Faculty Experts
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Pradeep Atrey
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Multimedia surveillance for homeland security; privacy issues in multimedia surveillance systems; multimedia data security and forensics; multimedia data mining
Campus phone: (518) 442-4281
Campus email: [email protected]
Frankie Bailey
School of Criminal Justice
Professor
Department: Criminal Justice
Expert in the following:
Crime and mass media/popular culture; crime history; race, gender, crime; crime and detective fiction
Campus phone: (518) 442-5237
Campus email: [email protected]
Jacques Bastien
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Lecturer
Department: Informatics
Expert in the following:
Design; entrepreneurship; startups; social media; employment; finances (raising capital for business); blogging and writing; photography and video production
Campus phone: 518-442-5110
Campus email: [email protected]
Sheila Curran Bernard
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: History
Expert in the following:
Film storytelling; creative nonfiction; history and media; narrative; public history; documentary
Campus phone: 442-5300
Campus email: [email protected]
José Cruz
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Comparative politics; census data; Latino culture, political values, attitudes and behavior; media studies
Campus phone: (518) 442-5377
Campus email: [email protected]
Beth DuFault
School of Business
Assistant Professor
Department: Marketing
Expert in the following:
Culture, change, and consumer behavior
Campus phone: 518-956-8389
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]
Janell Hobson
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Expert in the following:
Women's studies; race relations; gender relations; black history month; women's history month; film; media; popular culture
Campus phone: (518) 442-5575
Campus email: [email protected]
William Husson
College of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer
Department: Communication
Expert in the following:
Popular culture; children, youth, and media; news; mass media effects; film; work; internships
Campus phone: (518) 442-4872
Campus email: [email protected]
Ron Jacobs
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following:
Theory, culture and mass media; politics and democracy
Campus phone: (518) 442-4666
Campus email: [email protected]
Ioannis Kareklas
School of Business
Associate Professor
Department: Marketing
Expert in the following:
Prosocial Behavior; Advertising Effectiveness; Sensory Perception; Public Health; Organic Consumption
Campus phone: (518) 956-8373
Campus email: [email protected]
Brian Keough
University Libraries
Department Head
Department: M.E. Grenander Special Collections and Archives
Expert in the following:
Acquisition and access to archival collections; needs assessments and business process analysis for record management programs; digital preservation; regional political history
Campus phone: (518) 437-3931
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]
Roger S. Lipera
University Libraries
Training Specialist
Department: Interactive Media Center
Expert in the following:
Internet; the Web; Web design; World Wide Web; podcast; image editing; blog; Photoshop; photograph restoration; photo faking; Web business; search engines; online business; e-mail; security
Campus phone: (518) 442-3607
Campus email: [email protected]
Jennifer Manganello
School of Public Health
Professor
Department: Health Policy, Management and Behavior
Expert in the following:
Health communication; health literacy; health disparities; mass media; social media; media campaigns; health information seeking.
Campus phone: (518) 402-0304
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]
William Rainbolt
College of Arts and Sciences
Lecturer Emeritus
Department: English
Expert in the following:
Journalism; media ethics; media history; film; documentary studies; historical fiction
Campus phone: 442-4056
Campus email: [email protected]
Nancy Roberts
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Program in Jounalism
Expert in the following:
History of journalism and communication; literary journalism; media and society; war and the media.
Campus phone: (518) 442-4884
Campus email: [email protected]
Amber Silver
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Assistant Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Risk communication; social media; public attention; decision-making; risk perception; severe and hazardous weather; sense of place
Campus phone: 518-442-5271
Campus email: [email protected]
