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Faculty Experts
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Theatre

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_2065.htm
Rob Edelman

Rob Edelman
Lecturer
Department of Art

Areas of expertise:
Baseball and film
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4020
http://www.albany.edu/reddotroot/expert_2140.htm
Andi Lyons

Andi Lyons
Professor
Department of Theatre

Areas of expertise:
Theatrical design and technology; lighting design; women in theatre; technology; drafting for the theatre (hand and computer-aided); gay and lesbian issues in the theatre workplace
Campus e-mail:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4210
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:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4149
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:
Campus phone:
(518) 442-4228
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