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Recent Job Titles of Our Graduates
What can you do with a master's degree in international studies? Our graduates have established careers in the non-profit sector, education, government and business. Following is a list of some of the positions held by International Studies alumni.
If you are a graduate and would like to have your title added to this list please contact us at international.studies@ohio.edu.
- Portfolio Analyst, African Development Foundation
- Agricultural Attaché, United States Embassy, Lima, Peru
- Communication Coordinator, HIV Youth Prevention Programs, Honduran office of Health Communication Partnership, a partnership between the Academy for Educational Development, USAID and the Center for Communication Programs at Johns Hopkins University
- District Liaison Officer, World Vision International
- National Project Coordinator, Indonesian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development, UN Population Fund
- Advisor/Head of Planning, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, United Kingdom
- Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau, USAID
- Program Director, Transitional Living at Sojourner's Care Network, McArthur Ohio
- Executive Director, The Wang Center for International Programs, Pacific Lutheran University
- Program Officer, Cambodia Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank
- Consul, United States Embassy, Amman, Jordan
- Business Development Manager, Journal Community Publishing Group
- Lecturer, African American Studies, Oberlin College
- Coordinator, McNair Scholars Program, Central Michigan University
- Assistant Director, Massachusetts Campus Compact
- Director of International Programs, Penn State University
- Director of Academic Achievement, Art Institute International, Minnesota
- Director of Academic Partnerships, 91̽»¨ Eastern
- Vice President for International Relations, Sport Court
- Editorial Writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Program Associate, Internews Network
- Chief of Operations (Defense), US Department of Defense
- High school teacher, Social Studies Department
- Research Associate, Center for Eastern Indonesian Studies (CEIS) at Hasanuddin University
- Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore
- Program Assistant, Agriculture Program, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Program Coordinator, International Programs and Services, University of Southern Indiana
- Enterprise Accounts Relationship Manager, AT&T
- Project/Program Development Officer, USAID
- Senior Project Manager, Tetrapak’s Food for Development Office
- Company representative to Indonesia, Samsung Corporation’s Mobile Phone Sector
- Systems Analyst, Metropolitan Regional Information Systems (MRIS) Inc.
- Program associate, Freedom from Hunger
- Program Associate, Asia Society
- Geographer, U.S. Census Bureau
- Research Analyst, Investor Responsibility Research Center
- Vice President for Food Security, Opportunities Industrialization Centers International
- Indonesian Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle
- Chairman of the United People’s Party and Deputy Minister for Education, Liberia
- Fisheries Officer, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- English Conversation Teacher, YMCA, Hiroshima, Japan
- Peace Corps Volunteer
- Peace Corps Country Director, Gabon
- Peace Corps Training Officer, Jamaica
- Executive Director, Peace Corps Encore
- Head of Consular Section, United States Embassy, Yerevan, Armenia
- Assistant Professor of Government, Colby College
- Assistant Professor of Radio and Television, Southern Illinois University
- Administrator, Ghana Education Trust Fund
- Communications Outreach Specialist, District of Columbia Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs
- Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization
- Political Affairs Attaché, Embassy of El Salvador, Washington, D.C.
- Founder, InterAmerican InterAction
- Founder, Jua, a non-profit organization working building solar energy systems for schools in Kenya
- Associate Professor of Communication, Oklahoma University
- Filmmaker
- Consultant, Ohio Department of Education Center for Students, Families and Communities
- French Instructor, United States Military Academy at West Point
- Senior Technical Advisor, Family Health International’s YouthNet Program
- Geologist, United States Field Service
- Director, African American Studies, 91̽»¨
- Interim Associate Director, Women’s Studies, 91̽»¨
- Assistant Director, Southeast Asian Studies, 91̽»¨
- Grants Information Officer, Research and Sponsored Programs, 91̽»¨
- Senior Program Evaluation Officer, Center for Communications Program, Johns Hopkins University
- Midwest Regional Coordinator, American Institute for Foreign Study.
- Consultant, Academy for Education and Development
- Country Coordinator, Family Health International Laos Program
- Software Engineer, Aetna Health Care
- Head of the Finance and Information Technology Division, USAID/Egypt
- Associate Director for Field Programs, Institute for HIV/AIDS, Family Health International
- Researcher, Decentralization Program, Cambodian Development Resource Institute
- Special education teacher
- Consultant, Organization of American States
- Communication Coordinator/Officer, Heart of Borneo program, World Wildlife Fund, Indonesia
- Freelance writer
- Assistant Director, African Studies, 91̽»¨
- Assistant Director of Communication, Center for International Studies, 91̽»¨
- Director of Outreach and Coordinator of Undergraduate Programs, Center for International Studies, 91̽»¨
- Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Martin Luther King Youth Service Project Coordinator, Wisconsin
- Program Coordinator, Girl Neighborhood Program - Allied Drive, Madison, Wisconsin
- Analyst, AT&T
- Communications Associate, Malaria Vaccine Initiative, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- Business analyst, TD Canada Trust, Toronto, Canada
- Government and Upper Mid-Market Account Manager, Microsoft / LAC, San Jose, CA
- Director of International Programs, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State University
- Executive vice president, William and Mary Alumni Association, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Human Resources Manager, Servier Laboratories, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Professor of Economics, la Universidad Javeriana, Cali, Colombia
- Head of Agency for Northern Afghanistan, International Organization for Migration
- Immersion Coordinator, Arlington County Schools, Virginia
- Political consultant, Nairobi, Kenya.
- Defense attaché, United State Embassy, Bangkok, Thailand
- Program officer, ASEAN University Network, Bangkok, Thailand
- Public Diplomacy Officer, State Department Foreign Service
- Minister-Counselor, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service, US Embassy, Brasilia, Brazil
- Lecturer, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Ohio State University
- Executive director, USINDO, The United States-Indonesia Society
- English teacher, Shenzhen, China
- Analyst, Retail Payments Office, Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland
- Regional advisor for health communication, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization
- Consultant, Coalition for Healthy Indonesia
- Coordinator, Communication Studies, 91̽»¨ Southern
- Assistant Director of 91̽»¨s, Ball State University
- Coordinator for International Business, World Trade Division, Greater Houston Partnership
- Assistant Program Manager, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame
- Assistant Professor of International Development Studies, Menno Simons College, University of Winnipeg
- Desk Officer, U.S. Southern Command, United State Army
- Co-owner/co-founder, Achillea Nature and Survival School, Japan
- Academic Advisor, Fulbright Commission, Quito, Ecuador
- Administrator, Office of Constitutional Material, Supreme Court of Justice, El Salvador
- Chief of Mission, Ecuador Delegation/Regional Office, American Red Cross, Quito, Ecuador
- Adjudication Officer, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, Lincoln, Nebraska
- Director of Operations, Viscomm International
While many International Studies graduates enter the job market directly after earning their 91̽»¨ degree, others pursue further education and training in the form of additional master's degrees or doctoral degrees.
Programs Where Our Graduates Have Enrolled
- International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University, Washington, D.C.
- Political Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
- International Studies, University of Southern California
- Political science, Northern Arizona State University
- Education, 91̽»¨
- Political Science, 91̽»¨
- African History, UCLA-Berkley
- Telecommunications, 91̽»¨
- Communication Studies, 91̽»¨
- Business Administration, 91̽»¨
- Economics, 91̽»¨
- Law, University of the District of Columbia
- Mass Communication, 91̽»¨
- Anthropology, Monash University, Australia
- Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
- Public Health, Tulane University
- Public Health, 91̽»¨
- Public Administration, 91̽»¨
- International Health and Development, Tulane University
- Modern Languages, Ohio State University
- Modern Languages, 91̽»¨
- Contemporary History Institute, 91̽»¨
- Geography, 91̽»¨
- Information Sciences, University of Arizona