McMaster’s excellent academic training has facilitated the movement of our PhD graduates into rewarding jobs in the university and public sectors.
Our graduates have secured postdoctoral fellowships (Johnson-Shoyama School, Asia Pacific Foundation) tenure track university positions (Bishops, Brock, Carleton, Guelph, Mount Allison, Ottawa, l’Université de Montréal, Western, Winnipeg, York, PUC-RIO Brazil, ) research positions at think tanks (IRPP) and in the federal and provincial civil service (Treasury Board, Higher Education Quality Council, Ontario Ministry of the Environment).
Below is a list of names, positions and contacts of some of our PhD Alumni:
|
Name |
Position |
| Al-Kassimi, Khaled | Assistant Professor, The American University in the Emirates |
| Ayhan, Berkay | Assistant Professor, Kadir Has University |
| Bernards, Nicholas | Associate Professor, University of Warwick |
| Blab, Danielle | Researcher, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Bubak, Oldrich | Associate Professor, University of Hradec Kralove |
| Campbell-Verduyn, Malcolm | Assistant Professor, University of Groningen |
| Di Gregorio, Michael | Senior Manager, Top Hat |
| Diaz Rios, Claudia | Assistant Professor, University of Toronto |
| Frowd, Philippe M. | Associate Professor, University of Ottawa |
| Gordon, Michael | Co-Editor, Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees |
| Hukil, Roomana | Policy Analyst, Canadian Coast Guard, Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
| Jackson, Samantha | Boston Consulting Group (BCG) |
| Jurgutis Foran, Jessica | Assistant Professor, Lakehead University |
| King, Hayden | Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University |
| Leonard, Kelsey | Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo |
| Marlin, Marguerite | Policy Analyst, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Merolli, Jessica | Professor, Sheridan College |
| Midzain-Gobin, Liam | Assistant Professor, Brock University |
| Mitrea, Sorin | Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Canada |
| Muirhead, Jacob | Policy Analyst, Transport Canada |
| Munin, Ata-Ul | Infrastructure Canada |
| Nyirakamana, Colette | Senior Research Associate, University of Toronto |
| Rioux Ouimet, Hubert | Associate, École nationale d'administration publique |
| Rowe, Andrea | EDI Specialist, Global Water Futures |
| Shoker, Sarah | Researcher, OpenAI |
| Sleiman-Long, Zeina | NorQuest College |
| Teke Lloyd, Armagan | Assistant Professor, Abdullah Gül University |
| Tombari, Stephanie | Research Analyst, Sheridan College |
| Wijeratne, Suneth | Sessional Instructor, Brock University |
| Zhang, Falin | Associate Professor, Nankai University |
Recent Theses (2015 to present):
| Name | Thesis Title |
| Al-Kassimi, Khaled | Jus Gentium & the Arab as Muselmänner: The “Islamist Winter” is the Pre-Emptive (Creative) Chaos of the “Arab Spring” Multiplying Necropolises |
| Ayhan, Berkay | Cultural Political Economy of Financial Literacy in Turkey |
| Bernards, Nicholas | Actors and Entanglements in Global Governance: The ILO in sub-Saharan Africa |
| Blab, Danielle | Muslims of Interest: Practices of Racialization in the Context of the War on Terror |
| Bubak, Oldrich | Social Policy at the Edge of Knowledge: Towards a Unified View of Evolutionary Change in Policy Systems |
| Campbell-Verduyn, Malcolm | Reasserting Private Authority in Times of Crisis: Technical to Moral Discourses in Anglo-American Finance |
| Di Gregorio, Michael | The Affect of the Political: On the Politics and Psychology of Internalizing the International |
| Diaz Rios, Claudia | When Global Ideas Collide with Domestic Interests: The Politics of Secondary Education Governance in Argentina, Chile and Colombia |
| Ferdosi, Mohammad | The Development of Employment Protection Legislation in the United Kingdom (1963-2018) and Sweden (1971-2020) |
| Frowd, Philippe Mamadou | Securing Borders in West Africa: Transnational Actors, Practices, and Knowledges |
| Gordon, Michael | Solidarity and Resistance at the Borders of EUrope: Civil Fleet Search and Rescue Operations in the Mediterranean Boarderscape |
| Haarink, Steve | North Korea Does Not Exist: Human Rights in Asymmetry |
| Hukil, Roomana | Exploring Core-Periphery Subjectivities: Transnational Advocacy Networks and Environmental Movements in India |
| Jackson, Samanatha | Politicizing the White Coat: Physician Activism and Asylum Seeker Healthcare in Canada, Germany and England |
| Jurgutis Foran, Jessica | Colonial Carcerality and International Relations: Imprisonment, Carceral Space, and Settler Colonial Governance in Canada |
| King, Hayden | An Anishinaabe Politics of the International: Odaenuah, Akina, Miniwaa Gchi'Naaknigewin |
| Leonard, Kelsey | Nipi Mamoweenene: Indigenous Water Governance to Protect the Heart of Ohke (Mother Earth) the Great Lakes, Nayanno-Nibiimaang Gichigamiin, Kanyatare'Kó:Wa |
| Marlin, Marguerite | ENGO Policy Influence via Legislative Committees in Canada, the United States, and Russia |
| Merolli, Jessica | Feeling like a Citizen: Integration Exams, Expertise, and Sites of Resistance in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands |
| Midzain-Gobin, Liam | Making Sense: Indigenous Peoples, Knowledge Production, and Settler Colonialism |
| Mitrea, Sorin | Labour Market Policy and the Cognitive Face of Political Economy |
| Muirhead, Jacob | The Potential of Contracting in Global Agri-Food Governance: The Pursuit of Public Interests Through Private Contracts |
| Munim, Ata-Ul | Policy Rationale for Innovation Parks in Canada |
| Nyirakamana, Colette | Incentives, Rules, Power, and Discretion: A Comparative Analysis of Local Financial Autonomy Building in The Cities of Accra and Nairobi |
| Rioux Ouimet, Hubert | The New Sponsor States: Economic Nationalism & Venture Capital in Quebec and Scotland, 1990-2017 |
| Rowe, Andrea | Designing Equality of Opportunity in National Innovation Systems Moving Towards Gender Conscious Policy, Performance Measurement, and Resource Allocation |
| Shoker, Sarah | Military-Age Males in U.S Counterinsurgency and Drone Warfare |
| Sleiman-Long, Zeina | Sanctuary Regions and the Struggle for Belonging and Recognition Among Undocumented Immigrants in the United States |
| Tabassum, Nowrin | Multi-scalar Knowledge Brokers and the Labelling of Bangladesh’s Climate Change-induced Uprooted People |
| Teke, Fatima Armagan | Gender, Migration Regimes and Frames of Deservingness: The Gendered Management of Women's Care Migration from Armenia to Turkey |
| Tombari, Stephanie | The Green Publicity State: Sustainability, Austerity, and the 'Green Economy' in Michigan and Ontario, 2007-2012 |
| Vella, Trina | The Courts and Political Speech Rights: A Comparative Study |
| Wegner, Nicole | Inter-National Imag(ining):Canada's Military in Afghanistan |
| Wijeratne, Suneth | Examining Other Diplomacies of Sri Lankan Migrant Workers in South Korea: A Human-Centric Approach to Diplomatic Studies |
| Zhang, Falin | Comprehending China’s Stances Toward Global Financial Governance: A Two-stage Model |
All theses are available through the McMaster Library Digital Commons.