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The following experts from Hofstra University's faculty are qualified to provide commentary on a variety of subjects. Please browse through their profiles to find out about their specialties, and to view video clips.

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Hofstra's experts are available for interviews. To contact the experts profiled here, please call Hofstra University's Public Relations office at (516) 463-6818.

Ralph Acampora
Environmental ethics, animal ethics


Carol Alberts
Ethics in sports


Dr. Roy Aranda
Post traumatic stress disorder


Dr. Joan Atwood
Anxiety, custody, family, remarriage, divorce, single parents


Gioia Bales
Domestic and international bond, money and foreign exchange markets, international investing


Professor Matt Bodie
Business and employment law, collective bargaining, corporate governance


Dr. Meena Bose Video Icon
American Presidency, Leadership and Politics, Presidential Election Politics, American Foreign Policy, American Politics


Professor Alafair Burke
Criminal law, trials, criminal procedures, domestic violence intervention and prosecution, crime control


Robert Campbell
Real Estate


Professor Robin Charlow
Criminal caw, constitutional law, religion and law


Rebecca Curry
Campaign finance reform, the courts & modern political campaigns


Dr. Michael D'Innocenzo
Nonviolent social change, citizen/student activism, American history, Italian Americans.


Phil Dalton
Political communication, campaign rhetoric


Dr. Gregory DeFreitas
Job and pay trends, the economics of immigration, earnings inequality, youth unemployment and the New York City economy


Dr. Sybil DelGaudio
Documentary filmmaking, animation


Michael D'Innocenzo
Iraq War


Dr. Arthur Dobrin
Conflict resolution, moral development, comparative religious ethics, human rights, social and political development of Kenya, teaching right from wrong


Janet Dolgin
Stem cell research, medical ethics and health care law


Marcus Dressler
Islam in the Middle East; Turkey


Carolyn Dudek
Presidential primaries and election, European and Latin American politics (fluent in Spanish).


Carolyn Eisenberg
Iraq War


Dr. Joel EvansVideo Icon
Marketing, retail, online retail, big box companies


Dr. Leslie Feldman Video Icon
Classical and modern political theory, American political thought, Ronald Reagan, Memorial Day, terrorism, State of the Union


Carol Fletcher Video Icon
News reporting and feature and magazine writing


Professor Eric Freedman
Constitutional law, history and the fields of civil and criminal procedure and strategy, death penalty, First Amendment and other civil liberties issues


Professor Monroe Freedman
Legal ethics


Professor Leon Friedman
Copyright lawyer, civil rights, civil procedure, criminal procedure and the First Amendment


Professor Ellen Frisina
Public relations


Dr. Warren G. Frisina
Philosophy, religious studies, Chinese traditions, American philosophy, metaphysics


Dr. Andrea Garcia
Literacy studies


Dr. David Michael Green
Politics, Iraq War


Professor Joanna Grossman
Sexual harassment, sex discrimination (including family and medical leave and pregnancy discrimination), family law, and same-sex marriage


Rich Guardino
Long Island real estate, commercial development

 

Dr. Robert Guttmann
Money and banking, international trade and finance, European economic integration, history of economic thought


Dr. Richard Himelfarb Video Icon
Social security, government and health care, political science, elderly and poverty policy, Iraq War, Presidential election, 2008 presidential primaries


Dr. Margaret Hunter
Environmental science and engineering, pollution, energy issues


Dr. Laurie Johnson
Conflict resolution


Ahmet K. Karagozoglu (Business)
Academic Director
Martin B. Greenberg Trading Room
Financial markets (futures & options, electronic trading); hedge funds; risk management, including credit risk


Dr. Barbara Kelly Video Icon
Suburbia and political culture


Dr. Janice Koch Video Icon
Science education and IDEAS Institute


Scott Kovar, (Chair, Forensic Science program)
Forensic science, DNA evidence, forensic toxicology


Tadeusz Krauze
Terrorism


Steven Krull
Hedge funds, stock market valuation, quantitative trading strategies


Dr. Corinne Kyriacou (Health Professions and Family Studies)
Health care policy


Dr. David Lalama
Jazz


Dr. Kenneth Lampl
Music merchandising, composition, music technology


Robert Lazow (Health Professions and Family Studies)
Health care in the United States


Dr. Robert Leonard
Forensic linguistics, history of language, slang terms, popular phrases, generational language


Lawrence Levy
Suburbia; development; politics; local government


Dr. Esmerelda Lyn Video Icon
Business


Dr. Charles McMellon Video Icon
Advertising, Internet


Martin Melkonian Video Icon
Economics, military spending, energy issues


Dr. Charles Merguerian Video Icon
Earthquakes, geology


Dr. Lisa Merrill
Rhetoric, gender, communication and performance


Dr. Maureen Murphy
Irish history, Irish famine, curriculum for schools


Stephanie E. Nanes
Middle East politics; Iran; women and gender in the Middle East


Bob Papper
Broadcast journalism, TV station economics


Dr. Rosanna Perotti
Politics of immigration reform, American politics, political parties, elections, public opinion and the mass media


Sina Rabany
Stem cells, science, ethics and politics; bioengineering


Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Transportation and energy prices, freight distribution, public transit, alternative fuels


Dr. Gail Satler Video Icon
Sociology, architecture, urban planning and design, aesthethic theory


Dr. Joseph Scardapane
Psychologist; virtual reality technologies, psychological assessment, child and adolescent psychology, and meditation


Professor Andrew Schepard
Family law, especially as it affects children; civil litigation


Kaushik Sengupta
Chinese businesses, Chinese products in worldwide distribution


Dr. Alan Singer
Social studies education, slavery in New York State, slavery curriculum


Dr. Dan Varisco Video Icon
Anthropology, Islam in the Middle East; Iraq; Yemen; Somalia


Kathleen Wallace
Ethics


David M. Weiss
Health care in the United States


Yong Zhang
Chinese businesses, international business, export promotion and marketing

Hofstra's experts are available for interviews. To contact the experts profiled here, please call Hofstra University's Public Relations office at (516) 463-6818.