Certificate Program Ph.D. Students

PLACEMENT OF GRADUATES OF THE CNISS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM

Here are examples of recent placements for CNISS Certificate Program graduates. Each graduate's country of origin and field of study is given as well. The Center was excited to assist these fellows in finding academic positions in leading institutions across the country and abroad:

Art Carden - United States, Economics
Art recently completed his Ph.D. under the direction of John Nye and Nobel Laureate Douglass C. North. Support from CNISS has allowed him to present his research at numerous conferences, and his research has won awards from the Missouri Valley Economic Association and the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics. He joined the faculty of Rhodes College in the Fall of 2006.  

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Janice Compton - Canada, Economics
Janice is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Manitoba in Canada – the largest public university in Manitoba. She is teaching introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics, along with researching issues concerning family institutions. These issues include how time preference affects marriage and divorce, how changes in family structure affect the provision of child related public goods, and how family responsibilities influence migration behavior. 

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Ryan Compton - Canada, Economics
Ryan is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the University of Manitoba in Canada. He is teaching courses on the principles of economics as well as macroeconomic theory. He is researching financial market institutions and growth, as well as coauthoring a paper on political instability and economic growth.  

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René Lindstädt - Germany, Political Science
For the 2006 academic year, René has accepted a Educational Programs Certificate Program in Institutional Social Sciences tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Science at SUNY-Stony Brook. He will be teaching classes in political economy, public policy and political methodology.  

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Vahe Lskavyan - Armenia, Economics
Vahe took a position as Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at Ohio State University. Vahe’s research topics include industrial organization, corporate finance, and governance, transition, and developing economies. He is currently teaching a course on managerial economics, which applies mathematics and statistics to the managerial decision-making process.  

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Gina Marie Yannitell Reinhardt - United States, Political Science
Gina joined the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University as an assistant professor after completing her Ph.D. in Political Science at Washington University in 2005. She teaches Quantitative Methods, Public Policy Analysis, and Political Economy of International Development. She specializes in political economy, game theory, and statistical methods of examining decision-making. Gina’s additional research focuses on the competition for resources among non-profit foreign aid recipients; current cases under investigation – where she has conducted onsite research – include Brazil, Portugal, Spain, and Italy. One of her current projects is funded by the National Science Foundation and explores how public perceptions of risk and uncertainty have changed since the occurrence of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.  

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Meg Rincker - United States, Political Science
Meg is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at her alma mater of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. She is teaching courses in Comparative Politics, European and East European Politics, Gender, and Public Policy.  
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Eric Rovie - United States, Philosophy
Eric is Visiting Instructor in the Philosophy Department at his undergraduate alma mater, Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. GSU has a highly-ranked terminal Master’s program in Philosophy and an active Center for Ethics. While teaching at GSU, Eric’s responsibilities include core undergraduate courses in philosophy (Great Questions), as well as advanced undergraduate courses (including Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Moral Problems, and The Morality of War). In addition, his teaching includes honors sections of several courses and the supervision of several honors student’s theses and essay contest applications.  

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