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Rita Langdon
Associate Provost/Director of Public Relations
(516) 299-2334
Rita.langdon@liu.edu

Gina Bigelow
Associate Director of Public Relations
(516) 299-2332
gina.bigelow@liu.edu

Morgan Lyle
Assistant Director of Public Relations
(516) 299-4177
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CHARLES A. BARRAGATO
Professor of Accounting and Taxation
B.S., M.S., Long Island University; Ph.D., Baruch College; CPA

Specialties: Corporate Taxation, Income Taxes, Estate Taxation, Gift and Fiduciary Taxation

CHRISTIE L. COMUNALE
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.B.A., M.B.A., Loyola College; Ph.D., University of Florida; CPA

Specialty: Gender Issues in Electronic Commerce

ROBERT J. SANATOR
College of Management
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: NASA, Engineering, Defense Industries

CARA GARGANO
Chair, Department of Theatre, Film and Dance; Professor of Theatre, Film and Dance
B.A., M.A., University of Rochester; New York School of Ballet; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Dance History, International Dance, Classical Ballet, Choreography, African Dance
President, Congress on Research in Dance

CHERYL HALLIBURTON-BEATTY
Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A., Boston University

Specialties: African Dance, African-American Dance History

MARK PIRES
Associate Professor of Geography
B.A., University of Vermont;
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Specialty: Kenya

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LUIS CUOCO
Assistant Professor of Social Work
B.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY; M.S., M.B.A., Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University; M.S.W., Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University; D.S.W., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Gerontology, Eldercare, Hypnosis; Program Development and Evaluation for SPMI and MICA

ILENE NATHANSON
Director, Social Work Program; Director, Center on Aging; Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.S., Cornell University; M.S.W., D.S.W., Yeshiva University

Specialties: Psychology of Aging, Gerontology, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Publications Include: Co-author,Elder Practice: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Working with Older Adults in the Community (Social Problems and Social Issues) Author,Gerontological Social Work: Theory into Practice

ERIC LICHTEN
Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology; Professor of Sociology
B.A., Queens College; M.Phil., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Social Problems of American Society,
Student Conflict, Human Alienation, Personal and Community
Crises, Youth and American Society, War and Peace Issues,
Social Class in American Society

TERRY BORDAN
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., University of Sarasota

Specialties: Psychological Effects of Child Abuse, Bereavement, Child Abuse, Communication Skills, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Assertiveness Training, Transgender Issues, Symptoms of AIDS, Risky Behavior

LINDA WENZE
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., M.A., Hofstra University; M.B.A., Long Island University; Ph.D., Hofstra University

Specialties: Health Care, Public Service Management

GREGORY S. HUNTER
Professor of Library and Information Science

B.S., St. John's University;
M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Archives and Records Management, Electronic Records, Digital Imaging, Oral History, Vital Records Protection, Disaster Planning, Digital Preservation, Preservation of Records

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JOHN FEKNER
Professor of Art; Director, Digital Arts and Design Program
B.F.A., New York Institute of Technology; M.F.A., Lehman College, CUNY

Specialties: Computer Graphics, Contemporary Art Trends

RICHARD MILLS
Professor of Art
B.A., M.F.A., City College, CUNY

Specialty: Printmaking

FRANK OLT
Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., Long Island University

Specialty: Ceramics

JOAN POWERS
Professor of Art
B.A., M.F.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY

Specialty: Photography

BARRY STERN
Director, Hillwood Art Museum; Adjunct Instructor, Art Department
A.A., School of Visual Arts; B.F.A., Maryland Institute of Art; M.F.A., Long Island University; Certificate, Smithsonian Center for Education/Museum Studies

Specialties: Arts Management/Museum Studies, 2/3 Dimensional Design, Jewelry and Furniture Design

VINCENT WRIGHT
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., City College, CUNY

Specialties: Contemporary Photography, Music and Art

DAVID HENLEY
Professor of Art Therapy
B.A., Keane University of New Jersey; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Union Institute

CHRISTINE KERR
Associate Professor of Clinical Art Therapy
B.A., Finch College; M.A., University of San Francisco; Ph.D., Saybrook Graduate Research Center; ATR-BC

JOYCE RUBENSTEIN
Director, J.M. Ladge Speech and Hearing Center
B.A., M.A., Hofstra University; Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Speech, Hearing, Communications, Adult Neurogenic Disorders, Clinical Supervision

GERALD LACHTER
Chair, Department of Psychology; Professor of Psychology
B.A., Long Island University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., The Graduate School, CUNY

Specialties: Experimental and Applied Behavior Analysis, Developmental Disabilities

TERRY BORDAN
Professor of Education
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., University of Sarasota

Specialties: Psychological Effects of Child Abuse, Bereavement, Child Abuse, Communication Skills, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Assertiveness Training, Transgender Issues, Symptoms of AIDS, Risky Behavior

ROBERT KEISNER
Director, Doctoral Psychology Program; Professor of Psychology
B.A., Long Island University; M.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

MATTHEW DRAUD
Chair, Biology Department; Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Thomas Moore College; M.S., University of Bridgeport; Ph.D., Lehigh University

Specialties: Ecology, Animal Behavior, Marine Ecology, Population Ecology

KARIN A. MELKONIAN
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Connecticut College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Specialties: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

Specialties: Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring, Energy and Regulatory Issues, Environmental Management and Analysis, Governmental Technical Policy Analysis

CELIK PARKAN
Professor of Management
M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of British Columbia

Specialties: Operations Management, Quantitative Analysis

P.M. RAO
Chairman, Department of Marketing; Professor of Marketing
B.A., University of Madras; M.B.A., University of Toledo; Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Marketing Strategy, Corporate Research and Development, Innovation Issues, Telecommunications Policy, Pharmaceutical and Industrial Marketing, Intellectual Property Issues

ROBERT J. SANATOR
College of Management
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: NASA, Engineering, Defense Industries
Business History

GREGORY S. HUNTER
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
B.A., St. John's University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Archives and Records Management, Electronic Records, Digital Imaging, Oral History, Vital Records Protection, Disaster Planning, Digital Preservation, Preservation of Records

PATRIZIA PORINI
Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Analysis
Import/Export Management

T. STEVEN CHANG
Professor of Marketing
B.S., M.S., National Cheng Kung University; Ph.D., National Chengchi University; Ph.D., George Washington University

Specialty: Import/Export Management
Industrial Psychology

HENRY REITER
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Hofstra University; Ph.D., St. John's University

Specialty: Industrial Psychology
International Business

T. STEVEN CHANG
Professor of Marketing
B.S., M.S., National Cheng Kung University; Ph.D., National Chengchi University; Ph.D., George Washington University

Specialties: International Marketing Strategies, International Business

SHAHID SIDDIQI
Associate Professor of Marketing
B.S., Calcutta University; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Specialties: Marketing Strategies, International Business, Hospitality Industry, International Marketing

JAMES FREELEY
Associate Professor of Management
B.S., Fordham University; M.B.A., Pace University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: Small Business, Entrepreneurship, General Management, Work, Productivity and People

JUSTIN R. RENZ
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., St. John's University; M.B.A., D.P.A., New York University

Specialties: Budgeting for Small Businesses; Employee Motivation; Financial Analysis; NIMBY-ism (Not in My Backyard) Causes, Impact, Solutions

JEANETTE GRILL
Director, Professional Experience and Career Planning
B.A., Molloy College; M.S., Polytechnic University

Specialties: Internship Placement, On-the-Job training, Resume Writing, Career Counseling, Recruitment, Employer Relations

VLADIMIR FAINZILBERG
Chair, Department of Chemistry; Professor of Chemistry
M.S., Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology; Ph.D., Kishinev State University

Specialties: Quantum Theory, Quantum Mechanics, Inorganic Chemistry

NICHOLAS RAMER
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., B.S., Long Island University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Specialties: Computational Chemistry, Theoretical Physics, Computer Modeling

LAWRENCE ROCKS
Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Queens College, CUNY; M.S., Purdue University; D.Sc., Technische Hochschule

THEODORA GRAUER
Dean, School of Health Professions and Nursing; Professor of Nursing
B.S., Hunter College; M.S., Ph.D., Adelphi University

Specialty: The Effects of Light in the Hospital Nursery on Newborns

MERYL BARROW
Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
B.S., SUNY at Albany; M.S., D.A., Adelphi University

Specialty: Childhood Language Disorders

TERRY BORDAN
Professor of Education
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., University of Sarasota

Specialties: Psychological Effects of Child Abuse, Bereavement, Child Abuse, Communication Skills, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Assertiveness Training, Transgender Issues, Symptoms of AIDS, Risky Behavior

PAUL CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialty: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues; Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors; Youth Violence and Bullying

Publications Include: Author,Single Mothers by Choice 2000, a 10-year study

EVA FEINDLER
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Mt. Holyoke College; M.A., Ph.D., West Virginia University

Specialties: Children and Families in Crisis, Adolescents and Anger, Domestic Violence

CAMILO ORTIZ
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., Cornell University;
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Specialties: Anxiety Disorder, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Research Methods, Parenting, Behavior Problems in Children

JILL H. RATHUS
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialty: Effects of Exposure to Violence in Adolescents

AMY E. SPAULDING
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
B.S., Williamette University; M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh; D.L.S., Columbia University

Specialty: Storytelling

HETING CHU
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
B.A., Peking University; M.L.I.S., McGill University; Ph.D., Drexel University

JANA BRUNS
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

Speciality: Film Production

JOHN J. KOSHEL
Associate Professor of Theatre and Film
B.A., Hamilton College; M.F.A., New York University

Specialties: Archival Films and Tape, Film Editing,
Historic Film Footage, Archival Media, Media Assets
Management, Digital Asset Management, Historic Film Footage,
Television News Production, Television News History

SUSAN ZEIG
Professor of Film
B.S., Empire State College, SUNY

Specialties: Documentaries, Independent Films, Latin American Films

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GARY BERGMAN
Associate Provost for Enrollment Services
B.S., M.S., Bradley University
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JOSEPH DESPRES
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Cathedral College; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialty: Effective Ways for Parents to Communicate with their High School-Aged Children

SETH MAGOT
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Ricker College; M.S., M.S.L.S., Long Island University; M.Phil., Ph.D., St. John's University

Specialties: Computer Science, J2EE and .net Interoperability, Web Services

DAVID ROZENSHTEIN
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Database and Information Systems, Client/Server Engineering, Software Development Environments, Object-Oriented Programming Languages

STEPHANIE WHITE
Professor of Computer Science and Management Engineering
B.A., Hunter College, CUNY; M.S., New York University; M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: Requirements Definition, Systems Analysis, Software Design

ANNE M. BURNS
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Long Island University; Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialty: Computer Graphics

JOHN FEKNER
Professor of Art; Director, Digital Arts and Design Program
B.F.A., New York Institute of Technology; M.F.A., Lehman College, CUNY

Specialty: Computer Graphics

STEPHANIE WHITE
Professor of Computer Science and Management Engineering
B.A., Hunter College, CUNY; M.S., New York University; M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Engineering of Computer Bases Systems, Requirements Definition, Systems Analysis, Software Design

JOEL E. MITTLER
Professor of Education
B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY;
M.S., Professional Certificate, Queens College, CUNY;
M.Ed., Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Specialties: Technology and Special Education, Educational Robots

TERRY BORDAN
Professor of Education
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., University of Sarasota

Specialties: Psychological Effects of Child Abuse, Bereavement, Child Abuse, Communication Skills, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Assertiveness Training, Transgender Issues, Symptoms of AIDS, Risky Behavior

PAUL J. CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues; Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors; Youth Violence and Bullying

JOSEPH DESPRES
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., Cathedral College; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: High School Guidance Counseling, School-to-Work Transition, Disciplining High School Students

Publications Include: Co-author,Major Decisions: A Guide to College Majors Co-author,What Employers Want in Workers: Employability Skills and Attitudes of College and High School Graduates

BILL MILFORD
Director, Student Health and Counseling
B.A., Villanova University; M.S.W., Adelphi University; C.S.W., B.C.D.

Specialties: Student-Life Related Issues, Mood Disorders, Anxiety DisordersA.

SCOTT MCGOWAN
Chair, Department of Counseling and Development; Professor of Education
B.S., University of Scranton; M.A., Niagara University; M.S., Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: College Admissions and Selection, Counseling the Student Athlete, Employability Skills and Attitudes

JILL H. RATHUS
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Marital Therapy, Spousal Abuse

SEAN A. GRENNAN
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Criminal Justice Training and Ethics, Use of Deadly Force, Organized Crime, Police Brutality, Women in Policing, Stress on Police

HARVEY W. KUSHNER
Chair, Department of Criminal Justice; Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Terrorism, Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Management, Drugs

Publications Include: Author,The Future of Terrorism: Violence in the New Millennium Author,Terrorism in America: A Structured Approach to Understanding the Terrorist Threat Author,Encyclopedia of Terrorism

ROSLYN MURASKIN
Executive Director, College of Management Alumni Chapter; Director, Long Island Women's Institute; Professor of Criminal Justice

B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., New York University; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Corrections; Ethics; Women and the Law; Rights of Criminal Defendants; 4th, 5th, 6th and 14th Amendments; Criminal Law

Publications Include: Author,Visions for Change: Crime and Justice in the 21st Century Author,Women and Justice: Development of International Policy (Women and the Law) Author,Morality and Law

MARTIN OCONNOR
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Long Island University; J.D., Hofstra University

Specialties: Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Police Administration and Human Resource Management

Organized Crime

SEAN A. GRENNAN
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Criminal Justice Training and Ethics; Use of Deadly Force; Organized Crime, Police Brutality, Women in Policing, Stress on Police

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UTTARA ASHA COORLAWALA
Adjunct Professor of Dance
A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Modern Dance, Indian (Baratnatyam) Dance,
Post-Colonial and Intercultural Issues in Performance,
Fusion of Eastern and Western Dance, Modern American Dance,
Indian Traditional and New Dance, Choreographic Analysis, Yoga

Editor, Dance Research Newsletter

CARA GARGANO
Chair, Department of Theatre, Film and Dance; Professor of Theatre, Film and Dance
B.A., M.A., University of Rochester; New York School of Ballet; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Dance History, International Dance, Classical Ballet, Choreography, African Dance

President, Congress on Research in Dance

CHERYL HALLIBURTON-BEATTY
Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A., Boston University

Specialties: African Dance, African-American Dance History

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ROBERT J. SANATOR
College of Management
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: NASA, Engineering, Defense Industries

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LORI MCNEIL
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Indiana University South Bend; M.A., Ph.D., Wester n Michigan University

Specialty: Demographics, Racial Issues, Welfare

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PAUL J. CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialty: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues; Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors; Youth Violence and Bullying

Publications Include: Author,Survival Skills for Single Parents Author,The Changing Family series

ILENE LEOPOLD PERSOFF
Associate Professor of Accountancy
B.A., Brandeis University; M.S., Long Island University; CPA

Specialties: Accounting, Taxation for Divorce

LORENE HIRIS
Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., M.B.A., Long Island University; D.P.S., Pace University

Specialties: Economic Indicators, World Economy

VINCENT G. MASSARO
Chair, Finance Department; Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., Canisius College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Specialty: Finance

PANOS MOURDOUKOUTAS
Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Salonica; M.A., Florida Atlantic University; Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialty: World Economy

Publications Include: Author,China Against Herself: Innovation or Imitation in Global Business Author,Banking Risk Management in a Globalizing Economy Author,The Rise and Fall of Abacus Banking in Japan and China Author,Institutions and Policies: Nurturing Entrepreneurship

P.M. RAO
Chair, Marketing Department; Professor of Marketing
B.A., University of Madras; M.B.A., University of Toledo;
Ph.D., Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

Specialties: Marketing Strategy, Corporate Research and Development, Innovation Issues, Telecommunications Policy, Intellectual Property Issues

THOMAS KRICHEL
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
Diploma, University of Social Sciences of Toulouse;
M.S., University of Paris, Sorbonne; M.A., University of Exeter;
Ph.D., University of Surrey

Specialties: Digital Archives, Economics

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DOUGLAS H. DREILINGER
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Hofstra University; M.S., University of Bridgeport; Ph.D., Texas Technological College

Specialties: Classroom Control and Management, Teaching Disturbed and Conduct-Problem Children, Teaching the Disabled Child

PAULA E. LESTER
Professor of Education
B.A., M.A., Lehman College, CUNY;
M.S., Pace University; Ph.D., New York University

MADELON SOLOWEY
Director, Long Island University Center for Gifted Youth
B.A., Hunter College, CUNY;
M.S., Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

THEODORA GRAUER
Dean, School of Health Professions and Nursing; Professor of Nursing
B.S., Hunter College, CUNY; M.S., Ph.D., Adelphi University

MICHAEL E.D. KOENIG
Professor of Information and Computer Science; Information Management Advisor
B.A., Yale University; M.S., M.B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Drexel University

Specialties: Knowledge Management, Systems Design for Information and Knowledge Systems

• Founding dean of the College of Information and Computer Science at Long Island University
• Member, editorial board of more than a dozen journals
• Member, Information Science Abstracts
• Past president, International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
• Over 100 professional and scholarly publications
• Publications Include: Co-editor,Knowledge Management for the Information Professional Co-editor,Knowledge Management Lessons Learned, What Works and What Doesnt

ROBERT MANHEIMER
Dean, School of Education; Acting Dean, College of Information and Computer Science; Assistant Professor of Education

B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: School District Administration (Kindergarten through Grade 12), University/College Administration

ROBERT J. SANATOR
College of Management
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: NASA, Engineering, Defense Industries

JOSEPH SHENKER
Provost, C.W. Post Campus
B.A., M.A., Hunter College, CUNY; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Specialties: Administration, Educational Infrastructure

STEVEN HOLLANDER
Associate Professor of Education

B.S., M.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY;
Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Specialties: Sex Education, Aging and Sexuality, Types of Drugs and Drug Education, Weight Control Through Exercise, Dos and Donts of Staying Healthy

Specialties: Special Education Policy, Teacher Training, Inclusion, Severe Disabilities, Technology and Special Education, Profound Developmental Disabilities

Technology and Education

School Finance
School Property Taxes
K-12 Administration

MICHAEL BYRNE
Co-chair, Department of Educational Technology;
Associate Professor of Education, Library and Information Science;
Associate V.P. for Information Systems and Planning,
Long Island University

B.A., University of Notre Dame;
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University

Specialties: Multimedia, Smart Technology

Co-founder, Electronic Educational Village

BETTE SCHNEIDERMAN
Co-chair, Department of Educational Technology;
Associate Professor of Education, Library and Information Science

B.A., M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Hofstra University

Specialties: Educational Use of the Internet, Internet Learning Communities

Co-founder, Electronic Educational Village

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BOB BRIER
Senior Research Fellow
B.A., Hunter College, CUNY;
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Specialties: Napoleon in Egypt, King Tutankhamen (King Tut), Ancient Hieroglyphics, The Medici Family of Italy

• Egyptologist, one of the world's foremost experts on mummies
• First person in 2000 years to mummify a human cadaver using Ancient Egyptian techniques (1994)
• Host, TLC television programs on mummies and pyramids
• Publications Include: Author,Murder of Tutankhamen Author,Encyclopedia of Mummies

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STANLEY B. KLEIN
Professor of Political Science

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

DANIEL L. ARAOZ
Professor of Education
B.A., M.A., Gonzaga University; M.S.T., University of Santa Clara; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Therapy, Hypnosis Counseling, Psychoanalysis, Zen of the Western World, New Hypnosis, Right Hemisphere Thinking, Sexuality (including Sexual Identity and Orientation)

• Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Academy of Counseling Psychology (AoCP), American Board of Family Psychology (ABFP), American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH) and The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
• Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Fellow, American Institute of Psychotherapy and Psycoanalysis
• Author of 10 books and 100+ articles
• Publications Include: Author,Reengineering Yourself: A Blueprint for Personal Success in the New Corporate Culture

JUSTIN R. RENZ
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., M.A., St. John's University; D.P.A., New York University

JEANETTE GRILL
Director, Professional Experience and Career Planning
B.A., Molloy College; M.S., Polytechnic University

Specialties: Trends, Job Market, Job Search Issues, Resume Writing, Career Counseling, Recruitment, Employer Relations

MATTHEW C. CORDARO
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration

B.S., Long Island University; M.E., New York University; Ph.D., Cooper Union

Specialties: Electric Utility Deregulation and Restructuring, Energy and Regulatory Issues, Environmental Management and Analysis, Governmental Technical Policy Analysis

ROBERT J. SANATOR
College of Management
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: NASA, Engineering, Defense Industries

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ANDREA STULMAN DENNETT
Adjunct Professor of Theatre
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., Tisch School of the Arts, New York University

Specialties: American Popular Culture, Barnum, Disney, Television Talk Shows, Broadway Theatre, Fairs and Festivals

MARGARET F. BOORSTEIN
Chair, Earth and Environmental Science Department; Professor of Geography
B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Environmental Issues, Meteorology, Ozone Layer, Weather/Storms, Conservation, National Parks

MATTHEW DRAUD
Chair, Biology Department; Assistant Professor of Biology

B.A., Thomas Moore College; M.S., University of Southwestern Louisiana; Ph.D., Lehigh University

Specialties: Ecology, Animal Behavior, Marine Ecology, Population Ecology, Turtles

SARA GRONIM
Assistant Professor of History

B.S., Boston University; M.A., Brooklyn College; Ph.D., Rutgers University

FAUSTO MARINCIONI
Assistant Professor of Geography
B.S., University of Urbino (Italy);
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Specialties: Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Geography, Europe, Cross-Cultural Studies

LILLIAN HESS TANGUAY
Director, Graduate Program in Environmental Studies; Associate Professor of Geology

B.A., Buffalo State College; M.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Petrophysics, Costal Processes, Sedimentary Geology, Petroleum Geology, Oceanography

THOMAS C. WEBSTER
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration

A.A., B.A., Graceland College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

Specialties: Computer Information Systems, Environment, Economic Analysis, Program Evaluation, Public Management, Public Sector Productivity

SEAN A. GRENNAN
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

B.A., M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Criminal Justice Training and Ethics; Use of Deadly Force; Organized Crime, Police Brutality, Women in Policing, Stress on Police

COSTAS HADJICHARALAMBOUS
Assistant Professor of Marketing

B.S., Athens Graduate School; M.B.A., City University of New York; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing

ROSLYN MURASKIN
Professor of Criminal Justice; Executive Director, College of Management Alumni Chapter; Director, Long Island Women's Institute

B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., New York University; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY
Specialties: Ethics and Law
Publications Include: Author,Morality and Law

Ethics and Social Justice

JOHN LUTZ
Director, Long Island Center for Ethics; Adjunct Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Long Island University; Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook

Specialties: Social Justice, War and Peace; Ethics and Society; Ethics and Literature

• Member, Association for Practical and Professional Ethics
• Interview on WCBS radio on the subject of Just War Theory (November 2002)
• Publications include: Author,Faulkner's Allegory of the Cave: Ideology and Social Criticism in Light in August Author,Chichikov's Chest: Reality, Representation, and Infectious Storytelling in Dead Souls Author,Pessimism, Autonomy, and Commodity Fetishism in Ay i Kwei Arm a h 's The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

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ANKE GROSSKOPF
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies

B.A., Graduate Certificate, University of Mannheim (Germany), M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Specialties: European Union, East Germany, International Politics (especially Europe)

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DANIEL L. ARAOZ
Professor of Education

B.A., M.A., Gonzaga University; M.S.T., University of Santa Clara; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Therapy, Hypnosis Counseling, Psychoanalysis, Zen of the Western World, New Hypnosis, Right Hemisphere Thinking, Sexuality (including Sexual Identity and Orientation)

• Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Academy of Counseling Psychology (AoCP), American Board of Family Psychology (ABFP), American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH) and The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
• Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Fellow, American Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
• Author of 10 books and 100+ articles
• Publications Include: Author,The New Hypnosis in Sex Therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Methods for Clinicians

PAUL J. CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education

B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues: Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors, Youth Violence, Bullying

Publications Include: Author,Survival Skills for Single Parents Author,The Changing Family series Author,Single Mothers by Choice 2000, 10-year study

EVA FEINDLER
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Mt. Holyoke College; M.A., Ph.D., West Virginia University

Specialties: Children and Families in Crisis, Domestic Violence, Adolescent Behavior

JILL H. RATHUS
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Spousal Abuse, Marital Therapy, Effects of Exposure to Violence in Adolescents
Single Parents and Their Children

PAUL J. CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues: Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors; Youth Violence and Bullying
Publications Include: Author,Survival Skills for Single Parents Author,The Changing Family series Author,Single Mothers by Choice 2000, a 10-year study

GEORGE GLENN BAIGENT
Associate Professor of Finance

B. Eng., Technical University of Nova Scotia; M.B.A., St. Mary's University; Ph.D., Kent State University

Specialties: Corporate Finance, Market Micro s t ru c t u re, Investments

MANOJ DALVI
Associate Professor of Finance

B.A., Sycleham College, University of Bombay; J.D., Government Law College, University of Bombay; L.L.M., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Derivative Securities, Commodity Markets, Portfolio Theory

LORENE HIRIS
Associate Professor of Finance
B.S., M.B.A., Long Island University; D.P.S., Pace University

Specialties: Economics, Inflation, Economic Growth, Leading Economic Indicators for U.S. and Industrialized Economies

VINCENT G. MASSARO
Chair, Finance Department; Professor of Finance
B.S., Canisius College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Specialties: Financial Markets and Interest Rates

ALAN P. MURRAY
Assistant Professor of Finance
A.B., Dartmouth College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Banking, Monetary Policy, Securities

PATRIZIA PORINI
Assistant Professor of Management
B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Analysis

ZHAOHUI ZHANG
Assistant Professor of Finance
B.S., Shannxi Institute of Finance and Economics; M.S., Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Specialties: Financial Markets and Institutions, Investments

JOANNE GRAZIANO
Executive Director of Admissions and Recruitment
B.S., St. John's University; M.B.A., Long Island University
Former director of financial assistance, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University

ROBERT BERTUCELLI
Director, Tax and Accounting Institute; Professor of Accounting
B.S., M.S., Long Island University; CPA, C.F.P.

Specialties: Personal Financial Planning, Taxation

FRANK BRADY
Chair, Department of Health, Physical Education, & Movement Science
Full Professor of Education
B.A., St. Patrick's College (Maynooth, Kildare);
M.A. H.D.E., Ed.D., New York University

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Faculty experts in Spanish, Italian, French, Russian and German are available from the Department of Foreign Languages.

CHANTEL FERRARO
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Queens College, CUNY;
M.Phil., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Cultural and Social Anthropology, Eurohistory, Peasant Societies, Political Anthropology, South Pacific Islands, Western Europe, Forensic Anthropology

FRANCIS T. HARTEN
Coordinator, Forensic Science Program; Adjunct Professor of Forensic Science
B. S., Fordham University; M. S., Touro College

Specialties: Crime Scene Investigation, Serology, Hazardous and Radiological Material Management, General Criminalistics

• Former senior forensic detective investigator, New York City Police Department
• Former police officer, New York City Police Department

GEORGE VAN NORSTRAND
Instructor, School of Public Service
B.B.A., Hofstra University; M.S., Long Island University

Specialty: Forensic Accounting

PAUL J. CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues: Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors; Youth Violence and Bullying

DANIEL L. ARAOZ
Professor of Education

B.A., M.A., Gonzaga University; M.S.T., University of Santa Clara; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Therapy, Hypnosis Counseling, Psychoanalysis, Zen of the Western World, New Hypnosis and Right Hemisphere Thinking, Sexuality (including Sexual Identity and Orientation)

• Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Academy of Counseling Psychology (AoCP), American Board of Family Psychology (ABFP), American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH) and The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
  
• Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Fellow, American Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
• Author of 10 books and 100+ articles
  
   
• Publications Include: Author,The New Hypnosis in Sex Therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Methods for Clinicians

JEANIE ATTIE
Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Pittsburgh;
M.A., M.A., M.Ph., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Women and Work Issues

TERRY BORDAN
Professor of Education
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.S., Long Island University; Ed.D., University of SarasotaSpecialties: Psychological Effects of Child Abuse, Bereavement, Child Abuse, Communication Skills, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Assertiveness Training, Transgender Issues, Symptoms of AIDS, Risky Behavior

JANA BRUNS
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Specialities: Modern Germany, 20th-Century Europe, Culture, Gender, Film, Gender Issues

CHRISTIE L. COMUNALE
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.B.A., M.B.A., Loyola College; Ph.D., University of Florida; CPA

Specialty: Gender Issues in Electronic Commerce

DANIELLE KNAFO
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Tel Aviv University; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Gender Issues and Psychoanalysis, Terror-Related Trauma, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Psychology of Art, Immigration

LORI MCNEIL
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Indiana University South Bend; M.A., Ph.D., Western Michigan University

Specialties: Demographics, Racial Issues, Welfare

ROSLYN MURASKIN
Executive Director, College of Management Alumni Chapter; Director, Long Island Women's Institute; Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., M.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Gender and the Law; Women's Issues
Publications Include: Author,Women and Justice: Development of International Policy (Women and the Law)

MARGARET F. BOORSTEIN
Chair, Earth and Environmental Science; Professor of Geography
B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Ozone Layer, Weather/Storms, Conservation, Meteorology

FAUSTO MARINCIONI
Assistant Professor of Geography
B.S., University of Urbino (Italy);
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

Specialties: Natural Disasters, Environmental Issues, Geography, Europe, Cross-Cultural Studies

LILLIAN HESS TANGUAY
Director, Graduate Program in Environmental Studies; Associate Professor of Geology
B.A., Buffalo State College; M.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Petrophysics, Costal Processes, Sedimentary Geology, Petroleum Geology, Oceanography

LUIS CUOCO
Assistant Professor of Social Work
B.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY; M.S., M.B.A., Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University; M.S.W., Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University; D.S.W., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Gerontology and Eldercare, Hypnosis, Program Development and Evaluation for SPMI and MICA

ELIZABETH EGGLETON
Associate Director, Center on Aging;
Adjunct Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.S., St. Joseph's College; A.C., M.P.A., Long Island University; Ph.D., Kennedy-Western University

Specialty: Guardianship

ILENE NATHANSON
Director, Social Work Program; Director, Center On Aging; Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.S., Cornell University; M.S.W., D.S.W., Yeshiva University

Specialties: Psychology of Aging, Gerontology, Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Publications Include: Co-author,Elder Practice: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Working With Older Adults in the Community (Social Problems and Social Issues) Author,Gerontological Social Work: Theory into Practice

JOSEPH MONTANO
Associate Professor of Audiology
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., New York University; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Specialties: Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, Aural Rehabilitation, Geriatrics, Cochlear Implant

ROGER GOLDSTEIN
Chair, Political Science and International Studies Department; Professor of Political Science
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Russia and Eastern Europe; United Nations Peacekeeping and Peacemaking; International Relations; Culture, Race and Politics
National and State Government

STANLEY B. KLEIN
Professor of Political Science
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Presidency, Congress, U.S. Foreign Policy

CARL L. FIGLIOLA
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., Long Island University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Government Relations, Management, Public Policy

CARL L. FIGLIOLA
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., Long Island University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Public Management, Public Policy, American Politics, Government Relations

STANLEY B. KLEIN
Professor of Political Science
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

JUSTIN R. RENZ
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., St. John's University; M.A., D.P.A., New York University

Specialties: Management, Evaluation and Analysis of Public Productivity

JOEL E. MITTLER
Professor of Education
B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY; M.S., Professional Certificate, Queens College, CUNY; M.Ed., Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

CARL FIGLIOLA
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., Long Island University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialty: Health Care Lobbying

THOMAS C. WEBSTER
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
A.A., B.A., Graceland College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

Specialties: Computer Information Systems, Environment, Economic Analysis, Program Evaluation, Public Management, Public Sector Productivity

MARY L. WESTERMANN-CICIO
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
B.A., M.S.L.S., M.P.A., Long Island University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Consumer Health Information, Health Information on the World Wide Web, How to Find Medical/Health Information , Evaluating Health Information on the Internet

THEODORA GRAUER
Dean, School of Health Professions and Nursing; Professor of Nursing
B.S., Hunter College; M.S., Ph.D., Adelphi University

Community Health Issues

Specialties: Nursing Issues, AIDS

LINDA WENZE
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration
B.A., M.A., Hofstra University; M.B.A., Long Island University; Ph.D., Hofstra University

JEANIE ATTIE
Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Pittsburgh;
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: 19th-Century United States History, Popular Culture, Political Economy, African-American Origins, African-American Slavery, Abolitionism, Civil War, Emancipation, African-American Soldiers; Reconstruction, Jim Crow Era, Disenfranchisement

JANA BRUNS
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Specialities: Modern Germany, 20th-Century Europe, Culture, Gender, Film, Gender Issues

SUSAN E. DINAN
Chair, History Department; Associate Professor of History
B.S., Cornell University; B.A., Ph.D., University of Washington; M.A., University of Illinois

Specialties: Early Modern France; Reformation Europe; Women, Gender and Family

SARA GRONIM
Assistant Professor of History
B.S., Boston University; M.A., Brooklyn College; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Specialties: Early America, New York, Environment, Science, Technology and Medicine

STANLEY B. KLEIN
Professor of Political Science
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

NEAL ROSENDORF
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., Harvard University

Specialties: 20th-Century U.S., Foreign Policy

DANIEL L. ARAOZ
Professor of Education

B.A., M.A., Gonzaga University; M.S.T., University of Santa Clara; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Therapy, Hypnosis Counseling, Psychoanalysis, Zen of the Western World, New Hypnosis, Right Hemisphere Thinking, Sexuality (including Sexual Identity and Orientation)

• Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Academy of Counseling Psychology (AoCP), American Board of Family Psychology (ABFP), American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH) and The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
• Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Fellow, American Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
• Author of 10 books and 100+ articles
• Publications Include: Author,The New Hypnosis in Sex Therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Methods for Clinicians

DANIEL L. ARAOZ
Professor of Education
B.A., M.A., Gonzaga University; M.S.T., University of Santa Clara; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Marriage and Family Therapy, Hypnosis Counseling, Psychoanalysis, Zen of the Western World, New Hypnosis, Right Hemisphere Thinking, Sexuality (including Sexual Identity and Orientation)

• Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), Academy of Counseling Psychology (AoCP), American Board of Family Psychology (ABFP), American Board of Psychological Hypnosis (ABPH) and The American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT)
• Certified by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
• Honorary Professor, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Fellow, American Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
• Author of 10 books and 100+ articles
• Publications Include: Author,Reengineering Yourself: A Blueprint for Personal Success in the New Corporate Culture Author,The Thin Book: Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts for Weight Management Author,The New Hypnosis in Sex Therapy: Cognitive-Behavioral Methods for Clinicians

HENRY REITER
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Hofstra University; Ph.D., St. John's University

Specialty: Clinical Hypnosis

JOELLE SAAD-LESSLER
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Immigration (specifically New York City), Job Availability

ROGER GOLDSTEIN
Chair, Political Science and International Studies Department; Professor of Political Science
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Russia and Eastern Europe; U.N. Peacekeeping and Peacemaking; International Relations; Culture, Race and Politics

ANKE GROSSKOPF
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies
B.A., Graduate Certificate, University of Mannheim (Germany); M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Specialties: International Politics (especially Europe), European Union, East Germany

LOUIS W. KOENIG
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Science
B.A., Bard College, Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Political Science, International Politics

MUHAMMAD MUSLIH
Professor of Political Science
B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A., American University at Beirut; Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Middle East (PLO, Israel, Syria, Jordan)
Publications Include: Author,The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism Author,Political Ties in the Arab World

HETING CHU
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science
B.A., Peking University; M.L.I.S., McGill University; Ph.D., Drexel University

Specialty: Internet Search Tools (Web Search Engines), Information Retrieval, Scholarly Communication, Scientometrics

MARTHA COONEY
Director, Center for Business Research
B.A., Syracuse University; M.L.S., Pratt Institute; M.S., Long Island University

Specialty: Finding Business Information on the Internet

THOMAS KRICHEL
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
Diploma, University of Social Sciences of Toulouse;
M.S., University of Paris, Sorbonne; M.A., University of Exeter;
Ph.D., University of Surrey

Specialties: Internet Databases, Digital Archives, Information on the Internet

BETTE SCHNEIDERMAN
Co-chair, Department of Educational Technology;
Associate Professor of Education, Library and Information Science
B.A., M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Hofstra University

Specialties: Educational Use of the Internet, Internet Learning Communities
Co-founder, Electronic Educational Village

GEORGE GLENN BAIGENT
Assistant Professor of Finance
B. Eng., Technical University of Nova Scotia; M.B.A., St. Mary's University; Ph.D., Kent State University

Specialties: Corporate Finance, Market Micro s t ru c t u re, Investments

MANOJ DALVI
Associate Professor of Finance
B.A., Sydeham College, University of Bombay; J.D., Government Law College, University of Bombay; L.L.M., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Derivative Securities, Commodity Markets, Portfolio Theory

ZHAOHUI ZHANG
Assistant Professor of Finance
B.S., Shannxi Institute of Finance and Economics; M.S., Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Specialties: Investments, Financial Markets & Institutions

PANOS MOURDOUKOUTAS
Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Salonica; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Japanese Economy, International Trade
Publications Include: Author,Japan's Turn: The Interchange in Economic Leadership Author,The Rise and Fall of Abacus Banking in Japan and China

MICHAEL E.D. KOENING
Professor of Information and Computer Science; Information Management Advisor
M.S., M.B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Drexel University

Specialties: Designing New Programs in Information Management; Designing the Database, The User Interface and the I n f o rmation Retrieval Components of a Complex Prototype System

• Founding dean of the College of Information and Computer Science at Long Island University
• Member, editorial board of more than a dozen journals
• Member, Information Science Abstracts
• Past President, International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics
• Over 100 professional and scholarly publications
• Publications Include: Co-editor,Knowledge Management for the Information Professional Co-editor,Knowledge Management Lessons Learned, What Works and What Doesnt

JOELLE SAAD-LESSLER
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Labor, Child Labor, Immigration, Job Availability

TAVIS BARR
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Boston University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialty: Analysis of Labor-Related Data

KAREN OGULNICK
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., SUNY Plattsburgh; M.A., Hunter College, CUNY; Ph.D., New York University

Specialty: Language Learning
Publications Include: Author,Language Crossings: Negotiating the Self in a Multicultural World

MICHAEL ABATEMARCO
Professor of Accounting
B.S., J.D., SUNY Buffalo; L.L.M., New York University; CPA

Specialties: Individual and Corporate Taxation

Women and the Law

ROSLYN MURASKIN
Professor of Criminal Justice; Executive Director, College of Management Alumni Chapter; Director, Long Island Women's Institute
B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Women and the Law, Corrections, Ethics
Publications Include: Author,Women and Justice: Development of International Policy (Women and the Law)

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MARY L. WESTERMANN-CICIO
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science
B.A., M.S.L.S., M.P.A., Long Island University; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Medical and Special Libraries; Evaluating Health Information on the Internet

DONALD L. UNGARELLI
Dean, University Libraries; Professor of Library Science
B.A., M.S.L.S., M.S.Ed., Long Island University; D.A.L.M., Simmons College

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KAREN OGULNICK
Associate Professor of Education

B.S., SUNY Plattsburg; M.A., Hunter College, CUNY; Ph.D., New York University

Specialty: Language Learning

Publications Include: Author,Language Crossings: Negotiating the Self in a Multicultural World

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JAMES P. BEDNARZ
Professor of English

B.A., Columbia College; M.A., M.Phil., Columbia University

Specialty: Shakespeare

ISAAC CATES
Director, C.W. Post Poetry Center; Assistant Professor of English

B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Yale University

Specialties: Nature Poetry and Nature Writing, Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Modern Novels

JOAN DIGBY
Director, Honors and Merit Programs; Professor of English

B.A., New York University; M.A., University of Delaware; Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: 18th-Century Writers, Romantic Period British Literature, Contemporary Literature

Certified consultant, National Collegiate Honors Council

MARGARET HALLISSY
Professor of English

B.A., St. John's University; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialties: Book Group Procedures and Leadership, Irish and Irish American Fiction

KATHERINE C. HILL-MILLER
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor of English

B.A., Fordham University;
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Teaching of Writing, Virginia Woolf, Mary Shelley, Modern Literature, James Joyce

NORBERT KRAPF
C.W. Post Poet Laureate

B.A., St. Joseph's College, Indiana; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Specialties: American and Contemporary Poetry, William Cullen Bryant and Roslyn, 19th-Century German Immigrant Letters and Journals, German-American Studies, American Literature

Former Director, C.W. Post Poetry Center

ELISSA D. GIFFORDS
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration

A.A., Nassau Community College; B.A., Hofstra University; M.S.W., D.S.W., Adelphi University

Specialty: Administrative Social Work (the application of social work principles to the management of organizations)

DAVID S. JALAJAS
Associate Professor of Management

A.B., Occidental College; M.S., San Jose State University; Ph.D., Stanford University

Specialties: Managerial Decision Making, Conflict Management, Downsizing, Stress Management

PATRIZIA PORRINI
Assistant Professor of Management

B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions, Strategic Alliances, Strategic Analysis

ROBERT J. SANATOR
College of Management

B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Polytechnic University

Specialties: NASA, Engineering, Defense Industries

THOMAS C. WEBSTER
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration

A.A., B.A., Graceland College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University

Specialties: Computer Information Systems, Environment, Economic Analysis, Program Evaluation, Public Management, Public Sector Productivity

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SHAILENDRA PALVIA
Director of Management Information Systems (MIS); Professor of Management Information Systems

B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (India); M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Specialties: Systems Development Process, Mode of Use in Problem Solving, Implementation Issues for MIS/DSS, Global Electronic Commerce, Global IT Outsourcing, Software Training Methods, Systems Development Process

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Information Technology Cases and Applications (JITCA)

VIJAYA VEMURI
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems

B.E., Andhra University; M.B.A., Golden Gate University; M.A.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Specialties: Network Information Systems, Telecommunications

CHRISTOPHER DODRILL
Professor of Media Arts

B.A., Long Island University; M.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY

Specialties: Marketing Strategies: Promos, Commercials and Scripts; Announcing for Television; Television Station Management; Documentary Writing; Announcing for Radio; Classical Music

ROBERT F. GILMORE
Associate Professor of Marketing

B.A., B.S., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Specialties: Loyalty and Relationship Marketing; Attitude and Persuasion; Consumer Behavior

COSTAS HADJICHARALAMBOUS
Assistant Professor of Marketing

B.S., Athens Graduate School;M.B.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Brand Equity/Brand Management, Consumer Decision Making, International Marketing, Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing

MICHAEL W. PREIS
Assistant Professor of Marketing

B.A., Ohio State University; M.B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., George Washington University

Specialties: Consumer Behavior, Customer Satisfaction, E-Commerc e

P.M. RAO
Chair, Marketing Department; Professor of Marketing

B.A., University of Madras; M.B.A., University of Toledo;
Ph.D., Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University

Specialties: Marketing Strategy, Corporate Research and Development, Innovation Issues, Telecommunications Policy, Intellectual Property Issues

SRIKUMAR S. RAO
Louis and Johanna Vorzimer Professor of Marketing

B.S., St. Stephen's College, Delhi University; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management; M.Ph., Ph.D., Columbia University

Specialties: Marketing Strategy, Impact of Technology on Business, Customer Acquisition and Retention, Direct Marketing

SHAHID SIDDIQI
Associate Professor of Marketing

B.S., Calcutta University; M.B.A., Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; Ph.D., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Specialties: Marketing Strategies, International Business, Hospitality Industry, International Marketing

ANNE M. BURNS
Professor of Mathematics

B.S., M.S., Long Island University; Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook

Specialties: Fractals, Computer Graphics

SHELDON N. ROTHMAN
Graduate Advisor; Professor of Mathematics

B.A., Queens College, CUNY;
M.A., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

GREGORY S. HUNTER
Professor of Library and Information Science

B.A., St. John's University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Vital Records Protection, Disaster Planning, Digital Preservation, Preservation of Records

MUHAMMAD MUSLIH
Professor of Political Science

B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A., American University at Beirut; Ph.D., Columbia University

Publications Include: Author,Political Tides in the Arab World Author,The Origins of Palestinian Nationalism

BOB BRIER
Senior Research Fellow

B.A., Hunter College, CUNY;
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Specialties: Napoleon in Egypt, King Tutankhamen (King Tut), Ancient Hieroglyphics, The Medici Family of Italy

• Egyptologist, one of the world's foremost experts on mummies
• First person in 2000 years to mummify a human cadaver using Ancient Egyptian techniques (1994)
• Host, TLC television programs on mummies and pyramids
• Publications Include: Author,Murder of Tutankhamen Author,Encyclopedia of Mummies

ALEXANDER DASHNAW
Director, Choral Studies; Professor of Music

B.S., SUNY Potsdam; M.M., Northwestern University

CHRISTOPHER DODRILL
Professor of Media Arts

B.A., Long Island University; M.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY

Specialty: Classical Music

DAVID JASEN
Professor of Media Arts

B.A., American University; M.S., Long Island University

Specialties: Ragtime Music/Piano, American Popular Music, Broadcasting

JUSTIN R. RENZ
Associate Professor of Health Care and Public Administration

B.A., St. John's University; M.B.A., D.P.A., New York University

Specialties: NIMBY-ism Causes, Impact, Spolutions

THEODORA GRAUER
Dean, School of Health Professions and Nursing; Professor of Nursing

B.S., Hunter College; M.S., Ph.D., Adelphi University

MINNA KAPP
Chair, Nursing Department; Associate Professor of Nursing

B.S., Hunter-Bellevue, CUNY; M.B.A., Baruch College, CUNY; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

FRANCES GIZIS
Chair, Nutrition Department; Associate Professor of Nutrition

B.H.Sc., University of Guelph; M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: FDA Regulations, Fat Substitutes, Artificial Sweeteners, Nutrition Labeling, Vitamins and Minerals

ALESSANDRA SARCONA
Director, Dietetic Internship

B.S., East Carolina University; M.S., New York University; R.D., Yale New Haven Hospital

Specialties: Nutrition, Weight Management and Exercise; Nutrition and Disease (Osteoporosis, Heart Disease, AIDS)

PAUL J. CIBOROWSKI
Associate Professor of Education

B.A., University of Dayton; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Fordham University

Specialty: Marriage and Family Issues; Single Parents and their Children; Child Studies; Effects of Divorce; Youth Issues: Delinquency, Dropouts and Drugs; Gangs, Gang Formation and Prevention; Youth At-Risk Factors; Youth Violence; Bullying

Publications Include: Author,Survival Skills for Single Parents Author,The Changing Family series Author,Single Mothers by Choice 2000, a 10-year study

CAMILO ORTIZ
Professor of Psychology

B.S., Cornell University;
M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Specialties: Anxiety Disorder, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Research Methods, Parenting, Behavior Problems in Children

ARTHUR LOTHSTEIN
Chair, Philosophy Department; Professor of Philosophy

B.A., Queens College, CUNY; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Philosophy of Sports and Competition, American Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Literature and Art

MAITHILI SCHMIDT-RAGHAVAN
Professor of Philosophy

B.A., M.A., Nagpur University; A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Specialties: Philosophy of Logic, Ethics and Comparative Mythology

JOAN POWERS
Professor of Art

B.A., M.F.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY

DONALD GELMAN
Chair, Physics Department; Professor of Physics

B.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY; M.S., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Scattering Theory, Path Integrals

NINA JANSEN
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Copenhagen

Specialties: General Relativity, Numerical Relativity, Numerical Astrophysics

STEVEN LIEBLING
Associate Professor of Physics

B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Specialties: Black Holes, Relativity, Numerical and Computational Modeling

• Various journal articles in Physical Review D and Classical and Quantum Gravity
• Member, American Physical Society (APS)

JAMES PETERS
Professor of Physics and Mathematics

B.S., M.S., Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology

Specialty: Medical Imaging

SEYMOUR TRESTER
Adjunct Professor of Physics

B.S., Brooklyn College, CUNY; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: Holography, Lasers

SEAN A. GRENNAN
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

B.A., M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice; M.Ph., Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY

Specialties: Criminal Justice Training and Ethics, Use of Deadly Force, Organized Crime, Police Brutality, Women in Policing, Stress on Police

ANKE GROSSKOPF
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Studies

B.A., Graduate Certificate, University of Mannheim (Germany); M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Specialty: International Politics (especially Europe)

STANLEY B. KLEIN
Professor of Political Science

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Specialties: The Presidency, Congress, U.S. Foreign Policy

CARL L. FIGLIOLA
Professor of Health Care and Public Administration

B.A., Long Island University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University