ILR - Key Persons


Albert Daghita

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Alex Colvin

Job Titles:
  • Relationship Between Employee
Alex Colvin. 2013. Organizational Primacy after the Demise of the Organizational Career: Employment Conflict in a Post-Standard Contract World. in Employment Regulation after the Demise of the Standard Employment Contract: Innovations in Regulatory Design. New York, NY, United States: Russell Sage, 2013. Harry Arthurs and Katherine Stone. (194-210) Alex Colvin. 1997. Book review of Paul Johnston, Success While Others Fail: Social Movement Unionism and the Public Workplace. in Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

Alex Covarrubias

Job Titles:
  • Professor, El Colegio De Sonora

Allison Zdunczyk

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Andreas Admasie

Job Titles:
  • Researcher, International Institute for Social History

Andrew J. Nathanson

Job Titles:
  • Family Professor in Industrial and Labor Relations

Anna Burger - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
Hailed by Fortune Magazine as "the most powerful woman in the labor movement" Anna Burger retired in 2010 as both a top ranking officer at SEIU and the first chair of the labor federation, Change t

Anne Lally

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, Katalyst Initiative

Anne Sutanto

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  • Vice President Director, PT. Pan Brothers TBK

Arthur Wheaton

Job Titles:
  • Director, Labor Studies

Betsy Wiggers

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Merchandise

Bob Hoyt

Alex Colvin spoke with Bob Hoyt about the effects of the pandemic on financial services and banking firms.

Bruce Raynor

Job Titles:
  • Principal, R & S Associates, LLC / Former President, UNITE HERE

Candace Akins

Job Titles:
  • Managing Editor, ILR Review

Carol Blessing

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Community Inclusion

Chris Vatland

Job Titles:
  • Data Associate

Christina Trinh

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Office Staff Member
  • Student Services Assistant

Christopher Collins

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Office Staff Member
  • Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

Dan Elswit

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Dan Fibiger

Job Titles:
  • Head of Social, Labor and Human Rights, Gap Inc

Darrie O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Office Staff Member
  • Graduate Recruiting and Outreach Coordinator

David M. Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Labor Relations and Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research

David Matteson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Dean Colvin

Dean Colvin received his J.D. in 1992 from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. in 1999 from Cornell University. He received the 2003 Outstanding Young Scholar Award from the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA) and the 2000 Best Dissertation Award from the IRRA for his dissertation entitled "Citizens and Citadels: Dispute Resolution and the Governance of Employment Relations". Before joining the faculty of the ILR School in 2008, he taught at Penn State University from 1999-2008.

Devon Proudfoot

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Duncan Scott

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Quality for New Balance Athletic Shoe
Duncan Scott is Senior Vice President of Strategic Sourcing & Quality for New Balance Athletic Shoe, a leading manufacturer of branded athletic footwear, apparel and equipment since 1906.

Edgar Romney

Job Titles:
  • Secretary - Treasurer, Workers United, SEIU / Manager, NY Metropolitan Area Joint Board, Workers United

Edward J. Lawler

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Eli Friedman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Global Labor & Work
  • Associate Professor, International and Comparative Labor, Cornell University ILR School

Ellice Switzer

Job Titles:
  • Workplace Disability Inclusion Associate

Emily Zitek

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Esta Bigler

Job Titles:
  • Director of NYC Government Relations

George Adanuty

Job Titles:
  • NYC Outreach Communications Specialist C06

Greg Distelhorst

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources and the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Harry Katz

Job Titles:
  • Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining

Heather LaCombe

Job Titles:
  • Program Assistant
  • Program Administrative Assistant

Heidi Russell

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Office Staff Member
  • EMHRM Coordinator

Ian Greer

Job Titles:
  • Director, ILR Ithaca Co - Lab

Ileen DeVault

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Labor History

Inga Skippings

Job Titles:
  • Organizational and Strategic Communications Consultant

Isadora Bratton-Benfield

Job Titles:
  • Global Labor Institute Project Associate
Isadora Bratton-Benfield is a Project Associate for the Global Labor Institute.

Jack Sheinkman

Job Titles:
  • Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining

James Gross

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Jason Arroyo

Job Titles:
  • Training & Education Support Specialist - Extension Support Specialist C06

Jason Judd

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Faculty and Staff
  • Executive Director, Global Labor Institute

Jeff Amaral

Job Titles:
  • Front End Web Developer

Jeff Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jennifer Bair

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia

Jennifer Dean

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Dean 's Designated Representative

Jennifer Migliore

Job Titles:
  • Transition Associate

Jinsun Bae

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Joanne Cao

Job Titles:
  • Doctoral Student
Doctoral student Joanne Cao recently described her work on a Future of Work human resources project.

Joanne Jensen - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Advisory Council
  • Chairman

Jodi Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Technological Innovation, Criminal Justice and Employment Initiativ

John August

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Partners Program

John Barry

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jon Stern

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Kalpona Akter

Job Titles:
  • Founder and Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity ( BCWS )
As the founder and executive director of the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity (BCWS), Kalpona Akter campaigns for worker safety, fair wages and the right to labour unions.

Kate Bronfenbrenner

Job Titles:
  • Director of Labor Education Research

Kenneth F. Kahn

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Kimberly Osmani

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Transition and Postsecondary Vocational Advancement

Lance Compa

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer Emeritus

Laura Haley

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Laura Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Lawrence Kahn


Lee Adler

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Leslie Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Lisa Nishii

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Lois S. Gray

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and the Social Sciences

Lowell Turner

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Maheya Afnan

Job Titles:
  • Worker Institute Administrative Manager

Margot Treadwell

Margot Treadwell spent her semester abroad exploring her interest in Arabic, women's labor globally, and immersing herself in a new culture.

Maria Lorena Cook

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Marissa Porter

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Office Staff Member
  • Director of Graduate Enrollment and Student Services

Martin Curley

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director, Katalyst Initiative

Mary Catt

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Contact

Mary Garin

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Office Staff Member
  • Associate Director of Graduate Student Services

Matthew Amengual

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Melissa Allen

Job Titles:
  • Web Application Developer

Michael Bride

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility - Global Affairs at PVH Corp.
Based in New York, Michael is charged with ensuring that PVH's Corporate Responsibility policies, both human rights and environment, are respected by the company and enforced throughout its supply

Michael Colunio

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Michael Radzik

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Michelle Alvord

Job Titles:
  • Webinar & Communication Coordinator

Mike Haflett

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Nellie Brown

Job Titles:
  • Director of Workplace Health & Safety Programs

Paul Velleman

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Raymond Cebula

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Income and Benefits Program

Raymond Robertson

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Helen
Raymond Robertson, Professor, Helen and Roy Ryu Chair in Economics and Government, Department of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Director of the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy, Texas A&M University

Reyna Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Research and Policy Development Associat

Richard Hurd

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for External Relations

Risa Lieberwitz

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Labor & Employment Law

Ronald Applegate

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Ronald Seeber

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Ruwan Subasinghe

Job Titles:
  • Legal Director at the International Transport Workers' Federation
  • Legal Director, International Transport Workers' Federation ( ITF )
Ruwan Subasinghe is Legal Director at the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), a global trade union body representing over 18.5 million workers in 147 countries.

Salima Ali

Job Titles:
  • Student Debate Camp, Counselor Leader

Sally Klingel

Job Titles:
  • Director of Labor - Management Relations Programs

Samuel Bacharach


Sandra Acevedo

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Santiago Anria

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Global Labor & Work

Sarah Ashwin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sarah Besky

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of the Anthropology of Work

Sarah Dadush

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Director, the Responsible Contracting Project, Rutgers Law School
  • Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School
Sarah Dadush is a Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School where she writes and teaches in the areas of contract law, business and human rights, and consumer law.

Sarosh Kuruvilla

Job Titles:
  • Academic Director
  • Academic Director, Global Labor Institute
Sarosh Kuruvilla is currently Professor of Industrial Relations and Asian Studies at Cornell University and Visiting Professor of Employment Relations and Organizational Behaviour at the London Sch

Stephen Adler

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Visiting Fellow

Susan W. Brecher

Job Titles:
  • Director, Curriculum and Training Design

Susanne Bruyere

Job Titles:
  • Academic Director, Yang - Tan Institute

Tejasvi Nagaraja

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Labor History

Tenisha Elliott

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Sustainability Analyst, Responsible Investment Team, Columbia Threadneedle
Tenisha joined the Responsible Investment team in 2013 with extensive knowledge of the mechanics of proxy voting and data management.

Thomas P. Golden

Job Titles:
  • Director