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Directors

Harry Katz

  • Director of Scheinman Institute
  • Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining
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Professor Katz

Sally Klingel

  • Executive Director of Scheinman Institute
  • Director, Labor-Management Relations Programs
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Sally Klingel

Affiliated Faculty

Ariel Avgar

  • Professor
  • Labor Relations, Law, and History
  • Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research
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Ariel Avgar is a Professor at the ILR School at Cornell University and Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research.

Alexander Colvin

  • Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean, ILR School
  • Martin F. Scheinman '75, MS '76, Professor of Conflict Resolution
Alexander Colvin

Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. '99, is the Kenneth F. Kahn '69 Dean and the Martin F. Scheinman '75, 'MS '76 Professor of Conflict Resolution at the ILR School, Cornell University.

Harry C. Katz

  • Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining
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Alice Lee

  • Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
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Professor Lee examines key features of social influence, where one person makes an overture toward another in the hopes of achieving a particular economic or subjective outcome.

Duanyi Yang

  • Assistant Professor, Labor Relations, Law, and History
Duane Yang

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Program Directors

John August

  • Director, Healthcare Labor Relations
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Liz Davis-Frost

  • Mediation and Training Extension Associate
Liz Davis-Frost

Liz Davis-Frost is a mediator, coach, and question-asker.

Sarah Espinosa

  • Labor Arbitrator and Mediator
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Sarah Miller Espinosa, J.D., is a labor arbitrator, mediator, and organizational ombuds.

Rehana Huq

  • Higher Education Programs Specialist
Rehana Huq

Sally Klingel

  • Executive Director of Scheinman Institute
  • Director, Labor-Management Relations Programs
Sally Klingel

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Dan McCray, Esq.

  • Director, Labor Relations
Dan McCray

Katrina G. Nobles

  • Director of Conflict Programs
  • Scheinman Institute, ILR
Katrina Nobles
She is the Director of Conflict Programs for the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution at the Cornell University ILR School.

Ellen Gallin Procida

  • Director Labor-Management Relations Programs, Public Sector
  • Labor Arbitrator and Mediator
Ellen Gallin Procida

Ellen Gallin Procida is a member of the American Arbitration Labor Panel, the New York State 3020-a Panel, and other permanent panels. Ms.

Cheryl Teare

  • Senior Extension Associate, Labor Relations Programs
Cheryl Teare

Cheryl Teare brings twenty years of experience designing and delivering training and skill development to leaders in labor.

Art Wheaton

  • Director, Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs
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Post Doctoral Associates

Katherine Simpson

  • Postdoctoral Associate
Katherine Simpson

Katherine Simpson joined the Scheinman Institute on August 15th as Postdoctoral Associate. She has extensive arbitration and mediation experience. Katherine earned her J.D.

Staff

Sandra Acevedo

  • Program Manager of Scheduling and Special Projects
Sandra Acevedo

Sarah Chowdhury

  • Program Administrative Assistant
Sarah Chowdhury

Heather LaCombe

  • Program Administrative Assistant
Heather LaCombe

Rhonda McCelland

  • Program Administrative Assistant
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Traci Morse

  • ADR Program Manager
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Bill Talmadge

  • Strategic Initiatives Lead