Faculty

Jonathan Adelman

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Research Assistant Professor, Forensic Science, College of Arts & Sciences

M.S., Syracuse University, 2016

The Hon. James E. Baker

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, Law, College of Law

J.D., Yale Law School, 1990

Aaron Benanav

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Winter 2015

Peter Blanck

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

University Professor, College of Law

Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute (BBI)

J.D., Stanford University, 1986

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982

Areas of Expertise

Race, ethnicity and disability; disability and law; disability and social policy

Carlos Enrique Caicedo Bastidas

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, iSchool

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Don Carr

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, School of Design, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Program Coordinator, M.F.A. in Design; Industrial and Interaction Design

M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1991

Elizabeth Carter

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., Cornell University

EunJeong Cheon

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies

Mark Costa

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Research Professor, Communications, Newhouse School of Public Communications

Interim Director, M.I.N.D. Lab

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Scientometrics, applied neuroscience, human-computer interaction

Amy Criss

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor and Chair, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., Indiana University, 2004

Kevin Crowston

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Dean for Research, iSchool

Distinguished Professor of Information Science, iSchool

Ph.D., Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Victor Duenas

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., University of Florida, 2018

Hamid Ekbia

University Professor, Maxwell School

Ph.D., Indiana University, 2003

Areas of Expertise

Political economy of computing, artificial intelligence, global development

Ingrid Erickson

Senior Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, iSchool

Ph.D., Center for Work, Technology, and Organization in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Organizational studies, information science and human-centered computing, science and technology studies, future of work/work in the age of intelligent machines

Ferdinando Fioretto

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., New Mexico State University & University of Udine

Zhenyu Gan

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Brian Gerling

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Executive Director, Innovation Law Center

Shubha Ghosh

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Crandall Melvin Professor of Law, College of Law

Director, Syracuse Intellectual Property Law Institute

J.D., with distinction, Stanford Law School, 1994

Lauryn Gouldin

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Director, Syracuse Civics Initiative

Mustafa Cenk Gursoy

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2004

Mark Heller

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1984

Areas of Expertise

modality, conventionalism, contextualism

Johannes Himmelreich

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Ph.D., London School of Economics, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Applied ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of public policy, ethics of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems

Laurie Hobart

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Teaching Professor, College of Law

Michael Kalish

Senior Research Assoicate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor and Associate Chair, Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., University of California at San Diego, 1993

Garrett Katz

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D. University of Maryland, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Neural computation, cognitive robotics, dynamical systems

Krista Kennedy

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Rhetorics of technology, algorithmic rhetorics, disability studies, intellectual property, data surveillance

David Knapp

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Setnor School of Music, College of Visual and Performing Arts

Fanxin Kong

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Bess Krietemeyer

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, School of Architecture

Faculty Research Fellow, Syracuse Center for Excellence (COE)

Ph.D., RPI Center for Architecture Science and Ecology, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Advanced building technologies, interactive visualization tools, human and energy feedback systems in the design of sustainable built environments

Yiqi Li

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies

Regina Luttrell

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Louise Manfredi

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, Industrial and Interaction Design (within the School of Design), College of Visual & Performing Arts

Ph.D., University of Leeds, UK, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Sustainable product development

Michael Marciano

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Research Associate Professor, Forensic Science, College of Arts & Sciences

Director, Forensic & National Security Sciences Institute

Ph.D., Syracuse University

Tina Nabatchi

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration

Director and Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Public management, policy and law; public participation; collaborative governance; conflict resolution

Mark Nevitt

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, College of Law

Carsten Oesterlund

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, iSchool

Ph.D., MIT Sloan School of Management, 2003

Sean O'Keefe

University Professor

Phanstiel Chair in Leadership

Distinguished Senior Advisor, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1978

Areas of Expertise

Public management, national security policy and strategy, public finance and public budgeting, financial management, technology development and innovation management, executive leadership

Qinru Qiu

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Jane M. Read

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Geographic information systems and remote sensing, human-environment interactions, geohumanities, indigenous livelihoods, Latin America

Bahram Salehi

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, SUNY ESF

Amit Sanyal

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering & Computer Science, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Steve Sawyer

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor and Core Faculty, Renée Crown Honors Program, iSchool

D.B.A., Boston University, 1995

Rebecca Schewe

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Environmental and natural resource sociology

Yutaka Sho

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, School of Architecture

Saba Siddiki

Associate Professor and Director of the M.P.A. Program, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy

Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver, 2011

Areas of Expertise

Policy design, implementation, and compliance; collaborative policymaking; institutional analysis; sustainability technology and behavior; environmental policy; food policy

Sucheta Soundarajan

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., Cornell University, 2013

Areas of Expertise

Data mining, social network analysis, community detection, applications to social and life sciences

Matt Spitzmueller

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Falk College

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Areas of Expertise

Clinical social work practice, community mental health policy, Medicaid reform, street-level organizations, transformation of behavioral health policy

Jennifer Stromer-Galley

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, iSchool

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2002

Areas of Expertise

Digital politics, e-government, online deliberation, influence and leadership in social media, decision-making and behavior in games.

Jasmina Tacheva

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Assistant Professor, iSchool

Ph.D., University at Buffalo’s (UB) School of Management

David M. Van Slyke

Dean, Maxwell School

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Public and nonprofit management, government contracting, public-private partnerships, policy implementation, strategic management

Senem Velipasalar

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science

Ph.D., Princeton University, 2007

Areas of Expertise

Wireless embedded smart cameras, distributed multi-camera tracking and surveillance systems, automatic event detection from videos, pattern recognition and signal processing

Murali Venkatesh

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Associate Professor and Program Director, Information Management and Enterprise Data Systems, iSchool

Director, Community and Information Technology Institute

Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington, 1991

Areas of Expertise

Broadband telecommunications system planning and design, power utility smart grids diffusion, emerging wireless technologies for emergency response, intelligent IVR systems, air quality sensing.

Rick Welsh

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Professor and Department Chair, Public Health, Food Studies & Nutrition, Falk College

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Food and agricultural policy, organic agriculture, rural development, wetland preservation

Janet M. Wilmoth

Professor and Chair, Sociology Department

Director, Aging Studies Institute

Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Senior Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Research Affiliate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of aging and the life course, demography, health

Jamie Winders

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Syracuse University

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Autonomous systems, artificial intelligence, international migration, race/ethnicity, gender, cultural and social geography, social theory, social reproduction, feminist geography, qualitative methods, digital geographies