Biography
Elizabeth Tennant is a visiting faculty member in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business where she teaches economics of developing countries. She is also a research associate in Cornell’s Department of Economics and is a faculty member of Cornell’s Collaboration for International Development Economics Research (CIDER).
Tennant’s research centers on developing actionable insights to enhance the wellbeing of poor and marginalized populations in the face of climate change and other shocks and stressors. Her work employs integrated earth- and human-systems approaches to explore critical issues related to climate change, disaster risk reduction, resilience, and sustainable development. She is particularly interested in how institutions, inequalities, and socioeconomic patterns influence the capacity to absorb and recover from extreme weather events.
Education
PhD University of Maryland, College Park, 2019 MPA Princeton University, 2010 BS William & Mary, 2005