Professor Herman Schwartz is the director of Ph.D. Placement.  Current Ph.D. students who are on the job market are listed on our "Hire a UVa Ph.D." page.

From 1994-95 through 2009-10 the department placed 112 Ph.D.'s in permanent placements; of these, 77 were academic and 35 were non-academic. Typical placements between 2000-01 and 2009-10 include:

• Daniel Disalvo, City College of New York
• Joshua Dunn, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
• Lori Fritz, Government Accounting Office
• Robert Hume, Fordham University
• Bonnie Jenkins, Ford Foundation
• W. Dale Lawton, State Department
• Rick Mayes, University of Richmond
• Daniel McDowell, Syracuse University (Maxwell School)
• Patrick McGuinn, Drew University
• Jean McSween, Government Accounting Office
• Spencer Meredith, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Agniescka Paczynska, George Mason University
• Anne Peters, Wesleyan College
• Ryan Pevnick, New York University
• Jesse Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Sophie Richardson, Human Rights Watch Asia
• Patrick Roberts, Virginia Tech
• Rob Saldin, University of Montana
• Ryan Saylor, University of Tulsa
• Larry Schack, Microsoft
• Ranjit Singh, University of Mary Washington
• Gregory Smith, Pew Foundation
• William Walldorf, Auburn University

A detailed breakdown of all Ph.D. placements and known Master's placements is available from the DGS.