Osamah F. Khalil
Associate Professor, History Department
Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
102 Maxwell Hall
315.443.0464 | ofkhalil@syr.edu
Professor Khalil is a historian of U.S. foreign relations and the modern Middle East. He is the author of "America's Dream Palace: Middle East Expertise and the Rise of the National Security State" (Harvard, 2016) and the editor of "United States Relations with China and Iran: Toward the Asian Century" (Bloomsbury, 2019). He previously served as the interim director of the Middle East Studies program. Professor Khalil teaches courses on the history of U.S. foreign relations, the Cold War, the history of international relations, America and the Middle East, and the Vietnam War and popular culture. In 2018, he received the Chancellor’s Citation for Faculty Excellence and Scholarly Distinction.
Havva Karakas Keles
Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department
102 Maxwell Hall
315.443.9931 | hkarakas@syr.edu
Prior to joining the International Relations Undergraduate Program, Havva served as Regional Programs Coordinator, Assistant Director of Moynihan European Research Centers, and Project Manager of the Atlantis Transatlantic Dual Degree Program in International Security and Development Policy at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School.
Havva holds a B.A. in translation studies and master’s degrees in international relations and political science. She conducted multilingual archival research in the United Kingdom, Germany, Israel, and Turkey toward her NSF-supported doctoral work at Syracuse University where she is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science focusing on coalition governments, political leadership, foreign policy, and decision-making.
Havva’s undergraduate teaching at Syracuse covered political affairs in the MENA region, European Union, foreign policy, and political leadership.
Vivian Ike
Assistant Teaching Professor, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations
102 Maxwell Hall
vike01@syr.edu
Vivian Ike is assistant teaching professor in the International Relations Undergraduate Program, where she teaches classes in Global Governance including Introduction to Research Methods, Model United Nations, and Global Environmental Politics.
Ike researches international environmental politics and climate change policy as well as environmental health, security studies and research methodology. Her work has been published in the journals Politics and Policy and International Social Science Review, both of which she also peer reviews. A chapter she wrote about the dangers of corporate power concerning climate change is scheduled to be published in Energy Resource Conflict in 2023.
Prior to joining Syracuse, she worked at Northern Arizona University as an instructor and graduate teaching scholar. Ike earned a Ph.D. from Northern Arizona University in 2021.
Faye Morse
Program Coordinator, International Relations Undergraduate Program
102 Maxwell Hall
315.443.8352 | flmorse@syr.edu