Dean's Office Leadership
For a list of administrative units and contact information for their assistant deans, directors and staff, please use the drop-down menus in the school’s faculty and staff directory.
![David M. Van Slyke](/images/default-source/people-listings/david-m--van-slyke.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=192b7dca_6)
David M. Van Slyke
Dean, Maxwell School
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business-Government Policy
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise
![Carol Faulkner](/images/default-source/people-listings/carol-faulkner.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f58e35e0_7)
Carol Faulkner
Professor, History Department
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Maxwell School
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Areas of Expertise
![Shana Kushner Gadarian](/images/default-source/people-listings/shana-kushner-gadarian.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=ad1c44bc_6)
Shana Kushner Gadarian
Professor, Political Science Department
Associate Dean for Research, Maxwell School
Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
![Gladys McCormick](/images/default-source/people-listings/gladys-mccormick.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=90aef521_6)
Gladys McCormick
Associate Professor, History Department
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Areas of Expertise
Academic Department Leadership
![Susan Branson](/images/default-source/people-listings/susan-branson.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a9c02102_6)
Areas of Expertise
![Chris DeCourse Headshot](/images/default-source/people-listings/decourse-chris.tmb-people325.png?Culture=en&sfvrsn=65d47165_2)
Christopher DeCorse
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union
Areas of Expertise
![Peng Gao](/images/default-source/people-listings/peng-gao.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=3b21f2e8_7)
Peng Gao
Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment Department
Areas of Expertise
![Seth Jolly](/images/default-source/people-listings/seth-jolly.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=32580a9a_6)
Seth Jolly
Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for European Studies
Areas of Expertise
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Osamah F. Khalil
Professor, History Department
Chair, International Relations Undergraduate Program
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Areas of Expertise
![Andrew S. London](/images/default-source/people-listings/andrew-s--london.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=bf75f36d_7)
Andrew S. London
Professor, Sociology Department
Associate Dean for Washington Programs, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise
![Leonard Lopoo headshot](/images/default-source/people-listings/leonard-lopoo-headshot-2023-resized.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f6e16bc4_1)
Leonard M. Lopoo
Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics
Director, Maxwell X Lab
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Areas of Expertise
![Amy Lutz](/images/default-source/people-listings/amy-lutz.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f28c71cf_8)
Amy Lutz
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
![Devashish Mitra](/images/default-source/people-listings/devashish-mitra.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=69ca2f7b_7)
Devashish Mitra
Professor and Chair, Economics Department
Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
![merril-silverstein](/images/default-source/people-listings/merril-silversteinbee9cd50341344bb8921f2dc5555858c.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=38a9fe9e_2)
Merril Silverstein
Professor and Chair, Sociology Department
Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College
Marjorie Cantor Endowed Professor in Aging
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise
![Junko Takeda](/images/default-source/people-listings/junko-takeda.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=f0705c89_7)
Junko Takeda
Professor, History Department
Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
Daicoff Faculty Scholar
Areas of Expertise
Research Centers and Institutes Leadership
![Keith J. Bybee](/images/default-source/people-listings/keith-j--bybee.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=6bf66b36_5)
Keith J. Bybee
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics and the Media
Vice Dean (College of Law)
Paul E. and Hon. Joanne F. Alper ’72 Judiciary Studies Professor (College of Law)
Areas of Expertise
![Hamid Ekbia](/images/default-source/people-listings/hamid-ekbia-600px.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d10333bb_1)
Hamid Ekbia
University Professor, Maxwell School
Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise
![Christopher Faricy](/images/default-source/people-listings/christopher-faricy.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d13fd524_6)
Christopher Faricy
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Hicker Family Professor of Renewing Democratic Community
Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Areas of Expertise
![Andrea Feldpausch Parker](/images/default-source/people-listings/andrea-feldpausch-parker-300px.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a8358e18_1)
Andrea Feldpausch-Parker
Research Co-Director, Environmental Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, SUNY ESF
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2010
![Selina Gallo-Cruz](/images/default-source/people-listings/selina-gallo-cruz-560px.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=ddf6d477_1)
Selina Gallo-Cruz
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies
![Catherine M. Gerard](/images/default-source/people-listings/catherine-m--gerard.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=807530f7_7)
Catherine M. Gerard
Professor of Practice, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Research Director, Collaborative Governance
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise
![Ryan Griffiths 560px](/images/default-source/people-listings/ryan-griffiths-560px.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=954e2c7f_1)
Ryan Griffiths
Professor, Political Science Department
Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise
![Sebastian Karcher](/images/default-source/people-listings/sebastian-karcher.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=185aa8ba_6)
Sebastian Karcher
Director, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Director, Qualitative Data Repository
Research Associate Professor, Political Science Department
![Shannon Monnat](/images/default-source/people-listings/shannon-monnat.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=16e12744_3)
Shannon Monnat
Professor, Sociology Department
Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Co-Director, Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Areas of Expertise
![Jennifer Karas Montez](/images/default-source/people-listings/jennifer-karas-montez.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=85869a0b_7)
Jennifer Karas Montez
University Professor, Sociology Department
Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar in Aging Studies
Director, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Co-Director of the Policy, Place, and Population Health Lab
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
![Tina Nabatchi](/images/default-source/people-listings/tina-nabatchi.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=cbb0c240_7)
Tina Nabatchi
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration
Director and Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Areas of Expertise
Areas of Expertise
![Farhana Sultana](/images/default-source/people-listings/farhana-sultana.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=67dd3bc2_7)
Farhana Sultana
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Research Co-Director, Environmental Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
Areas of Expertise
![Brian Taylor](/images/default-source/people-listings/brian-taylor.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=2222ec96_7)
Brian Taylor
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Areas of Expertise
![Michael John Williams](/images/default-source/people-listings/michael-john-williams.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=4ee9fcf3_1)
Michael J. Williams
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Director, International Relations, M.A.
Director, Executive Master of Arts in International Relations
Director, International Affairs Seminar Series, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
![Janet M. Wilmoth](/images/default-source/people-listings/janet-m--wilmoth.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=8083443d_5)
Janet M. Wilmoth
Professor, Sociology Department
Director, Aging Studies Institute
Dissemination Core Lead, Center for Aging and Policy Studies
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Areas of Expertise
![Yael Zeira](/images/default-source/people-listings/yael-zeira.tmb-people325.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=e33fb8ce_6)
Yael Zeira
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Research Co-Director, International and Intra-State Conflict
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration