About CIPA

Hello, my name is Christina L. Walker and I am a second year fellow in CIPA. In May 2007, I graduated with my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a minor in Psychology from Baldwin-Wallace College, a small liberal arts college located in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. Throughout my time as an undergraduate, I was very involved in my school and my community. I was a member of BW’s ACLU, the Vice President of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honor Society, and a course assistant for the Public Interest Research course. I also volunteered for a local mayoral campaign during the 2004 elections.
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Hello, my name is Sean Cogliardi and I am a first year student here at CIPA. I was born and raised in a small town north of Milan, Italy. I have always been attracted to the United States and my first academic experience here was as an exchange student during my senior year of high school. I then enrolled at the State University of New York at Geneseo, where I pursued my Bachelor’s degrees in International Relations and in Economics. I graduated in May 2007 and came directly to Cornell to pursue my Master’s degree in Public Affairs. My concentration is in Finance and Fiscal Policy, with particular attention devoted to international finance.
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Hello! My name is Jesse McCree, and I am a first-year student at CIPA with a concentration in Social Policy. I hail from the glorious state of Maine, perhaps the only place I know that is as beautiful and remote as Ithaca. I did my undergraduate work there at Bowdoin College where I double majored in Government/Law and Africana Studies. It was at Bowdoin that I began to develop a foundation for my interests in community organizing, urban renewal and economic policy, and housing law. I worked with the Volunteer Lawyers’ Project, and volunteered at the Portland (ME) Housing Authority during my time at Bowdoin. I was also fortunate enough to travel to Cape Town, South Africa where I conducted a research project concerning discriminatory housing practices in gated communities.
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I hope you are doing well!!! My name is Anika Patterson and this is my first year in the Master of Public Administration program at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA). I completed my Bachelor of Arts degree at Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Massachusetts) in African American Studies & Politics (double major) and Economics (minor). I am originally from Buffalo, New York. My concentration at CIPA is in Government, Politics & Policy Studies, with a specific interest in Public/ Non-Profit Management and Employee & Labor Relations.
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