Faculty Experts
Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150Media
Frankie Bailey
School of Criminal Justice
Associate Professor
Expert in the following: Crime and mass media/popular culture; crime history; race, gender, crime; crime and detective fiction
Campus phone: (518) 442-5237
Campus email: fybailey@albany.edu
Sheila Bernard
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following: Documentary film; media; nonfiction media storytelling; archival filmmaking; historical filmmaking; independent filmmaking; screenwriting
Campus phone: (518) 442-5364
Campus email: sbernard@albany.edu
José Cruz
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Department: Director
Expert in the following:
Comparative politics; census data; Latino culture, political values, attitudes and behavior; media studies
Campus phone: (518) 442-5377
Campus email: jcruz@albany.edu
Rob Edelman
College of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer
Department: History
Department: Art
Expert in the following: Baseball and film
Campus phone: (518) 442-4020
Campus email: redelman@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
Abbe Herzig
School of Education
Assistant Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following: Women in science; women in mathematics; minorities in science; people of color in science; mathematics education; diversity equity in education; postgraduate education; statistics in the media; statistical literacy
Campus phone: (518) 442-5032
Campus email: aherzig@albany.edu
Janell Hobson
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Women's Studies
Expert in the following: Women's studies; race relations; gender relations; black history month; women's history month; film; media; popular culture
Campus phone: (518) 442-5575
Campus email: jhobson@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
William Husson
College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Communication
Expert in the following: Popular culture; children, youth, and media; news; mass media effects; film; work; internships
Campus phone: (518) 442-4872
Campus email: whusson@albany.edu
Ronald Jacobs
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following:
Theory, culture and mass media; politics and democracy
Campus phone: (518)
Campus email: rjacobs@albany.edu
Brian Keough
University Libraries
Department Head
Department: M.E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives
Expert in the following: Acquisition and access to archival collections; needs assessments and business process analysis for record management programs; digital preservation; regional political history
Campus phone: (518) 437-3931
Campus email: bkeough@albany.edu
Maria Keyes
College of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer
Department: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Expert in the following: Italian and French language and literature; Italian culture; civilization; film and cinema; the Italian American experience; contemporary Italian society
Campus phone: (518) 442-4108
Campus email: mgkeyes@albany.edu
Roger Lipera
University Libraries
Training Specialist
Department: Interactive Media Center
Expert in the following: Internet; the Web; Web design; World Wide Web; podcast; image editing; blog; Photoshop; photograph restoration; photo faking; Web business; search engines; online business; e-mail; security.
Campus phone: (518) 442-3607
Campus email: rlipera@albany.edu
Jennifer Manganello
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following:
Health communication; mass media; social media; media campaigns; health information seeking; health literacy.
Campus phone: (518) 402-0333
Campus email: jmanganello@albany.edu
Carla Meskill
School of Education
Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following: Language of teaching and learning with technology; distance/online education; computer-assisted language learning (CALL); second language and bilingual education; media literacy; electronic literacy.
Campus phone: (518) 442-5007
Campus email: cmeskill@albany.edu
William Rainbolt
College of Arts and Sciences
Department: English
Expert in the following: Journalism; media ethics; media history; film; documentary studies; historical fiction
Campus phone: (518) 442-4087
Campus email: wrainbolt@albany.edu

