PLACEMENT AFTER PhD PROGRAM COMPLETION

2023 PhDs

  • Jessica Kang: Senior Research Scientist, Evaluation Studio
  • Jinna Ji Eun Kim: Research Assistant, UCI
  • Chit Wai John Mok: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Selena Margarita Livas: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Alexandra Rose Maresca: Qualitative Researcher, UCI

 

2022 PhDs

  • Martin Jacinto: Assistant Professor, Sociology, California State University, Chico
  • Langou Lian: Senior Research Scientist, California Department of Health Care Access and Information
  • Miles Davison: Research Scientist, NWEA
  • Vanessa Delgado: Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Access (IDEA) Postdoctoral Fellow, Stony Brook University
  • Stephanie Delise Jones: UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Riverside
  • Steven Andrew Mejia: Assistant Professor, Washington University
  • Ngoc-Thoa Vinh Khuu: Postdoctoral Researcher, Population Research Center, Pennsylvania State University
  • Noemi Linares-Ramirez: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio State University
  • Scott Leo Renshaw: Postdoctoral Research Associate, North American Family Institute, Inc.
  • Steven Edward Schmidt: Postdoctoral Fellow, USC
  • Breauna Marie Spencer: Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Computer Science, Stanford
  • Connor Barclay Saxon Strobel: Harper-Schmidt Fellow and Collegiate Assistant Professor, University of Chicago
  • Sara Ivethe Villalta: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Loyola Marymount University
  • Ehsan Farshchi: Research Data Specialist, Demographer, Covered California

 

2021 PhDs

  • Oshin Khachikian: Researcher, American Institutes for Research
  • Janet Muniz: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Sociology Department, California State University, Long Beach
  • Aaron Tester: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Stanford Univeristy
  • Jessica Cabrera: Chief Operating Officer, Cabrera-Williams Consulting Inc.
  • Cam Nguyen Owen: Researcher and Policy Analyst, Nonprofit Organization, New York
  • Alex Olsen: Assistant Social and Behavioral Science Professor, Umpqua Community College
  • Archibaldo Silva: Professor, California State University, Long Beach
  • Edward Lee Watson: Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Fullerton

 

2020 PhDs

  • Alma Garza: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sociology Department, Purdue University
  • Kelly Ward: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Sociology and Gender & Women's Studies Departments, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Tonia Docarmo: Legal Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Ben Leffel: Lecturer at University of California, Merced
  • Setareh Mahmoudi: Educaton Research Analyst, DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE)
  • Stephanie Pulles: Statistician at U.S. Employment and Economic Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Christopher Gibson: Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, California State University, Fullerton
  • Francis Lee: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago
  • Jess Lee: Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure track), Social Sciences Department, Cal Poly SLO
  • Julie Kim: Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Family Medicine, University of California, Irvine
  • Christoffer Zoeller: Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

 

2019 PhDs

  • Megan Brooker: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Kansas
  • Monique D.A. Kelly: Postdoctoral position, Dean's Research Associate, Michigan State University
  • Anna Penner: Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University
  • Mikaela Smith: Postdoctoral position, Ohio Policy Evaluation Network, The Ohio State University
  • Daniel Millán: Core Fellow & Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston College
  • Tanya Sanabria: Assistant Professor, California State University, Los Angeles
  • Burrel Vann Jr.: Assistant Professor, San Diego State University
 

 

2018 PhDs 

  • Britni Adams: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, University of Florida
  • Bonnie Bui: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences, Tulane University
  • Emma Smith: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Math, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Jolene McCall: Assistant Professor, International Studies, California State University, Long Beach
  • John McCollum: Assistant Professor, Minot State, North Dakota
  • Danielle Vesia: Senior Research Scientist, Foresee Survey Research Company
  • Tyson Patros: Assistant Professor & Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow, New York University

 

 2017 PhDs

  • Sean Drake: Assistant Professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, NY University
  • Sheefteh Khalili: Executive Director, Office of Academic Planning-Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, UCI
  • Jessica Kizer: Assistant Professor, Pitzer College
  • Ralph Hosoki: Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yader Lanuza: Assistant Professor, University of Miami
  • Dan Schneider: Labor Market Consultant, California Employment Development Department
  • Amber Tierney: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maine
  • Cheng-Tong Wang: Research Analyst, Volunteers of America Los Angeles
  • Christine Tomlinson: Lecturer, UC Irvine
  • Nolan Phillips: Postdoctoral Fellow Position, Harvard University

 

2016 PhDs

  • Edelina Burciaga: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Denver
  • Jonathan Calvillo: Assistant Professor of Sociology of Religion, Boston University School of Theology
  • Erin Evans: Educator at National Nurses United, Oakland, CA
  • Beth Gardner: Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Potsdam
  • Henry Hail: Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, Pacific University
  • Joe King: Statistician at Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications (CARRA), US Census Bureau
  • Dana Moss: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh 
  • Kara Placek: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Pitzer College
  • Matthew Rafalow: Scientist, Google

 

2015 PhDs

  • Rosalio Cedillo: Assistant Professor, Dominican University Chicago
  • Thomas Elliott: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Youth Activism Project, University of Arizona
  • Sean Fitzhugh: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Network Science Team, US Army Research Laboratory
  • Raul Perez: Assistant Professor, University of Denver
  • Amanda Pullum: Assistant Professor, The School of Social, Behavioral, and Global Studies, Cal State University,  Monterey Bay
  • Rachael Russell: Research Analyst, Valencia College, Orlando
  • Mariam Ashtiani: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Cal State Fullerton
  • Andrew Duncan: Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College
  • Fernando Chirino: Lecturer, University of California, Merced
  • Michelle Peria: Part-time Professor of Arts and Sciences, Madison College

 

2014 PhDs

  • Esther Castillo: Lecturer, Chapman University & CSU Fullerton
  • Katie Dingeman-Cerda:Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Criminology, University of Denver
  • Sharmaine Jackson: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, Yale University
  • Allen Kim: Associate Professor of Sociology, International Christian University, Tokyo
  • Vincent Laus: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Central Oklahoma
  • Paul Morgan: Lecturer, Cal State University, Stanislaus
  • Alice Motes: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Data Curation, University of Minnesota
  • Dana Nakano: Assistant Professor of Sociology, CSU - Stanislaus
  • Kris Noam-Zuidervaart: Research Manager, Clifford Beers Clinic
  • Jared Olesen: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Illinois Valley Community College
  • Joshua Saldana: UCI Institutional Research, Research Analyst at Cal Poly Pomona
  • Christopher Smith: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University
  • Carolyn Zambrano: Research Scientist, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control, California Department of Public Health

 

2013 PhDs

  • Zack Almquist: Assistant Professor of Sociology & Statistics, University of Minnesota
  • Daisy Carreon: Research Specialist, McREL International Pacific Center for Changing the Odds
  • Zoya Gubernskaya: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Albany
  • Michael Landis: Survey Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service Office - Sacramento
  • Daisy Verduzco Reyes: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut 
  • Kristen Shorette: Assistant Professor of Sociology, SUNY - Stony Brook
  • Elizabeth Sowers: Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Channel Islands
  • Emma Spiro: Assistant Professor of Information Science, University of Washington

 

2012 PhDs

  • Jimmie Bany: Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Hanover College
  • Linda Borgen: Instructor of Rhetoric & Writing Studies, San Diego State University
  • Scott Byrd: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Murray State University
  • Katie Furuyama: Program Coordinator, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, and Leadership
  • Brian Gillespie: Researcher, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen
  • Lorien Jasny: Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Exeter, England
  • Jasmine Kerrissey: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Massachussets, Amherst
  • Christopher Marcum: Staff Scientist, Human Genome Project, National Institutes of Health
  • Yung-Yi Diana Pan: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Brooklyn College - CUNY
  • Nina Smart: Founder, SWF International
  • James Stobaugh: Assistant Professor of Sociology at Arkansas Tech University

 

2011 PhDs

  • Georgiana Bostean: Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Health, and Policy, Chapman University
  • Elizabeth Chiarello: Assistant Professor of Sociology & Fellow, Saint Louis University & Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard
  • Remy Cross: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Webster University
  • Carol Glasser: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  • Ben Lind: Assistant Professor of Sociology, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
  • Hien Park: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanguard University
  • Karen Jeong Robinson: Associate Professor, CSU - San Bernardino
  • Megan Thiele: Assistant Professor of Sociology, San Jose State University

 

2010 PhDs

  • Ryan Acton: Data Scientist, WeddingWire
  • James Bachmeier: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Temple University
  • Steven Boutcher: Executive Officer, Law & Society Association
  • Rosaura Conley-Estrada: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boise State University
  • Renee Ellis: Statistician, Housing & Household Statistics Division, US Census Bureau
  • Tara Hardinge: Associate Professor of Sociology, Mission College
  • Goldie Komaie: Supervisor of Public Health Research, School of Medicine, Washington University
  • Kelsy Kretschmer: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Oregon State University

 

2009 PhDs

  • Ting Jiang: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Metropolitan State College of Denver
  • Miruna Petrescu-Prahova: Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Washington
  • Ping Ren: Statistician, Housing & Household Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau
  • Leah Ruppanner: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Sabeen Sandhu: Instructor of Sociology, Santa Clara University
  • Monica Trieu: Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies, Purdue University

 

2008 PhDs

  • Roberto Gonzales: Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University
  • Matthew Mahutga: Associate Professor of Sociology, UC - Riverside
  • Christine Oh: Assistant Dean, Psychology and Health Sciences, Azuza Pacific University, University College
  • Sharon Oselin: Associate Professor of Sociology, UC - Riverside
  • Danielle Rudes: Associate Professor of Criminology, Law & Society, George Mason University
  • Julie Song: Associate Professor of Sociology, Chaffey College
  • Tsui-O Tai: Assistant Professor, Taipei National University 
  • Jody Agius Vallejo: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California

 

2007 PhDs

  • Jessica Ayo Alabi: Assistant Professor of Sociology & Gender Studies, Orange Coast College
  • Christina Baker-Foley: Assistant Professor of American & Multicultural Studies, Sonoma State University
  • Wai Kit Choi: Associate Professor of Sociology, CSU - Los Angeles
  • Catherine Corrigall-Brown: Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
  • Makiko Fuwa: Associate Professor of Urban Liberal Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
  • Liana Christin Landivar: Sociologist and Senior Researcher, Women's Bureau, US Department of Labor
  • Yuki Kato: Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
  • Mark Leach: Statistician, US Census Bureau
  • Charlie Morgan: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ohio University
  • Rebecca Trammell: Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Metropolitan State College of Denver
  • Kassia Wosick: Associate Professor of Sociology, New Mexico State University

 

2006 PhDs

  • Gary Pritchard: Dean of Fine Arts & Mass Communications, Cerritos College
  • Selim Shahine: Instructor of Anthropology, UC - Irvine
  • Sandrine Zerbib: Associate Professor of Sociology, St. Cloud State University 

 

2005 PhDs

  • Jeanne Batalova: Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Institute
  • Yvonne Braun: Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Oregon
  • Leslie Bunnage: Associate Professor of Sociology, Seton Hall University
  • Marnie Dobson: Associate Director, Center for Social Epidemiology
  • Danielle MacCartney: Associate Dean of Sociology,Webster University
  • Derek Martin: Instructor of Sociology, University of Arizona
  • Elizabeth Ribet: Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Women, UCLA
  • Erika Sanchez-Reenan: Instructor of Sociology, Orange Coast College

 

2004 PhDs

  • Eric Anderson: Professor of Gender & Sports Studies, University of Winchester, England
  • Olga Bright: Instructor of Sociology, CSU - San Bernardino
  • Hyun Choe: Professor of Sociology, Jeju National University, South Korea
  • Karen Kendrick: Associate Professor of Sociology, Albertus Magnus College
  • Deana Rohlinger: Professor of Sociology, Florida State University 
  • Kristine Wright: Instructor of Sociology, Los Angeles Southwest College

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