Learning By Doing
“He wasn’t just teaching the theoretical aspect of the course but empowering you with skills you need if you were to start working in a development agency,” says Odunayo Arowolo ’13 M.A. (IR/Econ), about the course taught by Bob Christen, professor of practice. “He wants you to be able to hit the ground running.”
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Crisis Management
Expert on political leadership, Margaret Hermann, professor of political science, analyzed the decision-making style of U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan during times of stress, particularly the Iranian hostage crisis. Hermann's research shows that stress highlights a leader's most characteristic traits, and that some policy makers thrive in crises while others may fall apart.
Remembering Guthrie
Alumni and former colleagues offer observations on a 50-year Maxwell faculty member and the School’s sixth dean, who passed away last summer.
Four Maxwell School Professors Named O’Hanley Scholars
The Maxwell School of Syracuse University is honoring four inspirational teachers and scholars as the first O’Hanley Faculty Scholars.
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Spatial Lag Models with Nested Random Effects: An Instrumental Variable Procedure with an Application to English House Prices
Are Private Markets and Filtering a Viable Source of Low-Income Housing? Estimates from a "Repeat income" Model
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Estimating and Forecasting with a Dynamic Spatial Panel Data Model
Fiscal Impacts of Charter Schools: Lessons from New York
Reducing nitrogen fertilizer application as a climate change mitigation strategy: Understanding farmer decision making and potential barriers to change in the US
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Hospital Treatment Rates and Spill-Over Effects: Does Ownership Matter?
Temporary Help Work: Earnings, Wages, and Multiple Job Holding
Pricing Carbon in the U.S.: A Model-Based Analysis of Power-Sector-Only Approaches
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Human Rights under State-Enforced Religious Family Laws in Israel, Egypt, and India
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Double Dividend: Environmental Taxes and Fiscal Reform in the United States
Life-Course Perspectives on Military Service
A Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America
Fighting Colonialism with Hegemonic Culture: Native American Appropriation of Indian Stereotypes
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Global NATO and the Catastrophic Failure in Libya: Lessons for Africa in the Forging of African Unity
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