Faculty Experts

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        Gary Ackerman

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]



        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]



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        Robert Griffin

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]



        David Guinn

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]



        Matthew Ingram

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]



        Alan Lizotte

Alan Lizotte
School of Criminal Justice
Professor
Department: Criminal Justice


Expert in the following: Guns; gun control; statistics and quantitative research methods; patterns of firearms ownership and use; juvenile delinquency; victimization
Campus phone: (518) 442-5214
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]



        Steven F. Messner

Steven F. Messner
College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department: Sociology


Expert in the following: Homicide; violent crime; crime in China
Campus phone: (518) 442-4674
Campus email: [email protected]



        Cynthia Najdowski

Cynthia Najdowski
College of Arts and Sciences
Associate Professor
Department: Psychology


Expert in the following: Miscarriages of justice, wrongful convictions, racial profiling, stereotypes, confirmation bias, false confessions, juror decision making, juvenile offenders, sex offender registration policy, violence against women, sexual assault, image-based sexual abuse
Campus phone: 518-591-8786
Campus email: [email protected]



        Justin Pickett

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]



        Barbara Rio

Barbara Rio
School of Social Welfare
Assistant Director
Department: Social Welfare


Expert in the following: Domestic violence; diversity
Campus phone: 442-3488
Campus email: [email protected]