We’re so proud to see where a Ph.D. from the Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs can take our graduates. They are influencing current research, training future scholars, and addressing major policy, environmental, and management challenges around the world. Please take a moment with us to congratulate them on their accomplishments.
Julie A. Beasley
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Government, School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Dissertation: Navigating Differences To Equip Individual And Organizational Outcomes In The Public And Nonprofit Sectors | Committee: Sergio Fernandez (chair), Matthew Baggetta, Leisha DeHart-Davis, Carolyn Goerner, Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Amanda Rutherford
Marylis Fantoni
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University | Dissertation: Channel, Communication and Composition: Improving Reporting of Domestic Violence | Committee: Claudia Avellaneda, Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Coady Wing, Paolo Belardinelli
Megdalynn Fisher
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor, Florida International University | Dissertation: “Policy and Unintended Consequences in Healthcare Quality: The Case of Long-Term Care” | Committee: Kosali Simon (Chair), John R. Bowblis, Justin Ross, Coady Wing
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Auburn University | Dissertation: “The impacts of cash and in-kind transfers on schooling and health outcomes: Evidence from cash transfers and school food programs” | Committee: Jennifer Brass (Chair), Beth Gazley, Matthew Baggetta, Molly Rosenberg
Shaun Khurana
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Leadership and Management, University of Florida Department of Family, Youth, and Community Services | Dissertation: “Cross-Sector Dynamics of Administrative Burden” | Committee: Amanda Rutherford (Chair), Leonor Camarena, Beth Gazley, Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Allison Schnable
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & Public Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso | Dissertation: “Unpacking public sector innovation: causes and effects of innovation in Korea, Taiwan, and the United States” | Committee: Sean Nicholson-Crotty (Chair), Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Sergio Fernandez, and Daniel Simon
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor, Wichita State University Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs | Dissertation: “Drivers of Administrative Burden Response: The Impact of Compliance, Learning, and Psychological Costs on Student Financial Aid Preferences” | Committee: Amanda Rutherford (Chair), Sean Nicholson-Crotty, Tom Rabovsky, Dan Simon
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy & Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Boston | Dissertation: “Intersections and Insecurity: Measuring the Determinants, Consequences, and Mitigators of Material Hardship” | Committee: David Konisky (Chair), Sanya Carley, Alex Hollingsworth, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Kristin Seefeldt
Deidra Miniard
Environmental Science Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Research Associate, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin | Dissertation: Understanding Climate Change and Energy System Perceptions and Behavior: Three Studies Examining Energy Transition Preferences, Social Distance, and Issue-Framing Communication | Committee: Shahzeen Attari (chair), Nathaniel Geiger, David Konisky, Landon Yoder
Luis Navarro
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor, University of Washington | Dissertation: “Essays on Fiscal Federalism and Debt Management” | Committee: Justin Ross (Chair), Denvil Duncan, Craig Johnson, Gustavo Torrens, Coady Wing
Lanjun Peng
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University | Dissertation: “Bureaucratic Behavior and Public Finance” | Committee: Justin Ross (Chair), Denvil Duncan, Craig Johnson, Coady Wing, Eric Brunner (UConn)
Paige Price
Environmental Science Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Air Quality Consultant, Ramboll (Salt Lake City, UT) | Dissertation: “Hydroxyl and Hydroperoxyl Radicals: A Model Re-Assessment and Measurements in a Ponderosa Pine Forest” | Committee: Philip Stevens (Chair), Jonathan Raff, Marta Venier, Kimberly Novick
Elena Solohin
Environmental Science Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Environment, Florida International University | Dissertation: The Effects of Natural and Human-Induced Environmental Change on Tidal Wetlands | Committee: Christopher Craft (chair), Kimberly Novick, Todd Royer, Taehee Hwang, Douglas Edmonds
Madeline Yozwiak
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2025
Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University | Dissertation: “Three Essays on Capital Investment in the U.S. Electricity Sector” | Committee: Kosali Simon (Chair), Andrew Butters Kelley School), Sanya Carley, Alex Hollingsworth (Ohio State), Coady Wing, Nikos Zirogiannis
Public Affairs Ph.D., 2024
Placement: Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago | Dissertation: “Discretion and Inequity in Agricultural Programs” | Committee: James Farmer (Chair), Shellye Suttles, Nikolaos Zirogiannis, Landon Yoder, Jerome Dumortier
