Skip to content

Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff


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

513 Eggers 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

Jeffrey Gonda

Jeffrey Gonda

Associate Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

318 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9503 | jdgonda@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

African American history, 20th century U.S. legal, urban and political history


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

Joss Greene

Joss Greene

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3115 | Jtgree01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Gender/sexuality, race/ethnicity, punishment, organizations, social movements, qualitative methods

Areas of Expertise

International relations, comparative politics

Dimitar Gueorguiev

Dimitar Gueorguiev

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Advisory Board Member, East Asia Program

332 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | ddgueorg@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political economy, authoritarian institutions, governance, survey methods

Paul M. Hagenloh

Paul M. Hagenloh

Associate Professor, History Department

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

Areas of Expertise

Modern Russia

Sarah Hamersma

Sarah Hamersma

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

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5455 | sehamers@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

Yetunde headshot

Yetunde Hamilton

Administrative Specialist, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

426 Eggers Hall | yodozier@syr.edu


Timur Hammond

Timur Hammond

Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

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

Areas of Expertise

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


Madonna Harrington Meyer

Madonna Harrington Meyer

University Professor, Sociology Department

Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

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 | maharrin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies

Claire Harshberger

Claire Harshberger

Administrative Specialist, Information & Communication Technology Office

034 Eggers Hall | 315.443.1616 | charshbe@syr.edu


Colleen Heflin

Colleen Heflin

Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

215 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4000 | cmheflin@syr.edu

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, Mapping Global Insecurity

Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group

323 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4022 | 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

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

400B Eggers Hall | 315.443.9119 | ehern@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Samantha Herrick 2021

Samantha Kahn Herrick

Associate Professor, History Department

Advisory Board 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

Areas of Expertise

Public administration and democracy, global civil society, nonprofit management, NGO management, collaborative governance

Jessica Hess

Jessica Hess

Program Coordinator, Environment, Sustainability and Policy

144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | jmbumpus@syr.edu


Katherine Hills

Katherine Hills

Administrative Assistant, Aging Studies Institute

314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.2703 | kchills@syr.edu


Johannes Himmelreich

Johannes Himmelreich

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

510 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

Juanita M. Horan

Juanita M. Horan

Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4927 | jmhoran@syr.edu


William C. Horrace

William C. Horrace

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

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

Yilin Hou

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

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9072 | yihou@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Fiscal policy, public budgeting, intergovernmental fiscal relations

Azra Hromadžić

Azra Hromadžić

Associate Professor, Anthropology Department

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

Dr. Ralph E. Montonna Endowed Professor

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

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; the Balkans.

Areas of Expertise

Marxism, energy and capitalism, climate politics, resource geography

Areas of Expertise

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

Vivian Ike

Vivian Ike

Assistant Teaching Professor, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Faculty Advisor, Model United Nations

102 Maxwell Hall | vike01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

 International relations, global environmental politics, climate change policy

Jenn M. Jackson
(Pronouns: they/them)

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

jjacks37@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

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

Zia Jackson

Zia Jackson

Office Coordinator, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | zrjackso@syr.edu


Mark Jacobson

Mark Jacobson

Assistant Dean, Washington Programs, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

CSIS | 202.800.6580 | mrjacobs@syr.edu


Hugo Jales

Hugo Jales

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9230 | hbjales@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, econometrics


Jok Madut Jok

Jok Madut Jok

Professor, Anthropology Department

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

Advisory Board Member, Maxwell African Scholars Union

206B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.6231 | jjok01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Violence and public health, women’s reproductive health, Pastoralism, seasonal migration and cattle raiding in East Africa, medical anthropology, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda

Seth Jolly

Seth Jolly

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies

325 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | skjolly@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

European politics, political parties, nationalism, European Union

Andrew Jonelis

Andrew Jonelis

Teaching Assistant Professor, Economics Department

319 Maxwell Hall | awjoneli@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics