Ph.D. Job Market Candidates

Below is an alphabetical list of Yale Ph.D. students and recent graduates currently on the job market. Please feel free to contact them, their advisors, or the DGS for additional information. 

Any Yale Graduate Student wishing to be added to this page can do so by filling out our PhD Job Market Candidates submission form.

Visit our Job Market Resources page for liknks and advice.

Placement Officers

Alex Debs
Rosenkranz Hall
115 Prospect Street
alexandre.debs@yale.edu

Ian Shapiro
Horchow Hall
55 Hillhouse Avenue
ian.shapiro@yale.edu

Current Students

Natalie Hernandez

Dissertation:  “Representation and Abortion Policy in the Post-Roe United States”
Personal Website:  https://nataliehernandez.com
Departmental Profile: https://politicalscience.yale.edu/people/natalie-hernandez
Advisors List:  Gregory Huber; Josh Kalla; Dawn Teele; Dara Strolovitch
Areas of Concentration:  American Politics; Political Behavior; Public Opinion; Persuasion; Representation; Gender and Politics; Abortion
Current Position:  Agora Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
Email:   natalie.hernandez@yale.edu

Sean Nossek

Dissertation:  Essays on Trade, Market Concentration, and the Power of Firms and Workers
Personal Website:  https://sites.google.com/view/seannossek/
Advisors List:  Didac Queralt, Ken Scheve, Leonardo Baccini (external)
Areas of Concentration:  International Relations, Comparative Politics, Quantitative Methods
Email:   sean.nossek@yale.edu

Recent Graduates

Deepika Padmanabhan

Dissertation:  Everyday Language: Navigating the State and the Nation in Southern India
Personal Website: www.deepikapadmanabhan.com
Current position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Scholars Program, Harvard University
Advisors List:  Steven Wilkinson (Chair), Kate Baldwin, Sarah Khan, Alex Coppock
Areas of Concentration:  Comparative Politics, Political Economy
Email:   deepikapadmanabhan@fas.harvard.edu