Maxwell Faculty
The 154 members of the Maxwell faculty are distinguished not only for their research and publications, but also for their excellence in teaching. The roster includes seven Guggenheim Fellows, five American Council of Learned Societies Fellows, 15 Fulbright Research Fellows, 11 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, one MacArthur Fellow, and one World Food Prize Laureate. (Available online: an exhaustive list of faculty honors, awards, and titles.)
In a typical year, Maxwell faculty members publish dozens of books and monographs and hundreds of book chapters and journal articles. Their work provides up-to-date material for the classroom. A steady stream of grants from private foundations and public sources flows to Maxwell faculty members and research centers. Graduate students become deeply involved in such scholarship, initially as apprentices and ultimately as partners.
Teaching at the Maxwell School is highly regarded. Faculty members work closely with students as mentors and as advisors. During the past two decades, 37 Maxwell faculty members have been honored with Syracuse University’s highest award for teaching and scholarship, the Chancellor’s Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement. Syracuse University also recognizes teaching excellence in the annual naming of two Meredith Professors; in only the past few years, eight Maxwell teachers have received this honor.
Many professors have practical experience in the world of public and international affairs. Their teaching effectively combines theory with practice and brings fresh insight into current issues in public policy and public life. With their extensive networks, faculty members play a strong and influential role in placement and career counseling.
Faculty Listing, A-F
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Farzana Afridi
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2006
Economic development, public finance, demography
Kristi Andersen
Professor, Political Science
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1976
American politics, political parties, public opinion, women and politics, immigration
Douglas V. Armstrong
Professor, Anthropology
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983
Archaeology of North America, historical archaeology, ethnohistory, Caribbean, North America
Elizabeth Ashby
Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2006
Public finance, labor economics, poverty, demography, regional economics
Shena R. Ashley
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D., Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007
Nonprofit organizations, evaluation
Badi Baltagi
Distinguished Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1979
Econometrics
William C. Banks
Professor, Public Administration and Law
Director, Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
J.D., University of Denver, 1974
Comparative legal systems, domestic and international terrorism, emergency powers, covert war powers, problems of official corruption, civil/military relations, appropriations powers
Michael Barkun
Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1965
Millenarian and utopian movements, radical right, terrorism
Hossein Bashiriyeh
Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Liverpool (England), 1982
20th Century Political Thought; Democratic Transitions; Thomas Hobbes
Subho Basu
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1994
Modern South Asian history, labor history, history of contemporary social movements, nationalism and post colonial politics
Jacob Bendix
Associate Professor, Geography
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1992
Biogeography, fluvial geomorphology, human impacts on environmental systems, media coverage of the environment
David H. Bennett
Professor, History
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1963
Political extremism in America, 20th-century American history, modern military history
James P. Bennett
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1963
Political extremism in America, 20th-century American history, modern military history
Catherine Bertini
Professor of Practice, Public Administration
B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1971
International organizations, United Nations, humanitarian relief, agricultural development, education of girls, hunger and food policy
Robert Bifulco
Associate Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2001
Public finance, budgeting and financial management
Guthrie S. Birkhead
Professor Emeritus, Political Science and Public Administration
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1951
Metropolitan studies, comparative administration, ethics, intergovernmental relations
G. Matthew Bonham
Professor, International Relations and Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967
International relations, foreign policy decision-making, international political communications, linguistic analysis
Susan R. Borker
Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1971
Quantitative methods, sex and gender, work and labor force issues, health care
Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Associate Professor, Political Science
Director, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Co-director, Religion, Media, and International Relations Project
Ph.D., American University, 1990
Middle East, comparative politics, international relations
Richard G. Braungart
Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Political Science and International Relations
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1969
Political sociology, life course and generational politics, political psychology
Steve Brechin
Professor, Sociology
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989
Organizational, political, and environmental sociology
Stuart Bretschneider
Professor and Chair, Public Administration
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1981
Quantitative methods, computers, information management
Walter Broadnax
Distinguished Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 1975
Public policy and management
Stuart Brown
Professor, Economics and International Relations
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1985
International economics, macroeconomics, emerging markets, political economy
Hans C. Buechler
Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1966
Culture change, migration, urban problems, political anthropology, Andes, Latin America, Spain, Switzerland
John Burdick
Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., City University of New York, 1990
Religious movements, politics, gender, medical, African Americans, Brazil, Latin America
Leonard E. Burman
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Professor of Public Affairs
Professor of Practice, Public Administration and Economics
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1985
Federal tax policy, health care, budget reform
Keith J. Bybee
Associate Professor, Law and Political Science
Director, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1995
Public law, American politics, the politics of race, legal theory, and political philosophy
Horace G. 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, Sociology
Associate Professor, African American Studies
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1989
Race, class, and gender studies; comparative sociology; international development, post-colonial discourse; third world feminism
A.H. Peter Castro
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988
Applied anthropology, rural development policy and planning, environmental conflict management, forestry, food security, refugees, East Africa
Craige B. Champion
Associate Professor and Chair, 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
Matthew R. Cleary
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004
Latin American politics, comparative political economy, democratization
Andrew Wender Cohen
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1999
Legal history, American labor history, 20th century American history
Elizabeth F. Cohen
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Yale University, 2003
Contemporary and modern political theory, history of political thought, immigration and citizenship
Goodwin Cooke
Professor of Practice Emeritus, International Relations
B.A., Harvard University, 1953
Former U.S. Foreign Service Officer, experience in Asia, Europe, Canada, and Africa; ambassador to Central African Republic
William D. Coplin
Professor and Director, Public Affairs
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., American University, 1964
Public policy analysis, international relations
Francine D’Amico
Associate Professor, International Relations
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1989
International relations
Bruce Winfield Dayton
Part-time Assistant Professor, Political Science
Associate Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1999
Environmental politics, peace and conflict studies, transnational politics
Renee de Nevers
Assistant Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992
International security, international organizations and regimes
Christopher DeCorse
Professor and Chair, Anthropology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
General anthropology, historical archaeology, culture contact, Africa, African diaspora
Thomas H. Dennison
Professor of Practice, Public Administration
Director, Program in Health Services Management and Policy
Associate Director, CNY MPH
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1987
Health care management, health care finance, home and community based care, non-profit governance
Marjorie DeVault
Professor, Undergraduate Director, Sociology
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1984
Gender studies, qualitative methodology, feminist studies, social interaction
Albrecht Diem
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D. University of Utrecht, 2000
Medieval history
Gavan Duffy
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
Political inquiry, international relations, American politics
William D. Duncombe
Professor, Public Administration
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1989
Public budgeting and finance, quantitative methods, education costs and finance, elderly migration
Don Dutkowsky
Professor, Economics
Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, 1982
Macroeconomic and monetary theory and policy, theoretical and applied econometrics
Michael R. Ebner
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004
History of modern Europe, Italy, Fascism, and political violence
Colin Elman
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1999
International relations, national security, qualitative methods
Miriam F. Elman
Associate Professor Political Science
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1996
International relations, national security, Middle East
Amy Aisen Elouafi
Assistant Professor, History
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 2007
Modern 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 Estevez-Abe
Associate Professor, Political Science
Ph.D. Harvard, 1999
Political economy, Japan, gender
Jerry Evensky
Professor, Economics
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1984
Adam Smith's moral philosophy, ethics and liberal society, economic education
Carol Faulkner
Associate Professor, History
Ph.D. Binghamton University, 1998
19th Century American History, slavery
Deborah A. Freund
Distinguished Professor, Public Administration and Economics
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1980
Economics of health, health policy, health care financing
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