Faculty Experts
Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150International Politics
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
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
Bryan Early
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Assistant Professor
Department: Political Science
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Sanctions; proliferation issues; terrorism
Campus phone: (518) 442-5272
Campus email: bearly@albany.edu
Richard Fogarty
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following: Europe; France; imperialism; war; race and racism; national identity; World War I
Campus phone: (518) 442-5344
Campus email: rfogarty@albany.edu
Ryan Irwin
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following:
American foreign relations, globalization, international organizations, and decolonization
Campus phone: (518) 442-5379
Campus email: rirwin@albany.edu
Rey Koslowski
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following: International migration; human smuggling and trafficking; homeland security; border security and information technology
Campus phone: (518) 442-5314
Campus email: rkoslowski@albany.edu
R. Rethemeyer
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Department: Chair
Expert in the following: Terrorism; public policy; social networks and their impact on social, political, and policy processes; terrorist networks and organizations; counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Campus phone: (518) 442-5283
Campus email: kretheme@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
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
