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Literature
 

Expert in the following: Literatures, cultures, and language issues of the Francophone areas of the world, particularly West Africa, the Caribbean (Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe), and North America (Quebec, New England, Louisiana); cinema of Francophone West Africa, Caribbean and Quebec
Campus phone: (518) 442-4103
Campus email: ebriere@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Japanese literature and culture of the modern era
Campus phone: (518) 442-4119
Campus email: sfessler@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Race studies; "whiteness", U.S. minority relations; civil society; history of democracy; relation between "print culture" (the novel) and politics
Campus phone: (518) 442-4080
Campus email: mhill@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Contemporary literature, especially poetry and poetics, of the U.S., U.K., Europe, North Africa, and beyond; theory of the avant-garde and diaspora studies; comparative literature and translation studies; North African culture
Campus phone: (518) 442-4085
Campus email: pjoris@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Student learning; literacy; reading; writing; instruction; literature; English; testing; school success
Campus phone: (518) 442-5029
Campus email: jlanger@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Italian and comparative literature; women mystic writers of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque period; Italian theatre of the Renaissance and Baroque period.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4149
Campus email: opelosi@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Journalism; media ethics; media history; film; documentary studies; historical fiction
Campus phone: (518) 442-4087
Campus email: wrainbolt@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Fiction writing; creative writing; novels; short stories; American literature; contemporary American literature; literature and the visual arts
Campus phone: (518) 442-4075
Campus email: eschwarzschild@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Russian language; Russian-English translation; 20th century Russian literature
Campus phone: (518) 442-4227
Campus email: tsergay@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Black literature; black history; black poetry; and 19th century American literature, particularly author Herman Melville
Campus phone: (518) 442-4726
Campus email: lslade@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: African American literature and culture studies; African American middle class; African American contemporary theater
Campus phone: (518) 442-4389
Campus email: lthompson@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: Mythology and gender studies; cultural studies; interpersonal relationships
Campus phone: (518) 442-4082
Campus email: mvalentis@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: African American history and literature; American slavery; black nationalism; black conservatism; slavery in New York.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4593
Campus email: owilliams@albany.edu

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Expert in the following: French and comparative literature; contemporary French philosophy, particularly post-structuralism, deconstruction and the work of Jacques Derrida; film theory; theories of technology.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4228
Campus email: dwills@albany.edu

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