maryland

Kaitlin Johnson (PhD 2023): Research Methodologist, NORC

Helge Marahrens (PhD 2023): Massive Data Institute

Joanna Lara (PhD 2022): Project Management Specialist, Associate Vice President for Faculty and Belonging, Indiana University

Denise Ambriz (PhD 2022): Assistant Professor, Pitzer College

Vitor Martins Dias (PhD 2022): Postdoc, Kellogg School for International Studies, University of Notre Dame

Tabitha (Wilbur) Tezil (PhD 2022): Researcher, American Institutes for Research

Dan Rudel (PhD 2022): Academic Program Manager, Department of Sociology, Purdue University

Amelia Hawbaker (PhD 2022): Postdoc, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington

Maritza Steele (PhD 2022): Asst. Dir. of Admission and Community Outreach, Hollins University

Jelani Ince (PhD 2021): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington

Kristin Kelley (PhD 2021): Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany

D. Adam Nicholson (PhD 2021): Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ohio State University

Clay Thomas (PhD 2021): Assistant Teaching Professor, Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University

Sean Vina (PhD 2021): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of the Incarnate Word

Elizabeth Bodamer (PhD 2020): Senior Director of Research, Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

Kayla Allison (PhD 2020): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Arkansas 

Hui Chen (PhD 2020): Data Scientist, Intuit 

Emma Cohen (PhD 2020): Education Researcher, American Institutes for Research 

Samuel Kye (PhD 2020): Postdoctoral Research Associate, Population Studies and Training Center, Brown University 

Jacob Miller (PhD 2020): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Winona State University 

Roshan Pandian (PhD 2020): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Grinnell College 

Jaclyn Tabor (PhD 2020): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Illinois College 

Mai Thai (PhD 2020): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Occidental College 

Chris Turner (PhD 2020): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University 

Eric Wright (PhD 2020): Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Bloomington 

Anne Groggel (PhD 2019): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Central College 

Jamie Oslawski-Lopez (PhD 2019): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Kokomo

Landon Schnabel (PhD 2019); Postdoctoral Fellow, Polarization and Social Change Lab, Stanford University

Scott Setchfield (PhD 2019): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Hanover College

Elizabeth Zack (PhD 2019): Social Scientist, The Movement Cooperative, Washington, DC 

Bianca Manago (PhD 2018): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University

Elizabeth Martinez (PhD 2018): Policy and Research Analyst, Office of Research and Data, Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission

William McConnell (PhD 2018): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida Atlantic University

Kristina Simacek (PhD 2018): Senior Research Scientist, PatientsLikeMe 

Nikolas Summers (PhD 2018): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida Atlantic University

Tamara van der Does (PhD 2018): Postdoctoral Researcher, Santa Fe Institute

Lauren Apgar (PhD 2017): Institutional Research Analyst, University of Texas at San Antonio

Lydia DiSabatino (PhD 2017): Data Analyst, Chicago Public Schools

Matthew Grace (PhD 2017): Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Hamilton College

Rachel La Touche (PhD 2017): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

HuiGuo Liu (PhD 2017): Senior Associate, KPMG US LLP

Trenton Mize (PhD 2017): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Purdue University

Natasha Quadlin (PhD 2017): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University

Emily Wurgler (PhD 2017): Project Designer, Over the Shoulder, Chicago

Jennifer Caputo (PhD 2016): Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Bloomington

Long Doan (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland

Matthew Gougherty (PhD 2016): Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, IUPUI

Rebecca Grady (PhD 2016): Epidemiological Research and Evaluation Manger, Washington State Health Care Authority

Ann McCranie (PhD 2016): Assistant Director for Research Administration, Indiana University Network Science Institute

Lisa Miller (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Eckerd College

Shibashis Mukherjee (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, Indian Institute of Management

Aaron Ponce (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University

Jennifer Puentes (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Eastern Oregon University

Kody Steffy (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Integrative Studies, Michigan State University

Jane VanHeuvelen (PhD 2016): Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thomas VanHeuvelen (PhD 2016): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kevin Doran (PhD 2015): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Saint Anselm College

Amia Foston (PhD 2015): Assistant Director, Institutional Research and Assessment, Butler University

Sarah Hatteburg (PhD 2015): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Charleston

Hubert Izienicki (PhD 2015): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Joseph Johnston (PhD 2015): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Gonzaga University

Ke “Karen” Li (PhD 2015): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Framingham State University

Alexander Lu (PhD 2015): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Francis Marion University

Tait Medina (PhD 2015): Senior Research Specialist, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Dana Prewitt (PhD 2015): Associate Instructor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University-Bloomington

Michael Vasseur (PhD 2015): Behavioral and Social Scientist, Rand Corporation

Laura Backstrom (PhD 2014): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Macalester College

Joseph DiGrazia (PhD 2014): Neukom Fellow, Neukom Institute for Computational Science, Dartmouth College

Christy Erving (PhD 2014): Health and Society Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kerry Greer (PhD 2014): Instructor 1, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Amy Irby-Shasanmi (PhD 2014): William T. Grant Postdoctoral Fellow, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, IUPIU

Gregory Jeffers (PhD 2014): Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Syndee Knight (PhD 2014): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Union College

Jaime Kucinskas (PhD 2014): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Hamilton College

Emily Meanwell (PhD 2014): Director, Social Science Research Commons, Indiana University-Bloomington

Kathleen Oberlin (PhD 2014): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Grinnell College

Shawna Rohrman (PhD 2014): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Central College

Shawna Smith (PhD 2014): Senior Statistician, Department of General Medicine, University of Michigan

Jason Cummings (PhD 2013): Sociology and African American Studies, University of South Carolina

Eric Grollman (PhD 2013): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Richmond

Kathryn Hadley (PhD 2013): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Hanover College

Shiri Noy (PhD 2013): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wyoming

Timothy O’Brien (PhD 2013): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Evansville

Oren Pizmony-Levy (PhD 2013): Department of International and Comparative Education, Teachers College at Columbia University

Deidre Richmond (PhD 2013): Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Sociology, Murray State University

Maren Scull (PhD 2013): Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Denver

Alyasah Ali (Abigail) Sewell (PhD 2013): Postdoctoral Fellow, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

Julia “Jill” Waity (PhD 2013): Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Joseph (J.D.) Wolfe (PhD 2013): Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Christopher Beer (PhD 2012): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lake Forest College

Emily Bowman (PhD 2012): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Coe College

Sibyl Kleiner (PhD 2012): Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Texas at Dallas

Christi Smith (PhD 2012): Postdoctoral Researcher, Ohio State University

Jessica Sprague-Jones (PhD 2012): Assistant Director, Center for Public Partnerships & Research, University of Kansas

Tanja Vuckovic Juros (PhD 2012): Postdoctoral Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Social Policy Unit, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb

Curtis Child (PhD 2011): Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University

Tope Mitchell (PhD 2011): Manager, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness, Harper College

Yasmiyn Irizarry (PhD 2011): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University

Michael Thompson (PhD 2011): Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Grinnell College

Mari Dagaz (PhD 2010): Department of Sociology and Anthropology, DePauw University

Kyle Dodson (PhD 2010): Lecturer, Sociology Department, University of California, Merced

Kristin Geraty (PhD 2010): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Central College

Laura Hamilton (PhD 2010): Sociology Department, University of California, Merced

Evelyn Perry (PhD 2010): Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Rhodes College

Melissa Quintela (PhD 2010): Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Drew University

Rashawn Ray (PhD 2010): Scholar, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Research, University of California, Berkeley

Ryotaro Uemura (PhD 2010): Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University (Japan)

Stephen Viscelli III (PhD 2010): Senior Associate, COWS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kara Cebulko (PhD 2009): Joint Appointment with Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Department of Global Studies, Providence College

Jennifer Christian (PhD 2009): Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, California Lutheran University

Suzanna Crage (PhD 2009): Assistant Professor Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh

Judson Everitt (PhD 2009): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University

Danielle Fettes (PhD 2009): Guest Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Diego, School of Medicine

Brent Harger (PhD 2009): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Albright College

Nikole Hotchkiss (PhD 2009): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Kenyon College

Azamat Junisbai (PhD 2009): Sociology Field Group, Pitzer College

Bradley Koch (PhD 2009): Department of Government and Sociology, Georgia College & State University

Violet Naanyu (PhD 2009): Social Scientist, USAID-Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare

Christopher Whitsel (PhD 2009): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, North Dakota State University

Rachael Barlow (PhD 2008): Social Sciences Data Coordinator, Trinity College (2004-2009); Interim Director, Social Science Center, Trinity College

David Blouin (PhD 2008): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Indiana University-South Bend

Emily Fairchild (PhD 2008): Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at New College of Florida

Claudia Geist (PhD 2008): Postdoctoral Scholar, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Brea Perry (PhD 2008): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Kentucky

Robert Clark (PhD 2007): Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma

Joshua Klugman (PhD 2007): Department of Sociology, Temple University

Paul Namaste (PhD 2007): Visiting Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Grand Valley State University; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Elon University

Sigrun Olafsdottir (PhD 2007): Department of Sociology, Boston University

Michael Rosenbaum (PhD 2007): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Denver

Nicholas Rowland (PhD 2007): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Altoona

Brian Sweeney (PhD 2007): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Long Island University

Elbert Almazan (PhD 2006): Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, University of California, Los Angeles

Catherine Bolzendahl (PhD 2006): Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

Giovani Burgos (PhD 2006): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, McGill University

Jeffery Dixon (PhD 2006): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Koc University

Fang Gong (PhD 2006): Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control

Karen Kaiser (PhD 2006): Research Associate, Institute for Health Research & Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago

Sven Klingemann (PhD 2006): Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Illinois at Chicago

Janice McCabe (PhD 2006): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee

Jenny Stuber (PhD 2006): Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, University of North Florida

Alicia Suarez (PhD 2006): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Pacific Lutheran University

Jun Xu (PhD 2006): Department of Sociology, Ball State University

Jason Beckfield (PhD 2006): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

Alexandra Berkowitz (PhD 2005): Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Suzanne Lea (PhD 2005): Assistant Professor, Department of History, Social Sciences, and Religion, Gallaudet University

Kathryn Henderson (PhD 2005): Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina

Krysia Mossakowski (PhD 2005): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Miami

Camilla Saulsbury (PhD 2005): Food writer, recipe developer, brand ambassador, powerhungry.com

Stacy Scherr (PhD 2005): Research Associate, Institute for Policy Research, University of Cincinnati

Linda Semu (PhD 2005): Associate Professor, Sociology Department, McDaniel College

Brian Starks (PhD 2005): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Florida State University

Jennifer Loftus (PhD 2004): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Purdue University

Sandra Nenga (PhD 2004): Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Southwestern University

Robert Carini, Jr. (PhD 2003): Department of Sociology, University of Louisville

Hsu-Chih (Simon) Cheng (PhD 2003): Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut

Adam King (PhD 2003): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Northern Illinois University

Chadwick Menning (PhD 2003): Department of Sociology, Ball State University

Calvin Odhiambo (PhD 2003): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Loras College

Robyn Ryle (PhD 2003): Sociology and Gender Studies, Hanover College

Carla Shirley (PhD 2003): Rhodes College; Research Advisor, Shelby County Schools

Jocelyn Viterna (PhD 2003): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Tulane University

Aaron Culley (PhD 2002): Department of Sociology, Wingate University

Kathleen Fallon (PhD 2002): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, McGill University

Sara Hare (PhD 2002): Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences, Indiana University-Southeast

Roxanna Harlow (PhD 2002): Department of Sociology, McDaniel College

Martin Laubach (PhD 2002): Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut

Danielle Lavin-Loucks (PhD 2002): Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Texas at Dallas

Matthew Oware (PhD 2002): Department of Sociology and Anthropology, DePauw University

David Brady (PhD 2001): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University

Laura Fingerson (PhD 2001): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Keri Lubell (PhD 2001): Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control

Todd Paddock (PhD 2001): Teacher & Researcher, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln

Jason Schnittker (PhD 2001): Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Terri Winnick (PhD 2001): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University at Mansfield

Kristin Baughman (PhD 2000): Research Associate, Summa Health Systems

Carl Briggs (PhD 2000): Faculty, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University-Bloomington

Jeremy Freese (PhD 2000): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Liahna Gordon (PhD 2000): Department of Sociology, California State University, Chico

Saeko Kikuzawa (PhD 2000): School of Community Studies, Shukutoku University, Japan

Karen Lutfey Spencer (PhD 2000): Postdoc, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research, University of California, Berkeley & San Francisco

Erin Maher (PhD 2000): Research Scientist, Human Services Policy Center, Evans School of Public Policy, University of Washington

John Musalia (PhD 2000): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Western Kentucky University

Jean Shin (PhD 2000): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Western Maryland College

Kimberley Smith (PhD 2000): Instructor, Sociology, Portland Community College

Sharon Abbott (PhD 1999): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Fairfield University

Julie Artis (PhD 1999): Department of Sociology, DePaul University

David Aveline (PhD 1999): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Cincinnati

Roberta Bell (PhD 1999): Senior Institutional Research Analyst, Indiana University-Bloomington; Director of Institutional Research, Central Arizona College; Executive Director, Vanderbilt Institutional Research Group

Njeri Bere (PhD 1999): Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Illinois Wesleyan University

Walter Jacobs III (PhD 1999): Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Robert Moore (PhD 1999): Research Assistant, Palo Alto Research Center, Xerox Corp.;

Diane Schaefer (PhD 1999): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Eastern Illinois University

Mark Schafer (PhD 1999): Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University

Brad Smith (PhD 1999): Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, McDaniel College

Agostino Zamberia (PhD 1999): Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Nairobi

Tamela Eitle (PhD 1998): Department of Sociology, University of Miami

Matthew Hunt (PhD 1998): Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University

James Lee (PhD 1998): Post Doc, Indiana University-Bloomington

Rita Noonan (PhD 1998): Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Iowa

Jon Bloch (PhD 1997): Department of Sociology, Southern Connecticut University

Daniel Brakewood (PhD 1997): Master Black Belt, New Product Development, General Electric Capital

Lori Brown (PhD 1997): Department of Sociology & Criminology, Meredith College

Lizabeth Crawford (PhD 1997): Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Social Word, Bradley University

Semya Hakim (PhD 1997): Professor, St. Cloud State University

Ann Marie Kinnell (PhD 1997): Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Southern Mississippi

Amy Kroska (PhD 1997): Department of Sociology, Kent State University

Janet Myers (PhD 1997): Policy Analyst, San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Andreas Schneider (PhD 1997): Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University

Andrew Stevenson (PhD 1997): Attorney

Claudia Buchmann (PhD 1996): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Duke University

David Eitle (PhD 1996): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, University of North Florida

Robert Fernquist (PhD 1996): Sociology Program, Central Missouri State University; School of Social Science and Languages, University of Central Missouri

Steven Gunkel (PhD 1996): Department of Sociology, Doane College

Lutz Kaelber (PhD 1996): Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Lyndon State College

Paul Mbatia (PhD 1996): Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi

Katherine Novak (PhD 1996): Department of Sociology and Criminology, Butler University

Sabine Rieble-Aubourg (PhD 1996): Social Impact Evaluation Consultant, Turbo System Engineering, Inc.

Katherine Rosier (PhD 1996): Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge

Lisa Thomassen (PhD 1996): Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Prevention Resource Center, NIH/NIAAA, University of California, Berkeley