SPL faculty teach and research in a wide array of security topics, including counterterrorism, cybersecurity, defense, military law, climate security, international law, IHL, human rights, peace studies, postconflict reconstruction, critical infrastructure, and more.
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THE HON. JAMES E. BAKER
Director, Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law
![William C. Banks](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Bill_Banks_120814-121x150.jpg)
WILLIAM C. BANKS
College of Law Board of Advisors Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus
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SHIU-KAI CHIN
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, College of Engineering & Computer Science
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RENÉE DE NEVERS
Associate Professor, Maxwell School
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COLIN ELMAN
Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School
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MIRIAM FENDIUS ELMAN
Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School
![Ryan_Griffiths](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ryan_Griffiths.jpg)
RYAN GRIFFITHS
Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School
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LAURYN GOULDIN
Laura J. & L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Teaching, College of Law
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MARGARET HERMANN
Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
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LAURIE B. HOBART
Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Law
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AZRA HROMADZIC
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Maxwell School
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ANDREW KIM
Professor, College of Law
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LOUIS KRIESBERG
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Maxwell School
![Daniel_McDowell](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Daniel_McDowell.jpg)
DANIEL MCDOWELL
Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School
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LEE MCKNIGHT
Associate Professor of Information Studies, iSchool
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VADM ROBERT B. MURRETT (RET.)
Deputy Director, SPL
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TINA NABATCHI
Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School
![Mark Nevitt](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Mark_Nevitt_1021-119x150.jpg)
MARK P. NEVITT
Associate Professor, College of Law
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SEAN O’KEEFE
University Professor
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KELI A. PERRIN
Managing Director, SPL
![Stephen Pike](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Stephen_Pike.jpeg)
STEVEN PIKE
Assistant Professor, Public Relations, Newhouse School
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ROBERT A. RUBINSTEIN
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Maxwell School
![James Steinberg](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Steinberg_James.jpg)
JAMES B. STEINBERG
University Professor
![Brian Taylor](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Brian_Taylor.jpg)
BRIAN TAYLOR
Professor, Political Science, Maxwell School
![Cora True-Frost](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/C_Cora_True_Frost.jpeg)
C. CORA TRUE-FROST
Bond, Schoeneck and King Distinguished Professor, College of Law
![David Van Slyke](https://securitypolicylaw.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/DavidVanSlyke.jpg)
DAVID VAN SLYKE
Dean of the Maxwell School; Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs; and Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy