Maxwell School News

Probable cause is much lower than the reasonable doubt the standard required to convict someone of a crime. "It's the probability of a possibility," says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.

"Any period of American history where there's been intense political conflict, you can find severe breaches of etiquette," says Keith Bybee, professor of political science.

“I don’t think our brand as a nation is in a good place. Instead of threatening our allies, we need to be building relationships so that we once again have collaborative opportunities to counter evil nations or tyrant leaders,” says Bill Smullen, director of the National Security Studies program.

"The Code of Putinism," written by Brian Taylor, a professor in the Department of Political Science, "provides a sober-minded account of how Mr. Putin came to lead Russia and why his almost czar-like role today bodes ill for Russia’s future," according to the book review.

A study co-authored by Stuart Rosenthal, "The vertical city: Rent gradients, spatial structure, and agglomeration economies," was published in the Journal of Urban Economics and is featured in the CityLab article, "Cities and the Vertical Economy."

Mary Lovely, professor of economics, explains why lower-income consumers, who tend to buy more goods from countries such as China, might end up feeling squeezed more than their higher-income counterparts.

William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs, says that FBI agent Peter Strzok's testimony across multiple reports has consistently maintained that the FBI's Russia investigation was impartial and without bias.

Faculty experts on immigration and refugees remind us that, in many senses, this has all happened before.

“This excellent team offers an exciting opportunity to make real progress in reducing achievement gaps for disadvantaged students by identifying ways to increase access to high-quality education,” says Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair of Public Affairs. She is part of the team that received a five year, $10 million DOE grant.

"The whole press conference was Trump repeatedly scoring own goals with the ball that Putin had given him," says Brian Taylor, professor of political science, adding, "Putin must’ve been extremely happy."

According to Elizabeth Cohen, associate professor of political science, "Customs and Border Protection is responsible for enforcement at the border and 100 miles in from any point on the border of the U.S., land and water. Eliminating ICE would not eliminate CBP or enforcement at the border."

 "He’s no Kennedy," Keith Bybee, professor of political science, says of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. "To the extent Kavanaugh disagrees with Kennedy...you’ll see the court change."

"The biggest price hikes may be seen among these lower-priced products, and the effect of that will hit people toward the lower end of the income distribution more," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely.

"One of the things that I think that women are responding to in this current political moment is both a realization of past wrongs and the real threat of a loss of status," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

Tom Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, says the nomination of Kavanaugh is part of a "generation-long effort to stack the Supreme Court." 

Students of the Maxwell School hail from around the planet, which assures a global experience not only for them, but for everyone who enters a classroom.