People

Program Management

Director

The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is directed by a member of the steering committee who serves a three-year term. The current director is:

Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor, Department of Science & Technology Studies.

Steering Committee

Members of the steering committee assist the program director with oversight and management of the Reppy Institute. 

Directory

This directory includes contact information for faculty, staff members, graduate student fellows, and visitors associated with the institute.

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Mahasti Yuanita

Evangelista Fellow 2026-27

Mahasti Yuanita is an MPA student at Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. Her research interests focus on economic governance, emerging technologies, inequality, and conflict vulnerability in domestic, transnational, and global policy issues.

Yingyun ‘Aurora’ Zhang

Freeman Prize in Peace Studies Honorable Mention

Yingyun ‘Aurora’ Zhang is a graduating senior at Cornell University. She is a double major in Government and Information Science, with a minor in Law & Society.