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Yaro T. Kulchyckyj
Affiliated Scholar
Yaro T. Kulchyckyj holds a Doctor of International Affairs and a Masters of International Public Policy degrees from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (JHU-SAIS). He wrote his doctoral dissertation on U.S. Foreign Policy Decision-Making: The Obama and Trump’s Administrations' Decisions Regarding Lethal Aid to Ukraine, 2014-2017. He has over 25 years of experience in diplomacy, development, and defense. He is a career public servant with the Department of State and a Senior Fellow with the Partnership for Public Service.
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Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah
Visiting Scholar
Noor Ahmad Akhundzadah received his bachelor’s degree in geology from Kabul University, Master’s in Agriculture, and Ph.D. in Geotechnical Engineering from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology of Japan. He conducts research on groundwater resources investigation, climate change impacts on water resources, climate change mitigation through renewable energy resources, peacebuilding, climate change, and migration. He is also an AGU Global Engagement Committee member.
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Soyi Kim
LB Korean Studies Research Scholar, 2022-2024
Soyi Kim is the inaugural LB Korean Studies Research Scholar for the East Asia Program.
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Andrew Harding
Visiting Lecturer
Andrew Harding is a visiting lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies. His research analyzes fiction written by ethnically Korean writers who were born and raised in Japan after World War II. His dissertation provides a new perspective on these writings and delves into questions of national identity and its limits.
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Wendy Erb
Extension Associate, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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Judith Van Allen
Regional Scholar Affiliate
Judith Van Allen is a Regional Scholar Affiliate at the Institute for African Development at Cornell University and a long-time activist-scholar. She received her B.A from Stanford University and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in political science and political theory. She has been writing about African women for more than 40 years, beginning with her work on the 1929 Igbo Women’s War. She remains concerned with integrating gender and the study of women into African studies, and integrating the study of African women into U.S. gender studies.
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Abraham and Henrietta Brettschneider Oxford Exchange Fund
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The purpose of the Abraham and Henrietta Brettschneider Oxford Exchange Fund is to facilitate academic exchanges between Cornell and Oxford University (UK).
The awards are designed to promote scholarly interchange between Cornell and Oxford colleges, primarily in the social sciences and humanities. Cornell scholars from all colleges are invited to apply.
Eligibility
This fund is available to Cornell faculty, postdocs, students (graduate and undergraduate), and permanent RTE faculty. Priority is given to faculty and PhD students. Students planning to travel to Oxford after graduation or postdocs without an active appointment at the time of travel are not eligible.
Criteria
Successful grant applicants will receive funding to support research stays at Oxford. The award is also open to faculty and faculty-student research teams to travel to Oxford for collaborations and to make use of Oxford’s extensive research and library resources. Appropriate uses of the fund include thesis or dissertation research, workshop participation, and initiating or sustaining research partnerships. Projects that foster ongoing, close collaborations between Cornell and Oxford are given priority.
Requirements
- Four to five-page (double-spaced) research proposal (including bibliography)
- Detailed budget (does not count towards proposal page limit)
- Proposed research timeline (does not count towards proposal page limit)
- One Cornell faculty letter of recommendation (for students and postdocs)
- One Oxford faculty letter of support (for students and postdocs)
- For staff applications, please inquire for requirements at ies@cornell.edu
The online application form requires applicants to provide the names and email addresses of faculty recommenders. The online system automatically generates a notification email to the recommenders with instructions on how to log in and upload a recommendation letter. The submission deadline for the letters of recommendation and support is March 8, 2026. The letters of support from Oxford faculty can be mailed directly to IES Program Manager Patricia Young, pty6@cornell.edu.
Contact IES with questions about this award.