Faculty- In- Residence

Faculty in Residence

North Campus Faculty-in-Residence play a fundamental role in the North Campus living-learning community, helping to create a shared experience and supportive environment that fosters academic and intellectual learning, personal development, holistic well-being, and a sense of belonging and connectedness. While Faculty-in-Residence are pivotal to each of these dimensions, Faculty-in-Residence play a leadership role in the dimension of learning. Faculty-in-Residence participate in programs, act as mentors and role models, dine with students, and are active members of the residential community. Faculty-led programs in the residence halls provide the opportunity to foster intellectual, personal, and career development for students. In each of our residential communities, faculty members collaborate with residence hall staff members to develop and implement a variety of programs that range from social and community-building activities to academic and intellectual discussions.

Meet Dr. Jed Sparks

Dr. Jed Sparks is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and is the Director of the Cornell Isotope Laboratory. In 2016, he was named the Menschel Distinguished Teaching Fellow for Cornell. His research uses stable isotopes to explore plant and animal physiology, biogeochemistry, migration, atmospheric chemistry and forensics. In more fun terms, his lab can tell you where an animal has been, how plants resist drought and where your favorite wine was produced. Jed received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah in 1994, a PhD in Botany from Washington State University in 1998, and was a postdoctoral scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado. Jed has been at Cornell since 2002. As the Faculty in Residence at Mary Donlon Hall, Jed leads the educational and social programming in the dorm. This ranges from teaching courses in the dorm, having programming around important issues students care bout to making sure everyone in the building has a chance to meet Maggie, the Donlon Hall resident Labrador retriever! He also loves everything outdoors, can be a geek for certain video games and loves snakes!

Jed Sparks
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell
Director, Cornell Isotope Lab (COIL)
jps66@cornell.edu
607-592-8112

More About the FIR Program

Faculty-in-Residence participate in programs, act as mentors and role models, dine with students, and are active members of the residential community. Faculty-led programs in the residence halls provide the opportunity to foster intellectual, personal, and career development for students. In each of our residential communities, faculty members collaborate with residence hall staff members to develop and implement a variety of programs that range from social and community-building activities to academic and intellectual discussions.

Fellows

A Fellow's primary responsibility is to provide students in their residential community with opportunities to explore and cultivate the students' academic, intellectual, and cultural interests. To accomplish this, Fellows work closely with the Faculty-in-Residence, if the community has one; the Residence Hall Director (RHD);  the Resident Advisors and potentially other Fellows.

Anu Lyons

Faculty Fellow

I am currently a member of the Cornell Career Services community, specifically in ILR and work with students daily to map out their career plans. I have been at Cornell for more than 20 years and my first job was as an RHD on North Campus! I attended small universities in Western NY for my Bachelor's (Psychology) and Master's (Education) degrees. I enjoyed college so much, I figured out how to work at one!

I love working with Cornellians, helping them discover their strengths and interests and figure out what they want to do with their Cornell education.

I was born and raised in India and also lived in Queens, NY and outside of NYC. I married a fellow Residence Hall Director (also a Cornellian) and we held our wedding ceremonies on campus, at Sage Chapel and in Anabel Taylor Hall. We currently live on South Hill, near Ithaca College, with our two teenage daughters and our long-haired dachshund mix dog, Jasper.

Marcus Brooks

Fellow

Marcus comes to us from New York City where he earned both his Bachelor's degree and MBA from Columbia University. He uniquely combines his formal business skill sets in leadership, organizational development, entrepreneurship, strategy, and finance with his deep passion for human development through the great outdoors and experiential learning. Marcus has led workshops on the topics of women entrepreneurs, negotiation strategies, and creativity and innovation. He is an accomplished wilderness guide having lead international trips to destinations as far away as Africa's Kilimanjaro and the Peruvian Andes. In addition, Marcus is the former general manager of Brooklyn Boulders, a world-class indoor climbing gym facility in NYC. During this tenure there he became a founding member of the Brothers of Climbing crew an organization tackling diversity in the rock climbing community. Marcus holds an AMGA-CWI and EMT certification.

Kim Sparks

Community Fellow

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Justin R. St. Juliana

Community Fellow

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