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Contact a Graduate Program

The Maxwell School offers a rich mix of professional and academic programs for students with diverse interests and backgrounds. We encourage you to explore each academic department’s unique admission requirements. If you would like to know more, reach out to the appropriate program contact(s) below.

If you have general questions about the Maxwell School, please email MaxEnroll@syr.edu and we will be glad to assist!

Anthropology

Jok Madut Jok

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department

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

206B Maxwell Hall
315.443.6231 | jjok01@syr.edu

Economics

Alexander Rothenberg

Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall
315.443.3114 | adrothen@syr.edu

William C. Horrace

Distinguished Professor and Director of Master's Studies, Economics Department

311 Maxwell
315.443.9061 | whorrace@syr.edu

Geography and the Environment

General Inquiries: geograddirector@syr.edu

Timur Hammond

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Geography and the Environment Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Research Affiliate, South Asia Center

144C Eggers Hall
315.443.3533 | twhammon@syr.edu

History

General Inquiries: history@syr.edu

Andrew Wender Cohen

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, History Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

305 Maxwell Hall
315.443.3320 | awcohe01@syr.edu

Political Science

General inquiries: polsci@syr.edu

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Dimitar Gueorguiev

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

100E Eggers Hall
315.443.2416 | ddgueorg@syr.edu

Public Administration and International Affairs

General Inquiries: MaxEnroll@syr.edu

Executive Master of Public Administration online: admissions@onlinempa.syr.edu

Margaret E. Lane

Assistant Director, Executive Education Department

210 Eggers Hall
315.443.8708 | melane02@syr.edu

Contact Margaret for graduate admission questions related to Maxwell’s executive degrees (Executive M.P.A. and Executive M.A. in international relations). Margaret is also your contact for stand-alone Certificates of Advanced Study that do not require matriculation to a degree-bearing program including: Data Analytics for Public Policy, Health Services Management and Policy, Leadership of International and Non-Governmental Organizations, and Public Leadership and Management.

Emily Wiemers

Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Maxwell Dean Professor of Aging, Demography and Public Policy

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

320A Lyman Hall
eewiemer@syr.edu

Contact Emily for graduate admission questions related to the public administration Ph.D. program.

Public Health

Brittany Kmush

Associate Professor and Graduate Director, Public Health Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

430D Barclay
315.443.1541 | blkmush@syr.edu

Social Science

General Inquiries: Tammy Salisbury (mtsalisb@syr.edu)

Sociology

Rick Welsh

Professor and Graduate Director, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

447 Eggers Hall
315.443.4060 | jrwelsh@syr.edu

General Graduate Enrollment Inquiries

Cory Meyers

Director, Graduate Enrollment

210 Steele Hall
315.443.3959 | cjmeyers@syr.edu

Emily Rutherford

Associate Director of Admission, Graduate Enrollment

215 Eggers Hall
315.443.2319 | earuther@syr.edu

Contact Emily for graduate admission questions related to Maxwell’s traditional, full-time master’s programs and joint degrees: Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), M.A. in International Relations, Master of Public health (M.P.H.) Public Diplomacy and Global Communications (joint with Newhouse), M.S. in Sustainable Organizations and Policy (joint with Whitman), and all dual degrees with M.P.A. and M.A.(IR).

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