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Migration studies experts at Cornell lead and shape the Migrations Program. Meet our faculty, scholars, and staff. 

Migrations Graduate Fellow

Danielle investigates migration through the lenses of law, policy, and social advocacy.

Former Director, Einaudi Center
Rachel Beatty Riedl served as the Einaudi Center's director from 2019 to 2024.
Migrations Graduate Fellow

Adolfho Romero is a PhD researcher in the ILR School who studies how worker centers and allied nonprofits build voice, dignity, and durable power for migrant and low-wage farmworkers. 

Migrations Graduate Fellow

Waleska Solorzano is a PhD candidate in Latin American studies. Her interdisciplinary research revolves around questions of aesthetics, domestic culture, migration, ontology, oral histories and testimonies, and the politics of representation.

Director, Southeast Asia Program

Eric Tagliacozzo is the John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell University. He is the director of the Einaudi Center's Southeast Asia Program, and a core faculty member of the Southeast Asia Program and South Asia Program.

Jesse F. and Dora H. Bluestone Peace Studies Fellow; Migrations Graduate Fellow

Nicole T. Venker is a human-environment geographer whose work explores how conflict-driven migration shapes rural livelihoods, environmental access, and food sovereignty. 

Migrations Graduate Fellow

Yichen Wang studies how migrants’ social connections—both offline and online—shape well-being and health in new environments. Her work examines how digital use transfers into emotional fulfillment, the role of social networks, and the protective power of social support.

Vice Provost for International Affairs
Vice Provost Wendy Wolford is Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.