Faculty Experts
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Pinka Chatterji
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following:
Health economics
Campus phone: (518) 442-4746
Campus email: [email protected]

Diane Dewar
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following:
Health economics; health policy; health system; vulnerable populations; medical technology; aging; end-of-life care; palliative care
Campus phone: (518) 402-0370
Campus email: [email protected]

Matt Grattan
University at Albany
Director of Community & Economic Development
Department: Division for Research
Expert in the following:
Workforce Development, economic development, Start-UP NY, business development, community development, business incubation, business acceleration
Campus phone: (518) 956-8177
Campus email: [email protected]

Chun-Yu Ho
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following:
Industrial Organization, Corporate Strategy and Competition, Economic Analysis of Antirust and Regulation, Banking Markets, Economic Development, Chinese Economy.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4768
Campus email: [email protected]

David Hochfelder
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following:
History of U.S. business and technology; public history; history of information technology; history of the telegraph; Thomas Edison; electric power; savings and investment
Campus phone: (518) 442-5348
Campus email: [email protected]

Julia Jennings
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Anthropology
Expert in the following:
human demography (fertility, mortality, and migration) and 19th century Europe (with an emphasis on Scotland); household ecology; historical population change
Campus phone: (518) 442-4703
Campus email: [email protected]

Michael Jerison
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following:
Economics Nobel prize winners; cost benefit analysis and economic impact statements for government funded projects; tax systems and tax reform, flat tax, consumption tax, corporate income tax; price index and measurement of economic welfare; immigration policy; economic theory
Campus phone: (518) 442-4287
Campus email: [email protected]

Kajal Lahiri
College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following:
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
Campus phone: (518) 442-4758
Campus email: [email protected]

Walter Little
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Anthropology
Expert in the following:
Cultures; cultural heritage; diversity; economics; indigenous peoples and languages of the Americas; Mesoamerica; Latin America; popular culture; tourism; urban studies.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4718
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]

Adrian Masters
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following:
Labor economics; macroeconomics; labor market policies; minimum wages; unemployment
Campus phone: (518) 437-4418
Campus email: [email protected]

David Matkin
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Assistant Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Public budgeting; state budgets; public pension systems
Campus phone: (518) 442-5279
Campus email: [email protected]
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Maria Pidgeon
University at Albany
Associate Director
Department: Division of Research
Expert in the following:
Entrepreneurship, economic development, Internships, Innovation Hot Spot, business development, community development, business incubation
Campus phone: (518) 956-8216
Campus email: [email protected]

Loretta Pyles
School of Social Welfare
Professor
Department: Social Welfare
Expert in the following:
Economic justice; gender-based violence; disaster and social inequality; community organizing
Campus phone: 442-5152
Campus email: [email protected]

Feng (Johnson) Qian
School of Public Health
Associate Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following:
Comparative effectiveness research; quality of care and patient safety; evaluation of medical technology and digital health; health disparities and practice variation; global health
Campus phone: (518) 402-0325
Campus email: [email protected]

Kate Strully
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following:
Health and poverty; low birth weight; health and unemployment
Campus phone: 442-4686
Campus email: [email protected]

Baris Yörük
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Economics
Expert in the following:
Public economics; health economics; applied microeconomics; charitable giving; volunteering; non-profit sector; public health; alcohol, tobacco, and substance use control policies
Campus phone: (518) 442-3175
Campus email: [email protected]