Public Administration and International Affairs Faculty and Affiliates

Maxwell School faculty are distinguished researchers and dedicated teachers. Their scholarship on matters of domestic and global affairs help to move people, institutions, businesses and organizations forward at the local, state, regional, federal and international levels.

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Richard Barton

Assistant Teaching Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Assistant Teaching Professor, Policy Studies

Assistant Teaching Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Ph.D., Government Department, Cornell University, 2022

Robert Bifulco

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Education finance and policy, program evaluation

Renée de Nevers

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

International security, international relations, private military and security companies

Todd Dickey

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

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

Ph.D., Cornell University, 2018

Areas of Expertise

Public sector human resource management, labor and employment relations, workplace conflict management

Jay Golden

Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability and Finance, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Director, Dynamic Sustainability Lab

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Ph.D. (Cantab), University of Cambridge, 2005

Areas of Expertise

Net-Zero Carbon Transition, technology transitions, energy transitions, bio-based transitions, supply chains, ESG and finance

Janire Pascual Gonzalez

Assistant Research Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Project Manager, Dynamic Sustainability Lab

Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2015

Sarah Hamersma

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

Colleen Heflin

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, poverty policy, child and family policy

Catherine Herrold

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

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

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies

Research Affiliate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., Duke University, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Global Civil Society
Collaborative and Participatory Governance
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Johannes Himmelreich — (Pronouns: He, Him)

Johannes Himmelreich

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Applied ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of public policy, ethics of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems

(Pronouns: He, Him)

Yilin Hou

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

Ph.D., Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 2002

Areas of Expertise

Countercyclical fiscal policy for state and local budget stabilization, fiscal and budgetary institutions

Zach Huitink

Associate Teaching Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Ph.D., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Department of Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Acquisition and government contracting, public-private partnerships, human capital management, policy implementation.

(Pronouns: He, Him)

Lionel C. Johnson

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

B.A., Rutgers University, 1982

Minjung Kim

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Research Affiliate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., American University, 2021

The Rev. Brian Konkol

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

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

Vice President and Dean of Hendricks Chapel

Ph.D., University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Areas of Expertise

Leadership, religion, conflict, and collaboration

Jun Li

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate

Ph.D., School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Health economics, health services research, post-acute and long-term care

Leonard M. Lopoo

Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Director, Maxwell X Lab

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Child and family policy, behavioral economics, economic demography

Jiahuan Lu

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

Ph.D., School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Public & nonprofit management, government contracting, government-nonprofit relations, nonprofit financial 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., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development

Robert B. Murrett

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Deputy Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law

M.A., Political Science Department, Georgetown Univeristy, 1982

Areas of Expertise

National security, international relations, military and defense strategy, leadership

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

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Public management, policy and law; public participation; collaborative governance; conflict resolution

Sean O'Keefe

University Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Phanstiel Chair in Leadership

Distinguished Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

M.P.A., Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1978

Areas of Expertise

Public management, national security policy and strategy, public finance and public budgeting, financial management, technology development and innovation management, executive leadership

(Pronouns: He, Him)

Tomás Olivier

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Assistant Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Water policy, environmental policy, policy design, policy process

Kristen Patel

Professor of Practice, Policy Studies

Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs

Maxwell Advisory Board Member

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

Research Affiliate, East Asia Program

M.A., Duke University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

National security, intelligence issues, and illicit finance

David Popp

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Caroline Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Ph.D., Department of Economics, Yale University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

Environmental economics, economics of technological change

Jack Reilly

Associate Teaching Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2013

Michah W. Rothbart

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., New York University, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Nonprofit and public financial management, public budgeting, education policy

Ying Shi

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Affiliate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., Duke University, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Economics of education, labor economics, political economy

Saba Siddiki

Professor and Director of the M.P.A. Program, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy

Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., University of Colorado, Denver, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Policy design, implementation, and compliance; collaborative policymaking; institutional analysis; sustainability technology and behavior; environmental policy; food policy