Mara Du’s research focuses on the history of modern China (17th century to the present), particularly on law, gender, and state-building.

Gary Fields is the John P. Windmuller Professor of International and Comparative Labor and professor of economics at Cornell University. He is the 2014 winner of the IZA Prize in Labor Economics, the top worldwide award in the field.

Magnus Fiskesjö's research concerns ethnic relations and political anthropology in China and Southeast Asia.

Eli Friedman joined the faculty of the ILR School's department of International and Comparative Labo after completing his PhD in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

TJ Hinrichs is a historian of Song era (960-1279 c.e.) Chinese medical, political, and cultural history.

Ying Hua is associate professor of design and environmental analysis and director of the Cornell China Center.

Tristan Ivory's research is principally concerned with various aspects of Sub-Saharan African geographic, social, and economic mobility. His first research project explored these issues for Sub-Saharan African migrants in Japan.

Peter Katzenstein is the Einaudi Center's Walter S. Carpenter Jr. Professor of International Studies in the Department of Government. His research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics.

The focal point of Victor Koschmann's research is the nexus between political thought and action, primarily but not exclusively in twentieth-century Japan.  In his most recent work, he has explored new perspectives on thought and action during Japan’s war years (1931-45), in the context of such t

Jane Marie Law received her undergraduate degree in Religious Studies from the University of Colorado, and her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago, where her work in history of religions focused on Japanese ritual performance and ritual studies.