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
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
Zhang Comments on the Impact of Immigration Issues on AI Researchers in Marketplace Article
September 27, 2023
Marketplace
American tech companies have been complaining for decades about the cap on the number of high-skilled visas. Some lawmakers have proposed creating an artificial intelligence (AI) visa specifically designed for AI talent.
The good news is that AI talent from around the world still wants to come to the U.S. more than anywhere else to work in Silicon Valley or attend Stanford or UC Berkeley, two leading AI research schools.
The bad news is that when Baobao Zhang, assistant professor of political science and senior research associate in the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute, surveyed AI researchers she found that “69% of those who currently live in the U.S. say that visa and immigration issues are a serious problem for them conducting AI research.”
Read more in the Marketplace article, “Immigration reform seen as key to U.S. AI leadership.”
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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
Zhang Comments on the Impact of Immigration Issues on AI Researchers in Marketplace Article
September 27, 2023
Marketplace
American tech companies have been complaining for decades about the cap on the number of high-skilled visas. Some lawmakers have proposed creating an artificial intelligence (AI) visa specifically designed for AI talent.
The good news is that AI talent from around the world still wants to come to the U.S. more than anywhere else to work in Silicon Valley or attend Stanford or UC Berkeley, two leading AI research schools.
The bad news is that when Baobao Zhang, assistant professor of political science and senior research associate in the Autonomous Systems Policy Institute, surveyed AI researchers she found that “69% of those who currently live in the U.S. say that visa and immigration issues are a serious problem for them conducting AI research.”
Read more in the Marketplace article, “Immigration reform seen as key to U.S. AI leadership.”
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