Hofstra University Experts

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.

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.

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Advertising

Charles McMellon (Business)
Advertising strategy and tactics; consumer behavior

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Yong Zhang (Business)
Advertising strategy and tactics; consumer behavior

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African American Culture

Cheryl Mwaria (Anthropology)
Afro-American culture; African cultures; cultural diversity

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Alan Singer (Education)
Slavery in the northern states

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Anxiety

William C. Sanderson, (Psychology)
Anxiety, worry, phobias

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Archaeology

Christopher Matthews (Anthropology)
Urban archeology; historical archaeology; cultural heritage; American landscapes; Creole culture

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Artificial Intelligence

Simona Doboli (Computer Science)
Intelligent systems; artificial neural networks; computational neuroscience

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Business; Economics and Labor Studies

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

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Robert Campbell
Real Estate

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Gregory DeFreitas (Labor Studies)
Job and pay trends; economics of immigration; earnings inequality; youth unemployment; New York City economy

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Joel Evans (Business)
Consumer shopping trends; retail; online retail; big box companies; ethics in marketing

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David Flynn (Business)
Effects of federal; state and local initiatives on new business development; international business

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Wayne Grossman (Business)
Corporate governance; executive compensation; business and public policy

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Dr. Robert Guttmann (Chair, Economics Department)
Money and banking, international trade and finance, European economic integration, history of economic thought

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

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Sharryn Kasmir (Anthropology)
Working class cultures; industrial organizations

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

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Harold Lazarus (Business)
Leadership; managing time; managing change; effective meetings; problem solving; decision making; communications

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Janet A. Lenaghan (Business)
Work-family conflict; employee benefits

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Esmerelda Lyn (Business)
Mergers and acquisitions; international finance; gender issues in finance

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Martin Melkonian (Economics)
Long Island regional economy; energy economics; military spending

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Kaushik Sengupta
Chinese businesses, Chinese products in worldwide distribution

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Salvatore Sodano (Dean; Business)
Financial markets

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Matthew C. Sonfield (Director; Hofstra Small Business Institute)
Entrepreneurship; small businesses; minority businesses; family businesses; automotive business

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

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Children

Joseph Scardapane (Psychology)
Child and adolescent psychology

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Andrew Schepard (Law School)
Family law (children)

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College

Sandra Johnson (VP for Campus Life)
College experience; adjusting to college life

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Communication

Larry Russell (Communication)
Ritual practices and healing; healing rituals in the aftermath of terrorist bombings in New York

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Matt Sobnosky (Communication)
Boundaries of publicity in contemporary society; communication and public spaces; rhetoric of AIDS activism

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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

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Robert Leonard (Linguistics)
Forensic linguistics; language and crime

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William P. Schaefer (Political Science)
Politics and history of American criminal justice

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Day Laborers / Hispanic Immigrants on Long Island

Gregory Maney (Sociology)
Race and ethnic studies; social movements

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Dinosaurs

J. Bret Bennington (Biology)
Paleoecology; paleobiology

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Domestic Violence

Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
Domestic violence

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Alafair Burke (Law School)
Domestic violence intervention and prosecution

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Drama/Theater

James J. Kolb (Drama)
American musical theater; drama; opera

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Earthquakes/Tsunami

Charles Merguerian (Geology)
Geologic structure of New York City area; Earthquake and tsunami implications; subsurface geologic structures; Fault and foundation analysis

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Education (School of Education)

Doris Fromberg
Early childhood education

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Andrea Garcia
Literacy studies; children and reading

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Laurie Johnson
Conflict resolution; counseling

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Janice Koch
Science education; women and minority men in science; gender issues

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Alan Singer
New curriculums for teaching the Irish famine; New York and slavery and the Holocaust; New York City school policies

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Environment/Ecology/Pollution

Russell Burke (Biology)
Wildlife ecology; natural resources; conservation biology

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Margaret Hunter (Engineering)
Water and soil contaminants; watershed protection, management; energy issues

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E. Christa Farmer (Geology)
Global warming

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Ethics and Morality

Ralph Acampora (Philosophy)
Environmental ethics, animal ethics

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Carol Alberts
Ethics in sports

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Arthur Dobrin (University Studies)
Instilling morals in children; conflict resolution; moral development; comparative religious ethics; human rights; teaching right from wrong

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Janet Dolgin (Hofstra Law School)
Medical ethics

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Monroe Freedman (Hofstra Law School)
Legal ethics

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Barbara Kelly (Communication)
Media ethics

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Roy Simon (Hofstra Law School)
Legal ethics

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Kathleen Wallace (Philosophy)
Ethics

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Evolution

Russell Burke (Biology)
Evolution; ecology; conservation biology

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J. Bret Bennington (Biology)
Paleoecology; paleobiology

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Joanne Willey Ph.D. (Biology)
Bacteriology; bacterial genetics/molecular biology

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Family Issues

Amy Armenia (Sociology)
Sociology of the family

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Janet A. Lenaghan (Business)
Work-family conflict; employee benefits

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Madeline Seifer (Marriage and Family Therapy)
Parenting issues; family conflict

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Filmmaking

Sybil DelGaudio (Communication)
Documentary filmmaking; animation

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First Amendment Issues

Eric Freedman (Law School)

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Leon Friedman (Law School)

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Gay (LGBT) Issues

David Powell (LGBT Studies)
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues

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Joanna Grossman (Law School)
Gay marriage

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Linda McClain (Law School)
Gay marriage

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Genetics

Beverly Clendening (Biology)
Molecular genetics; development of muscular systems

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Global Warming

E. Christa Farmer (Biology)
Climatology; paleontology

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Health Care

Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
Government and health care

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Dr. Corinne Kyriacou (Health Professions and Family Studies)
Health care in the United States

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

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David M. Weiss (Health Professions Family Studies Dept.)
Health care in the United States

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Homelessness/Poverty

Cynthia Bogard (Sociology)
Poverty; homelessness.

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Immigration

Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
Ethnicity; gender and migration; South Asian Diaspora

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Gregory DeFreitas (Labor Studies)
Economics of immigration; earnings inequality

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Nora Demleitner (Law School)
International human rights; immigration law

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Gregory Maney (Sociology)
Race and ethnic studies; social movements; day laborers on Long Island

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Marc Silver (Chair; Sociology)
Race relations; social justice

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International Business/Marketing

David Flynn (Business)
Economic development, entrepreneurship in China, India and other Asian
countries

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Shawn Thelen (Business)
International business and marketing

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Yong Zhang (Business)
International business studies

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Internet

Joel Evans (Business)
Internet marketing

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Andrew Forman (Business)
Internet marketing

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Songpol Kulviwat (Business)
Internet marketing; high-tech marketing

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Iraq War

Carolyn Eisenberg (History)

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Michael D'Innocenzo (History)

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David Green (Political Science)

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Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)

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Irish History

Maureen Murphy (Education)
Irish folklore; history; teaching the Irish famine

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Journalism

Susan Drucker
Media ethics and law; shield laws; libel

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Maurice Krochmal
Online journalism

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Kristal Zook
Minority journalism

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Law (Law School)

Alafair S. Burke
Criminal law and procedure; domestic violence intervention and prosecution

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Robin Charlow
Criminal law; constitutional law; religion and law

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Nora Demleitner
International law; international human rights; immigration law; criminal sentencing

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Eric Freedman
Constitutional law; history; civil and criminal procedure and strategy; death penalty; First Amendment and other civil liberties issues

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Monroe Freedman
Legal ethics

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Leon Friedman
Copyright law; civil rights; civil procedure; criminal procedure; Constitutional law; First Amendment

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Joanna Grossman
Sexual harassment; sex discrimination; family; medical leave and pregnancy discrimination; family law; same-sex marriage

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Grant Hayden
Labor law; collective bargaining; employment discrimination; election law; voting rights

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Marcia Levy
Criminal Law and procedure

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Marine Biology

John Morrissey (Director; Marine Lab)
Ichthyology; sharks

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Marriage and Divorce

Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
Marital violence

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Joan Atwood (Marriage and Family Therapy)
Custody; Family; Remarriage; Divorce; Single Parents

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Madeline Seifer (Marriage and Family Therapy)
Custody; Family; Remarriage; Divorce; Single Parents

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Mental Illness

Fugen Neziroglu (Psychology)
OCD; self-injury; body-dysmorphic disorder; eating disorders; compulsive hoarding

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Middle East

Marcus Dressler (Religion)
Islam in the Middle East; Turkey

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Stephanie E. Nanes (Political Science)
Middle East politics; Iran; women and gender in the Middle East

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Daniel Varisco (Anthropology)
Islam in the Middle East; Iraq; Yemen; Somalia

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Music

Dr. David Lalama (Music)
Jazz

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Dr. Kenneth Lampl (Music)
Music merchandising and technology

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Philosophy

Amy Baehr (Philosophy)
Contemporary political philosophy; philosophy of law; feminist philosophy

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Christopher Eliot (Philosophy)
Philosophy of science; philosophy of biology; aesthetics; environmental philosophy

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Terry Godlove (Philosophy)
Modern philosophy; epistemology; philosophy of religion; philosophy of love

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Politics / Government / Elections

Meena Bose (Center for the Study of the American Presidency)
The American presidency

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Rebecca Curry (Political Science)
Campaign finance reform, the courts & modern political campaigns

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Mike D’Innocenzo (History)
Nonviolent social change, citizen/student activism, American history, Italian Americans

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Phil Dalton (Speech Communication)
Political communication; campaign rhetoric

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Leslie Feldman (Political Science)
Nassau and Suffolk politics; state politics; American politics; the presidency; Ronald Reagan;; Memorial Day; terrorism; State of the Union

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David Green (Political Science)
International relations; American politics; European politics and integration; EU; foreign policy and international organization

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Rich Guardino; (Director; Center for Suburban Studies)
Local government and politics; suburbia

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Grant Hayden (Law School)
Election law; voting rights

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Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
Presidential election; 2008 presidential primaries

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Philip Dalton (Speech Communication, Rhetoric and Performance Studies)
Political communication, political advertising, swing voters, political disaffection.

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Eric Lane (Law School)
New York City government/politics; New York City charter revision; voting rights.

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Linda Longmire (New College)
Local politics; local elections; contemporary political issues

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Stefanie E. Nanes (Political Science)
Middle East politics; women and gender in the Middle East

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Rosanna Perotti (Political Science)
Immigration reform; American politics; political parties; elections; public opinion and the mass media

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Popular Culture

Sharryn Kasmir (Anthropology)
Popular culture; working class cultures

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Guillermo Caliendo (Communication)
Popular culture; public address; persuasion; political communication

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Roy Aranda (Psychology)
Post traumatic stress disorder

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Mitchell Schare (Psychology)
Post traumatic stress disorder

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Psychology (Psychology Dept.)

Roy Aranda
Post traumatic stress disorder

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Fugen Neziroglu
OCD; self-injury; body-dysmorphic disorder; eating disorders; compulsive hoarding

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Joseph Scardapane
Child psychology; giftedness in children; virtual reality technologies

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Mitchell Schare
Post traumatic stress disorder; effects of caffeine; relationship issues; virtual reality to treat fear of flying

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Public Relations

Ellen Frisina (Communication)
Public relations industry

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Race and Ethnic Relations/ Social Justice

Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
Ethnicity; gender and migration; South Asian Diaspora

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Linda Longmire (New College)
Social justice; global peace efforts

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Gregory Maney (Sociology)
Race and ethnic studies; social movements

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Marc Silver (Chair; Sociology Department)
Race relations; social justice

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Real Estate

Robert Campbell
Real estate finance

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Rich Guardino
Long Island real estate, commerical development

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Religion (Department of Religion)

Julie Byrne
Catholic studies; American Catholicism; race and gender issues in Catholicism.

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Robin Charlow (Law School)
Religion and law

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L. Stephanie Cobb
New Testament/early Christianity; gender and sex in antiquity; women in early Christianity; the historical Jesus

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Markus Dressler
Islam; religion theory; contemporary Sufism in Western societies

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Warren Frisina
American philosophy; religious studies; Chinese traditions

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Balbinder Bhogal
Sikh and South Asian studies; theory of religion; philosophy of dialogue.

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Phyllis Zagano
Catholic studies; women deacons; Catholic theology.

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Seniors

Richard Himelfarb (Political Science)
Social Security; elderly and poverty policy

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Elaine Sherman (Business)
The elderly consumer

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Sexual Offenses

J. Herbie DiFonzo; (Law School)
Statutes of limitations; forensics; unreliability of DNA evidence

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Joanna Grossman (Law School)
Sexual harassment; sex discrimination

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Stem Cell Research

Janet Dolgin, (Law School)
Stem cell research and health care law

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Sina Rabany (Engineering)
Stem cells, science, ethics and politics; bioengineering

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Steroids/ Performance Enhancement in Sports

Carol Alberts (Physical Education & Sport Sciences)
Ethics in sports

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Steve Frierman (Physical Education & Sport Sciences)
Sport and exercise psychology; performance enhancement; coaching; exercise motivation; adherence; dropout; parental roles

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Suburbia/Long Island

Lawrence Levy (Executive Director; Center for Suburban Studies)
Suburbia; development; politics; local government

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Christopher Niedt
Suburbia

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Geri Solomon (Long Island Studies Institute)
Long Island history

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Terrorism

Tadeusz Krauze (Sociology)
Terrorism

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Transportation

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

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Urban Issues

Gail Satler (Sociology)
Culture of dining out; urban architecture; manners/politeness

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Virtual Reality

Joseph Scardapane (Psychology)
Virtual reality technologies

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Mitchell Schare (Psychology)
Virtual reality to treat fear of flying

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Women's Studies

Margaret Abraham (Sociology)
Women's studies; violence against women; marital violence

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Cynthia Bogard (Sociology)
Gender issues

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Linda Longmire (New College)
Women's studies; women in politics

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.