Now in her third year as Chapple Professor, Kristi Andersen works with the diverse MAX Course teaching teams to identify the critical issues and debates that will be the focus each year — such as the electoral process, health care reform, education, and Social Security. "One of its goals is to teach students how to be critical consumers of data as citizens as well as potentially as policy analysts or working in some social science-related occupation," Andersen says.

By training the next generation of government leaders, the Maxwell School builds a stronger future for Africa.

In November, Maxwell held a second anniversary party — at the School’s home in D.C., the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Among highlights was the awarding of the new Moynihan Spirit of Public Service Award.

One of the highlights of Maxwell’s 90th anniversary celebrations this year was a school-wide party. Notably, the Passport to Our Past activity invited people to carry a small, informative mock passport to stations at departments, centers, and institutes around the School, thus reminding those “travelers” of all the individual enterprises that make up Maxwell.

A new book by political scientist Shana Gadarian explores how anxiety over public threats affects the political arena.

The Maxwell Citizenship Initiative aims to identify common interests in citizenship issues among faculty and students throughout the school, and then to provide new avenues and support for sharing ideas and collaborating. “Our goal,” says Prema Kurien, professor of sociology and one of the founders of the project, “is to create faculty clusters based on research interests.”

Visiting campus in April, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright shared insights from her storied career with students and the University community.

The Maxwell School changed, grew and celebrated during Dean Steinberg’s five-year term. 

As he completes his deanship, James Steinberg reflects on the Maxwell School, its strengths and accomplishments, and his own priorities as a dean and teacher.

A new faculty scholars program, which recognizes top teachers with a special emphasis on lower-division, team-taught, interdisciplinary courses, is named the Robert D. McClure Professors of Teaching Excellence, named Bob McClure, former associate dean and current professor at the Maxwell School.

Former colleagues of Agehananda Bharati gather to mark 25 years since his passing.

Deborah Pellow is devoted to counseling anthropology undergrads, and will tell you it pays dividends for her and them.

Mike Wasylenko returns to full-time teaching and research, having spent almost 20 years as the associate dean who keeps Maxwell humming.

Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, an anthropology doctoral candidate at Maxwell, is shedding light on the stories and struggles of undocumented laborers, primarily from Mexico and Guatemala, who work on New York's dairy farms.

Fifteen years after 9/11 refocused American foreign policy — and the career of James Cunningham — the former ambassador says the collapse of Afghanistan remains an unacceptable option.

Danielle Thomsen’s book explores how the current political climate discourages politicians with moderate views from seeking national office.

Anthropologist John Burdick is not only a faculty member conducting research overseas (like so many others). His research team, in fact, spans the globe.