Faculty Experts
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Heidi L. Andrade
School of Education
Professor
Department: Educational and Counseling Psychology
Expert in the following:
Classroom assessment; including rubrics; formative assessment; performance assessment; self-assessment; self-regulated learning
Campus phone: 437-4422
Campus email: [email protected]
Robert Bangert-Drowns
School of Education
Associate Professor, Dean Emeritus
Department: Educational and Counseling Psychology
Expert in the following:
Computers in education; student motivation in learning; improving student learning
Campus phone: (518) 442-5029
Campus email: [email protected]
Kristin Christodulu
College of Arts and Sciences
Director
Department: Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
Expert in the following:
Autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, challenging behavior, positive behavior support, sleep disturbances
Campus phone: (518) 442-5132
Campus email: [email protected]
Thomas L. Gais
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Director
Department: Rockefeller Institute of Government
Expert in the following:
Education; Federalism; government reform; higher education; social service spending; welfare reform
Campus phone: (518) 443-5238
Campus email: [email protected]
Virginia Goatley
School of Education
Professor
Department: Literacy Teaching and Learning
Expert in the following:
Literacy instruction; literacy/social studies; connections; Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)
Campus phone: (518) 442-5104
Campus email: [email protected]
Abbe Herzig
School of Education
Lecturer
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following:
Women in science; women in mathematics; minorities in science; people of color in science; mathematics education; diversity equity in education; postgraduate education; statistics in the media; statistical literacy
Campus phone: (518) 442-4712
Campus email: [email protected]
Jason Lane
School of Education
Professor, Interim Dean
Department: Educational Administration and Policy Studies
Expert in the following:
Higher Education: Accountability, Public Policy, Globalization and Internationalization
Campus phone: 443-5825
Campus email: [email protected]
Hal Lawson
School of Social Welfare
Professor
Department: Social Welfare
Expert in the following:
School-family-community partnerships; child welfare; interprofessional collaboration
Campus phone: 442-5355
Campus email: [email protected]
Daniel C. Levy
School of Education
Distinguished Professor
Department: Educational Policy & Leadership
Expert in the following:
International higher education; higher education policy and politics; private higher education; Latin American & Mexican politics
Campus phone: (518) 442-5177
Campus email: [email protected]
Carla J. Meskill
School of Education
Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following:
Language of teaching and learning with technology; distance/online education; computer-assisted language learning (CALL); second language and bilingual education; media literacy; electronic literacy
Campus phone: (518) 442-5007
Campus email: [email protected]
David N. Miller
School of Education
Professor
Department: Educational and Counseling Psychology
Expert in the following:
School psychology; developmental psychopathology; behavioral interventions; consultation and prevention, and cognitive-behavior therapy for children and adolescents
Campus phone: (518) 442-5038
Campus email: [email protected]
Jason Randall
College of Arts and Sciences
Assistant Professor
Department: Psychology
Expert in the following:
Employment and educational training and learning, including e-learning and gamification. The self-regulation of attention and motivation, including mind wandering and mindfulness. Personnel selection, including intelligence and personality testing.
Campus phone: (518) 442-3411
Campus email: [email protected]
Peter Shea
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following:
higher education; online learning; k-12 education
Campus phone: 442-4009
Campus email: [email protected]
Joette Stefl-Mabry
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Associate Professor
Department: Informatics
Expert in the following:
Instructional technologies, assessment and evaluation (K-12 through higher education); reflective practice; student voice and problem-based learning
Campus phone: (518) 442-5120
Campus email: [email protected]
Carol Stenger
University at Albany
Director
Department: Advocacy Center for Sexual Violence
Expert in the following:
Sexuality; sexual health; sex education; European approaches to sex education; AIDS/HIV; sexually transmitted diseases and infections; adolescent sexuality; Internet pornography
Campus phone: (518) 442-2273
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]
Sandra Vergari
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational Policy & Leadership
Expert in the following:
Charter schools; K-12 education reform policy; politics of education policy
Campus phone: (518) 442-5063
Campus email: [email protected]
Jianwei Zhang
School of Education
Associate Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following:
Technology-supported innovations in learning; knowledge-creating communities
Campus phone: (518) 442-4007
Campus email: [email protected]
