Faculty Experts
Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150Africa

Allen Ballard
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following:
African-American history; the Civil War; Soviet history
Campus phone: (518) 442-5407
Campus email: [email protected]

Roxanne Jones Booth
College of Arts and Sciences
Adjunct
Department: Africana Studies
Expert in the following:
African American church history; African American religion; African American Christian missions history; Christian missions; cross-cultural studies; Christian education
Campus phone: (518) 442-4730
Campus email: [email protected]

Ryan Irwin
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following:
American foreign relations; globalization; international organizations; decolonization
Campus phone: 442-5379
Campus email: [email protected]

Leonard A. Slade Jr.
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Africana Studies
Expert in the following:
Black literature; black history; black poetry; and 19th century American literature, particularly author Herman Melville; American literary bibliography
Campus phone: (518) 442-4726
Campus email: [email protected]

Marcia E. Sutherland
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Africana Studies
Expert in the following:
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
Campus phone: (518) 442-4730
Campus email: [email protected]

Chris Thorncroft
College of Arts and Sciences
Interim Director
Department: Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
Expert in the following:
Tropical weather and climate; monsoons, hurricanes
Campus phone: 442-4555
Campus email: [email protected]

Oscar Williams
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Africana Studies
Expert in the following:
African American history and literature; American slavery; black nationalism; black conservatism; slavery in New York
Campus phone: (518) 442-4730
Campus email: [email protected]