Doctoral Placement

The Sociology Department has a strong record of placing students who graduate from our doctoral program. Since 1995, twenty-nine students have earned PhDs from our program, and they are now employed all over the country, mostly in academic positions. For example, 21 of those who graduated are in positions that require teaching, research, and service, 3 are in post-doctoral fellowships, and 3 hold researcher/administrator positions. Recent placements include:

Academia

• Augustana College
• Bemidji State University
• Cameron University
• Central Missouri State University
• Georgia State University
• Grand Valley State University
• Iowa State University
• James Madison University
• Johnson County Community College
• Kansas City Art Institute
• Kansas City Kansas Community College
• University of Louisiana Lafayette
• University of Nevada-Las Vegas
• New Mexico State University-Las Cruces
• Ohio University-Eastern Campus
• Oklahoma State University
• University of Oklahoma
• State University of New York-Cortland
• State University of New York-Geneseo
• Tulane University
• University of Wisconsin, Baraboo

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

• Sheps Center for Health Care Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• RORC, Kansas City VA Medical Center
• Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Researcher/Administrator Positions

• Director of Extension-Placed Based Economic Development Initiative, University of Missouri Columbia
• Project Coordinator, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas
• New Mexico Department of Education