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Public Diplomacy Faculty Directory

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Name

Title and Affiliation

 Interests E-mail
FACULTY WITH IR APPOINTMENTS
Bennett, James
[bio/website] 		Associate Professor, Political Science and International Relations. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978. International relations methodology, arms-control negotiation. jbennett@syr.edu
Bonham, G. Matthew
 [bio/web-site]
Professor, Political Science, and Chair, International Relations Program. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.		 Foreign policy decision-making, international negotiation, discourse analysis, methodology. gmbonham@maxwell.syr.edu
Brown, Stuart
 [bio/web-site]		 Professor,  International Relations.
International economics and finance, macroeconomics and the political economy of transitional countries.		 ssbrown@maxwell.syr.edu
Cooke, Goodwin
[bio/web-site]		 Emeritus Professor of Practice, International Relations. B.A., Harvard, 1953.
Former Ambassador, U.S. Foreign Service Officer, Asian, European, African, and Canadian experience.		 gcooke@maxwell.syr.edu
D'Amico, Francine J.
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, International Relations. Director of Undergraduate Studies, International Relations Program. PhD, Cornell, 1989.
International relations, international law and organizations, comparative Government, Latin American politics, US security policy.		 fjdamico@maxwell.syr.edu
Hermann, Margaret
 [bio/web-site]
Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., in Psychology, Northwestern, 1965.		 Political leadership and its impact on foreign policy; political psychology. mgherman@maxwell.syr.edu
Mathiason, John
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, International Relations. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968.
Management of international organizations, evaluation of international programs and projects.		 JRMathia@maxwell.syr.edu
Northrup, Terrell
[bio/web-site]
Adjunct Assistant Professor, International Relations. Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1987.		 Conflict resolution, ethnic conflict, women and politics. northrup@maxwell.syr.edu
Richardson, J. David
[bio/web-site]
Professor, Economics and International Relations, Gerald and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1970.		 International economics, trade policy. jdrichar@maxwell.syr.edu
Rubinstein, Robert
[bio/web-site]
Professor, Anthropology and International Relations, and Director, Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts. Ph.D., SUNY, 1977.		 The Middle East, conflict resolution, international peacekeeping, security and ethnic conflict. rar@syr.edu
Schneider, Michael
Professor, and Director, International Relations Programs in Washington. Ph.D., the American University, 1978.		 International Studies, environmental studies, East-West relations, diplomacy. mischnei@maxwell.syr.edu
Thorson, Stuart J.
[bio/web-site]
Professor Political Science and Professor of International Relations. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1972.		 Foreign policy, political theory, methodology. thorson@syr.edu
ADJUNCT IR FACULTY
Fekete, Paul
International Trade Attorney, Professor, University of Maryland,  MA, Johns Hopkins SAIS.		 Commercial and legal issues in emerging markets.  
Fidas, George
Faculty, Joint Military Intelligence College, career CIA,  MA, University of Rhode Island.		 Balkan politics, health and environmental security, and international migration.  
Gambari, Ibrahim
[bio/web-site]		 Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs at the United Nations. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1974 International  relations, United Nations and conflict resolution.  
Honig, Jan Willem
 Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, Kings College of London. Ph.D., University of Amsterdam, 1989. Relationship between politics and war, Clausewitz and his influence, European security and foreign policy-making.  jan.honig@kcl.ac.uk
Jones, Jeffrey
Senior Director, Strategic Communications, National Security Council, career military affairs officier, MA, Johns Hopkins SAIS.		 Terrorism, national security, strategic communications.  
Leader, Joyce
Former ambassador, career diplomat. MS, Columbia University, MA, University of Chicago.		 African, refugee, and humanitarian affairs. leaderje@yahoo.com
Martin, G. Eugene
 
US Institute of Peace, career diplomat. MA, Syracuse University.		 Southeast Asia, China, Northeast Asia, and South Asia.   
Murray, John
Adjunct Professor of Practice, International Relations, and Associate Director for Applied Conflict Resolution. J.D., University of Iowa College of Law, 1968.		 Dispute resolution, Middle East conflict. jsmurr02@maxwell.syr.edu
Rieffel, Lex
Brookings Institution, formerly US Treasury and Institute of International Finance.		 Global finance, emerging markets.  
Tidwell, Alan
 		 Formerly with US Institute of Peace, career diplomat. PhD, University of Kent.
Conflict resolution, negotiation, management, and international relations.
 		  

AFFILIATED IR FACULTY
Afridi, Farzana
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Economics.
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2006.		 Economic development, public finance, demography. fafridi@maxwell.syr.edu
Armstrong, Douglas V.
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1983
Archeology of North America, historical archaeology, ethnohistory, Caribbean.		 darmstrong@maxwell.syr.edu
Arzt, Donna
[bio/web-site]
 Professor, Law. LL.M., Columbia University, 1988 Public international law, international human rights, comparative law. dearzt@law.syr.edu
Banks, William C.
[bio/web-site]  		 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.		 wcbanks@law.syr.edu
Barkun, Michael
[bio/web-site]
Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Northwestern, 1965
Millenarian and utopian movements, jurisprudence, international law.		 mbarkun@maxwell.syr.edu
Basu, Subho
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, History.
Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1994.		 Modern South Asian history, labor history, history of contemporary social movements, nationalism and post colonial politics. subasu@maxwell.syr
Bennett, David
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, History. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1963.
Political extremism in America, 20th-century American history, modern military history		 dhbennet@maxwell.syr.edu
Bertini, Catherine Ann                             [bio/web-site] Professor of Practice, Public Administration.
B.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1971.		 International organizations, United Nations, humanitarian relief, economic and social development, education of girls, hunger and food policy. cbertini@maxwell.syr.edu
Bhatia, Tej
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures. Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1978. Formal and socio-linguistics, language and social cognition, South Asian languages and linguistics, discourse analysis. tkbhatia@syr.edu
Boroujerdi, Mehrzad
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., American University, 1990.		 The Middle East, comparative politics, international relations. mboroujerdi@maxwell.syr.edu
Brechin, Steve [bio/web-site] Professor, Sociology, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1989
Environmental/ natural resource/ organizational sociology: cross-national comparisons and transnational processes and realities, environment and development; developing nations, public opinion, public policy, survey research methods		 sbrechin@maxwell.syr.edu
Buechler, Hans
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, Anthropology. PhD., Columbia, 1966.
Latin America, particularly the Andes, and Europe. Individual and local variations in social behavior to wider regional, national and international phenomena.		 hcbuechl@maxwell.syr.edu
Burdick, John
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., City University of New York, 1990.		 Religious movements, politics, gender, medical, African Americans, Brazil, Latin America. jsburdic@maxwell.syr.edu
Campbell, Horace
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, African American Studies. Ph.D., Sussex University, 1979.
Comparative politics, African international relations, popular struggles for democracy, world economy since World War II.		 hgcampbe@syr.edu
Castro, Peter
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1988.		 Applied anthropology, economic development, ecology, forestry, refugees, East Africa. ahcastro@maxwell.syr.edu
Cleary, Matthew R.   
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Political Science.
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004.		 Latin American politics, comparative political economy, democratization. macleary@maxwell.syr.edu
Dayton, Bruce
[bio/web-site]
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Political Science and Assistant Director of the Global Affairs Institute.		 Science and policy; perceptual frames, global climate politics, bureaucracy and politics. bwdayton@maxwell.syr.edu
de Nevers, Renee
[bio/web-site]
Assistant Professor, Public Administration. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1992.		 International security, international organizations and regimes.

rdenever@maxwell.syr.edu
DeVault, Marjorie L.
 [bio/web-site]		 Professor, Sociology.
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1984.		 Gender studies, qualitative methodology, feminist studies, social interaction. mdevault@maxwell.syr.edu
Duffy, Gavan
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987.		 Political conflict, political methodology, political behavior and communication. gduffy@maxwell.syr.edu
Ebner, Michael R. 
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, History.
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2004.

History of modern Europe, Italy, Fascism, and political violence.

 mebner@maxwell.syr.edu
Edwards, Pamela
[bio/web-site]
Assistant Professor, History. Ph.D., University College, London, 1995.		 Modern Britain, History of Political Thought. pjedward@maxwell.syr.edu
Elouafi, Amy A. Assistant Professor, History.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2007.		 Modern Middle East.  
Freedman, Michael
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1967.
Poverty and human services, economics, kinship, applied health care, child abuse, and land tenure.		 mfreedma@maxwell.syr.edu
Grady-Willis, Winston
 
Assistant Professor, African American Studies and History. Ph.D., Emory University, 1998.		 Post-Civil War African American history, South African history. wgradywi@syr.edu
Grodzins Gold, Ann
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1984.

 

Teaching and research on popular religious practice in modern India, gender and religion, religions and the natural environment.

 aggold@syr.edu
Hanson, Jonathan K. Assistant Professor, Political Science.
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007.		 Comparative politics.  
Hyndman, Jennifer
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, Geography.
Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 1996.		 Humanitarian response, forced migration, refugee settlement. jhyndman@maxwell.syr.edu
Kallander, George
 [bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, History.
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006.		 Korean and northeast Asian history and culture. glkallan@maxwell.syr.edu
Katz, Neil
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Affairs.
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1974.

Nonviolent conflict and change, conflict resolution.

 neilkatz44@gmail.com
Kelleher Jr., William F.            
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor, Anthropology.
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1990.		 Social and cultural theory, colonialism, work and class, ethnicity, social transformation, political violence, Europe, Northern Ireland, Cuba. wfkelleh@maxwell.syr.edu
Klotz, Audie
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Political Science. Ph.D. Cornell University, 1991.		 International Relations, transnational actors and activism. aklotz@maxwell.syr.edu
Koveos, Peter
 Professor, Finance. Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.  School of Management and Director, Kiebach Center for International Business Studies.
International business. International financial market behavior, economic systems in transition, theory and practice of financial system reform. Asia in general, and China and Shanghai in particular.		 peter@som.syr.edu
Kriesberg, Louis Professor Emeritus, Sociology,
Maxwell Professor, Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies.
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1953.		 Social conflicts, conflict resolution, interstate and intercommunal conflicts, constructive struggles.   
Kurien, Prema A.
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor, Sociology.
Ph.D., Brown University, 1993.		 Immigrants and immigration, religion, ethnicity, immigrant politics, India. pkurien@maxwell.syr.edu
Kutcher, Norman
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor and Chair, History. Ph.D., Yale University, 1991; J.D., Boston College, 1985.		 Cultural, social, and intellectual history of China. nakutche@syr.edu
Lovely, Mary
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Economics. Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1989.		 International trade, public finance. melovely@maxwell.syr.edu
Lutz, Amy
 [bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Sociology.
Ph.D., University of Albany, State University of New York, 2002.		 Race and ethnicity, immigration, bilingualism, educational inequality, Latin American studies. aclutz@maxwell.syr.edu
McPeak, John
[bio/web-site]
Assistant Professor, Public Administration. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1999.		 Development economics, natural resource economics, African agricultural development. jomcpeak@maxwell.syr.edu
Mercer, John
[bio/web-site]		 Professor and Chair, Geography. Ph.D., McMaster, 1971.
Urban and political geography, housing, Canada/U.S. relations, comparative studies.		 jmercer@maxwell.syr.edu
Merchant, Christine Professor of Practice, Public Administration.
M.S., American University, 1990.		 Human resource management and organization development.  
Mitra, Devashish
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Economics. Ph.D., Columbia University, 1996.		 International Trade, Political Economy and Development Economics. dmitra@maxwell.syr.edu
Mountz, Allison
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Geography. Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2003.
Social geographies of transnational migration; cultural geographies of power, the nation-state, and the border; feminist and urban geography; research methodologies.		 amountz@maxwell.syr.edu
Pellow, Deborah
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1974.		 Women, urbanization, ethnicity, cultural aspects of space and design, Africa, China. dpellow@maxwell.syr.edu
Perreault, Thomas
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Geography. Ph. D. University of Colorado, 2000.
Political ecology, rural development, indigenous peoples' social movements, environmental conservation and resource management, and Latin America.		 taperrea@maxwell.syr.edu
Roberts, Alasdair
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Public Administration, Director, Campbell Institute. Ph.D., Harvard University, 1994.		 Comparative administrative reform, public management. asrobert@maxwell.syr.edu
Robinson, David J.
[bio/web-site]
DellPlain Professor, Latin American Geography. Ph.D., London University, 1967.		 Historical, Latin American colonial population, Peruvian development, Latin America. drobins@maxwell.syr.edu
Romano, Dennis
[bio/web-site]
Professor, History; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1981.		 Renaissance Italy, early modern social history, Venice. dromano@maxwell.syr.edu
Rosemblatt, Karin 
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, History. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995.		 Latin American history. karosemb@maxwell.syr.edu
Rupert, Mark
[bio/web-site]
Associate Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1987.		 International political economy, politics of production.

merupert@maxwell.syr.edu
Rutherford, Tod
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor, Geography. Ph.D., University of Wales, 1992.
Economic restructuring, industrial reorganization related to regional change, labor market policy, North America and the U.K.		 trutherf@maxwell.syr.edu
Sangmpam, S.N.
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor, Political Science and African American Studies.
Ph.D., University of Chicago.		 Theoretic comparative politics, empirically oriented social/political theory, Third World politics and political economy, African politics, international politics, and African American politics. SnSangm@syr.edu
Schmitz, Hans Peter
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., European University Institute, 1999.
International norms and their transnational promotion by international governmental and non-governmental organizations; democratic transitions from authoritarian rule in the (East) African context.		 hpschmit@maxwell.syr.edu
Schroeder, Larry
[bio/web-site]		 Professor, Public Administration. Ph.D., Wisconsin University.
Public sector economics; quantitative methods; financial management in local governments and developing countries.		 ldshroe@maxwell.syr.edu
Shiffman, Jeremy
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor, Public Administration. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1998.
Development administration; international public health policy; political development; Chinese and Southeast Asian politics.		 jrshiffm@maxwell.syr.edu
Stinchcombe, William
[bio/web-site]
Professor, History. Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1967.		 U.S. diplomatic history, revolutionary war. wcstinch@maxwell.syr.edu
Taylor, Brian, D.
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Political Science.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998.		 Comparative politics, Russian politics. bdtaylor@maxwell.syr.edu
Wadley, Susan
[bio/web-site]
Professor, Anthropology. Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1973.		 Social change, demography, religions, folklores, gender issues, India. sswadley@maxwell.syr.edu
Wallerstein, Mitchel B.
[bio/web-site]

 

Dean of the Maxwell school. Ph.D. (1978) and M.S. (1977) in political science, M.I.T.

    
Wang, Hongying
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor, Political Science. Ph.D., Princeton University, 1996.
International political economy in the Pacific Rim; political economy theory; East Asian politics and political economy; culture and institutions in world politics.		 Hwang04@maxwell.syr.edu
Wasylenko, Michael J.
[bio/web-site]
Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Professor of Economics.  Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1975.		 Fields of Specialization: Public Finance, Urban Economics Research Interests: Taxation, Business Location Decisions. mwasylenko@maxwell.syr.edu
Western, John
[bio/web-site]
Professor, Geography. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1978.
 Social, cultural, comparative urbanization; Southern Africa. jcwester@maxwell.syr.edu
NEWHOUSE PUBLIC RELATIONS FACULTY
Russell, Maria
[bio/web-site]
Professor and Chair, Public Relations Department and Director of New Initiatives in Public Relations Education.		 Crisis Communications, Media Relations and Public Relations Management. mprussel@syr.edu
Alessandri, Sue Westcott [bio/web-site] Assistant Professor. Ph.D, UNC at Chapel Hill.
Advertising, Corporate Branding, Trademark Issues in Marketing, University Branding.		 swalessa@syr.edu
Kinsey, Dennis [bio/web-site] Associate Professor and Director of the Public Diplomacy program. Ph.D., Stanford University, 1994.
Political Communication, Public Relations Research Methods, Q Methodology, Research Methods, Theories of Communication.		 dfkinsey@syr.edu
Kucharavy, Bob
[bio/web-site]		 Professor of Practice in the field of Public Relations.
Public Relations Management, Agency and Client Relationships, Media Relations, Corporate Communications. 		rmkuchar@syr.edu
Lee, Kathryn
[bio/web-site]
Assistant Professor and Editor of Newhouse Network. B.A., Stetson University.		 Media Relations, Speech Writing. kelee@syr.edu
Wrigley, Brenda
[bio/web-site]		 Associate Professor. Ph.D., Syracuse University.
Activism, Communication Theories of Public Relations, Ethics, Gay and lesbian Media Coverage/Worklife Issues, Gender Relations and Public Affairs, Internal Communications/PR, Issues Management, Media Relations. 		brwrigle@syr.edu
Yang, Sung-Un
[bio/web-site]		 Assistant Professor. Ph.D., University of Maryland.
Blogs and Organizational Trust, Corporate Communications, Public Relations Management, Public Relations Research methods, Reputation Management.		 suyang@syr.edu

 

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