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Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor
Director of International Programs; International Professor of Global Development
Department of Global Development
International Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Ronnie Coffman
- (607) 255-2554
- wrc2 [at] cornell.edu
International agriculture & development
Crop improvement
Agricultural biotechnology
Max Pfeffer
- (607) 255-3755
- mjp5 [at] cornell.edu
Agricultural Labor
Community Development
International Migration
Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
- (607) 255-3189
- pme7 [at] cornell.edu
Education, Development and Inequality
Population and Development
Sociological Research Methods
Vice Provost for International Affairs; Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor
Department of Global Development
Wendy Wolford
- (607) 255-2146
- www43 [at] cornell.edu
Lori Leonard
- (607) 255-8988
- ll536 [at] cornell.edu
Gender
Waste & garbage
Ethnography
Faculty
Assistant Professor
Nutritional Sciences (CHE)
Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
Saurabh Mehta
- sm939 [at] cornell.edu
Global health
Epidemiology
Nutrition
David Brown
- (607) 255-3164
- dlb17 [at] cornell.edu
Rural demography
Political economy
Spacial inequality
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Department of Global Development
Margaret Smith
- (607) 254-8764
- mes25 [at] cornell.edu
Maize breeding and genomics
Abiotic stress tolerance
Insect and disease resistance
Philip McMichael
- (607) 255-5495
- pdm1 [at] cornell.edu
Food regimes
Food sovereignty
Agrarian questions
Lindy Williams
- (607) 255-4609
- lbw2 [at] cornell.edu
Migration
Family Formation
Aging
Thomas Hirschl
- (607) 255-1688
- tah4 [at] cornell.edu
Demography, Social Stratification, Ideology
Poverty, Social Policy, Community Action
Youth Development, Social Behavior
John Sipple
- (607) 255-3005
- jws28 [at] cornell.edu
Pk-12 education
Sociology of communities
Policy
Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor
Director of International Programs; International Professor of Global Development
Department of Global Development
International Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Ronnie Coffman
- (607) 255-2554
- wrc2 [at] cornell.edu
International agriculture & development
Crop improvement
Agricultural biotechnology
Max Pfeffer
- (607) 255-3755
- mjp5 [at] cornell.edu
Agricultural Labor
Community Development
International Migration
Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Plant Sciences Major
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section
Professor
Department of Global Development
Marvin Pritts
- (607) 255-1778
- mpp3 [at] cornell.edu
Berry crops
Season extension
Sustainable production practices
Scott Peters
- (607) 239-9998
- sp236 [at] cornell.edu
Political theory & public philosophy
Community organizing & development
Oral history
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
Department of Global Development
Johannes Lehmann
- (607) 254-1236
- cl273 [at] cornell.edu
Soil biogeochemistry, fertility management, organic matter, and carbon and nutrient cycling from wastes
Soil carbon sequestration and biochar systems
Sustainable agriculture in the tropics
Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
- (607) 255-3189
- pme7 [at] cornell.edu
Education, Development and Inequality
Population and Development
Sociological Research Methods
Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Professor
Department of Global Development
Rebecca Nelson
- (607) 254-7475
- rjn7 [at] cornell.edu
Genetics of quantitative disease resistance in plants
International agriculture and rural development
Mycotoxin management
Y. Connie Yuan
- (607) 255-2603
- yy239 [at] cornell.edu
Organizational communication
Intercultural communication
Knowledge management
Director of the Polson Institute for Global Development; Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
Fouad Makki
- (607) 255-6237
- fmm2 [at] cornell.edu
Uneven and Combined Development
Nature and Modernity
State Formation and Development
Alaka Basu
- (607) 255-1247
- ab54 [at] cornell.edu
Child Health and Mortality
Culture and Demographic Behavior
Gender and Development
Vice Provost for International Affairs; Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor
Department of Global Development
Wendy Wolford
- (607) 255-2146
- www43 [at] cornell.edu
Rachel Bezner Kerr
- (607) 255-3213
- rbeznerkerr [at] cornell.edu
Agroecology
Food And Agriculture
Gender
Lori Leonard
- (607) 255-8988
- ll536 [at] cornell.edu
Gender
Waste & garbage
Ethnography
H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy
Nutritional Sciences (CALS)
Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
John Hoddinott
- (607) 255-8594
- jfh246 [at] cornell.edu
Economics
Nutrition
Food security
John Zinda
- (607) 255-1795
- jaz65 [at] cornell.edu
Environmental sociology
Agriculture and rural livelihoods
China
Jenny Goldstein
- goldstein [at] cornell.edu
Political ecology
Digital geography
Southeast Asia
Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
Andrew McDonald
- ajm9 [at] cornell.edu
Cropping systems ecology
Agricultural sustainability, food security, water resources and climate
International agriculture, policy, and applied social sciences
Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Professor
Department of Global Development
Chris Barrett
- (607) 255-4489
- cbb2 [at] cornell.edu
Agricultural economics
Development economics
Food security
Robert G. Tobin Associate Professor
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
Miguel Gomez
- (607) 255-8159
- mig7 [at] cornell.edu
Food and agricultural economics
Food marketing and distribution
Food value chains and sustainability
Professor
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Professor
Department of Global Development
Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Prabhu Pingali
- (607) 255-2352
- plp39 [at] cornell.edu
Food and Nutrition Policy
International Agricultural Development
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Ronald P. Lynch Dean
Office of the Dean
Professor
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor
Department of Global Development
Benjamin Houlton
- bzhoulton [at] cornell.edu
Global ecosystem processes
Climate change solutions
Agricultural sustainability
Professor
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Professor
Department of Global Development
David R. Lee
- (607) 255-7685
- drl5 [at] cornell.edu
Applied Economics and Policy
Emerging Markets and Development
Associate Professor
Department of Global Development
Associate Professor
Nutritional Sciences
Julia Finkelstein
- (607) 255-9180
- jfinkelstein [at] cornell.edu
Epidemiology
Nutrition
Randomized clinical trials, cohort studies & surveillance programs
Research, Teaching and Extension Faculty
Robin Blakely-Armitage
- (607) 254-6795
- rmb18 [at] cornell.edu
Community And Regional Development
Community Resilience And Disaster Risk
Demographic Trends
David Kay
- (607) 255-2123
- dlk2 [at] cornell.edu
Community & Economic Development
Community, Energy Transitions & Climate Change
Governance & Conflict Resolution
Education Minor Coordinator and Senior Extension Associate
Department of Global Development
Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman
- (607) 255-0417
- hmm1 [at] cornell.edu
Community development
Civic engagement
Engaged learning and research
Gretchen Rymarchyk
- (607) 254-3557
- gkr1 [at] cornell.edu
Education Policy
Public Education
Rural Schools
Senior Extension Associate and Executive Director, LEAD New York
Department of Global Development
Lawrence Van De Valk
- (607) 255-6891
- ljv4 [at] cornell.edu
Director, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship
Department of Global Development
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Peter Gregory
- (607) 255-9855
- pg46 [at] cornell.edu
Global Agriculture and Development
Agricultural Biotechnology
Senior Extension Associate and Director, Cornell Farmworker Program
Department of Global Development
Mary Jo Dudley
- (607) 254-5194
- farmworkers [at] cornell.edu
Agricultural Labor
Immigrant Workers & Communities
Farmworkers
Project Director, Center of Excellence for Agriculture in Egypt and Associate Director, Special Projects in International Programs
Department of Global Development
International Professor (Adjunct)
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Kandukuri Raman
- (607) 327-3336
- kvr1 [at] cornell.edu
International agriculture and rural development
Value-added marketing
Agricultural biotechnology, Integrated Pest Management and technology transfer
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Lecturer and Research Associate
Department of Global Development
Sarah Giroux
- (607) 254-2896
- sh104 [at] cornell.edu
Decompositional Methods
Demography of Inequality and Poverty
Empirics Of Development and Inequality
Senior Extension Associate and Executive Director, Rural Schools Association
Department of Global Development
David Little
- (518) 250-5710
- dal295 [at] cornell.edu
Director of Undergraduate Studies, International Agriculture and Rural Development; Associate Director
Department of Global Development
Senior Lecturer
School of Integrative Plant Science
Horticulture Section
Terry Tucker
- (607) 351-8389
- twt2 [at] cornell.edu
International agriculture & rural development
Roles & processes for food systems innovation
Participatory research & extension
Sr. Research Associate
Department of Global Development
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Maricelis Acevedo
- (607) 255-1455
- ma934 [at] cornell.edu
Director of Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP); Lecturer
Department of Global Development
Annalisa Raymer
- (607) 255-4673
- alr26 [at] cornell.edu
Ecosystem of learning
Education and development
Learning cities
Ed Mabaya
- (607) 280-0264
- em37 [at] cornell.edu
Applied Economics and Policy
Food and Agricultural Economics
International and Development Economics and Policy
Jeffrey Perry
- (607) 220-6139
- jap255 [at] cornell.edu
Extension Education
Teaching Methods
Youth Leadership Development
Project Director, GREAT, AWARE, NextGen Cassava, and Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
Department of Global Development
Adjunct Assistant Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Hale Ann Tufan
- (607) 319-6812
- hat36 [at] cornell.edu
Jaron Porciello
- (574) 229-4123
- jat264 [at] cornell.edu
Digital agriculture
Data analytics
Meta science, evidence-based policy, and building partnerships
Senior Research Associate
Department of Global Development
Senior Research Associate
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Allison Chatrchyan
- (607) 254-8808
- amc256 [at] cornell.edu
Elisabeth Garner
- eg65 [at] cornell.edu
Director, Cornell Alliance for Science
Department of Global Development
International Associate Professor (adjunct)
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Sarah Evanega
- (607) 255-1064
- snd2 [at] cornell.edu
Science communications & science advocacy
Diversity & inclusion
Biotechnology, policy & social issues
Eric Danquah
- edanquah [at] wacci.ug.edu.gh
Genetic diversity
Biotechnologies in crop improvement
Farmers’ knowledge and plant breeding
Tess Pendergrast
- tlp59 [at] cornell.edu
Inequality studies
Sociology of public health and environmental justice
Engaged education
Project Director, Nextgen Cassava
Department of Global Development
Adjunct Professor
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Chiedozie Egesi
- (607) 319-9105
- cne22 [at] cornell.edu
Biotechnology tools for the genetic improvement of cassava
Gender responsive agricultural research
Associated Director of the Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program and Senior Extension Associate
Department of Global Development
Erika Styger
- eds8 [at] cornell.edu
System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
Agroforestry
Biodiversity
Star Yanxin Gao
- yg28 [at] cornell.edu
Public and private engagement and partnership
Emerging technology deployment and adoption
Business decision modeling and customer centric leadership
Extension Associate and Associate Director of Communications - SRI International Network and Resource Center
Department of Global Development
Lucy Fisher
- (607) 257-8223
- lhf2 [at] cornell.edu
Christina Tonitto
- ctonitto [at] cornell.edu
Ecosystem ecology
Biogeochemical modeling
Agricultural and forest management
Department managers
Tammy Thomas
- (607) 255-7719
- tjt2 [at] cornell.edu
Student Administration
Don Austin
- (607) 255-3092
- da466 [at] cornell.edu
Diane Munn
Undergraduate Coordinator, International Agriculture and Rural Development major
Department of Global Development
Diane Munn
- (607) 255-3811
- dmm40 [at] cornell.edu
Alex Crane
- (607) 255-7807
- ac292 [at] cornell.edu
Staff
Vanessa Greenlee
- vrg23 [at] cornell.edu
Program Assistant/ Administrative Assistant
Office of Student Services
Administrative Assistant, Rural Schools Association and Alliance for Science
Department of Global Development
Andrea Durmiaki
- (607) 255-8709
- amd449 [at] cornell.edu
Program Assistant, Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement
Department of Global Development
Monifa Morgan-Bell
- (607) 255-2234
- mm2893 [at] cornell.edu
Anna Garber Hammond
- ag556 [at] cornell.edu
Canaan Boyer
- ceb363 [at] cornell.edu
Kelly Merchán
- (607) 255-9505
- kim28 [at] cornell.edu
Communication
Conflict Resolution
Latin America
John Bakum
Communications Specialist
Department of Global Development
John Bakum
- (607) 351-6173
- jb755 [at] cornell.edu
Matt Hayes
- (607) 255-2204
- mmh285 [at] cornell.edu
Graduate Assistant, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Department of Global Development
Francine Barchett
- (269) 301-0078
- fgb43 [at] cornell.edu
Sarah Adeyemo
- (607) 255-2234
- osa7 [at] cornell.edu
Devon Jenkins
Project Manager for GREAT and AWARE
Department of Global Development
Devon Jenkins
- dlj67 [at] cornell.edu
Terri Denman
- (607) 255-7907
- tld1 [at] cornell.edu
Cally Arthur
- (607) 255-9505
- caa9 [at] cornell.edu
Program Liaison, Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP)
Department of Global Development
Sasha Endo
- (607) 255-7633
- ske5 [at] cornell.edu
Program Coordinator, Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP)
Department of Global Development
Susan Barry
- (607) 255-7633
- st237 [at] cornell.edu
Denise Percey
Assistant to Directors of Research Projects
Department of Global Development
Denise Percey
- dmp3 [at] cornell.edu
Administrative support
International agriculture
International programs
Sarah Day
- (607) 255-9510
- sd756 [at] cornell.edu
Event coordination
Administrative support
Associate Director, Professional Development Programs
Department of Global Development
Polly Endreny Holmberg
- peh58 [at] cornell.edu
Professional development & training
Environmental sustainability
Community empowerment
Tracie Kennedy
- (607) 255-3163
- tjk227 [at] cornell.edu