Faculty Experts
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James Acker
School of Criminal Justice
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department: Criminal Justice
Expert in the following:
The death penalty; history of capital punishment in the United States and New York
Campus phone: (518) 442-5317
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]

Richard Hamm
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following:
Temperance movement; crime and trials; civil liberties
Campus phone: (518) 442-5382
Campus email: [email protected]

Matthew Ingram
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Public Law; Comparative Law and Politics; Justice Reform; Violence; Latin American Law and Legal Institutions; Latin American Politics; Brazil; Mexico; Research Methods; Geo-Spatial Analysis; Network Analysis; Mixed-Methods Research
Campus phone: 518-442-3940
Campus email: [email protected]

Justin Pickett
School of Criminal Justice
Assistant Professor
Department: Criminal Justice
Expert in the following:
Public opinion on crime and criminal justice; social threat and social control; juvenile justice and delinquency; community influences on attitudes and behavior; sociology of punishment
Campus phone: (518) 442-5210
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]

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]

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]