Faculty Research Affiliates

Nick Bowman

Title: Director, Doctoral Program; Director, Media Studies; Professor, Communications

School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications 

Contact: 315.443.9241 | nbowman@syr.edu

Expertise: Cognitive, emotional, physical and social demands of interactive media


Christopher Faricy

Title: Hicker Family Professor of Renewing Democratic Community; Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute; Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research; Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Design and Governance

School: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Contact: 315.443.2416 | cgfaricy@syr.edu

Expertise: American politics, social policy, income inequality, tax policy, public opinion on government spending, budgetary politics, political economy, political parties 


Shana Kushner Gadarian 

Title: Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Maxwell School; Merle Goldberg Fabian Professor of Excellence in Citizenship and Critical Thinking; Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute 

School: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 

Contact: 315-443-3718 | sgadaria@dlmanzie

Expertise: American politics, political psychology, political communication, public opinion, experimental methods 


Roy Gutterman 

Title: Professor; Director, Tully Center for Free Speech 

School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Contact: 315.443.3523 | rsgutter@syr.edu

Expertise: First Amendment, free speech and media law, courts, journalists and legal education 


Kelvin King

Title: Assistant Professor, Digital Misinformation 

School: School of Information Studies 

Contact: 315.443.5441 | kkking@syr.edu

Expertise: Machine learning algorithms; combating misinformation on social media; behavioral economics and information decision-making in virtual communities 


Adam Peruta

Title: Director, Advanced Media Management; Interim Chair, Advertising

School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications  

Contact: 315-443-9245 | arperuta@syr.edu

Expertise: AI, UI/UX design, media entrepreneurship and product development


Alex Richards

Title: Associate Professor, Magazine, News and Digital Journalism 

School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Contact: 315.443.3370 | aricha13@syr.edu

Expertise: Investigative reporting, data journalism


Jennifer Stromer-Galley

Title: Professor; former Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs 

School: School of Information Studies 

Contact: jstromer@syr.edu

Expertise: Presidential campaigning and the internet, campaign advertising and social media, predictive modeling for online behavior, political misinformation


Emily Thorson

Title: Assistant Professor, Political Science Department; Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute 

School: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 

Contact: 315.443.2416 | eathorso@syr.edu

Expertise: American politics, misinformation and misperceptions, experimental methodology, political psychology, media and politics 


Lars Willnat

Title: John Ben Snow Endowed Research Chair; Professor, Communications 

School: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

Contact: 315.443.9232 | lwillnat@syr.edu

Expertise: Cross-national studies of public perceptions of news media’s role in democracy, role of political polarization on perceptions of journalism, foreign correspondents


Baobao Zhang

Title: Assistant Professor, Political Science Department; Maxwell Dean Associate Professor of the Politics of AI; Senior Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute 

School: Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs 

Contact: 315.443.2416 | bzhang22@syr.edu

Expertise: AI analysis, governance and ethics, American politics, technology and public policy