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Maxwell School Leadership


Chung-Chin Liu

Chung-Chin Liu

Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Economics Department

110G Eggers Hall | cliu09@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, international economics, innovation and technology

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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

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9055 | lmlopoo@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Child and family policy, behavioral economics, economic demography

Amy Lutz

Amy Lutz

Professor, Sociology Department

Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | aclutz@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Education, Families, and Immigration

Areas of Expertise

Managerial leadership, NGO management

Gladys McCormick

Gladys McCormick

Professor, History Department

Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations

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

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2006 | gmccormi@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Daniel McDowell

Daniel McDowell

Professor, Political Science Department

Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs

Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Co-Director, Study of Global Politics Speaker Series, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

334 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2416 | dmcdowel@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Areas of Expertise

Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development

Cory Meyers

Cory Meyers

Director, Graduate Enrollment

210 Steele Hall | 315.443.3959 | cjmeyers@syr.edu


Ryan Monarch

Ryan Monarch

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Director, Trade, Development, and Political Economy Working Group

338 Eggers Hall | rpmonarc@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International trade, supply chains, U.S.-China trade

Shannon Monnat

Shannon Monnat

Professor, Sociology Department

Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2692 | smmonnat@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Rural Demography, Population Health

Jennifer Karas Montez

Jennifer Karas Montez

University Professor, Sociology Department

Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies

Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab

314H Lyman Hall | 315.443.2703 | jmontez@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Demography, political economy and population health, life course and aging

Glyn Morgan

Glyn Morgan

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Center for European Studies

540 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2416 | dgmorgan@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political theory, European Union

Tina Nabatchi

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

400D Eggers Hall | 315.443.8994 | tnabatch@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

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Victoria Perez Shires

Senior Director, Office of Development

315.877.7876 | vtperez@syr.edu


Guido Pezzarossi
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Guido Pezzarossi

Associate Professor, Anthropology Department

Director, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

206A Maxwell Hall / Lab 414A Lyman Hall | 315.443.1359 / 315.443.0178 | gpezzaro@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Archaeology of colonialism, historical anthropology, postcolonial theory, new materialism, archaeology of food

Jane M. Read

Jane M. Read

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

123 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4279 | jaread@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Geographic information systems and remote sensing, human-environment interactions, geohumanities, indigenous livelihoods, Latin America

Alexander Rothenberg

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

Areas of Expertise

Urban economics, development economics, applied econometrics

Cort Ruddy

Cort Ruddy

Director, Communications and Media Relations Office

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5492 | cmruddy@syr.edu


Amy Schmidt

Amy Schmidt

Director, Civic and Community Engagement Office

210 Eggers Hall | 315.443.1602 | aeschm01@syr.edu


Saba Siddiki

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

414 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | ssiddiki@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public policy process; policy design; collaborative policymaking; institutional theory and analysis; environmental governance

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Merril Silverstein

Professor and Chair, Sociology Department

Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College

Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.2703 | merrils@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Aging, family, intergenerational relationships, demographic, policy and cultural contexts, quantitative methods

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, international development, water governance, climate change, environmental justice, sustainability, citizenship, human rights, decolonizing, transnational feminisms, South Asia

Junko Takeda

Junko Takeda

Professor and Chair, History Department

Chair

Daicoff Faculty Scholar

139 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5868 | jtakeda@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Early modern European history, early modern France, Mediterranean world, early modern connected and global histories, migration, citizenship, race, history of medicine

Margaret Talev

Kramer Director, Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship

Professor of Practice, Magazine, News and Digital Journalism, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

metalev@syr.edu


Areas of Expertise

Russian politics, comparative politics, security studies

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David M. Van Slyke

Dean, Maxwell School

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

200 Eggers Hall | maxwelldeansoffice@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public and nonprofit management, government contracting, public-private partnerships, policy implementation, strategic management

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Rick Welsh

Professor and Graduate Director, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

447 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4060 | jrwelsh@syr.edu


Emily Wiemers

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

320A Lyman Hall | eewiemer@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, demography, economics of aging, household behavior and family economics, health economics

Peter Wilcoxen
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Peter Wilcoxen

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

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

Director, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Policy Studies

225 Eggers Hall | 315.443.0268 | wilcoxen@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Natural resource, environmental economics


Janet M. Wilmoth

Janet M. Wilmoth

Distinguished Professor, Sociology Department

Director, Aging Studies Institute

Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

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

314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.5053 | jwilmoth@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of aging and the life course, demography, health

Kelli Anne Young

Kelli Anne Young

Director, Palmer Career Center

202 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5453 | kayoun02@syr.edu


Areas of Expertise

Middle East politics, comparative politics, political conflict and violence

Austin Zwick

Austin Zwick

Associate Teaching Professor, Policy Studies

Director, BPS Policy Studies Program, College of Professional Studies

225 Eggers Hall | 315.748.5115 | alzwick@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Smart cities, platform economy, autonomous systems, urban and regional planning, policy analysis, and quantitative methods
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