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Fouad Makki
Fouad Makki

Associate Professor

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Uneven and Combined Development
  • Nature and Modernity
  • State Formation and Development
Andy McDonald
Andrew McDonald

Associate Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Soil and Crop Sciences Section

Associate Professor

Global Development Section

Contact

  • ajm9 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Cropping systems ecology
  • Climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • Agricultural sustainability, food security, water resources, international agriculture, policy, and applied social sciences
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Purvi Mehta

Adjunct Professor

Global Development Section

Contact

  • pm473 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Agricultural development
  • Agriculture and nutrition policy
  • South and southeast Asia
Rebecca Nelson
Rebecca Nelson

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

Professor

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Circular bionutrient economy and enhancing wellbeing in peri-urban areas through waste valorization
  • Agroecology and supporting student leadership toward sustainability
  • Participatory research and extension
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Alice Pell

International Professor and Professor Emerita of Animal Nutrition

Animal Science

Adjunct Professor

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • International development
  • Agriculture & nutrition
  • Education
Scott Peters
Scott Peters

Professor

Global Development Section

Director of Graduate Studies

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Political theory & public philosophy
  • Community organizing & development
  • Oral history
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Prabhu Pingali

Professor

Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Professor

Global Development Section

Director, Tata-Cornell Institute

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Food and Nutrition Policy
  • International Agricultural Development
  • Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems
Marvin Pritts
Marvin Pritts

Professor

School of Integrative Plant Science

Horticulture Section

Professor

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Berry crops
  • Season extension
  • Sustainable production practices
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John Sipple

Professor

Global Development Section

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Pk-12 education
  • Sociology of communities
  • Policy
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Kurt Waldman

Assistant Professor

Global Development Section

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  • kbw8 [at] cornell.edu

Interest

  • Judgement & decision making
  • Social-environmental systems
  • Climate adaptation & food security
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Mildred Warner

Professor, City and Regional Planning, AAP

Professor

Global Development Section

Former Director, Polson Institute (2022-2025)

Global Development Section

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Wendy Wolford

Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor

Global Development Section

Vice Provost for International Affairs

Office of the Provost

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Interest

  • International development
  • Land use & distribution
  • Social mobilization & agrarian societies
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John Zinda

Associate Professor

Global Development Section

Director, Polson Institute for Global Development

Global Development Section

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Interest

  • Environmental sociology
  • Risk and disaster
  • Environmental justice and political ecology