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Meet our faculty

Cornell faculty design and teach every CAU experience, including international and domestic small-group Study Tours and the annual on-campus CAU Summer program.

Jim Alexander

Professor of Physics and Director of the Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics

CAU Study Tour 2022: Switzerland: Einstein, Art & a Visit to CERN

Warren D. Allmon

Director of the Paleontological Research Institution

CAU Study Tour: Journey to Antarctica, December 7 - 18, 2025

Kathleen Arnink

Senior Lecturer, Viticulture and Enology

Wine & Food Pairing: Cultivating the Epicurean Palate | The 2024 Kathy Dwyer Marble '63, MAT'65 Seminar | CAU Summer 2024

Ellen Avril

Chief Curator and the Judith H. Stoikov Curator of Asian Art

CAU Study Tour 2023: Japan, East Asian Art Through the Ages

Edward Baptist

Professor of American Studies

CAU Study Tour 2024: The Delta's America

Matt Baughan

Head Varsity Coach for Men’s Golf

The Game Changing Golf Clinic for All Players, CAU Summer 2024

Catherine K. Blumenkamp

Lecturer in Human Centered Design

Textile Artistry: Creating Art to Wear, CAU Summer 2024

Michell Chresfield

Assistant Professor, Africana Studies & Research Center

Black Body Politics, CAU Summer 2024

Elisha Cohn

Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Literatures in English

Medicine in Literature and Culture: Narrating the Art of Care | The 2024 Catherine S. Penner ’68 Seminar in Literature | CAU Summer 2024

Raymond Craib

Marie Underhill Noll Professor of History

CAU Study Tour: Histories of Spain, April 2024

Jennifer Cunningham ’08

M.Ed., E-RYT 500, NASM CPT, Adjunct Instructor, Athletics Department

Yoga: Movement & Mindfulness for All Levels, CAU Summer 2024

Tom Davis

The John W. Nixon ’53 Distinguished Policy Fellow at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy

CAU's Pre-Election Seminar, November 1 - 3, 2024

Ambre Dromgoole

Assistant Professor of Africana Religions and Music

CAU Study Tour: Cuba ~ Afro-Cuban Arts & Culture, March 30 - April 5, 2025

Corey Ryan Earle '07

Visiting Lecturer in American Studies

CAU Study Tour: Cuba~ Art, Culture, & History, January 10 - 16, 2025

Evan Fay Earle '02, MS '14

Dr. Peter J. Thaler '56 University Archivist

The Story of Cornell in 100 Objects | The 2024 Ralph Janis Seminar in History | CAU Summer 2024

Wendy Erb, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics

CAU Summer 2024 Evening Lecture

Dr. Giulia Friso, PhD

Senior Research Associate and Senior Lecturer, School of Integrative Plant Science

Journey to Greece, 2024

Emily Wilcox Gier

Associate Professor of Practice and Dietetic Internship Director for the Division of Nutritional Sciences

Preparing Healthful Cuisine without Sacrificing Flavor and Flair, CAU Summer 2024

Cole Gilbert

Director of Undergraduate Studies in Entomology & Professor of Insect Physiology

CAU Study Tour: Madagascar, July 31 - August 14, 2025

Charlie Green

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Literatures in English

Colombia's River of Dreams, December 30, 2025 - January 7, 2026

More info coming soon!

Charlie's first novel, The Shah of Texas, will be published by Gold Wake Press in February 2025.

Erin Green, PhD, RD

Lecturer and Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics, Division of Nutritional Sciences

Flavors Across the Map: Exploring Cultural Cuisines in American Cities, CAU Summer 2024

Nancy Green

Gale and Ira Drukier Curator, Johnson Museum of Art (retired)

CAU Study Tour New Mexico: Arts & Culture in the Land of Enchantment

Charles Greene

Professor Emeritus in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

CAU Study Tour 2022: Hawaii: The Big Island—Coral, Creatures & Climate Change

Drew Harvell

Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

CAU Study Tour 2022: Hawaii: The Big Island—Coral, Creatures & Climate Change

Dr. Mark Holton

Lindseth Co-Director of Cornell Outdoor Education

Bicycling the Byways: Ithaca and Beyond, CAU Summer 2024

Heather Huson

Associate Professor, Animal Geneticist, Director of the Cornell Raptor Program

Evening Lecturer, CAU Summer 2024

Steve Israel

Director, Cornell University Institute of Politics and Global Affairs

CAU's Pre-Election Seminar, November 1 - 3, 2024

Holger Klinck

John W. Fitzpatrick Director of the K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Svalbard: In Search of Iconic Arctic Wildlife, June 17 - 26, 2025

Bruce Levitt

Professor of Performing & Media Arts

The Courage to Create: Transforming Personal Narratives into Performance | The 2024 A. David & Nancy Tobin Seminar in the Arts | CAU Summer 2024

Joel Malina

Cornell Vice President for University Relations

CAU's Pre-Election Seminar, November 1 - 3, 2024

Scott MacDonald

The Norma K. Regan Professor in Christian Studies

CAU Study Tour 2023: Ancient Cities of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula

Jessica Levin Martinez

Richard J. Schwartz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

CAU Study Tour 2023: Japan, East Asian Art Through the Ages

Kate McCullough

Associate Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English

CAU Study Tour:
Into Ireland ~ The History & Poetry of Revolution
June 5 - 17, 2025
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Annemarie Morse

International Wine Judge, Educator

Wine & Food Pairing: Cultivating the Epicurean Palate | The 2024 Kathy Dwyer Marble '63, MAT'65 Seminar | CAU Summer 2024

Roberta Moudry, '81, M.A. '90, Ph.D. '95

Architectural Historian

Sense & Sustainability: How Intellect & Action Can Contribute to a Promising Future, CAU Summer 2024

Julie Nathanielsz '93, MFA

Dance, Movement, and Contemplative Practice Instructor and Cornell Instructor of Archery

Movement as Research: Tuning into the Body Through Poetic Imagination, CAU Summer 2024
Archery For All: The Game and the Physical Practice, CAU Summer 2024

Maryterese Pasquale-Bowen

Assistant for School Programs, Johnson Museum of Art

Impressionism to Surrealism: Art and Culture, 1880 to the Eve of WWII, CAU Summer 2024

Daniel Petticord

NSF-GRFP Fellow, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Plat Du Jour: The Art and Science of Mindful Eating in the Modern Era, CAU Summer 2024

Linda Rayor

Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Associate

CAU Study Tour: Madagascar, July 31 - August 14, 2025

Rachel Beatty Riedl

The Peggy J. Koenig ’78 Director of the Center on Global Democracy and Professor of Government

CAU's Pre-Election Seminar, November 1 - 3, 2024

Amanda D. Rodewald, Ph.D.

Garvin Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment Senior Director of the Center for Avian Population Studies, Laboratory of Ornithology

CAU Study Tour 2025: New Zealand by Sea
November 11 - 24, 2025
More info coming soon!

Vanya Rohwer

Curator of Birds and Mammals, Lab of Ornithology

CAU Summer 2023: Natural History Collections: A Crucial Cornerstone for Science and Society

Ivan Sagel

Director and Senior Instructor, Merril Sailing Center

Sailing: Learning with On-Water Practice, CAU Summer 2024

Elliot Shapiro

Knight Foundation Director of Writing in the Majors, Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines and Jewish Studies

Jewish Films and Filmmakers: Ernst Lubitsch, Billy Wilder, Nora Ephron, CAU Summer 2024

Zach Shulman

Director, Entrepreneurship at Cornell, and Managing Partner, Cayuga Venture Fund

The Rocky Road of Startups: From Culture, Unicorns, & Scandals, to Key Fund-Raising Concepts, CAU Summer 2024

David Silbey

Associate Director, Cornell in Washington

CAU Study Tour 2023: Breaking the Walls of Fortress Europe: World War II and D-Day in London, Normandy, Paris

Deborah A. Starr

Professor of Modern Arabic and Hebrew Literature and Film and Director of the Jewish Studies Program

CAU Study Tour 2022: Egypt: A Cruise up the Nile

Barry Strauss

Bryce and Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies

CAU Study Tour 2022: Undiscovered Greece

John Tobin-de la Puente

Professor of Practice at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, and Senior Faculty Fellow at the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

CAU Study Tour:
Greenland's Arctic Grandeur
August 30 - September 9, 2025
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Eric Tagliacozzo

Professor of History and Director of the Comparative Muslim Societies Program

CAU Study Tour 2024: The Flow of History: A Journey Upon the Mekong River through Vietnam and Cambodia

David Todd, BA and BFA'06

Photographic Artist and eCornell Course Facilitator

CAU Summer Photography Courses: Stay tuned for the 2025 Course Roster!

Jennifer Gioffre Todd

Photographic Artist and Manager of Art Studios

CAU Summer Photography Courses: Stay tuned for the 2025 Course Roster!

Sarah Wagner, PhD

Public Information Specialist, Lab of Ornithology

Exploring Avian Ecology and Conservation with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CAU Summer 2024

Sara Warner

Associate Professor of Performing and Media Arts and Director of the LGBT Studies Program

CAU Study Tour 2024: NYC Spring Theater Seminar