The Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies is directed by a member of the steering committee who serves a three-year term. The current director is:
Rebecca Slayton, Associate Professor, Department of Science & Technology Studies.
Associate Director
Sabrina Karim, Hardis Family Assistant Professor for Teaching Excellence.
Steering Committee
Members of the steering committee assist the program director with oversight and management of the Reppy Institute.
Directory
This directory includes contact information for faculty, staff members, Reppy fellows, and visitors associated with the institute.
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Sebastian Restrepo is a PhD student in the Department of City and Regional Planning. His research interests focus on the institutional arrangements to improve the implementation of peace agreements in conflict or post-conflict regions.
Upasana Singh is a J.S.D. candidate at the Cornell Law School. She is also working as a research assistant with Carl Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell University, Dr. Kaushik Basu. She holds an LL.M.
Director, Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
Rebecca Slayton is an associate professor of science and technology studies in the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research and teaching focus on international security, governance, and cooperation since World War II.
Elisha Smith has a BS in supply chain management from the University of Texas in Dallas. For the past five years, he has worked in global development and agriculture in post-conflict regions in Iraq and Syria.
Synia Taitt is a first-year Ph.D. student in Cornell University's government department. Her research in American politics focuses on the intersection of social movements, linked fate, policies, and public institutions, such as policing.
Georgy Tarasenko is a PhD student in the Department of Government at Cornell University. His major field of study is Comparative Politics, with minor fields in Political Thought and Methods.
Graduate Student, Jesse F. and Dora H. Bluestone Peace Studies Fellowship recipient
Nicole T. Venker is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Her research examines livelihoods, labor, and land relations along transnational routes of migration from Myanmar (Burma) to the United States.
Christopher Way is an associate professor of government. He is also a member of the peace studies minor faculty in the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.
