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Rebecca Slayton

Rebecca Slayton

Director, Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies

Rebecca Slayton is an associate professor of science and technology studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research and teaching focus on international security, governance, and cooperation since World War II.

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  • Faculty
  • PACS Core Faculty
    • PACS Director
      • PACS Steering Committee
        • PACS Minor Field Instructor
          • Einaudi Faculty Leadership

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Phone: 607-255-8914

Eric Tagliacozzo

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Director, Comparative Muslim Societies Program and Southeast Asia Program

Eric Tagliacozzo is the John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the director of the Einaudi Center's Comparative Muslim Societies Program and Southeast Asia Program, and a core faculty member of the Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program.

His research centers on the history of people, ideas, and material in motion in and around Southeast Asia, especially in the late colonial age.

Geographic Research Area: Southeast Asia, South Asia

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  • Faculty
  • CMSP Director
    • SAP Core Faculty
      • SEAP Core Faculty
        • SEAP Director
          • Einaudi Faculty Leadership
            • Executive Committee

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Ellen Lust

Ellen Lust 2025

Einaudi Center Director

Ellen Lust is Einaudi's John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and a professor in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and Department of Government (A&S).

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  • Einaudi Faculty Leadership

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Sarah Besky

Sarah Besky

Binenkorb Director, South Asia Program

Sarah Besky is Professor of the Anthropology of Work in the Department of Global Labor & Work at the ILR School. Her research explores the intersection of inequality, nature, and capitalism in the Himalayas.

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  • Faculty
  • SAP Core Faculty
    • SAP Director
      • SAP Steering Committee
        • Einaudi Faculty Leadership

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Rachel Bezner Kerr

Rachel Bezner Kerr

Director, Institute for African Development

Rachel Bezner Kerr is a professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her research interests converge on the broad themes of sustainable agriculture, food security, health, nutrition, and social inequalities.

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  • Faculty
  • IAD Core Faculty
    • IAD Director
      • IAD Advisory Council
        • Einaudi Faculty Leadership

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Phone: 607-255-3213

Ernesto Bassi Arevalo

Ernesto Bassi Director LACS

Director, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program

Ernesto Bassi Arevalo is an associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on the role circulation (of goods, people, news, and ideas) plays in the configuration of geographic spaces and political allegiances.

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  • Faculty
  • LACS Core Faculty
    • LACS Director
      • LACS Steering Committee
        • Einaudi Faculty Leadership

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