2024-2025 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Graduate Course Catalog

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs Faculty


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Lamis Abdelaaty, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014
International relations, comparative politics, human rights and humanitarian action, asylum and migration, international organizations and delegation, ethnic, politics, research design
 
Edwin Ackerman, Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2016
Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology, Latin American Studies, Social Theory

Merima Ali, Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Wageningen School of Social Science, the Netherlands, 2012
Development, micro-economic analysis of small-scale industries, taxation

Alan Allport, Dr. Walter Montgomery and Marian Gruber Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2007
Modern British and European history; war and social change; family and children’s history
 
Kristi J. Andersen, Maxwell Professor Emerita of Teaching Excellence, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976
American politics, political parties, public opinion, women and politics
 
Douglas V. Armstrong, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence; Professor Emeritus
Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983
Archaeology of North America, historical Archaeology, ethnohistory, Caribbean, North America
 
Badi Baltagi, Distinguished Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Applied and theoretical econometrics
 
William C. Banks, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence;
Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs
J.D. University of Denver, 1974
Comparative legal systems, domestic and international terrorism, emerging powers, covert war powers, civil military relations
 
Michael Barkun, Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965
Millenarian and utopian movements, jurisprudence, international law

Richard Barton, Assistant Teaching Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2022
American political economy and legislative institutions

Çağlayan Başer, Assistant Professor, Political Science 
Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago, 2020 
International relations, comparative politics, gender and politics  

Ekrem Başer, Research Post-Doctoral Researcher, Political Science 
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020 
International relations, political economy, political methodology

Hossein Bashiriyeh, Teaching Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Liverpool, 1982
20th Century Political Thought; Democratic Transitions; Thomas Hobbes
 
Matthew Baxter, Regional Programs Manager -Asia, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, and Assistant Professor, Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2013
Comparative political theory, politics and thought in South Asia, Tamil
 
Kenneth Baynes, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Political Science (by courtesy)
William P. Tolley Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Ph.D., Boston University, 1987
Social and political philosophy, critical theory, continental philosophy
 
Jacob Bendix, Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1992
Biogeography, geomorphology, human impacts on environmental systems, media coverage of environment
 
David H. Bennett, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence;
Professor Emeritus, History 
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1963
Political extremism in America, 20th-century American history, modern military history
 
James P. Bennett, Associate Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978
International relations, methodology
 
Catherine A. Bertini, Professor of Practice Emerita, Public Administration & International Affairs
B.A., SUNY Albany, 1971
Managing international and humanitarian aid organizations, former Under-Secretary-General for Management at the United Nations;
Former Executive Director, World Food Program
 
Mona Bhan, Ford Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies; Director, South Asia Center; Professor, Anthropology
PhD, Rutgers University, 2006
Political and Environmental Anthropology, Wars, Counterinsurgency and Occupation, Militarism and Humanitarianism, Gender and Race, Resource Sovereignties, Water and Infrastructure, Religion and Politics, Borders and Nationalism
 
Robert Bifulco, Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2001
Public finance, budgeting and financial management
 
Edwin A. Bock, Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1943
Political and administrative leadership; executive politics; national planning; government, mass media, and the arts
 
Robert C. Bogdan, Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1971
Qualitative research methods, special education, visual Sociology, disability studies
 
Susan R. Borker, Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1971
Quantitative methods, sex and gender roles, labor force issues
 
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., American University, 1990
The Middle East, comparative politics, international relations
 
Susan Branson, Professor and Chair, History
Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, 1992
U.S. Women’s history, U.S. Science and Technology

Richard G. Braungart, Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1969
Political sociology, life course and generational politics, political psychology

Steve Brechin, Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989
Organizational, political and environmental sociology

Brian Brege, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2014
Early Modern Italy
 
Stuart I. Bretschneider, Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1981
Quantitative methods, information management, computer application and strategic planning
 
Mark Brockway, Assistant Teaching Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2019
American Politics, Religion and politics, political parties, state and local government, quantitative methods
 
Stuart Brown, Professor of Practice Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1985
International economics, macroeconomics, emerging markets, political economy
 
Hans C. Buechler, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1966
Cultural change, internal and international migration, urban problems, ethnic identity, ethnic elites, political anthropology, life history methodology, Andes, Latin America, Spain, Switzerland, Central Europe, eastern Germany
 
Joan N. Burstyn, Professor Emerita, History
Ph.D., University of London, 1968
History of women in British and American education, history of higher education
 
Colleen D. Burton, Office of Research, Senior Director of Finance & Research Initiatives; Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2020
Political institutions, gender & politics, women’s representation, candidate emergence & recruitment, comparative political economy, social welfare & labor market policy
 
Kristina Buzard, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2012
International trade, contract theory, political economy, urban/regional 
 
Keith J. Bybee, Vice Dean, College of Law; Paul E. and Hon. Joanne F. Alper ‘72 Judiciary Studies Professor; Professor of Law; Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995
American public law, legal theory, political philosophy, American politics and the politics of race
 
Horace Campbell, Professor, Political Science and African American Studies
Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979
Comparative politics of Africa and the Caribbean, African international relations, armaments, culture, pan Africanism, peace studies, political economy
 
Linda Carty, Associate Professor Emerita, African American Studies and Sociology (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1989
Race, class, and gender studies; comparative Sociology; international development, postcolonial discourse; Third World feminism
 
A.H. Peter Castro, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988
Applied Anthropology, international development, conflict management, ecology, forestry, agrarian societies, refugees, colonialism, East Africa
 
Craige B. Champion, Professor, History
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1993
Hellenistic Greece, Greek democracy and republican Rome, ancient imperialism, ethnic identity formation in classical antiquity, the politics of culture in ancient Greece and Rome, classical historiography
 
Omar Youssef Cheta, Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., New York University, 2014
Modern Middle East, Ottoman Empire, social history, capitalism, law

Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004
Comparative politics, Latin American politics, comparative political economy

Ethan Coffel, Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2018
Atmospheric science, climate change, climate modeling
 
Andrew W. Cohen, Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999
Legal history, American labor history, 20th century American history
 
William D. Coplin, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence, Policy Studies
Ph.D., American University, 1964
International relations, public policy analysis
 
Francine D’Amico, Teaching Professor Emerita, Political Science
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989
Latin American politics and international relations
 
Daniel Daneri, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Princeton University, Expected 2024
American politics, Comparative politics
 
Joshua Darr, Associate Professor, Communications and Magazine, News and Digital Journalism and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2011
Political communication, campaign strategy, political knowledge, partisan polarization and local news
 
Renée de Nevers, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992
International security policy, international relations
 
Christopher R. DeCorse, Professor and Chair, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles,1989
Archaeology, African Archaeology and history, Archaeology and popular culture, general Anthropology
 
Thomas H. Dennison, Professor of Practice Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1987
Health care administration, finance and policy

Marjorie DeVault, Professor Emerita, Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence, Sociology
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1984
Gender studies, qualitative methodology, feminist studies, social interaction

Monica Deza, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 2012
Economics of crime, risky health behaviors, and demography

Todd Dickey, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2017
Public sector labor and employment, conflict management and dispute resolution, organizational theory

Albrecht Diem, Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Utrecht, 2000
Early Medieval Europe, early Christianity, monasticism
 
Sean Drake, Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD, Sociology, University of California, Irvine, 2017
Race and Ethnicity; Schools and Education; Neighborhood Organization and Inequality;
African American Studies; Immigrant Incorporation; Homelessness; Ethnographic Methods
 
Gavan Duffy, Associate Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Political methodology, political behavior and communication, American politics

Johanna Dunaway, Research Director, Institute for Democracy, Journalism, and Citizenship; Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Rice University, 2006
American politics, political communication, public opinion, mass media

Donald H. Dutkowsky, Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982
Macroeconomic, monetary theory and policy, economics education  

Michael R. Ebner, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004
History of modern Europe, Italy, Fascism, and political violence
 
Hamid Ekbia, University Professor; Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2003
Emerging technology and society, Political Economy of Computing, Future of Work
 
Colin Elman, Professor, Political Science;
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1999
International relations theory, qualitative research methods
 
Miriam Fendius Elman, Associate Professor, Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996
International security, democracy, politics of the Middle East

Gary V. Engelhardt, Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993
Housing markets and policies, taxation, saving behavior, pensions, Social Security, and aging

Margarita Estévez-Abe, McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence; Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1999
Comparative politics, political economy, gender, and Japan
 
Jerry Evensky, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence; Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1984
History of economic thought, labor economics, philosophy of economics (methodology), economic education
 
Amy Fairchild, University Professor, Sociology
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1997
Social History, Politics, Public Health
 
Christopher Faricy, Hicker Family Professor of Renewing Democratic Community; Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010
American politics, public policy, economic inequality

Carol Faulkner, Senior Associate Dean and Professor, History
Ph.D., Binghamton University, 1998
19th century U.S., women, gender, sexuality, and social movements

Jennifer Flad, Associate Teaching Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2009
Sociology of health and illness, gender and sexuality, disability
 
Michael A. Flusche, Associate Professor Emeritus, History
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1973
American Civil War and Reconstruction, American South
 
Shana Gadarian, Associate Dean for Research; Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking; Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2008
American politics and political communication, political behavior, political psychology, research methods and public health
 
Selina Gallo-Cruz, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, Sociology, 2012, Emory University
Culture, Conflict, Gender, Global Change, Nonviolence, Social Movements, Theory
 
Liwu Gan, Faculty Fellow, Political Science
Ph.D. Ohio State University, 2022
Research methods, international relations
 
Peng Gao, Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Buffalo, 2003
Geographic information systems modeling, human impacts on physical environments, fluvial systems
 
Catherine Garcia, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science and Sociology (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2020
Biological, environmental, and social factors influencing the disease process among older Latina/o/x adults
 
Marc A Garcia, Associate Professor, Sociology
PhD, Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, 2015
Medical Sociology, Aging and the Life Course, Racial/Ethnic Disparities, Minority, Immigrant Health
 
Catherine Gerard, Professor of Practice Emerita, Public Administration & International Affairs
M.A., University of Toronto, M.P.A., State University of New York at Albany
Leadership, organizational development, total quality management
 
Jay S. Golden, Pontarelli Professor Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability and Finance, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 2005
Supply Chain Management, Business and the Environment, Organizational Leadership
 
Jeffrey Gonda, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., Yale University, 2012
20th-century American politics and society, U.S. race and rights, U.S. urban
 
Cecilia A. Green, Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1998
Race, class, gender, Caribbean studies
 
Ryan Griffiths, Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2010
International relations, conflict, conflict resolution and the consequences for foreign policy 
 
Dimitar Gueorguiev, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of California at San Diego, 2014
Chinese politics, developing economies, authoritarian institutions, governance, corruption, public participation, program design and evaluation
 
Paul M. Hagenloh, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1999
Modern Russia/Soviet Union: Modern dictatorships, history of policing, genocide, critical theory
 
Julia Haines, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
PhD, University of Virginia, 2019
Historical archaeology, southwestern Indian Ocean, Archaeology of Indenture, Mauritius, landscape archaeology, migration, diaspora studies
 
Sarah Hamersma, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004
Public economics, labor economics, applied microeconomics

Timur Hammond, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
Middle East, Turkey, cultural geography, urban geography, religion, identity

Colleen Heflin, Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2002
Social policy, food and nutrition policy, social demography

Petra Hejnova, Assistant Professor, Political Science (by courtesy), Director of Curriculum and Academic Services, Syracuse Abroad
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2012
Comparative politics, women and politics, politics of Central and Eastern Europe, social movements

Margaret Hermann, Professor Emerita, Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965
Political leadership, political psychology, foreign policy decision making, comparative foreign policy
 
Erin Hern, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2015
Development, public policy, service delivery, gender, and political behavior, sub-Saharan Africa
 
Samantha Kahn Herrick, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2002
Medieval European history, Christian hagiography and apostolic legends, memory, power
 
Catherine Herrold, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Duke University, 2013
Civil Society Development, Non-Governmental Organizations, Democracy Promotion, Philanthropy
 
Amanda Hilton, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2020
Environmental anthropology, critical food studies, applied cultural anthropology
 
Johannes Himmelreich, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., London School of Economics, 2016
Moral and political philosophy, applied ethics, artificial intelligence
 
William Horrace, Distinguished Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1996
Econometrics, firm-level production and efficiency analysis, peer effects and strategic interactions, crime and policing 
 
Yilin Hou, Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2002
Public budgeting and finance
 
Azra Hromadžić, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence; Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 2009
Political Anthropology; ethno-political violence and post-conflict reconciliation;
socialism and post-socialism; gender; youth cultural practices; comparative education;
aging, care, and responsibility; and the Balkans
 
Matthew T. Huber, Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D. Clark University, 2009
Political economy, historical geography, energy and capitalism, oil, resource governance and social theory
 
Zach Huitink, Assistant Teaching Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2017
Acquisition and government contracting, public-private partnerships, human capital management, and policy implementation
 
Jenn M. Jackson, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2019
Black politics, group threat, gender and sexuality, public opinion, political psychology and behavior
 
Hugo B. Jales, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 2015
Labor economics, econometrics
 
Denisea Jashari, Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Indiana-Bloomington, 2020
Modern Latin America
 
Lionel Johnson, Professor of Practice, Public Administration & International Affairs
B.A., Rutgers University, 1982
International business and development
 
Jok Madut Jok, Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1996
Violence and Public Health, Women’s Reproductive Health, Pastoralism, Seasonal Magration and Cattle Raiding in East Africa, Medical Anthropology, East Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya and Uganda

Seth Jolly, Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science
Ph.D., Duke University, 2006
Comparative politics, political parties and political behavior, European Union, ethnic conflict, and political methodology

Andrew Jonelis, Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2019
Economic Growth and Development
 
Amy Kallander, Professor, History
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2007
Modern Middle East
 
George Kallander, Professor, History
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006
Korean and northeast Asian history and culture
 
Sebastian Karcher, Research Assistant Professor, Political Science; Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2014
Political economy, qualitative methods, data management
 
Neil Katz, Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Affairs
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1974
Nonviolent conflict and change, conflict resolution, modern American peace movements
 
Thomas Keck, Professor and Michael O. Sawyer Chair in Constitutional Law and Politics,
Political Science
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1999
Supreme Court, American constitutional development
 
Jerry S. Kelly, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1969
Social choice, econometric theory, microeconomic theory
 
Meghan Kelly, Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2020
Mapping and digital tools
 
Osamah F. Khalil, Professor, History; Chair, International Relations Program
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011
U.S. Foreign Policy and the origins and expansion of Middle East studies
 
Shafaat Khan, Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2020
Trade and development
 
Minjung Kim, Assistant Professor, Public Administration, and International Affairs
PhD, American University
Public and nonprofit management, organizational theory and behavior, citizen-organization interaction.
 
Minju Kim, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2021
International Political Economy, bureaucratic politics, international trade, formal theory
 
Gabriela Kirk-Werner, Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD Sociology, 2022, Northwestern University
Criminal Legal System, Qualitative Methods
 
Audie Klotz, Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1991
International relations, transnational actors and activism
 
Thomas J. Kniesner, Krisher Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1974
Labor economics, applied economics, program evaluation, and health economics
 
Natalie Koch, Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2012
Political geography, urban space, citizenship and nationalism in Central Asia and the Persian Gulf
 
Louis Kriesberg, Maxwell Professor Emeritus, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1953
World conflicts, conflict resolution, race/ethnic/minority relations
 
Jeffrey D. Kubik, Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997
Labor economics, public finance
 
Radha Kumar, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2014
Modern South Asia, Urban History, Caste in India
 
Prema Kurien, Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., Brown University, 1993
International migration and immigration, Sociology of religion, race and ethnicity, religion and society in India
 
Norman A. Kutcher, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence; Professor, History
J.D., Boston College, 1985
Ph.D., Yale University, 1991
Cultural, social, and intellectual history of China
 
Chris Kyle, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., Auckland University, 1994
Toponomology, society, law and culture of Westminster and London, the social history of Parliaments in early modern Britain
 
Derek Laing, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Essex, 1990
Macroeconomics, monetary theory, labor economics
 
W. Henry Lambright, Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1966
Science, technology, and public policy; energy, environment, and resources policy; technology and politics; bureaucratic politics
 
Scott Landes, Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D.  University of Florida, 2014
Medical sociology, aging and the life course, disability, veteran health, religion and spirituality 
 
Elisabeth D. Lasch-Quinn, Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990
Modern American social, cultural, intellectual history; social/political thought; cultural criticism; public philosophy; ethics; democracy; civil society; race; family
 
Heather Law-Pezzarossi, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2014
Archaeology of North America, collaborative Indigenous archaeology, critical heritage studies, historical anthropology, and photography
 
Yoonseok Lee, Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Yale University, 2006
Econometric theory, semi-parametric/nonlinear (dynamic) panel data models, many (weak) instrument problem, high dimensional models, social interaction and spatial dependence
 
Jun Li, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2020
Health economics, health care disparities, health insurance and healthcare systems
 
Chung-Chin (Eugene) Liu, Associate Teaching Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2006
Economic development, labor economics, international economics, immigration
 
Andrew S. London, Associate Dean for Washington Programs, and Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1993
Health and health care, demography, families, HIV/AIDS, carework, poverty, veterans, aging and the life course, LGBT Studies

Leonard Lopoo, Professor and Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Chicago, 2001
Poverty economic geography, child and family policy
 
Michael Lorenzo, Assistant Teaching Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2018
Open-Economy Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics and International Trade/Finance
 
Julia Loughlin, Professor Emerita, Sociology
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1971
Sex and gender roles, race/ethnic/minority relations, science and technology
 
Mary E. Lovely, Professor Emerita, Economics
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989
International economics, public finance, labor economics
 
Jiahuan Lu, Associate Professor, Public Administration, and International Affairs
PhD, University of Maryland
Government-nonprofit relations, government contracting.
 
Aaron Luedtke, Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2021
Native North America, Global Indigenous Studies, Cultural History, Ethnohistory, Settler Colonial Theory
 
Amy Lutz, Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Ph.D., SUNY Albany, 2002
Race, ethnicity, stratification, political Sociology, Latin American/Latino studies
 
Tidiane Ly, Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Lyon, 2018
Public and urban economics
 
Yingyi Ma, Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 2006
Social stratification and social inequality, Sociology of education, immigration, quantitative methods
 
Kyrstin Mallon Andrews, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D, University of California, Irvine, 2021
Medical and environmental anthropology, Caribbean, maritime studies, fishing, multispecies, environmental governance, conservations, risk and injury, Dominican Republic
 
Robin P. Malloy, E.I. White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor, Economics (by courtesy)
J.D., University of Florida, 1980; LL.M., Illinois, 1983
Real estate transactions, law and economics, land use and development, property
 
Frederick D. Marquardt, Assistant Professor Emeritus, Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence, History
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1973
German and European social history
 
Elizabeth Martin, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ph.D. Ohio State University, 2022
Social Stratification, Inequality, social policy, demography, economic sociology
 
Allan C. Mazur, Professor Emeritus, Public Affairs
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1969
Biosociology, sciences and Technology
 
Robert McClure, Chapple Family Professor Emeritus; Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Public Affairs
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1969
American politics, leadership, mass communication
 
Gladys McCormick, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Jay and Debe Moskowitz Chair in Mexico-US Relations, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2009
Latin America and the Caribbean, 19th- and 20th-century Mexico
 
Daniel McDowell, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Relations; Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2012
International relations, international political economy, international financial institutions
 
John G. McPeak, Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1999
Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development
 
John Mercer, Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., McMaster University, 1971
Urban and political geography, housing, comparative studies
 
Madonna Harrington Meyer, University Professor; Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence, Sociology
Ph.D., Florida State University, 1991
Aging, health care, gender policy
 
Susan W. Millar, Associate Professor Emerita, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1995
Physical geography, periglacial geomorphology, arctic science, climate change
 
Jerry Miner, Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1958
Public economics, human resources economics
 
Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Race, labor, and immigration in the food system; agricultural politics and policy; sustainability studies
 
Don Mitchell, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Rutgers University, 1992
Cultural, political economy of landscape, social theory, labor, geographies of power and marginalization, Marxism
 
Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs; Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996
International trade, political economy, development economics
 
Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Sociology (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987
Transnational feminist theory, postcolonial feminism, globalization and anti-capitalist praxis, the politics of knowledge, and anti-racist education
 
Ryan Monarch, Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2014
International trade, political economy, and development
 
Mark Monmonier, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1969
Geographic information (technology, policy, and societal role), history of cartography in the 20th century (esp. innovation and intellectual property), map design, environmental mapping
 
Shannon Monnat, Professor, Lerner Chair of Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Sociology; Director, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D.  University at Albany, SUNY, 2008
Health disparities and health policy, inequality and social stratification, social demography, statistics and quantitative methods
 
Jennifer Karas Montez, Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies; University Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2011
Life course and aging, social demography, medical sociology
 
Glyn Morgan, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2001
Modern political theory, European Union and religion in public life
 
Anne E. Mosher, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1989
Historical geography of North America, urban and urban historical geography, research methods in historical geography, interdisciplinary theories of space and place
 
Tessa Murphy, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2016
Early American History
 
Robert Murrett, Professor of Practice, Public Administration & International Affairs
M.A., Georgetown University and M.A., Defense Intelligence College
Intelligence, national security, military strategy
 
Tina Nabatchi, Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration; Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2007
Deliberative democracy, alternative dispute resolution in the federal government
 
James Newman, Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1968
Population and settlement geography, diet and nutrition, human geography of Africa, prehistory
 
Terrell Northrup, Associate Teaching Professor Emerita, International Relations Program
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1987
Information technology policy, international relations, the politics of gender, race, and ethnic identity
 
Shannon A. Novak, Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Utah, 1999
Bioarchaeology, ethnohistory, gender, political violence, materiality of the body, North America
 
Inge O’Connor, Teaching Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1996
Public economics, labor economics
 
Karl Offen, Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1999
Historical geography, political ecology, Latin America and the Caribbean, Atlantic World, map studies
 
Sean O’Keefe, University Professor and Howard G. and S. Louise Phanstiel Chair in Strategic Management and Leadership, Public Administration & International Affairs
M.P.A., Syracuse University, 1978
Public management, national security policy and strategy, public finance and public budgeting, financial management, Technology development and innovation, management, executive leadership
 
Rosemary O’Leary, Professor Emerita, Public Administration & International Affairs
J.D. University of Kansas, 1981; Ph.D. Syracuse University, 1988 Public management, environmental policy, dispute resolution, law
 
William Oliver, Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2020
Families, work, militarization, gender
 
Tomas Olivier, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2017
Public policy process and design
 
Jan Ivar Ondrich, Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1983
Econometrics, labor economics, urban economics
 
Arnisson André Ortega, Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2012
Community geography, urbanization, migration, counter-mapping and GIS
 
Jackie Orr, Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1999
Cultural politics and performance; contemporary theory, science, technology and psychiatry; critical body studies; history and politics of psychopharmaceuticals
 
John L. Palmer, University Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs and Economics
Ph.D., Stanford University, 1970
Public management and public policy, social welfare policy
 
Arthur Paris, Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974
Urban Sociology; race/ethnic/minority relations; science and Technology
 
Kristen Patel, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs, Policy Studies
M.A., Duke University
Intelligence analysis, illicit finance
 
Thomas Pearson, Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Boston University, 2022
Labor economics, crime, immigration
 
Deborah Pellow, Professor Emerita, Anthropology
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974
Gender, ethnicity, urban society, anthropology of space and place, Africa
 
Tom Perreault, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence; Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 2000
Political ecology, resource governance, rural livelihoods and environment, international development, social movements, indigenous resource use, peoples’ political movements, Latin America
 
Guido Pezzarossi, Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2014
Archaeology of colonialism, historical archaeology, Guatemala, New England, postcolonial theory, materiality, foodways
 
David C. Popp, Caroline Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy; Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs,
Ph.D., Yale University, 1997
Environmental economics, economics of technological change, public finance
 
Sarah Pralle, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 2001
Public policy processes
 
James E. Price, Associate Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963
Macroeconomics, international trade
 
Gretchen Purser, Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 2009
Work and labor markets, urban poverty, punishment and ethnography
 
Kaitlyn Quinn, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ph. D. University of Toronto, 2021 
Crime, Criminal Justice, Criminology, Gender
 
Dennis Rasmussen, Hagerty Family Faculty Fellow, Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Duke University, 2005
Political theory, history of political thought
 
Jane M. Read, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment; Director, Environment, Sustainability and Policy Program 
Louisiana State University, 1999
Geographic information systems and remote sensing, human-environment interactions, tropical environments, Latin America
 
Grant Reeher, Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Yale University, 1992
American politics, American political theory, political philosophy
 
J. David Richardson, Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970
International economics, trade policy
 
Gretchen Ritter, Vice Chancellor, Provost, and Chief Academic Officer; Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Women’s constitutional rights, democracy and citizenship in American politics
 
David J. Robinson, Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., London University, 1967
Latin America, historical geography, Spanish colonialism, development
 
Jonnell A. Robinson, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 2010
Community geography, participatory geographic information systems (GIS)
 
Dennis Romano, Professor Emeritus, History
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981
Renaissance Italy, early modern social and cultural history, Venice

Stuart S. Rosenthal, Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1986
Urban economics, housing economics, real estate finance, public economics
 
Michah Rothbart, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., New York University, 2016
Non-profit and public financial management, public budgeting, education policy
 
Alexander Rothenberg, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Urban economics
 
Robert A. Rubinstein, Distinguished Professor, Anthropology and International Relations
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1977
Ms.PH, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1983
Global health, urban health, peace and conflict, negotiation, peacekeeping, the Middle East
 
Mark Rupert, Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1988
International relations
 
Tod Rutherford, Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Wales, 1992
Economic restructuring, labor and the automobile industry, labor market processes and policies, regional development
 
Chie Sakakibara, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2007
Indigenous geographies, environmental humanities, humanistic geography, Arctic studies
 
Shane Sanders, Professor, Sport Management and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Kansas State University, Manhattan, 2007
Public Choice, Econometrics, Sports Economics, Political Economy, Contest Theory/Applied Game Theory
 
S.N. Sangmpam, Professor, African American Studies and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1984
Comparative politics, Panafricanism, African American politics
 
Rebecca Schewe, Associate Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2011
Environmental and natural resource Sociology, food and agriculture, rural sociology
 
Mark G. Schmeller, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D, University of Chicago, 2001
18th and 19th century American intellectual, political and legal history
 
Sabina Schnell, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., The George Washington University, 2014
International management and governance, Eastern Europe
 
Larry Schroeder, Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Wisconsin University, 1971
Public sector economics, quantitative methods, financial management in local governments and developing countries

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Professor Emerita of Public Administration & International Affairs and Economics
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1989
Public economics, economics of education, urban economics

Maureen Trudelle Schwarz, Professor Emerita, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1995
Native North America, Navajo, Museum Studies, issues of representation, indigenous manipulation of stereotypes, notions of personhood, notions of whiteness, medical and religious pluralism, indigenous justice systems
 
Milton Sernett, Professor Emeritus, History and African American Studies
Ph.D., University of Delaware, 1972
African American religious history, slavery and abolition
 
Yüksel Sezgin, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2007
Comparative politics, law and courts, the middle east, religion, human rights
 
Martin S. Shanguhyia, Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., West Virginia University, 2007
Colonial and postcolonial Africa; African political, economic and cultural history; African environment and sustainability
 
Naomi Shanguhyia, Associate Teaching Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., West Virginia University
Contemporary food issues, global food politics
 
 
James Roger Sharp, Professor Emeritus, History
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1966
American political history, early national and middle period, 1789-1860
 
Ying Shi, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Duke University, 2017
Economics of education, educational inequality, quantitative methods
 
Takumi Shibaike, Assistant Professor, Political Science
PhD, University of Toronto, 2020
Global governance, environmental politics, non-governmental organizations
 
Abdulaziz Shifa, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Stockholm University, 2013
Macroeconomics, economic growth, development and political economy
 
Saba Siddiki, Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy; Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance; Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., University of Colorado Denver, 2011
Policy design, implementation, and compliance; collaborative governance; institutional analysis; sustainability technology and behavior;
environmental policy; food policy
 
Merril Silverstein, Marjorie Cantor Professor of Aging Studies, Professor and Chair, Sociology
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1990
Intergenerational relations, social support, caregiving policy, migration in later life, and international views on aging families
 
Perry Singleton, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2007
Public finance, health economics, labor economics, applied microeconomics
 
Theresa A. Singleton, Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Florida, 1980
Historical archaeology, African American history and culture, slavery in plantation America
 
Gregory Smith, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2020
International relations theory, security studies, U.S. foreign policy, political methodology
 
Stephan Stohler, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2014
Public law, political inquiry, comparative judicial power
 
Jeffrey Stonecash, Maxwell Professor Emeritus, Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1975
Political parties, intergovernmental relations, state politics
 
Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Professor, Information Studies and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2002
Digital politics, e-government, online deliberation, influence and leadership in social media, decision-making and behavior in games
 
Farhana Sultana, Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2007
Political ecology, environment and development, water governance, climate change, gender, South Asia
 
Emily Sydnor, Associate Professor, Communications and Political Science (by courtesy); Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2015
American politics, political communication, political psychology
 
Junko Takeda, Professor, History; Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement Program
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2006
Modern European history
 
Brian Taylor, Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs; Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
Comparative politics, Russian politics
 
Robert Terrell, Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., University of San Diego, 2018
Modern German history
 
Laurence Thomas, Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1976
Political theory, foundations of moral character
 
Margaret Susan Thompson, Associate Professor, History and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1979
Modern American history, government and politics, religion, women’s history
 
Emily Thorson, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2013
Information effects in politics, misinformation and misperceptions, experimental methodology, political knowledge, political psychology, media coverage of policy issues
 
Stuart Thorson, Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor Emeritus; International Relations and Political Science
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1972
International relations, political theory and methodology
 
Áron Dávid Tóbiás, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Yale University, 2016
Microeconomic theory, public finance, political economy
 
John Marshall Townsend, Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1972
Medical and psychological anthropology, theory and methodology, cross-cultural mental health, human sexuality, ethnic relations, symbolic interaction, United States, Germany

Jessie Trudeau, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2022
Comparative politics, Latin American politics, Brazilian politics, research methods 

Yulya Truskinovsky, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Duke University, 2022
Health economics, race and gender, long-term care and family caregiving

Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006
Social determinants of health, suicide prevention, mental health policy


David Van Slyke, Dean and Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy, Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., SUNY Albany, 1999
Public administration and organizations, public policy process, strategic management, philanthropy, and charitable giving
 
Susan S. Wadley, Professor Emerita, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1973
Social change, demography, religion, folklore, performance studies, gender issues, India
 
Haowei Wang, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Boston 2020
Social and global determinants of healthy aging
 
Yulong Wang, Associate Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Princeton University, 2017
Econometrics, Applied Econometrics
 
Michael Wasylenko, Maxwell Advisory Board Professor Emeritus, Economics
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1975
Public finance, public finance in developing countries, urban economics
 
Stephen S. Webb, Professor Emeritus, History
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1965
Early American and Anglo-American history, the Iroquois

Rick Welsh, Professor, Sociology
Ph. D. Cornell University, 1995
Rural Environment, food, Agriculture

John C. Western, Professor Emeritus, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978
Social, cultural, urban geography; Southern Africa, Europe

Steven M. White, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2014
American politics, American political development, race and politics

Emily Wiemers, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
Labor and Demographic Economics, Economics Aging, Household Behavior and Family Economics, Health Economics
 
Peter J. Wilcoxen, Laura J. and L. Douglas Professor of Teaching Excellence; Aiello Professor in Energy and Environmental Policy; Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs; Director, Policy Studies Program;
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1989
Environmental economics, natural resource economics
 
Michael J. Williams, Associate Professor, Public Administration & International Affairs and Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D. London School of Economics, 2006
International security, European Studies, foreign policy
 
Ryan O. Williams, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, College of Professional Studies; Associate Teaching Professor, Political Science (by courtesy)
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2013
International Relations, Comparative Politics, cosmopolitanism, comparative foreign policy, political leadership, political psychology
 
Janet Wilmoth, Professor, Sociology; Director, Aging Studies Institute
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1995
Sociology of aging and the life course, demography, health
 
Robert M. Wilson, Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2003
Environmental history, historical geography, animals and society, environmentalism
 
Jamie L. Winders, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor, Geography and the Environment
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2004
Urban, cultural and social geography, race/ethnicity, gender, international migration, North America, qualitative and historical research methods, new media, social reproduction, autonomous systems, AI
 
Lauren Woodard, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2019
Migration, processes of racialization, borders, settler colonialism, political anthropology, climate change, Russia and Kazakhstan

Chengzhi Yin, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Boston College, 2022
International relations theory, security studies, East Asian security, Chinese foreign policy, Cold War history, social statistics and research methods

John M. Yinger, Trustee Professor Emeritus, Public Administration & International Affairs and Economics
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1974
Urban economics, state and local government finance, housing, urban policy

Yael Zeira, Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D, New York University, 2012
Comparative Politics, International Relations, political conflict and violence, authoritarian regimes, Middle East politics, public opinion/political behavior
 
Baobao Zhang, Maxwell Dean Assistant Professor of the Politics of AI; Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D, Yale University, 2020
American politics, public opinion, autonomous systems, digital technology, political methodology
 
Maria Zhu, Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Duke University, 2019
Labor economics and economics of education
 
Austin Zwick, Assistant Teaching Professor, Policy Studies (by courtesy)
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2018
Regional planning, municipal public finance, quantitative methods, regional economic transformation brought about by technological change