Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff

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

Cort Ruddy
Director, Communications and Media Relations Office
200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5492 | cmruddy@syr.edu

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

Emily Rutherford
Associate Director of Admission, Graduate Enrollment
215 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2319 | earuther@syr.edu

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

Chie Sakakibara
Associate Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
144D Eggers Hall | 315.443.3679 | csakakib@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Tammy Salisbury
Administrative Assistant, Social Science Ph.D. Program
413 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2275 | mtsalisb@syr.edu

Shane Sanders
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
Professor, Sport Management, Falk College
Areas of Expertise

Frank Sarfo
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | fsarfo@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

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
Associate Professor, History Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
310 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4639 | mschmell@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Amy Schmidt
Assistant Director, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
210 Eggers Hall | 315.443.1602 | aeschm01@syr.edu

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
Areas of Expertise

Tammy Schultz
Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.
Director of National Security and Professor of Strategic Studies, U.S. Marine Corps War College
202.550.3921 | tsschult@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise
National strategy, defense, geopolitics, civilian instruments of power, civilian-military relations, counterinsurgency, ethnic conflict and civil war, ground forces, stability and reconstruction operations

Amy Ellen Schwartz
Professor Emerita, Economics Department
Professor Emerita, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Milton C. Sernett
Professor Emeritus, History Department
Professor Emeritus, African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
200 Sims Hall | 315.443.4302 | mcsernet@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Yüksel Sezgin
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Research Affiliate, South Asia Center
100F Eggers Hall | 315.443.4431 | ysezgin@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Martin S. Shanguhyia
Associate Professor, History Department
Director, Maxwell African Scholars Union
524 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3829 | mshanguh@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Naomi Shanguhyia
Associate Teaching Professor, Geography and the Environment Department
Senior Research Associate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

James Roger Sharp
Professor Emeritus, History Department
313B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.9649 | jrsharp@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Ying Shi
Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | yshi78@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Abdulaziz Shifa
Associate Professor, Economics Department
117 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3802 | abshifa@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Saba Siddiki
Professor and Director of the M.P.A. Program, Public Administration and International Affairs Department
Chapple Family Professor of Citizenship and Democracy
Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | ssiddiki@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

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
314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.3969 | merrils@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Perry Singleton
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | psinglet@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Theresa Singleton
Professor, Anthropology Department
209B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.2435 | tasingle@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Rachel Skipper
Associate Director of Undergraduate Recruiting, Maxwell School and College of Arts and Sciences
301 Hall of Languages | 315.443.4322 | raskippe@syr.edu

Tara Slater
Administrative Assistant, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration
400 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2367 | tdslater@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise


Stephan Stohler
Associate Professor, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Research Affiliate, South Asia Center
321 Eggers Hall | sstohler@syr.edu

Joseph W. Stoll
Manager, Cartographic Lab, Geography and the Environment Department
002 Steele Hall | 315.443.3937 | jwstoll@syr.edu

Jeffrey M. Stonecash
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department
315.443.3629 | jstoneca@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute
Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute
Hinds 220 | 315.443.1823 | jstromer@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

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
144 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2605 | sultanaf@syr.edu
Areas of Expertise

Emily Sydnor
Associate Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Political Science Department
Research Affiliate, Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship
Associate Professor, Communications, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Junko Takeda
Professor, History Department
Chair, Citizenship and Civic Engagement
Daicoff Faculty Scholar
139 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5868 | jtakeda@syr.edu