Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff

Gretchen Purser
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400H Eggers Hall | 315.443.5848 | gwpurser@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Dennis C. Rasmussen
Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
313B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5877 | dcrasmus@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Jane M. Read
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
123 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4279 | jaread@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Sara Reckless
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Transition Advisor, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
Areas of Expertise

Grant Reeher
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
313 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5046 | gdreeher@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

JoAnn L. Rhoades
Administrative Assistant, Anthropology Department
209 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2200 | jlrhoade@syr.edu

Gretchen Ritter
Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Professor, Political Science Department
Faculty Affiliate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
500 Crouse-Hinds Hall | 315.443.2494 | ritterg@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Jacqueline Rivera
Program Coordinator, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
CSIS | 202.800.6591 | jriver09@syr.edu

Jonnell A. Robinson
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Geography and the Environment Department
Co-Director, Community Geography
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
215C Lyman Hall | 315.443.4890 | jdallen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Lars Rodseth
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
516 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9710 | rodseth@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Dennis Romano
Professor Emeritus, History Department
Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor of History, Emeritus
Areas of Expertise

Stuart Rosenthal
Professor, Economics Department
Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3809 | ssrosent@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Michah W. Rothbart
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2868 | mwrothba@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Alexander Rothenberg
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9056 | adrothen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Robert A. Rubinstein
Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department
Professor, International Relations
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
405A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3837 | rar@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Mark Rupert
Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
410A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.1748 | merupert@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Tod Rutherford
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
535 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | trutherf@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Chie Sakakibara
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
144D Eggers Hall | 315.443.3679 | csakakib@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Tammy Salisbury
Administrative Assistant, Social Science Ph.D. Program
413 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2275 | mtsalisb@syr.edu

S. N. Sangmpam
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Professor, African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
217 Sims Hall | 315.443.9943 | SnSangm@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Rebecca Schewe
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9894 | rlschewe@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Mark Schmeller
Associate Professor, History Department
Director of Undergraduate Studies, History Department
509 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4639 | mschmell@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Amy Schmidt
Program Coordinator, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
210 Eggers Hall | 315.443.1602 | aeschm01@syr.edu

Sabina Schnell
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400C Eggers Hall | 315.443.4339 | dsschnel@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Larry D. Schroeder
Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
334 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2596 | ldschroe@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Tammy Schultz
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director of National Security and Professor of Strategic Studies, U.S. Marine Corps War College
202.550.3921 | tsschult@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Milton C. Sernett
Professor Emeritus, History Department
Professor Emeritus, African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
200 Sims Hall | 315.443.4302 | mcsernet@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Yüksel Sezgin
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
100F Eggers Hall | 315.443.4431 | ysezgin@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Martin S. Shanguhyia
Associate Professor, History Department
Director, Maxwell African Scholars Union
O'Hanley Faculty Scholar
524 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3829 | mshanguh@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
Colonial and postcolonial Africa; environmental and economic history; rural agrarian transformation; access to critical natural resources; development; resource governance; and production and flow of commodities

James Roger Sharp
Professor Emeritus, History Department
313B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.9649 | jrsharp@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Ying Shi
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9442 | yshi78@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Abdulaziz Shifa
Associate Professor, Economics Department
117 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3802 | abshifa@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Saba Siddiki
Associate Professor and Director of the M.P.A. Program, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy
Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4589 | ssiddiki@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
Policy design, implementation, and compliance; collaborative policymaking; institutional analysis; sustainability technology and behavior; environmental policy; food policy

Merril Silverstein
Professor, Sociology Department
Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College
Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.3969 | merrils@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Perry Singleton
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3690 | psinglet@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Theresa Singleton
Professor, Anthropology Department
209B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2435 | tasingle@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Rachel Skipper
Assistant Director of Undergraduate Recruiting, Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences
301 Hall of Languages | 315.443.4322 | raskippe@syr.edu

Tara Slater
Administrative Assistant, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2367 | tdslater@syr.edu