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.
Dr. Weir is a senior lecturer of global affairs at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. She was recently named the inaugural executive director of the Jackson School's new Center for Peace and the Global Good, a hub for scholars and students working to address challenges in human rights and global health.
Dr. Maggioni comes to her new role with more than 15 years of teaching and leadership experience in higher education. Most recently, she was assistant provost at Massachusetts Bay Community College
Dr. Blankenbaker has served as president of the Tarrant County College Northwest campus since 2017. She recently assumed additional responsibilities as the chief academic officer for the community college's online and in-person campuses.
Most recently, Dr. Hooyman was vice president of academic affairs and provost of Northwest Missouri State University. She was the first woman to serve in that role.
Born and raised in Alaska, Dr. O'Hara previously spent more than two decades with the College of Education at California State University, Sacramento. More recently, she was executive director of Sierra College's Nevada County Campus.
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the tenure track.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.
The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in Economics at the Assistant Professor level.