Ricardo A. Bello Gomez: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Public Administration program, Texas Tech University | Dissertation: Unpacking Administrative Decentralization: Testing the Interaction of National and Subnational Government Capacity in Explaining Subnational Performance | Committee: Claudia N. Avellaneda (Chair), Amanda Rutherford, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Lee J. Alston, James L. Perry
Stefan Carpenter: Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, Florida Golf Coast University | Dissertation: Unpacking the Efficacy of Community-Based Wildlife Governance: The Influence of Economic Benefit Types, Risk, and Heterogeneity on Collective Action | Committee: Lauren MacLean (Chair), Bill Blomquist (IUPUI), Jennifer Brass, David Konisky, Vicky Meretsky
Ngoc Dao: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Postdoc Fellow, Center for Financial Security Retirement and Disability Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison | Dissertation: Topics on Retirement Saving, Retirement and Health in the Era of Ageing Population | Committee: Bradley Heim, Kosali Simon, Denvil Duncan, Seth Freedman
José Alfonso Iracheta Carroll: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Director General, Mexican National Institute of Sustainable Land (Instituto Nacional del Suelo Sustentable) | Dissertation: Air Quality, Mobility and Metropolitan Policy: Empirical Evidence from Mexico City, Los Angeles and San Francisco | Committee: Barry Rubin, Sanya Carley, David Konisky, Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Gyeo Reh Lee: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Tax Analyst, National Assembly Budget Office (of the Republic of Korea) | Dissertation: Myths about Market Solutions | Committee: Robert Kravchuk, Sergio Fernandez, Justin Ross, Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Zhengyan Li: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan | Dissertation: Truth Matters: Information Disclosure, Regulation, and Environmental Attitudes and Actions | Committee: David Konisky (Chair), Sanya Carley, Alex Hollingsworth, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Douglas Noonan
Felipe A. Lozano Rojas: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor Public Administration and Policy, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia | Dissertation: Three essays on the unintended consequences of social policies | Committee: Maureen Pirog and Justin Ross (Co-chairs), Kosali Simon, Bradley Heim
Christopher Miller: Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy
Initial Placement: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Richmond | Dissertation: Climate Policy and Political Viability: Polarization, Inequality, and the Prospects for Geoengineering | Committee: Daniel Cole (chair), Lisa Blomgren Amsler, Marjorie Hershey, Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Johabed G. Olvera: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Penn State | Dissertation: The Impact of a Home Visiting Program and Its Implementation on Mothers and Children Health | Committee: Maureen Pirog, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing, Stephanie Moulton, Seth Freedman
Luke M. Shimek: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Financial Statistician, Business Intelligence Unit, ZeniMax Media Inc. | Dissertation: 'Escape from Patronage': A Multi-Method Exploration of the Causes and Consequences of Bureaucratic Insulation | Committee: Regina Smyth (chair), Claudia Avellaneda, William Bianco, Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Qun Wang: Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Toledo | Dissertation: Differentiated Government Control: Political Connections and Revenues to NGOs In China
Julio C. Zambrano-Gutierrez: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz | Dissertation: The Role of Sectoral Diversity on Collaborative Governance and Citizen Coproduction | Committee: Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Claudia Avellaneda, Denvil Duncan, Justin Ross
Ruodan Zhang: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of Connecticut | Dissertation: Three Essays on Nonprofit-Government Interactions and the Effects on Citizen Participation | Committee: Jill Nicholson-Crotty (Chair), Matthew Baggetta, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Brad Fulton
Anthony DeMattee: Joint Ph.D. in Public Policy
Initial Placement: National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for Fundamental Research. Sponsored by the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences and the Law & Science Program | Dissertation: Domesticating Civil Society: How and Why Governments Use Laws to Regulate CSOs | Committee: Jen Brass, Lisa Amsler, Lauren MacLean, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Allison Schnable
Taha Hameduddin: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore | Dissertation Title: Three Essays on the Employee Engagement Construct: Exploring the Role of the External Environment, and its Efficacy in the U.S. Federal Government | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (chair), Claudia Avellaneda, Michael McGuire, Sean Nicholson-Crotty
Siân Mughan: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs in Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University | Dissertation: Budget Deficits and Revenue Extracting Activities in the Criminal Justice System | Committee: Justin Ross (chair), Coady Wing, Denvil Duncan, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, George Krause (UGA)
Adam Abelkop: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Teaching Fellow, Environmental Law and Policy Program, Stanford Law School | Dissertation: Regulation and Litigation as Complements in Environmental and Public Health Governance | Committee: Daniel Cole, John Applegate, Kenneth Richards, Sanya Carley, Michael McGinnis
David M. Bredenkamp: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration and Policy (CPAP), School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) | Dissertation: Serving Alongside the Shadow: Civil Servants and Contracted Public Work | Committee: Matthew Baggetta (co-chair), Michael McGuire (co-chair), Sergio Fernandez, Beth Gazley
Lindsey Rose Bullinger: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Tech | Dissertation: The Impact of Social Policy on Child and Family Health and Well-being in the United States | Committee: Maureen Pirog, Kosali Simon, Coady Wing, Justin Ross
Martin Delaroche: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Consultant, Division of Consumption and Production, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) | Dissertation: Policy Change or Values Change? The Evolution of the Environmental Behavior of Large-Scale Soybean Producers in Mato Grosso, Brazil | Committee: François-Michel Le Tourneau – Research Director, CNRS, University Paris 3 Sorbonne-Nouvelle (co-chair); Daniel H. Cole, Maurer School of Law, SPEA, Indiana University (co-chair); Eduardo S. Brondízio, Department of Anthropology, SPEA, Indiana University; Lauren MacLean, Department of Political Science, Indiana University; Vincent Dubreuil, University of Rennes 2, France; Angelo Costa Gurgel, São Paulo School of Economics, FGV, Brazil
Lauren Dula, Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration in the College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University, SUNY | Dissertation: Women and the United Way: Gender's Role in the Governance and Performance of Nonprofit Organizations | Committee: Beth Gazley (chair), Youngjoo Cha (Sociology), Sergio Fernandez, Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Laurie Paarlberg (Texas A&M, Bush School)
Maithreyi Gopalan: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University | Dissertation: Examining Disparities in Non-Cognitive Outcomes in the United States | Committee: Maureen Pirog (Chair), Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Coady Wing, and Mary Murphy
Noah Hammarlund: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: National Library of Medicine Postdoctoral Senior Fellow - Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle
Hongseok Lee: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration and Policy at University at Albany, State University of New York | Dissertation: Examining Meanings and Consequences of Bureaucratic Representation and Workforce Diversity: The United States and South Africa Cases | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (Chair), Michael McGuire, Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Thomas Rabovsky
Shinwoo Lee: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of South Florida | Dissertation: Determinants and Consequences of Employee Turnover in the U.S. Federal Bureaucracy | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (Chair), James Perry, Amanda Rutherford, Coady Wing
Gabriel Pina: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Research Scientist, Child Trends | Dissertation: Federal Policies and the Poor: Allocation Decisions and Impacts of Housing Financial Assistance Programs | Committee: Maureen Pirog (Chair), Stephanie Moulton, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Claudia Avellaneda
Sean Webeck: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School (DRMI reports to the Office of the Secretary of Defense) | Dissertation: Applying a Behavioral Approach to the Use of Performance Information by Public Managers | Committee: Sean Nicholson-Crotty (Chair), Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Tom Rabovsky, William Bianco, Asmus Olsen
Julio C. Zambrano-Gutierrez: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz | Dissertation: The Role of Sectoral Diversity on Collaborative Governance and Citizen Coproduction | Committee: Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Claudia Avellaneda, Denvil Duncan, Justin Ross
NaLette Brodnax: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University | Dissertation: The Impacts of a Novel Intervention on the Gender Gap in Technology Education: A Randomized Controlled Experiment | Committee: Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Ashlyn Nelson, Timothy Hellwig, Matthew Hayes
Yuan "Daniel" Cheng: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, Humphrey School of Public Affairs | Dissertation: Understanding Government-Supporting Nonprofits and Their Relationships with Governments: Evidence from Local Parks and Recreation Services | Committee: Beth Gazley (Chair), Daniel Cole, Burnell Fischer, Michael McGuire, Chao Guo (University of Pennsylvania) Andrew Cloran (Public Policy)
Hyesong Ha: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Research Fellow / Adjunct Faculty Instructor, Department of Public Administration, Center for Future Government Studies SSK, Yonsei University, Seoul | Dissertation: Employee Empowerment and Organizational Outcomes in the Public Sector: A Causal Inference Analysis | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (Chair), Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Claudia N. Avellaneda, Anh Tran, Weihua An
Yousueng Han: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar- Research Associate, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California | Dissertation: A Multidimensional Scale for Public Employee Accountability: Theory and Empirical Evidence | Committee: James Perry (Chair), Sean Nicholson- Crotty, Sergio Fernandez, Thomas Rabovsky, and Stephen Benard
Shun-Wen Wu, Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant professor, Graduate Institute of Public Affairs / Political Science Department, National Taiwan University | Dissertation: The Welcome Mat Effect of the Early Medicaid Expansions – on Enrollment, Healthcare Utilization, and Spending | Committee: Kosali Simon (Chair), Hsien-Chang Lin, Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Coady Wing
Ursula Kreitmair: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska | Dissertation: Observing Others: Three Studies on the Role of Behavioral Information on Collective Action in Social Dilemmas | Committee: Elinor Ostrom (deceased), James Walker (Co-Chair), Michael McGinnis (Co-Chair)
Zach Wendling: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Post-doctoral Associate, Project Leader for the Environmental Performance Index, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy, Yale University | Dissertation: Policy aspects of the diffusion of shale gas development | Committee: John D. Graham (Chair), Sanya Carley, Kenneth R. Richards, Barry Rubin
Chaeyoung Chang: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Lecturer, City University of New York, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College 2015-16; Assistant Professor, SPEA Northwest | Dissertation: Empirical Evidence on Factors Contributing to the Prevalence of Childhood Obesity in the U.S. | Committee: David Reingold, Sergio Fernandez, Dong-Chul Seo, Haeil JungShuang Zhao (Public Policy)
Graham Epstein: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Canada | Dissertation: Collective action and institutional fit | Committee: Michael McGinnis (Chair), Burney Fischer, Sergio Fernandez, Daniel Cole, Eric Coleman
Louis Fucilla: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | Dissertation: Does the Bureaucracy Move the Needle on Trust: An Exploratory Analysis | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (Chair), Eileen Braman, Marjorie Hershey, Thomas Rabovsky, William ReshSun Young Kim
Hyunkang Hur: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Business, Indiana University, Kokomo | Dissertation: Three Essays on Public Job Security | Committee: James L. Perry (chair), Michael McGuire, Sergio Fernandez, Haeil Jung
Carletta Taylor Sims: Public Affairs Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Post-Doctoral Fellow, American University | Dissertation: Financial and Social Program Savvy Amongst Earned Income Tax Credit Eligible Households: The Influence and Importance of Social Program Participation, Financial Capability and Taxation in Household Wealth-Building Behaviors | Committee: Maureen Pirog (chair), Haeil Jung, Ruby Mendenhall, David Reingold, and Justin Ross
Jacob Bower-Bir: Joint Public Policy Ph.D.
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, American University in Cairo, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy | Dissertation: What We Deserve: The Moral Origins of Economic Inequality and Our Policy Responses to It | Committee: Elinor Ostrom (deceased), Edward Carmines, William Bianco, Stephen Benard, David Reingold, Bradley Heim