PARCC Faculty

Research Directors

Advocacy and Activism
John Burdick, Professor, Anthropology

Collaborative Governance
Catherine Gerard, Director, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC); Associate Director, Executive Education Program

Tina Nabatchi, Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs

Environmental Collaboration and Conflict
Farhana Sultana, Associate Professor, Geography

International and Intra-state Conflict
Miriam Elman, Associate Professor, Political Science

Faculty Associates

Unless otherwise noted, all PARCC associates are at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.

Lamis Abdelaaty
Assistant Professor, Political Science

Steven R. Brechin 
Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Brian Brege
Assistant Professor, History

Stuart Brown
Professor of Practice and Vice Chair, Public Administration and International Affairs

Kristy Buzard
Associate Professor, Economics

Julia Carboni
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs

Linda E. Carty
Associate Professor, Sociology and African American Studies

Peter Castro
Associate Professor, Anthropology

Bruce Dayton 
Executive Director, CONTACT-  Conflict Transformation Across Cultures- School for International Training (SIT)

Renee de Nevers
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs

Thomas Dennison
Professor of Practice Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs

Todd Dickey
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs

Gavan Duffy
Associate Professor, Political Science

Michael R. Ebner
Associate Professor, History

Kirk Emerson
Professor of Practice in Collaborative Governance, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona

Cecilia Green
Associate Professor, Sociology

Ryan Griffiths
Associate Professor, Political Science

Margaret Hermann
Professor, Political Science

Paul Hirsch
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Azra Hromadzic
Associate Professor, Anthropology

Matthew Huber
Associate Professor, Geography

Neil Katz
Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Affairs

Louis Kriesberg
Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies; Founding Director of PARC

Prema Kurien
Professor and Chair, Sociology; Founding Director, Asian/American Studies

Harry Lambright
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs and Political Science

Sandra D. Lane
Professor, Public Health, Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics and Anthropology, at Syracuse University

Ya Li
Professor, Beihang University and Visiting Research Professor and Fulbright Scholar, Maxwell School 

Mark Lichtenstein 
Chief of Staff, Chief Sustainability Officer, and Adjunct Faculty at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Steve Lux
Director, Executive Education Program, Maxwell School

Gladys McCormick
Associate Professor, History; Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations

Terrell Northrup
Assistant Professor, International Relations

Rosemary O’Leary
Professor, Public Administration, University of Kansas

Arthur Paris
Associate Professor, Sociology

Steve Parks
Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Syracuse University

Deborah Pellow
Professor, Anthropology

Tom Perreault
Professor, Geography

Kendall Phillips
Professor, Communication and Rhetorical Studies, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University

Gretchen Purser
Associate Professor, Sociology

Grant Reeher
Professor, Political Science

Robert A. Rubinstein
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Professor, International Relations

Herbert Ruffin
Associate Professor and Chair, African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University

Mark Rupert
Professor, Political Science

Tod Rutherford
Professor, Geography

Shane Sanders
Associate Professor, Sports Economics & Analytics, Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics, Syracuse University 

Mara Sapon-Shevin
Professor, School of Education, Syracuse University

Rebecca Schewe
Associate Professor, Sociology

Sabina Schnell
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs

Susan Senecah
Professor Emerita, Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Nazanin Shahrokni
Assistant Professor, Sociology

Saba Siddiki
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs

Brian Taylor
Professor and Chair, Political Science

Harvey Michael Teres
Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences, Syracuse University

Margaret Thompson
Associate Professor, History and Political Science

Stuart Thorson
Professor Emeritus, Political Science and International Relations

Murali Venkatesh
Associate Professor, School of Information Studies; Director, Community and Information Technology Institute, Syracuse University

Isidor Wallimann
Visiting Research Professor, PARCC

Jamie Winders
Professor and Chair, Geography

Corri Zoli
Research Assistant Professor, Political Science