Biography Maria-Antonia Andrews has been teaching at Penn since 2002 and is currently the Associate Director for Undergraduate Programs in Earth & Environmental Science (EES). Maria teaches graduate level courses for the Master of Science in Applied Geosciences (MSAG) program (MSAG) program including Aqueous Geochemistry, and Fundamentals of Air Pollution. She also teaches two undergraduate courses;…
Biography Jere Behrman, PhD, Kenan Professor of Economics and Sociology at Penn, researches economic development, early childhood development, labor economics, human resources (education, training, health, nutrition), demography, household behaviors, life-cycle and intergenerational relations and policy evaluation. He has published ~400 articles (primarily in leading general and field economic journals, also in leading demographic, sociology, nutritional and…
Biography Daniel Beiting, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Pathobiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Penn where he is the Technical Director of the Center for Host-Microbial Interactions (CHMI). He leads a project that integrates data mining and visualization tools to explore tens of thousands of publicly available microbial datasets from enteric diseases, available at [microbiomeDB.org]microbiomeDB.org.…
Biography Nancy Biller, MPH, MA, is the Assistant Dean for Global Health Affairs at the School of Nursing. Her focus is on opportunities for students and faculty to engage in global health activities for maximum impact, globally and locally. The Latin America and Caribbean region is a priority that led to Penn Nursing’s leadership in…
Biography Dolores Albarracín is an Argentine social psychologist who studies social cognition, communication, and behavioral change. A fellow of the Society for Social and Personality Psychology, American Psychological Association (Divisions 8, 9, and 38), the Association for Psychological Science, and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology, her research (~ 180 publications) has been recognized with an award…
Biography William Burke-White, PhD, JD, MPhil, an expert on international law and global governance, served in the Obama Administration from 2009-2011 on Secretary Clinton’s Policy Planning Staff, providing the Secretary direct policy advice on multilateral diplomacy and international institutions. He was principal drafter of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), Secretary Clinton’s hallmark foreign policy and…
Biography Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, PhD, DVM, MSPH is an instructor in the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, & Informatics in Perelman School of Medicine, and the scientific director of the Zoonotic Disease Research Lab (Penn and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Peru). He studies the eco-epidemiology of tropical diseases. His current research uses canine rabies as a system…
Biography Fernando Chang-Muy is the Thomas O’Boyle Lecturer in Law at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. He also teaches courses at the Fels Institute, and the Graduate School of Social Policy and Practice on topics such as US Immigration Law, International Human Rights and Refugee Law, and Non Profit Leadership.He served as Legal Officer…
Biography Kelly Cleary is the director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business, Penn’s unique dual-degree program in the College and Wharton that integrates language, the liberal arts, and business. Prior to joining the Huntsman Program in May 2018, she was the Dean of Career and Professional Advising at Haverford College. Before that she…
Biography Megan Doherty, MPH, is the Director of Operations and Programming in the Center for Global Health (CGH) in the Perelman School of Medicine. In this capacity, Megan provides high-level strategic input for the CGH’s direction and growth including partnership feasibility assessment, faculty engagement, project planning and management, and developing international agreements. She is responsible…