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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 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.



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

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


Business; Economics and Labor Studies

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


Robert Campbell
Real Estate


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


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


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


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


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, stock market valuation, quantitative trading strategies


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


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


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


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


Kaushik Sengupta
Chinese businesses, Chinese products in worldwide distribution


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

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


Communication

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


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


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


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


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


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


E. Christa Farmer (Geology)
Global warming


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


Barbara Kelly (Communication)
Media 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

Sybil DelGaudio (Communication)
Documentary filmmaking; animation


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


Linda McClain (Law School)
Gay marriage


Genetics

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


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


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

Susan Drucker
Media ethics and law; shield laws; libel


Maurice Krochmal
Online journalism


Bob Papper
Broadcast journalism, TV station economics


Gregory Smith
TV news reporting and production; video journalism

Kristal Zook
Minority journalism

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


Marcia Levy
Criminal Law and procedure


Marine Biology

John Morrissey (Director; Marine Lab)
Ichthyology; sharks


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


Mental Illness

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


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


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


Politics / Government / Elections

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


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


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


Phil Dalton (Speech Communication)
Political communication; campaign rhetoric


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, political advertising, swing voters, political disaffection.


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


Popular Culture

Sharryn Kasmir (Anthropology)
Popular culture; working class cultures


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


Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Roy Aranda (Psychology)
Post traumatic stress disorder


Mitchell Schare (Psychology)
Post traumatic stress disorder


Psychology (Psychology Dept.)

Roy Aranda
Post traumatic stress disorder


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


Public Relations

Ellen Frisina (Communication)
Public relations industry


Race and Ethnic Relations/ Social Justice

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


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


Real Estate

Robert Campbell
Real estate finance


Rich Guardino
Long Island real estate, commerical development


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


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


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.


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


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

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


Christopher Niedt
Suburbia


Geri Solomon (Long Island Studies Institute)
Long Island history


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

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.