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College/School    
Department
Faculty Name/Rank Last Affiliation Ph.D. Field of Specialization
College of Arts & Sciences        
Africana Studies Oscar R. Williams
Assistant Professor
North Carolina
Central University
Ohio State University, 1997 American History, African American
History, African History
Biological Sciences Ravindra Gupta
Assistant Professor
Yale University University of Bombay, 1993 Genetic recombination &
repair of DNA
Chemistry Evgeny V. Dikarev
Assistant Professor
Texas A & M University Moscow State University, 1990
Inorganic Chemistry,
structural biochemistry
Chemistry Marina A. Petrukhina
Assistant Professor
Texas A & M University Moscow State University, 1988
Inorganic Chemistry, Nanosize metal
particles and semiconductor crystallites
Communication Teresa M. Harrison
Full Professor
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute
Bowling Green State University
1981
Organizations, communication networks
and new technologies
Economics Stacey Hsiangju Chen
Assistant Professor
University of Rochester University of Rochester
June 2001 (expected)
Macroeconomics and political economy
Economics Rui Zhao
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota University of Minnesota
July 2001 (expected)
Labor economics,
 microeconomics
English Branka Arsic
Assistant Professor
University at Albany
SUNY
University of Belgrade, 1999 17th and 20th Century Philosophy
Feminist theory
English Edward L. Schwarzschild
Visiting Assistant Professor
Stanford University Washington
University
(1994)
Creative Writing,
American Literature
English Lisa B. Thompson
Scholar-in-Residence
(Lecturer)
University of California,
Davis
Stanford University, 2000 African American Literature, feminist studies,
film and theater, contemporary African
American women's fiction and poetry
College of Arts &
Sciences
       
Geography & Planning Youqin Huang
Assistant Professor
University of California,
Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
2001 
Migration, Housing, Urban Space,
Gender,Transitional Economies,
Quantitative Methods
History Amy E. Murrell
Assistant Professor
University of Virginia University of Virginia
2001
19th Century History
Judaic Studies Joel Berkowitz
Assistant Professor
Oxford Centre for Hebrew
Jewish Studies
CUNY Graduate Center
Ph.D. Program in Theatre 1995
Yiddish literature and culture,
English literature and theatre
Languages, Literatures
and Cultures
Luis A. Paris
Visiting Assistant Professor
University at Buffalo, SUNY University at Buffalo SUNY
(Expected 2001)
Spanish Linguistics
Philosophy Lee A. Franklin
Assistant Professor
Ohio State University Ohio State University
 2001
Ancient Philosophy
Physics Jesse Abram Ernst
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois University of Rochester
        1995
Experimental Partical Physics
Psychology Sylvia G. Roch
Assistant Professor
Illinois Institute
of Psychology
Texas A & M University
1997
Psychology, Organizational behavior,
Human Decision Processes
Rockefeller College
 of Public Affairs
and Policy
       
Political Science Jennifer Jensen
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill (expected 2001)
Interest group politics, legislative politics
state and local governments
School of Business        
Finance Christophe Faugere
Assistant Professor
University at Albany, SUNY University of Rochester
1993
Corporate finance, investments,
financial economics
Management Science &
Information Systems
Sanjay Goel
Assistant Professor
General Electric Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1998
Management Science, Information
Systems, & Computer Science
School of Criminal Justice        
  Greg Pogarsky
Assistant Professor
University of
Arizona
Carnegie Mellon University, 1998
 H. John Heinz III School of
Public Policy and Management
Criminology, public policy, law
 School of Education        
Educational Admin.
 & Policy Studies
Kevin Kinser
Assistant Professor
Louisiana State Univ. Teachers College
Columbia University, 1999
Non-traditional approaches to
higher education, technology and
distance learning
Educational Admin.
 & Policy Studies
Heinz-Dieter Meyer
Assistant Professor
University at Albany,
SUNY
Cornell University, 1990 Organizational behavior,
educational administration,
institutional analysis of education
Educational Admin.
 & Policy Studies
Alan P. Wagner
Professor & Chair
Organization for Economic
     Co-operation and
Development, Paris, France
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 1977
Education and training policies
in industralized countries
Education and Counseling
 Psychology
David Yun Dai
Assistant Professor
Central Missouri State Univ. Purdue University, 1998 Learning/Instructional Theory
Education and Counseling
 Psychology
Zheng Yan
Assistant Professor
Harvard Graduate School
of Education
Harvard Graduate School of
Education, Ed.D.
Cognitive development and
research methodology
Reading Cheryl L. Dozier
Assistant Professor
University at Albany, SUNY May 2001 (Expected) Literacy theory and practice
Reading KaiLonnie Dunsmore
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University Michigan State University
(expected 2001)
Literacy development, social
construction of disability
Reading Donna M. Scanlon
Assistant Professor
College of Saint Rose University at Albany, SUNY
   1997
Reading development and disability
Reading Margaret Sheehy
Assistant Professor
Western Montana College of
the University of Montana
Ohio State University
1999
Literacy education, reading
Reading Haley Woodside-Jiron
Visiting Assistant
 Professor
University at Albany, SUNY University at Albany, SUNY
Expected May 2002
Educational Policy
 School of Information
 Science and Policy
       
School of Information
Science and Policy
Thomas P. Mackey
Assistant Professor
University at Albany, SUNY
CETL
University at Albany, SUNY
2001
Hypermedia, multimedia,
information literacy
School of Information
Science and Policy
William J. McIver, Jr.
Assistant Professor
Brown University University of Colorado,
Boulder May 1994
Social informatics, digital government,
advanced database applications
School of Information
Science and Policy
Lokman I. Meho
Assistant Professor
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill,  2001
Information sources and services,
information seeking behavior,
bibliometrics
School of Public Health        
Health Policy,
 Management and Behavior
Shadi S. Saleh
Assistant Professor
University of Iowa University of Iowa
August 2001 (expected)
Health care finance, health care
management, cost-effectiveness,
substance abuse
School of Social Welfare        
  Sandra Austin
Assistant Professor
Boston College School for
Social Work
University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, School of
Education, 2001
Welfare reform, macro practice
 
  Eric Hardiman
Assistant Professor
University of California,
Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
2001
Consumer-driven mental health services,
self-help, mental health service
delivery, homelessness, mental health
policy, direct practice
  Lani V. Jones
Assistant Professor
University of
Massachusetts
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
2000
Psycho-social competence and 
positive mental health outcomes, social
work group practice, children and families
in urban communities
  Starr A. Wood
Assistant Professor
Smith College Smith College, 2000 Dual diagnosis (mental health and
addictions) with special focus on trauma;
HIV/AIDS with special focus on women,
teens and children; racism; social identity;
family theory and therapy