Faculty
Alison Power

Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Alison Power's research interests include the ecology and epidemiology of plant pathogens transmitted by insects; disease systems in the northeast U.S., in Central America, and in Thailand.
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Steven Pond

Associate Professor, Musicology
Steven Pond's research interests include jazz, and music of the African Diaspora. He is an active percussionist and drummer and director of Cornell’s Brazilian music group, Deixa Sambar.
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Jane Mt. Pleasant

Associate Professor Emeritus, Horticulture
Jane Mt. Pleasant's research interests include indigenous agriculture and plants and well-being. She is a national expert in Iroquois agriculture.
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Alan Jeffrey Nussbaum

Professor, Linguistics and Classics
Geographic Research Area: South Asia
Teaching/Research Interests: Indo-European linguistics, and Greek and Latin comparative and historical linguistics
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Max Pfeffer

Professor, Global Development
Max Pfeffer's research interests include community development, international migration, agricultural labor, rural labor markets, land use and environmental planning, and primary data collection and field research with a particular emphasis on rural/urban fringe areas in rural New York, Mexico and Central America.
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Barbara Catherine Lust

Professor Emerita, Human Development
Geographic Research Area: Sri Lanka
Teaching/Research Interests: Cognitive science, developmental psychology, and linguistics
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Program
Role
- Faculty
- SAP Faculty Associate
- SAP Professor Emeriti
Contact
Email: bcl4@cornell.edu
Phone: 607-255-0829
Pedro David Perez

Senior Lecturer, Applied Economics and Management
Pedro David Perez is interested in entrepreneurship and innovation, ethics, active learning and the "flipped" classroom, methodologies, and case study methodology.
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Alice Pell

Professor Emerita, Animal Science
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Iago Gocheleishvili

Senior Lecturer, Near Eastern Studies
Geographic Research Area: Iran and the Middle East
Teaching/Research Interests: Democracy in Modern Iran, Russo-Iranian relations, constitutional movements in the Middle East, Mongol rule in the Middle East
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Ian Merwin

Professor Emeritus, Horticulture