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Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff


Areas of Expertise

Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development


Areas of Expertise

Urban and political geography, housing, comparative studies

Jacquie Meyer

Jacquie Meyer

Administrative Assistant, Political Science Department

100 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9803 | jmeyer@syr.edu


Lauren B. Meyer

Lauren B. Meyer

Administrative Specialist, Palmer Career Center

202 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5453 | lbmeye01@syr.edu


Cory Meyers

Cory Meyers

Director, Graduate Enrollment

211 Steele Hall | 315.443.3959 | cjmeyers@syr.edu



Susan W. S. Millar

Susan W. S. Millar

Associate Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment Department

532 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5635 | swmillar@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Physical geography, periglacial geomorphology, arctic science, climate change

Jerry Miner

Jerry Miner

Professor Emeritus, Economics Department

315 Maxwell Hall | jminer@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, human resources economics, school finance

Areas of Expertise

Food systems, immigration and racial justice, agrarian political ecology, labor movements, environmental and agricultural policy

Areas of Expertise

Cultural and political economy of landscape, social theory, labor, geographies of power and marginalization, Marxism

Devashish Mitra

Devashish Mitra

Professor and Chair, Economics Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

340 Eggers Hall | 315.443.6143 | dmitra@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International trade, political economy, development economics, Indian economy

Areas of Expertise

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

Davor Mondom

Davor Mondom

Assistant Director, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | dmondom@syr.edu


Mark Monmonier

Mark Monmonier

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment Department

318 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5641 | mon2ier@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Geographic information (technology, policy and societal role), history of cartography in the 20th century (esp. innovation and intellectual property), map design, environmental mapping

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, social and structural determinants of health and health disparities, spatial differences in morbidity and mortality

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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


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 | 315.443.9064 | 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 | 315.443.8678 | dgmorgan@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political theory, European Union

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.

CSIS | 202.800.6580 | memorton@syr.edu


Anne E. Mosher

Anne E. Mosher

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

404C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.1510 | amosher@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Urban planning and geographies of infrastructure, crisis and disaster management, public scholarship and community engagement, digital humanities

Tessa Murphy

Tessa Murphy

Associate Professor, History Department

On research leave AY24-25 | temurphy@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

The Atlantic World, the early Americas in comparative perspective, the colonial Caribbean, slavery and race, the Age of Revolutions

Jessica Walcott Murray

Jessica Walcott Murray

Director, Alumni Relations

315.443.2660 | jwmurr01@syr.edu


Areas of Expertise

National security, international relations, military and defense strategy, leadership

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

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

Areas of Expertise

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

Morgan Narkiewicz

Administrative Assistant, Citizenship and Civic Engagement

210 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3061 | mnarkiew@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


Areas of Expertise

Population and settlement geography, diet and nutrition, human geography of Africa, prehistory

Makayla Newvine

Student Records Coordinator, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

215 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5628 | menewvin@syr.edu


Jackie Nocevski

Jackie Nocevski

Program and Financial Specialist, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

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


Areas of Expertise

Information technology policy; international relations; the politics of gender, race, and ethnic identity

Shannon Novak

Shannon A. Novak

Professor, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

316A Maxwell Hall / 406 Lyman Hall (lab) | 315.443.4347 | snovak01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Body and society, new materialism, anthropology of knowledge, historical bioarchaeology, gender, ritual, necropolitics, North America, Indo-Caribbean diaspora

Inge O'Connor
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Inge O'Connor

Teaching Professor, Economics Department

110F Eggers Hall | iwoconno@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, public finance

Karl Offen
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Karl Offen

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

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

121 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5821 | khoffen@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Historical geography, political ecology, Latin America and the Caribbean, Atlantic world, map studies

Areas of Expertise

Management, collaborative governance, sustainability, environmental policy, public budgeting 

 


Sean O'Keefe

Sean O'Keefe

University Professor

Phanstiel Chair in Leadership

Distinguished Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

309 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8583 | scokeefe@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public management, national security policy and strategy, public finance and public budgeting, financial management, technology development and innovation management, executive leadership

William Oliver
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William Oliver

Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology Department

wjoliver@syr.edu


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Tomás Olivier

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Assistant Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | tolivier@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Water policy, environmental policy, policy design, policy process