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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Failing to vaccinate farmworkers exploits, endangers labor force

March 2, 2021

Despite CDC recommendations that farmworkers should be one of the first groups selected for COVID-19 vaccinations, some of the top farming states have not prioritized agricultural workers. Beth Lyon and Mary Jo Dudley are available to discuss the importance of vaccinating farmworkers.

Labor Relations & Human Resources
Food & Agriculture
Agriculture and Life Sciences
Law and Policy
Law School
Mary Jo Dudley

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Impact on agriculture, food, beverage industries and food supply chain

May 12, 2020

Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on agriculture industries, food and beverage markets, as well as specific disruptions to the food supply chain.

Food & Agriculture
Andrew Novakovic
Miguel Gómez
Mary Jo Dudley
Bradley Rickard
Anusuya Rangarajan
Alex Susskind
Aaron Adalja
Richard Stup
Douglass Miller

Cornell experts on coronavirus - Impact on the economy and industries

May 12, 2020

Experts at Cornell University are available to discuss the coronavirus in terms of its many impacts on economic productivity, inequalities as well as specific disruptions to various industries. 

Alexander Colvin
Mary Jo Dudley
professor of history at Cornell University
Miguel Gómez
senior research associate at Cornell’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Louis Hyman
Heeyon Kim
Kevin Kniffin
Associate Professor of Economics at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Jamila Michener
Douglass Miller
Andrew Novakovic
Richard Stup
Alex Susskind
Mildred E. Warner
Art Wheaton
Nicolas Ziebarth

ICE raid on NYS farm shows link between immigrant labor, agriculture

April 26, 2018

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on an Upstate New York dairy farm last week resulted in the arrest of an undocumented farmworker and has raised questions about the legitimacy of such federal actions. Mary Jo Dudley, Director of the Cornell University Farmworker Program and a faculty member in the Department of Development Sociology, says that immigration policies need to change both to protect the rights of farmworkers and to support the struggling dairy industry.

Mary Jo Dudley