Maxwell School News and Commentary
Michelmore paper on EITC, household finances published in JPAM
McDowell discusses China's growing financial power in Washington Post
"Beijing is taking on a broader financial role. Here’s why that matters," writes Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science, in a column for the Washington Post.
Maxwell students Marcus Lane, Taj Harris receive Clements Awards
Tajanae (Taj) Harris '20 B.A. (Anth) and Marcus Lane '19 B.A. (PSt) received the the Mark and Pearle Clements Internship Award, which enables Syracuse University students to undertake unique internships that wouldn't be possible without financial help.
Jonnell Robinson quoted in Utica Observer-Dispatch article on civic engagement
"All of those barriers with voting are going to be compounded in an area where you have a high density of people who experience the gamut of barriers that there are with voting: language, transportation, awareness, understanding," says Jonnell Robinson, associate professor of geography, about voter disenfranchisement in Black communities and other communities of color.
Reeher talks with WRVO about split primary in NY State
According to Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher, the split primary doesn’t do much to help what generally dogs primary races, low voter turnout. "If you take that problem and you split the primary into two separate dates, you’ve compounded that problem even further, because you’ve asked people to come back and vote again, after they have voted in the federal primary," he says.
Boroujerdi discusses new book, Postrevolutionary Iran, in Jadaliyya
Orr's research cited in Al Jazeera article on Trump's space force
Jackie Orr, associate professor of sociology, contends that the duties of the civilian-soldier extend to outer space, as well: that "final, fantastic frontier for the U.S. military's imaginary and material battlefields."
Stuart Thorson speaks to WAER about summit with North Korea
Jonnell Robinson discusses Utica's centralized poverty in Utica Observer-Dispatch
Jonnell Robinson, associate professor of geography and director of community geography, was interviewed for the Utica Observer-Dispatch article, and discussed how the social service delivery system has created dense, vulnerable populations in some areas, while proposing solutions to this issue
Reeher comments on lack of dominant Dem candidate in 2020 in The Hill