Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff
![Zach Huitink](/images/default-source/people-listings/zach-huitink.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=751db4d2_6)
Zach Huitink
Assistant Teaching Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
529 Eggers Hall | zshuitin@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Vivian Ike](/images/default-source/people-listings/vivian-ike-560px.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=57408666_2)
Vivian Ike
Assistant Teaching Professor, International Relations Undergraduate Program
102 Maxwell Hall | vike01@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Jenn M. Jackson](/images/default-source/people-listings/jenn-m--jackson.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=e0e72d39_7)
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
Areas of Expertise
![Zia Jackson headshot](/images/default-source/people-listings/jackson-zia-headshot-9-2023-resized.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=6117ea6c_1)
Zia Jackson
Office Coordinator, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | zrjackso@syr.edu
![Hugo Jales](/images/default-source/people-listings/hugo-jales.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=fda23130_6)
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
![Denisa Jashari](/images/default-source/people-listings/denisa-jashari.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c4399f43_1)
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
![Lionel Johnson](/images/default-source/people-listings/headshot.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=3828903a_2)
Lionel C. Johnson
Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
308 Eggers Hall | ljohns41@syr.edu
![Jok Madut Jok](/images/default-source/people-listings/jok-madut-jok.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=1ea89635_5)
Jok Madut Jok
Professor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
206B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.6231 | jjok01@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Seth Jolly](/images/default-source/people-listings/seth-jolly.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=32580a9a_6)
Seth Jolly
Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies
325 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | skjolly@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Andrew Jonelis](/images/default-source/people-listings/andrew-jonelis.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c13d4644_7)
Andrew Jonelis
Teaching Assistant Professor, Economics Department
319 Maxwell Hall | awjoneli@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Amy Kallander](/images/default-source/people-listings/amy-kallander-2022.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=824571f_1)
Amy Aisen Kallander
Professor, History Department
Faculty Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
306 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5883 | akalland@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![George L. Kallander](/images/default-source/people-listings/george-l--kallander.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c85b53c3_7)
George L. Kallander
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, History Department
Director, East Asia Program
313A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4832 | glkallan@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Chihwa Kao](/images/default-source/people-listings/chihwa-kao.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=ee927acc_5)
Areas of Expertise
![Havva Karakas-Keles](/images/default-source/people-listings/havva-karakas-keles.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=756014e1_6)
Havva Karakas Keles
Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science Department
102 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.9931 | hkarakas@syr.edu
![Sebastian Karcher](/images/default-source/people-listings/sebastian-karcher.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=185aa8ba_6)
Sebastian Karcher
Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Director, Qualitative Data Repository
Research Associate Professor, Political Science Department
346H Eggers Hall | 315.443.1634 | skarcher@syr.edu
![Neil Katz](/images/default-source/people-listings/neil-katz.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=66faedf9_6)
Neil Katz
Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400D Eggers Hall | 315.443.3163 | neilkatz44@gmail.com
Areas of Expertise
![Thomas M. Keck](/images/default-source/people-listings/thomas-m--keck.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=8235fc49_7)
Thomas M. Keck
Professor, Political Science Department
Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
313 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5862 | tmkeck@syr.edu
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Areas of Expertise
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Kenneth G. Kelly
Research Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department
Areas of Expertise
![Meghan Kelly](/images/default-source/people-listings/meghan-kelly.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=68dfa9ce_1)
Meghan Kelly
Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
144A Eggers Hall | mkelly51@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Martha Haddad Ketcham](/images/default-source/people-listings/martha-haddad-ketcham.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f740711_7)
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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Osamah F. Khalil
Professor, History Department
Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
102 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.0464 | ofkhalil@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Shafaat Yar Khan](/images/default-source/people-listings/shafaat-yar-khan.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=cf4d89cd_2)
Areas of Expertise
Empirical estimation of trade effects with firm- and product-level census datasets
![Minju Kim](/images/default-source/people-listings/minju-kim-560px.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=663d0050_2)
Areas of Expertise
![Melinda Kimble](/images/default-source/people-listings/melinda-kimble.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=1a153fd5_6)
Melinda Kimble
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Vice President, UN Foundation
202.345.6047 | mlkimble@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Alyssa Kirk headshot](/images/default-source/people-listings/kirk-alyssa.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a7f5c57a_1)
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
![Gabriela Kirk](/images/default-source/people-listings/gabriela-kirk-560px.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=afa9d1bc_3)
Gabriela Kirk-Werner
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | gmkirk@syr.edu
![Audie Klotz](/images/default-source/people-listings/audie-klotz.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=65a90d8b_6)
Audie Klotz
Professor, Political Science Department
Research Affiliate, Maxwell African Scholars Union
330 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | aklotz@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Thomas J. Kniesner](/images/default-source/people-listings/thomas-j--kniesner.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=2e85e27_5)
Areas of Expertise
![Natalie Koch](/images/default-source/people-listings/natalie-koch.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d0f103ce_7)
Natalie Koch
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Central Asia and the Caucasus Initiative
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
323 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | nkoch@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Austin Kocher](/images/default-source/articles/newhouse-school-directory-austin-kocher-2022.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=b20a8f9b_1)
Austin Kocher
Faculty Affiliate, Geography and the Environment Department
Research Assistant Professor, Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
360 Newhouse 2 | 315.443.4455 | ackocher@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Louis Kriesberg](/images/default-source/people-listings/louis-kriesberg.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=eb7773c4_6)
Louis Kriesberg
Professor Emeritus, Sociology Department
Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3170 | lkriesbe@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Jeffrey D. Kubik](/images/default-source/people-listings/jeffrey-d--kubik.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f007a8e2_6)
Jeffrey D. Kubik
Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9063 | jdkubik@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Radha Kumar](/images/default-source/people-listings/radha-kumar.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=cf9076c8_6)
Radha Kumar
Associate Professor, History Department
Senior Research Associate and Advisory Board Member, South Asia Center
514 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5875 | rkuma100@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Prema Kurien](/images/default-source/people-listings/prema-kurien.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=e205e926_6)
Prema Kurien
Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate and Advisory Board Member, South Asia Center
Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
317 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.1152 | pkurien@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Norman Kutcher](/images/default-source/people-listings/norman-kutcher.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f707e790_5)
Norman Kutcher
Professor, History Department
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program
411B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4144 | nakutche@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Chris R. Kyle](/images/default-source/people-listings/chris-r--kyle.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=66822e14_7)
Chris R. Kyle
Associate Professor, History Department
153 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2210 | chkyle@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
Parliamentary history
Proclamations and communication between centre and locality in Early Modern England
![Derek Laing](/images/default-source/people-listings/derek-laing.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=257814e_6)
Areas of Expertise
![W. Henry Lambright](/images/default-source/people-listings/w-henry-lambright.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=e4c93d0e_7)
W. Henry Lambright
Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
413 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3308 | whlambri@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Scott Landes](/images/default-source/people-listings/scott-landes.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=43ead9ce_7)
Scott Landes
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
O’Hanley Faculty Scholar
Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
320B Lyman Hall | 315.443.3457 | sdlandes@syr.edu