Faculty Experts

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        Pradeep Atrey

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abbe Herzig
School of Education
Assistant Professor
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) 442-5020
Campus email: [email protected]



        Janell Hobson

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

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

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

Ioannis Kareklas
School of Business
Assistant 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

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

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: 442-4222
Campus email: [email protected]



        Roger S. Lipera

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

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

Carla J. Meskill
School of Education
Professor
Department: Educational Administration and Policy Studies


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

William Rainbolt
College of Arts and Sciences
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

Nancy Roberts
College of Arts and Sciences
Professor


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

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]