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Allen B. Ballard

Allen B. Ballard
Professor
Department of History
Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
African-American history, Civil War history, Soviet history
Campus e-mail:
aballard@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5407
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_5026.htm
Lecturer Sheila Curran Bernard, Department of History

Sheila Curran Bernard
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Associate Director
Documentary Studies Program

Areas of expertise:
Documentary film; media; nonfiction media storytelling; archival filmmaking; historical filmmaking; independent filmmaking; screenwriting
Campus e-mail:
sbernard@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5364
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_5009.htm
Assistant Professor Carl Bon Tempo, Department of History

Carl Bon Tempo
Assistant Professor
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
20th century U.S. history; 20th century politics and public policy in the U.S.; history of refugees and immigrants in the U.S.; history of the U.S. and human rights; history of American foreign policy
Campus e-mail:
cbontempo@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5368
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_4123.htm
Associate Professor Anthony DeBlasi, Chair of the Department of East Asian Studies

Anthony DeBlasi
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies

Areas of expertise:
China, Chinese culture, Chinese history, Confucianism
Campus e-mail:
deblasi@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5316
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2577.htm
Richard S. Fogarty

Richard S. Fogarty
Assistant Professor
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
Europe; France; imperialism; war; race and racism; national identity; World War I
Campus e-mail:
rfogarty@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-7833
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2066.htm
Richard F. Hamm

Richard F. Hamm
Professor and Chairman
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
Temperance movement; crime and trials; civil liberties
Campus e-mail:
hamm@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4888
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2177.htm
David Hochfelder

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
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2578.htm
Brian Keough

Brian Keough
Head of Special Collections and Archives
Department of Special Collections and Archives

Areas of expertise:
Acquisition and access to archival collections; needs assessments and business process analysis for record management programs; digital preservation; regional political history
Campus e-mail:
bkeough@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 437-3931
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_4400.htm
Nadieszda Kizenko, associate professor, Department of History

Nadieszda Kizenko
Associate Professor
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
Russia; Ukraine; Orthodox Christianity; Russian Orthodoxy; Eastern Orthodox Christianity; confession; religion in Russian culture
Campus e-mail:
kizenko@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5357
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2045.htm
Steven A. Leibo

Steven A. Leibo
Lecturer
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
Modern China and globalization; U.S. China relations; Asian-Western relations; Vietnam; Southeast Asia; international politics; modern world history
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4800
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2215.htm
Sean M. Rafferty

Sean M. Rafferty
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

Areas of expertise:
Ancient tobacco; shamanism; native American smoking pipes; archaeology of eastern North America; archaeology of New York State; cultural resource management
Campus e-mail:
rafferty@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4713
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_4995.htm
Assistant Professor Kendra Smith-Howard, Department of History

Kendra Smith-Howard
Assistant Professor
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
History of dairy farming; history of food; history of public health; history of pesticides/antibiotics in agriculture
Campus e-mail:
ksmithhoward@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5375
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_1208.htm
Marcia E. Sutherland

Marcia E. Sutherland
Chair, Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology

Areas of expertise:
Social and psychological development of black children, inclusiveness of education, transracial adoption, HIV/AIDS and people of African descent, enslavement and colonial experiences of people of African descent, black studies, mock jury trials, nonverbal behavior of people of African descent
Campus e-mail:
ms781@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4727
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_5018.htm
Associate Professor Stuart Swiny, Department of Anthropology

Stuart Swiny
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
Director
Institute of Cypriot Studies

Areas of expertise:
History of Ancient Greece; Islamic art and architecture; art and architecture of the ancient world up to the Etruscans; eastern Mediterranean and Cyprus
Campus e-mail:
swiny@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-3982
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2483.htm
Amy Murrell Taylor

Amy Murrell Taylor
Associate Professor
Department of History

Areas of expertise:
The Civil War era; women in the Civil War; 19th Century south; American social and political history; Abraham Lincoln; emancipation proclamation; the Confederacy
Campus e-mail:
murrell@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4846
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_1209.htm
Maurice Thornton

Maurice Thornton
Lecturer
Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
Affirmative action programs; African and African American history; the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.; black history; the African and African American family
Campus e-mail:
mediarelations@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4730
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2216.htm
Barry C. Trachtenberg

Barry C. Trachtenberg
Assistant Professor
Department of Judaic Studies

Areas of expertise:
Holocaust; anti-semitism; Yiddish; Kiryas Joel, N.Y.
Campus e-mail:
btrachtenberg@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-3078
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_5252.htm
Associate Professor Oscar Williams, Department of Africana Studies

Oscar Williams
Associate Professor
Department of Africana Studies

Areas of expertise:
African American history and literature; American slavery; black nationalism; black conservatism; slavery in New York
Campus e-mail:
orw@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4593
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