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

José Cruz
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Comparative politics; census data; Latino culture, political values, attitudes and behavior; media studies
Campus phone: (518) 442-5377
Campus email: [email protected]

Jennifer Dodge
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Framing (and symbolic politics); citizen participation; nonprofit advocacy; environmental policy conflicts (fracking, environmental justice)
Campus phone: (518) 442-5274
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]

Ron Jacobs
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following:
Theory, culture and mass media; politics and democracy
Campus phone: (518) 442-4666
Campus email: [email protected]

Michael Malbin
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
U.S. politics and elections, campaign finance, and the U.S. Congress
Campus phone: (202) 969-8890
Campus email: [email protected]

Julie Novkov
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Supreme Court; U.S. political development; Public Law; law and race; law and gender
Campus phone: (518) 442-5256
Campus email: [email protected]

R. Karl Rethemeyer
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Interim Dean
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Terrorism; public policy; social networks and their impact on social, political, and policy processes; terrorist networks and organizations; counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Campus phone: 442-5283
Campus email: [email protected]

Stephan Stohler
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Assistant Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Comparative politics; constitutional law; election law; equality rights; free speech; public law; affirmative action
Campus phone: (518) 442-5263
Campus email: [email protected]

David Turetsky
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Lecturer
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Cybersecurity: policy, regulation, public-private partnerships, information sharing, market incentives, international norms, national security, elections, privacy. Emergency communications: 9-1-1 system, wireless emergency alerts, network reliability and resilience, FirstNet, etc.
Campus phone: 518-442-5289
Campus email: [email protected]