Hire a Stony Brook Ph.D
The Political Science Department at Stony Brook has a long tradition of placing students in positions at the finest research and liberal arts schools in the country. For a list of jobs our former students now hold, go to Job Placements. This year's candidates are no exception to the legacy of excellence political scientists have come to expect from Stony Brook. Here are this year's candidates:
Katie Donovan
Major/Minor: American Politics/Political Psychology
Degrees: B.A. in English, Emory University
M.S. in Criminal Justice,University of Cincinnati
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Behavior, Public Opinion, Political Communication, Campaigns and Elections
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/sbukatiedonovan12/
Ben J. Newman
Major/Minor: Political Psychology/American Politics
Degrees: B.A., Political Science, California State University at Sonoma
M.A., Political Psychology, California State University at Sonoma
M.A., Political Science, Stony Brook University
Research and Teaching Interests: Public Opinion, Intergroup Relations, Political Participation, Citizen Activism, Democratic Theory
Website: http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Stu/bnewman/index.html
David Perkins
Major/Minor: Political Psychology/American Politics
Degrees: B.A., Psychology, Bellarmine University
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Psychology, Statistics, Ideology, Personality, Media & Evolutionary Psychology
Martijn Schoonvelde
Major/Minor: Political Economy/Political Psychology
Degrees: M.Sc, Social Psychology, University of Groningen, M.A., Political Science, University of Amsterdam
Research and Teaching Interests: Comparative Political Behavior, Public Opinion, Research Methods
Website:http://mschoonvelde.tumblr.com
Ben Woodson
Major/Minor: Political Psychology/American Politics
Degrees: B.A., Political Science and Journalism; Indiana University
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Psychology and Behavior, Judicial Politics, Political Cognition and Emotion; American Government
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RECENT PHD GRADUATES PLACED
Class of 2012, 100% academic (75% tenure track, 25% VAP)
Roland Kappe – tenure track at University College of London
Ellen Key – tenure track at Appalachian State
Ben Newman – tenure track at University of Connecticut – Stamford
David Perkins – visiting assistant professor at Bates College (on market Fall 2012)
Class of 2011, 100% academic (all tenure track)
Christopher Johnston – tenure track at Duke University
Andrew O’Geen – tenure track at Davidson College
Christopher Paker – tenure track at Centenary College of Louisiana
Angel Saavedra – tenure track at University of Texas Pan American
Class of 2010, 100% academic (80% tenure track, 20% post-doc)
Pazit Ben-Nun-Bloom – tenure track at Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Marie Courtemanche – tenure track at Marietta College
Naser Javaid – tenure track at Roosevelt College
Jacob Sohlberg – tenure track at Lund University
Brad Verhulst – post-doctoral fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University (on market Fall 2012)
Class of 2009, 60% academic (all tenure track)
Gizem Arikan – tenure track at Yasar University
Cengiz Erisen – private sector
Mary-Kate Lizotte – tenure track at Birmingham Southern University
Maxwell Mak – tenure track at John Jay College
Everett Young – visiting assistant professor at Washington University SL, then private sector
Class of 2008, 100% academic (all tenure track, overlapping with Charles Taber as GPD)
Tony Carey – tenure track at University of North Texas
Elif Erisen – tenure track at California Polytechnic University
Todd Hartman – tenure track at Appalachian State University
Christopher Weber – tenure track at Louisiana State University
