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.

THE HON. JAMES E. BAKER
Director, Syracuse University Institute for Security Policy and Law
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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
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RYAN GRIFFITHS
Associate Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School
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LAURYN GOULDIN
Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Associate Professor, 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
Associate Professor, College of Law
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LOUIS KRIESBERG
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Maxwell School
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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
Associate Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School
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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
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STEVEN PIKE
Assistant Professor, Public Relations, Newhouse School
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ROBERT A. RUBINSTEIN
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Maxwell School
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JAMES B. STEINBERG
University Professor
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BRIAN TAYLOR
Professor and Chair of Political Science, Maxwell School
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C. CORA TRUE-FROST
Associate Professor, College of Law
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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
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