Placement Information
Students who have graduated UL Lafayette with a Ph.D. have found a range of employments. Below is a a chart with all of our graduates since 2015.
| Name | Year | Initial position | Current position | Concentration |
| Bordelon, Claire | 2015 | Faculty, St. Thomas More High School | Literature | |
| Breaux, Chet | 2015 | Instructor and Director of the Digital Writing Studio, Florida International University | Assistant Professor and Writing Center Director, Athens State University | Rhet Comp |
| Carrier, Chris | 2015 | Visiting Lecturer, Arkansas Tech University | Creative Writing | |
| Fuller, J. Bruce | 2015 | Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry, Stanford University | Managing Editor/Acquisitions Editor, Texas Review Press, Sam Houston State University | Creative Writing |
| Kottemann, Katie | 2015 | Instructor, South Louisiana Community College | Student Success Coach, Guild Education | Rhet Comp |
| LaFaye, Alexandria | 2015 | Associate Professor of English at Greenville College in the academic year and a Visiting Associate Professor in the Hollins University Summer Graduate Program in Children's and Young Adult Literature. | Creative Writing | |
| Maillet, Adam | 2015 | Adjunct faculty, South Louisiana Community College and University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Literature | |
| Rather, Michael | 2015 | Instructor, Lamar State College - Orange | Creative Writing | |
| Terranova, Joel | 2015 | ET Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Literature | |
| Albano, Paul | 2016 | Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Instructor, University of Alabama | Creative Writing |
| Biederman, Lucy | 2016 | Lecturer, Case Western Reserve University & Adjunct Professor, Cleveland State University | Assistant Professor, Heidelberg University | Creative Writing |
| Coby, Jim | 2016 | Lecturer, University of Alabama at Huntsville | Assistant Professor, Indiana University - Kokomo (starting Spring 2020) | Literature |
| Crider, Ryan | 2016 | Instructor, South Louisiana Community College | Dean of Instruction, Metropolitan Community College-Longview (Kansas City, MO) | Literature |
| Davila, John | 2016 | Creative Writing | ||
| Ferguson, Sara Beth | 2016 | Instructor, Intensive English Program, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Assistant Professor of TESOL at NUCB (Japan). | Creative Writing |
| Hylton, Jessy | 2016 | Assistant Professor, Director, MFA Program, U of Arkansas at Monticello | Creative Writing | |
| Keadle, Elizabeth | 2016 | Assistant to the Headmaster, Crane County Day School, California | Literature | |
| McGunnigle, Chris | 2016 | Instructor, various institutions | Instructor, Seton Hall University (assist prof?) | Rhet Comp |
| Brew, Helen | 2017 | Trident Technical College | Adjunct faculty, College of Charleston, South Carolina | Creative Writing |
| Butler, Maia | 2017 | Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington | Literature | |
| Capelli, Amanda | 2017 | Language Lecturer, New York University | Literature | |
| Gillaspy, Kelley | 2017 | Creative Writing | ||
| Guidry, Cameron | 2017 | Creative Writing | ||
| Knight, Jason | 2017 | Adjunct Instructor, Hinds Community College | Creative Writing | |
| LaRoche, Amanda | 2017 | Instructor, Pensacola State College | Full time instructor, Columbia Southern University | Folklore |
| Marker, Stephanie | 2017 | Developmental Coordinator, Schoolyard Roots, Tuscaloosa AL | Literature | |
| McPeek, Sam | 2017 | Pastor, Faith Lutheran Church, Lafayette LA | Instructor, South Louisiana Community College | Rhet Comp |
| Patrick, Mary Hughes | 2017 | Instructor and Department Head, South Louisiana Community College | Interim Dean of Academic Affairs, Allan Hancock College | Literature |
| Such, George | 2017 | Part-time lecturer, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | Creative Writing | |
| Tadros, Billie | 2017 | Lecturer, University of Alabama at Huntsville | Assistant Professor, University of Scranton | Creative Writing |
| Acharya, Disha | 2018 | Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Faculty, New Mexico Military Institute | Literature |
| Attana, Drew | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Paine College | Creative Writing | |
| Comer, Cheyenne | 2018 | Operations Manager, Mer Rouge Wholesale | Instructor, University of Louisiana at Monroe | Literature |
| DeBehnke, Krista | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Paine College | Creative Writing | |
| DiNallo, Joe | 2018 | Faculty, Beau Chene High School | Creative Writing | |
| Donovan, Patrick | 2018 | Faculty, St. Joseph High School, Lakewood CA | Creative Writing | |
| Ewoldt, Amanda | 2018 | Industry position in Florida | Appeals & Grievances Dept., Healthfirst | Literature |
| Gayle, Wandeka | 2018 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Southern Utah University | Assistant Professor, Spelman College | Creative Writing |
| Hazelwood, Rebecca | 2018 | Lecturer, University of Alabama at Huntsville | Creative Writing | |
| Holian, Patrick | 2018 | ET Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Upper School Faculty, Head-Royce School in Oakland, California | Creative Writing |
| Hyman, Dustin | 2018 | Lecturer, Trinidad State Junior College (Colorado) | Creative Writing | |
| Johnson, Seth | 2018 | Industry position in Texas | Creative Writing | |
| Lemerond, Saul | 2018 | Visiting Assistant Professor, Hanover College | Assistant Professor, Hanover College | Creative Writing |
| Meditz, Nolan | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Southwestern Oklahoma State University | Creative Writing | |
| Moore, Tori | 2018 | Instructor, University of Louisiana at Monroe | Creative Writing | |
| Rourks, Leigh | 2018 | Assistant Professor, Beacon College (Florida) | Creative Writing | |
| Webre, Daniel | 2018 | Instructor, Southeastern University, Hammond, LA | Creative Writing | |
| Altenburg, Daniel | 2019 | Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | English Instructor, Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, Arizona | Creative Writing |
| Andrews, Britton | 2019 | Faculty, The Bullis School, Potomac MD | Creative Writing | |
| Calhoun, Dan | 2019 | Student Success Advisor, South Louisiana Community College | Creative Writing | |
| Emmons, Diana | 2019 | Adjunct Instructor, Bunker Hill Community College | Creative Writing | |
| Fedor, Haley | 2019 | Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University - Eunice | Literature | |
| Jacobs, Bridget | 2019 | Director of Accreditation Services/SACSCOC Liaison, South Louisiana Community College | Coordinator of Assessment and Accreditation, Alfred State College (SUNY) | Literature |
| Johnson, Jodi | 2019 | Visiting Instructor, University of South Florida, Tampa | Creative Writing | |
| Larson, Brooke | 2019 | Artist-in-Residence, Finland | Creative Writing | |
| Marr, Jude | 2019 | Co-Director, Reading-Writing Center, Florida State University | Creative Writing | |
| Pfeifer, Cassandra | 2019 | Instructor, South Louisiana Community College | Folklore | |
| Pincus, Matthew | 2019 | Self-employed editor, digital marketer, content writer | Literature | |
| Robertson, Jenny | 2019 | Campus and K-12 Coordinator, Hilliard Museum, Lafayette LA | Creative Writing | |
| Scanlan, Josie | 2019 | Creative Writing | ||
| Slaven, Amber | 2019 | English Teacher, Memphis Business Academy | Literature | |
| Castleman, Samantha | 2020 | Fitness Director, CycleBar, Sugar Land, TX | ||
| Doble, Jessica | 2020 | Folklore | ||
| Donlon, Sally | 2020 | Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | ||
| Fuller, Trevor | 2020 | Lecturer, University of Texas at Arlington | ||
| Lewis, Patrick | 2020 | |||
| Morrison, Jennifer | 2020 | ET Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Assistant Professor, Southern University New Orleans | Literature |
| Pangborn, Patti | 2020 | Faculty, La Lumiere School (high school, LaPorte, IN) | Creative Writing | |
| Southwick-Thompson, Kimberly | 2020 | Assistant Professor, Jacksonville State University | Creative Writing | |
| Vance, Caitlin | 2020 | English Language Arts teacher, Lafayette Middle School | Creative Writing | |
| Warren, Gina | 2020 | Adjunct Instructor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette | ||
| Wu, Annmarie | 2020 | Academic Advisor, Texas A&M University Commerce | Creative Writing |