Faculty Experts By Topic

The following experts from Hofstra University's faculty are qualified to provide commentary on a variety of subjects. Please browse through the topics to find the expert you need.

• ADVERTISING
  • Charles McMellon (Business)
    Advertising strategy and tactics; consumer behavior
  • Yong Zhang (Business)
    Advertising strategy and tactics; consumer behavior
• AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
  • Cheryl Mwaria (Anthropology)
    Afro-American culture; African cultures; cultural diversity
  • Alan Singer (Education)
    Slavery in the northern states
• ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION
  • William C. Sanderson, (Psychology)
    Anxiety, worry, phobias
• ARCHAEOLOGY
  • Christopher Matthews (Anthropology)
    Urban archeology; historical archaeology; cultural heritage; American landscapes; Creole culture
• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
  • Simona Doboli (Computer Science)
    Intelligent systems; artificial neural networks; computational neuroscience
• ASTRONOMY
  • Stephen Lawrence
    Astronomy, Space Travel
• AUTO INDUSTRY
  • Kaushik Sengupta (Business)
  • Andrew Spieler (Business)
    Corporate governance, shareholder activism and real estate
  • Anoop Rai (Business)
  • Steven Krull (Business)
• BANKING
  • George J. Papaioannou (Business)
    Investment Banking (underwriting, operations of investment banks), Corporate finance (debt policy, mergers & acquisitions, corporate investment policies), Securities markets, International markets and especially American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Greek debt crisis
• BIOLOGY
  • Christopher Sanford
    Biology, Marine Life
• BUSINESS; ECONOMICS AND LABOR STUDIES
  • Gioia Bales (Business)
    Domestic and international bond, money and foreign exchange markets, international investing
  • Anthony Basile (Business)
    Accounting, Taxation, Forensic Auditing & Fraud
  • Barry Berman (Business)
    Marketing, Retailing, and Customer Service-Related Issues and Trends
  • Robert Campbell
    Real Estate
  • Ronald Colombo (Business)
    Federal Reserve, subprime mortgage crisis, monopolies, competition, free trade, cartels, mergers and acquisitions, price gouging, business organizations, securities laws, contracts.
  • Gregory DeFreitas (Labor Studies)
    Job and pay trends; the economics of immigration; earnings inequality; labor unions; youth unemployment and the New York City economy.
  • Joel Evans (Business)
    Consumer shopping trends; retail; online retail; big box companies; ethics in marketing; internet marketing; marketing strategy; retailing and marketing research
  • David Flynn (Business)
    Effects of federal; state and local initiatives on new business development; international business
  • Daniel J. H. Greenwood (Law School)
    Corporate law, corporate governance, business and politics
  • Dr. Robert Guttmann (Chair, Economics Department)
    Money and banking, international trade and finance, European economic integration, history of economic thought
  • Ahmet K. Karagozoglu (Business)
    Academic Director, Martin B. Greenberg Trading Room
    Financial markets (futures & options, electronic trading); hedge funds; risk management, including credit risk
  • Sharryn Kasmir (Anthropology)
    Working class cultures; industrial organizations
  • Steven Krull
    Hedge funds, investing (stocks and bonds), commodities/futures and derivatives (options, swaps, mortgage backed securities, CDO)
  • Harold Lazarus (Business)
    Leadership; managing time; managing change; effective meetings; problem solving; decision making; communications
  • Janet A. Lenaghan (Business)
    Work-family conflict; employee benefits; and human resource management (compensation, recruitment, selection of employees, performance issues)
  • Esmerelda Lyn (Business)
    Corporate finance; mergers and acquisition; international finance; corporate governance; gender issues in finance and portfolio management.
  • Martin Melkonian (Economics)
    Long Island regional economy; energy economics; military spending
  • George J. Papaioannou (Business)
    Investment Banking (underwriting, operations of investment banks), Corporate finance (debt policy, mergers & acquisitions, corporate investment policies), Securities markets, International markets and especially American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Greek debt crisis
  • Kaushik Sengupta
    Chinese products in worldwide distribution; supply chain management; the auto industry; quality related issues; logistics and purchasing.
  • Salvatore Sodano (Dean; Business)
    Financial markets
  • Matthew C. Sonfield (Director; Hofstra Small Business Institute)
    Entrepreneurship; small businesses; minority businesses; family businesses; automotive business
  • Yong Zhang
    Chinese businesses, international business, export promotion and marketing
• CHILDREN
  • Linda Davey (Education)
    Early Childhood Education
  • Doris Fromberg (Education)
    Early Childhood Education
  • Andrea Garcia (Education)
    Literacy expert, Children and Reading Skills, Summer Reading Lists
  • Phyllis Ohr (Psychology)
    Child psychology
  • Denise Ruscio
    Speech Therapy, Toddler Language Delays
  • Joseph Scardapane (Psychology)
    Child and adolescent psychology
  • Andrew Schepard (Law School)
    Family law (children)
• COLLEGE
  • Sandra Johnson (VP for Campus Life)
    College experience; adjusting to college life
• COLLEGE ATHLETICS
  • Jack Hayes
    College Athletics
• COMMUNICATION
  • Jamie Cohen (Communication)
    Web/digital media, social media, online copyright/fair use, digital literacy, web television
  • Dr. Evan Cornog (Communication)
    Presidential politics, the media, politics and the press, NYC history
  • Larry Russell (Communication)
    Ritual practices and healing; healing rituals in the aftermath of terrorist bombings in New York
  • Matt Sobnosky (Communication)
    Boundaries of publicity in contemporary society; communication and public spaces; rhetoric of AIDS activism
  • Dr. Mary Anne Trasciatti
    popular culture, public address, persuasion, political communication
  • Dan Van Benthuysen
    Graphic design, legibility issues, publication and web design and information graphics
  • Dr. Jingsi Wu (Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations)
    political communication, especially the use of entertainment media and new/social media, and how it is connected to political engagement; general entertainment media, Chinese media.
• CRIMINAL JUSTICE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; DNA EVIDENCE
  • J. Herbie DiFonzo; (Law School)
    DNA evidence; forensics; the "CSI effect."
  • Scott Kovar, (Chair, Forensic Science program)
    Forensic science, DNA evidence, forensic toxicology
  • Robert Leonard (Linguistics)
    Forensic linguistics; language and crime
  • William P. Schaefer (Political Science)
    Politics and history of American criminal justice
• CULTURE AND LITERATURE
  • Paula Uruburu
    American literature, Theater and film (all genres, periods, authors, poets, directors, etc.), British literature -- especially Victorian/Gilded Age/turn of the century material culture, Women's studies and gender issues, Art and photography history, The gothic and grotesque (horror, sci fi), Pop culture (20's through 70's) -- including music, art, TV, etc., True crime -- More specifically, famous criminal cases
• DAY LABORERS / HISPANIC IMMIGRANTS ON LONG ISLAND
  • Gregory Maney (Sociology)
    Race and ethnic studies; social movements
• DINOSAURS
  • J. Bret Bennington (Biology)
    Paleoecology; paleobiology
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  • Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
    Domestic violence
  • Alafair Burke (Law School)
    Domestic violence intervention and prosecution
• DRAMA/THEATER
  • James J. Kolb (Drama)
    American musical theater; drama; opera
• EARTHQUAKES/TSUNAMI
  • Charles Merguerian (Geology)
    Geologic structure of New York City area; Earthquake and tsunami implications; subsurface geologic structures; Fault and foundation analysis
• EDUCATION (SCHOOL OF EDUCATION)
  • Doris Fromberg
    Early childhood education
  • Andrea Garcia
    Literacy studies; children and reading
  • Laurie Johnson
    Conflict resolution; counseling
  • Roberto Joseph
    Technology in the classroom
  • Andrea Libresco
    School tips for parents; suggestions for new teachers; teaching about the holidays in school.
  • Alan Singer
    New curriculums for teaching the Irish famine; New York and slavery and the Holocaust; New York City school policies
• ENVIRONMENT/ECOLOGY/POLLUTION
  • Russell Burke (Biology)
    Wildlife ecology; natural resources; conservation biology, urban ecology
  • Margaret Hunter (Engineering)
    Water and soil contaminants; watershed protection, management; energy issues
  • E. Christa Farmer (Geology)
    Global warming
  • James E. Hickey (Environmental Law)
    Global warming, environment, energy, "Green" issues, governmental response to climate change.
• ETHICS AND MORALITY
  • Ralph Acampora (Philosophy)
    Environmental ethics, animal ethics
  • Carol Alberts
    Ethics in sports
  • Arthur Dobrin (University Studies)
    Instilling morals in children; conflict resolution; moral development; comparative religious ethics; human rights; teaching right from wrong
  • Janet Dolgin (Hofstra Law School)
    Medical ethics
  • Monroe Freedman (Hofstra Law School)
    Legal ethics
  • Roy Simon (Hofstra Law School)
    Legal ethics
  • Kathleen Wallace (Philosophy)
    Ethics
• EVOLUTION
  • Russell Burke (Biology)
    Evolution; ecology; conservation biology
  • J. Bret Bennington (Biology)
    Paleoecology; paleobiology
  • Joanne Willey Ph.D. (Biology)
    Bacteriology; bacterial genetics/molecular biology
• FAMILY ISSUES
  • Amy Armenia (Sociology)
    Sociology of the family
  • Janet A. Lenaghan (Business)
    Work-family conflict; employee benefits
  • Madeline Seifer (Marriage and Family Therapy)
    Parenting issues; family conflict
• FILMMAKING
  • Ethan DeSeife
    film history, theory, film authorship, national cinemas, film aesthetics, film genres particularly comedy, film noir, cult films; documentary, animation
  • Phil Katzman
    cinematography; documentary filmmaking, independent feature filmmaking
  • Aashish Kumar
    Documentary film, particularly with themes dealing with globalization, bias crimes, ethnic conflict, mental health; using media production for community advocacy issues
• FINANCE
  • George J. Papaioannou (Business)
    Investment Banking (underwriting, operations of investment banks), Corporate finance (debt policy, mergers & acquisitions, corporate investment policies), Securities markets, International markets and especially American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), Greek debt crisis
• FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES
  • Eric Freedman (Law School)
    Leon Friedman (Law School)
• GAY (LGBT) ISSUES
  • David Powell (LGBT Studies)
    Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues
  • Joanna Grossman (Law School)
    Gay marriage
  • Elizabeth M. Glazer
    LGBT and same-sex issues, same-sex marriage
  • Dr. Genevieve Weber
    LGBT inclusion and cyberbullying
• GENETICS
  • Beverly Clendening (Biology)
    Molecular genetics; development of muscular systems
• GEOLOGY
  • Robert Brinkmann
    Environment, sustainability, pollution,environmental policy, hazards, suburban environments, storm water, caves and karst
• GLOBAL WARMING
  • E. Christa Farmer (Biology)
    Climatology; paleontology
• HEALTH CARE
  • Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
    Government and health care
  • Dr. Corinne Kyriacou (Health Professions and Family Studies)
    Health care in the United States
  • Robert Lazow (Health Professions and Family Studies)
    Health care in the United States
  • David M. Weiss (Health Professions Family Studies Dept.)
    Health care in the United States
• HOMELESSNESS/POVERTY
  • Cynthia Bogard (Sociology)
    Poverty; homelessness.
• IMMIGRATION
  • Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
    Ethnicity; gender and migration; South Asian Diaspora
  • Gregory DeFreitas (Labor Studies)
    Economics of immigration; earnings inequality
  • Nora Demleitner (Law School)
    International human rights; immigration law
  • Gregory Maney (Sociology)
    Race and ethnic studies; social movements; day laborers on Long Island
  • Marc Silver (Chair; Sociology)
    Race relations; social justice
• INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS/MARKETING
  • David Flynn (Business)
    Economic development, entrepreneurship in China, India and other Asian countries
  • Shawn Thelen (Business)
    International business and marketing
  • Yong Zhang (Business)
    International business studies
• INTERNET
  • Joel Evans (Business)
    Internet marketing
  • Andrew Forman (Business)
    Internet marketing
  • Songpol Kulviwat (Business)
    Internet marketing; high-tech marketing
• INVESTMENT
  • Ehsan Nikbakht
    Investment, Risk Management
• IRAQ WAR
  • Carolyn Eisenberg (History)
  • Michael D'Innocenzo (History)
  • David Green (Political Science)
  • Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
• IRISH HISTORY
  • Maureen Murphy (Education)
    Irish folklore; history; teaching the Irish famine
• JOURNALISM
  • Dr. Evan Cornog (Communication)
    Presidential politics, the media, politics and the press, NYC history
  • Susan Drucker
    media law and ethics; media and debates; urban and suburban communication; celebrity and media culture
  • Kelly Fincham
    online journalism, social-media practices, ethics and trends in journalism; Irish-American issues; immigration; war and the media
  • Peter Goodman
    Classical music criticism, the arts, research interests include the effect of the Internet on American cultural life
  • Bob Papper
    Broadcast journalism; TV station economics,  Future of news, business of news
  • Gregory Smith
    TV news reporting and production; video journalism
  • Dan Van Benthuysen
    Graphic design, legibility issues, publication and web design and information graphics
  • Dr. Kristal Brent Zook
    race and gender (African American women and all women)particularly in media and politics, as well as health, social justice, environmental reporting, cultural/social issues.
  • Dennis Mazzoco
    Local and Non-Commercial News Programming and Production
• LAW (LAW SCHOOL)
  • Alafair S. Burke
    Criminal law and procedure; domestic violence intervention and prosecution
  • Robin Charlow
    Criminal law; constitutional law; religion and law
  • Nora Demleitner
    International law; international human rights; immigration law; criminal sentencing
  • Eric Freedman
    Constitutional law; history; civil and criminal procedure and strategy; death penalty; First Amendment and other civil liberties issues
  • Monroe Freedman
    Legal ethics
  • Leon Friedman
    Copyright law; civil rights; civil procedure; criminal procedure; Constitutional law; First Amendment
  • Joanna Grossman
    Sexual harassment; sex discrimination; family; medical leave and pregnancy discrimination; family law; same-sex marriage
  • Grant Hayden
    Labor law; collective bargaining; employment discrimination; election law; voting rights Criminal Law and procedure
• LITERACY
  • Andrea Garcia
    Literacy expert, Children and Reading Skills, Summer Reading Lists
• MARINE LIFE AND ANIMALS
  • Christopher Sanford
    Biology, Marine Life
• MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
  • Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
    Marital violence
  • Joan Atwood (Marriage and Family Therapy)
    Custody; Family; Remarriage; Divorce; Single Parents
  • Madeline Seifer (Marriage and Family Therapy)
    Custody; Family; Remarriage; Divorce; Single Parents
• MEDIA
  • Dr. Mary Ann Allison (Journalism, Mass, and Public Relations)
    New media and its affects on society; corporate media and communications
  • Paul Mihailidis (Journalism, Mass, and Public Relations)
    National and international expert in media and news literacy
  • Peter Goodman
    Classical music criticism, the arts, research interests include the effect of the Internet on American cultural life
  • Victoria Geyer
    New media trends affect on business communication
  • Douglas Morrow
    documentary TV, television production, music TV, non-profit TV, TV for the arts
  • Mario Murillo
    Radio industry news and trends; Latin American media and politics, U.S./Latin American policy;  Latino culture and history, specifically related to Colombia; community radio; radio feature and documentary production
  • Aashish Kumar
    Documentary film, particularly with themes dealing with globalization, bias crimes, ethnic conflict, mental health; using media production for community advocacy issues
  • Dr. Dennis Mazzoco
    Video and Media Aesthetics, Olympic Programming and Production
• MENTAL ILLNESS
  • Fugen Neziroglu (Psychology)
    OCD; self-injury; body-dysmorphic disorder; eating disorders; compulsive hoarding
  • Mark Serper (Psychology)
    Violence and Mental Illness, Schizophrenia
• MIDDLE EAST
  • Marcus Dressler (Religion)
    Islam in the Middle East; Turkey
  • Stephanie E. Nanes (Political Science)
    Middle East politics; Iran; women and gender in the Middle East
  • Daniel Varisco (Anthropology)
    Islam in the Middle East; Iraq; Yemen; Somalia
• MUSIC
  • Dr. David Lalama (Music)
    Jazz
  • Dr. Kenneth Lampl (Music)
    Music merchandising and technology
• PARENTING
  • Andrea Libresco
    Tips for parents on going back to school, parent-teacher conferences, teaching holidays/special events in the classroom, tips for new teachers
  • Fugen Neziroglu
    OCD, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Self Mutilation, Hoarding
  • Denise Ruscio
    Speech Therapy, Toddler Language Delays
• PHILOSOPHY
  • Amy Baehr (Philosophy)
    Contemporary political philosophy; philosophy of law; feminist philosophy
  • Christopher Eliot (Philosophy)
    Philosophy of science; philosophy of biology; aesthetics; environmental philosophy
  • Terry Godlove (Philosophy)
    Modern philosophy; epistemology; philosophy of religion; philosophy of love
• PHYSICS
  • Stephen Lawrence
    Astronomy, Space Travel
• POLITICS / GOVERNMENT / ELECTIONS
  • Meena Bose (Center for the Study of the American Presidency)
    The American presidency
  • Dr. Evan Cornog (Communication)
    Presidential politics, the media, politics and the press, NYC history
  • Mike D’Innocenzo (History)
    Nonviolent social change, citizen/student activism, American history, Italian Americans
  • Phil Dalton (Speech Communication)
    Political communication, campaign rhetoric; public argument; coarseness in public communication
  • Carolyn Dudek (Political Science)
    (Fluent in Spanish) International Relations, European politics and European Union, Latin American politics, American politics
  • Leslie Feldman (Political Science)
    Nassau and Suffolk politics; state politics; American politics; the presidency; Ronald Reagan;; Memorial Day; terrorism; State of the Union
  • David Green (Political Science)
    International relations; American politics; European politics and integration; EU; foreign policy and international organization
  • Rich Guardino; (Director; Center for Suburban Studies)
    Local government and politics; suburbia
  • Grant Hayden (Law School)
    Election law; voting rights
  • Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
    Presidential election; 2008 presidential primaries
  • Philip Dalton (Speech Communication, Rhetoric and Performance Studies)
    Political communication, campaign rhetoric; public argument; coarseness in public communication.
  • Eric Lane (Law School)
    New York City government/politics; New York City charter revision; voting rights.
  • Linda Longmire (New College)
    Local politics; local elections; contemporary political issues
  • Stefanie E. Nanes (Political Science)
    Middle East politics; women and gender in the Middle East
  • Rosanna Perotti(Political Science)
    Immigration reform; American politics; political parties; elections; public opinion and the mass media
  • Dr. Jingsi Wu (Journalism, Media Studies, and Public Relations)
    political communication, especially the use of entertainment media and new/social media, and how it is connected to political engagement; general entertainment media, Chinese media.
• POPULAR CULTURE
  • Sharryn Kasmir (Anthropology)
    Popular culture; working class cultures
• POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
  • Mitchell Schare (Psychology)
    Post traumatic stress disorder
• PSYCHOLOGY (PSYCHOLOGY DEPT.)
  • Roy Aranda
    Post traumatic stress disorder
  • Jeffrey Froh
    Gratitude in children; positive psychology
  • Fugen Neziroglu
    OCD; self-injury; body-dysmorphic disorder; eating disorders; compulsive hoarding
  • Joseph Scardapane
    Child psychology; giftedness in children; virtual reality technologies
  • Mitchell Schare
    Post traumatic stress disorder; effects of caffeine; relationship issues; virtual reality to treat fear of flying
  • Keith Shafritz
    Autism and the brain
• PUBLIC RELATIONS
  • Ellen Frisina (Communication)
    Public relations industry
  • Victoria Geyer
    Public Relations Industry and specifically gender disparity in public relations
  • Jeff Morosoff,
    public relations industry trends and issues, such as crisis management, public image (celebrities, politicians, corporations, etc.), and specializing in nonprofit organizations' use of public relations services and techniques
• RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS/ SOCIAL JUSTICE
  • Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
    Ethnicity; gender and migration; South Asian Diaspora
  • Michael D'Innocenzo (History)
    Non-violent social change; citizen activism; Civil Rights movement
  • Linda Longmire (New College)
    Social justice; global peace efforts
  • Gregory Maney (Sociology)
    Race and ethnic studies; social movements
  • Marc Silver (Chair; Sociology Department)
    Race relations; social justice
• READING
  • Andrea Garcia
    Literacy expert, Children and Reading Skills, Summer Reading Lists
• REAL ESTATE
  • Robert Campbell
    Real estate finance
  • Rich Guardino
    Long Island real estate, commerical development
  • Andrew Spieler (Business)
    Real Estate finance
• RELIGION (DEPARTMENT OF RELIGION)
  • Julie Byrne
    Catholic studies; American Catholicism; race and gender issues in Catholicism.
  • Robin Charlow (Law School)
    Religion and law
  • L. Stephanie Cobb
    New Testament/early Christianity; gender and sex in antiquity; women in early Christianity; the historical Jesus
  • Warren Frisina
    American philosophy; religious studies; Chinese traditions
  • Balbinder Bhogal
    Sikh and South Asian studies; theory of religion; philosophy of dialogue.
  • Phyllis Zagano
    Catholic studies; women deacons; Catholic theology.
• RISK MANAGEMENT
  • Ehsan Nikbakht
    Investment, Risk Management
• SENIORS
  • Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
    Social Security; elderly and poverty policy
  • Elaine Sherman (Business)
    The elderly consumer
• SEXUAL OFFENSES
  • J. Herbie DiFonzo; (Law School)
    Statutes of limitations; forensics; unreliability of DNA evidence
  • Joanna Grossman (Law School)
    Sexual harassment; sex discrimination
• SOCIOLOGY
  • Gregory Maney
    Human Trafficking, Population Studies
• SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING
  • Levi Reiter
    Audiology, "Kiss of Deaf" condition
  • Denise Ruscio
    Speech Therapy, Toddler Language Delays
• SPACE TRAVEL
  • Stephen Lawrence
    Astronomy, Space Travel
• STEM CELL RESEARCH
  • Janet Dolgin, (Law School)
    Stem cell research and health care law
  • Sina Rabany (Engineering)
    Stem cells, science, ethics and politics; bioengineering
• STEROIDS/ PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT IN SPORTS
  • Carol Alberts (Physical Education & Sport Sciences)
    Ethics in sports
  • Steve Frierman (Physical Education & Sport Sciences)
    Sport and exercise psychology; performance enhancement; coaching; exercise motivation; adherence; dropout; parental roles
• SUBURBIA/LONG ISLAND
  • Mary Ann Allison (Journalism, Mass, and Public Relations)
    New media and its affects on society; corporate media and communications
  • Lawrence Levy (Executive Dean; Center for Suburban Studies)
    Suburbia; development; politics; local government
  • Christopher Niedt
    Suburbia
  • Geri Solomon (Long Island Studies Institute)
    Long Island history
• SUSTAINABILITY
  • Robert Brinkmann
    Environment, sustainability, pollution,environmental policy, hazards, suburban environments, storm water, caves and karst
• TERRORISM
  • Tadeusz Krauze (Sociology)
    Terrorism
• TRANSPORTATION
  • Jean-Paul Rodrigue
    Transportation and energy prices, freight distribution, public transit, alternative fuels
• URBAN ISSUES
  • Gail Satler (Sociology)
    Culture of dining out; urban architecture; manners/politeness
• VIRTUAL REALITY
  • Joseph Scardapane (Psychology)
    Virtual reality technologies
  • Mitchell Schare (Psychology)
    Virtual reality to treat fear of flying
• WOMEN'S STUDIES
  • Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
    Women's studies; violence against women; marital violence
  • Cynthia Bogard (Sociology)
    Gender issues
  • Linda Longmire (New College)
    Women's studies; women in politics