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Pedro M. R. Barbosa
LACS Visiting Scholar
Pedro M. R. Barbosa is researcher on public policy, comparative late welfare states, political economy, and the politics of redistribution. He studied the transformations and politics of late welfare states, which led to a number of publications (Barbosa, 2024; Camargo; Barbosa, 2024; Barbosa, 2023; Barbosa et al, 2023; S'atyro et al, 2019) in addition to his dissertation.
Recently, he has focused on the political polarization in Latin America (Tanscheit; Barbosa, 2023) and the politics of redistribution (Barbosa, 2023).
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Ruth Lawlor
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Ruth Lawlor teaches U.S. and global diplomatic and military history. Much of her work concerns the global history of World War II, but she also writes broadly about the laws of war, geopolitics and sexual violence. She is currently working on a history of Arctic imperialism.
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Patrick Daly
Visiting Scholar
Patrick Daly has recently started an appointment as Research Scientist (Sustainability & Resilience) in the Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis. His previous research and teaching appointments include the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, the Asia Research Institute, the National University of Singapore, and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge.
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Kelsey Utne
South Asia Studies Librarian
Geographical Research Area: India and Pakistan
Teaching/Research Interests: digital humanities, commemoration, religion & identity
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Su Yin Htun
Visiting Scholar
Su Yin Htun is an Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) fellow and visiting scholar in the Einaudi Center for International Studies’ Southeast Asia Program.
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Jarra Jagne
Professor of Practice
Jarra Jagne is a professor of practice in common diseases of poultry, including avian influenza (AI), Newcastle disease virus (NDV), Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG), infectious bronchitis (IBV) and infectious bursal disease (IBD( and epidemiology and pathology of poultry diseases in the tropics
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Sophie Oldfield
Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning, Professor
Sophie Oldfield is internationally recognized for her research on cities in the Global South through her theoretical and primary research. From 2016 to 2021, she held the University of Cape Town and the University of Basel Professorship in urban studies.
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Rachel Sandwell
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Rachel Sandwell is an historian of modern Africa and transnational solidarity movements, with a focus on late decolonization, national liberation movements, and international support for national liberation movements.
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Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed (pronouns: she/her) is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Cornell University. She is the author of Media, Culture, and Decolonization: Re-righting the Subaltern Histories of Ghana (Rutgers University Press, 2025). She is also co-editor of the book, African Women in Digital Spaces: Redefining Social Movements on the Continent and in the Diaspora (2023).
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Mayu Okawara Muller
Lecturer, Asian Studies
Mayu Okawara Muller received her M.A. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction Major from Otterbein University, and B.A. in Liberal Arts, Global Studies in English Major from Hiroshima Jogakuin University.