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Placement of PhD Students

2022

NameAffiliationPosition
Simon RotzerTulane UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor
Tianjing LiaoUniversity of TennesseeLecturer
Kirsten EnglandUniversity of TennesseeLecturer

2021

NameAffiliationPosition
Nourah ShuaibiKuwait UniversityAssistant Professor
Giancarlo GonzalezLincoln Memorial UniversityAssistant Professor

2020

NameAffiliationPosition
Bader AlabdulkarimKing Saud UniversityAssistant Professor
Ryou HayounKorea Institute for Maritime StrategyProgram Manager
Ellen Lo-Curto MartinezUniversity of TennesseeLaw Student
Yu YanTsinghua UniversityBeijing Post-Doctoral Fellow

2019

NameAffiliationPosition
John AkinsU.S. Commission on International Religious FreedomPolicy Analyst for South Asia
Giovanny PleitesUniversity of North Carolina, AshevilleVisiting Assistant Professor
Erin RowlandEastern Illinois UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor
Steve ThompsonInstitute for Public ServiceAssistant Vice President
Mark WatsonCity of Oak RidgeCity Manager

2018

NameAffiliationPosition
Alexandra BrewerUniversity of TennesseeUndergraduate Advisor
Jonathan BarsnessPinkertonIntelligence Analyst
Jonathan RoseMars Hill UniversityAssistant Professor
Andrew SmithUniversity of Texas, Rio Grande ValleyVisiting Assistant Professor
Aaron GoldVirginia Military InstituteVisiting Assistant Professor

2017

NameAffiliationPosition
Michael MoltzShippensburg UniversityAssistant Professor
Royal Gene CravensBowling Green State UniversityVisiting Assistant Professor
Treston WheatAS SolutionIntelligence Analyst
Christopher AcuffTennessee Bureau of Workers’ CompensationStatistical Research Analyst

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