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Richard Alba   Richard Alba
Distinguished Professor
Department of Sociology
 
Areas of expertise:
Race and ethnicity; demographics; U.S. Census; minority health disparities
 
Campus e-mail:   r.alba@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-4669
 
 
James A. Anderson   James A. Anderson
Professor
Department of Psychology
 
Areas of expertise:
Impact of gender, race, culture, class and diversity on student learning
 
Campus e-mail:   jaanderson@uamail.albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 956-8140
 
 
Allen Ballard  

Allen B. Ballard
Professor
Department of History
Department of Africana Studies

 
Areas of expertise:
African-American history, Civil War history, Soviet history
 
Campus e-mail:   aballard@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-5407
 
 
Abbe Herzig   Abbe Herzig
Assistant Professor
Educational Theory and Practice
 
Areas of expertise:
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 e-mail:   aherzig@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-5032
 
 
Michael K. Hill   Michael K. Hill
Associate Professor
Department of English
 
Areas of expertise:
Race studies; "whiteness", U.S. minority relations; civil society; history of democracy; relation between "print culture" (the novel) and politics
 
Campus e-mail:   mikehill@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-4056
 
 
Hayward Derrick Horton   Hayward Derrick Horton
(Joint) Associate Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior; Sociology
 
Areas of expertise:
Demography; race and ethnicity; rural sociology
 
Campus e-mail:   hdh@cnsunix.albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-4907
 
 
Janine Jurkowski   Janine Jurkowski
Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior
 
Areas of expertise:
Health disparities/minority health; Latino health; community based public health; disability
 
Campus e-mail:   jjurkowski@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 402-0420
 
 
Lee McElroy   Lee A. McElroy
VP for Athletic Administration
Department of Athletics and Recreation
 
Areas of expertise:
NCAA Division I athletics; NCAA governance; race and equity in sports
 
Campus e-mail:   lmcelroy@uamail.albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-2562
 
 
Maurice Thornton   Maurice Thornton
Lecturer
Department of Africana Studies
 
Areas of expertise:
Affirmative action programs; African and African American history; the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S.; black history; the African and African American family
 
Campus e-mail:   mediarelations@albany.edu
Campus phone:   (518) 442-4730
 
   
 


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