{"id":3755,"date":"2016-09-12T12:10:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T16:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politicalscience\/?page_id=3755"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:56:44","slug":"hire-a-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/politics\/hire-a-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Students \/ Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alumni<\/h3>\n

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Tutku Ayhan<\/a> ’21<\/strong>
\nPostdoctoral Fellow, Institut Barcelona D’estudis Internacionals\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Daniel Banini<\/a> ’21<\/strong><\/div>\n

Instructor of Political Science, Eastern Illinois University<\/em><\/p>\n

Sara Belligoni<\/a> ’22<\/b><\/div>\n
Postdoctoral Scholar, <\/em>University of Central Florida<\/em><\/div>\n
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Salah Ben Hammou<\/a> ’24<\/strong><\/div>\n
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Baker Institute’s Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East at Rice University<\/em><\/div>\n
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Clayton Besaw<\/a> \u201818<\/strong><\/div>\n

Data Scientist II,\u00a0 American Equity<\/em><\/p>\n

Xiongwei Cao ’20<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jason Christensen<\/a> \u201817<\/strong><\/div>\n

Booz Allen Hamilton Social Scientist, U.S. Special Operations Command South<\/em><\/p>\n

Davide Dell’Isola<\/a> ’22<\/strong>
\nLecturer of International Relations, University of Groningen <\/em><\/p>\n

Manar Elkhaldi \u201816<\/strong><\/div>\n

Academic Dean, Leaders Preparatory School<\/em><\/p>\n

Devyn Escalanti<\/a> \u201825<\/strong><\/div>\n
Risk Associate, Binera, Inc.<\/em><\/div>\n
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Sandor Fabian<\/a> ’20<\/strong>
\nNATO Special Operations Subject Matter Expert, Team Leader and Curriculum Developer, LEIDOS<\/em><\/p>\n

Christopher Faulkner<\/a> \u201819<\/strong><\/div>\n

Assistant Professor, United States Naval War College<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Joseph Funderburke \u201819<\/strong><\/div>\n

Colonel, U.S. Army and Special Assistant to the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff<\/em><\/p>\n

Doreen Horschig<\/a> ’21<\/strong>
\nAssociate fellow with the Project on Nuclear Issues at the Center for the Strategic and International Studies<\/p>\n

Jennifer Hudson<\/a> ’22<\/strong>
\nSenior Data Analyst, The Clearing, Inc.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rafael Hurtado ’25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chief of the Research, Development, and Innovation Division of the Columbian Navy<\/em><\/p>\n

Ozgur Kayaalp<\/a> ’23<\/strong>
\nData Analyst – Institutional Analytics Department, Indiana University Bloomington<\/em><\/p>\n

Logan Kerschner ’21<\/strong>
\nLieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army<\/p>\n

Joshua Lambert<\/a> ’20<\/strong>
\nSenior Machine Learning Engineer, FactSet<\/em><\/p>\n

T. Augustine Larmin<\/a> ’23<\/strong>
\nDeputy Minister for Administration, Ministry of Defense – Republic of Liberia <\/em><\/p>\n

Zlatin Mitkov<\/a> ’21<\/strong>
\nAssistant Teaching Professor, North Carolina State University<\/em><\/p>\n

Alexander Norat ’23<\/strong>
\nFire Inspector, Indian River County<\/p>\n

Didara Nurmanova \u201819<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jennifer Obado Joel ’22<\/strong>
\nDirector, GENDERISE<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Pleasant Ogedengbe \u201825<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Payne \u201819<\/strong>
\nDetective, Orange County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/em><\/p>\n

David Raugh \u201819<\/strong><\/div>\n

Colonel, U.S. Army\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Erika Ricci<\/a> \u201824<\/strong><\/div>\n

Analyst, Corporate Opportunity & Risk Management at Exyte<\/em><\/p>\n

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Marcos Rosas Degaut Pontes \u201816<\/strong><\/div>\n

Deputy Special Secretary for Strategic Affairs, Office of the President, Brazil<\/em><\/p>\n

Santosh Sapkota ’23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rebecca Schiel<\/a> \u201818<\/strong><\/div>\n

Director of Academic Development, Full Sail University <\/em><\/p>\n

Tad Schnaufer<\/a> ’22<\/strong><\/div>\n

Analyst Planner, Global and National Security Institute at the University of South Florida<\/em><\/p>\n

Miroslav Shapovalov ’21<\/strong><\/div>\n

Research Fellow at Middle East Theater, Iraqi Kurdistan<\/em><\/p>\n

Lawrence Skelly ’23<\/strong><\/div>\n

Executive Advisor, U.S. Army<\/p>\n

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Barry Smith \u201824<\/strong><\/div>\n

Deputy Staff Director & Policy Director, House Foreign Affairs Committee<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gary Smith \u201818<\/strong><\/div>\n

Quantitative Social Scientist, Gartner<\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Spolizino ’21<\/strong>
\nLieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Yekple<\/a> ’23<\/strong>
\nVisiting Assistant Professor of African Studies, Bowdoin College<\/em><\/p>\n

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To access Doctoral Graduate Data<\/strong>, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To access electronic Theses and Dissertations<\/strong>, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Candidates<\/h3>\n

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Gary Adams<\/p>\n

Nathan Becker<\/p>\n

Joseph Budzyn<\/p>\n

Jeffrey Dambly<\/p>\n

Kelsie Dillard<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Lea Faure<\/p>\n

Turan Keles<\/p>\n

Simon Mace<\/p>\n

Jonathan Mahan<\/p>\n

Maren Mainx<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Uchenna Okwara<\/p>\n

Alanna Reynolds<\/p>\n

Bailey Sellers<\/p>\n

Angelica Yeboah<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

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Students<\/h3>\n

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Olusumbo Adeyemi<\/p>\n

Toyosi Ajibade<\/p>\n

John Akoeda<\/p>\n

Chadine Allen<\/p>\n

Ozcan Aykut<\/p>\n

Wael Benali<\/p>\n

Dharma Bhatt<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Brenda Bruno<\/p>\n

Kayla Georgiafandis<\/p>\n

Jessica Harris<\/p>\n

Thomas Mathews<\/p>\n

Fahad Mirza<\/p>\n

Allyson Monroe<\/p>\n

Dennis Mpere<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Shivani Persaud<\/p>\n

Kasra Qaredaghi<\/p>\n

Makaela Rackow<\/p>\n

David Richardson<\/p>\n

Clayton Sheffield<\/p>\n

India Simmons<\/p>\n

Kassadi Smith<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

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