Maxwell School Faculty
![William Oliver](/images/default-source/people-listings/william-oliver.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=fe585bff_6)
![Tomas Olivier headshot](/images/default-source/people-listings/olivier-tomas-2023-resized.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=907961f2_1)
Tomás Olivier
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Design and Governance
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | tolivier@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Jan Ondrich](/images/default-source/people-listings/jan-ondrich.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=961edc40_8)
Jan Ondrich
Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9052 | jondrich@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Jackie Orr](/images/default-source/people-listings/jackie-orr.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=ee1fb919_5)
Jackie Orr
Associate Professor Emeritus, Sociology Department
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence
310C Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5758 | jtorr@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Arnisson Andre Ortega](/images/default-source/people-listings/arnisson-andre-ortega.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a9acdb23_5)
Arnisson Andre Ortega
Assistant Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Faculty Affiliate, Community Geography
215B Lyman Hall | acortega@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![John L. Palmer](/images/default-source/people-listings/john-l--palmer.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=b0bb6e1_7)
John L. Palmer
University Professor and Dean Emeritus
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Maxwell Advisory Board Member
321 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9439 | jlpalmer@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Arthur Paris](/images/default-source/people-listings/arthur-paris.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=bfe3456b_6)
Arthur Paris
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member and Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
409 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2279 | aeparis@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Kristen Patel](/images/default-source/people-listings/kristen-patel.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=210d7e52_9)
Kristen Patel
Professor of Practice, Policy Studies
Donald P. and Margaret Curry Gregg Professor of Practice in Korean and East Asian Affairs
Maxwell Advisory Board Member
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
321 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2348 | kbpatel@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Thomas Pearson](/images/default-source/people-listings/thomas-pearson-560px.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=e34e563c_3)
![Deborah Pellow](/images/default-source/people-listings/deborah-pellow.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=2b6cf18_6)
Deborah Pellow
Professor Emerita, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
515 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4216 | dpellow@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Tom Perreault](/images/default-source/people-listings/tom-perreault.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=bdcbf241_5)
Tom Perreault
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
DellPlain Professor of Latin American Geography
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching Excellence
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
144F Eggers Hall | 315.443.2607 | taperrea@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Keli Perrin](/images/default-source/people-listings/keli-perrin.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=b00e3a6c_7)
Keli Perrin
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Managing Director, Institute for Security Policy and Law
Associate Teaching Professor, College of Law
300 Dineen Hall | 315.443.2284 | kaperrin@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Barbara Petzen](/images/default-source/people-listings/barbara-petzen.tmb-people235.png?Culture=en&sfvrsn=cec78450_7)
Barbara Petzen
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director, Training Initiatives, Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Director, Middle East Connections
571.246.3494 | bepetzen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Guido Pezzarossi](/images/default-source/people-listings/guido-pezzarossi.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c941f822_6)
Guido Pezzarossi
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Anthropology Department
Director, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
206A Maxwell Hall / Lab 414A Lyman Hall | 315.443.1359 / 315.443.0178 | gpezzaro@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Heather Law Pezzarossi](/images/default-source/people-listings/heather-law-pezzarossi.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=af093900_6)
Heather Law Pezzarossi
Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department
318 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5102 | hblaw100@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![David Popp](/images/default-source/people-listings/david-popp.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=19b44b24_6)
David Popp
Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Caroline Rapking Faculty Scholar in Public Administration and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2482 | dcpopp@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Shawn Powers](/images/default-source/people-listings/shawn-powers.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=1fd0821a_6)
Shawn Powers
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Chief Strategy Officer, U.S. Agency for Global Media
![Sarah Pralle](/images/default-source/people-listings/sarah-pralle.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=fd1b43bf_6)
Sarah Pralle
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
314 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2893 | sbpralle@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Gretchen Purser](/images/default-source/people-listings/gretchen-purser.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d7a0203f_6)
Gretchen Purser
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Director of the Law, Society and Policy Integrated Learning Major
Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
400H Eggers Hall | 315.443.5848 | gwpurser@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Dana Radcliffe](/images/default-source/people-listings/dana-radcliffe.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=25e51b0e_5)
Areas of Expertise
![Dennis C. Rasmussen](/images/default-source/people-listings/dennis-c--rasmussen.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=3896927_6)
Dennis C. Rasmussen
Professor, Political Science Department
Hagerty Family Fellow
Co-Director, Political Philosophy Program
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
313B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.5877 | dcrasmus@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Jane M. Read](/images/default-source/people-listings/jane-m--read.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=df7885_7)
Jane M. Read
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Director, Integrated Learning Major, Environment, Sustainability and Policy
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
123 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4279 | jaread@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Sara Reckless](/images/default-source/people-listings/sara-reckless.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=2e6c3cee_5)
Sara Reckless
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Senior Transition Advisor, USAID Office of Transition Initiatives
Areas of Expertise
![Grant Reeher](/images/default-source/people-listings/grant-reeher.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=95dbbb7e_5)
Grant Reeher
Professor, Political Science Department
Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
313 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5046 | gdreeher@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Gretchen Ritter](/images/default-source/people-listings/gretchen-ritter-560px.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=17b1474a_1)
Gretchen Ritter
Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Professor, Political Science Department
Faculty Affiliate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
500 Crouse-Hinds Hall | 315.443.2494 | ritterg@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Jonnell A. Robinson](/images/default-source/people-listings/jonnell-a--robinson.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=edd8411f_5)
Jonnell A. Robinson
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Geography and the Environment Department
Co-Director, Community Geography
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
215C Lyman Hall | 315.443.4890 | jdallen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Lars Rodseth](/images/default-source/people-listings/lars-rodseth.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d267b1ec_5)
Lars Rodseth
Associate Professor, Anthropology Department
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
516 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9710 | rodseth@syr.edu
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Areas of Expertise
![Stuart Rosenthal](/images/default-source/people-listings/stuart-rosenthal.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=9c35e450_6)
Stuart Rosenthal
Professor Emeritus, Economics Department
Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of Economics
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute
Areas of Expertise
![Michah Rothbart](/images/default-source/people-listings/michah-rothbart.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=c03c092f_5)
Michah W. Rothbart
Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2868 | mwrothba@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Alexander Rothenberg](/images/default-source/people-listings/alexander-rothenberg.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=5884c842_6)
Alexander Rothenberg
Assistant Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | adrothen@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Robert A. Rubinstein](/images/default-source/people-listings/robert-a--rubinstein.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a479b630_7)
Robert A. Rubinstein
Distinguished Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology Department
Professor, International Relations
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program
405A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.3837 | rar@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Mark Rupert](/images/default-source/people-listings/mark-rupert.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=16b73bfe_7)
Mark Rupert
Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
410A Maxwell Hall | 315.443.1748 | merupert@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Tod Rutherford](/images/default-source/people-listings/tod-rutherford.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=d9b22abf_5)
Tod Rutherford
Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Advisory Board Member, Center for European Studies
535 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | trutherf@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
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Chie Sakakibara
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
144D Eggers Hall | 315.443.3679 | csakakib@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![S. N. Sangmpam](/images/default-source/people-listings/s-n--sangmpam.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=a03c729f_6)
S. N. Sangmpam
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union
Professor, African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
217 Sims Hall | 315.443.9943 | SnSangm@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Rebecca Schewe](/images/default-source/people-listings/rebecca-schewe.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=b4e65ccc_6)
Rebecca Schewe
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9894 | rlschewe@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Mark Schmeller](/images/default-source/people-listings/mark-schmeller.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=6ef78001_5)
Mark Schmeller
Associate Professor, History Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
509 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4639 | mschmell@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Sabina Schnell](/images/default-source/people-listings/sabina-schnell.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=933ac0ff_6)
Sabina Schnell
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400C Eggers Hall | 315.443.4339 | dsschnel@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
![Larry D. Schroeder](/images/default-source/people-listings/larry-d--schroeder.tmb-people235.jpg?Culture=en&sfvrsn=671ba458_6)
Larry D. Schroeder
Professor Emeritus, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence
Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center
334 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2596 | ldschroe@syr.edu