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: Assistant Professor, Washington State University
• Stephanie Delise Jones: UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Riverside
• Steven Andrew Mejia: Assistant Professor, Washington State 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