Alumni Spotlight

Dr. Anwar Mhajne (UC Poli Sci PhD with a concentration in Feminist Comparative and International Politics, June 2019), Assistant Professor, Department Political Science and International Relations, Stonehill College was awarded the 2022 International Studies Association Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section Early Career Engagement Award.

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Dr. Crystal Whetstone (UC Poli Sci PhD with a concentration in Feminist Comparative and International Politics, June 2020), Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Sam Houston State University, has accepted a new position as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University in Turkey, starting Fall 2022.

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Dr. Jelena Vićić (UC Poli Sci PhD, 2021), currently on a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Diego with its Center for Peace and Security Studies, was a selected participant in the 2022 International Studies Association Committee on the Status of Women Pay It Forward Program.


Dr. Murat Yilmaz (UC Poli Sci PhD, June 2021) began as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Kastamonu University in Turkey in Spring 2022.

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