PA PhD Alumni Careers
Introduction
Our Ph.D. graduates pursue diverse and impactful careers across academia, government, research institutions, and industry worldwide. As professors, data scientists, policy directors, and research analysts, they demonstrate the broad reach and real world value of a UIC Public Administration doctorate degree.
Examples of positions held by recent graduates of the Ph.D. program include:
Assistant Professor, Oakland University (2025)
Assistant Professor, University of Macau (2025)
Assistant Professor, College of Charleston (2024)
Assistant Professor, Murray State University (2024)
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver (2023)
Research Analyst, National Opinion Research Center (2023)
Director, Punjab Institute of Language, Arts and Culture (PILAC), Lahore, (2023)
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver (2023)
Senior Researcher, InTulsa (2022)
Adjunct Faculty, University of Illinois Chicago (2022)
Head of Digital Scholarship & Research Management, Northwestern University (2021)
Director of Investments, Arabian Group Fund (2021)
Director of Research Strategy, National League of Cities (2021)
Data Scientist, CVS Health (2020)
Assistant Professor, California State University-Long Beach, (2020)
Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (2020)
Assistant Professor, Abant Izzet Baysal University (2019)
Head of Human Resource Development in the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia (2019)
Applied Research and Evaluation Specialist, Duke University (2019)
Assistant Professor, Wichita State University, (2019)
Director of Research Compliance, Governors State University (2018)
Head of Public Policy, Southeast Europe at Amazon Web Services, (2018)
Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University (2017)
Lab/Instructional Administrator, University of California, Los Angeles (2017)
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas Dallas, (2016)
Assistant Professor, Pace University, (2016)
Assistant Professor Indiana University of Pennsylvania, (2016)
Assistant Professor, Eastern Michigan University, (2015)