2018-2019 Job Market Candidates
Huseyin is a graduate candidate (ABD) of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh and expecting to graduate in Spring 2019.
He specializes in international relations, comparative politics, and political methodology with research focuses on peace, conflict resolution, civil wars, external interventions, conflict termination, temporal interdependence, bargaining theory, and democratization.
His dissertation is on the role of external interventions in ending internal wars. The chapter on interdependence in the dissertation was awarded the best paper at the 2017 PPSA Conference.
He has taught courses on International Relations, Comparative Politics, Civil Wars, and Peacemaking & Peacekeeping at the University of Pittsburgh. He was nominated for the 2018 Elizabeth Baranger Excellence in Teaching Award.
Career outcomes and trajectories of recent graduates
Graduates are listed alphabetically by year of graduation.
2017-2018
2016-2017
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Hakan Gunaydin |
IMF Structural Conditionality and Special Interest Groups: Determinants of Program Implementation in Labor Market and Financial Sector |
Jude Hays |
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz |
Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Konstanz |
Yasemin İrepoğlu Carreras |
Decentralization, Interactive Governance and Income Inequality: A Comparative Study |
B. Guy Peters |
Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of California - Riverside |
Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of California - Riverside |
Jarrod Kelly |
The "Ideological" Electorate: A Self-Categorization Theory of Ideological Identification |
Jon Hurwitz |
Assistant Professor, North Carolina Wesleyan College |
Assistant Professor, North Carolina Wesleyan College |
Lauren Perez |
National Parliamentary Involvement in EU Policy-Making: Questions, Resolutions, and Transposition |
B. Guy Peters |
Collegiate Assistant Professor, Harper-Schmidt Fellow, University of Chicago |
Collegiate Assistant Professor, Harper-Schmidt Fellow, University of Chicago |
2015-2016
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Andrea Aldrich |
National Parties and European Legislators |
Jonathan Woon |
Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Chicago |
Lecturer, Yale University |
Ignacio Arana-Araya |
The Quest for Uncontested Power: How Presidents’ Personality Traits Leads to Constitutional Change in the Western Hemisphere |
Anibal Pérez-Liñán |
Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute for Politics and Strategy, Carnegie Mellon University |
Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute for Politics and Strategy, Carnegie Mellon University |
Emilie Blais |
The Uploading of National Policies in the European Union |
B. Guy Peters |
Qualitative Research Officer, Senzo |
International Benchmark Officer, Pôle emploi |
Ian Cook |
Content and Context: Three Essays on Information in Politics |
Jonathan Woon |
Data Scientist, kWantera |
Senior Data Scientist, Tulco Labs |
Benjamin Melusky |
Institutional Capacity in the American States |
George Krause |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Franklin and Marshall College |
Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University |
John Polga-Hecimovich |
Bureaucratic Circumvention: Policy Delegation Strategies and Implementation Success in Low Capacity Bureaucracies, with Evidence from Latin America |
Scott Morgenstern & Anibal Pérez-Liñán |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University |
Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy |
Cassilde Schwartz |
The Paradox of Confrontation: Experimental Evidence on the Audience Effects of Protest |
Barry Ames |
Post-doctoral Researcher, University College London |
Lecturer in Quantitative Methods, Royal Holloway, University of London |
2014-2015
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Néstor Castañeda-Angarita |
Economic Power and Political Influence: Business Groups and Taxation in Latin America |
Anibal Perez-Linan |
Lecturer, University of Southampton |
Assistant Professor of Latin American Political Economy, University College London |
Sarah Cormack-Patton |
Citizens, Residents, and Guest Workers: A Transatlantic Analysis of Immigrant Rights and Political Cleavages |
Jude Hays |
Postdoctoral Scholar, Europe Center at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies |
Postdoctoral Scholar, Europe Center at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies |
Miguel Carreras |
Outside Presidents, Institutional Performance, and Governability in Latin America |
Anibal Pérez-Liñán |
Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside |
Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside |
Eric Loepp |
Conflicting Cues: The Role of Race, Gender, and Policy Information in Primary Elections |
Jon Hurwitz & Kristin Kanthak |
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater |
2013-2014
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Aaron Abbarno |
The Behavioral Consequences of Political Tolerance |
Steven Finkel |
Democracy Fellow in Comparative Politics and Democratization, Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance |
Director of Research, Evidence, & Data, Democracy International |
Scott Cook |
Rare Events in International Relations: Modeling Heterogeneity and Interdependence with Sparse Data |
Jude Hays & Burcu Savun |
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University |
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University |
Jennifer Laks Hutnick |
A Regional Weapon of Choice: Forum Choice in International Trade Disputes |
Daniela Donno & Jude Hays |
Adjunct Professor, Glouchester County College |
Mathematical Statistician, US Census Bureau |
Heather Rice |
A Policy-Driven Theory of State Institutional Opinion Leadership: The Case of Gay Rights in the American States |
Susan Hansen |
Assistant Professor, Slippery Rock University |
Associate Professor, Slippery Rock University |
Yen-pin Su |
Opposition Parties and Anti-Government Protests in Comparative Perspective |
Scott Morgenstern & Anibal Pérez-Liñán |
Assistant Professor, National Chengchi University |
Assistant Professor, National Chengchi University |
2012-2013
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Kristen Coopie Allen |
The Structure of Electoral Success: Determining Victory or Defeat From Contribution Dispersion in State Legislative Races |
Jennifer Victor & Kristin Kanthak |
Assistant Professor, Wright State University |
Adjunct Professor, Carnegie Mellon University |
William T. Daniel |
All Roads Lead Through Brussels? Career Ambition and the European Parliament |
B. Guy Peters |
Assistant Professor, Francis Marion University |
Assistant Professor, Francis Marion University |
Padi Hallam Joseph |
Liberty, Equality, and Kindness?: How the Strategic Choice of Values Affect Policy Attitudes and Information Choices |
Jon Hurwitz |
Senior Project Director, YouGov |
Policy & Comms Research (Marketing Insights), Facebook |
Hirokazu Kikuchi |
Federalism and the Limits of Presidential Powers: The Case of the Argentine Senate |
Anibal Pérez-Liñán |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
Associate Senior Research Fellow, Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center, Institute of Developing Economies |
Myung-Shik Kim |
Institutional Varieties of Productivist Welfare Capitalism in East Asia |
B. Guy Peters |
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee at Martin |
Assistant Professor, Spelman College |
Brandon Lenoir |
Studying the Effects of Mobilization Messages in a Strategic Environment: Applying the Receive-Accept-Sample (RAS) Model |
David Barker |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dickinson College |
Assistant Professor of Communication, High Point University |
Shawna Metzger |
Conflict Dynamics in Militarized Interstate Disputes |
Charles Gochman |
Lecturer, National University of Singapore |
Visiting Assistant Professor, William & Mary College |
2011-2012
2010-2011
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Juan Carlos Rodríguez-Raga |
Strategic Prudence in the Colombian Constitutional Court, 1992-2006 |
Barry Ames |
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
Laura Wills-Otero |
Latin American Traditional Parties: The Impact of Parties' Internal Features on Their Electoral Performance, 1978-2006 |
Anibal Pérez-Liñán |
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
Basak Yavcan Ural |
Public Opinion Towards Immigration in Europe: A Heterogeneous Approach |
Steve Finkel |
Tenure track position at TOBB University Ankara, Turkey |
Tenure track position at TOBB University Ankara, Turkey |
Galina Zapryanova |
Looks Can Be Deceiving: Explaining Euroscepticism in Central and East Europe |
Ronald Linden |
Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute MaxWeber |
Consulting associate, Gallup |
2009-2010
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Maria Andrea Castagnola |
Rethinking Judicial Instability in Developing Democracies: A National and Subnational Analysis of Supreme Courts in Argentina |
Anibal Pérez-Liñán & Chris Bonneau |
Adjunct Professor, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico/Political Science Department |
Assistant Professor, School of Politics and Government at Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina |
Miguel Garcia |
Political Violence and Electoral Democracy in Colombia. Participation and Voting Behavior in Violent Contexts |
Barry Ames |
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
Ana Carolina Garriga |
Determinants of Central Bank Independence in Developing Countries: A Two-Level Theory |
Barry Ames & David Bearce |
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) |
Lecturer in International Relations in the Department of Government, University of Essex |
Agustin Grijalva |
Courts and Political Parties: The Politics of Constitutional Review in Ecuador |
Anibal Pérez-Liñán & Barry Ames |
Professor, Universidad Andina, Quito-Ecuador Law School |
Professor, Universidad Andina, Quito-Ecuador Law School |
Andrew Lotz |
The Adaptive Approach to Democracy: A New Look at Democratic Governance in the European Union |
Michael Goodhart |
Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh |
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies / Academic Advisor / Lecturer, University of Pittsburgh |
Dana Adriana Puia |
The Dynamics of Institutional Change and the Case of the EU Budgetary Negotiations |
Alberta Sbragia |
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Policy Officer, European Commission |
Ekaterina Rashkova |
Political Learning and the Number of Parties: Why Age Matters |
Scott Morgenstern |
Post Doctoral Fellow, Leiden University, Netherlands |
Assistant Professor of Public Governance and Management, Utrecht University |
2008-2009
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Stacy Bondanella |
Intergovernmental Organizations and the Determinants of Member State Interest Convergence |
David Bearce |
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Gonzaga University |
Associate Professor of Political Science, Gonzaga University |
Luis Francisco Jimenez |
"De Paisano a Paisano: Mexican Migrants and the Transferrence of Political Attitudes to their Countries of Origin" |
Jon Hurwitz & Ronald Linden |
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston |
Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston |
Lisa Pohlman London |
Attitudes toward Membership in the European Union in the Czech Republic and Slovakia |
Barry Ames & David Bearce |
Survey Analyst, YouGov/Polimetrix |
Director, Strategic Consulting, MaritzCX |
Liying Ren |
Surveying Public Opinion in Transitional China: An Examination of Survey Response |
Wenfang Tang |
PAssistant Research Fellow, Institute of Social Science Survey/Peking University |
Associate Research Professor / Director, Data Division, The Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University |
2007-2008
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Katharine Floros |
Of, By, and For the People? How Demographic Pressure Affects Participation in Inter- and Intra-State Conflicts |
David Bearce |
Assistant Professor, University of Missouri |
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago |
Heather Elko McKibben |
The Effects of Issue Linkabe on State Bargaining Strategies: Institutional Conditiosn for Cooperative and Non-cooperative Bargaining |
Alberta Sbragia & Charles Gochman |
Assistant Professor, University of California-Davis |
Assistant Professor, University of California-Davis |
Rosario Queirolo |
The Impact of Neoliberal Economic Reforms on Latin Americans' Voting Behavior (1980-2004) |
Barry Ames & Mitchell Seligson |
Assistant Professor, Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay |
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Universidad Catolica del Uruguay |
2006-2007
2005-2006
Name |
Dissertation Title |
Dissertation Advisor |
Initial post-PhD position |
Current position |
Stephanie McLean |
Electoral Legitimacy in the United States: Effects on Political Efficacy, Trust and Participation |
Jon Hurwitz |
IPSOS-Reid Polling |
Senior Advisor, Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
Nils Ringe |
Policy Preference Formation in Legislative Politics: Structures, Actors, and Focal Points |
Alberta Sbragia |
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Professor, Director of the Center for European Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Francesco Stolfi |
Reforming Italy's Budget Process, 1960-1999: Europeanization in Context |
Alberta Sbragia |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Allegheny College |
Lecturer, Macquaire University |
Tara Stricko |
State High Courts: Independent or Constrained Actors? |
Chris Bonneau |
Assistant Professor, Kennesaw State University |
Associate Professor of Political Science |