Two students in the Political Science Ph.D. program–Chris Hare and Sarah Fisher–have recently accepted faculty positions at first-rate academic institutions. Both of these students will graduate with their Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Georgia in May 2015 and will start their new faculty jobs in the fall of 2015. Both have accepted an assistant professorship, which is most advantageous because they will have the opportunity to earn tenure after several years at their new institutions.

Chris Hare has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. In 2013, US News and World Report ranked UC-Davis as having the #23 graduate program in Political Science nationwide. In the specialty of Political Methodology, for which Chris has been hired, the department is ranked #15. Chris’s teaching and research focuses on ideology and voting behavior in the mass electorate, with a particular emphasis on polarization in the electorate. His research has led him to develop innovative new measurement techniques, and at UC-Davis he intends to teach a graduate-level class on measurement theory. He has already published three peer-reviewed articles in academic journals and a book. For more information about Chris Hare’s work, see: http://www.christopherdhare.com.

Sarah Fisher has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the Department of Politics, Law, and International Relations at Emory & Henry College. Emory & Henry is consistently regarded as one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges. In 2014, Washington Monthly rated Emory & Lee as the #37 liberal arts college in the nation. In 2010, Newsweek rated Emory & Henry #4 in providing service learning and community service among all colleges and universities in the nation. Sarah’s teaching and research focuses on foreign policy and decision making, and her dissertation focuses on the factors that shape policy makers’ decision of whether or not to intervene in other nations’ internal conflicts. Sarah’s teaching experience includes a course about global security policy, which she intends to offer to the students at Emory & Henry College as well. She has already published four peer-reviewed articles in academic journals. For more information about Sarah Fisher’s work, see: http://fishersk.com/.