Three Named O’Hanley Scholars

Three members of the Maxwell School faculty were named O’Hanley Faculty Scholars:

Saba Siddiki, associate professor of public administration and international affairs; Martin S. Shanguhyia, associate professor of history; and Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science. Each was selected for outstanding teaching, scholarship and other accomplishments, including success with external grant support and service to the institution. The scholars hold the title for three years and receive supplemental financial support for teaching and research.

The O’Hanley Endowed Fund for Faculty Excellence was created with a major gift from Maxwell Advisory Board Chair Ron O’Hanley, chairman and chief executive officer of State Street Corporation and a 1980 graduate of the Maxwell School with a B.A. in political science.

Siddiki, a senior research associate in the Center for Policy Research, researches policy design, collaborative policymaking, institutional theory and analysis and regulatory implementation and compliance. She is also the author or editor of multiple books, including Understanding and Analyzing Public Policy Design (Cambridge University Press, 2020). She currently serves as director of the Institutional Grammar Research Initiative, co-managing editor of the Collaborative Governance Case Database and associate editor for Policy Design and Practice.

Shanguhyia’s research focuses on colonial and postcolonial Africa, with a concentration on eastern Africa. He is interested in the intersection between critical resources and state and community interests within the lens of politics, economy and social relations. He has authored Population, Tradition & Environmental Control in Colonial Kenya, 1920-1963 (University of Rochester Press, 2015) and co-edited The Palgrave Handbook of African Colonial and Postcolonial History (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018) and Development in Modern Africa: Past and Present Perspectives (Routledge, 2020) as well as multiple chapters.

Faricy serves as the director of graduate studies for the Department of Political Science and is a senior research associate in the Campbell Public Affairs Institute. His research focuses on American politics, social policy, income inequality, tax policy and public opinion on government spending. He authored Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and co-wrote The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures (Russel Sage Foundation, 2021). The latter was supported with a grant from The Russell Sage Foundation.