full-time faculty teaching and conducting research in political science
of Maxwell faculty conduct research focused outside of the U.S.
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Civic engagement is a core value for me. I have always aspired to help the communities I’m from.” Mazaher Kaila, a Maxwell alumna and third-year student at Syracuse University's College of Law, moved with her family from Sudan to Central New York when she was four years old. “I realized that to make meaningful change in society, I needed to understand the systems that power it—government and politics—and that’s insight I would gain by studying political science.”
Mazaher Kaila ’19, L’22
political science, law
Abdelaaty Receives ISA Ethnicity, Nationalism & Migration Studies Section’s Distinguished Book Award
March 17, 2023
"Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (Oxford University Press, 2021), written by Associate Professor of Political Science Lamis Abdelaaty, received the Distinguished Book Award from the International Studies Association (ISA) Ethnicity, Nationalism, & Migration Studies (ENMISA) section. The award was announced at ISA's 2023 annual conference.
The ENMISA Distinguished Book Award recognizes the best book published over the past two years in the study of the international politics of ethnicity, nationalism or migration. The award committee is particularly interested in books that engage multiple areas of analytical interest to ENMISA members.
In the book, Abdelaaty examines the factors that shape states’ responses to refugees. She asks important questions about why some states welcome refugees while others exclude them, and why some states cede control of the asylum process and refugee camps to the United Nations.
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BaoBao Zhang Joins First Cohort of AI2050 Early Career Fellows
One of only 15 scholars chosen from across the U.S., Zhang will receive up to $200,000 in research funding over the next two years. Zhang will use the funding to partner with the nonprofit, non-partisan Center for New Democratic Processes to test whether public participation in AI governance is increased through the creation of public assemblies, known as “deliberative democracy workshops.”
Baobao Zhang
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Abdelaaty Receives ISA Ethnicity, Nationalism & Migration Studies Section’s Distinguished Book Award
March 17, 2023
"Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (Oxford University Press, 2021), written by Associate Professor of Political Science Lamis Abdelaaty, received the Distinguished Book Award from the International Studies Association (ISA) Ethnicity, Nationalism, & Migration Studies (ENMISA) section. The award was announced at ISA's 2023 annual conference.
The ENMISA Distinguished Book Award recognizes the best book published over the past two years in the study of the international politics of ethnicity, nationalism or migration. The award committee is particularly interested in books that engage multiple areas of analytical interest to ENMISA members.
In the book, Abdelaaty examines the factors that shape states’ responses to refugees. She asks important questions about why some states welcome refugees while others exclude them, and why some states cede control of the asylum process and refugee camps to the United Nations.
Related News
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Jul 30, 2024
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Research
Jul 15, 2024