Thompson Discusses the Legacy of Far-Right Women’s Groups in the US on WORT 89.9FM
"There have been women involved for a long, long time. For example, there was a very active women’s branch of the Klu Klux Klan in the 1920s. And many of those women, but not all, had been members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science.
See related: Gender and Sex, Media & Journalism, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, United States
New 2023-25 Lender Faculty Fellow
Dimitar Gueorguiev Named Maxwell School Scholar in US-China/Asia Relations
The position was created with a gift by Syracuse University alumni Yang Ni and Xiaoqing Li to strengthen connections between Maxwell faculty and scholars in China and Asia.
See related: China, Giving, Promotions & Appointments
Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: SNAP Interview Waivers and Caseloads During the COVID-19 Pandemic
"Local Control, Discretion, and Administrative Burden: SNAP Interview Waivers and Caseloads During the COVID-19 Pandemic," co-authored by Maxwell faculty members Colleen Heflin and Leonard Lopoo, and doctoral student William Clay Fannin, was published in The American Review of Public Administration.
See related: COVID-19, Food Security, U.S. Health Policy, United States
McFate Offers Perspective on the NATO Summit and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in USA Today Article
Sean McFate, adjunct professor in Maxwell's Washington programs, thinks Zelenskyy is in trouble. McFate says Zelenskyy kept pushing NATO countries for increasingly sophisticated weapons on the promise that Ukraine would have a decisive spring offensive. "When the offensive happened, it was summer and failing,'' he says.
See related: Defense & Security, NATO, Ukraine
Michael Williams Honored with NATO-Fulbright Security Studies Award
He will spend four months conducting research and teaching in Brussels, Belgium.
See related: Awards & Honors, Defense & Security, NATO, Russia, Ukraine
Ueda-Ballmer Weighs In on Japan’s Mental Health Crisis, Gender Inequality in The Nation Article
“Suicide was always a men’s issue,” says Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, associate professor of public administration and international affairs. During the pandemic, “suddenly, women’s suffering became visible.” For the first time, “the government was forced to confront an approach to suicide prevention that had previously focused exclusively on middle-aged men.”
See related: East Asia, Gender and Sex, Health Policy, Income, Labor, Mental Health
Margarita Estévez-Abe Named McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence
The associate professor of political science specializes in comparative political economy and will oversee the MAX courses.
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McDowell Discusses How Geoeconomics Impacts Central Bank Reserve Managers in OMFIF Article
"After 9/11, the U.S. Treasury recognised that global dollar dominance gave Washington control over the critical plumbing of global finance. A new breed of financial sanctions emerged which could precisely cut individual targets—terrorists, foreign government officials, state institutions, firms—off from the dollar system. ‘Smart’ financial sanctions revolutionised economic warfare," writes Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science.
See related: Economic Policy, Government, International Affairs, United States
Research by Gallo-Cruz Cited in Salon Article on the Human Costs of Global Warming
Citing the work of organizations like Global Witness in conflict zones worldwide, Selina Gallo-Cruz, associate professor of sociology, points out that a significant part of the violence on this planet comes from the North's "extraction of natural resources through mining or deforestation—palm oil plantations are a big one—and mega-, mega-agricultural projects," all of which lead to "outbreaks of very violent conflict."
See related: Climate Change, Conflict, Natural Disasters, Natural Resources, Wildfires
A New African Elite: Place in the Making of a Bridge Generation
"A New African Elite: Place in the Making of a Bridge Generation," authored by Professor Emerita of Anthropology Deborah Pellow, focuses on a sub-set of the Dagomba of northern Ghana, and looks at the first generation to go through secondary school in the north.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Education
Africa and Urban Anthropology: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions from Contemporary Fieldwork
"Africa and Urban Anthropology: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions from Contemporary Fieldwork," co-edited by Professor Emerita of Anthropology Deborah Pellow, offers valuable anthropological insight into urban Africa, covering a range of cities across a continent that has become one of the fastest urbanizing geographic areas of the globe.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Urban Issues
Campbell Piece on US Military, White Supremacy and Affirmative Action Published in CounterPunch
See related: Civil Rights, Defense & Security, Education, Government, Race & Ethnicity, SCOTUS, United States
Banks Comments on Military Vehicles in Urban Areas, Rumors of Martial Law in Military Times
“What people are seeing now is what people have seen every summer for as long as I’ve been alive,” says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs. “Folks are taking their summer National Guard duty right now and riding convoys to wherever they’re going to be. For many of us, it’s a regular scene in the summer on the highways.”
See related: Media & Journalism, U.S. National Security, United States
Students, Faculty Receive Spring 2023 SOURCE and Honors Research Grants
The awards support undergraduate research projects.
See related: Awards & Honors, Grant Awards, Student Experience
Farhana Sultana Addresses European Parliament
The Maxwell School professor participated in a conference on climate and sustainability.
Human-Animal Relations and the Hunt in Korea and Northeast Asia
George Kallander, professor and director of graduate studies for the history department, has written his third book, “Human-Animal Relations and the Hunt in Korea and Northeast Asia” (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).
Murrett Quoted in Newsweek Article on Ukraine Retaking the City of Bakhmut
"It is just a matter of time until Ukrainian forces overrun Bakhmut, as reflected in advances already made by their forces in key areas surrounding the city," says Vice Adm. Robert Murrett (Ret.), professor of practice of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Conflict, Defense & Security, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
Junko Takeda and Merril Silverstein Named Chairs at Maxwell School
Takeda is leading the citizenship and civic engagement program on an interim basis, while Silverstein has taken the helm of the Sociology Department.
See related: Promotions & Appointments
Keck Discusses the Conservative Supermajority of the US Supreme Court in Al Jazeera Article
The “dominant theme” of the court’s recent term is that the bench remains staunchly conservative. Over the last two years, the conservative supermajority has overseen “multiple, rapid” shifts in the law that appear “ideologically driven,” says Thomas Keck, professor of political science.
See related: SCOTUS, United States