Our alumni serve in professional positions on University faculty and in various government and research agencies across the country and the world. As ambassadors from our graduate program, these individuals have made us very proud and have strengthened our reputation in the discipline. Most of our graduate students plan to pursue a career as part of a university faculty, but given the diversity of our program offerings, including the new Masters in International Policy, an applied degree shepherded by the Department of International Affairs, many of our students will not only be studying political phenomena, but will also be involved in political decision-making across the globe. Our Joint Ph.D. and M.A. programs, as well as the M.I.P. give our graduate program the capacity to rigorously train scholars and practitioners of political science and international affairs.

The Departments of Political Science and International Affairs are committed to helping students reach their ultimate professional goals. Our departments provide information on available positions in academia, assist in the development of a placement file, assist in the preparation for job talks and interviews, and we facilitate the recruitment process in general for our students.

Our students have a strong record in terms of their placement. Often thisplacement is determined by the student's goals and needs. Our Ph.D.s hold academic positions at Research I institutions as well as prestigious liberal arts institutions and everything in between. Some work in government or the private sector. Below you will find the listings of students who havecompleted our graduate program and their current status.

Ph.D. Alumni

J. Norman Baldwin (1981), Univeristy of Alabama
Nancy Basinger (2002), University of Utah
J. Michael Bitzer (2004), Catawba College
Kiki Caruson (2001), University of South Florida
Bradley Chilton (1988), Appalachian State
Todd Collins (2007), Western Carolina University
Janna Deitz (2004), Western Illinois University
Chris Dennis (1983), California State Long Beach
Matthew Fuhrmann (2008), University of South Carolina
Mary Herring (1987), Wayne State University
Ronald Keith Gaddie (1993), University of Oklahoma
Troy Gibson (2004), University of Southern Mississippi
William Gillespie (2004), Kennesaw State University
Suzette Grillot (1997), University of Oklahoma
Thad Hall (2002), University of Utah
Roger Hartley (1993), University of Arizona
Brian Harward (2003), Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Lisa Holmes (2001), University of Vermont
David T. Mason (1981), University of North Texas
Keesha Middlemass (2004), University of Kansas
Laura Moyer (2008), Louisiana State University
Kevin Pybas (2005), Missouri State University
Daniel Reed (2008), American University
Michael J. Scicchitano (1984), University of Florida
B. Douglas Skelley (1980), James Madison University
Holley Tankersley (2006), Coastal Carolina University
Ricky Travis (1993), Mississippi State University
Donald R. Wagner (1979), West Georgia College
Pete Wielhouwer (1994), Western Michigan University

MA Alumni

Michael Crespin (2001), University of Georgia
David Damore (1995), University of Las Vegas
Audrey Haynes (1991), University of Georgia

Alumni in Research and Professional Positions

Daniel Minnich, Ph.D. (2004), Policy Analyst, US Government, Washington DC

If you are a former Ph.D. Student and would like to update us on your career, please email hwooda@uga.edu. Please note "Placement" in the subject of your email. Updates can also be made at www.alumni.uga.edu/update/ .