Academics
Faculty Listing
Faculty with IR Appointments
Bennett, James
Professor, Political Science and International Relations
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
International relations methodology, arms-control negotiation
jbennett@syr.edu
Bertini, Catherine Ann
Chair, International Relations Programs Professor of Practice, Public Administration
B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1971
International organizations, United Nations, humanitarian relief, economic and social development, education of girls, hunger and food policy
cbertini@maxwell.syr.edu
Bonham, G. Matthew
Professor, Political Science and International Relations
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
Foreign policy decision-making, international negotiation, discourse analysis, methodology
gmbonham@maxwell.syr.edu
Brown, Stuart
Professor, Economics and International Relations
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1985
International economics and finance, macroeconomics and the political economy of transitional countries
ssbrown@maxwell.syr.edu
Cooke, Goodwin
Professor of Practice Emeritus, International Relations
B.A., Harvard, 1953
Former Ambassador, U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Asian, European, African, and Canadian experience
gcooke@maxwell.syr.edu
D'Amico, Francine J.
Associate Professor, International Relations
Director of Undergraduate Studies, International Relations Program
PhD, Cornell, 1989
International relations, international law and organizations, comparative government, Latin American politics, United States security policy
fjdamico@maxwell.syr.edu
Hermann, Margaret
Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., in Psychology, Northwestern, 1965
Political leadership and its impact on foreign policy, political psychology
mgherman@maxwell.syr.edu
Mathiason, John
Professor, International Relations
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968
Management of international organizations, evaluation of international programs and projects
JRMathia@maxwell.syr.edu
Northrup, Terrell
Assistant Professor, International Relations
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1987
Conflict resolution, ethnic conflict, women and politics
northrup@maxwell.syr.edu
Richardson, J. David
Professor, Economics and International Relations
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970
International economics, trade policy
jdrichar@maxwell.syr.edu
Rubinstein, Robert A.
Professor, Anthropology and International Relations
Ph.D., SUNY, 1977
Middle East, conflict resolution, international peacekeeping, security and ethnic conflict
rar@syr.edu
Thorson, Stuart J.
Professor, Political Science and Professor of International Relations
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1972
Foreign policy, political theory, methodology
thorson@syr.edu
Adjunct IR Faculty
Ahearn, Raymond
Head of International Trade and Finance Section, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
M.A., Johns Hopkins University SAIS, 1973
Economic policy and trade relations
Ballantyne, Janet
Senior Advisor, USAID, former Vice President and Leader for Strategic Planning and New Business Development at ABT Associates.
Coburn, Leonard
President of Coburn International Energy Consultants, LLC, former Director, Office of Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Office of Policy and International Affairs, United States Department of Energy.
Gambino, Tony
Former mission director for USAID in the Congo.
Honig, Jan Willem
Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, Kings College of London
Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 1989
Relationship between politics and war, Clausewitz and his influence, European security and foreign policy-making
jan.honig@kcl.ac.uk
Keagle, James
Senior Research Fellow, National Defense University
Ph.D., Princeton University
National security policy and strategy
Kimball, Melinda
Senior Vice President, United Nations Foundation
M.P.A., Harvard University
National security policy and strategy
Leader, Joyce
Former ambassador, career diplomat
M.S., Columbia University, M.A., University of Chicago.
African, refugee, and humanitarian affairs
leaderje@yahoo.com
Lennon, Stephen
Asian/Near East Team Leader for the USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI)
Oversees OTI transition programs in Pakistan, Lebanon, and Nepal
M.I.A., School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Post-conflict political transition and stability operations
Lougani, Prakash
Advisor, Research Department, International Monetary Fund, Adjunct Professor, Vanderbilt University
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Assessment of macroeconomic forecasting performance; understanding trade linkages among nations and regions; and modeling the impact of oil prices on the macro economy
Martin, G. Eugene
US Institute of Peace, career diplomat
M.A., Syracuse University
Southeast Asia, China, Northeast Asia, and South Asia
Murray, John
Adjunct Professor of Practice, International Relations, and Associate Director for Applied Conflict Resolution
J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, 1968
Dispute resolution, Middle East conflict
jsmurr02@maxwell.syr.edu
Patterson, Eliza
International trade attorney and former adviser to the GATT and Overseas Development Council, centers on a major trade or economic negotiation simulation
Economics and international trade
Young, Frank
Vice President for Strategic Planning for Abt Associates International Line of Business. 29-year Senior Foreign Service Officer
Ph.D., Fletcher School, Tufts University
Economic growth markets and Sub-Saharan Africa
Affiliated IR Faculty
Banks, William C.
Professor, Public Administration and Law
Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
J.D., University of Denver, 1974
Comparative legal systems, domestic and international terrorism, emergency powers, covert war powers, problems of official corruption, civil/military relations, appropriations powers
wcbanks@law.syr.edu
Barkun, Michael
Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern, 1965
Millenarian and utopian movements, jurisprudence, international law
mbarkun@maxwell.syr.edu
Bhatia, Tej
Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures
Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1978
Formal and socio-linguistics, language and social cognition, South Asian languages and linguistics, discourse analysis
tkbhatia@syr.edu
Boroujerdi, Mehrzad
Associate Professor, Political Science
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Co-director, Religion, Media, and International Relations Project
Ph.D., American University, 1990
The Middle East, comparative politics, international relations
mboroujerdi@maxwell.syr.edu
Brechin, SteveProfessor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989
Environmental/ natural resource/ organizational sociology: cross-national comparisons and transnational processes and realities, environment and development; developing nations, public opinion, public policy, survey research methods
sbrechin@maxwell.syr.edu
Buechler, Hans
Professor, Anthropology
PhD., Columbia, 1966.
Latin America, particularly the Andes, and Europe. Individual and local variations in social behavior to wider regional, national and international phenomena
hcbuechl@maxwell.syr.edu
Burdick, John
Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., City University of New York, 1990
Religious movements, politics, gender, medical, African Americans, Brazil, Latin America
jsburdic@maxwell.syr.edu
Campbell, Horace
Professor, Political Science and African American Studies
Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979
Comparative politics, African international relations, popular struggles for democracy, world economy since World War II
hgcampbe@syr.edu
Castro, A.H. Peter
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988
Applied anthropology, economic development, ecology, forestry, refugees, East Africa
ahcastro@maxwell.syr.edu
Cleary, Matthew R.
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004
Latin American politics, comparative political economy, democratization
macleary@maxwell.syr.edu
Dayton, BrucePart-time Assistant Professor, Political Science
Associate Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Science and policy; perceptual frames, global climate politics, bureaucracy and politics
bwdayton@maxwell.syr.edu
de Nevers, Renee
Associate Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992
International security, international organizations and regimes
rdenever@maxwell.syr.edu
Duffy, Gavan
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Political conflict, political methodology, political behavior and communication
gduffy@maxwell.syr.edu
Grodzins Gold, Ann
Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1984
Teaching and research on popular religious practice in modern India, gender and religion, religions and the natural environment
aggold@syr.edu
Hanson, Jonathan K.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007
Comparative politics.
Kallander, George
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006
Korean and northeast Asian history and culture
glkallan@maxwell.syr.edu
Katz, Neil
Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Affairs
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1974
Nonviolent conflict and change, conflict resolution
neilkatz44@gmail.com
Klotz, Audie
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1991
International Relations, transnational actors and activism
aklotz@maxwell.syr.edu
Koveos, Peter
Professor, Finance
School of Management and Director, Kiebach Center for International Business Studies
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
International business. International financial market behavior, economic systems in transition, theory and practice of financial system reform. Asia in general, and China and Shanghai in particular.
peter@som.syr.edu
Kriesberg, Louis
Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1953
Social conflicts, conflict resolution, interstate and intercommunal conflicts, constructive struggles
Kutcher, Norman
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Yale University, 1991; J.D., Boston College, 1985
Cultural, social, and intellectual history of China
nakutche@syr.edu
Lovely, Mary
Professor, Economics
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1989
International trade, public finance
melovely@maxwell.syr.edu
McPeak, John
Associate Professor, Public Administration
Assistant Professor, Economics, by Courtesy Appointment
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1999
Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development
jomcpeak@maxwell.syr.edu
Mercer, John
Professor Emeritus, Geography
Ph.D., McMaster University, 1971
Urban and political geography, housing, Canada/U.S. relations, comparative studies
jmercer@maxwell.syr.edu
Merchant, Christine
Professor of Practice, Public Administration
M.S., American University, 1990
Human resource management and organization development
Mitra, Devashish
Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996
International Trade, Political Economy and Development Economics
dmitra@maxwell.syr.edu
Mountz, Allison
Associate Professor, Geography
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2003
Social geographies of transnational migration; cultural geographies of power, the nation-state, and the border; feminist and urban geography; research methodologies
amountz@maxwell.syr.edu
Pellow, Deborah
Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974
Women, urbanization, ethnicity, cultural aspects of space and design, Africa, China
dpellow@maxwell.syr.edu
Perreault, Thomas
Associate Professor, Geography
Ph. D. University of Colorado, 2000
Political ecology, rural development, indigenous peoples' social movements, environmental conservation and resource management, and Latin America
taperrea@maxwell.syr.edu
Robinson, David J.
DellPlain Professor, Latin American Geography
Ph.D., London University, 1967
Historical, Latin American colonial population, Peruvian development, Latin America
drobins@maxwell.syr.edu
Rupert, Mark
Professor and Chair, Political Science
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1987
International political economy, politics of production
merupert@maxwell.syr.edu
Rutherford, Tod
Professor and Chair, Geography
Ph.D., University of Wales, 1992
Economic restructuring, industrial reorganization related to regional change, labor market policy, North America and the U.K.
trutherf@maxwell.syr.edu
Sangmpam, S.N.
Associate Professor, Political Science and African American Studies.
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Theoretic comparative politics, empirically oriented social/political theory, Third World politics and political economy, African politics, international politics, and African American politics SnSangm@syr.edu
Schmitz, Hans Peter
Assocaite Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., European University Institute, 1999
International norms and their transnational promotion by international governmental and non-governmental organizations; democratic transitions from authoritarian rule in the (East) African context
hpschmit@maxwell.syr.edu
Schroeder, Larry
Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D., Wisconsin University
Public sector economics; quantitative methods; financial management in local governments and developing countries
ldshroe@maxwell.syr.edu
Taylor, Brian D.
Assocaite Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Comparative politics, Russian politics
bdtaylor@maxwell.syr.edu
Wadley, Susan
Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1973
Social change, demography, religions, folklores, gender issues, India
sswadley@maxwell.syr.edu
Wang, Hongying
Associate Professor, Political Science
Director, East Asia Program
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996
International political economy in the Pacific Rim; political economy theory; East Asian politics and political economy; culture and institutions in world politics
Hwang04@maxwell.syr.edu
Wasylenko, Michael J.
Professor, Economics
Interim Dean, Maxwell School
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1975
Public finance, public finance in developing countries, urban economics
mwasyl1enko@maxwell.syr.edu
Western, John
Professor, Geography
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978
Social, cultural, comparative urbanization; Southern Africa
jcwester@maxwell.syr.edu