- Avery August - Avery August, is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor and professor of immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Hw served as Vice Provost for Academic Affairs beginning in 2018, until his appointment as Deputy Provost in 2022. Working with Yael Levitte, senior associate vice provost for faculty development and diversity, on a range of […]
- Yael Levitte - Yael Levitte is the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Cornell University. Levitte works closely with the Deputy Provost on issues of faculty recruiting, retention and development. She oversees dozens of educational and community-building programs that support faculty across their careers. Levitte also oversees faculty leadership initiatives to support current and […]
- Gabriela E. Vargas - Gabriela Elizabeth Vargas is the Assistant Director in the Provost’s Office of Faculty Development and Diversity (OFDD). Gabriela supports individual faculty, department chairs, and deans in their work. Vargas co-facilitates programs offered by OFDD, and develops assessment tools for department climate; they also help chairs and faculty design and deliver concrete plans and programs to […]
- Lori Sonken - Lori Sonken is the Communication and Program Manager for the Office of Faculty Development and Development. She develops programs for faculty and academic staff, and promotes OFDD events through various venues, including the Cornell Chronicle. Previously, she was on staff of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences and the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future. […]
Faculty Advisory Board Members
Architecture, Art and Planning
Jen Delos Reyes, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and Associate Professor
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Ian Hewson, Professor
Corrie Moreau, Professor
Arts & Sciences
Sophia Villenas, Director, Asian American Studies Program
Maria Cristina Garcia, Director, Latina/o Studies
Troy Richardson, Director, American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Jane Juffer, Professor
Kim Weeden, Director, Center for the Study of Inequality
Mary Pat Brady, Director, American Studies
Deborah Starr, Director, Near Eastern Studies Program
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Chair, Africana Studies and Research Center
Sara Warner, Director, LGBT Studies Program
Jason Mokhtarian, Director, Jewish Studies
Caroline Levine, David and Kathleen Ryan Professor of Humanities
Brooks Public Policy
Jeff Niederdeppe, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development and Professor
Computing and Information Science
Florentina Bunea, Professor
Larry Blume, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Engineering
José Martinez, Professor
Marjolein van der Meulen, Professor
Human Ecology
Eve De Rosa, Associate Professor
Corinna Loeckenhoff, Professor
Industrial and Labor Relations
Pam Tolbert, Professor
Law School
Chantal Thomas, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Radice Family Professor of Law
Michelle Whelan, Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Diversity and Equity
SC Johnson College of Business
Sunita Sah, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
David Sherwyn, Professor, School of Hotel Administration
Cornell Tech
Mor Naaman, Associate Dean and Professor
Veterinary Medicine
Peter V. Scrivani, Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences
Liaison to the Faculty Senate
Chelsea Specht, Professor