Skip to content

Maxwell Students Research Impact of Redlining as 2024-26 Lender Fellows

Tommy DaSilva, Darla Hobbs, Jamea Candy Johnson and Sabrina Lussier are exploring housing as a critical determinant of social and health inequities under the guidance of Miriam Mutambudzi.

November 14, 2025

Monarch Quoted in Newsweek Article on Trump’s Tariff Checks

Any funding not covered by what tariffs have raised would likely have to come through Congressional authorization, says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics“It’s not something the president can just wave a magic wand and disperse the money as they see fit,” he says.

November 14, 2025

Maxwell Experts Unpack the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

A recent State of Democracy lecture offered varying perspectives from Maxwell faculty members Brynt Parmeter, Leonard Burman and Colleen Heflin in a discussion led by Chris Faricy, director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.

November 13, 2025

Haq Talks to CNN About US Citizens' Confidence in the Justice System

“Part of this challenge is there are people who feel empowered and emboldened to just make bald-faced lies and then there's people like this young man who was the security guard at a farm where there were undocumented workers on the farm, and he's like here's my passport. Let me just get it for you, I'm a U.S. citizen. And they didn't care,” says Nayyera Haq, assistant dean of Washington programs.

November 12, 2025

Celebrating Hometown Heroes

From graduate school classmates to leaders in veteran advocacy, Tom Caruso and Josh Keefe are recognized for their dedication to veterans and their lasting impact on Syracuse University.

November 11, 2025

Allport’s Book ‘Advance Britannia’ Reviewed in the London Sunday Times

“There is no silly sensationalism in this book, merely sound storytelling and measured judgments. The author writes of ‘that particular German approach to war-making in the first half of the 20th century—tactical ingenuity in the service of strategic vacuity,’ writes Max Hastings, book critic for The Sunday Times.

November 10, 2025

See related: Conflict, Europe

Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election

Selim Erdem Aytaç, Daniel McDowell, David A. Steinberg

Co-authored by Professor of Political Science Daniel McDowell, the study was published in the British Journal of Political Science.

November 10, 2025

McCormick Piece on US-Mexico Relations, Tariffs and Drug Trafficking Published in The Hill

“The presence of U.S. troops in Mexico will severely and irreparably undermine [President of Mexico] Sheinbaum’s counter-narcotics policies, which are netting results. Crippling the Sheinbaum administration will give rise to an even bigger and stronger enemy south of the border,” writes Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.

November 7, 2025

Faricy Quoted in Frankfurter Rundschau Article on Trump, US Economy

In order to persuade Trump's loyal MAGA camp to critically question the economy, the country would have to fall into a deep, prolonged recession, according to Christopher Faricy, associate professor of political science. In addition, there is a need for “more uniform reporting” in the media, which attributes the economic crisis to Trump's policies, he says.

November 6, 2025

Reeher Speaks With AFP, The Guardian, The Hill and Newsweek About Mamdani’s Win in NYC

“Mamdani’s got to get his ideas realized in policy, and New York is notoriously difficult to govern. It’s arguably the second hardest political job in the United States, after the president. So whatever he’s able to accomplish, it won’t be easy,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.

November 5, 2025

Public School Districts Should Close Their ‘Alternative’ and ‘Continuation’ High Schools

Sean J. Drake

“Alternative” high schools are meant to help struggling students catch up on credits, but they often function as dumping grounds that perpetuate inequality. 

November 5, 2025

See related: United States

Heflin Discusses SNAP Funding With ABC News, Newsweek, PolitiFact and USA Today

“The stress that families are facing throughout the country is tremendous, not knowing how they’re going to feed their families,” says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.

November 4, 2025

IDJC Launches Local NExT Lab to Test Ideas for Strengthening Local News

The lab is the nation's first that will connect newsrooms, funders and academics to pioneer journalism innovations.

November 4, 2025

See related: Media & Journalism

Understanding Factors Associated with 911 and 988 Use in Mental Health Crises

Michiko Ueda, Colleen M. Heflin, Yanhong Liu, Qingyi Yu, Seethalakshmi Ramanathan

Co-authored by Public Administration and International Affairs professors Michiko Ueda-Ballmer and Colleen Heflin, the study was published in Community Mental Health Journal.

November 3, 2025

Suicide Deaths Among Informal Caregivers in an Aging Society

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer

The study, authored by Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, was published in Public Health.

November 3, 2025

Murrett Talks to CBS News About Trump’s Order to Resume US Nuclear Weapons Testing

“There's no question there would be some value to having to have some testing of our weapons, especially some of the new developments we've had recently. But it's how you do that and how extensive the testing is something that's open to question,” says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.

November 3, 2025

Griffiths Piece on Worsening Political Polarization, National Divorce Published in The Conversation

“There is no way to disentangle red and blue America without tremendous violence. Additionally, a large and increasingly ignored percentage of Americans hold moderate views,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science. “There is no doubt that polarization in America is a problem that is getting worse, but a national divorce is simply not the solution.”

October 31, 2025

The Achievement Narrative and Alienation in School: A Typology of Academic Disconnection

Sean J. Drake, Jeffrey Guhi

The study, co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Sean Drake, was published in Sociology of Education.

October 30, 2025

Thompson Article on Pope Leo XIV Published in American Catholic Studies

“As a person who has lived on three continents and traveled extensively through three more, and as someone who has thought deeply about the implications of gospel values for both church and world, Leo is well aware that all that he says and does will be examined and parsed for their repercussions,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science.

October 30, 2025

Monarch Speaks With the National News Desk About US-China 'Framework' Trade Agreement

“We're on an upward tide in relations for right now, but in general in the long term, I would expect this kind of ratcheting up and down to continue,” says Ryan Monarch, associate professor of economics.

October 29, 2025
Communications and Media Relations Office
200 Eggers Hall