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
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
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
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
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) 442-4789
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
