Public Administration and International Affairs Faculty and Affiliates

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Catherine Herrold

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Ph.D., Duke University, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Global Civil Society
Collaborative and Participatory Governance
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Azra Hromadžić

Associate Professor, Anthropology Department

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Political anthropology; ethno-political violence and post-conflict reconciliation; socialism and post-socialism; gender; youth cultural practices; social policy and welfare; aging, care and responsibility; environmental politics and riverine worlds; the Balkans.

Melinda Kimble

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Senior Vice President, UN Foundation

M.P.A., Harvard University

Areas of Expertise

Global environmental policy (including climate change), global public health, international economics

Steven Lux

Director, Executive Education Department

Adjunct Faculty, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

Managerial leadership, NGO management

John McPeak

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Board Member, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development

Devashish Mitra

Professor and Chair, Economics Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996

Areas of Expertise

International trade, political economy, development economics, Indian economy

Sara Reckless

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Senior Transition Advisor, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives

M.A., The Fletcher School

Areas of Expertise

Political transitions, conflict prevention and stabilization, countering violent extremism

Robert A. Rubinstein

Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department

Professor, International Relations

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1977

Areas of Expertise

Peace, conflict and international security, medical anthropology and public health, methods, history and theory

Sabina Schnell

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Transparency, open government, public values, democracy and bureaucracy, anti-corruption, human resources management, international and comparative public administration, public sector reform, development policy and administration.

Erol Yayboke

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Director and Senior Fellow, Project on Fragility and Mobility

M.P.A., LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin

Areas of Expertise

Climate change, geopolitics and international Security, governance and rule of law, human mobility, humanitarian assistance, international development, technology and innovation, U.S. development policy

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