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Eloise Briére

Eloise Briére
Associate Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Literatures, cultures, and language issues of the Francophone areas of the world, particularly West Africa, the Caribbean (Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe), and North America (Quebec, New England, Louisiana); cinema of Francophone West Africa, Caribbean and Quebec
Campus e-mail:
ebriere@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4103
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2649.htm

Zelma Catalan-Balinova
Visiting Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
English literature; Victorian literature; William Makepeace Thackeray; Charles Dickens; irony
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4106
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2065.htm
Rob Edelman

Rob Edelman
Lecturer
Department of Art

Areas of expertise:
Baseball and film
Campus e-mail:
robre25@yahoo.com
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4020
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_5025.htm
Associate Professor Susanna Fessler, Department of East Asian Studies

Susanna Fessler
Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies

Areas of expertise:
Japanese literature and culture of the modern era
Campus e-mail:
fessler@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4119
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2651.htm
Michael K. Hill

Michael K. Hill
Chair
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Race studies; "whiteness", U.S. minority relations; civil society; history of democracy; relation between "print culture" (the novel) and politics
Campus e-mail:
mikehill@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4056
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2636.htm
Hilde Hoogenboom

Hilde Hoogenboom
Assistant Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Catherine the Great; Russia; Russian; women writers; autobiography; memoirs
Campus e-mail:
hhoogenboom@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4151
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_1206.htm
Pierre Joris

Pierre Joris
Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Contemporary literature, especially poetry and poetics, of the U.S., U.K., Europe, North Africa, and beyond; theory of the avant-garde and diaspora studies; comparative literature and translation studies; North African culture
Campus e-mail:
joris@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4085
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2549.htm
Judith A. Langer

Judith A. Langer
Distinguished Professor
Department of Educational Theory and Practice

Areas of expertise:
Student learning; literacy; reading; writing; instruction; literature; English; testing; school success
Campus e-mail:
jlanger@uamail.albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5029
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_4998.htm
Associate Professor Olimpia Pelosi, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Olimpia Pelosi
Associate Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Italian and comparative literature; women mystic writers of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque; Italian theatre of the Renaissance and Baroque
Campus e-mail:
opelosi@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4149
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2634.htm
William Rainbolt

William Rainbolt
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Journalism; media ethics; media history; film; documentary studies; historical fiction
Campus e-mail:
rainbolt@csc.albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4087
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_4992.htm
Associate Professor Edward Schwarzschild, Department of English

Edward Schwarzschild
Associate Professor
Department of English
Fellow
New York State Writer's Institute

Areas of expertise:
Fiction writing; creative writing; novels; short stories; American literature; contemporary American literature; literature and the visual arts
Campus e-mail:
schild@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4075
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2638.htm
Timothy D. Sergay

Timothy D. Sergay
Assistant Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Russian language; Russian-English translation; 20th century Russian literature
Campus e-mail:
tsergay@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4227
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_1207.htm
Leonard A. Slade, Jr

Leonard A. Slade Jr.
Professor
Department of Africana Studies
Adjunct Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Black literature; black history; black poetry; and 19th century American literature, particularly author Herman Melville
Campus e-mail:
lslade@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4726
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2632.htm
Mary B. Valentis

Mary B. Valentis
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
Mythology and gender studies; cultural studies; interpersonal relationships
Campus e-mail:
mbvbooks@aol.com
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4082
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
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2217.htm
David Wills

David Wills
Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Department of English

Areas of expertise:
French and comparative literature; contemporary French philosophy, particularly post-structuralism, deconstruction and the work of Jacques Derrida; film theory; theories of technology
Campus e-mail:
dwills@albany.edu
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4228
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