University at Albany

Assistant Professor Bill Ding, Department of Finance

Bill Ding
Assistant Professor
Department of Finance

Areas of expertise:
Mutual funds (board of directors, governance and regulation, mergers, performance, portfolio managers, taxation) and hedge funds (flows, performance, share restrictions)

Campus e-mail:

bding@uamail.albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4962

David Hochfelder
Assistant Professor
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
History of U.S. business and technology; public history; history of information technology; history of the telegraph; Thomas Edison; electric power; savings and investment

Campus e-mail:

dhochfelder@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4806

Professor Michael Jerison, Department of Economics

Michael Jerison
Professor
Department of Economics

Areas of expertise:
Economics nobel prize winners; cost benefit analysis and economic impact statements for government funded projects; tax systems and tax reform, flat tax, consumption tax, corporate income tax; price index and measurement of economic welfare; immigration policy; economic theory

Campus e-mail:

m.jerison@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4287

Kajal Lahiri
Distinguished Professor
Department of Economics

Areas of expertise:
Economic forecasting; applied econometrics; economics of health and disability; New York State economy; New York regional economic trends; economics of energy; transportation economics; energy/gasoline prices

Campus e-mail:

klahiri@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4758

Associate Professor Walter Little, Department of Anthropology

Walter E. Little
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology

Areas of expertise:
Cultures; diversity; economics; indigenous peoples of the Americas; language; Latin America; popular culture; tourism; urban

Campus e-mail:

wlittle@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4718

Michael J. Malbin
Professor
Department of Political Science

Areas of expertise:
U.S. politics and elections, campaign finance and U.S. Congress

Campus e-mail:

m.malbin@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(202) 969-8890, ext. 15

Adrian Masters
Associate Professor
Department of Economics

Areas of expertise:
Labor economics; macroeconomics; labor market policies; minimum wages; unemployment

Campus e-mail:

amasters@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 437-4418

Hany A. Shawky
Professor
Department of Finance

Areas of expertise:
Petrol and energy related issues; stock market behavior; institutional portfolio management

Campus e-mail:

has15@cnsunix.albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4921

Jeffrey D. Straussman
Dean
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy

Areas of expertise:
Public expenditure management; political economy of transition; public management

Campus e-mail:

jstraussman@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-5244

Assistant Professor Kate Strully, Department of Sociology

Kate Strully
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

Areas of expertise:
Health and poverty; low birth weight; health and unemployment

Campus e-mail:

kstrully@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4686

Jogindar S. Uppal
Professor
Department of Economics and Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
Economic social problems facing Asian countries particularly India, Pakistan, and Indonesia; urban economics; African economic development

Campus e-mail:

su11@albany.edu

Campus phone:

(518) 442-4748