Cornell University

Meet the Core Faculty

Because CIPA is an interdisciplinary program, our Fellows take courses from a wide variety of faculty members across the university.  CIPA core faculty members, however, provide cohension to the program and coherence in academic advising.  In addition, they serve as the academic foundation and the central policy-making body of the program.

With broad representation from across the university, the core faculty bring an academic richness to CIPA that transcends disciplinary boundaries. In addition, they bring a range of experience and involvement in domestic US and international public affairs, which enhances their teaching and advising. 

Academic Advisement

Upon entering CIPA, Fellows are assigned a core faculty advisor based on the area of of interest they listed on their application.  Following registration, Fellows may elect to change their advisors via a Petition Request Form if they think that another core faculty member would be more appropriate given their career interests.

Name Contact Address
Richard Booth
Professor of City and Regional Planning
607.255.4042
117 Sibley Hall
Nancy Brooks
Visiting Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning
607.255.2186
212 Sibley Hall
Nancy Chau
Professor of Applied Economics and Management
607.255.4463
212 Warren Hall
Ralph Dean Christy
Professor of Emerging Markets and Director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development (CIIFAD)
607.255.0831
31 Warren Hall
Kieran Donaghy
Professor of City and Regional Planning
607.254.4865
315 W. Sibley
Gary Fields
John P. Windmuller Chair of International and Comparative Labor and Professor of Economics
607.255.4561
270 Ives Faculty Building
Richard Geddes
Associate Professor, Department of Policy Analysis and Management
607.255.8391
251 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall
Robert Harris, Jr.
Professor of Africana Studies
607.255.8536
211 Africana Studies and Research Center
Daniel P. Loucks
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
607.255.4896
331 Hollister Hall
Theodore J. Lowi
John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, Professor of Government and Amerian Studies
607.255.6205
115 White Hall
Kathryn S. March
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology
607.255.6779
224 McGraw Hall
Per Pinstrup-Andersen
J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship and H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy
607.255.9429
305 Savage Hall
Norman T. Uphoff
CIPA Director and Professor of Government and International Agriculture
607.255.0177
292 Caldwell Hall

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