Maxwell School News and Commentary
Khalil receives Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
Geography student Jade Rhoads earns prestigious Pickering Fellowship
Funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by the Washington Center, the Pickering Fellowship awards recipients two years of financial support, mentoring and professional development to prepare them for a career in the Foreign Service.
Thompson discusses the study of nuns as an outsider in Sisters Report
"I believe I've spent enough time within sisters' domain to understand it, to speak its language, and to interpret and present it all to others. In this, I may have an advantage that insiders do not in presenting that world to a wider audience that really ought to know about it," writes Margaret S. Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.
Thomsen quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on political newcomers
"This could be a good year [for newcomers], given the surge in excitement and the willingness of donors to support what would in other years have been considered pretty long-shot candidates," says Danielle Thomsen, assistant professor of political science.
Reeher comments on immigration, NY gubernatorial contest in Daily Star
"With the mid-term congressional elections coinciding with the gubernatorial primary contest, Nixon and Cuomo are both seeking to project themselves as 'resister in chief',” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
Banks discusses House Russia report in WIRED
William Banks, professor emeritus in the public administration and international affairs department, says "the House investigation was beset by partisan overtones from the beginning," about the House Intel Committee's investigation into the Trump administration, in an article for WIRED.
Lovely weighs in on steel tariff exemptions in Agence France Presse
Mary Lovely, professor of economics, warns that using national security as a justification for trade measures opens the door for other countries to do the same. "This is a really slippery slope in a bazillion ways," she says. "This could be a blank check for using these kinds of tools."
Flores-Lagunes paper on differential incidence and severity of food insecurity published in AER
See related: Food Security
Anthropology student Danielle Schaf is SU’s first Beinecke Scholar
2018 Moynihan junior faculty award to be presented to Gonda
See related: Awards & Honors