House Fellows

House Fellows

House Fellows are active community members affiliated with a specific House in the West Campus House System.  House Fellows contribute to the intellectual and social life of the House through programs, activities, discussions, screenings, workshops, arts events, etc.

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House Fellow

Nancy Almann, DC is a Cornell CALS class of 1983 alumna. After a decade and a half of intrapreneurial experience working for a Fortune 5 company, Nancy left Corporate America.

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House Fellow

AJ Alvero is an Assistant Research Professor with the Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society.

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House Fellow

Rosemary Avery is Professor of Policy Analysis and Management in the Brooks School of Public Policy.

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House Fellow

The garden’s natural areas program stewards 3,600 acres of biologically diverse nature preserves, representing nearly all the natural community types and rarest plant habitats in the central Finger Lakes region.

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House Fellow

Garrick Blalock is an associate professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management where he teaches managerial economics and firm strategy. His research interest is technology adoption in emerging markets.

Kate Bronfenbrenner
House Fellow

Kate Bronfenbrenner is the Director of Labor Education Research and a Senior Lecturer at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations where she does teaching and research on labor, race, and gender, and union and employer strategi

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House Fellow

Kate de la Garza is a seasoned community development professional, with over 20 years of community-based affordable housing development and finance experience.

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Mike Fontaine came to Cornell in 2004 and has risen through the ranks. As a Professor of Classics (the fancy name for the study of ancient Greece and Rome), he investigates Latin literature from ancient Rome through the Renaissance.

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Fiber scientist Margaret Frey creates nanofibers that are hundreds of times thinner than a human hair, and studies the way these fibers can remove pathogens from air and water, aid textile biodegradation, and offer cooling on a warming planet.

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House Fellow

Alicia Kenaley was appointed Executive Director of Family and Children’s Service of Ithaca (F&CS) in March 2021.  Prior to joining F&CS, Alicia served as Chief

Andre Kessler
House Fellow

I am a chemical ecologist whose research focuses on the mechanisms, ecological consequences, and the evolution of plant-induced responses to herbivore damage. Conceptually, I study plant secondary metabolism as a vehicle of information transfer.

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House Fellow

Yael Levitte is the Senior Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity at Cornell University. Levitte works closely with the deputy provost on faculty recruiting, retention, and development issues.

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House Fellow

Ryan has served as the Vice President for Student & Campus Life at Cornell University since August 2015.

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House Fellow

Vivek completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Princeton, after which he worked for almost ten years on Wall Street with a quantitative tradin

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House Fellow

Judge Scott Miller is a New York State judge and the senior presiding judge of the Tompkins County Court. He also serves as Acting County Court Judge of the Tompkins County Court. Judge Miller presides over trial level criminal and civil matters.

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House Fellow

Mary George Opperman is president of The Opperman Consulting Group, which provides organizational assessments, individual coaching and advising, and a variety of other HR services and assistance.

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House Fellow

Shirley Samuels was the first House Professor-Dean of Flora Rose House. She is currently the chair of the department of Literatures in English.

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House Fellow

Daniel R. Schwarz is Frederic J. Whiton Professor of English Literature and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1968. He is a renowned teacher, scholar, and public intellectual.

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House Fellow

As Associate Director of Community Service-Learning and Partnership, Amy has dedicated herself to purposeful work that produces lasting impact.

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House Fellow

ALEX M. SUSSKIND (the Banfi Vintners Professor of Wine Education and Management and Senior Director of Programs)

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House Fellow

Bryan L. Sykes is an Associate Professor in the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Department of Sociology at Cornell University.

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House Fellow

Michelle Van-Ess Grant serves as the Senior Associate Dean of Students for the Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment, and Belonging (The Centers) at Cornell University.

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House Fellow

Laura Weiss is the Sexual Violence Prevention Program Director of the SHARE Office in the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives within Cornell Health.

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House Fellow

So-Yeon Yoon is a professor of Design and Environmental Analysis and the director of Design-User Experience-Technology (DUET) Research Lab at the College of Huma

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House Fellow

Andy is the Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Land Trust - an Ithaca-based non-profit conservation organization that works cooperatively with landowners and local communities to permanently protect undeveloped lands that are important to the