The Team | Policy Planning Lab

Michael J. Williams

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Director, International Relations, M.A.

Director, Executive Master of Arts in International Relations

324 Eggers Hall
315.443.9047 | mjwill14@syr.edu

Juanita M. Horan

Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346 Eggers Hall
315.443.4927 | jmhoran@syr.edu

Scholars

Renée de Nevers

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

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

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992

Areas of Expertise

International security, international relations, private military and security companies

Daniel McDowell

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Co-Director, Comparative Politics/International Relations Speaker Series

Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012

Areas of Expertise

International political economy, international finance, international monetary system, IMF

Robert B. Murrett

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Deputy Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law

M.A., Political Science, Georgetown Univeristy, 1982

Areas of Expertise

National security, international relations, military and defense strategy, leadership

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

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Ph.D., School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2007

Areas of Expertise

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

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

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Honorary Doctor of Science, College of Aeronautics Flushing, 2004

Areas of Expertise

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

Jamie Shea

Senior Research Associate, Carnegie-Maxwell Policy Planning Lab

Visiting Professor, Strategy and Security Institute, University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Member, Group of Strategic Advisors, NATO Special Operations Forces Command, SHAPE, Belgium

D.Phil., University of Oxford

Brian Taylor

Professor, Political Science Department

Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

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

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998

Areas of Expertise

Russian politics, comparative politics, security studies