Faculty Experts
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Ronald Berger
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus
Department: History
Expert in the following: Witchcraft; Salem witch trials; early modern Britain; economic history; gender
Campus phone: (518) 442-5342
Campus email: rberger@albany.edu
Elizabeth Berman
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following:
U.S. universities; U.S. patent policy; biotech entrepreneurship; economic sociology
Campus phone: (518) 442-4675
Campus email: epberman@albany.edu
Donald Boyd
University at Albany
Senior Fellow
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
Fiscal health; policies of states
Campus phone: (518) 677-5011
Campus email: dboyd@albany.edu
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
Lucy Dadayan
University at Albany
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
fiscal health/policies of states; k-12 education system in New York; workforce investment
Campus phone: (518) 443-5828
Campus email: ldadayan@albany.edu
Diane Dewar
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following: Health economics; medical technology; aging; end-of-life care; palliative care; health policy
Campus phone: (518) 402-0290
Campus email: ddewar@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
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
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
Walter Little
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Anthropology
Expert in the following: Cultures; diversity; economics; indigenous peoples of the Americas; language; Latin America; popular culture; tourism; urban space.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4718
Campus email: wlittle@albany.edu
Michael Malbin
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following: U.S. politics and elections, campaign finance, and the U.S. Congress.
Campus phone: (518) 969-8890, ext. 15
Campus email: mmalbin@albany.edu
Adrian Masters
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following: Labor economics; macroeconomics; labor market policies; minimum wages; unemployment.
Campus phone: (518) 437-4418
Campus email: amasters@albany.edu
Jeffrey Straussman
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following: Public expenditure management; political economy of transition; public management
Campus phone: (518) 442-5244
Campus email: jstraussman@albany.edu
Kate Strully
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following: Health and poverty; low birth weight; health and unemployment
Campus phone: (518) 442-4686
Campus email: kstrully@albany.edu
Jogindar Uppal
College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Economics
Department: Africana Studies
Expert in the following: Economic and social problems facing India, Pakistan, and Indonesia; urban economics; African economic development
Campus phone: (518) 442-4748
Campus email: juppal@albany.edu

