(1) 2000–2017
Since the beginning of 2000, the Department of Near Eastern Studies has awarded seventy-nine PhDs. Following the completion of the PhD, thirty (38.0%) of these graduates entered tenure-track positions, twenty-three (29.1%) received post-doctoral fellowships, sixteen (20.3%) accepted non-tenure-track teaching jobs, three (3.8%) entered government service, two (2.5%) were hired to university administrative staff positions, two (2.5%) entered the private sector, one (1.3%) joined a think tank, one (1.3%) was employed in K–12 education, and the first employment of one graduate (1.3%) is unknown.
As of November 2017, the current employment of these seventy-nine PhDs may be broken down as follows: twenty-nine tenured faculty positions (36.7%), twenty tenure-track faculty positions (25.3%), five post-doctoral fellowships (6.3%), five temporary teaching positions (6.3%), two university administrative staff positions (2.5%), five non-profit/think tank positions (6.3%), five government/UN jobs (6.3%), five private sector jobs (6.3%), one K–12 teaching position (1.3%), one attending business school (1.3%), and one seeking academic employment (1.3%).
(2) 2013–2017
Over the last five years, since the beginning of the 2013, eighteen graduate students have completed their PhDs. Of these, three (16.7%) were hired to tenure-track jobs, seven (38.9%) accepted post-doctoral fellowships, 5 (27.8%) took non-tenure-track teaching jobs, one (5.6%) joined a think tank, one (5.6%) works for the UN, and one (5.6%) works in the private sector.
As of November 2017, the current employment of these eighteen PhDs may be broken down as follows: six tenure-track faculty positions (33.3%), four post-doctoral fellowships (22.2%), four temporary teaching positions (22.2%), three government/UN posts (16.7%), and one private sector job (5.6%).
(3) 2016–2017
Since the beginning of the 2016–2017 academic year, one (33.3%) out of three graduates is an adjunct lecturer, one (33.3%) works for the UN, and one (33.3%) works in the private sector.
To see this data and data for the years 2008–2012, 2003–2007, and 2000–2002 in tabular form, please click on the links below.
Here is a list of past PhD recipients, their dissertation titles, and their advisors since the establishment of the department in 1927.