The Brooks School has strengthened its faculty with the addition of 13 new external hires who will bolster its research and instruction portfolios in economics, data science, race and equity, and environmental policy.

“It’s a testament to Dean Barry’s leadership, our faculty, and the vision of the Brooks School that we’ve been able to bring in such a strong group of new faculty members this year,” said Senior Associate Dean Jeff Niederdeppe, who led the recruiting process. “The diverse portfolio of innovative and rigorous policy research that exemplifies the group will offer us added strength and capacity in the core areas of our undergraduate and graduate academic programs.”

The group includes two new faculty who were recruited to Cornell under the provost’s Radical Collaboration initiative and will strengthen Brooks’ multidisciplinary capacity. Environmental economist and public policy expert Sheila Olmstead joins as part of a collaboration with the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability; mathematician and data scientist Moon Duchin joins as part of a collaboration with the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society.

Explore profiles of all the new faculty members on the Brook School’s website.