Job Placement

UCLA Comparative Literature Professor Zrinka Stahuljak at the Michael Heim Memorial Lecture

Updated September 2025

Name	Graduation Year	Position	Location
Jennifer Noji	PhD 2025	Senior Development and Communications Manager	Densho
Molly Courtney	PhD 2024	Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Arabic Language	USC
Robert Farley	PhD 2023	Literary Designer and Research Director	Farmico Studios
Oleg Ivanov	PhD 2022	Assistant Director	American Jewish Committee (AJC)
Helga Zambrano	PhD 2022	Humanities Teacher and Advisor/Athletic Assistant Coach	The Webb Schools
Benjamin Ratskoff	PhD 2021	Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish History and Culture	Louchheim School for Judaic Studies Rabbinical School (US)
Helga Zambrano	PhD 2021	Humanities Teacher and Advisor/Athletic Assistant Coach	The Webb Schools
Mariam Rahmani	PhD 2021	Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellow	Bennington College
Melanie Jones	PhD 2021	Adjunct Faculty	Bard College
Allison Collins	PhD 2020	High School English Teacher	Brentwood School
Alexei Nowak	PhD 2018	Adjunct Faculty	Woodbury University
Ethan Pack	PhD 2018	Lecturer	UCLA
Jennifer Forsythe	PhD 2018	Assistant Professor of English	Western Washington University
Matthew Reeck	PhD 2018	Adjunct Faculty	St. John's University
Noa Bar	PhD 2018	Adjunct Faculty	University of San Francisco
Dana Linda	PhD 2017	Executive Operations and Content Strategy	Menlo Ventures (San Francisco)
Fatima Burney	PhD 2016	Postdoctoral Researcher	SOAS, University of London
Jennie Scholick	PhD 2016	Associate Director of Audience Engagement	San Francisco Ballet
Nasia Anam	PhD 2016	Postdoctoral Lecturer (Writing Programs)	Princeton University
Sina Rahmani	PhD 2015	Visiting Lecturer, Comparative Literature	UCLA
Yu-Ting Huang	PhD 2015	Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies	Wesleyan University
Duncan Yoon	PhD 2014	Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Literature	NYU
Kirk Sides	PhD 2014	Assistant Professor, Department of English	University of Wisconsin, Madison
Timothy Hahn	PhD 2014	English Faculty	Yeshiva University of Los Angeles Boys High School
Chien-Heng Wu	PhD 2013	Assistant Professor of Film and Comparative Literature	National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Leah Feldman	PhD 2013	Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature	University of Chicago
Lilit Keshishyan	PhD 2013	English Faculty	East Los Angeles College
Lisa Felipe	PhD 2013	Director, Excellence in Pedagogy and Innovative Classrooms (EPIC)	UCLA
Maryam Wasif Khan	PhD 2013	Assistant Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences	Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
Myrna Douzjian	PhD 2013	Lecturer in Slavic Languages and Literatures	UC Berkeley
Peter Lehman	PhD 2013	Lecturer and Visiting Scholar, Comparative Literature	UCLA
Shad Naved	PhD 2013	Assistant Professor, School of Human Studies	Ambedkar University (Delhi)
Simchi Cohen	PhD 2013	English Faculty	Harvard-Westlake School
Spencer Jackson	PhD 2013	Postdoctoral Fellow (ARC Center for the History of Emotions)	University of Queensland, Australia
Amy Tahani-Bidmeshki	PhD 2012	Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, American Studies	Occidental College
Christopher Shaw	PhD 2012	Adjunct Instructor/Lecturer	Long Beach City College; California State University, Long Beach
Hoda El Shakry	PhD 2012	Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature	Pennsylvania State University
Katherine McLoone	PhD 2012	Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics	California State University, Long Beach
Leila Pazargadi	PhD 2012	Assistant Professor, Department of English	Nevada State College
Nahrain Al-Mousawi	PhD 2012	Assistant Professor of English	Balamand University, Lebanon
Susannah Rodriguez Drissi	PhD 2012	Visiting Assistant Professor, Hemispheric American Studies	Cal Poly Pomona
Whitney Arnold	PhD 2012	Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature	UCLA
Allison Van Deventer	PhD 2011	Freelance Editor (Medford, Massachusetts) / Lecturer	Harvard University
Guilan Siassi	PhD 2011	Assistant Professor, Department of French	University of Southern California
Neetu Khanna	PhD 2011	Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature	University of Southern California
Barbara Hui	PhD 2010	Software Developer	California Digital Library
Jordan Smith	PhD 2010	Associate Professor of International Humanities	Josai International University, Japan
Marian Gabra-Khasay	PhD 2010	Director of Professional Development Advising	UCLA
Rachel Okawa	PhD 2010	Adjunct Faculty (English)	California State University, Long Beach
Rebecca Karni	PhD 2010	Assistant Professor, Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences	Roger Williams University
Tamar Boyadjian	PhD 2010	Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature	Michigan State University
Theri Pickens	PhD 2010	Associate Professor of English and African American Studies	Bates College
Erin Von Hofe	PhD 2009	Visiting Assistant Professor	Brooklyn College
Jennifer Gully	PhD 2009	Lecturer of German Studies	William and Mary
Nicolas Kramer	PhD 2009	Visiting Professor	Lewis and Clark College
Sarah Older Aguilar	PhD 2009	Humanities Faculty	Vistamar School
Jeanine Murray-Roman	PhD 2008	Assistant Professor of French and Spanish	Florida State University
Carole Viers Andronico	PhD 2008	Academic Coordinator	UC Paris
Emad Mirmotahari	PhD 2008	Associate Professor of English	Duquesne University
Indra Mukhopadhyay	PhD 2008	Associate Professor, Writing Programs	University of Southern California
Nezar Andary	PhD 2008	Professor of Humanities	Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Rebecca Hopkins	PhD 2008	Lecturer in English	John Hopkins University
Talar Chahinian	PhD 2008	Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics	California State University, Long Beach
Thosaeng Chaochuti	PhD 2008	Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature	Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Kathryn Tucker	PhD 2007	Assistant Professor of English	Nevada State College
Magdalena Edwards	PhD 2007	Writer/translator	Paris Review, Boston Review, El Mercurio, and LA Review of Books
Rebecca Blustein	PhD 2007	Academic Advisor	UCLA
Ryan Kernan	PhD 2007	Assistant Professor of English	Rutgers University
David Fieni	PhD 2006	Writing Faculty	Sarah Lawrence College
LaShonda Long	PhD 2006	English Faculty	Phillips Andover Academy
Ta-wei Chi	PhD 2006	Assistant Professor of Taiwanese Literature	National Chengchi University, Taipei
Claire Gallou	PhD 2005	French Faculty	Phillips Andover Academy
David Gabriel	PhD 2005	Assistant Professor, Dept. of English	Yale University
Kelly Austin	PhD 2005	Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literature	University of Chicago
Laura Chiesa	PhD 2005	Associate Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures	State University of New York (Buffalo)
Patrick Wen	PhD 2005	Lecturer, Scandinavian Section	UCLA
Pravina Cooper	PhD 2005	Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics	California State University, Long Beach
Tamara Ho	PhD 2005	Associate Professor Gender and Sexuality Studies	UC Riverside
Chelsea Ray	PhD 2004	Associate Professor of French Language and Literature	University of Maine
Christina Bogdanou	PhD 2004	Director of the Basil P. Caloyeras Center for Modern Greek Studies	Loyola Marymount University
Damian Stocking	PhD 2004	Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture Department	Occidental College
Grumberg, Karen	PhD 2004	Associate Professor of Hebrew Studies, Dept. of Middle Eastern Studies	University of Texas at Austin
Hala Halim	PhD 2004	Associate Professor of Comparative Literature	New York University
Ian Bogost	PhD 2004	Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in Media Studies and Professor of Interactive Computing	Georgia Tech
Joseph Jenkins	PhD 2004	Research Associate and Lecturer in Law and Education	UC Irvine
Karen Grubber	PhD 2004	Associate Professor of Middle Eastern Studies	University of Texas at Austin
Mirana May Szeto	PhD 2004	Associate Professor of Comparative Literature	University of Hong Kong
Kelly Jeong	PhD 2003	Associate Professor, Korean Studies & Comparative Literature	UC Riverside
Wendy Swartz	PhD 2003	Associate Professor of Chinese Literature	Rutgers University
Joanna Niżyńska	PhD 2002	Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures	Indiana University
Matthew Christensen	PhD 2002	Associate Professor of English	University of Texas, Pan American
Vivian Halloran	PhD 2002	Professor of Comparative Literature	Indiana University
Julie Townsend	PhD 2001	Johnston Center Professor	University of Redlands
Yibing Huang	PhD 2001	Professor of Chinese	Connecticut College
Christopher Bush	PhD 2000	Professor of French and Italian	Northwestern University
Dalia Dromi	PhD 2000	Professor of Law	Tel Aviv University
Jin-Kyung Lee	PhD 2000	Professor of Korean and Comparative Literatures	UC San Diego
Evan Nisonsen	PhD 1999	CEO and President	Epsilen (K-12 E-learning)
Feng-Ying Ming	PhD 1999	Lecturer	California Institute of Technology
Hiromi Kinjo	PhD 1999	Lecturer in Japanese/Modern Languages and Literatures	Loyola Marymount University and UCLA Extension
Micheline Soong	PhD 1999	Associate Professor, Department of English and Applied Linguistics	Hawaii Pacific University
Lisa Palmer	PhD 1998	Professor of English	Canada College
Erik Eisel	PhD 1997	Management education	ARCO, AMPM, BP, and the University of Pheonix
Nicoletta Pireddu	PhD 1996	Professor of Italian	Georgetown University
Hongchu Fu	PhD 1995	Professor of Chinese Language and Literature	Washington & Lee University
Irena Auerbach Smith	PhD 1995	College Admissions	Palo Alto
Joyce Boss	PhD 1995	Professor of English	Warburg College
Lisa Sanchez-Gonzalez	PhD 1995	Professor of English	University of Connecticut
Michaela Grobbel	PhD 1995	Professor of German	Sonoma State University
Vlatka Velcic	PhD 1995	Professor of Comparative Literature	California State University, Long Beach
Sabah Ghandour	PhD 1994	Professor of Comparative Literature and Chair of the Department of Languages	Balamand University (Lebanon)
Ban Wang	PhD 1993	Professor of Asian Languages and Comparative Literature	Stanford University
Carol Zapata-Whelan	PhD 1993	Professor of Spanish American Literature	California State University, Fresno
Elena Christova	PhD 1993	Director of Special Sessions	California State University, Dominguez Hills
Hal Gladfelder	PhD 1993	Professor of English, American Studies, and Creative Writing	University of Manchester, UK
Susanna Ferlito	PhD 1993	Professor of French and Italian	University of Minnesota
Carl Fisher	PhD 1992	Chair of Comparative Literature and Classics	California State University, Long Beach
Rosa Beltran	PhD 1992	Literary Studies Faculty	National Autonomous University of Mexico
Shu-Mei Shih	PhD 1992	Professor, Comparative Literature / Asian Languages and Cultures / Asian American Studies	UCLA
Stathis Gourgouris	PhD 1990	Professor of Comparative Literature and Classics	Columbia University
Thomas Bertonneau	PhD 1990	Affiliated Faculty	Oswego State University of New York
Ali Jimale Ahmed	PhD 1989	Chair / Professor of Comparative Literature	Queens College & CUNY Graduate Center
Douglas Thompson	PhD 1989	Head	Peninsula High School, Meno Park
Alison Taufer	PhD 1988	Professor of English	California State University, Los Angeles
Shelby Popham	PhD 1988	Faculty, Writing Programs	UCLA
Peter Amuka	PhD 1986	Professor of Literature (Arts and Social Sciences	Moi University, Kenya
Samia Mehrez	PhD 1985	Professor, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations	American University in Cairo
Annette Leddy	PhD 1985	Collector of Archives (American Art)	Smithsonian Institution
Diedre Badejo	PhD 1985	Professor of English and Chair, Pan-African Studies Department	Kent State University
Kandioura Dramé	PhD 1984	Professor of French and African Literatures	University of Virginia
Linda Paulson	PhD 1984	Associate Dean and Director, MLA (Master of Liberal Arts) Program	Stanford University
Bruce Thornton	PhD 1983	Professor of Classics and Humanities	Fresno State University
Jens Kruse	PhD 1982	Professor Emeritus of German	Wellesley College
Hedayat Izadpanah	PhD 1981	Affiliated Faculty in English	Moorpark College
Luminiţa Niculescu	PhD 1981	Faculty of German Language	Bucharest University (Romania)
Teresa McKenna	PhD 1980	Associate Professor Emerita of English	University of Southern California
Milani Farzaneh	PhD 1979	R.J. Nelson Professor & Chair, Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures / Women, Gender & Sexuality	University of Virginia
Bede Ssensalo	PhD 1978	Professor of Africana Studies	California State University, Long Beach
Irene Djobadze	PhD 1978	Professor (Retired)	UC San Diego
Irene McKenna	PhD 1978	Professor of English (Retired)	California State University, Dominguez Hills
Ricardo Sternberg	PhD 1978	Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Portuguese	University of Toronto
Itala Rutter	PhD 1977	Professor of Italian (Retired)	University of Michigan
Aino Paasonen	PhD 1976	Professor of Humanities	Northwestern and Antioch Universities
Seyfi Karabaş	PhD 1974	Professor	Middle Eastern Technical University (Turkey)
Phanuel Egejuru	PhD 1973	Professor Emeritus of English	Loyola University (New Orleans)