Introducing New Members of the Faculty

To help introduce to the Cornell community the new members of the university's faculty, the Cornell Chronicle is publishing brief new-faculty profiles through December.

Buckles

Peck

Wendel

Elizabeth L. Buckles

Assistant professor, anatomic pathology
College: Veterinary Medicine
Academic focus: Pathogenesis of infectious diseases with an emphasis on the diseases of birds and wild fauna.
Previous position: Doctoral student at the University of California-Davis.
Academic background: B.S., biology, Cornell, 1992; M.S., veterinary biosciences, and D.V.M., both from Ohio State University, 1996; Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 2000; Ph.D., comparative pathology, University of California-Davis, 2004.
Last books read: The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels; The Mabinogion Tetralogy by Evangeline Walton.

Mason A. Peck

Assistant professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
College: Engineering
Academic focus: Spacecraft systems engineering; nonlinear dynamics and control; attitude dynamics and estimation.
Previous position: Principal fellow, Honeywell Defense and Space Systems 2001-04; attitude dynamics specialist and systems engineer, Hughes Space and Communications (now known as Boeing Satellite Systems), 1994-2001; assistant engineer, Bell Helicopter, 1993-94.
Academic background: B.A., English, University of Texas, 1989; M.A., English, University of Chicago, 1990; B.S., aerospace engineering, University of Texas, Austin, 1993; M.S., aerospace engineering, University of California-Los Angeles, 1999; Ph.D., aerospace engineering, University of California-Los Angeles, 2001.
Last book read: Pattern Recognition by William Gibson.

W. Bradley Wendel

Associate professor, law
College: Cornell Law School
Academic focus: Wendel's main areas of interest include professional responsibility and legal ethics. At the law school he is teaching a section on torts, The Law Governing Lawyers, and Ethical Issues in Civil Litigation. Recent articles published include "Civil Obedience," 104 Columbia Law Review 363 (2004), and "A Moderate Defense of Hate Speech Regulations on University Campuses," 41 Harvard Journal on Legislation 407 (2004).
Previous position: Associate professor of law, Washington and Lee Law School. He was also a visiting faculty member at Cornell Law School in 1993.
Academic background: B.A., Rice University, 1991; J.D., Duke University Law School, 1994; LL.M, 1998, and J.S.D, 2002, Columbia University Law School.
Last book read: Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald.

October 21, 2004