Anna Katharine Mansfield

Anna Katharine Mansfield is an Associate Professor of Enology and Associate Director of Cornell AgriTech (formally the New York State Agriculture Experiment Station) in Geneva, NY. As an Associate Professor of Food Science, Professor Mansfield has led craft beverage research, extension, and education programming for producers across the state since 2009. Her research efforts focus in particular on projects designed to help regional and small-scale wineries improve wine quality and enhance production efficiency. This applied work involves enology extension, wine sensory evaluation, and research on hybrid wine phenolics and fermentation nutrition. After 12 years at Cornell, Professor Mansfield was appointed Associate Director of AgriTech in April 2021. She earned a B.A. from Salem College, an M.S. from Virginia Tech, and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she served as the first Enology Project leader from 2001 to 2008.