David Easley

David Easley, the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science at Cornell University, is a distinguished scholar with joint appointments in the departments of Economics and Information Science. His research, focusing on learning and wealth dynamics, market microstructure, and networks, bridges multiple disciplines and contributes significantly to understanding complex social and economic systems in highly connected environments. A Fellow of the Econometric Society with a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, Easley has made notable contributions to the field, particularly through his co-authored book "Networks, Crowds and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World." This work, based on the popular undergraduate course "Networks" that he developed at Cornell with Jon Kleinberg, integrates perspectives from economics, sociology, computing, information science, and applied mathematics. Easley's interdisciplinary approach to studying networks and behavior in networked environments has positioned him as a key figure in the emerging field at the interface of these disciplines, making him a valuable asset to Cornell's academic community and the broader field of social science research.