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Professor Paul Eshelman was educated in the field of Industrial Design at Kent State University, B.S.,1970, and the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, M.F.A., 1972. After a period of professional design experience as Senior Designer for Amtrak and Designer and Research Associate for Herman Miller Research Corporation, he joined the faculty in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell University in 1978. At Cornell his teaching of interior design and furniture design and his

My overarching scholarly goals, which are to generate knowledge and understanding of developmental change in perceptual, cognitive, and related neurobehavioral functions during human infancy and early childhood, and to use this knowledge to improve children’s health, well-being, and developmental potential.  My work includes studies of normative development and also studies of the impacts of environmental factors that influence developmental processes and outcomes.  The environmental factors I have focused on most are prenatal and early postnatal

My research focuses on self-concept development during adolescence and young adulthood. I have an interest in longitudinal models and reimagining how developmental psychologists quantify growth. I conduct research using community-based participatory methods and believe that research should be pragmatic and serve a wider community.

In 2017 Richard V. Burkhauser became Emeritus Sarah Gibson Blanding Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University. Between September 2017 and May 2019 he was a Member of President Trump's Council of Economic Advisers. His professional career has focused on how public policies affect the employment and well-being of vulnerable populations. He has published widely in journals of demography, economics, gerontology as well as public policy. Since