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
- 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.
She served as the inaugural associate director of the Atlanta Global Studies Center, a consortium of Georgia Tech and Georgia State University (2019–22). Previously she held positions at the European Union Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the European Studies Alliance at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Özkan holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from University of Wisconsin in international and comparative industrial relations and a B.A. in labor economics and industrial relations from the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University (Mülkiye).
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.
Sarah Besky
Associate Professor, International and Comparative Labor and Labor Relations, Law, and History, ILR
Faculty lead for India
John Cawley
Professor, Department of Economics, CALS
Faculty lead for University of Sydney, Australia
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, Ghana
Virginia Doellgast
Professor, Comparative Employment Relations, ILR
Faculty lead for Kings College London, United Kingdom
Nate Foster
Professor, Computer Science, Cornell Engineering
Faculty lead for University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Ying Hua
Associate Professor, Department of Human Centered Design, Human Ecology
Director of Cornell China Center, Beijing
Lee Humphreys
Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, CALS
Faculty lead for Denmark
Leslie Lok
Assistant Professor, Architecture, AAP
Faculty lead for Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Dan Luo
Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering, CALS
Faculty lead for HKUST, China
Mark Milstein
Clinical Professor, Management and Organizations, Johnson Graduate School of Management
Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise
At-Large Member as Chair of CAPP
Mostafa Minawi
Associate Professor, Department of History, A&S
Director, Critical Ottoman & Post-Ottoman Studies, Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies
Faculty lead for MENA strategy
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, 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, Singapore
Ken Roberts
Richard J. Schwartz Professor, Department of Government, A&S
Faculty lead for Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Eric Tagliacozzo
John Stambaugh Professor of History, A&S
Faculty lead for Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Mike Thompson
Dwight C. Baum Professor in Engineering, Cornell Engineering
Faculty lead for Imperial College London, United Kingdom