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Maxwell School Faculty


Peng Gao
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Peng Gao

Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment Department

144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2607 | pegao@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

River environment and morphodynamics, Geospatial-based (GIS, remote sensing, and UAV) urban planning and reforming

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, aging and the life course, racial/ethnic disparities, minority and immigrant health

Areas of Expertise

Leadership, organizational development, total quality management.

Ann Gold

Ann Grodzins Gold

Professor Emeritus by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences

507 Hall of Languages | 315.443.5717 | aggold@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sustained ethnographic engagement with religion and culture in provincial North India

Jay Golden

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

206 Steele Hall | 315.443.5849 | jgolde04@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

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Cecilia A. Green

Cecilia A. Green

Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology Department

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

307 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3079 | cagree01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Race, class, gender, Caribbean studies

Areas of Expertise

International relations, comparative politics

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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

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political economy, authoritarian institutions, governance, survey methods

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Brooks B. Gump

Falk Family Endowed Professor, Public Health Department

430 E. Barclay | 315.443.2208 | bbgump@syr.edu


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Iliya Gutin

Research Assistant Professor and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Assistant Professor, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

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

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | igutin@syr.edu


Paul M. Hagenloh

Paul M. Hagenloh

Associate Professor, History Department

405B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.7626 | phagenlo@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern Russia

Julia Haines

Julia Haines

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

310C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4995 | jjhaines@syr.edu


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Sarah Hamersma

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

O'Hanley Faculty Scholar

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

443 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | sehamers@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

Timur Hammond

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

Research Affiliate, Center for European Studies

144C Eggers Hall | 315.443.3533 | twhammon@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Cultural geography, urban geography, geographies of memory, Turkey, Middle East

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Nayyera Haq

Assistant Dean and Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Syracuse University Center in Washington, D.C. | nhaq02@syr.edu


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Madonna Harrington Meyer

University Professor, Sociology Department

Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | maharrin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, poverty policy, child and family policy

Petra Hejnova

Petra Hejnova

Assistant Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Director of Curriculum and Academic Services, SU Abroad

phejnova@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, women and politics, politics of Central and Eastern Europe, social movements

Margaret Hermann

Margaret Hermann

Professor Emerita, Political Science Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

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

mgherman@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Erin Hern

Erin Hern

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Co-Director, Study of Global Politics Speaker Series

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

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

400B Eggers Hall | 315.443.2416 | ehern@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, African politics, political participation, women and gender

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Samantha Kahn Herrick

Associate Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, Center for European Studies

527 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4387 | sherrick@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medieval European history, Christian hagiography and apostolic legends, France

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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

400E Eggers Hall | 315.443.4339 | ceherrol@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Global Civil Society
Collaborative and Participatory Governance
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Amanda Hilton

Amanda Hilton

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

209A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2405 | ahilto01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, environmental anthropology, critical food studies, applied cultural anthropology, critical heritage studies

Johannes Himmelreich
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Johannes Himmelreich

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

320 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9325 | jrhimmel@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Areas of Expertise

Social welfare, agricultural economics

Areas of Expertise

Defense and security, counterterrorism and homeland security, human rights, civil society


William C. Horrace

William C. Horrace

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

311 Maxwell | 315.443.9061 | whorrace@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics, firm-level production and efficiency analysis, peer effects and strategic interactions, crime and policing

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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

451 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9072 | yihou@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Areas of Expertise

Strategy, planning, defense, NATO

Azra Hromadžić

Azra Hromadžić

Professor and Undergraduate Director, Anthropology Department

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

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

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

209C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5782 | ahromadz@syr.edu

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; environmental politics and riverine worlds; the Balkans.

Bryce Hruska

Bryce Hruska

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

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

435C White Hall | 315.443.5430 | bjhruska@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occupational stress, community firearm violence.

Multiple regression; multi-level modeling (linear and generalized linear mixed models); mediation and moderation; intensive data collection designs; Stata, SPSS, R, Excel.

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, energy and capitalism, climate politics, resource geography

Zach Huitink

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

Meredith Professor Faculty Fellow

529 Eggers Hall | zshuitin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

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Ignatius N. Ijere

Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Director, Public Health Department

435B White Hall | 315.443.9393 | inijere@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Areas of specialization: Mental illness, Addiction, Assessment & Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders, Global Mental Health, and Comprehensive Psychological

Vivian Ike

Vivian Ike

Assistant Teaching Professor, International Relations Undergraduate Program

102 Maxwell Hall | vike01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International Relations, Global Environmental Politics, and Global Health Politics

Jenn M. Jackson

Jenn M. Jackson

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies

Affiliate, African American Studies

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Areas of Expertise

Black politics, gender and sexuality, political behavior, public opinion, social movements, mixed methods

Hugo Jales

Hugo Jales

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | hbjales@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, econometrics

Denisa Jashari

Denisa Jashari

Assistant Professor, History Department

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

538 Eggers Hall | djashari@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern Latin America, urban history, social history, Chile, social movements, the Cold War

Lionel Johnson
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