The has announced two new international faculty fellows for 2016-19:, associate professor of development sociology in the College of Agriculture and Life 麻豆视频, and , associate professor of government in the 麻豆视频 and 麻豆视频.
鈥淏oth Rachel and Tom will contribute immensely to the center鈥檚 new initiatives,鈥 says , director of the Einaudi Center. 鈥淚 believe that the center will benefit a great deal from Rachel鈥檚 deeply interdisciplinary work on food and nutrition security, and I look forward to collaborating with her in our effort to address global sustainability issues. And Tom plays an important role in the Southeast Asia Program, one of the center鈥檚 core programs. He is also working closely with other faculty and me to build our new digital platform for global collaboration and research dissemination.鈥
Bezner Kerr鈥檚 research looks at sustainable agriculture, food security, health, nutrition and social inequalities, with a primary focus on southern Africa. She hopes to arrive at a deeper understanding of the historical, political, economic and social dimensions of agricultural practices and policies in southern Africa 鈥 with the goal of improving nutrition, food security and soil management in the region.
Bezner Kerr, Ph.D. 鈥06 in the field of development sociology, joined the Cornell faculty in 2012. She also holds a master鈥檚 degree in land resource sciences from the University of Guelph (1998) and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in cooperative international development from the University of Toronto (1996).
鈥淚t is an honor to be awarded the International Faculty Fellowship, as it recognizes the long-term work that I have carried out to promote sustainable food systems in Malawi,鈥 said Bezner Kerr. 鈥淭hroughout my academic career I have pursued this international effort, sometimes without active support or recognition of the importance of such work from others, and it is wonderful to have this recognition now.鈥
Pepinsky鈥檚 research highlights the links between international politics and domestic politics, especially how international affairs affect the domestic politics of so-called 鈥渄eveloping countries.鈥 He has a particular interest in how global affairs shape the politics of Southeast Asia, a part of the world, he says, that is too often considered marginal or unimportant by Western academic audiences and policymakers.
Pepinsky joined the Cornell faculty in 2008; he earned a Ph.D. with distinction in political science from Yale University (2007) and a bachelor鈥檚 degree in linguistics and international relations from Brown University (2001).
鈥淔or researchers like me, IFF resources are irreplaceable,鈥 said Pepinsky. 鈥淭he fellowship enables me to explore the kind of basic research that has historically been the cornerstone of international studies at Cornell. It makes the work that I wish to do possible.鈥
The International Faculty Fellowship program, a centerpiece of the initiative, aims to support the international engagement of Cornell faculty. Nominated by the deans of their respective colleges, international faculty fellows are selected by the Einaudi Center on the basis of their internationally focused research, teaching and scholarly achievements. Since 2014 10 fellows have been appointed and are now serving three-year terms.
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