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

Peter Bloniarz
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Office of the Provost
Expert in the following:
Informatics; information technology; information science; e-governance
Campus phone: 956-8240
Campus email: [email protected]

G. Brian Burke
University at Albany
Managing Director, Program Unit
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Managing and preserving government electronic information; assessing the value of government information technology investments; Cross-boundary and multi-organizational information sharing in government
Campus phone: 442-3895
Campus email: [email protected]

Meghan Cook
University at Albany
Program Director
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Intergovernmental relations and county and municipal government information management; Information sharing and integration; facilitation and cross-boundary collaborative work
Campus phone: 442-4443
Campus email: [email protected]

Sharon Dawes
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Senior Fellow
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Government information systems strategy and management; policy analysis; information management and policy
Campus phone: (518) 442-3892
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]

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]
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Brian Greenhill
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
International relations; human rights; international organization; environmental outcomes; climate change; political globalization
Campus phone: 518-442-5238
Campus email: [email protected]

David Guinn
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Senior Associate
Department: Center for International Development
Expert in the following:
International development in democracy and governance; international public law; human rights; intellectual property; human trafficking; religion and violence; post-conflict, and multicultural and religious pluralism
Campus phone: 443-2716
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]

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]

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]

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]

Theresa Pardo
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Director
Department: Center for Technology in Government
Expert in the following:
Information technology innovation in the public sector; electronic records management; interagency and intergovernmental information sharing and integration; information technology business case planning and development
Campus phone: 442-3984
Campus email: [email protected]

David Rousseau
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
International relations; foreign policy; shared identity and military conflict; political development
Campus phone: (518) 442-5245
Campus email: [email protected]

Christine Sgarlata Chung
University at Albany
Co-Director
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Expert in the following:
Business litigation; securities and white collar crime; compliance and risk management
Campus phone: (518) 445-3249
Campus email: [email protected]

F. David Sheppard
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Public Service Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Homeland security; terrorism; preventing terrorist attacks; disaster response
Campus phone: (518) 442-5258
Campus email: [email protected]

Michael Stone
University at Albany
Co-Director
Department: Institute for Financial Market Regulation
Expert in the following:
Corporate governance; securities regulation, judicial ethics
Campus phone: (212) 790-0257
Campus email: [email protected]

Frank Thompson
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Professor Emeritus
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Health care policy and implementation; Medicaid; federalism and health care policy
Campus phone: (518) 443-5522
Campus email: [email protected]

Lawrence Wittner
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus
Department: History
Expert in the following:
U.S. foreign policy; nuclear weapons policy; nuclear arms control and disarmament; peace movements; peace activism
Campus phone: (518) 869-1083
Campus email: [email protected]