Alumni

JDP Alumni, with their first position after graduation

2024

  • Xuechunzi Bai, Psychology and Social Policy, Neubauer Family Assistant professor of Psychology, University of Chicago
  • Beatriz Barros, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, Virginia Tech
  • Sonya Chen, Politics and Social Policy, Panda Express Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
  • Karalyn Enz, Psychology and Social Policy
  • Henry Gomory, Sociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Leon Mait, Psychology and Social Policy, Researcher, OMNI Institute
  • Rohini Majumdar, Psychology and Social Policy, Senior UX Researcher at Slack
  • Emily Miller, Population and Social Policy,  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Poverty and Inequality Research Lab, Johns Hopkins
  • Matthew Mleczko, Population and Social Policy, Post-Doctoral Associate, Rutgers University
  • Gillian Slee, Sociology and Social Policy, Gerhard Casper Fellow in Rule of Law, CDDRL, Stanford University
  • Hanna Zlotnick, Population and Social Policy, Business Growth Strategy Senior Associate, JP Morgan Chase

 

2023

  • Herrissa Lamothe, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
  • Katie Donnelly, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
  • Derek Wakefield, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University
  • Chris Felton, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Graduate School of Education

2022

  • Gina DelCorazon, Population and Social Policy, Bezos Academy
  • Georgia Himmelstein, Population and Social Policy, Resident, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
  • Sophie Moullin, Sociology and Social Policy, The University of Auckland, Honorary Academic in Sociology
  • Ryan Parsons, Sociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi
  • Hannah Postel, Population and Social Policy,  Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
  • Leah Rosenstiel, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
  • Belén Unzueta, Sociology and Social Policy, University of Pennsylvania, Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies

2021

  • Jessamin Birdsall, Sociology and Social Policy, Church Urban Fund
  • Nathan Cheek, Psychology and Social Policy, Posdoctoral Researcher, Princeton University
  • Shuang (Yo-Yo) Chen, Population and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics
  • Michael Kistner, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Houston
  • Ian Lundberg, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of California Los Angeles
  • Joel MartinezPsychology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
  • José María Rodríguez Valadez, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York
  • Alexandra Mayorga, Politics and Social Policy,
  • Jordan Starck, Psychology and Social Policy, IDEAL Provostial Fellow, Stanford University 
  • Daniela Urbina Julio, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University
  • Elsa Voytas, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth College 

2020

  • Quinn Albaugh, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
  • Robin Gomila, Psychology and Social Policy, Lecturer in Statistical Methods, Princeton University
  • Rebecca Johnson, Sociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College
  • Federica Querin, Population and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, European University Institute
  • Melanie Terrasse, Sociology and Social Policy, User Experience Researcher, Instagram

2019

  • Meir Alkon, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
  • Amanda Cheong, Sociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of British Columbia
  • Rachel Connor, Psychology and Social Policy, Participant Affairs, Finding Five
  • Sarah James, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
  • Alexander Kustov, Population and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
  • Joel Mittleman, Sociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame
  • Giuliana Pardelli, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, NYU Abu Dhabi
  • Jueyu (Sherry) Wu, Psychology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Management & Organization, UCLA Anderson

2018

  • Angela Dixon, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University
  • Linsey Edwards, Sociology and Social Policy, Visiting Assistant Professor, New York University

2017

  • Cydney Dupree, Psychology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale University School of Management
  • Peter Johannessen, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Virginia
  • Marcus Johnson, Politics and Social Policy, President's Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland
  • Mary Kroeger, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Rochester
  • Rebecca Littman, Psychology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
  • Ayesha Mahmud, Population and Social Policy, Rockefeller Foundation Planetary Health Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
  • Zitsi Mirakhur, Population and Social Policy, Research Associate, Research Alliance for New York City Schools

2016

  • Maria Abascal, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University
  • Carolyn Abott, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, Ohio State
  • Diane Alexander, Economics, Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • Courtney Bearns, Psychology and Social Policy, Researcher, Keystone
  • Aaron Gottlieb, Assistant Professor, Jane Addams College of Social Work
  • Patrick Ishizuka, Sociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University
  • Kevin Mazur, Politics and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford University
  • Vlademir Medenica, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Delaware
  • Christian Moser, Economics, Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School
  • Jillian Swencionis, Psychology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2015

  • Jan Marie Alegre Psychology and Social Policy, NAEP Product Management Lead,  Educational Testing Service
  • Edward BerchickSociology and Social Policy, Researcher,  US Census Bureau
  • Sarah BrayneSociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research
  • Lauren GaydoshSociology and Social Policy, NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual Postdoctoral Fellow University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • Matthew Incantalupo, Politics and Social Policy, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Haverford College
  • Laura NolanPopulation and Social Policy, Researcher, Mathematica
  • Matthew Tokeshi, Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Williams College
  • Jaquilyn Waddell Boie, Politics and Social Policy, Consultant and Research Analyst, Waddell Boie Consulting

2014

  • Shane Blackman, Psychology and Social Policy, Product Manager, Princeline.com
  • Rene Flores, Sociology and Social Policy, Research Fellow, University of Michigan
  • Yanilda GonzalezPolitics and Social Policy, Democracy Fellow, Harvard University
  • Herschel Nachlis, Politics and Social Policy, Instructor of Political Science, Franklin & Marshall College
  • Rourke O'BrienSociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Wisconsin
  • David PedullaSociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin
  • Michelle PhelpsSociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
  • Brice RichardEonomics, Associate, Cornerstone Research, San Francisco
  • Meredith SadinPolitics and Social Policy, RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research, University of California, Berkeley
  • Naomi, SugieSociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

2013

  • Michael BecherPolitics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor, University of Konstanz
  • Erica CzajaPolitics and Social Policy, RWJF Scholar in Health Policy Research, University of California, Berkeley
  • Michael Donnelly, Politics and Social Policy, Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow, European University Institute
  • Julia GelattSociology and Social Policy, Research Associate, Urban Institute
  • Tatiana HomonoffEconomics, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
  • Michael NorthPsychology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University
  • Dean Spears, Economics, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Research Institute for Compassionate Economics, India
  • Abigail SussmanPsychology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor for Marketing, University of Chicago
  • Matthew Trujillo, Psychology and Social Policy, Research Associate, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Erik Vickstrom, Sociology and Social Policy,  Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

2012

  • Hilary BergsiekerPsychology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Waterloo
  • Alexandra MurphySociology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
  • Ann Marie RussellPsychology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Princeton University
  • Daniel SchneiderSociology and Social Policy,  RWJ Health Policy Research Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley

2011

  • Nicholas Carnes Politics and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
  • Kevin Woodson, Sociology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor of Law, Drexel University

2010

  • Arpita ChatterjeeEconomics, Lecturer, Australian School of Business
  • Mina CikaraPsychology and Social Policy, Assistant Professor, Carnegie Melon University
  • Matt Kugler, Psychology and Social Policy, Student, University of Chicago Law School
  • Tiane LeePsychology and Social Policy, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Maryland
  • Diana Lee, Economics, Boston Consulting Group, New York City

2009

  • Chris OlivolaPsychology and Social Policy, Newton Fellow in the Behavioral Science Group, Warwick Business School