Board of Trustees

Stephen C. Ainlay, BA, MA, PhD, President, Union College

David J. Breazzano, Principal, DDJ Capital Management, LLC

William J. Curtin, BA, MBA, Curtin Financial Management

Alan P. Goldberg, BA, President and CEO, First Albany Capital

Lewis Golub, BA, Chairman, Golub Corporation

Valerie J. Hoffman, BA, JD, Seyfarth Shaw

Michael Newell, BS, Vice President, IDEX Corporation

James Taylor, BS, Chairman and CEO, Taylor Made Group, Inc.

Mark L. Walsh, BA, MBA, Managing Partner, Ruxton Associates, LLC

Thomas E. Hitchcock, BA, MBA, PartnersFinancial–Cambridge (emeritus)

 

Administration

Susan Lehrman, President; BA 1972, Oregon State University; MPH 1980, PhD 1993, University of California, Berkeley

 

Joanne Fitzgerald, Vice President, Enrollment Management; BS 1979, University of Delaware; MBA 2001, Union Graduate College

 

Joseph M. McDonald, Vice President, Finance; BS 1987, State University of New York at Albany; MBA 1997, Union Graduate College

 

Patrick F. Allen, Dean of the School of Education;  BA 1963, University of California; MA 1967, PhD 1974, Indiana University

 

Melvin W. Chudzik, Dean of the School of Management; BSEE 1957, University of Buffalo; MS 1970, Long Island University

 

Robert J. Kozik, Dean of the School Engineering and Computer Science; BSCE 1966, University of Massachusetts; MSCE 1968, Kansas State University

 

Robert B. Baker, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership; Professor of Bioethics; BA 1959, City College of New York; PhD 1967, University of Minnesota

 

Erin Callahan, Director of Recruiting; BA 2000, Susquehanna University; MS 2004, Rivier College

 

Bo Pedersen Geel, Director of College / Alumni Relations

 

Rhonda Sheehan, Director of Admissions and Registrar

 

 

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION FACULTY

 

FULL TIME

 

Patrick F. Allen, Dean of the School of Education and Professor of Education; BA 1963, University of California at Berkeley; MA 1967, PhD 1974, Indiana University

 

Beatrice A. Hall, Associate Dean, School of Education and Clinical Assistant Professor of Education; BA 1973, State University of New York; MA and SAS 1983, North Adams State

 

Catherine Snyder, Associate Dean, School of Education and Clinical Assistant Professor of Education; BA 1988, Smith College; MBA 1993, MAT 1996, Union College; 2003 National Board Certified Teacher

 

Bruce Tulloch, Associate Dean, School of Education and Clinical Assistant Professor of Education; BS 1968, Cornell University; MS 1972, University at Albany; MST 1973 Union College; EdD 1981, University at Albany

 

PART TIME

Ed Alston, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1977, MA 1979, CAS 2006, University at Albany

 

Charles Batson, Associate Professor of French; BA 1987, Furman University; MA 1989, University of Virginia; PhD 1997, University of Illinois

 

Stephen M. Berk, Henry and Sally Schaffer Professor of Holocaust and Jewish Studies; BA 1962, University of Pennsylvania; MA 1964, University of Chicago; PhD 1971, Columbia University

 

Ken Blom, Clinical Associate Emeritus Professor of Education, BS 1968, PhD 1988, State University of New York at Albany

 

John Danaher, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1971, State University of New York College at Oneonta; MA 1974, DA 1992, State University of New York at Albany

 

Mary Eads, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Education; BA 1983, MA 1992, State University of New York at Albany; 2003, National Board Certified Teacher

 

Kristin Fox, Associate Professor of Chemistry; BS 1988, Lafayette College; PhD 1994, Cornell University

 

William Garcia, Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages; BA 1986, University of Puerto Rico; MA 1988, PhD 1995, Rutgers University

 

Bridgit M. Goldman, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education, BA 1998, Queens College; M.Phil, 2000, PhD 2005, The Graduate School and University Center of the University of New York.

 

Mary E. Handschar, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1988, Siena College; MS 1990, State University of New York at Albany; 2004, National Board Certified Teacher

 

Julie Heller, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1991, Cameron University; MAT 1996, Union College; MFA 1999, Bennington College; SDA 2005, SUNY Plattsburgh

 

Carol Hobday, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1972, MS 1974, SAS 1981, State University of New York at Albany

 

Karen Kelley, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1966, State University of New York at Oneonta; MED 1970, University of Utah; EdD 1991, State University of New York at Albany

 

Patricia Kennedy, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; AB, State University of New York at Albany; MA 1980, College of Saint Rose

 

Richard C. Lasselle, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1985, Clarkson University; MA 1992, State University of New York at Potsdam; 2003, National Board Certified Teacher

 

Seyfollah Maleki, Associate Professor of Physics; BS 1974, University of New Orleans; MS 1978, PhD 1981, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Lori Maloney, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1975, Siena College; MS 1978, College of Saint Rose; Ed. Admin 2002, State University of New York at Plattsburgh

 

Catey Merriman, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1978, College of Saint Rose; MAT 1991, Union Graduate College; 2001, National Board Certified Teacher

 

Kelly Moore, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1989, Hamilton College; MAT 1991, Union College; PhD 2007, University at Albany

 

Judy Morley, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1964, Marymount Manhattan College; MS 1980, College of St. Rose; 1998, National Board Certified Teacher

Cheikh Ndiaye,  Assistant Professor of French; BS 1991, MA 1993, University of Dakar; PhD 2001, University of Connecticut

Sean P. O’Connell, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BPS 1987, SUNY Institute of Technology; MS 1989, Russell Sage College; MS 1991, College of St. Rose

 

Michele A. Paludi, Participating Associate Professor of Management; BS 1976, Union College; MA 1978, PhD 1980, University of Cincinnati

Noel Payton, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1972, SUNY Buffalo; MA 1984, MA 1988, SUNY Albany

 

Rebecca Remis, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1991, Cornell University; MAT 1994, Union Graduate College; 2001, National Board Certified Teacher

 

Carol Reynolds, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1966, MA 1968, University of Rochester

 

Richard Reynolds, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1972, MS 1975, State University of New York at Oneonta; SAS and SDA 1992, State University of New York at Albany

 

Randy Roeser, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1977, Earlham College, MA 1979, Tufts University; National Board Certified Teacher

 

Alexia G. Ryan, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA Education, 1969 Mt. St. Mary College

 

Steve Sargent, Professor of History, B.S. 1968, Purdue University; MS 1970, New York University; BA 1973, M.A. 1975, University of Massachusetts; PhD 1982 University of Pennsylvania

 

Thomas Shiland, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1973, Dartmouth; MS 1974, Drexel University;  MS 1987 & 1993, State University of New York at Albany; 2006, National Board Certified Teacher

 

Ruth M. Stevenson, Professor of English; AB 1961, Smith College; MA 1962, University of Richmond; PhD 1972 Duke University

 

Kate Vrtiak, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA 1965, MA 1970, State University of New York at Albany

 

Diane Wilkinson, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS 1988, State University of New York at Oswego; MS 1993, State University of New York at Cortland; SAS 2002, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

 

Dave Williams, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BS and graduate courses in education, SUNY Oswego, graduate work in Anatomy & Physiology, Union College, graduate work in educational administration, SUNY Albany.

 

Bill Wojcik, Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Education; BA, 1992, State University of New York at New Paltz; MAT, 1993, Union Graduate College

 

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE FACULTY

 

PART TIME

 

Mehmet Arik, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1991, Istanbul University; MS 1996, University of Miami; PhD 2001, University of Minnesota.

 

Valerie Barr, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science and Chair of the Department; BA, 1977, Mount Holyoke College; MS, 1979 New York University; Ph.D. 1996, Rutgers University.

 

Warren Bessler, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1974, MS 1975, PhD 1980, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

 

Howard Brilliant, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1966, University of Pittsburgh; MS 1967, PhD 1971, University of Michigan

 

Bradford Bruno, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1990, Pennsylvania State University at University Park; MS 1992, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; PhD 2000, Pennsylvania State University at University Park

 

Ronald Bucinell, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1981, Rochester Institute of Technology; MS 1983, PhD 1987, Drexel University

 

William Carter, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1981, Rochester Institute of Technology; MS 1983, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD 1990, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Aaron Cass, Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science; BS 1993, MCS 1996, University of Virginia

 

Palma Catravas, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; BM, BS 1991, University of Maryland at College Park; SM 1994, PhD 1998, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Yu Chang, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; BS 1961, Cheng Kung University; MS 1971, University of Wisconsin; PhD 1974, Syracuse University

 

Shane Cotter, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; BS 1994,  University College Dublin; MS 1998, PhD 2001, University of California at San Diego

 

Mike Dashiel, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1992, MS 1998, PhD 2001, University of Delaware

 

Neil Eklund, Adjunct Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; BS 1991, MS 1998, PhD 2002, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Vuc Fatic, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dipl. Ing. 1960, Belgrade University; MSc 1973, PhD 1976, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 

Chris S.T. Fernandes, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science; BA 1991, MS 1993, PhD 2000, Northwestern University

 

George Goodman, Adjunct Faculty of Electrical Engineering; BS 1977, MS 1984, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

David G. Hannay, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science; BS 1966, Wheaton College; MA 1967, State University of New York at Stony Brook; MS 1970, State University of New York at Albany; PhD 1973, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Ekram I. Hassib, Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chair of the Department; BSc 1964, University of Cairo; MSc 1968, Al-Azhar; PhD 1971, Warsaw Politechnics 

 

James Hedrick, Adjunct Lecturer of Electrical and Computer Engineering; BS 1992, MS 1996, Union College

 

David Hemmendinger, Adjunct Professor of Computer Science; BA 1962, Harvard University; MS 1963, Stanford University;  MA 1966, PhD 1973, Yale University; MS 1982, Wright State University

 

Erik Kathe, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1988, MS 1991, PhD 2002, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

William D. Keat, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1976, MS 1983, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; PhD 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Pat McLaughlin, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1984, University of Connecticut; MS 1988, PhD 2004, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

 

Constantinos Minas, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1989 Imperial College; MS 1988, PhD 1989, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

Nick Panayotou, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1972, MS 1974, PhD, 1978, Henry Columbia University

 

Dean Poethe, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1972, MS 1973, PhD 1975, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

 

Martin Pollack, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BX 1972, MS 1973, PhD 1975, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn

 

Brian Postow, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science, BA 1994, Oberlin College; MS 1996, PhD 2002, University of Maryland

 

Zhigang Qi, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1985, MS 1988, Beijing University; MS 1991, Memorial University of Newfoundland; PhD 1993, McGill University

 

Gouind Rengarajan, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1990, Birla Institute; MS 1993, Clemson University; PhD 1998, TexasA&M Institute

 

Michael Rudko, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; BSEE 1965, MSEE 1969, PhD 1974, Syracuse University

 

Yilmaz Sozer, Adjunct Faculty of Electrical Engineering; BS 1993, Technical University of Ankara; MS 1995, PhD 1999, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Lance O. Spallholz, Adjunct Instructor of Computer Science and Computer Science Laboratory Manager; BS 1969, Union College; MS 1974, College of St. Rose; MS 1985, Union College

 

John M. Spinelli, Adjunct Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science; BE (EE) 1983, The Cooper Union; MSEE 1985, PhD 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Dart Strayer, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1981, Bucknell University; MS 1989, PhD 1994, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

David Torrey, Adjunct Faculty of Electrical Engineering; BS 1981, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; SM 1985, EE 1986, PhD 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Cherrice Traver, Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; BS 1982, State University of New York at Albany; PhD 1986, University of Virginia

 

Frank E. Wicks, Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1961, State University of New York Maritime College; MS 1966, Union College; PhD 1976, Rensselaer Polytechnic University; PE

 

Richard D. Wilk, Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1980, MS 1982, PhD 1986, Drexel University

 

George Young, Adjunct Faculty of Mechanical Engineering; BS 1990, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; MS 1993, PhD 1999, University of Virginia

 

SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT FACULTY

 

FULL TIME

 

Donald F. Arnold, Professor of Management; BS 1966, State University of New York at Albany; MBA 1968, PhD 1972, State University of New York at Buffalo

 

R. Alan Bowman, Professor of Management; BS 1980, MBA 1986, Arizona State University; MS 1989, PhD 1990, Cornell University

 

Jay P. Carlson, Assistant Professor of Management; BS 1992, Ferris State University; MBA 1997, Minnesota State University at Moorhead; PhD 2001, University of South Carolina

 

Zhilan Feng, Assistant Professor of Management; BS 1989, Fudan University; MBA 2001, PhD 2003, University of Connecticut

 

John W. Huppertz, Associate Professor of Management, BA 1973, Xavier University; MA 1976, PhD 1978, Syracuse University

 

James Lambrinos, Professor of Management; BA 1975, Fairleigh Dickinson University; MA 1977, PhD 1979, Rutgers University

 

Michael Mathias, Assistant Professor of Management, BA 1992, West Virginia University; MA 1996, PhD 1999, University of Rochester

 

Rudy V. Nydegger, Professor of Management; BA 1969, Wichita State University; PhD 1970, Washington University

 

Martin Strosberg, Professor of Management and Bioethics; BA 1968, Union College; MA 1969, MPH 1971, University of California, Berkeley; PhD 1976, Syracuse University

 

PART TIME

 

Thomas Auer, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS, Ursinus College; MD, St. Louis University

 

Alan T. Belasen, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1979, MA 1981, Hebrew University; PhD 1987, State University of New York at Albany

 

Ariel Belasen, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 2001, MA 2001 PhD 1007, State University of New York at Binghamton

 

Frederic J. Buse, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS Columbia University, NY

 

Ju-Ming T. Chang, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1963, National Taiwan University; MA 1967, University of Missouri

 

Melvin W. Chudzik, Dean of The School of Management, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1957, University of Buffalo; MS 1970, Long Island University

 

Daniel Colacino, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1973, SUNY Brockport; MS 1980, Union College

 

Necip Doganaskoy, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1983, MBA 1985, METU; MS 1987, PhD 1989, Union Graduate College

 

Daniel R. Eno, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1991, Alfred University; MS, Mathematics 1993, MS, Statistics 1996, PhD 1999, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

 

Carla Hogan, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1976, Hobart & William Smith Colleges; JD 1988, Albany Law School

 

Robert A. Hussar, Adjunct Professor of Management, BA Union College, JD Western New England College

 

Darrell Jeffers, Adjunct Professor of Management; Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1969, MS 1976, State University of New York at Albany; JD 1996, Western New England College School of Law

 

Bret Kauffman, Adjunct Professor of Management, BS 1984, State University of New York at Buffalo; MBA 1991, Union College

 

Robert Kleinbauer, Adjunct Professor of Management; Associates in Applied Science 1974, Broome Community College; Bachelors of Professional Studies 1978, State University of New York College of Technology; MBA 1983, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Masters of Public Health (in process), State University of New York at Albany

 

Eric Lewis, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1989, Siena College; MBA 1991, PhD 1995, Union Graduate College

 

Edmund L. Luzine, Adjunct Professor of Management, BS 1986, Syracuse University; MBA 1989, University of Rochester

 

Peter McCorkle, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1991, Bucknell University; MS 1997, Carnegie Mellon University

 

Kenneth W. Moore, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1971, Nasson College; MS 1975, University of South California

 

James P. Murtagh, Adjunct Professor of Management, BS 1982, United States Military Academy; MBA, 1987 University of Northern Colorado; PhD 1998, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Jane E. Oppenlander, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1979, BS 1979, MS 1981, University of Vermont; PhD 1986, Union College

 

Michele A. Paludi, Participating Faculty of Management; BS 1976, Union College; MA 1978, PhD 1980, University of Cincinnati

 

Philip Rosenberg, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1982, Cornell University; JD 1986, Yeshiva University

 

William C. St. John, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1966, Siena College; MS 1972, Union College; PhD 1989, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Josef Schmee, Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of Management; Magister 1968, University of Vienna; MS 1970, PhD 1974, Union College

 

Robert W. Schwartz, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1966, Cornell University

Certificate in Management and Leadership

Gerald R. Shaye, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1964, Dartmouth College; MBA 1966, Columbia University

 

Robert Smith, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1973, Brooklyn College; Masters in Medical Technology 1980, C.W. Post College; Masters in Health Care Administration 1987, New School for Social Research New York

 

P. Clay Stephens, Adjunct Associate Professor of Management; ALB Health Sciences 1990, Harvard University; MPhil 1994, PhD (expected), Yale University

 

Karen Martino Valle, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1973, JD 1976, St. John’s University; LLM 1980, New York University

 

Melissa M. Zambri, Adjunct Professor of Management; BS 1994 Siena College, MBA 1998, Union College, JD 1998, Albany Law School

 

 

CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND CLINICAL LEADERSHIP FACULTY

 

PART TIME

 

Robert B. Baker, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Clinical Leadership, Professor of Bioethics; BA 1959, City College of New York; PhD 1967, University of Minnesota

 

Ju-Ming T. Chang, Adjunct Professor of Management; BA 1963, National Taiwan University; MA 1967, University of Missouri

 

Rosamond Rhodes, Associate Director of Bioethics Program and Professor of Bioethics; BA 1966, The City College, CUNY; MA 1975, Lehman College, CUNY;  PhD 1990, The Graduate Center, CUNY

 

Nada Gligorov, Assistant Professor of Bioethics; BS 1977, University of Toronto; MS 2000, New School for Social Research; PhD 2007, CUNY

 

Jane Greenlaw, Adjunct Professor of Bioethics; BS 1965, Boston College; MS 1975, Boston College Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; JD 1976, Boston College Law School

 

Jane E. Oppenlander, Adjunct Professor of Management and Bioethics; BA 1979, BS 1979, MS 1981, University of Vermont; PhD 1986, Union College

 

Robert D. Orr, Professor of Bioethics; BS 1962, Houghton College; MD 1966, McGill University; Fellow 1990, University of Chicago

 

Alicia Ouellette, Adjunct Associate Professor of Bioethics; AB 1988, Hamilton College; JD 1994, Albany Law School

 

Bonnie Steinbock, Adjunct Professor of Bioethics; BA 1967, Tufts University; PhD 1974, University of California, Berkeley

 

Martin Strosberg, Professor of Management and Bioethics; BA 1968, Union College; MA 1969, MPH 1971, University of California, Berkeley; PhD 1976, Syracuse University

 

Terry S. Weiner, Chauncey H. Winters Professor of Comparative Social Analysis (1974); BA 1970, University of Illinois; MA 1972, PhD 1975, University of North Carolina