FACULTY & STAFF
 

     Sharon Danoff-Burg joins the University in the Department of Psych-ology.  Robert Rosselini, chair of the Psychology Department, recently said, “Dr. Sharon Danoff-Burg comes to us with excellent training.  Her research in cancer nicely complements and fits well in the clinical group and in other health-related interests in the department.  She really complements well the strengths of our existing faculty.” Before coming to Albany, Danoff-Burg was a postdoctoral research fellow in health psychology at the City University of New York Graduate School, funded by a grant from the Arthritis Foundation. 
    Danoff-Burg has a variety of research interests including adaptation to physical illness such as rheumatoid arthritis and cancer, stress and coping, and the psychology of gender. 
    Danoff-Burg earned her Ph.D. in 1997 at the University of Kansas in clinical psychology with a specialty in health psychology. Her dissertation was titled Coping With Early Stage Breast Cancer: Which Strategies Predict Psychological Adjustment? She completed her clinical internship at Dartmouth Medical School in 1996.
    Recently, Danoff-Burg was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Health Psychology.
    Danoff-Burg, a licensed psychologist, is a faculty supervisor at the Psychological Services Center, where she supervises practicum students in the clinical doctoral program.  Before that, Danoff-Burg  served as facilitator for a cancer support group  sponsored by the Douglas County Unit of the American Cancer Society.
    She is affiliated with Division 35 (Psychology of Women) and Division 38 (Health Psychology) of the American Psychological Association and is also a member of the Society of Behavioral Medicine and the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.

    Assistant Professor Dana Haynie is one of two new hires in the Sociology Department this semester. Glenna Spitze, chair of the Sociology Department, recently said, “Dana Haynie will make an important contribution to our department strengths in crime and deviance and quantitative methodology. She was our top choice candidate and we are all thrilled that she has joined us.” Prior to coming to Albany, Haynie worked on her Ph.D. while a research assistant at Pennsylvania State University from 1995-1999.
     Haynie's research interests are in the areas of adolescent delinquency, gender and crime, communities and crime, adolescent development, social networks, and methods.  Most of these lie in the areas of criminology and stratification which were her two main concentrations while working on her Ph.D. in sociology of Penn State. 
    Haynie was awarded the National Institute of Justice Dissertation Fellowship for her dissertation work on adolescent delinquency. She was also granted the National Science Foundation Dissertation Award in 1998. 

    Donald J. Hernandez has joined the University as a professor in the Department of Sociology and the Center for Social and Demo-graphic Analysis. According to Stewart Tolnay, director of the center, “Don is one of the leading experts in the U.S. on research on children. He is an expert on the history of childhood in America. He will strengthen our concentration in the area of children and adolescents. In addition, he has good connections at the U.S. Bureau of the Census.” Before that, he served as study director for the Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children and Families with the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Academy of Services and Institute of Medicine. He was responsible for the National Research Council report titled From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families and the companion volume of research papers titled Children of Immigrants: Health, Adjustment, and Public Assistance.
    Hernandez , who completed his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of California at Berkeley, was special assistant with the U.S. Bureau of the Census.  Formerly, he served as senior subject matter expert for the Survey of Program Dynamics, conducted to assess the effects of welfare reform, particularly on children. He served as chief of Marriage and Family Statistics, introducing many innovations in national data collection, analysis, and reporting on children, families, and household change.
    Hernandez is the author many of books and articles including America's Children: Resources for Family, Government, and the Economy. This book provided the first national research analyzing children in order to document the timing, magnitude, and reasons for the revolutionary changes they've experienced since the Great Depression. Such changes have included family composition, parents' education, fathers' and mothers' work, and family income and poverty. 

Michael Jaromin Returns to Department of Student Life
    Michael Jaromin has returned to the Department of Student Life, accepting a position as director of student activities.
    In that role, Jaromin is responsible for developing and coordinating a student activity program that complements Albany's educational mission, and meets the social and recreational needs of the student body. Specifically, he serves as adviser, consultant, and general resource for the student government and for other student groups and organizations, including fraternities and sororities. He is also responsible for planning and coordinating such campus events as the freshman candlelighting ceremony, December graduation, and Torch Night.
    Jaromin previously served as assistant director of Community Relations in the Division of University Advancement. There, he helped to plan and coordinate spring commencement, the New York Giants' annual Meet the Players fundraiser, and other major events. His other experience at Albany includes positions in Campus Life and Residential Life.

Pamela Lowe Joins the Division of University Advancement
    The Division of University Advancement welcomed Pamela Lowe to its development staff November 1.
    Lowe came to UAlbany from the Preservation League of New York State, where, as director of development, she was responsible for the historic preservation organization's fundraising efforts statewide. In addition to overseeing direct mail appeals, special events, and grant writing, she cultivated and solicited major gifts, and managed the database. 
    A graduate of the University of Detroit, Lowe has fundraising experience with that institution, as well as with The College of Saint Rose and the American Lung Association of Michigan. She is currently enrolled in the Saint Rose public communications graduate program. Lowe is also a member of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives' Hudson-Mohawk chapter and of the Capital Region chapter of Women in Development.

Merger of Marketing, Community Relations Announced 
    Robert R. Ashton, vice president for University Advancement, has announced several new appointments and recent changes within the University Advancement Division.
    The Office of Marketing and Outreach and the Office of Community Relations have been merged into a new unit called the Office of Marketing and Special Events. Vesna Gjaja, assistant vice president for Advancement/director of marketing, is heading the new office. The office is responsible for devising and implementing integrated marketing and image-building utilizing publicity, special events, public and media relations, advertising and other forms of communications to reach key external audiences.
    Dennis Kennedy, formerly staff assistant in the Office of Marketing and Outreach, has assumed the position of assistant director of marketing.  Susan Supple, formerly associate director of community relations, has assumed the position of director of special projects.  Cynthia Brady, who was the program coordinator in the same office, was promoted to the assistant director of special events.
    Linda Wheeler, formerly the director of marketing and public relations at the School of Business, is the latest addition to the staff. She is the new director of special events.

Judy Bedian Honored
    Judy Bedian of Creative Services (formerly the Graphics office) was honored Oct. 16 as one of three winners of the 1999 Sage Junior College of Albany Don Bessette Distinguished Alumni Award. Bedian received the award for her long-standing involvement in Sage's graphic design internship program. Each semester she supervises and teaches one or more graphic design interns from Sage. 
    The awards ceremony, part of Sage's 50th anniversary celebration, was held at the Sage Albany campus. Jeanne Neff, president of Sage Colleges, was among the speakers. Other award recipients were Robert Allyn, director and curator of the Vietnam War Memorial in Albany (Sage Evening College), and Mary Nolan, vice-president and director of Albany Medical Hospital (Sage Graduate School).