Faculty Experts
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Jeanette Altarriba
College of Arts and Sciences
Interim Dean
Department: Office of the Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Expert in the following:
psychology of language, psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, bilingualism, knowledge representation, eye movements and reading, concept and category formation, cognition and emotion, cross-cultural psychology, false and autobiographical memory within and between languages, survival processing, interaction between language, memory, and perception
Campus phone: (518) 442-4651
Campus email: [email protected]

Anthony DeBlasi
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: East Asian Studies
Expert in the following:
China, Chinese culture, Chinese history, Confucianism
Campus phone: (518) 442-5316
Campus email: [email protected]

Susanna Fessler
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: East Asian Studies
Expert in the following:
Japanese literature and culture of the modern era
Campus phone: (518) 442-4119
Campus email: [email protected]

Istvan Kecskes
School of Education
Distinguished Professor
Department: Educational Theory and Practice
Expert in the following:
Second language acquisition; bilingualism; multilingualism; intercultural communication; foreign language learning; English as a Lingua Franca; cognitive linguistics
Campus phone: (518) 442-5030
Campus email: [email protected]

Maria Keyes
College of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer
Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Expert in the following:
Italian and French language and literature; Italian culture; civilization; film and cinema; the Italian American experience; contemporary Italian society
Campus phone: 442-4100
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]

Olimpia Pelosi
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Expert in the following:
Italian and comparative literature; women mystic writers of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque period; Italian theatre of the Renaissance and Baroque period
Campus phone: (518) 442-4100
Campus email: [email protected]

Timothy Sergay
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Expert in the following:
Russian language; Russian-English translation; 20th century Russian literature
Campus phone: 614-599-3061
Campus email: [email protected]