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Faculty Experts
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Media

http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2143.htm
 Frankie Y. Bailey

Frankie Y. Bailey
Associate Professor
School of Criminal Justice

Areas of expertise:
Crime and mass media/popular culture; crime history; race, gender, crime; crime and detective fiction
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5237
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:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5364
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_4401.htm
Brett Bowles, associate professor, Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Brett Bowles
Associate Professor
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Politics, society, and mass media; contemporary France; European Union; French and European film; documentary film
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4143
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2144.htm
Abbe Herzig

Abbe Herzig
Abbe Herzig
Educational Theory and Practice

Areas of expertise:
Women in science; women in mathematics; minorities in science; people of color in science; mathematics education; diversity equity in education; postgraduate education; statistics in the media; statistical literacy
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5032
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2475.htm
Janell Hobson

Janell Hobson
Assistant Professor
Department of Women's Studies

Areas of expertise:
Women's studies; race relations; gender relations; black history month; women's history month; film; media; popular culture
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5575
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2064.htm
William Husson

William Husson
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Communication

Areas of expertise:
Popular culture; children, youth, and media; news; mass media effects; film; work; internships
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4872
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:
Campus phone:
(518) 437-3931
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2214.htm
Maria Giuliana Keyes

Maria Giuliana Keyes
Lecturer
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Culture

Areas of expertise:
Italian and French language and literature; Italian culture; civilization; film and cinema; the Italian American experience;  contemporary Italian society
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4108
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2063.htm
Kelli Lammie

Kelli Lammie
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication

Areas of expertise:
Popular culture; entertainment and politics; celebrity endorsements; political communication; news; mass media effects; public opinion
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4882
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2662.htm
Roger S. Lipera

Roger S. Lipera
Training Specialist
Interactive Media Center

Areas of expertise:
Internet; web; web design; World Wide Web; podcast; image editing; blog; Photoshop; photograph restoration; photo faking; web business; search engines; online business; e-mail; security
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-3607
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2637.htm
Svitlana Malykhina

Svitlana Malykhina
Lecturer
Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Areas of expertise:
Russian and Ukrainian Languages; Second Language Acquisition; current Russian and Ukrainian media; youth language; practical stylistics; methods of teaching foreign language; East Slavic mythology
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4490
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2197.htm
Jennifer Manganello

Jennifer Manganello
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management and Behavior

Areas of expertise:
Mass media; health literacy; health communication; children's health; media campaigns
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 402-0333
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2550.htm
Carla J. Meskill

Carla J. Meskill
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Theory and Practice

Areas of expertise:
Language of teaching and learning with technology; distance/online education; computer assisted language learning (CALL); second language and bilingual education; media literacy; electronic literacy
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-5007
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:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4087
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2062.htm
Jennifer Stromer-Galley

Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication

Areas of expertise:
Internet and politics, presidential campaigns, political blogging, political deliberation and dialogue, public opinion
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4873
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2668.htm
Charlie Vatalaro

Charlie Vatalaro
Director
Recording and Broadcasting Services

Areas of expertise:
Jazz music, saxophone; recording; radio and broadcast media technology
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-3678
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