Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff

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William C. Horrace

Distinguished Professor and Director of Master's Studies, Economics Department

311 Maxwell | 315.443.9061 | whorrace@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics, firm-level production and efficiency analysis, peer effects and strategic interactions, crime and policing

(Pronouns: He, Him)

Yilin Hou

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9072 | yihou@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Countercyclical fiscal policy for state and local budget stabilization, fiscal and budgetary institutions

LeAnne Howard

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

maxwellindc@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Strategy, planning, defense, NATO

Ciara Hoyne

Regional Program Manager, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2935 | cchoyne@syr.edu

Azra Hromadžić

Professor and Undergraduate Director, Anthropology Department

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence

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

Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute

209C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5782 | ahromadz@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political anthropology; ethno-political violence and post-conflict reconciliation; socialism and post-socialism; gender; youth cultural practices; social policy and welfare; aging, care and responsibility; environmental politics and riverine worlds; the Balkans.

Bryce Hruska

Associate Professor, Public Health Department

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

435C White Hall | 315.443.5430 | bjhruska@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), occupational stress, community firearm violence.

Multiple regression; multi-level modeling (linear and generalized linear mixed models); mediation and moderation; intensive data collection designs; Stata, SPSS, R, Excel.

Matthew T. Huber

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

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

522 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | mthuber@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political economy, energy and capitalism, climate politics, resource geography

Zach Huitink

Associate Teaching Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Meredith Professor Faculty Fellow

529 Eggers Hall | zshuitin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Acquisition and government contracting, public-private partnerships, human capital management, policy implementation.

Ignatius N. Ijere

Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Director, Public Health Department

435B White Hall | 315.443.9393 | inijere@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Areas of specialization: Mental illness, Addiction, Assessment & Treatment of Co-Occurring Disorders, Global Mental Health, and Comprehensive Psychological

Vivian Ike

Assistant Teaching Professor, International Relations Undergraduate Program

102 Maxwell Hall | vike01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International Relations, Global Environmental Politics, and Global Health Politics

Ahlam Islam

Assistant Director, International Relations Undergraduate Program

102 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4669 | ajislam@syr.edu

Erica Ivins

Center Coordinator, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Center Coordinator, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | eivins@syr.edu

Jenn M. Jackson

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies

Affiliate, African American Studies

jjacks37@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Black politics, gender and sexuality, political behavior, public opinion, social movements, mixed methods

Hugo Jales

Associate Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | hbjales@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, econometrics

Denisa Jashari

Assistant Professor, History Department

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

538 Eggers Hall | djashari@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern Latin America, urban history, social history, Chile, social movements, the Cold War

(Pronouns: He, Him)

Lionel C. Johnson

Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

308 Eggers Hall | ljohns41@syr.edu

Jok Madut Jok

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department

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

206B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.6231 | jjok01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Violence and public health, women’s reproductive health, Pastoralism, seasonal migration and cattle raiding in East Africa, medical anthropology, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda

Seth Jolly

Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies

100D Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | skjolly@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

European politics, political parties, nationalism, European Union

Andrew Jonelis

Teaching Assistant Professor, Economics Department

319 Maxwell Hall | awjoneli@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics

Amy Aisen Kallander

Professor, History Department

Faculty Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

306 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5883 | akalland@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern Middle East and North Africa, Ottoman Empire, women and gender, Tunisia, French and French Empire, colonialism

George L. Kallander

Professor, History Department

Director, East Asia Program

313A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4832 | glkallan@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Korean and northeast Asian history and culture

Chihwa Kao

Professor Emeritus, Economics Department

dkao@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometrics of panel data, financial econometrics

Sebastian Karcher

Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

Director, Qualitative Data Repository

Research Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

346H Eggers Hall | 315.443.1634 | skarcher@syr.edu

Neil Katz

Associate Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

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

400D Eggers Hall | 315.443.3163 | neilkatz44@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise

Nonviolent conflict and change, conflict resolution

Thomas M. Keck

Professor, Political Science Department

Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

313 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5862 | tmkeck@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

U.S. Supreme Court, constitutional courts, freedom of expression, democratic erosion, Court reform

Jerry S. Kelly

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Economics Department

jskelly@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social choice, econometric theory

Kenneth G. Kelly

Research Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

kennethgkelly@gmail.com

Areas of Expertise

Historical archaeology, African diaspora, slavery and slave trade

Meghan Kelly

Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

mkelly51@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Cartography, feminist mapping, critical GIS, community geography, digital storytelling, feminist digital geographies

Martha Haddad Ketcham

Assistant Program Manager, Executive Education Department

Associate Coordinator, Humphrey Fellowship

219 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3759 | mhketcha@syr.edu

Osamah F. Khalil

Professor, History Department

Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

102 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.0464 | ofkhalil@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

U.S. foreign relations, modern Middle East, Cold War, Arab-Israeli conflict

Shafaat Yar Khan

Assistant Professor, Economics Department

542A Eggers | skhan78@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Quantitative analysis using frameworks of short- and long-run trade dynamics
Empirical estimation of trade effects with firm- and product-level census datasets