Maxwell School News

CNY Diaper Bank Data Collection System

The Maxwell X Lab partnered with the CNY Diaper bank to improve the organization’s data collection process.
April 29, 2021

Heflin featured in The Well article on material hardship, COVID-19

A recent Urban Institute survey found that compared with adults whose family employment was unaffected by the pandemic, families who lost jobs during the pandemic were twice as likely to report food insecurity, and nearly three times as likely to report problems paying utility bills, and nearly four times as likely to report problems paying rent or mortgage.
April 28, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Food Security, Mental Health, United States

Banks comments on President Bush's handling of 9/11 attacks in South China Morning Post

"Bush and many others overreacted to 9/11," says Professor Emeritus William Banks. "I blame him and especially (vice-president) Dick Cheney and then (defense secretary) Donald Rumsfeld for the reckless policies," he says. But Bush was "never nativist," and his recent efforts on immigration are not a "whitewashing" of history but appear to be a genuine effort at problem-solving, Banks adds. 
April 28, 2021

See related: Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Terrorism & Extremism, U.S. National Security, United States

Lyme Disease in the U.S.: Where is Risk Highest?

Mary E. Helander

This data slice describes the geographic distribution of Lyme disease in the U.S. from 2009-2018 and summarizes prevention strategies.

April 28, 2021

Shana Gadarian Earns Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship

Gadarian is the third Maxwell faculty member to earn the award in the past four years.
April 28, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, COVID-19, Grant Awards, Political Parties

History Undergrads Participate in 2021 Phi Alpha Theta Conference

The 2021 Western/Central New York Phi Alpha Theta Conference featured five Syracuse students and a recent graduate.
April 28, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Student Experience

Jackson quoted in Vox article on police reform

Following the Derek Chauvin verdict, President Joe Biden called for changing policing by "acknowledging and confronting, head-on, systemic racism and the racial disparities that exist in policing and in our criminal justice system more broadly." One such idea is to abolish the police. Proponents think communities can work together to regulate themselves without "anti-Black, white supremacist institutions," like the American criminal justice system and policing—which got its start with slave patrols—according to Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science. Read more in the Vox article, "9 ideas to solve the broken institution of policing." 
April 27, 2021

See related: Civil Rights, Crime & Violence, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, State & Local Government, United States

Keck talks to PolitiFact about court packing

Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, says a court expansion can be justified. "If it’s the case that Sen. McConnell and other Republican leaders engaged in illegitimate court packing of their own from 2016 to 2020, then from the Democrats’ perspective, an additional round of court reform is necessary to correct for those earlier rounds," he says.
April 26, 2021

See related: Congress, Law, Political Parties, SCOTUS, United States

Lopoo, Wolf cited in The Atlantic article on declining fertility rates

April 26, 2021

Ethan Coffel awarded three-year NSF grant to study climate-crop cycle

Coffel, professor of geography and the environment, hopes to use crop-climate cycles as a way to assess the future risk of climate-driven food insecurity.
April 22, 2021

See related: Agriculture, Climate Change, Grant Awards

Jackson quoted in the Guardian article on the use of tasers by police

"The reforms haven’t changed the way that especially black and brown folks experience policing,” says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science. "We are still seeing the same violence…Whatever tools that police officers have at their disposal will be used to physically harm those people, whether it’s a billy club, hose, a dog, a Taser or a gun."
April 21, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Law, United States

Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Educational Attainment Among Adults with Intellectual Disability

Erin Bisesti

This research brief examines whether birth cohort trends (from the early-1900s to late-1990s) in educational attainment among adults with intellectual disability differed among non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics.

April 20, 2021

Prepare for crises, speakers tell Humphrey Fellows

The global pandemic kept Humphrey Fellows from gathering at Syracuse University for an annual workshop on crisis management. But a virtual program taught lessons relevant to the ongoing public health crisis as well as strategies to prepare for future crises.
April 19, 2021

See related: Student Experience

Heflin research on housing insecurity cited in Common Dreams article

April 19, 2021

Thompson discusses 19th century distrust of nuns in Global Sisters Report

April 19, 2021

See related: Religion, United States

Michelmore provides insight on child tax credit in Gender Policy Report

April 19, 2021

See related: Child & Elder Care

Scott Landes was interviewed on Included: The Disability Equity Podcast

April 17, 2021

See related: COVID-19, IDD, United States

Lauryn Quick & Colleen Heflin's Research Brief Cited in Common Dreams

Lerner Faculty Affiliates Lauryn Quick and Colleen Heflin wrote a brief on Housing Insecurity During the Coronavirus Response that was cited in this Common Dreams article. They found that from April 23 to July 14, nearly 15% of households nationally, 19% in New York State, and 22% in the New York City metro area reported not making last month’s housing payment.
April 16, 2021

See related: COVID-19, Housing, United States

Maxwell Students Named Class of 2022 Senior Class Marshals

A longstanding tradition honoring two exemplar seniors, the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience announces the selection of Ava Breitbeck, a political science major, and Morgan Storino, a citizenship and civic engagement major, as the Class of 2022 Senior Class Marshals. In this role, Breitbeck and Storino serve as the all-University representatives for their graduating class and will lead Syracuse University’s 168th Commencement ceremony.
April 16, 2021

See related: Awards & Honors, Student Experience

Radcliffe quoted in Marketplace piece on companies, voter restrictions

Dana Radcliffe, adjunct professor of public administration and international affairs, says that although taking a stand can be tricky, "if companies are dragging their feet or not getting involved when fundamental questions of democracy are at stake, that could be a long-term threat." 
April 15, 2021

See related: Ethics, Government, Labor, U.S. Elections, United States

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