Director, East Asia Program
Andrea Bachner is a professor of comparative literature in the Department of Comparative Literature. Her research explores comparative intersections between Sinophone, Latin American, and European cultural productions in dialogue with theories of interculturality, sexuality, and mediality.
Carl Marks Professor of International Studies
Kaushik Basu is a professor of economics at Cornell and president of the International Economic Association. From 2012 to 2016 he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.
Director, Southeast Asia Program
Abigail C. Cohn is a professor of linguistics and Southeast Asian studies whose research interests include the phonetics, phonology, morphology, and sociolinguistics of the languages of Indonesia.
Director, South Asia Program
Iftikhar Dadi is an associate professor of the history of art. He is also an artist. His research examines art as a global and networked practice from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Director, Cornell Institute for European Studies
Maria Goula is an associate professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture. She develops research on coastal tourism, especially in regard to the interpretation and reinvention of leisure patterns regarding coastal dynamics.
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. Professor of International Studies
Peter J. Katzenstein is a professor of government whose research and teaching lie at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics. His interests include the politics of civilizational states, public diplomacy, anti-imperialism, regionalism, and German politics.
Director, Institute for African Development
Muna B. Ndulo is a professor of law at Cornell Law School. He is an authority on African legal systems, human rights, constitutions, election monitoring, international development, and legal aspects of foreign investments in developing countries.
Director, Latin American Studies Program
Kenneth M. Roberts is Richard J. Schwartz Professor in Cornell's Department of Government. He teaches comparative and Latin American politics, with an emphasis on the political economy of development and the politics of inequality.
Director, Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (on leave fall 2018)
Rebecca Slayton is an associate director of science and technology studies. Her research and teaching examine the relationships between and among risk, governance, and expertise, with a focus on international security and cooperation since World War II.
Director, Comparative Muslim Societies Program
Eric Tagliacozzo is a professor in the Department of History. Much of his work has centered on the history of people, ideas, and material in motion in and around Southeast Asia, especially in the late colonial age.
Director, International Relations Minor
Christopher Way is an associate professor of government. His research and teaching interests include comparative political economy, international relations, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.