Alumni Career Panel
CIR annually hosts a CIR Alumni Career Panel which is a special CIR-only program of ideas, strategies and advice from recent CIR alumni who have translated their University of Chicago studies into challenging and rewarding careers. This year it will be held on Monday, March 3rd, 2008.
2008 Panelists
- Alya Adamany ('03): Senior Program Officer, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
- Tara Foley ('06): Foreign Affairs Officer, U.S. Department of State
- Rosemary Kelanic ('03): PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
- Dan Lefkovitz ('98): Director of European Mutual Fund Analysis, Morningstar, Inc.
- Linda Saucedo ('98): Political Consultant, Strategic Consulting Group
- Sebastian Schmidt ('04): PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
- Moderated by Duncan Snidal
"The CIR Career Panel 2007 was well attended by students immersed in current coursework but actively thinking about "what's next." I was honored to moderate that panel as the alumni participating in the event represented a wonderfully diverse group when parsed by sector, company size and geography. The panelists were generous with their time, highly willing to share their experiences and perspectives on transitioning to life after the CIR, and made themselves available for networking after the event. In sum, alumni participation in events such as this one demonstrates a continued support of the program and an involvement in furthering a sense of on-going community."
-Jeff Gustafson
Moderator, CIR Career Panel 2007
2007 Panelists
- Jeff Gustafson (CIR/MBA '04) moderator
- Agnes Csicsai Wanderer (CIR '04)
- Rosemary Kelanic (CIR '03)
- Bruce Sugden (CIR '04)
- Lelia Akahloun (CIR '00)
- Bill Wanderer (CIR '04)
CIR Annual Alumni Career Panel
Monday, March 3, 2008
Pick Hall, University of Chicago
A special program of ideas, strategies and advice from recent CIR alumni who have translated their University of Chicago studies into challenging and rewarding careers.
Alumni Placement
Over the last five years, at least 85% of our CIR students successfully graduated within twelve months of matriculation. 78% of students responding to the CIR exit interview in June 2006 reported that they had found employment or had been accepted either into a doctoral or professional (business, law, public policy) program at the time of graduation. Twenty eight percent of those students had accepted positions with such government organizations as the U.S. Department of State, the Government of Singapore, United States Army, and the Texas Department of Transportation. Twenty-four percent of reporting graduates indicated that they could be continuing on in academia in Political Science, Law, or African Studies. Forty-eight percent of respondents reported that they had found positions in private for-profit or not-for-profit financial advisory consulting services, international law firms, think tanks, or risk analysis firms.
- Details on CIR graduation rates and alumni placement since 1999 [PDF]
- Further information on University of Chicago alumni services
- Login to the Alumni Association (for University of Chicago alumni only)
A representation from the last five years' cohorts:
Government
- U.S. Department of State
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- U.S. Army
- The Government of Singapore
- Diplomatic Office of the President (Republic of Cyprus)
Academia
- Cornell University (J.D. in Law)
- Brandeis University (Ph.D. in Political Science)
- University of Chicago (Ph.D. in Political Science)
- University of Chicago (Ph.D. in History)
- Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. in Business)
- Loyola University (Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies)
- New York University (Ph.D. in Sociology)
- University of California at Berkeley (Ph.D. in Political Science)
- University of Witswatersrand (M.A. in African Politics)
Private For Profit
- Morgan Stanley Deloitte, U.K.
- Pace Harmon Consulting (Vienna)
- Kobre and Kim LLP, New York
- Merrill Lynch
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Raymond James Financial Services
- Overseas China Banking Corporation, Singapore
- Euro Diesel (Madrid)
- United Health Group
- Mailander and Company
- Latham and Watkins LLP
- A.T. Kearney, Hong Kong
Nonprofit
- RAND
- Liberian Refugee Program
- Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
- Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Scholars at Risk Network Program
- American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
- The World Bank
- SAIC
- Canadian Center for Treaty Compliance
- The Frasier Institute
- Danish Association of Lawyers and Economists
