Two Economists Join the Faculty at Cornell University

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has announced the appointed of seven new faculty members in its department of economics. The new faculty members will all be on campus for the new academic year beginning in the fall. Two of the seven new economics scholars are women.

Eleonora Pattachini will join the faculty as an associate professor. Since 2012, she has served as an associate professor of economics and senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University. Earlier, she was a researcher in economics and statistics at Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Dr. Pattachini holds a master’s degree from the University Pompeu Fabra in Spain, a doctorate in methodological statistics from Sapienza University of Rome, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.

Julieta Caunedo was appointed an assistant professor of macroeconomics. She specializes in quantitative economics and aggregate fluctuations. Dr. Caunedo holds a bachelor’s degree and a graduate diploma in economics from Universidad Torcuato Tella in Argentina. She recently was awarded a Ph.D. in economics at Washington University in St. Louis.