Careers and Opportunities
PhD Program Data
The Graduate College maintains admissions, enrollment, completion, and employment data for PhD programs throughout the University. For more information, visit the Graduate College's PhD Program Data page.
Career Resources for UI Graduate Students
The Graduate College offers robust professional development services, including career guidance, national grants and fellowships support, and Iowa's Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL). For more information on graduate student professional development services, visit the Professional Development page in the Graduate College.
Where do our graduates end up?
The following list is a sampling of where our graduate students have ended up in recent years:
Film Studies
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Employer |
|---|---|---|
| New, Juana | 2020 | Cornell College |
| Kim, Se Young (Seth) | 2016 | Colby College |
| Latsis, Dimitrios | 2015 | University of California-Santa Cruz |
| Crylen, Jonathan | 2015 | Coe College |
| Watson, Ryan | 2015 | Misericordia University |
| Wielgus, Alison | 2014 | University of Wisconsin-Superior |
| Couret, Nilo | 2013 | University of Michigan |
| Stine, Kyle | 2013 | McGill University |
| Mokdad, Linda | 2013 | St. Olaf College |
| McGuffie, Allison | 2013 | Portland State University |
| Sullivan Gooch, Sara | 2012 | Global Justice Ecology Project |
| Slowik, Michael | 2012 | Wesleyan University |
| Henlin-Stromme, Sabine | 2012 | Independent Scholar |
| Pummer, Claudia | 2011 | University of Hawaii, Manoa |
| Stein, Erica | 2011 | Tenure-Track, Vassar College |
| McDonald, Kevin | 2011 | California State University, Northridge |
| Schlotterbeck, Jesse | 2010 | Denison University |
| Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran | 2010 | Michigan State University |
| Hanlon, Dennis | 2009 | University of St. Andrews |
| Fleeger, Jennifer | 2009 | Ursinus College |
| Eliaz, Ofer | 2008 | Ohio University |
| Danker, Lisa | 2008 | University of Central Florida |
| Meneghetti, Michael | 2008 | Brock University |
| Sim, Gerald Sianghwa | 2007 | Florida Atlantic University |
| Younger, James Prakash | 2007 | Trinity College |
| Milic, Sasa | 2006 | University of Montenegro, Yugoslavia |
| Wild, Jennifer | 2006 | University of Chicago |
Film and Video Production
| Name | Graduation Year | Current Employer |
|---|---|---|
| Zhou, Hao | 2022 | Kenyon College |
| Maur, Carleen | 2017 | University of South Carolina |
| Gallagher, Kelly | 2015 | Syracuse University |
| McNally, Gabrielle | 2014 | Northern Michigan University |
| Koszulinski, George | 2013 | University of North Carolina Wilmington |
| Twemlow, Nicholas | 2012 | Coe College |
| Renaud, Christopher | 2012 | University of West Georgia |
| Palmer, Jeffrey | 2012 | University of Central Oklahoma |
| Liu, Zhao (Lewis) | 2012 | Voice of America |
| Titz, Florina | 2011 | Pratt Institute |
| Crompton, Stephen | 2011 | University of Tampa |
| Johnson, Carina | 2010 | University of Arizona |
| Meaney, Evan | 2010 | University of South Carolina |
| Haydock, Anne | 2009 | Grand Valley State University |
| Kay, Deon | 2009 | University of West Georgia |
| Taylor, Charlotte | 2008 | Warren Wilson College |
| Silva, Andre | 2008 | UNC-Wilmington |
| Rattner, Jonathan | 2008 | Vanderbilt University |
| Huelsbeck, Mark | 2008 | Flagler College |
| Davis, Thomas | 2008 | Freehand Producer |
| Bravos, Alexis | 2008 | University of Michigan |
| Greenlaw, Margo | 2007 | University of Hartford |
| Silva, Shannon | 2007 | UNC-Wilmington |
| Proctor, Jennifer | 2007 | University of Michigan |
| Dunham, Sarah | 2007 | Pixar |
| Cook, Lauren | 2006 | University of Hartford |
| Meyers, Rebecca | 2001 | Bucknell University |
| Comerford, Thomas | 1999 | SAIC |