Faculty Experts
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Pinka Chatterji
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following: Health economics
Campus phone: (518) 442-4746
Campus email: pchatterji@albany.edu
InduShobha Chengalur-Smith
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Information Technology Management
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Expert in the following: Open source software; technology adoption and implementation; information quality
Campus phone: (518) 442-4028
Campus email: shobha@albany.edu
Suraj Commuri
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Marketing
Expert in the following: Household decision-making; brand counterfeiting; Internet word-of-mouth; consumer-generated content
Campus phone: (518) 442-4954
Campus email: SCommuri@albany.edu
James Follain
University at Albany
Senior Fellow
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
Housing and public policy; mortgage markets
Campus phone: (518) 443-5266
Campus email: jfollain@albany.edu
Sanjay Goel
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Information Technology Management
Expert in the following:
Information security; hacking; computer forensics; information security risk analysis; biological models for security; wireless security; botnets (zombie computers); nanosensor networks; self-organizing systems complexity; optimization; information security education.
Dr. Goel can address the threat to personal information security involving such issues as the hacking of online retailer sites.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4925
Campus email: goel@albany.edu
Hal Gueutal
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Management
Expert in the following:
Job design; performance appraisal; compensation and benefits; Human Resource Information Systems
Campus phone: (518) 442-4941
Campus email: hgueutal@albany.edu
Pradeep Haldar
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Professor
Department: Nanoengineering
Department: Head, Nanoengineering Constellation
Expert in the following: Alternate energy technologies; fuel cells; hydrogen; solar energy; advanced power electronics; superconductors; advanced photovoltaics
Campus phone: (518) 956-7322
Campus email: phaldar@albany.edu
David Hochfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following: 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 phone: (518) 442-5348
Campus email: dhochfelder@albany.edu
Michael Jerison
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following: 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 phone: (518) 442-4287
Campus email: mjerison@albany.edu
Richard Johnson
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Management
Expert in the following:
Human Resource Information Systems, e-learning; psychological and sociological impacts of technology; psychology and computer use; motivation; the Digital Divide
Campus phone: (518) 442-3020
Campus email: rjohnson@albany.edu
Kevin Kinser
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Expert in the following: For-profit (proprietary) higher education; post-secondary accreditation policy
Campus phone: (518) 442-5092
Campus email: kkinser@albany.edu
Kajal Lahiri
College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following: 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 phone: (518) 442-4758
Campus email: klahiri@albany.edu
David McCaffrey
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Department: Co-Director
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Expert in the following: Securities regulation; financial market regulation; organizational management; corporate governance.
Campus phone: (518) 442-5282
Campus email: dmccaffrey@albany.edu
Paul Miesing
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Management
Expert in the following: Strategic management; executive leadership; corporate boards and governance; organizational learning and transformation; technology transfer; international business and globalization; cross-culture management and organization; corporate social responsibility and business ethics.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4942
Campus email: pmiesing@albany.edu
Ross Miller
School of Business
Department: Finance
Expert in the following: Financial scandals (Enron, etc.); mutual fund performance; 401(k) and other retirement plans; program trading; derivative securities.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4967
Campus email: rmmiller@albany.edu
Sanjay Putrevu
School of Business
Professor
Department: Marketing
Expert in the following:
Marketing; advertising; consumer behavior; international business; retailing.
Dr. Petruvu has expertise on the factors influencing consumers in each unique season and year, including each year's holiday shopping season.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4922
Campus email: sputrevu@albany.edu
Hany Shawky
School of Business
Professor
Department: Finance
Department: Director
Department: Center for Institutional Investment Management
Expert in the following: Petrol and energy related issues; stock market behavior; institutional portfolio management
Campus phone: (518) (518) 442-4921
Campus email: hshawky@albany.edu

