Directors
Affiliated Faculty
Ariel Avgar
- Professor
- Labor Relations, Law, and History
- Senior Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research
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, 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
Harry C. Katz is the Jack Sheinkman Professor of Collective Bargaining at the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University.
Alice Lee
- Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior
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
Duanyi Yang joined the faculty of the ILR School’s Department of Global Labor and Work after completing her Ph.D. at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Program Directors
Liz Davis-Frost
- Mediation and Training Extension Associate
Liz Davis-Frost is a mediator, coach, and question-asker.
Sarah Miller Espinosa
- Mediation and Arbitration Senior Associate
Sarah Miller Espinosa, J.D., is a labor arbitrator, mediator, and organizational ombuds.
Katrina G. Nobles
- Director of Conflict Programs
Ellen Gallin Procida
- Director Labor-Management Relations Programs, Public Sector
- Labor Arbitrator and Mediator
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 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
Post Doctoral Associates
Katherine Simpson
- Postdoctoral Associate
Katherine Simpson joined the Scheinman Institute on August 15th as Postdoctoral Associate. She has extensive arbitration and mediation experience. Katherine earned her J.D.
