Political science prepares students to be leaders in many different professions, including, business, government, foreign affairs, journalism, law and politics.
From professional careers to graduate studies to non-profit work, here is a look at how recent political science graduates make their mark beyond the Hill.
Emily Davis '19
Doctoral Student-Political Science, University of Texas at Austin
Amanda Bolton '19
Legal Intern, Noelle Brennan & Associates, Chicago, IL
Britny Patterson '19
Security Assistant, US State Department, Washington, DC
Madison McDowell '19
JD Candidate, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Pranav Mulpur '19
Graduate Student-Law, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Sydney Telaak '19
PB Intramural Res. Training Award Recipient, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
Colin Cowperthwaite ’18
Project Assistant, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Philadelphia, PA
Evan Cree Gee ’18
Assistant to the Executive Director, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Philadelphia, PA
Matthew Gerson ’18
Junior Legislative Assistant, U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC
Andres Naranjo Jijon ’18
Political Affairs Officer Intern, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), Geneva, Switzerland
Maia Leeds ’18
Litigation Paralegal, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, NY
Daniel Cebul '17
Editorial Fellow, Defense News, Akron-Canton, OH
Sarah-Marie Choong '17
Field Organizer, JB Pritzker for Governor, IL
Deborah Malamud '17
Case Assistant, Irell & Manella, LLP, Los Angeles, CA
Adam Rubenstein '17
Assistant Books & Arts Editor, The Weekly Standard
Sarah Grace Spurgin '17
Summer Staffing Director, Fund for the Public Interest, Denver, CO
Liam Cardon '16
Research Intern, Hudson Institute, Farmington, CT
Gabe Brison-Trezise '16
Correspondent, Valley News, Thetford, VT
Matt Delbridge '16
Law Student, UCLA School of Law, Springboro, OH
Christina Franzino '16
It's On Us Fellow, Civic Nation, Napa, CA
Eva Landers '16
Attorney Recruiting Coordinator, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Palmer, MA
Laura Messenger '16
City Year participant, San Antonio, TX
Mira Netsky '16
Litigation Paralegal, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton Garrison, New York, NY
Emily Tanji '16
Law Student, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana
Han Zaw '16
Project Assistant Citizen Participation & Asia, National Democratic Institute, Washington, DC
Daniela Acker '15
Victim Specialist, Center for Court Innovation, Brooklyn, NY
Meredith Bentsen '15
Intern, Brunswick Group, New York, NY
Andrew Gabel '15
Treasury analyst, Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA
Nicholas Gasbarro '15
Staff Assistant for Senator Rob Portman, United States Senate, Washington, DC
Jackie McGraw '15
Communications Intern, Open Government Partnership, San Francisco, CA
Caroline Shipman '15
Paralegal, Sidley Austin, LLP, New York, NY
Madeleine Thompson '15
News Reporter, Straus Media, New York, NY
Lauren C. Berke '14
Intern, Students for a Free Tibet, Dharamsala, India
Alexandra R. Bruschi '14
Publicity assistant, Penguin Group USA, New York, NY
Bradley R. Couts '14
Legislative correspondent, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Arlington, VA
Ben Neuhaus ’14
Yale Law School
Thomas P. Brown '13
Staff assistant for a U.S. senator, Washington, DC
Paul D. Burgin '13
Judicial intern for the Hon. Shirley Watts, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Marcela J. Colmenares '13
Project manager, Center for Democracy and Development in the Americas, Washington, DC
Maxwell Chodosh ’12
Research assistant (government relations), Fabiani & Co.
Riley Scheid ’11
User insight analyst, Google Inc.
Charles Bitterman ’11
Political director , New York Observer
Junnosuke Tashiro ’10
Consultant, Nomura Research Institute
Nina L. Holmberg ’09
Marketing analyst, Target Corporation
Ann M. Shikany ’08
Energy policy assistant, Energetics
Colin W. Maguire ’08
Vice chairman of planning commission, City of Lansing
Robert J. Gyenes ’08
Conflicts specialist, WilmerHale LLP
Molly Flanagan ’07
Executive assistant to the director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Michael R. Krantz ’07
International affairs specialist, U.S. Department of Justice
Daniel E. Kight ’04
Congressional outreach specialist, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Andrew D. Greene ’04
Associate editor, Rolling Stone Magazine
Marisa A Vigilante ’03
Editor at Avery & Gotham, Penguin Group
Christian D. Brose ’02
National security advisor to Senator John McCain, Senate Armed Services Committee