Faculty Experts
Call the Office of Media Relations at (518) 956-8150Terrorism
Gary Ackerman
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Associate Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Terrorism; threat assessment; chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons; innovation; adversary behavior modelling; red-teaming; emerging technologies; extremist ideologies
Campus phone: 518-442-5251
Campus email: [email protected]
Victor Asal
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Director of the Center for Policy Research
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Terrorism; Homeland Security; Contentious Politics; Political Discrimination
Campus phone: (518) 591-8729
Campus email: [email protected]
Bryan Early
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Policy Research
Department: Political Science
Expert in the following:
Sanctions; proliferation issues; terrorism
Campus phone: (518) 442-5272
Campus email: [email protected]
Alex Greer
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Assistant Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Hazard adjustments; Relocation decision-making processes; Buyouts and acquisitions; Place attachment; Natech and techna events; Organizational culture in the fire service
Campus phone: 518-442-5142
Campus email: [email protected]
Robert Griffin
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Dean
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Emergency preparedness; homeland security; cybersecurity; internet of things/smart cities; smart violence and stadium security; American federalism; state and local governance
Campus phone: 518-442-5142
Campus email: [email protected]
Richard Lachmann
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor
Department: Sociology
Expert in the following:
Sociology of culture; popular culture; political sociology; war and terrorism; fiscal crises; U.S. decline; military spending
Campus phone: (518) 956-8150
Campus email: [email protected]
Rick C. Mathews
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Public Service Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Homeland security; infrastructure protection; intelligence; counter-terrorism and terrorism interdiction; information sharing; weapons of mass destruction; critical decision making; facility and systems security; emergency preparedness
Campus phone: (518) 956-8180
Campus email: [email protected]
Brian Nussbaum
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Assistant Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Cybersecurity and cyber threats; terrorism and terrorism analysis; homeland security; risk and intelligence analysis; critical infrastructure protection; urban security; smart cities
Campus phone: (518) 442-5781
Campus email: [email protected]
Samantha Penta
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Assistant Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Disasters and Crises; Crisis and Emergency Management; Humanitarian Relief; Humanitarian Logistics; Health and Medical Issues in Disasters; Organizational Responses to Disasters; Collective Behavior; Convergence; Decision-Making; Disaster Policy
Campus phone: 518-442-5268
Campus email: [email protected]
R. Karl Rethemeyer
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Interim Dean
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Terrorism; public policy; social networks and their impact on social, political, and policy processes; terrorist networks and organizations; counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Campus phone: 442-5283
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]
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]
James Steiner
Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
Public Service Professor
Department: Public Administration and Policy
Expert in the following:
Homeland security; intelligence studies
Campus phone: (518) 442-5378
Campus email: [email protected]
Eric K. Stern
College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Professor
Department: Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
Expert in the following:
Crisis and emergency management; crisis communication; resilience; security studies; executive leadership; foreign policy analysis and political psychology
Campus phone: (518) 442-5258
Campus email: [email protected]
Tomek Strzalkowski
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor
Department: Computer Science
Expert in the following:
Information intelligence; tracking information about terrorists
Campus phone: (518) 442-2608
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]
