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Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff


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Radha Kumar

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

139 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5875 | rkuma100@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern South Asia: policing and sovereignty, legal history, colonial and post-colonial politics

Prema Kurien

Prema Kurien

Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

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

317 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.1152 | pkurien@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International migration, Immigrant politics, Sociology of Religion, Race and Ethnicity-- US and Global, Religion and Society in India, Qualitative Methods

Kaitlyn Kushner

Project Coordinator, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Project Coordinator, Dynamic Sustainability Lab

206 Steele Hall | kmkushne@syr.edu


Norman Kutcher
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Norman Kutcher

Professor, History Department

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

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

542a Eggers Hall | 315.443.4144 | nakutche@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Cultural, social, and political history of late imperial China

Chris R. Kyle

Chris R. Kyle

Associate Professor, History Department

153 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2210 | chkyle@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Early Modern England
Parliamentary history
Proclamations and communication between centre and locality in Early Modern England

Derek Laing

Derek Laing

Associate Professor, Economics Department

133 Eggers Hall | dlaing@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics, monetary theory, labor economics

Areas of Expertise

Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration

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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


Scott Landes

Scott D. Landes

Professor, Sociology Department

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

320B Lyman Hall | 315.443.2703 | sdlandes@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of disability, medical sociology, aging and the life course, military veterans

Margaret E. Lane

Margaret E. Lane

Assistant Director, Executive Education Department

210 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8708 | melane02@syr.edu


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Sandra D. Lane

Professor Emerita, Public Health Department

Professor Emerita by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

sdlane@syr.edu



Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

322 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2700 | edlasch@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern American society, culture, thought; cultural criticism; intellectual history; history of ideas, self, emotion, art of living, ancient and modern; therapeutic culture, civil society, community, race, family; contemplative learning

Terry Lautz

Terry Lautz

Research Fellow, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346 Eggers Hall | 315.299.6751 | telautz@syr.edu


Yoonseok Lee

Yoonseok Lee

Professor and Chair, Economics Department

Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

416 Eggers | 315.443.9529 | ylee41@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics

Minchin Lewis

Minchin Lewis

Adjunct Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Part-Time Instructor, President of On-Info-Serv, Inc.

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

Areas of Expertise

Financial management and social programming in urban government, small business management, real estate development

Areas of Expertise

Women's health, program evaluation, health professions education

Areas of Expertise

Health economics, health services research, post-acute and long-term care

Areas of Expertise

Regional Expertise: China, Regional Expertise: Asia, Regional Expertise: Eurasia, Space Industry, Maritime Security, Eurasian Geopolitics, Energy Policy, Transport Infrastructure Development, Asian Regionalism, Chinese Politics and Economic Development


Raney Lisa

Assistant Director of Graduate Enrollment, Graduate Enrollment

210 Steele Hall | lmraney@syr.edu


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

Liam Lockhart

Computer Consultant I, Information & Computing Technology Office

034 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3847 | llockhar@syr.edu


Andrew S. London
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Andrew S. London

Professor, Sociology Department

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program

310B Lyman Hall | anlondon@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, demography, aging and the life course, veterans, adult ADHD, poverty and family well-being, LGBT/sexuality studies, social policy

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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

Michael Lorenzo

Michael Lorenzo

Associate Teaching Professor, Economics Department

316C Maxwell Hall | mwlorenz@syr.edu


Areas of Expertise

Race, class and gender, science and technology

Mary E. Lovely

Mary E. Lovely

Professor Emerita, Economics Department

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar

Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

336 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9048 | melovely@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International trade and investment, China's trade and sustainable development

Jiahuan Lu
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Jiahuan Lu

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

516 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4000 | jlu183@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public & nonprofit management, government contracting, government-nonprofit relations, nonprofit financial management

Aaron Luedtke

Aaron Luedtke

Assistant Professor, History Department

Faculty Affiliate, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program

Faculty Affiliate, Lender Center for Social Justice

Faculty Affiliate, Research for Social Action and Equity (RISE) Center, Northwestern University

akluedtk@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

United States history and Native American and Indigenous studies engaging specifically with the intersection of settler colonialism theory and Native survivance

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

Tidiane Ly
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Tidiane Ly

Assistant Professor, Economics Department

508 Eggers Hall | tvly@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, urban Economics, public policy evaluation

Yangchun Ma

Yangchun Ma

Administrative Specialist, Civic and Community Engagement Office

Administrative Specialist, Sociology Department

210 Eggers Hall | yma215@syr.edu


Yingyi Ma

Yingyi Ma

Professor, Sociology Department

Director, Asian/Asian American Studies

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3716 | yma03@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Education, migration, Asian/Asian American studies

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Doris Mahoney

Grants Manager, Aging Studies Institute

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


Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

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

125 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4216 | kmallona@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medical and environmental anthropology, Caribbean, maritime studies, fishing, multispecies, environmental governance, conservation, risk and injury, the Dominican Republic

Elizabeth Martin

Elizabeth Martin

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | emarti81@syr.edu


Kaelyn Martinez

Assistant to the Chair, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

215 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4000 | kmart121@syr.edu


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Kaythari Maw

Ph.D. Student, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | kmaw01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor Economics, Economics of Immigration, Economics of Education, Asian American Studies

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Maryam Mazrooie

Ph.D. Student, Economics Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | mmazrooi@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics, labor economics