Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff

Joseph W. Stoll
Manager, Cartographic Lab, Geography and the Environment Department
002 Steele Hall | 315.443.3937 | jwstoll@syr.edu

Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
315.443.3629 | jstoneca@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Hinds 220 | 315.443.1823 | jstromer@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Farhana Sultana
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Research Director, Environmental Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | sultanaf@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
Political ecology, international development, water governance, climate change, environmental justice, sustainability, citizenship, human rights, decolonizing, transnational feminisms, South Asia

Areas of Expertise
Child wellbeing and health, policy analysis, economics of education, and applied microeconomics

Azadeh Tajdar
Cramer Family Professor of Practice in Community Impact, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
206C Eggers Hall | 315.443.1305 | atajdar@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
Collective social entrepreneurship; cross-sector social partnerships, social innovation, local impact

Junko Takeda
Professor, History Department
Daicoff Faculty Scholar
139 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5868 | jtakeda@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
Early modern European history, France, Mediterranean, economic globalization, immigration, history of medicine

Karen Tavernese
Assistant Director, Aging Studies Institute
314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.1398 | ktaverne@syr.edu

Brian Taylor
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
345 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3713 | bdtaylor@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Anthony Terrinoni
Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
309B Maxwell Hall | aaterrin@syr.edu

Margaret Susan Thompson
Associate Professor, History Department
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
313C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5882 | msthomps@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Emily Thorson
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
312 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3629 | eathorso@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Stuart Thorson
Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
Professor Emeritus, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor Emeritus
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
409 Crouse-Hinds | 315.443.9802 | thorson@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Dale Tomich
Research Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Caroline Hai-Yan Tong
Program Manager, Executive Education Department
219 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3759 | catong@syr.edu

Deborah Toole
Administrative Specialist, Geography and the Environment Department
144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2606 | datoole@syr.edu

John Marshall Townsend
Professor, Anthropology Department
525 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4851 | jmtowsen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Mary Kate Tramontano
Office Coordinator, Maxwell School Leadership and Administration
200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2252 | mtramont@syr.edu

Rick Trunfio
Adjunct Professor, Political Science Department
100 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2416 | dftrunfi@syr.edu

George Tsaoussis Carter
Events Coordinator, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
346 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9248 | gtsaouss@syr.edu

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9046 | miueda@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

David M. Van Slyke
Dean, Maxwell School
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3461 | vanslyke@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Julie Ann Venditti
Administrative Assistant, Office of Development
204 Steele Hall | javendit@syr.edu

Susan M. Virgil
Administrative Assistant, National Security Studies, Executive Education Department
309A Maxwell Hall | 315. 443.9920 | smvirgil@syr.edu

Brian von Knoblauch
Operations Manager, Information & Communication Technology Office
034 Eggers Hall | 315.263.0568 | bevonkno@syr.edu

Susan Snow Wadley
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology Department
Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies
Areas of Expertise

Bethany Walawender
Director of Events and Special Projects, Maxwell School Leadership and Administration
200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3461 | bdwalawe@syr.edu

Michelle A. Walker
Director of Community Programs, Policy Studies
225 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4683 | mawalker@syr.edu

Yulong Wang
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
127 Eggers Hall | ywang402@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Marlee Faye Warwick
Events and Engagement Coordinator, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
CSIS | 202.800.6594 | mfwarwic@syr.edu

Michael J. Wasylenko
Professor Emeritus, Economics Department
Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics
Senior Research Associate
Areas of Expertise

Stephen Saunders Webb
Professor Emeritus, History Department
Maxwell Professor Emeritus, History and Social Science
542A Eggers Hall | 315.443.5873 | sswebb@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Jackulyn Wells
Administrative Specialist, Anthropology Department
209 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4749 | jwells01@syr.edu

Simon Weschle
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Co-Director, Comparative Politics/International Relations Speaker Series
530 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | swweschl@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

John Western
Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment Department
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence
528 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3063 | jcwester@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Steven White
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
315 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | swhite10@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

David Wickis
Technology Specialist, Information & Communication Technology Office
034E Eggers Hall | 315.443.3847 | dwickis@syr.edu

Emily Wiemers
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
O’Hanley Faculty Scholar
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
320C Lyman Hall | 315.443.3749 | eewiemer@syr.edu