Our PhD students receive sophisticated and flexible graduate training that prepares them well to compete for academic positions, postdoctoral fellowships, as well as careers with the government, NGO’s and the private-sector, both in Canada and abroad. Below is a list of some of our recent graduate placements.
| Name | Area | Year of Graduation | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Moez | Comparative Politics | 2024 | Fellow, Centre for the Politics of Feelings |
| Cheng Xu | International Relations | 2024 | Assistant Professor, Smith College |
| Victor Bruzzone | Political Theory | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State |
| Semuhi Sinanoglu | Comparative Politics | 2024 | Researcher, German Institute of Development and Sustainability |
| Md Mujahedul Islam | Comparative Politics | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto |
| William O'Connell | International Relations | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University |
| Yang-Yang Cheng | Political Theory | 2024 | Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University |
| Salar Asadolahi | Public Policy | 2024 | Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University |
| Catherine Ouellet | Comparative Politics | 2024 | Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal |
| Timothy Berk | Political Theory | 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa |
| Christian Elliot | International Relations | 2023 | Assistant Professor, Penn State School of International Affairs |
| Reut Marciano | Comparative Politics | 2023 | Assistant Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Mary Jo MacDonald | Political Theory | 2023 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Jyväskylä |
| Nathan Olmstead | Political Theory | 2023 | Analyst, Niagara Parks |
| Amanda Arulanandam | Political Theory | 2023 | Visiting Fellow, Princeton University |
| Michael Motala | International Relations | 2023 | Owner, EVERLEX Legal |
| Erfan Xia | Political Theory | 2023 | Assistant Professor, Shanghai Technical University |
| Aden Dur-E-aden | International Relations | 2023 | Fellow, Canadian Global Affairs Institute |
| Zak Black | Political Theory | 2022 | Research Officer, Library of Parliament |
| Daniel Sherwin | Political Theory | 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Carleton University |
| Travis Southin | Canadian Government | 2022 | Future Economy Lead, the Transition Accelorator |
| Milena Pandy | Comparative Politics | 2022 | Instructional Support Administrator, University of Toronto |
| Michael Braun | Comparative Politics | 2022 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of the Witwatersrand |
| Kevin Luo | Comparative Politics | 2022 | Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota |
| Eve Bourgeois | Canadian Government | 2022 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecole Nationale d'Administration Publique |
| Emile Dirks | Comparative Politics | 2022 | Research Associate, University of Toronto |
| Anna Kopec | Public Policy | 2022 | Assistant Professor, Carleton University |
| Zain Asaf | Comparative Politics | 2022 | Lecturer, University of Toronto |
| Erica Petkov | Comparative Politics | 2022 | Manager, Canadian Civil Liberties Association |
| Stefan Ferraro | Canadian Government | 2022 | Data Analyst, Freelance |
| Jason VandenBeukel | Canadian Government | 2021 | Director of Communication, Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing |
| Daniel Hutton Ferris | Political Theory | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University |
| Shelly Ghai | Development Studies | 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo |
| Anibal Saldias | Comparative Politics | 2021 | Policy Analyst, Economist Intelligence Unit |
| Lahoma Thomas | International Relations | 2021 | Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Cait Power | Political Theory | 2021 | Assistant Professor, York University |
| Dylan Marando | Canadian Government | 2021 | Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office |
| Alesha Porisky | Comparative Politics | 2021 | Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University |
| Asif Farooq | International Relations | 2021 | Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada |
| Amir Abdul Reda | Comparative Politics | 2021 | Assistant Professor, University of Mohamed VI Polytechnique |
| Brianna Botchwey | International Relations | 2021 | Senior Policy Analyst, Global Affairs Canada |
| Kevin Edmonds | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
| Ella Street | Political Theory | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University |
| Evan Rosevear | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong |
| Scott McKnight | International Relations | 2020 | Research Writer, University of Toronto |
| Amy Janzwood | International Relations | 2020 | Assistant Professor, McGill University |
| Jacqueline Peterson | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Manager, Kathairos Solutions Inc |
| Elena Goracinova | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Market Research Analyst, MotivBase |
| Kristen Pue | International Relations | 2020 | Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada |
| Sophie Borwein | Canadian Government | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University |
| Takumi Shibaike | International Relations | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Syracuse University |
| Shu Liang Yan | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong in Shenzhen |
| Alexis Lerner | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Assistant Professor, US Naval Academy |
| Stephanie Murphy | Political Theory | 2020 | Director, HCM Strategists |
| Chi Kwok | Political Theory | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Lingnan University |
| Charles Larratt-Smith | International Relations | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso |
| Pierre Rivest-Bonin | Canadian Government | 2020 | Senior Data Scientist, Employment and Social Development Canada |
| Zhichao Tong | Political Theory | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Sun Yat-sen University |
| Joanna Rice | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Consultant, Global Survivors Fund |
| Minh Do | Canadian Government | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Guelph |
| Ching-Fang Hsu | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Assistant Professor, National Chi-Nan University in Taiwan |
| Vanessa van den Boogaard | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Research Fellow, University of Sussex |
| Carmen Ho | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Guelph |
| Marie Gagne | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Consultant, Tetra Tech ARD |
| Adam Casey | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan |
| Yao Wen | International Relations | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Fudan University |
| Erica Rayment | Canadian Government | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Calgary |
| Maika Sondarjee | International Relations | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa |
| Lennart Maschmeyer | International Relations | 2020 | Senior Researcher, ETH Zurich - Centre for Security Studies |
| Jessica Soedirgo | Comparative Politics | 2020 | Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam |
| Teddy Harrison | Political Theory | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Harvard University |
| Scott Dodds | Political Theory | 2019 | Stakeholder Relations Manager, Government of Ontario |
| Sarah Rich-Zendel | International Relations | 2019 | Postdoctoral Fellow, York University - Osgoode Hall |
| Nicholas Fraser | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Policy Innovation Fellow, University of California - Berkeley |
| Gerald Bareebe | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Assistant Professor, York University |
| Nathan Lemphers | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Economic Analyst, Climate Change Canada |
| Simon Lambek | Political Theory | 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of the Fraser Valley |
| Emily Scott | International Relations | 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham |
| Mark Winward | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Manger, Return on Disability Group |
| Steven Denney | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Vienna |
| Begum Uzun | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Assistant Professor, MEF University |
| Lama Mourad | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Carleton University |
| Constantine Vassiliou | Political Theory | 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Houston |
| Nathaniel Gilmore | Political Theory | 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin |
| Benjamin Cormier | International Relations | 2019 | Assistant Professor, University of Strathclyde |
| Tanya Whyte | Canadian Government | 2019 | Software Developer, Prodigy Education |
| Thomas Meredith | Political Theory | 2019 | Adjunct Lecturer, Santa Clara University |
| Alejandro Garcia Magos | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Lecturer, University of Toronto |
| Juan Aranda Vargas | Political Theory | 2019 | Assistant Professor, UPAEP |
| Dragana Bodruzic | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Corporate Sustainability Specialist, Sympact Advisory |
| Bowen Yu | International Relations | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Fudan University |
| Karol Czuba | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University |
| Marion Laurence | International Relations | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Canadian Defence Academy |
| Ozlem Aslan | Political Theory | 2019 | Visiting Professor, Kadir Has University |
| Noaman Ali | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences |
| Michael Youash | Comparative Politics | 2019 | Senior Manager, Global Centre for Pluralism |
| Matthew Hamilton | Political Theory | 2018 | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto - Scarborough |
| Jonathan Kent | International Relations | 2018 | Research Fellow, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada |
| Alexandre Pelletier | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Université Laval |
| Matthew Wilder | Canadian Government | 2018 | Research Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada |
| Christopher LaRoche | International Relations | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Central European University |
| Clifton van der Linden | International Relations | 2018 | Assistant Professor, McMaster University |
| Heather Millar | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick |
| Yi-Chun Chien | Political Theory | 2018 | Assistant Professor, National Chengchi University |
| Shaukat Ansari | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Part-Time Lecturer, Mt. Allison University |
| Safiyyah Ally | Political Theory | 2018 | Executive Producer, 'Let the Quran Speak' |
| Khalid Ahmed | Comparative Development | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Quatar University |
| Semir Teshale | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Senior Research Associate, Institue for Security Studies |
| Sude Beltan | Comparative Development | 2018 | Policy Analyst, Intergovernmental Committee on Urban Regional Research |
| Lior Sheffer | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Associate Professor, Tel Aviv University |
| Jonathan Melchiorre | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Associate Professor, Universidad de los Andes |
| Geoffrey Cameron | Comparative Politics | 2018 | Assistant Professor, McMaster University |
| Adrienne Davidson | Canadian Government | 2018 | Assistant Professor, McMaster University |
| Patricia Greve | International Relations | 2018 | Research Fellow, Balsille School of International Affairs |
| Sude Beltan | Development Studies | 2018 | Research Officer, Government of Ontario |
| Igor Shoikhedbrod | Political Theory | 2017 | Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University |
| Pinar Dokumaci | Political Theory | 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Dublin |
| Jonas Schwab-Pflug | Political Theory | 2017 | Senior Manager, Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) |
| Matthew Lesch | Canadian Government | 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of York |
| Gregory Eady | Comparative Development | 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen |
| Daniel Schillinger | Political Theory | 2017 | Lecturer in Humanities, Yale University |
| Michael Gavin | International Relations | 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of Queensland |
| Maxime Heroux-Legault | Canadian Government | 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia |
| Lindsay Mahon | Political Theory | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Duke Kunshan University |
| Lincoln Rathnam | Political Theory | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Duke Kunshan University |
| Craig Damian Smith | International Relations | 2017 | Executive Director, Parity |
| Beth Jean Evans | International Relations | 2017 | Principal Consultant, Evans Global Consulting |
| David Polansky | Political Theory | 2017 | Senior Fellow, Institute for Peace and Diplomacy |
| Simon Pratt | International Relations | 2017 | Lecturer, University of Melbourne |
| Kate Korycki | Comparative Industrial | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Western University |
| Aarie Glas | International Relations | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University |
| Jean Lachapelle | Comparative International Relations | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Université de Montréal |
| Emma Planinc | Political Theory | 2017 | Asssistant Professor, University of Notre Dame |
| Nick Ruderman | Canadian Government | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Concordia University |
| Daniella Levy-Pinto | Comparative Development | 2017 | Manager, National Network for Equitable Library Service |
| Juan Pereira Marsiaj | Comparative - Development | 2017 | Senior Quality Assurance Advisor, Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council (IAESC) |
| Tina Rupcic | Political Theory | 2017 | Assistant Professor, Concordia University |
| Gabriel Arsenault | Canadian Government | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Moncton |
| Robert Ballingall | Political Theory | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Maine |
| Kiran Banerjee | Political Theory | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan |
| Elinor Bray-Collins | Comparative Development | 2016 | Professor, Humber College |
| Kristin Cavoukian | Comparative Industrial | 2016 | Sessional Lecturer, University of Toronto |
| Simona Chiose | Comparative Industrial | 2016 | Senior Policy Advisor, University of Toronto |
| Megan Dersnah | International Relations | 2016 | Director of Policy, Right to Play |
| Alena Driescho | International Relations | 2016 | Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University |
| Wilfrid Greaves | International Relations | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Victoria |
| Dov Kanengisser | Comparative Development | 2016 | Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Health |
| Andrew McDougall | Canadian Government | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
| Jose Parra | Political Theory | 2016 | Lecturer, Universidad Externado de Colombia |
| Jerald Sabin | Canadian Government | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Carleton University |
| Paul Thomas | Canadian Government | 2016 | Senior Research Associate, The Samara Centre for Democracy |
| Arjun Tremblay | Comparative Industrial | 2016 | Assistant Professor, University of Regina |
| Dorina Verli | Political Theory | 2016 | Program Officer, SSHRC |
| Gustavo Carvalho | International Relations | 2015 | Researcher, Environmental Governance Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy |
| Andrea Cassatella | Theory | 2015 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Yannick Dufresne | Canadian Government | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Université Laval |
| Joelle Dumouchel | International Relations | 2015 | Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen |
| Sarah-Sophie Flemig | Comparative Development | 2015 | Chief Executive, The Cattanach Charitable Trust |
| David Gordon | International Relations | 2015 | Assistant Professor, UC Santa Cruz |
| David Houle | Canadian Government | 2015 | Public Policy Analyst, Public Sector |
| Jennifer Hove | Comparative Development | 2015 | Manager, Education Quality and Accountability Office |
| Merom Kalie | Theory | 2015 | Teacher, Massuah Institute for Holocaust Studies |
| Olga Kesarchuk | Comparative Development | 2015 | Business Officer, University of Toronto |
| Jamie Levin | International Relations | 2015 | Assistant Professor, St. Francis Xavier University |
| Douglas Joseph MacKay | International Relations | 2015 | Research Fellow, Australia National University |
| Matthieu Mondou | Comparative Politics | 2015 | Adviser, Public Policy, Innovation & Sustainability, Ministère de l'Économie et de l'Innovation |
| Michael Pelz | Comparative Politics | 2015 | Senior Policy Advisor, Government of Ontario |
| Cameron Sabadoz | Political Theory | 2015 | Contract Faculty, Carleton University |
| Abraham Singer | Political Theory | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago |
| Zachary Taylor | Canadian Government | 2015 | Assistant Professor, Western University |
| Hamish van der Ven | IR | 2015 | Assistant Professor, McGill University |
| Leslie Wee | Political Theory | 2015 | Instructor, George Brown College |