Maxwell School News
Maxwell Sociologist Named Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation
Gabriela Kirk-Werner will spend the spring of 2027 in residence at the foundation’s New York City headquarters to co-author a book on how the criminal justice system shapes the lives of people under court supervision.
See related: Alumni Experience, Crime & Violence, Law, United States
Sultana Featured in Financial Times Documentary on Oil Frontiers and Energy Security
“We have a distorted global economic system that rewards fossil fuel extraction, that rewards fossil fuel dependency. And as a result, it is harder for smaller countries that are worried about their own energy security, their own economic security, their own social social development to forgo an oil discovery,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
Koch Featured in KJZZ Article on Camels Paving the Way for Route 66 in Arizona
“This is a story of how Arizona was colonized. It’s kind of cute, it’s funny. There’s a little pyramid with a camel on top. It seems innocuous, but that’s the violence of the colonial project,” says Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment and native of Tuscon, Arizona.
See related: Colonialism, Conflict, Government, Infrastructure, United States
AI Is Changing How People Seek Mental Health Support
Financial Times Reviews Morgan’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Europe’
“In his short but incisive account, he [Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science] argues that the decisive shove for postwar European integration came not from Europeans but from America. It was the U.S., alarmed by Soviet domination of eastern Europe, that saw integration as key to turning Europeans into prosperous and stable allies,” says reviewer Simon Nixon.
See related: Europe, International Affairs
Maxwell Undergraduate Researcher Examines Fetal Heart Patterns in Premature Births
Recent graduate Eva Quackenbush and faculty mentor Brittany Kmush are investigating whether fetal heart tracing patterns can predict outcomes for extremely premature infants.
See related: Maternal and Child Health, Student Experience, United States
Unfinished Business: 77-Year-Old Earns the MPA He Started Five Decades Ago
A dinner conversation, a new laptop and a one-week course in Washington closed a 50-year chapter for Hadwen Fuller.
See related: Student Experience
Murrett Talks to CBS News about the Latest Negotiations to End U.S. War with Iran
O'Keefe One of Two Syracuse University Alumni to Join the Board of Trustees
University Professor Emeritus Sean O'Keefe ’78 M.P.A., along with David S. Klein ’93, have earned accolades in their fields, including highest honors for their accomplishments, and both credit their studies at the University for providing the foundation and the tools for their success.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Equities and Inequities Inherent in Wastewater Surveillance Systems for Public Health
The study, co-authored by Public Health Department researchers Milagros Neyra Blatz, Nicole Pulido and Dustin Hill, along with Professor of Public Health David Larson, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.
See related: New York State, Wastewater Surveillance
The State Made the System and the System Made the State
The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Ryan Griffiths, was published in the European Journal of International Relations.
See related: International Affairs, State & Local Government
Partisanship, Party Systems, and Understandings of Democracy Across Africa
Authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Erin Hern, the article was published in Party Politics.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Political Parties
Reeher Weighs Discusses the Erosion of President Trump’s Approval Ratings in Newsweek Articles
“The overall erosion in the president’s approval ratings is still the consequence of the accumulation of many policies, orders, actions and statements during his term. There is no one reason or single inflection point. Certainly, the war in Iran and the quick, steep rise in gasoline prices have only added to the longer term trend,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Federal Government, U.S. Elections, United States
Research Hub Focused on Why Local News Matters Launched
A new searchable database developed by the Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship and Rebuild Local News brings together research on the importance of local news for communities.
See related: Media & Journalism, United States
Genetic Variability of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Associations With Community Transmission
The study, co-authored by Postdoctoral Scholar Dustin Hill and Professor of Public Health David Larsen, was published in Science.
See related: Community Health, COVID-19, Epidemiology, United States, Wastewater Surveillance
From $500 and a Dream to CFO: Alumna Dan Zhang Is Opening Doors for the Next Generation
The ClickUp executive has revived the Maxwell Student Emergency Support Fund to pay it forward—and because she knows firsthand what’s at stake.
See related: Alumni Experience, Giving, Student Experience
Khalil Speaks With News4JAX About the War in Iran
“There is room for negotiation on the nuclear program. But one of the things Iran is looking for is the following: they want the United States to agree, or at least to recognize, its right—Iran's right—too enrich uranium under the nuclear non-proliferation agreement that Iran signed and other countries have signed,” says Osamah Khalil, chair of the International Relations Undergraduate Program.
Barton Research on Bipartisan Primaries Featured in New York Times Article
Richard Barton, assistant teaching professor of public administration and international affairs, analyzed 14 metrics and found that states with nonpartisan primaries had seen “statistically significant improvements” in nine of them—even when accounting for other factors.
See related: Political Parties, State & Local Government, U.S. Elections, United States
Yingyi Ma Cited in TIME Article on the Trump-Xi Summit and AI
“An opening chapter of an AI cold war is emerging,” Yingyi Ma, professor of sociology, wrote ahead of the summit in a Brookings Institution commentary piece that was referenced in TIME.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, China, Federal Government, Government, United States
Forum: Bridging the Gap between Academics and Policymakers in Africa
The article, co-authored by Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok, was published in International Studies Perspectives.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), International Affairs