Dean's Office Leadership
For a list of administrative units and contact information for their assistant deans, directors and staff, please use the drop-down menus in the school’s faculty and staff directory.

David M. Van Slyke
Dean, Maxwell School
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise

Carol Faulkner
Professor, History Department
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Maxwell School
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Areas of Expertise

Andrew S. London
Professor, Sociology Department
Associate Dean for Research and Administration, Maxwell School
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Gladys McCormick
Associate Professor, History Department
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Maxwell School
Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Areas of Expertise
Academic Department Leadership

Areas of Expertise

Julia Carboni
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
Research Director, Collaborative Governance
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Renée de Nevers
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Christopher DeCorse
Professor and Chair, Anthropology Department
Research Affiliate, Maxwell African Scholars Union
Areas of Expertise

Shana Kushner Gadarian
Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Peng Gao
Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment Department
Areas of Expertise

Colleen Heflin
Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Osamah F. Khalil
Associate Professor, History Department
Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise

Devashish Mitra
Professor and Chair, Economics Department
Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Areas of Expertise

Janet M. Wilmoth
Professor and Chair, Sociology Department
Director, Aging Studies Institute
Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
Research Centers and Institutes Leadership

Keith J. Bybee
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media
Vice Dean (College of Law)
Paul E. and Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72 Judiciary Studies Professor (College of Law)
Areas of Expertise

Julia Carboni
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
Research Director, Collaborative Governance
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Catherine M. Gerard
Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Research Director, Collaborative Governance
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
M.A., University of Toronto
M.P.A., SUNY-Albany
Areas of Expertise

Ryan Griffiths
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group
Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2010
Areas of Expertise

Sebastian Karcher
Associate Director, Qualitative Data Repository, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Research Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2014

Shannon Monnat
Professor, Sociology Department
Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Research Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise

Jennifer Karas Montez
University Professor, Sociology Department
Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies
Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Tina Nabatchi
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration
Director and Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise

Alexandra Punch
Director, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Grant Reeher
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Farhana Sultana
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Research Director, Environmental Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
Political ecology, international development, water governance, climate change, environmental justice, sustainability, citizenship, human rights, decolonizing, transnational feminisms, South Asia

Brian Taylor
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise

Anthony Terrinoni
Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Michael J. Williams
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Director, Master of Arts in International Relations, Executive Master's in International Relations programs
Director, International Affairs Seminar Series, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Ph.D., London School of Economics & Political Science, 2006

Janet M. Wilmoth
Professor and Chair, Sociology Department
Director, Aging Studies Institute
Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise

Yael Zeira
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Ph.D., New York University, 2012