Global Hubs Leadership

Steering Committee

Global Hubs activities, led by Global Cornell, leverage expertise across the university. The steering committee provides regular oversight and liaisons with faculty and administration within Cornell colleges and schools, while a cross-campus faculty advisory committee offers guidance and maintains direct connections with Hubs partners.

• Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs
• Christine Potter, Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director, Global Operations and Strategy
• Nishi Dhupa, Associate Vice Provost for International Affairs
• Brandon Lanners, Executive Director, Office of Global Learning
• Cindy Tarter, Director of Education Abroad
• Şebnem Özkan, Director, Global Hubs

Şebnem Özkan

Global Hubs director Şebnem Özkan joined Global Cornell in January 2022 with an academic background in international and area studies and more than two decades of professional experience at federally funded European and global studies centers.

Faculty Advisors

Global Hubs faculty leads serve as ambassadors and liaisons to faculty and administration in Cornell colleges and schools. They develop and maintain relationships with partner institutions in their regions, participate in and host partner visits, facilitate faculty connections and collaborations, and oversee joint seed fund awards.

Paula Cohen

Professor of Genetics, College of Veterinary Medicine
Director, Center for Reproductive Genomics
Associate Vice Provost for Life Sciences

Faculty lead for University of Ghana

Yun-chien Chang

Jack G. Clarke Professor in East Asian Law, Cornell Law

Faculty lead for National Taiwan University

Julie Ficarra

Associate Teaching Professor, Brooks School of Public Policy

Faculty lead for Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

Lee Humphreys

Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, CALS

Faculty lead for Denmark

Tamara Loos

Professor, History, A&S

Faculty lead for Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Dan Luo

Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering, CALS

Faculty lead for HKUST, Hong Kong 

Katherine McComas

Vice Provost for Engagement and Land-Grant Affairs

Faculty lead for Kings College London, UK

Muna Ndulo

William Nelson Cromwell Professor of International and Comparative Law
Elizabeth and Arthur Reich Director, Leo and Arvilla Berger International Legal Studies Program

Faculty lead for University of Zambia

Thomas Pepinsky

Walter F. LaFeber Professor, Department of Government, A&S
Director, Southeast Asia Program, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies

Faculty lead for National University of Singapore

Rachel Riedl

Peggy J. Koenig ’78 Director of the Center on Global Democracy, Brooks School of Public Policy 
Professor in the Brooks School and Department of Government

Faculty lead for University College London, UK

Eric Tagliacozzo

John Stambaugh Professor of History, A&S

Faculty lead for Queen Mary University of London, UK

Mike Thompson

Dwight C. Baum Professor in Engineering, Cornell Engineering

Faculty lead for Imperial College London, UK

Aditya Vashistha

Assistant Professor, Information Science, Cornell Bowers CIS

Faculty lead for India

Matthew Wilkens

Associate Professor, Information Science, CIS

Faculty lead for University of Edinburgh, UK

Staff

Nina Chaopricha
Manager, Global Hubs Initiative