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Faculty Experts

Chris Mann
Christopher Mann
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Expert on:

  • Elections
  • Voting reform
  • Campaigns, politics and media
  • Political communication
  • Campaign advertising.

Telephone: 518-580-5237
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Minita Sanghvi
Minita Sanghvi
Assistant Professor of Marketing

Expert on:

  • Gender and Politics
  • Political Marketing

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Bob Turner
Bob Turner
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies and Sciences Program and Political Science

Expert on:

  • State and local politics
  • Electoral College
  • Immigration policy
  • General American politics

Telephone: 518-580-5251
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Ron Seyb
Ron Seyb
Associate Professor of Political Science

Expert on:

  • The American Presidency
  • The U.S. Congress
  • Political psychology
  • Media and politics

Telephone: 518-744-8547
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Kurt Smemo
Kurt Smemo
Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Sciences Program

Expert on:

  • Climate Change
  • Global environmental change
  • Human-environment interactions

Telephone: 518-580-5218
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Gwen D'Archangelis
Gwen D’Arcangelis
Associate Professor of Gender Studies

Expert on:

  • History of medicine
  • Race, gender and labor during 21st century disease epidemics
  • COVID and the politics of pandemics

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Patrick Campbell
Patrick Campbell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science

Expert on:

  • The American Presidency
  • Political Polarization
  • American political thought
  • Civil-military affairs

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Feryaz Ocakli
Feryaz Ocakli
Associate Professor of Political Science

Expert on:

  • Illiberal turn in global politics, the rise of authoritarianism
  • Foreign policy
  • Middle Eastern politics (Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean)

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