Faculty Experts
Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150International Relations
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
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
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
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
Steven Leibo
College of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer
Department: History
Expert in the following: Modern China and globalization; U.S. China relations; Asian-Western relations; Vietnam; Southeast Asia; international politics; modern world history.
Campus phone: (518) 244-2330
Campus email: sleibo@albany.edu
John Pomeroy
University Offices
Expert in the following:
Higher Education; recruitment; international students; foreign education systems
Campus phone: (518) 956-8198
Campus email: jpomeroy@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
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
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
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

