Faculty Experts
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Mark Baskin
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Senior Associate
Department: Center for International Development
Department: Research Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Balkans (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo); Politics; Comparative Legislative Development; Foreign Assistance; Peace Operations and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Campus phone: (518) 443-5261
Campus email: mbaskin@albany.edu
Peter Bloniarz
College of Computing and Information
Dean
Department: Office of the Dean, College of Computing and Information
Department: Associate
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Expert in the following:
Informatics; information technology; information science; egovernance
Campus phone: (518) 591-8871
Campus email: p.bloniarz@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
G. Burke
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Managing and preserving government electronic information; assessing the value of government information technology investments; Cross-boundary and multi-organizational information sharing in government
Campus phone: (518) 442-3895
Campus email: gburke2@albany.edu
Donna Canestraro
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Systems/data integration; business process analysis; information architecture
Campus phone: (518) 442-3892
Campus email: dcanestraro@albany.edu
John Cape
University at Albany
Senior Fellow
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
State- and local-government finance and policy
Campus phone: (518) 443-5835
Campus email: capej@rockinst.org
Meghan Cook
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Intergovernmental relations and county and municipal government information management; Information sharing and integration; facilitation and cross-boundary collaborative work
Campus phone: (518) 442-4443
Campus email: mecook@albany.edu
Anthony Cresswell
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Department: Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Associate Professor
Expert in the following:
Organizational studies; research methods; the role of information in organizational action and innovation
Campus phone: (518) 442-3766
Campus email: acresswell@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
Sharon Dawes
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor Emerita
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Department: Founding Director and Senior Fellow
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following: Government information systems strategy and management; policy analysis; information management and policy
Campus phone: (518) 442-5932
Campus email: sdawes@albany.edu
Helen Desfosses
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Department: Africana Studies
Expert in the following: Politics--local, state, national and international; public policy; campaigns and elections; legislative politics; Africa; Middle East; women and families
Campus phone: (518) 442-5254
Campus email: hdesfosses@albany.edu
James Fossett
University at Albany
Senior Fellow
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Department: Associate Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Health care policy; bioethics; federalism; Medicaid
Campus phone: (518) 443-5846
Campus email: jfossett@albany.edu
Thomas Gais
University at Albany
Director
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
Education; Federalism; government reform; higher education; social service spending; welfare reform
Campus phone: (518) 443-5238
Campus email: tgais@albany.edu
Yvonne Harrison
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Assistant Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
governance and leadership of nonprofit organizations, nonprofit technology adoption and diffusion, organization theory, partnerships, academic service learning
Campus phone: (518) 442-4001
Campus email: yharrison@albany.edu
Natalie Helbig
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Natalie's expertise focuses on understanding information use and management in public organizations and the impact and changes brought about by new technologies such as mobile technologies or social media. Natalie’s expertise also includes the digital divide, open government and transparency, and fostering research-practice partnerships.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4813
Campus email: nhelbig@albany.edu
Jana Hrdinova
University at Albany
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Policy and policy analysis, international Relations, current practice research, survey design, project development, mobile technology, enterprise IT governance and administration.
Campus phone: (518) 442-3892
Campus email: jhrdinova@albany.edu
Richard Kirsch
University at Albany
Institute Fellow
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
health reform; managed care in New York State
Campus phone: (518) 443-5827
Campus email: rkirsch@rooseveltinstitute.org
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
Richard Nathan
University at Albany
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Department: Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Disaster recovery; federalism; government reform; social service spending; welfare reform
Campus phone: (518) 443-5522
Campus email: rnathan@albany.edu
Theresa Pardo
University at Albany
Director
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Department: Research Associate Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Information technology innovation in the public sector; electronic records management; interagency and intergovernmental information sharing and integration; information technology business case planning and development
Campus phone: (518) 442-3984
Campus email: tpardo@Albany.Edu
Robert Purtell
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Assistant Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following: public asset valuation, privatization; public-private partnerships; government finance; financial market regulation; capital markets
Campus phone: (518) 442-5276
Campus email: rpurtell@albany.edu
David Rousseau
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
International relations; foreign policy; shared identity and military conflict; political development
Campus phone: (518) 442-5279
Campus email: drousseau@albany.edu
Malcolm Russell-Einhorn
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Research Professor
Department: Director
Department: Center for International Development
Expert in the following:
U.S. and Comparative Administrative Law and Administrative Justice; Legal and Regulatory Reform in Developing Countries; Law and Economic Development; Legislative/Parliamentary Strengthening in Developing Countries; Civic Engagement/Public Participation in Policymaking; Anti-Corruption Strategies; Foreign Assistance and Aid Effectiveness
Campus phone: (518) 443-5124
Campus email: mrussell-einhorn@albany.edu
Christine Sgarlata Chung
University at Albany
Co-Director
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Department: Assistant Clinical Professor
Expert in the following:
Business litigation; securities and white collar crime; compliance and risk management
Campus phone: (518) 445-3249
Campus email: cchung@albanylaw.edu
Michael Stone
University at Albany
Co-Director
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Department: Adjunct Professor
Expert in the following:
Corporate governance; securities regulation, judicial ethics
Campus phone: (518)
Campus email: mikestone09@aol.com
Frank Thompson
Senior Fellow
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Department: Professor Emeritus
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Health care policy and implementation; Medicaid; federalism and health care policy
Campus phone: (518) 443-5522
Campus email: fthompson@albany.edu
Lawrence Wittner
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus
Department: History
Expert in the following: U.S. foreign policy; nuclear weapons policy; nuclear arms control and disarmament; peace movements; peace activism
Campus phone: (518) 869-1083
Campus email: lwittner@albany.edu
Theodore Wright Jr.
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor Emeritus
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following: Politics; policies; foreign policies of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh; minorities, especially Muslims in India; attitudes towards events in the Middle East; Islam as a religion; comparative ethnicity; Dutch in colonial Albany, N.Y.
Campus phone: (518) 442-5255
Campus email: twright@albany.edu
Joseph Zimmerman
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following: Electoral systems; federalism; the impact of elections on minorities and women
Campus phone: (518) 442-5378
Campus email: jzimmerman@albany.edu
