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Maxwell School Staff


Matt Frew

Matthew Frew

Director, Information & Computing Technology Office

034E Eggers Hall | 315.443.9011 | mdfrew@syr.edu


Shana Kushner Gadarian

Shana Kushner Gadarian

Professor, Political Science Department

Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School

Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3718 | sgadaria@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political psychology, political communication, public opinion, experimental methods

Ronda R. Garlow

Ronda R. Garlow

Conference Manager, Executive Education Department

309A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5612 | ragarlow@syr.edu


Vanessa Gatmaitan

Vanessa Gatmaitan

Director of Research Administration, Maxwell Research Office

403 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.7281 | vqgatmai@syr.edu


Edward Godwin

Edward Godwin

Data Systems Administrator, Information & Computing Technology Office

034E Eggers Hall | 315.443.3847 | esgodwin@syr.edu


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Ben Hancock III

Senior Director, Alumni Engagement and Career Services, Office of Development

bhancock@syr.edu


Lisa Henty

Lisa Henty

Senior Director of Budget and Administration, Maxwell School

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5450 | lmhenty@syr.edu


Anna Hill

Associate Director of Research Development, Maxwell X Lab

426 Eggers Hall | ahill36@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public policy, program evaluation, experimental and quasi-experimental study design, health and healthcare, disability, employment.


Katherine Hills

Katherine Hills

Administrative Assistant, Aging Studies Institute

314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.2703 | kchills@syr.edu


Morgan Hipkens

Morgan Hipkens

Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Maxwell School

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2252 | mahipken@syr.edu


Juanita M. Horan

Juanita M. Horan

Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4927 | jmhoran@syr.edu


Ahlam Islam
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Ahlam Islam

Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program

102 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4669 | ajislam@syr.edu


Andrea Jacobs

Andrea Jacobs

Assistant Director of Internships and Experiential Learning, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

215G Eggers Hall | 315.443.4000 | ajacob30@syr.edu


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Juliana Jacobsen

Academic Operations Specialist, Maxwell School

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3272 | jjacobse@syr.edu


Sebastian Karcher

Sebastian Karcher

Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Director, Qualitative Data Repository

Research Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

346H Eggers Hall | 315.443.1634 | skarcher@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Qualitative methods; research infrastructure; open science; open source software

Martha Haddad Ketcham

Martha Haddad Ketcham

Assistant Program Manager, Executive Education Department

Associate Coordinator, Humphrey Fellowship

219 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3759 | mhketcha@syr.edu


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Alyssa Kirk

Communications Specialist, Center for Policy Research

Communications Specialist, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9929 | amkirk@syr.edu


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Elizabeth (Liz) Lance

Director of Research Development for the Social Sciences, Maxwell Research Office

410A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4919 | ealance@syr.edu


Margaret E. Lane

Margaret E. Lane

Assistant Director, Executive Education Department

210 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8708 | melane02@syr.edu


Liam Lockhart

Computer Consultant I, Information & Computing Technology Office

034 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3847 | llockhar@syr.edu


Areas of Expertise

Managerial leadership, NGO management

Yangchun Ma

Yangchun Ma

Administrative Specialist, Civic and Community Engagement Office

Administrative Specialist, Sociology Department

210 Eggers Hall | yma215@syr.edu


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Doris Mahoney

Grants Manager, Aging Studies Institute

314M Lyman Hall | 315.443.1301 | dsmahone@syr.edu


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

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Sarah W. McLaughlin

Assistant Director, Advancement Operations, Office of Development

315.443.8440 | swmclaug@syr.edu


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Jacquie Meyer

Administrative Assistant, Political Science Department

100 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9803 | jmeyer@syr.edu


Cory Meyers

Cory Meyers

Director, Graduate Enrollment

210 Steele Hall | 315.443.3959 | cjmeyers@syr.edu


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Davor Mondom

Assistant Director, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | dmondom@syr.edu


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Kelly Montague

Program Coordinator, Geography and the Environment Department

Program Coordinator, Environment, Sustainability and Policy

144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5829 | kemontag@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Cartography and design


Faye Morse

Faye Morse

Research Admin Analyst, Maxwell Research Office

403 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.8352 | flmorse@syr.edu


Melissa Morton

Melissa Morton

Program Coordinator, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Syracuse University Center in Washington, D.C. | 202.800.6580 | memorton@syr.edu


Jessica Walcott Murray

Jessica Walcott Murray

Director, Alumni Relations

315.443.2660 | jwmurr01@syr.edu


Dan Nelson

Dan Nelson

Director, Accelerated Learning and Global Engagement, Executive Education Department

Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

219 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3759 | dhnelson@syr.edu


Lilly Nelson

Lilly Nelson

Administrative Assistant, Anthropology Department

209 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2200 | linelson@syr.edu


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Milagros Neyra

Project Director, Public Health Department

444 White Hall | mineyra@syr.edu


Jackie Nocevski

Jackie Nocevski

Program and Financial Specialist, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

306J Eggers Hall | 315.443.5850 | jjnocevs@syr.edu


Christiane Pagé

Christiane Pagé

Associate Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346D Eggers Hall | 315.443.2199 | cmpage@syr.edu


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Hannah Patnaik

Managing Director, Maxwell X Lab

426 Eggers Hall | apatnaik@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Development Economics, social policy, impact evaluation


Candi Patterson

Candi Patterson

Computer Systems Specialist, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | cpaterso@syr.edu

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