Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Job Market Candidates for the 2013-14 Academic Year
Below is brief placement history of recent graduates as well as information on candidates who are on the market for the 2013-14 academic year. By clicking on the candidate's name, you will be linked to the candidate's profile that includes more detailed information consisting of their c.v., dissertation abstract, and teaching and research interests. Should you have any questions, please contact the appropriate individual listed below.
Placement Director and Director of Graduate Studies
Professor Matt Shum
Telephone: 626-395-4022
Email: mshum@hss.caltech.edu@hss.caltech.edu
Placement Coordinator/Option Admin
Option Admin
Telephone: 626-395-4206
Fax: 626-405-9841
Email: gradsec@hss.caltech.edu
Mailing Address
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
228-77
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Brief Placement History of Recent Graduates
The Caltech Social Science Ph.D. program prepares students to work at top universities and organizations by maximizing their research productivity during the course of their graduate career. To that end, our program is designed to build skills to conduct original research thereby leading the students to write a dissertation, which will contribute something original to scientific knowledge.
The unique combination we provide our students has prepared them to be placed in various academic institutions recently including, but not limited to: the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at Santa Barbara, Carnegie-Mellon University, University of Chicago, Haas Business School at UC Berkeley, Harvard Business School, the University of Iowa, Michigan State University, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, University of Pittsburg, Purdue University, Texas A&M, University of Texas - Austin, and the University of Rhode Island.
Other students chose other equally challenging career paths leading them to industries and organizations (non-academic positions) including, but not limited to: Alfred-Weber Institut, Baylor College of Medicine, Charles River Associates,the Economic Analysis Group, ECARES, Hewlett-Packard Labs, McKinsey and Company, and Telcordia Technologies.
For complete information on our long-standing placement history, please click here.
