We’re so proud to see where a Ph.D. from the Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs can take our graduates. They are influencing current research, training future scholars, and addressing major policy, environmental, and management challenges around the world. Please take a moment with us to congratulate them on their accomplishments.
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2023
Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology | Dissertation: Three Essays on Health, Housing, and Risky Behaviors | Committee: Kosali Simon, Alex Hollingsworth, Coady Wing, Seth Freedman
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2023
Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University | Dissertation: Empirical Investigations of Indigenous Healthcare in the US | Committee: Kosali Simon, Alex Hollingsworth, Coady Wing, Justin Ross
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Auburn University | Dissertation: “The impacts of cash and in-kind transfers on schooling and health outcomes: Evidence from cash transfers and school food programs” | Committee: Jennifer Brass (Chair), Beth Gazley, Matthew Baggetta, Molly Rosenberg
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso | Dissertation: “Unpacking public sector innovation: causes and effects of innovation in Korea, Taiwan, and the United States” | Committee: Sean Nicholson-Crotty (Chair), Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Sergio Fernandez, and Daniel Simon
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2023
Placement: Associate Director of Data Analysis, Clinical Trial Design Capabilities, Eli Lilly | Dissertation: Three Essays on Performance Information Use in U.S. Governments | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (chair), James Perry, Paolo Belardinelli, Tom Rabovsky, Ernest O'Boyle (Kelley School of Business)
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy & Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston | Dissertation: “Intersections and Insecurity: Measuring the Determinants, Consequences, and Mitigators of Material Hardship” | Committee: David Konisky (Chair), Sanya Carley, Alex Hollingsworth, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Kristin Seefeldt
Deidra Miniard
Environmental Science Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Research Associate, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin | Dissertation: Understanding Climate Change and Energy System Perceptions and Behavior: Three Studies Examining Energy Transition Preferences, Social Distance, and Issue-Framing Communication | Committee: Shahzeen Attari (chair), Nathaniel Geiger, David Konisky, Landon Yoder
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2023
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University | Dissertation: The Effects of Labor Market Policies on Firms and Workers | Committee: Bradley Heim (chair), Coady Wing, Bruce Weinberg, Kosali Simon, Dan Sacks, Seth Freedman
Elena Solohin
Environmental Science Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Environment, Florida International University | Dissertation: The Effects of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Change on Tidal Wetlands | Committee: Christopher Craft (chair), Kimberly Novick, Todd Royer, Taehee Hwang, Douglas Edmonds
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2023
Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Oakland University | Dissertation: The Long-Term Consequences of State Cutback Budgeting Decisions | Committee: Justin Ross (chair), Robert Kravchuk, Coady Wing, Craig Johnson, Katherine Willoughby
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2023
Placement: Senior Policy Analyst, Center for State Tax Policy, Tax Foundation | Dissertation: Three Essays on the Nature of Vertical Fiscal Interactions in Federations | Committee: Craig Johnson (chair), Brad Heim, Michael Alexeev, Denvil Duncan, Justin Ross
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago | Dissertation: “Discretion and Inequity in Agricultural Programs” | Committee: James Farmer (Chair), Shellye Suttles, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Landon Yoder, Jerome Dumortier
