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Black History Month
African American Literature
African Psychology
American Slavery

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Black History Month

American Slavery

Oscar Williams
Areas of expertise:
African American history and literature; American slavery; black nationalism; black conservatism; slavery in New York

Associate Professor Oscar Williams offers insight on African American history and literature, American slavery, and black nationalism and conservatism. Williams has lectured on the topic of Black History Month and issues in black history at the University at Albany.

African American Literature

Leonard A. Slade Jr.
Areas of expertise:
Black literature, black history, black poetry

Africana Studies Professor Leonard A. Slade Jr. discusses the contributions of black authors to America's literary landscape. Slade is the editor of Black Essays (1995), a collection of short pieces by African American critics and scholars.

African Psychology

Marcia E. Sutherland
Areas of expertise:
Social and psychological development of black children, inclusiveness of education, transracial adoption, HIV/AIDS and people of African descent, enslavement and colonial experiences of people of African descent, black studies, mock jury trials, nonverbal behavior of people of African descent

Marcia E. Sutherland is chairwoman and associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies. She is the author of the book Black Authenticity: A Psychology for Liberating People of African Descent (l997). She has lectured throughout the U.S., Africa, Caribbean, Latin American and London on issues affecting people of African heritage.

Recession

Economy

Hany A. Shawky
Areas of expertise:
Petrol and energy related issues; stock market behavior; institutional portfolio management

Hany A. Shawky is professor of finance and director of the Center for Institutional Investment Management (CIIM) at the University at Albany School of Business. Widely published on asset pricing, stock market behavior, and international financial markets, he has served as a consultant to many private and public organizations. Shawky teaches corporate finance, investment analysis, and portfolio management. He received his doctorate in finance (1978) from Ohio State University.

Gas Prices

Kajal Lahiri
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; energy/gasoline prices

Distinguished Professor of Economics Kajal Lahiri is an expert on economic forecasting and applied econometrics. He developed the Transportation Services Index. Over the past two decades, Lahiri's development of statistical methods to study economics and related subjects has had wide-ranging policy applications. His health-related studies include efficiency and productivity measurement in hospitals and health centers. Lahiri is a professor of Economics, Biometry & Statistics, and Health Policy & Management and director of the Econometrics Research Institute at UAlbany.

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