Faculty

Faculty and academic staff

Mathew Abraham

Assistant Director, Tata-Cornell Institute

Department of Global Development

Mathew Abraham

ma947 [at] cornell.edu

Evaluation methodologies

Agricultural value chains and markets

Food security in developing countries

Jenny Aker

Daniel G. Sisler Professor of Development Economics

Department of Global Development

Jenny Aker

Economic development in Africa

Information technology and development

Agricultural economics

Aaron Benanav

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Aaron Benanav

aaron.benanav [at] cornell.edu

Automation, artificial intelligence, and the future of work

Unemployment, underemployment, and informality

Histories of social and economic development

Andrew Bell

Schleifer Family Associate Professor of Sustainability

Department of Global Development

Andrew Bell

arb397 [at] cornell.edu

Agent-based modeling

Behavioral experiments

Rural livelihoods decision-making

Rachel Bezner Kerr

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director of Graduate Studies, Graduate Field of Development Studies

Department of Global Development

Director, Institute for African Development

Global Cornell

Rachel Bezner Kerr

(607) 255-3213
rbeznerkerr [at] cornell.edu

Agroecology

Food And Agriculture

Gender

Kathryn Boor

Professor

Food Science

Professor

Department of Global Development

Kathryn Boor

(607) 255-5864
kjb4 [at] cornell.edu

Mary Jo Dudley

Senior Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

Director, Cornell Farmworker Program

Department of Global Development

Mary Jo Dudley

(607) 254-5194
farmworkers [at] cornell.edu

Agricultural Labor

Immigrant Workers & Communities

Farmworkers

Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue

Professor

Department of Global Development

Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue

(607) 255-3189
pme7 [at] cornell.edu

Education, Development and Inequality

Population and Development

Sociological Research Methods

Lucy Fisher

Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

Associate Director of Communications - SRI International Network and Resource Center

Department of Global Development

Lucy Fisher

(607) 257-8223
lhf2 [at] cornell.edu

Sarah Giroux

Associate Professor of the Practice

Department of Global Development

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Strategic Programs

Office of Academic Programs

Sarah Giroux

(607) 255-1680
sh104 [at] cornell.edu

Decompositional Methods

Demography of Inequality and Poverty

Empirics Of Development and Inequality

Jenny Goldstein

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Jenny Goldstein

goldstein [at] cornell.edu

Political ecology

Digital geography

Southeast Asia

Carlos Gonzalez Fischer

Research Associate

Department of Global Development

Carlos Gonzalez Fischer

cmg295 [at] cornell.edu

Agri-food and livestock systems

Climate change mitigation and adaptation

Sustainability and environmental analysis

Mario Herrero

Professor; Cornell Atkinson Scholar; Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences

Department of Global Development

Mario Herrero

mario.herrero [at] cornell.edu

Climate mitigation and adaption

Agri-food and livestock systems

Sustainability and environmental analyses

Thomas Hirschl

Professor

Department of Global Development

Thomas Hirschl

(607) 255-1688
tah4 [at] cornell.edu

Demography, Social Stratification, Ideology

Poverty, Social Policy, Community Action

Youth Development, Social Behavior

John Hoddinott

H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy

Nutritional Sciences (CALS)

Professor

Department of Global Development

John Hoddinott

(607) 255-8594
jfh246 [at] cornell.edu

Economics

Nutrition

Food security

Benjamin Houlton

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

David Kay

Senior Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

Critical Issue Lead, Climate Change and Sustainable Energy

Cornell Cooperative Extension

David Kay

(607) 255-2123
dlk2 [at] cornell.edu

Community & Economic Development

Community, Energy Transitions & Climate Change

Governance & Conflict Resolution

Johannes Lehmann

Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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

Lori Leonard

Professor

Department of Global Development

Chair

Department of Global Development

Lori Leonard

(607) 255-8988
ll536 [at] cornell.edu

Gender

Waste & garbage

Ethnography

Chuan Liao

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Chuan Liao

(607) 255-3163
cl824 [at] cornell.edu

Environment, development & justice

Climate change mitigation & adaptation

Statistical & spatial methods

Ed Mabaya

Research Professor

Department of Global Development

Director, Humphrey Fellowship Program

Department of Global Development

Director, Graduate Field of Global Development

Department of Global Development

Ed Mabaya

(607) 280-0264
em37 [at] cornell.edu

Applied Economics and Policy

Food and Agricultural Economics

International and Development Economics and Policy

Fouad Makki

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

Daniel Mason-D'Croz

Senior Research Associate

Department of Global Development

Daniel Mason-D'Croz

dem286 [at] cornell.edu

Food system transformation

Scenario development/analysis & economic/foresight modeling

Anticipatory governance & futures thinking

Andrew McDonald

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

Climate change adaptation and mitigation

Agricultural sustainability, food security, water resources, international agriculture, policy, and applied social sciences

Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman

Senior Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

Director, Education Minor

Department of Global Development

Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman

(607) 255-0417
hmm1 [at] cornell.edu

Community development

Civic engagement

Engaged learning and research

Rebecca Nelson

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Professor

Department of Global Development

Rebecca Nelson

(607) 280-0062
rjn7 [at] cornell.edu

Circular bionutrient economy and enhancing wellbeing in peri-urban areas through waste valorization

Agroecology and supporting student leadership toward sustainability

Participatory research and extension

Tess Pendergrast

Research Associate, Cornell Prison Education Program

Department of Global Development

Tess Pendergrast

tlp59 [at] cornell.edu

Inequality studies

Sociology of public health and environmental justice

Engaged education

Jeffrey Perry

Senior Lecturer

Department of Global Development

Jeffrey Perry

(607) 220-6139
jap255 [at] cornell.edu

Extension Education

Teaching Methods

Youth Leadership Development

Scott Peters

Professor

Department of Global Development

Scott Peters

(607) 239-9998
sp236 [at] cornell.edu

Political theory & public philosophy

Community organizing & development

Oral history

Prabhu Pingali

Professor

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director, Tata-Cornell Institute

Department of Global Development

Prabhu Pingali

(607) 255-2352
plp39 [at] cornell.edu

Food and Nutrition Policy

International Agricultural Development

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems

Marvin Pritts

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

Raghav Puri

Research Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute

Department of Global Development

Raghav Puri

rp455 [at] cornell.edu

Health and nutrition policy

Policy implementation

International development

Andaleeb Rahman

Research Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute

Department of Global Development

Andaleeb Rahman

ar687 [at] cornell.edu

Economic & human development

Agriculture, food & nutritional security

India

Annalisa Raymer

Senior Lecturer

Department of Global Development

Director of Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP)

Department of Global Development

Annalisa Raymer

(607) 255-4673
alr26 [at] cornell.edu

Ecosystem of learning

Education and development

Learning cities

John Sipple

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Department of Global Development

John Sipple

(607) 255-3005
jws28 [at] cornell.edu

Pk-12 education

Sociology of communities

Policy

Margaret Smith

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

Professor

Department of Global Development

Associate Dean and Director

Cornell AES

Margaret Smith

(607) 254-8764
mes25 [at] cornell.edu

Maize breeding and genomics

Abiotic stress tolerance

Insect and disease resistance

Erika Styger

Professor of the Practice

Department of Global Development

Director, Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program

Department of Global Development

Erika Styger

eds8 [at] cornell.edu

System of Rice Intensification (SRI)

Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM)

Agrobiodiversity management and agroforestry

Lawrence Van De Valk

Senior Extension Associate

Department of Global Development

Executive Director, Lead NY

Department of Global Development

Lawrence Van De Valk

(607) 255-6891
ljv4 [at] cornell.edu

Leadership development

Team building

Leadership assessments

Leslie Verteramo Chiu

Research Associate, Tata-Cornell Institute

Department of Global Development

Leslie Verteramo Chiu

ljv9 [at] cornell.edu

Risk management for smallholder farmers

Food-value chains

Entrepreneurship

Kurt Waldman

Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Kurt Waldman

kbw8 [at] cornell.edu

Judgement & decision making

Social-environmental systems

Climate adaptation & food security

Mildred Warner

Professor, City and Regional Planning, AAP

Professor

Department of Global Development

Director, Polson Institute for Global Development

Department of Global Development

Mildred Warner

(607) 255-6816
mew15 [at] cornell.edu

Wendy Wolford

Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor

Department of Global Development

Vice Provost for International Affairs

Office of the Provost

Wendy Wolford

(607) 255-2146
www43 [at] cornell.edu

International development

Land use & distribution

Social mobilization & agrarian societies

Y. Connie Yuan

Professor

Department of Communication

Professor

Department of Global Development

Y. Connie Yuan

(607) 255-2603
yy239 [at] cornell.edu

Organizational communication

Intercultural communication

Knowledge management

John Zinda

Associate Professor

Department of Global Development

John Zinda

(607) 255-1795
jaz65 [at] cornell.edu

Environmental sociology

Risk and disaster

Environmental justice and political ecology

Adjunct faculty

Shorna Allred

Adjunct Professor

Natural Resources and the Environment

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Shorna Allred

(607) 255-2149
srb237 [at] cornell.edu

Conservation social science

Environmental justice

Southeast Asia

Richard Cahoon

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Richard Cahoon

rsc5 [at] cornell.edu

Intellectual property management

Invention & innovation, entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship

Technology transfer, development & implementation

Peter Gregory

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Peter Gregory

(607) 255-9855
pg46 [at] cornell.edu

Global Agriculture and Development

Agricultural Biotechnology

Ndunge Kiiti

Adjunct Associate Professor

Department of Global Development

Ndunge Kiiti

nk26 [at] cornell.edu

Communication & mobile technologies

Public health & international/community development

Business & entrepreneurship

Jan Low

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Jan Low

jwl59 [at] cornell.edu

Purvi Mehta

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Purvi Mehta

pm473 [at] cornell.edu

Agricultural development

Agriculture and nutrition policy

South and southeast Asia

Alice Pell

International Professor and Professor Emerita of Animal Nutrition

Animal Science

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Alice Pell

(607) 280-7414
alicepell [at] cornell.edu

International development

Agriculture & nutrition

Education

Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Adjunct Professor

Department of Global Development

Veerabhadran Ramanathan

vr279 [at] cornell.edu

Climate change science

Climate solutions

Climate literacy

Rob Scott

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Global Development

Rob Scott

(607) 255-9104
robscott [at] cornell.edu

Sustainable food production

Education in correctional facilities

Emeriti faculty

A man stands on a balcony overlooking a city

David Brown

International Professor Emeritus

Department of Global Development

David Brown

(607) 255-3164
dlb17 [at] cornell.edu

Rural demography

Political economy

Spacial inequality

Eugene Erickson

Emeritus Professor

Department of Global Development

Eugene Erickson

Joe Francis

Emeritus

Department of Global Development

Joe Francis

(607) 255-1687
jdf2 [at] cornell.edu

Charles Geisler

Emeritus Professor

Department of Global Development

Charles Geisler

Douglas Gurak

Emeritus Professor

Department of Global Development

Douglas Gurak

Paula Horrigan

Emeritus; Director of Rust2Green

Department of Global Development

Landscape Architecture

Paula Horrigan

(607) 351-2760
phh3 [at] cornell.edu

Philip McMichael

Professor Emeritus

Department of Global Development

Philip McMichael

pdm1 [at] cornell.edu

Food regimes

Food sovereignty

Agrarian questions

Max Pfeffer

Professor Emeritus

Department of Global Development

Max Pfeffer

mjp5 [at] cornell.edu

Agricultural Labor

Community Development

International Migration

Terry Tucker

Professor of the Practice

Department of Global Development

Terry Tucker

(607) 351-8389
twt2 [at] cornell.edu

International agriculture & rural development

Participatory research & extension

Higher education & development

Visiting scientists and fellows

Febri Doni, Visiting Fellow

Home institution: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology at Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia and Coordinator of the SRI Global Research Network
Research focus: Febri's work focuses on the system of rice intensification (SRI), plant-microbe interactions, phytopathology, and agroecology.
Contact: fd263 [at] cornell.edu (fd263[at]cornell[dot]edu) | Office: 275 Warren Hall

Juan Liu, Visiting Associate Professor

Home institution: Associate professor, Department of Social Policy and Development Studies, College of Human Development, China Agricultural University
Research focus: Juan's research areas include environmental social research and political ecology, international development and agricultural policy changes, rural development, and rural revitalization.
Contact: Profile page | juanlcau [at] qq.com (juanlcau[at]qq[dot]com)

Rohan Munasinghe, Visiting Fulbright Scholar

Home institution: Professor at the Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Research focus: Smart agriculture; Human-elephant conflict; Drone design and deployment
Contact: Profile page | srm278 [at] cornell.edu (srm278[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Thanh Nguyen, Visiting Fellow

Home institution: Research scholar, Organic Agricultural Sciences at the University of Kassel, Germany
Research focus: Thanh specializes in remote sensing to study rural-urban transformation and its impacts on agriculture and natural resources. Her on going work integrates spatial analysis and agent-based modeling to explore human-nature interactions and enhance resilience to challenges like resource scarcity and climate change across diverse global landscapes.
Contact: LinkedIn | ResearchGate Profile

Stella Nordhagen, Visiting Fellow

Home institution: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
Research focus: As an agricultural economist, Stella focuses on food systems and specifically on how to improve global nutrition while achieving other social goals. Her areas of research interest include market-based approaches to improving diets and nutrition, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, climate change adaptation, gender equity, food safety, food environments, and drivers of food choice.
Contact: Profile page | snordhagen [at] gainhealth.org (snordhagen[at]gainhealth[dot]org)

Chandra Nuthalapati, Visiting Professor (Tata-Cornell Institute)

Home institution: Professor of economics at the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi, India
Research focus: Chandra's research interests include food value chains, the economics of technological change, natural resource management, and the social sector. He believes in the game-changing nature of technologies for optimizing social welfare, especially for smallholders and poor consumers.
Contact: Profile page | csn38 [at] cornell.edu (csn38[at]cornell[dot]edu)

Philip Thornton, Visiting Professor

Home institution: CGIAR
Research focus: Philip's work centers on farming systems research, crop and livestock modelling, agricultural economics, ex ante and ex post impact assessment, and priority setting.
Contact: Profile page | p.thornton [at] cgiar.org (p[dot]thornton[at]cgiar[dot]org)

Hannah van Zanten, Visiting Professor

Home institution: Associate Professor at the Wageningen University Farming Systems Ecology group
Research focus: Hannah's research explores how circular food systems can contribute to producing healthy foods for a growing population within the carrying capacity of the Earth.
Contact: Profile page