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Jarra Jagne

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

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

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

Wunpini 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

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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. 

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Jyun-hong Lu

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Associate Teaching Professor, Asian Studies

Jyun-hong Lu received his M.A. in Chinese language pedagogy from the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University, and a B.A. in Chinese literature from National Chengchi University. 

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Eriko Akamatsu

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Associate Teaching Professor, Asian Studies

Eriko Akamatsu received her MA in Secondary Education from Marshall University, an MA in Second Language Acquisition from the University of Maryland, and a BA in English Education from Hiroshima University.

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Paul Kaiser

Paul Kaiser

Einaudi Center Practitioner in Residence

Paul Kaiser joins the Einaudi Center in 2025–26 as Einaudi's practitioner in residence.

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Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit

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Assistant Professor, Music

Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit's research focuses on music, race, and imperialism in nineteenth-century Siam. He is interested in issues of aesthetic commensurability in colonial encounter, comparativism and the production of knowledge about non-European musics, and opera as a racializing global-colonial form.

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Santiago García

Santiago Garcia

Regional Affiliate Scholar

Santiago García is a conservation scientist and policy expert with over 15 years of experience across Latin America, Africa, and the U.S. He is Director of Forests Partnerships at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), supporting forest governance and climate finance. Santiago previously served as Ecuador’s National Forestry Director and led national REDD+, restoration, and wildfire programs. He holds a PhD in Natural Resources from Cornell University and a Master’s in Conservation Leadership from Colorado State University.

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