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Maxwell School Faculty


Carmen Carrión-Flores

Carmen Carrión-Flores

Research Assistant Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

119 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3717 | cecarrio@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Environmental economics, regional and urban economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

James J. Carroll

James J. Carroll

Research Associate Professor

jajcarro@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public school teaching of American history, public policy skills, and constitutional law, using Internet applications

Linda Carty

Linda Carty

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Sociology Department

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

Associate Professor, African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences

lcarty@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Race, class and gender studies; comparative sociology; international development; post-colonial discourse; Third World feminism

Christopher Casey

Christopher Casey

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Analyst of International Trade and Finance Section, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service

925.586.5220 | ccasey04@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

History of international relations, international law, international economic policy, refugee law, and human rights 

Areas of Expertise

Applied anthropology, rural development policy and planning, environmental conflict management, climate change, forestry, food security, refugees, East Africa

Craige B. Champion

Craige B. Champion

Professor, History Department

310B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2781 | cbchamp@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Hellenistic Greece, Greek democracy and republican Rome, ancient imperialism, ethnic identity formation in classical antiquity, the politics of culture in ancient Greece and Rome, classical historiography

Omar Cheta

Omar Cheta

Assistant Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

511 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8750 | oycheta@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern Middle East, Late Ottoman Empire, Egypt, capitalism, legal history

Matthew R. Cleary

Matthew R. Cleary

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

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

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

539 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4288 | macleary@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, ethnic politics

Areas of Expertise

Climate science, climate impacts, extreme weather, agriculture, energy, infrastructure

Andrew Wender Cohen

Andrew Wender Cohen

Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

305 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3320 | awcohe01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

United States history, law, crime, political economy

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Bill Coplin

Professor, Policy Studies

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

225 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2348 | wdcoplin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Higher education, high school education, citizenship and urban education, public policy analysis, pedagogical partners with undergraduates

Areas of Expertise

Local government, child and family policy

James Cunningham

James Cunningham

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

Former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Israel and the United Nations

518.944.7649 | jbcunnin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

National security, international relations, counter terrorism 

Francine D’Amico
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Francine D’Amico

Teaching Professor, Political Science Department

Affiliated Faculty Member, Women’s and Gender Studies

100 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2306 | fjdamico@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International law and organizations, global governance, United Nations, human rights, LGBTIQ global issues, international security and diplomacy, race/gender/sexual identity and the U.S. military, Latin America and the Caribbean

Robert Daly

Robert Daly

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Director, Wilson Center’s Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

240.678.5964 | rdaly@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern China, U.S.-China relations, U.S. foreign policy

Bejoy Das Gupta

Bejoy Das Gupta

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Chief Economist, eCurrency

202.413.8395 | bdasgupt@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Global macro and capital flows, digital finance and emerging markets 

Areas of Expertise

International security, international relations, private military and security companies

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Christopher DeCorse

Distinguished Professor and Chair, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

207 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4647 | crdecors@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

General anthropology, African archaeology and history, African diaspora studies, culture contact, colonialism and change, archaeology and popular culture

Areas of Expertise

Health care management, health care finance, home and community based care, nonprofit governance

Monica Deza
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Monica Deza

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | mdeza@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Economics of Crime, Labor Economics, Economic Demography, Economics of Risky health behaviors

Areas of Expertise

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

Albrecht Diem
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Albrecht Diem

Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department

145 Eggers Hall | 315.443.0785 | adiem@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Late Antiquity, Early Middle Ages, Hagiography, Monasticism. Medieval Sexualities, Medieval Manuscript Studies

Sean J. Drake

Sean J. Drake

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4388 | sjdrake@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Race and ethnicity, schools and education, neighborhood organization and inequality, refugee youth, immigrant incorporation, poverty and homelessness, ethnographic methods

Paul Driscoll

Adjunct Professor, Policy Studies

225 Eggers Hall | 315.559.9547 | psdrisco@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Housing policy, urban planning, geographic information systems (GIS).


Gavan Duffy

Gavan Duffy

Associate Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

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

315 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5764 | gduffy@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political methodology, political conflict, international relations

Johanna Dunaway

Johanna Dunaway

Professor, Political Science Department

Research Director, Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

jldunawa@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political Communication, News Media and Politics, Local News, Partisan Polarization, Political Attitudes, and Behavior.

Donald H. Dutkowsky

Donald H. Dutkowsky

Professor Emeritus, Economics Department

315 Maxwell Hall | dondutk@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics, monetary policy, bank behavior, personal finance, economics education

Michael R. Ebner

Michael R. Ebner

Associate Professor, History Department

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

531 Eggers Hall | 315.443.1264 | mebner@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

History of modern Europe, Italy, Fascism and political violence

Hamid Ekbia

Hamid Ekbia

University Professor, Maxwell School

Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

hrekbia@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political economy of computing, artificial intelligence, global development

Colin Elman

Colin Elman

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Director, Qualitative Data Repository

347 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4068 | celman@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International relations, national security, qualitative methods

Gary V. Engelhardt

Gary V. Engelhardt

Professor and Director of Graduate Placement, Economics Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

320F Lyman Hall | 315.443.4598 | gvengelh@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Housing markets and policies, taxation, saving behavior, pensions, Social Security, aging

Margarita Abe Estevez

Margarita Estévez-Abe

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

308 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3859 | mestev02@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, Japan, gender

Jerry Evensky

Jerry Evensky

Professor Emeritus, Economics Department

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

315 Maxwell Hall | jevensky@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Adam Smith's moral philosophy, ethics and liberal society, economic education

Areas of Expertise

Health care administration and policy, organizational design and behavior, strategy, operations management, mergers and acquisitions, and board development. 


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Amy Fairchild

Professor, Maxwell School

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | afairc01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

History, ethics and policy

Christopher Faricy
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Christopher Faricy

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Hicker Family Professor of Renewing Democratic Community

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

316 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8828 | cgfaricy@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

American politics, social policy, income inequality, tax policy, public opinion on government spending, budgetary politics, political economy, political parties

Carol Faulkner

Carol Faulkner

Professor, History Department

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Maxwell School

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9500 | cfaulkne@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

19th-century America, U.S. women, gender, sexuality, social movements.

Paul Fekete

Paul Fekete

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Senior International Trade Advisor, USAID

202.309.5546 | pjfekete@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International trade policy, trade and development issues, trade capacity building, Aid for Trade and World Trade Organization (WTO) issues

Gareth Fisher

Gareth Fisher

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

Research Affiliate, South Asia Center

Associate Professor, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences

gfisher@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Buddhism, religion in contemporary China, religion and cultural change, globalization, post-socialism

Jennifer Flad

Jennifer Flad

Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology Department

412 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.7668 | jrflad@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Health and illness, gender and sexuality, sustainability, disability studies, food and food politics