Alan Mathios is currently a Professor at Cornell University and the Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean for the College of Human Ecology.

He is a member of the Department of Policy Analysis and Management and served as Senior Associate Dean of the College and Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department. He co-chaired the Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee and helped guide Cornell to its successful re-accreditation. He came to Cornell following six years of employment at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), where he served as a staff economist in the Division of Economic Policy Analysis and as an econometrics consultant to the Bureau of Economics. A major focus of his research is on the effect of Food and Drug Administration regulatory policies on consumer and firm behavior. His research also focuses on government tax policy and its impact on smoking onset and cessation. His research has been funded by a variety of sources including the National Cancer Institute, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Merck Foundation Co. He has been the recipient of a number of teaching and advising awards including the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Cornell University Kendal S. Carpenter Advising Award. He has recently been reappointed to a second term as Dean beginning July 1, 2013.