Rubacha faculty

The Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate boasts the largest full-time real estate faculty in the country. Comprising faculty from four colleges at Cornell, the Baker Program includes experts to research, advise, and teach real estate classes in any specialty within the industry.

  • Richard Baker, visiting professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • Nancy Brooks, director of Graduate Studies in City and Regional Planning, visiting associate professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Thomas J. Campanella, professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • John Carruthers, director of Graduate Studies in Regional Science, associate professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Suzanne Lanyi Charles, associate professor, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Leslie Chiu, senior research associate, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Jess Cisco, visiting lecturer, SC Johnson College of Business
  • Dragana Cvijanovic, HVS professor of hotel finance and real estate, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
  • Cody Allen Danks Burke, director, Baker Program in Real Estate and professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • Chris de Mestre, professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • Michelle M. Duguid, associate professor, Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management
  • Erik Eshelman, director, Facilities Engineering, Engineering and Project Management
  • Mitchell Glass, lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Adam Klausner, senior lecturer, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
  • Nicholas Klein, assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Daniel Lebret, senior lecturer, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
  • Peng (Peter) Liu, Singapore Tourism Board distinguished chair professor in Asian hospitality management at Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan Hotel Administration and associate professor of real estate and finance at SC Johnson College of Business
  • Tom King, director of facilities, College of Engineering & CIS
  • Nicholas Lundgren, lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Dan Moran, visiting lecturer, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • Dana Schnieder, visiting professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • J. Allen Smith, visiting professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • Stuart Rosenthal, chair, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate and professor in applied economics and policy, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
  • Alexei Tchistyi, professor, academic director for MMH, Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration
  • Chris Timmins, professor, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate
  • Tom Vecchione, visiting professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Esta
  • Michael Tomlan, professor and historic preservation planning director, Department of City and Regional Planning
  • Stephanie Wright, professor of practice, Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate

The Rubacha Department of Real Estate is a cross-college department jointly led by the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.