Natasha Iskander
Assistant Professor of Public Policy
Natasha Iskander, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, conducts research on labor migration and its relationship to economic development, labor mobilization and its relationship to workforce development, and processes of institutional innovation and organizational learning. She has just completed a book, entitled Creative State: Forty Years of Migration and Development Policy in Morocco and Mexico (Cornell University Press: forthcoming). The book examines how the governments of Mexico and Morocco elaborated policies to build a link between labor emigration and local economic development. She is also working on a project on Mexican immigrants in the construction industry, investigating how tacit skill moves across national borders. Additionally, Dr. Iskander is launching an initiative on water, climate change, and service delivery in cities around the world. Natasha Iskander received her PhD in Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She also holds a Masters in City Planning from MIT, and a BA in Cultural Studies from Stanford University. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked for several years in non-profits in Egypt and the United States on issues of urban development, micro credit and community health planning. She has also worked as a community activist and migrant labor organizer.
