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.

Maxwell faculty serve on the editorial boards of major peer-reviewed publications and come from positions of leadership and influence across sectors. Their active membership and participation in professional organizations help inform both teaching and research and expand the network of Maxwell faculty and students.

The Hon. James E. Baker

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, Law, College of Law

J.D., Yale Law School, 1990

William C. Banks

Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor, Law

Professor Emeritus, Law

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

J.D., University of Denver, 1974

Areas of Expertise

National security law, domestic and international terrorism, emergency powers, covert war powers, problems of official corruption, civil/military relations, appropriations powers

J. E. Beagles

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Director, Transnational Non-Governmental Organization Initiative

Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Nonprofit management, network and nonprofit governance, international non-governmental organizations

Catherine Bertini

Emeritus Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1971

Areas of Expertise

International relations, foreign affairs, international organizations, United Nations, leadership, humanitarian relief, agricultural development, education of girls, hunger, food security

Stuart Brown

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Co-Director, Mapping Global Insecurity

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1985

Areas of Expertise

International macroeconomics and finance, international political economy

Matthew R. Cleary

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

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

Advisory Board Member, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, ethnic politics

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

International security, international relations, private military and security companies

Catherine M. Gerard

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Research Director, Collaborative Governance

M.A., University of Toronto

M.P.A., SUNY-Albany

Areas of Expertise

Leadership, organizational development, total quality management.

Margaret Hermann

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Mapping Global Insecurity

Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965

Areas of Expertise

Political leadership, foreign policy decision making, crisis management, influence of non-state actors on foreign policy, comparative foreign policy

Azra Hromadžić

Associate Professor, Anthropology Department

Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professor

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. (USA) 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; the Balkans.

Seth Jolly

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies

Ph.D., Duke University, 2006

Areas of Expertise

European politics, political parties, nationalism, European Union

Osamah F. Khalil

Associate Professor, History Department

Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011

Areas of Expertise

U.S. foreign relations, modern Middle East, Cold War, Arab-Israeli conflict

Natalie Koch

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Director, Central Asia and the Caucasus Research Group

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

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

Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder, 2012

Areas of Expertise

Political geography, nationalism, energy and the environment, sport, Gulf and Arabian Peninsula studies

Steven Lux

Director, Executive Education

Adjunct Faculty, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

Managerial leadership, NGO management

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

Advisory Board Member, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Latin America and the Caribbean, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico

Daniel McDowell

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Political Science Department

Co-Director, Comparative Politics/International Relations Speaker Series

Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012

Areas of Expertise

International political economy, international finance, international monetary system, IMF

John McPeak

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Advisory Board Member, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development

Devashish Mitra

Professor, Chair and Director of Graduate Placement, Economics Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Co-Director, Trade, Development, and Political Economy Working Group

Advisory Board Member, South Asia Center

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996

Areas of Expertise

International trade, political economy, development economics, Indian economy

Glyn Morgan

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Co-Director, Center for European Studies

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2001

Areas of Expertise

Political theory, European Union

Robert B. Murrett

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Deputy Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law

M.A., Georgetown University
M.S.S.I., National Defense Intelligence College

Areas of Expertise

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

Sean O'Keefe

University Professor

Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership

Distinguished Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

M.P.A., 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

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

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

Ms.PH, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983

Areas of Expertise

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

Larry D. Schroeder

Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971

Areas of Expertise

State and local public finance, financial management

Yüksel Sezgin

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Legal pluralism; informal justice systems; comparative religious law (Islamic, Jewish and Hindu); human and women’s rights in the context of the Middle East, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.