Faculty Experts
Contact the
Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150
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Areas of expertise:
Politics--local, state, national and
international; public policy; campaigns and
elections; legislative politics; Africa; Middle
East; women and families |
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h.desfosses@albany.edu |
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Kajal Lahiri
Distinguished Professor
Department of Economics |
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Areas of expertise:
Economic forecasting; applied
econometrics; economics of health and
disability; New York State economy; New York
regional economic trends; economics of energy;
transportation economics; and energy/gasoline prices |
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klahiri@albany.edu |
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(518) 442-4758 |
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Areas of expertise:
Ancient tobacco; shamanism; native
American smoking pipes; archaeology of eastern
North America; archaeology of New York State;
cultural resource management |
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rafferty@albany.edu |
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(518) 442-4713 |
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Areas of expertise:
Holocaust; anti-semitism; Yiddish; Kiryas
Joel, N.Y. |
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btrachtenberg@albany.edu |
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(518) 442-3078 |
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Areas of expertise:
Politics; policies; foreign policies of
India; Pakistan; Bangladesh in South Asia;
Minorities, especially Muslims in India; attitudes towards events in the Middle East;
Islam as a religion;
comparative ethnicity; Dutch in colonial Albany,
N.Y. |
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wright15@juno.com |
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(518) 442-5255 |
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