Leadership Team
Ileen DeVault
Academic Director, The Worker Institute
Professor of Labor History
607.255.3055
iad1@cornell.edu
Jeff Grabelsky
Associate Director, The Worker Institute
212.340.2825
jmg30@cornell.edu
Lara Skinner
Associate Director, The Worker Institute
212.340.2884
lrs95@cornell.edu
Faculty and Staff
Rachel Aleks
Assistant Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History
aleks@cornell.edu
Sally Alvarez
Senior Extension Associate
212.340.2816
sma21@cornell.edu
Ron Applegate
Lecturer
ra40@cornell.edu
Rosemary Batt
Alice Cook Professor of Women and Work
rb41@cornell.edu
Kate Bronfenbrenner
Director of Labor Education Research
mlb23@cornell.edu
Nellie Brown
Director of Workplace Health & Safety Programs
716.852.4191 ext.111
njb7@cornell.edu
Legna J. Cabrera
Research Specialist
212.340.2821
ljc46@cornell.edu
Patricia Campos-Medina
Co-Director, NYS AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute
212.340.2843
pec1@cornell.edu
Gene Carroll
Co-Director, NYS AFL-CIO/Cornell Union Leadership Institute
212.340.2853
gc32@cornell.edu
Alex Colvin
Associate Professor of Labor Relations and Conflict Resolution
Chairperson of the Department of Labor Relations, Law, and History
ajc22@cornell.edu
Lance Compa
Senior Lecturer
lac24@cornell.edu
Maria Cook
Professor, Department of International and Comparative Labor
and Department of Labor Relations, Law, and History
mlc13@cornell.edu
Kim Cook
Extension Associate Faculty
212.340.2824
kc948@cornell.edu
Linda Donahue
Senior Extension Associate
585.262.7860
lhd4@cornell.edu
Maria Figueroa
Director, Labor and Policy Research
212.340.2877
mcf22@cornell.edu
Eli Friedman
Assistant Professor, International and Comparative Labor
edf48@cornell.edu
Shannon Gleeson
Associate Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History
smg338@cornell.edu
Lois Gray
Jean McKelvey/Alice Grant Professor of Labor Management Relations Emeritus
212.340.2860
lsg7@cornell.edu
Kati Griffith
Proskauer Assistant Professor in Employment and Labor Law
kg275@cornell.edu
James Gross
Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History
jag28@cornell.edu
Richard Hurd
ILR Associate Dean for External Relations
Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations
rwh8@cornell.edu
Sally Klingel
Director of Labor Management Relations
slk12@cornell.edu
Sarosh Kuruvilla
Professor, Industrial Relations, Asian Studies and Public Affairs
Department Chair, International & Comparative Labor
sck4@cornell.edu
Risa Lieberwitz
Professor of Labor and Employment Law
rll5@cornell.edu
Beth Livingston
Assistant Professor
bal93@cornell.edu
Verónica Martínez-Matsuda
Assistant Professor
vm248@cornell.edu
Veronica Moore
Office Administrator and Lead Programs Coordinator
716.852.4191
vam6@cornell.edu
Sherrie Morales
Program Coordinator, National Labor Leadership Initiative
and Union Leadership Institute
212.340.2868
sm92@cornell.edu
Dania Rajendra
Co-director, Union Communication Services
212.340.2811
dr563@cornell.edu
Anna Rivera
Administrative Assistant
212.340.2867
ar2249@cornell.edu
Prerna Sampat
Communications and Website Manager
212.340.2840
ps828@cornell.edu
Anne Sieverding
Administrative Assistant
607.255.4524
acs5@cornell.edu
William Sonnenstuhl
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
wjs7@cornell.edu
Alice Torres
Administrator
585.262.4440
amb27@cornell.edu
Lowell Turner
Professor, International & Comparative Labor
607.255.2279
lrt4@cornell.edu
KC Wagner
Director, Workplace Issues, ILR School
Co-Chair, Equity at Work, Worker Institute
212.340.2826
kcw8@cornell.edu
Arthur Wheaton
Director, Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs
716.852.4191
acw18@cornell.edu
Melanie Willingham-Jaggers
Program Manager
212.340.2847
myw25@cornell.edu