Perry World House Announces Faculty Fellows

Perry World House (PWH) at the University of Pennsylvania is delighted to announce its new cohort of Faculty Fellows for the 2024 – 2027 term.

The PWH Faculty Fellows program deepens collaboration between PWH and selected faculty across the university, providing support for their work on global affairs. Throughout the academic year, PWH faculty fellows become an integral part of the Perry World House community, collaborating with fellow scholars, visitors, policymakers, and more. Representing a wide array of schools and areas of study, PWH faculty fellows conduct global policy-relevant research and engagement with policymakers from around the world to advance solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges.

“We are pleased to welcome the newest group of Penn faculty to the Faculty Fellows program at Perry World House,” said Michael Weisberg, former PWH interim director and current deputy director. “The expertise in the newest addition of faculty fellows will strengthen Perry World House’s work in the areas of security, climate change, democracy, and human rights and represents six of Penn’s twelve schools. Cross-campus representation is vital to keeping the work of Perry World House truly interdisciplinary and representative of real-world issues.”

The full roster of PWH faculty fellows for the 2024-25 academic year are:

Parish Berquist, assistant professor of political science

Matthijs Bouw, professor of practice in landscape architecture/architecture

Amalia Daché, associate professor of higher education

Peter Decherney, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn endowed term professor in the humanities, professor of cinema and media studies, and director, Penn Global Documentary Institute

Alessandro Dovis, associate professor of economics

Letícia J. Marteleto, presidential Penn compact professor of sociology

Erik Wibbels, presidential Penn compact professor of political science

William Burke-White (returning), professor of law

Fiona Cunningham (returning), assistant professor of political science

Melissa M. Lee (returning), Klein family presidential associate professor of political science

Michael E. Mann (returning), presidential distinguished professor

Lynn Meskell (returning), PIK professor in anthropology and professor of historic preservation

Jennifer Pinto-Martin (returning), MacInnes professor of nursing and epidemiology

Simon Richter (returning), Class of 1942 endowed term professor

Beth Simmons (returning), Andrea Mitchell university professor of law, political science and business ethics