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Jennifer Flad

Assistant Teaching Professor, Sociology Department

412 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.7668 | jrflad@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Health and illness, gender and sexuality, sustainability, disability studies, food and food politics

Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

Professor, Economics Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9045 | afloresl@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics; applied and theoretical econometrics; bi-directional effects of education and health; mental health; obesity; polygenic risk scores; food insecurity; public programs and health

Eden Forsythe

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

enforsyt@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Human rights, supply chain, clean energy transition, trade, labor rights

Philip French

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Chair of International Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS), U.S. Department of State

Part-time Coordinator, Department of State’s Political Military Action Team

703.343.0904 | pcfrench@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

U.S. foreign policy, international relations, Latin America

Andrew Friedman

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

afried12@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Human rights, transitional justice, international development, governance, constitutional and legal reform, rule of law, Africa

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

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3718 | sgadaria@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

American politics, political psychology, political communication, public opinion, experimental methods

Selina Gallo-Cruz

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism

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

400G Eggers Hall | 315.443.3079 | srgalloc@syr.edu

Peng Gao

Professor and Chair, Geography and the Environment Department

144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2607 | pegao@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

River environment and morphodynamics, Geospatial-based (GIS, remote sensing, and UAV) urban planning and reforming

Marc A. Garcia

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

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

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

302 Maxwell Hall | mgarci49@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, aging and the life course, racial/ethnic disparities, minority and immigrant health

Catherine M. Gerard

Professor of Practice Emerita, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Research Director, Collaborative Governance

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

400 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2756 | cgerard@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Leadership, organizational development, total quality management.

Travis Glazier

Adjunct Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

315.558.3271 | trglazie@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Energy policy, local government administration and stakeholder engagement

Ann Grodzins Gold

Professor Emeritus by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Thomas J. Watson Professor Emerita, Religion, College of Arts & Sciences

507 Hall of Languages | 315.443.5717 | aggold@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sustained ethnographic engagement with religion and culture in provincial North India

Jay Golden

Pontarelli Professor of Environmental Sustainability and Finance, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Director, Dynamic Sustainability Lab

Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

206 Steele Hall | 315.443.5849 | jgolde04@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Net-Zero Carbon Transition, technology transitions, energy transitions, bio-based transitions, supply chains, ESG and finance

Janire Pascual Gonzalez

Assistant Research Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Project Manager, Dynamic Sustainability Lab

215 Eggers Hall | jpascu02@syr.edu

Cecilia A. Green

Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology Department

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

307 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3079 | cagree01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Race, class, gender, Caribbean studies

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

331 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4032 | rgriff01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International relations, comparative politics

Dimitar Gueorguiev

Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

100E Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | ddgueorg@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political economy, authoritarian institutions, governance, survey methods

Iliya Gutin

Research Assistant Professor and Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Research Assistant Professor, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

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

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | igutin@syr.edu

Paul M. Hagenloh

Associate Professor, History Department

405B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.7626 | phagenlo@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern Russia

Julia Haines

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

310C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4995 | jjhaines@syr.edu

Sarah Hamersma

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | sehamers@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, labor economics, applied econometrics

Timur Hammond

Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Research Affiliate, South Asia Center

Research Affiliate, Center for European Studies

144C Eggers Hall | 315.443.3533 | twhammon@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Cultural geography, urban geography, geographies of memory, Turkey, Middle East

Nayyera Haq

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

nhaq02@syr.edu

Madonna Harrington Meyer

University Professor, Sociology Department

Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | maharrin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, aging and the life course, family policies

Colleen Heflin

Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

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

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

413 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9042 | cmheflin@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Social policy, poverty policy, child and family policy

Petra Hejnova

Assistant Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

Director of Curriculum and Academic Services, SU Abroad

phejnova@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, women and politics, politics of Central and Eastern Europe, social movements

Todd Helmus

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

helmus@rand.org

Margaret Hermann

Professor Emerita, Political Science Department

Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs

Senior Research Associate, Mapping Global Insecurity

Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group

323 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4022 | mgherman@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political leadership, foreign policy decision making, crisis management, influence of non-state actors on foreign policy, comparative foreign policy

Erin Hern

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Co-Director, Study of Global Politics Speaker Series

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

Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

400B Eggers Hall | 315.443.9119 | ehern@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Comparative politics, African politics, political participation, women and gender

Samantha Kahn Herrick

Associate Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, Center for European Studies

527 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4387 | sherrick@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medieval European history, Christian hagiography and apostolic legends, France

Catherine Herrold

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department

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

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

400E Eggers Hall | 315.443.4339 | ceherrol@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Global Civil Society
Collaborative and Participatory Governance
Foreign Policy
Foreign Aid

Amanda Hilton

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

209A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2405 | ahilto01@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Political ecology, environmental anthropology, critical food studies, applied cultural anthropology, critical heritage studies

Johannes Himmelreich

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

310 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.9325 | jrhimmel@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Applied ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of public policy, ethics of artificial intelligence, autonomous systems

Elizabeth Hoffman

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

ehoffm10@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Defense and security, counterterrorism and homeland security, human rights, civil society

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

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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

Azra Hromadžić

Associate Professor, 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.