MPS Field Faculty in Global Development

Students in the MPS in Global Development custom-build courses of study in consultation with their faculty advisors. A strength of our program is its flexibility; students are able to tailor their coursework to fill gaps based on previous studies, field experiences, and desired career paths. Below is a current list of Cornell University Global Development graduate field faculty members who advise MPS students and their areas of expertise and research interest.

• Acevedo, Maricelis
  Research Professor; Co-director of MPS in Global Development, Department of Global Development; International Research Professor (Joint), School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section 
  Research Interests: agricultural development, food security, plant biotechnology, sustainable agriculture and food systems 

• Allred, Shorna
  Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Global Development 
  Research Interests: resource conservation and management 

• Assié-Lumumba, N’Drie
  Professor, Africana Studies and Research Center 
  Research Interests: African and African diaspora education, comparative and international education, ICT, education and development policy, gender and equity issues, family and social structure 

• Barrett, Christopher 
  Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Department of Global Development 
  Research Interests: development policy, economic analysis 

• Basu, Alaka
  Professor, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: population studies, gender, health, South Asian studies 

• Basu, Arnab
  Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management 
  Research Interests: labor markets, crop pricing and adoption, eco-labeling, trade 

• Bezner Kerr, Rachel
  Professor, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: agroecology, climate change adaptation in agrarian contexts, gender and agriculture, sustainable agriculture, food security, health, nutrition and social inequalities, southern Africa 

• Buck, Louise
  Senior Extension Associate, Department of Natural Resources 
  Research Interests: integrated landscape management, ecoagriculture, innovation systems 

• Chau, Nancy
  Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management 
  Research Interests: international trade, economic development, regional economics 

• Cherney, Debbie
  Professor, Department of Animal Science
  Research Interests: appropriate forage management, milk production, evaluating or improving laboratory or in vitro techniques to assess forage quality 

• Christy, Ralph
  Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  Research Interests: agricultural economics, development policy 

• Colle, Royal
  Professor (emeritus), Department of Communication 
  Research Interests: development communication, community learning centers, communication strategy, engaged communication training, information and communication technology

• Constas, Mark
  Associate Professor Applied Economics and Policy, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  Research Interests: resilience dynamics, measurement and evaluation design, food and nutrition security

• Eloundou-Enyegue, Parfait
  Professor, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: population studies, international development, global inequality, education and social stratification, social change 

• Evanega, Sarah
  Research Professor, Department of Global Development; International Research Professor (joint), School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  Research Interests: agricultural biotechnology, science communication 

• Finkelstein, Julia
  Assistant Professor, College of Human Ecology, Division of Nutritional Sciences 
  Research Interests: iron, vitamin B12, and folate in the etiology of anemia, adverse pregnancy outcomes, interventions to improve the health of mothers and young children, southern India 

• Fiorella, Kathryn
  Lecturer, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
  Research Interests: public health, planetary health, environmental change, fisheries, food security, livelihoods, social-ecological systems, food systems 

• Flecker, Alexander
  Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  Research Interests: food webs, tropical stream ecosystems, ecosystem engineers, ecological stoichiometry, ecosystem subsidies, eco-evolutionary interactions, fishes, biogeochemistry, biodiversity and ecosystem function 

• Giroux, Sarah Carissa
  Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: population and development, fertility, inequality, research methods, stratification and mobility

• Gomez, Miguel 
  Associate Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: food marketing and distribution, supply chain analysis 

• Grovogui, Siba
  Professor, African Studies and Research Center
  Research Interests: theory, law, globalization, development, political economy

• Hobbs, Peter
  Adjunct Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  Research Interests: agronomy, cropping systems, traditional agriculture, research and development in South Asia 

• Huson, Heather 
  Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Science ​​​​​
  Research Interests: genetic improvement of animal health and production, dairy cattle management and genetic evaluations, population structure and adaptation, genomic tool development, wildlife and indigenous population conservation, canine genetics

• Kassam, Karim-Aly
  Associate Professor, Department of Natural Resources ​​​​​​
  Research Interests: adaptive sociocultural and ecological systems, Arctic studies, biocultural diversity, climate change, Central Asian studies, development studies, ethnobiology, food sovereignty and security, gender analysis, human ecology, indigenous knowledge, indigenous studies, Islamic studies, natural resource policy, participatory action research, pluralism, and ways of knowing 

• Kiiti, Ndunge
  Visiting Associate Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management 
  Research Interests: mobile technology, development communication, public health, agribusinesses in emerging markets. 

• Krasny, Marianne
  Professor, Department of Natural Resources 
  Research Interests: environmental education, global on-line learning, civic ecology, environmental stewardship 

• Kuruvilla, Sarosh 
  Professor, School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR), International and Comparative Labor
  Research Interests: collective bargaining, labor law, labor history, Asian industrial relations transformations 

• Kyle, Steven 
  Associate Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  Research Interests: macroeconomic policy, both in the U.S. and in low-income countries, studies of the economies of Portuguese-speaking African countries, outlook for the U.S. economy, management of transition economies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

• Lassoie, James
  Professor, Department of Natural Resources
  Research Interests: natural resources, development policy

• Lee, David
  Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: agricultural policy, international trade, agricultural price policy, the interactions between international trade and economic development, research and technology effects in agriculture, policy impacts on resource use and management

• Lehmann, Johannes
  Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: soil fertility and nutrient management, ecosystems ranges from agriculture, agroforestry to forest successions

• Leonard, Lori
  Professor and Chair, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: gender and development, extractive industries, farm and food waste, waste to energy, garbage, recycling, re-use, and repair, transnational movements of secondhand goods, sub-Saharan Africa

• Mathiason, John
  Adjunct Professor, Cornell Institute for Public Affairs
  Research Interests: governance of climate change, Internet governance

• McCouch, Susan
  Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  Research Interests: plant breeding, molecular variation, gene banks, digital agriculture, rice, genomic prediction

• McDonald, Andrew
  Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Soil and Crop Sciences Section, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: international cropping systems, sustainable intensification, environmental information systems for enhancing decision-making in agriculture

• Ndulo, Muna
  Professor, Cornell Law School
  Research Interests: development policy, international nutrition, international planning, international population, science and technology policy

• Nelson, Rebecca
  Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: plant genetics, pest management, agroecology

• Osofsky, Steven
  Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences 
  Research Interests: wildlife, health, conservation, one health, planetary health, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, rural development, science policy 

• Peters, Scott
  Professor, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: action research, agricultural extension, community development, community organizing, community-university engagement, democracy, history of American higher education, narrative inquiry, science and education

• Pingali, Prabhu 
  Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: applied economics and policy, international and development economics and policy 

• Power, Alison
  Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  Research Interests: agroecology, pest management, ecological interactions between natural and agricultural ecosystems

• P​ritts, Marvin
  Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Horticulture Section, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: sustainable production of specialty crops, soil health

• Regenstein, Joe
  Professor (emeritus), Department of Food Science
  Research Interests: food chemistry, waste management, religious (kosher and halal) and ethnic foods, fish technology

• Rizvi, Syed
  Professor, Department of Food Science
  Research Interests: engineering and processing of food systems, processing technologies, packaging and international food developments, value addition to agricultural commodities

• Schmit, Todd
  Associate Professor, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  Research Interests: farm and agribusiness management, food and agricultural economics, and cooperatives

• Smith, Margaret
  Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: varieties for small-holder farmers, farmer variety selection and conservation, participatory plant breeding, tropical crop production systems

• Steenhuis, Tammo
  Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering
  Research Interests: innovative ways of integrated watershed management

• Styger, Erika
  Professor of the Practice and Associate Director of the Climate-Resilient Farming Systems Program, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: System of Rice Intensification (SRI), Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM), Agrobiodiversity management and agroforestry

• Thies, Janice
  Associate Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  Research Interests: soil microbial ecology, smallholder farming, soil health, biological nitrogen fixation, biochar

• Tidball, Keith
  Senior Extension Associate, Department of Natural Resources
  Research Interests: natural resources in post conflict/post disaster, social - ecological systems resilience, human - nature interactions and dichotomies, therapeutic values of conservation and recreation for returning combatants

• Tucker, Terry
  Professor of the Practice and Co-director of MPS in Global Development, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: innovation systems in smallholder agriculture, higher education for development, participatory research, extension and rural advisory services, community development

• Tufan, Hale Ann
  Research Professor and Project Director, Department of Global Development; International Research Professor (joint), School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  Research Interests: gender in agriculture, gender in crop breeding, participatory crop breeding

• Uphoff, Norman
  Professor (emeritus), Department of Government
  Research Interests: agroecology, sustainable development, system of rice/crop intensification

• Van Es, Harold
  Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  Research Interests: soil and water conservation, precision agriculture, environmental protection

• Warner, Mildred
  Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
  Research Interests: community development, economic development, state and local government policy

• Wolford, Wendy
  Professor, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: political economy of development, social movements and resistance, agrarian societies, political ecology and conservation, land use, land reform, critical ethnography, Latin America

• Yuan, Yu Connie
  Professor, Department of Communication, Department of Global Development
  Research Interests: intercultural communication, knowledge management