Glenn Altschuler
Vice President for University Relations
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Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, received his Ph.D. in American history from Cornell in 1976 and joined the university as an administrator and teacher in 1981. He is the Vice President for University Relations and, since 1991, has served as dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions while continuing to teach and do research. His year-long course in American popular culture is a favorite among Cornell students. Altschuler has been an animating force in the rapidly growing program in American studies and has been a strong advocate on campus for high-quality undergraduate teaching and research.
References
- Money Can't Buy Weight Loss Cornell Chronicle, 6/17/09
- Heavier white female workers earn less than their slimmer colleagues Cornell Chronicle, 10/08/01
John Cawley
Associate Professor, Policy and Analysis
John Cawley
John Cawley is an associate professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. His primary field of research is health economics--in particular, the economics of obesity. In addition to his affiliation with Cornell, Cawley is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Programs on Health Economics and Health Care. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Prevention of Obesity in Children and Youth. He has served on advisory boards and expert panels relating to obesity for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Cawley received his Ph.D. in economics from Harvard in 1993. In 2006 he was awarded the Kappa Omicron Nu/Human Ecology Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Advising at Cornell, and in 2005 he was awarded the John D. Thompson Prize for Young Investigators by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration. He was also a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Administration at the University of Michigan from 1999 to 2001.