Our Ph.D. graduates go on to positions in academia, government, military, business, NGOs, and non-profits. Placement information for recent UNL Political Science Ph.D. graduates is listed below. Please contact the Graduate Program Chair, Dr. Ingrid Haas, with questions or for more information.
| Name | Placement | Dissertation Chair | Year |
| Alex Hall | Statistician, School of Medicine at Creighton University | Theiss-Morse | 2025 |
| Sukjae Lee | Staff, Kangsun Appliance, South Korea | Lorenz | 2025 |
| Lukasz Niparko | Data Fellow, Death Penalty Information Center | Kohen | 2024 |
| Joseph Maestas | Political Analyst, U.S. Government | Hillebrecht | 2024 |
| Kyle Hull | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Theiss-Morse | 2023 |
| Daniel Schaub | Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Hillebrecht | 2023 |
| Noelle Troutman | Security and Defense PLuS (S&D+) Postdoctoral Fellowship, The School of Politics and Global Studies at Arizona State University | Mehta | 2023 |
| Karl Giuseffi | Executive Vice President of Research and Innovation, Talent Plus, Inc. | Smith | 2022 |
| Rula Jabbour | Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, Nebraska Wesleyan University | McMahon | 2022 |
| Fathiyyah Maryufani | Strategic Communication Consultant, Center for Education and Policy Studies (Pusat Studi Pendidikan dan Kebijakan) Adjunct Lecturer, Indonesia University of Education (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia) | Miller | 2022 |
| Naser Nahya | Director, Kurdish Community Organization, Lincoln, Nebraska | Miller | 2022 |
| Hannah Read | Analyst, Exact Sciences | Hillebrecht | 2022 |
| Clarisse Warren | Research Analyst, The Olinger Group | Smith | 2022 |
| Maria Benes | Co-Director, Before Gethesemane Initiative | McMahon | 2021 |
| Alison O'Toole | Program Director, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation | Theiss-Morse | 2021 |
| Ernest Dupree III | Lone Star College-Montgomery | Hibbing | 2020 |
| Francisco Iván López Bermúdez | Professor, San Francisco de Quito University, Ecuador | Miller & Forsythe | 2020 |
| Dennis Crawford | STRATCOM, Airforce | Miller | 2019 |
| Matthew Eberhart | Director, Commander Initiatives Group, NORTHCOM Combatant Commander | Miller | 2019 |
| Aaron Hansen | United States Government | Hillebrecht | 2019 |
| Jeonghyeon Kim | Visiting Researcher, Human Rights Research and Education Center, University of Ottawa | Hillebrecht | 2019 |
| Julia Reilly | Outreach Coordinator, Forsythe Family Program on HRHA; Lecturer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Hillebrecht | 2019 |
| Stephen Schneider | Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University | Hibbing | 2019 |
| Yue Zoe | Senior Program Evaluator, Office of the Legislator Auditor, State of Minnesota | McMahon | 2019 |
| Jonathan Jackson | Instructor, Louisburg College; Elections Policy Fellow, Civitas Institute | Theiss-Morse | 2018 |
| Marxen W. Kyriss | Chief, Deterrence Policy, USSTRATCOM | McMahon | 2018 |
| Joseph A. McCarthy | Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | Miller | 2018 |
| Frank Gonzalez | Assistant Professor, University of Arizona | Theiss-Morse | 2017 |
| Alex Kroeger | Assistant Professor, Texas State University-San Marcos | Miller | 2017 |
| John Peterson | Assistant Professor, Palo Alto College | Hibbing | 2017 |
| Michelle Black | Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Omaha | McMahon | 2016 |
| Kate Hunt | Assistant Professor, Austin Peay State University, TN | Kohen | 2016 |
| Nate Munier | Assistant Professor, American University of Afghanistan, Kabul | Miller | 2016 |
| Melissa Trueblood | Economic Development Research Manager at Nebraska Department of Economic Development | Theiss-Morse | 2016 |
| Matthew A. Morehouse | Data Analyst, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) | Miller | 2015 |