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Maxwell School Leadership, Faculty and Staff


Radha Kumar

Radha Kumar

Associate Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

514 Eggers Hall | 315.443.5875 | rkuma100@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern South Asia: policing and sovereignty, legal history, colonial and post-colonial politics

Prema Kurien

Prema Kurien

Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, South Asia Center

Senior Research Associate, Sovereignty, Order and Conflict Working Group

Senior Research Associate, Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry

317 Maxwell Hall | 315.443.1152 | pkurien@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Immigrants and immigration, religion, ethnicity, immigrant politics, India

Norman Kutcher
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Norman Kutcher

Professor, History Department

Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

411B Maxwell Hall | 315.443.4144 | nakutche@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Cultural, social, and political history of late imperial China

Chris R. Kyle

Chris R. Kyle

Associate Professor, History Department

153 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2210 | chkyle@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Early Modern England
Parliamentary history
Proclamations and communication between centre and locality in Early Modern England

Derek Laing

Derek Laing

Associate Professor, Economics Department

133 Eggers Hall | dlaing@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics, monetary theory, labor economics

Areas of Expertise

Science and technology policy, environmental policy and administration

Scott Landes

Scott Landes

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

320B Lyman Hall | 315.443.3457 | sdlandes@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Sociology of disability, medical sociology, aging and the life course, military veterans

Margaret E. Lane

Margaret E. Lane

Assistant Director, Executive Education Department

215 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8708 | melane02@syr.edu


Sandra Lane

Sandra D. Lane

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Senior Research Associate, Middle Eastern Studies Program

Professor of Public Health, Falk College

sdlane@syr.edu


Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn

Professor, History Department

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

322 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2700 | edlasch@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Modern American society, culture, thought; cultural criticism; intellectual history; history of ideas, self, emotion, art of living, ancient and modern; therapeutic culture, civil society, community, race, family; contemplative learning

Terry Lautz

Terry Lautz

Research Fellow, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

346 Eggers Hall | 315.299.6751 | telautz@syr.edu


Yoonseok Lee

Yoonseok Lee

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Economics Department

Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

On leave Fall 2024 | 315.443.9529 | ylee41@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Econometric theory, applied econometrics

Stephen Lennon

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Overall Site Coordinator, International Organization for Migration

smlennon@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Contingency operations including post-conflict political transition, counter insurgency and stability operations.  

Minchin Lewis

Minchin Lewis

Adjunct Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Part-Time Instructor, President of On-Info-Serv, Inc.

215G Eggers Hall | 315.443.4000 | mglewis@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Financial management and social programming in urban government, small business management, real estate development

Areas of Expertise

Women's health, program evaluation, health professions education

Jun Li

Jun Li

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Research Affiliate, Center for Aging and Policy Studies

Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

314 Lyman Hall | 315.443.8009 | jli208@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Health economics, health services research, post-acute and long-term care

Areas of Expertise

Regional Expertise: China, Regional Expertise: Asia, Regional Expertise: Eurasia, Space Industry, Maritime Security, Eurasian Geopolitics, Energy Policy, Transport Infrastructure Development, Asian Regionalism, Chinese Politics and Economic Development


Chung-Chin Liu

Chung-Chin Liu

Teaching Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Economics Department

110G Eggers Hall | cliu09@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, international economics, innovation and technology

Andrew S. London
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Andrew S. London

Professor, Sociology Department

Associate Dean for Washington Programs, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Tenth Decade Faculty Scholar

Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4597 | anlondon@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medical sociology, demography, aging and the life course, veterans, adult ADHD, poverty and family well-being, LGBT/sexuality studies, social policy

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Leonard M. Lopoo

Associate Dean, Chair and Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics

Director, Maxwell X Lab

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9055 | lmlopoo@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Child and family policy, behavioral economics, economic demography

Michael Lorenzo

Michael Lorenzo

Teaching Assistant Professor, Economics Department

316C Maxwell Hall | mwlorenz@syr.edu


Areas of Expertise

Race, class and gender, science and technology

Mary E. Lovely

Mary E. Lovely

Professor Emerita, Economics Department

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

Melvin A. Eggers Economics Faculty Scholar

Anthony M. Solomon Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

336 Eggers Hall | 315.443.9048 | melovely@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International trade and investment, China's trade and sustainable development

Jiahuan Lu

Jiahuan Lu

Associate Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

215 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4000 | jlu183@syr.edu


Aaron Luedtke

Aaron Luedtke

Assistant Professor, History Department

Faculty Affiliate, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program

Faculty Affiliate, Lender Center for Social Justice

Faculty Affiliate, Research for Social Action and Equity (RISE) Center, Northwestern University

akluedtk@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

United States history and Native American and Indigenous studies engaging specifically with the intersection of settler colonialism theory and Native survivance

Amy Lutz

Amy Lutz

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

Chair, Social Science Ph.D. Program

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | aclutz@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Race and ethnicity, immigration, bilingualism, educational inequality

Areas of Expertise

Managerial leadership, NGO management

Tidiane Ly
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Tidiane Ly

Assistant Professor, Economics Department

508 Eggers Hall | tvly@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, urban Economics, public policy evaluation

Yingyi Ma

Yingyi Ma

Professor and Graduate Director, Sociology Department

Director, Asian/Asian American Studies

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3716 | yma03@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Education, migration, Asian/Asian American studies

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

125 Eggers Hall | 315.443.4216 | kmallona@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Medical and environmental anthropology, Caribbean, maritime studies, fishing, multispecies, environmental governance, conservation, risk and injury, the Dominican Republic

Frederick D. Marquardt

Frederick D. Marquardt

Assistant Professor Emeritus, History Department

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

fdmarqua@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

German social history

Elizabeth Martin

Elizabeth Martin

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute

426 Eggers Hall | 315.443.3114 | emarti81@syr.edu


Jackson McCall-Bush

Jackson McCall-Bush

Computer Consultant I, Information & Computing Technology Office

034E Eggers Hall | 315.443.3847 | jmccallb@syr.edu


Ryan McCarthy

Maxwell Dean’s Scholar in Residence

24th U.S. Secretary of the Army (2019-2021)

mccar02@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Defense

Robert D. McClure

Robert D. McClure

Professor Emeritus, Political Science Department

Maxwell Professor of Teaching Excellence

rdmcclur@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

American politics, leadership, mass communication

Gladys McCormick

Gladys McCormick

Associate Professor, History Department

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

200 Eggers Hall | 315.443.2006 | gmccormi@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Latin America and the Caribbean, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico

Daniel McDowell

Daniel McDowell

Professor, Political Science Department

Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs

Co-Director, Study of Global Politics Speaker Series, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

334 Eggers Hall | 315.443.8678 | dmcdowel@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

International political economy, international finance, international monetary system, IMF

Sean McFate

Sean McFate

Adjunct Professor, Maxwell in Washington, D.C.

Professor, The National Defense University, College of International Security Affairs

Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service

Senior Fellow, The Atlantic Council

202.685.7770 | ssmcfate@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Grand strategy, national security, future warfare

Devon McGee

Devon McGee

Assistant Director of Enrollment Communications and Outreach, Graduate Enrollment

211 Steele Hall | 315.443.1842 | dmcgee@syr.edu