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Selected Topics and
Experts
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Louis Flam
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Lehman College
History, culture, religious and social customs, contemporary life
Anthropology
James A. Moore
Patterns of human settlement in Queens from the 17th through 19th
centuries; excavation of the Bowne House in Flushing-the oldest house
in Queens –and the presence of enslaved African Americans
Arabic Languages & Culture
Jonathan Shannon
Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College
Syria, Fluent in several languages of the Mid-East
Arab Media and Syria
Christa Salamandra
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Lehman College.
Her work focuses on expressive, visual and urban culture in the Arab Middle East. Her ethnographic research among elite groups in Syria, focusing on debates surrounding the preservation, restoration and representation of the Old City of Damascus, forms the basis of her book: New Old Damascus: Authenticity and Distinction in Urban Syria (Indiana University Press, 2004).
Asbestos Fireproofing
Arthur Langer
Director, Environmental Sciences Laboratory, Brooklyn College
Asian Topics
Barbara Brooks
Associate Professor, Director of Japan Initiative
Modern East Asia, Japan, Japanese History, Japanese Foreign Policy, Japanese Society
Aviation Safety
Maxine Lubner
Professor and Director
Aviation Institute at York College
Biology
Dr. John Waldman
Queens College School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
History, sea life and environment of New York harbor
Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Ali Sadegh
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Computational biomechanics, Cervical spine, neck, head, and sport
injuries, Bone remodeling, and implant/bone interaction, Human
Interaction with Machines, Finite and Boundary Element Methods,
Computer Simulation Design and Manufacturing
Business and the Economy
Edward Rogoff
Director, Field Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Baruch College
Assisting small businesses affected by the WTC disaster
Child Development
William Crain
Professor of Psychology
Child Psychology, Children and Nature, Development Theory, Role of
Outdoor Play in Development, Standardized Testing, The Arts and Child
Development
Jeffrey M. Halperin
Queens College Department of Psychology
Clinical researcher of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
(AD/HD) and child behavior disorders; heads the Queens College
Preschool Project (QCPP) that tries to identify the factors that
predict which children will develop AD/HD.
Civil Engineering
Reza Khanbilvardi
NOAA Chair Professor of Civil Engineering
Changes on Water Resources, Hydrology, Pollution Modeling, Sediment
Transport, Soil Erosion, Surface Water Hydraulics, Water Quality and
Quantity Modeling
Computers and Information Technology
Michael Anshel
Professor of Computer Science
Bioinformatics, Computer Security, Computational Complexity, Cryptography, History of Computing, Quantum Computing
Culture and Politics
Doug Muzzio
Professor of Politics, Baruch College
Polling, public option, New York politics and culture
Economics
Clive Belfiel
Queens College Department of Economics
Economics of education, labor economics. His study, “The Pre-K Payback,” shows that a year of prekindergarten results in later savings in remedial costs and other school services that would return 41% to 62% of the Pre-K investment.
Elizabeth A. Roistacher
Queens College Department of Economics
Housing policy in the United States; rent regulation in New York City; media and communications industry in New York City; state and local financing of Medicaid; urban policy
Fiberoptics & Telecommunications
Djafar K. Nynbaev
New York City College of Technology
Financial Markets
Robert A. Schwartz
Marvin M. Speiser Professor of Finance and University Distinguished Professor, Zicklin School of Business,
The City: Planning and Real Estate
Henry Wollman
Architect and urban planner. Director, Newman Real Estate Institute, Baruch College.
Real estate, transportation and land use issues in New York.
Government Finances, Budgets and Programs
June O'Nell
Professor of Economics, Baruch College
Former director, Congressional Budget Office
Heart Disease
John Tarbell
Wallace
Coulter Distinguished Professor, Chair of Biomedical Engineering,
Arterial Disease, Arterial Wall Mass Transport, Cardiovascular Fluid
Mechanics, Tissue Engineering
Higher Education & Retention of Hispanics
Marcela Armoza
New York City College of Technology
History of New York City
Edwin Burrows
Professor of History, Brooklyn College
Pulitzer Prize Winner in History
Nicholas K. Coch
Queens College School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Effects of hurricanes on coastal and inland areas, particularly New
York City; predicting hurricane damage patterns; forensic analyses of
historic hurricanes from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
Joshua Freeman
Queens College Department of History
History of mass transit, work, workers, and unions in New York City
during the 20th century, especially since 1930; New York politics;
fiscal crisis of the 1970s.
Leo Hershkowitz
Queens College Department of History Political,
economic, and cultural aspects of New York City, with a special
interest in colonial to mid-19th-century New York; New York City Jewish
history.
Jane Mushabac
New York City College of Technology
Co-author of “New York City Timeline,” www.gothamcenter.org, author of
“A Short and Remarkable History of New York City”
Mike Wallace
Distinguished Professor of
History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Director, Gotham
Center for New York City History CUNY Graduate Center
Human Rights/International Law
Mark Ungar
Department of Political Science, Brooklyn College
Wilson Fellow interested in improving
judicial systems in South America and elsewhere, participated in human rights missions in Middle East
Immigration
Philip Kasinitz
Professor of Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center
Co-author of Inheriting the City: Children of Immigrants Come of Age(Harvard University Press and Russell Sage Foundation, 2008)
Immigration Law
Concetta Mennella
New York City College of Technology
International Relations
Thomas G. Weiss
Presidential Professor of Political Science, and Director, Ralph Bunche
Institute for International Relations, CUNY Graduate Center
Middle Eastern Affairs and Islam
Aontione Abraham
Professor of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Middle East, Islamic fundamentalists, Israel, Lebanon
Talal Asad
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, CUNY Graduate Center
Religion with a special interest in the Middle East and Islam
Mark Rosenblum
Queens College Department of History and Director of Jewish Studies
Expert on the Middle East; Arab – Israeli negotiations.
Stuart Schaar
Professor of History, Brooklyn College
Nuclear Physics
Roman Kezerashvili
New York City College of Technology
Political Science
George Priestley
Queens College Department of Political Science and Latin American Area Studies
Central American political processes, United States-Panamanian relations, social movements in Latin America; transnational identity, particularly among Latin American immigrants to the U.S.; class and gender in Latin America
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
David Manier
Department of Psychology, Lehman College
Caridad Sanchez
Clinical Psychologist, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Protection Management
Robert McCrie
Chair of the Law & Police Science Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Robert Louden
Director of Criminal Justice Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Robotics and Art
Adrienne Wortzel
New York City College of Technology
Sociology
Andrew Beveridge
Queens College Department of Sociology
Current and historical demographic trends affecting the New York metropolitan area and the United States; application of computer-based demographic mapping and analysis methods.
Pyong Gap Min
Queens College Department of Sociology
Author of Ethnic Solidarity for Economic Survival: Korean Greengrocers in New York City (April 2008); Editor of The Encyclopedia of Racism in the United States; New York City immigration, ethnicity, women’s gender roles, and immigrants’ religions, with an emphasis on Asian Americans, including Indian Hindus, Korean-American Protestants and South Asian Muslim college students
Trauma/Fear
Corey Robin
Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College
Author of “Fear: Biography of an Idea”
Sheryl Browne Graves
Psychologist, Hunter College School of Education
Effects of mass media on children, helping children cope with trauma
Urban Studies
Leonard Rodberg
Queens College Department of Urban Studies
Chair, public policy and the social impact of technology; developed Infoshare, a computerized database of demographic, health and socioeconomic information about New York City
Madhulika Khandelwal
Queens College Asian American Center and Department of Urban Studies:, author of Being Indian, Becoming American; Contemporary Asian American communities; immigration; women; Asian American communities; South Asian diasporas.
Urban Affairs
John Mollenkopf
Distinguished Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Co-author of Inheriting the City: the Children of Immigrants Come of Age (Harvard University Press and the Russell Sage Foundation, 2008)
Under Fire Science/Emergency Management
Glen Corbett
Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
World Trade Center & Structural Engineering
Mewburn Humphrey
Department of Construction Management Technology, New York City College of Technology, Civil Engineer, Port Authority of NY/NJ
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