Placements

Graduation Year 2023

Name
Current Placement
Initial Placement
Specialization
Sayali Phadke
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Penn State Behrend
Assistant Professor of Statistics, Penn State Behrend
Christopher Seto
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University
Jeremy Seeman
Data Science fellow, University of Michigan
Data Science fellow, University of Michigan
Muhammed Cifci
Ntrepid 
Ntrepid 
Chase Bloch
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, New Zealand
Fisher and Paykel Healthcare, New Zealand
Sangyeon Kim
Indiana University, post-doc
Indiana University, post-doc
Rachel Peng
Assistant Professor. Rochester Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor. Rochester Institute of Technology
Ryan Wang
Assistant Professor, School of Communication at the Rochester Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor, School of Communication at the Rochester Institute of Technology

Graduation Year 2022

Name
Current Placement
Initial Placement
Specialization
Samuel Bestvater
Computational Social Scientist, Pew Data Labs
Computational Social Scientist, Pew Data Labs
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Sara Francisco
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Grinnell College
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Grinnell College
Sociology and Social Data Analytics
Maya Merhi
Associate Solutions Consultant, Axis Group
Associate Solutions Consultant, Axis Group

Graduation Year 2021

Name
Current Placement
Initial Placement
Specialization
Fangcao Xu
Machine Learning Software Engineer, Google
Machine Learning Software Engineer, Google
Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Omer Yalcin
Lecturer, Data Analysis and Computational Social Science, UMass-Amherst
Lecturer, Data Analysis and Computational Social Science, UMass-Amherst
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Amy Zhang
Scientist I – Bioinformatics, SomaLogic
Scientist I – Bioinformatics, SomaLogic
Statistics and Social Data Analytics
Lewen Wei
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere University
Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere University

Graduation Year 2020

Name
Current Placement
Initial Placement
Specialization
Markus Neumann
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wesleyan Media Project, Wesleyan University
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wesleyan Media Project, Wesleyan University
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Ben Sheng
Mathematical Statistician, FDA
Mathematical Statistician, FDA
Statistics (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Steven Morgan
Data Scientist, Facebook (Survey and Demographic Research) (2020-)
Data Scientist, Facebook (Survey and Demographic Research) (2020-)
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Cassie McMillan
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology & Criminal Justice, Northeastern University
Sociology and Demography (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Michelle Nixon
Assistant Research Professor, Information Sciences and Technologies, Penn State
Assistant Research Professor, Information Sciences and Technologies, Penn State
Statistics and Social Data Analytics
Soyoung Park
Assistant Professor, Marketing Department – Hospitality Management, Florida Atlantic University
Assistant Professor, Marketing Department – Hospitality Management, Florida Atlantic University

Graduation Year 2019

Name
Current Placement
Initial Placement
Specialization
Xi Liu
Software Engineer, Google Cloud AI
Software Engineer, Google Cloud AI
Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Matthew Denny
Research Scientist, Facebook Core Data Science (2019-).
Research Associate, Georgetown University, Massive Data Institute (2019-).
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Zhanna Terechshenko
Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University, Social Media and Political Participation (SMAPP) Lab
Postdoctoral Fellow, New York University, Social Media and Political Participation (SMAPP) Lab
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Jonathan Nelson
Vermont Department of Transportation
User Experience Designer, Strava (2015-2018)
Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)
John Schoeneman
Watkins Global Trade Scholars Supervisor, Oklahoma State University
Watkins Global Trade Scholars Supervisor, Oklahoma State University
Political Science and Social Data Analytics
Xiaoran Sun
Stanford University Data Science Scholar (2020-)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, The Screenomics Lab (2019-)
Human Development and Family Studies (SoDA Graduate Minor)

Graduation Year 2018

Name
Current Placement
Initial Placement
Specialization
Joshua Snoke
Associate Statistician, RAND Corporation
Associate Statistician, RAND Corporation
Statistics (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Jason Bendezú
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Child Development, University of Minnesota
Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Child Development, University of Minnesota
Psychology
Rachel Koffer
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
Human Development & Family Studies
Jennifer Mason
Professor of Practice, University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA (2018-19)
Geography
Carolynne Hultquist
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (2020-)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
Geography (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Alexander Ororbia
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, RIT
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, RIT
Informatics (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Ryan McMahon
Senior Data Scientist, Google
Data Scientist, Verisk Maplecroft
Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor)
Fridolin Linder
Research Scientist, Core Data Science, Meta
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Social Media and Politics, New York University
Political Science (SoDA Graduate Minor)