full-time faculty teaching and conducting research in political science
of Maxwell faculty conduct research focused outside of the U.S.
graduate students in residence; fewer than 12 admitted each year
Undergraduate Studies
Graduate Studies
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I am Maxwell.
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
McDowell Quoted in Business Insider Article on Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina
April 11, 2024
Business Insider
Russia's economy was supposed to implode and collapse after the West slapped it with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. But Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina played a key role in stabilizing their sanctions-hit economy.
"Nabiullina has been very effective at stabilizing the Russian economy, despite the enormous economic pressure from sanctions," says Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science.
"While the standard of living in Russia has declined under sanctions, conditions would likely be much worse were it not for her shrewd decisions," McDowell adds. "I think it is fair to say that she is writing the playbook for how to respond to external sanctions pressure."
Read more in the Business Insider article, "Meet the woman who engineered Russia's wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin."
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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.”
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McDowell Quoted in Business Insider Article on Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina
April 11, 2024
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Russia's economy was supposed to implode and collapse after the West slapped it with sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. But Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina played a key role in stabilizing their sanctions-hit economy.
"Nabiullina has been very effective at stabilizing the Russian economy, despite the enormous economic pressure from sanctions," says Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science.
"While the standard of living in Russia has declined under sanctions, conditions would likely be much worse were it not for her shrewd decisions," McDowell adds. "I think it is fair to say that she is writing the playbook for how to respond to external sanctions pressure."
Read more in the Business Insider article, "Meet the woman who engineered Russia's wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin."
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