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Dr. Julia F. Hastings joined the University at Albany as an Assistant Professor in the Schools of Public Health and Social Welfare in 2012. Her scholarship concentrates on addressing disparities in health and mental health outcomes for underserved populations. Her research focuses on the interrelationships between race, mental health outcomes (depression), health conditions (Type II diabetes), risk and protective factors, and poverty. The research findings suggest ways for public health social work professionals to practice with awareness of cultural reality, appropriateness, and responsiveness. It is her goal to produce research that enhances health, lengthens life, and reduces the burdens of illness for racial and ethnic populations.

Dr. Hastings has published on culturally competent research methods within African American communities, welfare participation, depression, body weight, and Type II diabetes. Recently, she completed a NIMHD funded K-22 DREAM grant which utilized qualitative and quantitative research approaches to examine service utilization outcomes among low-income African Americans diagnosed with diabetes and depression in California and New York. In 2015, Dr. Hastings published a co-authored book entitled, African Americans and Depression: Signs, Symptoms, Awareness, and Interventions (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442230323/African-Americans-and-Depression-Signs-Awareness-Treatments-and-Interventions). In 2017, Dr. Hastings was inducted as a Society for Social Work and Research Fellow.

Dr. Hastings' research grant portfolio includes funding from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), NIMH, the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the University at Albany, and several community initiatives.

Sarah Mountz鈥� research focuses on the experiences of LGBTQ youth in child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and among homeless youth populations. Her most recent research project, From Our Perspectives, used a community based participatory research (CBPR) framework to look at the experiences of LGBTQ former foster youth in Los Angeles County through qualitative interviewing and photovoice methods. Participants鈥� photos were featured in a traveling art installation that participants helped curate, as well as on an interactive website, and in a mini-documentary series.

Mountz' previous research used life history interviewing to explore the experiences of queer, transgender and gender expansive young people in girls鈥� juvenile justice facilities in New York State with attention to how the intersection of gender identity and sexual orientation, age, race and ethnicity informed their trajectories into and out of the juvenile justice system. She is particularly interested in LGBTQ and other youth activism and organizing.

Specialization: Public Law; Latin America; Research Methods

Personal Webpage : http://www.mattingram.net/

Matthew C. Ingram's research examines justice sector reforms, judicial behavior, and violence in Latin America.

Holding a law degree (2006) and a PhD in political science (2009) from the University of New Mexico, Ingram studies the political origins of institutional change and judicial behavior in the region's justice systems, focusing on sub-national courts in Brazil and Mexico. He draws also on a family history in Mexico (dual citizen, U.S. and Mexico), extensive fieldwork in Latin America, and seven years of professional experience in law enforcement in California. Ingram's academic work has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. His book, Crafting Courts in New Democracies: The Politics of Subnational Judicial Reform in Brazil and Mexico (Cambridge University Press, 2016), examines the causal role of ideas in shaping local court reforms in Latin America's two largest democracies and markets. The book combines statistical analysis and in-depth qualitative work, drawing on two years of fieldwork and more than 100 interviews with judges and other legal professionals.

Ingram's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fulbright Commission.

Prior to arriving at Rockefeller, Ingram held post-doctoral fellowships at the UC San Diego's Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (2009-2010) and Notre Dame鈥檚 Kellogg Institute (2011-2012). He was also an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (2010-2011). In 2012-2013, Ingram will offer courses in Comparative Judicial Politics, Comparative Criminal Procedure, and Latin American Politics. Prof. Ingram, born and raised in Mexico, speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

In addition to his affiliation with the Political Science Department at Rockefeller College, Professor Jos茅 E. Cruz has a joint appointment in the Department of Latin American, U.S. Latino, and Caribbean Studies (LACS) at the College of Arts and Sciences. His research is about Latino political participation in the Northeast, focusing on Puerto Ricans, and the role and impact of ethnicity in the political process. Other areas of research and teaching interest are political parties, social movements, Latin American immigration, and inter-minority relations. His first book, Identity and Power: Puerto Rican Politics and the Challenge of Ethnicity (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998), explored the relationship between ethnic identity, political mobilization, and political empowerment. In 2000, Cruz co-edited Adi贸s Borinquen Querida: The Puerto Rican Diaspora, Its History and Contributions (Albany, NY: CELAC), with Edna Acosta Bel茅n, et al. This book examines the Puerto Rican experience in the United States from multiple disciplinary perspectives including political science, literature, sociology, and media studies. Professor Cruz is also the editor of Latino Immigration Policy: Context, Issues, Alternatives (Albany, NY: NYLARNet, 2008). This volume compiles the papers presented at a conference on immigration held in November 2006 sponsored by the New York Latino Research and Resources Network (NYLARNet). In 2009, the New York State Political Science Association granted the Best Faculty Paper Award to Professor Cruz for his paper "Pluralism and Ethnicity in New York City Politics: The Case of Puerto Ricans." 

Professor Cruz鈥檚 most recent publications are Liberalism and Identity Politics: Puerto Rican Community Organization and Collective Action in New York City (New York: Centro Press, 2019) and Puerto Rican Identity, Political Development, and Democracy in New York, 1960-1990 (Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield 2017). During the summer of 2015, Professor Cruz began a study abroad program in Madrid, Spain, focusing on the comparative study of urban politics and Latin American immigration. He is currently working on a book about Puerto Rican radicalism in New York City.

Introduction:
Prior to coming to the School of Criminal Justice in 1990, Frankie Bailey was acting assistant vice-president for academic affairs and associate professor of criminal justice at Kentucky State University in Frankfort.

Her academic pursuits focus on crime history, crime and mass media/popular culture, and material culture. She has done research on topics related to images of victims, offenders, and criminal justice agents in American culture. She is interested in the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality. Her current research focuses on dress and appearance. Her books include Out of the Woodpile: Black Characters Crime and Detective Fiction (1991), nominated for the Mystery Writers of America 1992 Edgar Award for Criticism and Biography. With Steven Chermak, she co-edited Famous American Crimes and Trials (2004) With Donna C. Hale, she is the author of Blood on Her Hands: The Social Construction of Women, Sexuality, and Murder (2004). Other books include African American Mystery Writers (2008) and (with Alice P. Green) Wicked Albany: Lawlessness & Liquor in the Prohibition Era (2009). Bailey is the author of five books in a mystery series featuring crime historian Lizzie Stuart. Her new near-future police procedural series debuted with The Red Queen Dies (2013).

Research Interests:
A synthesis of Crime, Social History and Popular Culture.
Victims, offenders, and criminal justice agents in American culture; the intersections of race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexuality.

Prior to joining the school psychology faculty at UAlbany, Dr. Miller was a school psychologist in both public and alternative school settings. He is a Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), the oldest and largest membership organization in the U.S. devoted to understanding and preventing suicide and supporting those affected by it.

Dr. Miller is the author of three books, including Identifying, Assessing, and Treating Self-Injury at School (2010), Child and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior: School-Based Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention (2011), and Child and Adolescent Suicidal Behavior: School-Based Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention, Second Edition (2021). He has also published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, primarily in the areas of school-based suicide prevention, youth suicidal behavior, mental health promotion, and internalizing behavior problems in children and adolescents. An invited expert reviewer for several national documents addressing youth suicide, including After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools and the Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention, he has served on the editorial boards of several professional journals, including School Psychology Review, Journal of School Psychology, Psychology in the Schools, Journal of School Violence, and Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.

Courses currently taught by Dr. Miller include ESPY 690: Introduction to School Psychology, ESPY 785: Behavioral Consultation and Intervention, ESPY 788: Prevention and Health Promotion, and ESPY 789: Developmental Psychopathology.

Areas of Interest: The Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) specializes in research, education, and training on topics associated with autism spectrum disorders, sleep disturbances, challenging behavior, parenting, and inclusion. CARD is also home base for the Regional Center for Autism, a program created to address the limited availability and rising costs of specialized services related to the education of children with autism. This community-based agency provides program development, training, and support for individuals, families, professionals and peers of people with autism and related disabilities in 10 counties throughout the Capital Region. Specific areas of interest follow:
The Autism Program Quality Indicators (APQI) - Core components for educating children with autism
Social Support for Siblings of Children with Autism
Non-Aversive Behavioral Interventions for Reducing Sleep Disturbances in Children with Disabilities
Feeding and Eating Disorders in Children with Autism
Peer Victimization in Students with Disabilities
Improving Inclusion Opportunities with Positive Educational Intervention
Preventing Challenging Behavior with Positive Family Intervention

Dr. Carmen Morano is Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program at the State University of New York: University at Albany School of Social Welfare. In addition to being a John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar, Carmen serves on the Veterans Administration Geriatrics and Gerontology Advisory Committee. His research focuses primarily in the areas of Gerontology, Health Care, and Inter-professional Collaboration and Education. Carmen is currently overseeing program evaluation projects that include Multidisciplinary Collaborations focusing on multidisciplinary team approaches to Police De-Escalation, Elder Abuse, and Community Based Transitional Care Programs targeting high risk older adults.

Professor Michael C. Wetmore joined Albany Law School in August of 2022 as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He teaches Evidence, Criminal Law, and Trial Practice. He previously taught at Albany Law School as an adjunct professor. Prior to joining Albany Law School, Professor Wetmore served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Albany County District Attorney’s Office, where he worked as both a trial and appellate prosecutor. In all, he has practiced in state and local trial courts, intermediate appellate courts, and the New York Court of Appeals. Professor Wetmore is also regularly asked to serve as critiquing faculty for the New York Prosecutor’s Training Institute and the New York State Bar Association’s Trial Academy where he provides feedback to newly admitted attorneys learning trial skills. A 2014 graduate of Albany Law School, Professor Wetmore was an active competitor in the Anthony V. Cardona ’70 Moot Court Program. He is a former winner of both the Donna Jo Morse Negotiations Competition and Client Counseling Competition; the latter of which he has assisted coaching since 2014. Professor Wetmore is also the current faculty advisor to the law school’s Karen C. McGovern Senior Prize Trial Competition.

Professor Holgu铆n-Veras鈥檚 research emphasizes the integration of state of the art economic principles into transportation modeling so that a complete picture can be developed as to the broader impacts of transportation activity on the economy and the environment; and the study of the behavior of the participating agents to support sustainable policies. His work includes a broad spectrum of research tracks ranging from: basic research on transportation modeling, research on the behavioral responses of agents to pricing and other sustainable policies, research on simplified modeling techniques, i.e., to estimate demand using secondary data. The latter techniques are bound to benefit developing countries because they minimize the need for expensive data collection efforts. His leadership positions at key international research organizations include: Vice-President for Logistics of the Pan-American Conferences of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Elected Member of the Council for the Association for European Transport, member of the International Organizing Committee of the City Logistics Conferences, member of three Technical Committees and invitational Task Forces on freight modeling at the Transportation Research Board. He is member of a number of editorial boards, Review Chair for freight transportation at the Transportation Research Board, and Transportation Editor at Networks and Spatial Economics.

Zeghal's research interests include: Computational Soil Micro-Mechanics, Geotechnical-System Identification, Seismic Response Monitoring, and Information Technology Applications in Geomechnics. He is active with the Center for Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (CEES), Scientific Computation Research Center (SCOREC) and the Inverse Problems Center (IPRPI). 

The failure of geosystems due to natural or man-made hazards such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, or terrorist attacks may have monumental repercussions, sometimes with dramatic and unanticipated consequences on human life and the country鈥檚 economy. Zeghal鈥檚 research focuses on three areas that are central to the national effort to reduce the impact of these hazards: (1) multiscale modeling of geosystems, (2) model validation and calibration, and (3) development of improved optimal design tools. 

The methodology of evaluating and predicting the performance of geosystems is undergoing a significant paradigm shift. Computational simulations are destined to become more prominent than empirical approaches and will ultimately become the main tool for analysis and design of civil systems. A hierarchy of adaptive and cost-effective computational models capable of accurately predicting the multiscale and multiphysics response of geosystems is being developed. This hierarchy enables a seamless handling of the initiation and evolution of the various response and failure mechanisms of soils under extreme loading conditions. The hierarchical models range from homogenized continuum to discontinuous coarse-particle formulations. A class of innovative system identification and inverse problem tools are being developed to calibrate these models using experimental data ranging from soil sample and centrifuge tests to full-scale and field tests. This new generation of computational procedures is being translated to practice through careful interactions with practitioners (from industry and government laboratories) and the introduction of changes in the educational curricula of our students.

Anderson regularly teaches courses in spaceflight mechanics, aerospace vehicle systems design, and aerospace systems control. Anderson earned his bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering and his master鈥檚 degree in dynamic systems and control from the University of California at Berkeley. Then, he worked in the areas of dynamics, structural dynamics, and controls for TRW Space and Technology in Redondo Beach, which is now part of Northrop-Grumman Space Systems. He earned a doctoral degree in applied and computational mechanics from Stanford University. Then, Anderson served as researcher and principal dynamics engineer at TRW where he was associated with various spacecraft and research programs. Next, he was invited to Germany for a two-year period as a visiting scholar, lecturer, and research fellow at the Technische Hochscule - Darmstadt. Anderson joined the faculty of the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mechanics, and Aviation at The Ohio State University in Columbus, where he remained until coming to RPI in 1995.
Anderson is a member of the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the American Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the US Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM), the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi.

Michael Leapman, MD was drawn to the field of urology for the opportunity to care for patients with urologic cancers. He aims, above all, to deliver the highest level of care possible with the utmost consideration and compassion for the impact that cancer places on patients, as well as their families, friends and communities.
Dr. Leapman graduated from Cornell University where he majored in Neurobiology and Behavior, and received his medical school degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. He completed his General Surgery and Urology training at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, NY. Subsequently, he completed a urologic oncology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) accredited by the Society of Urologic Oncology. He joined the faculty at the Yale University School of Medicine and Yale Cancer Center in 2016, specializing in urologic oncology with a joint appointment at the West Haven Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Graham Hatfull, professor of biotechnology, has twice used phage therapy to clear lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis. His lab is also working on ways to prevent the development of bacteria-resistant phages.  

He is the founder and lead scientist of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomic and Evolutionary Science (HHMI SEA-PHAGES), which gives students the chance to discover and name their own viruses. 

Hatfull received his Ph.D. in 1981 with Willie Donachie at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, performed postdoctoral studies with Nigel Grindley at Yale University and with Fred Sanger at the MRC. 

Dr. Cary Gross is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Director of the National Clinician Scholars Program at Yale. Dr. Gross completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and served as chief medical resident at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center the following year. His research addresses comparative effectiveness, quality, and health equity, with a focus on cancer prevention and treatment. He aims to use real-world research to generate knowledge that will inform change in clinical care and health policy. He is a founding Director of Yale鈥檚 Cancer Outcomes Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Center (COPPER). His research has been supported by the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, among others. As a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar, Dr. Gross has advanced training in biostatistics, epidemiology, research ethics, and outcomes research. Follow him on twitter: @cpgYale

Angeliki Damilou is a developmental neuroscientist with a background in psychology. Angeliki obtained her MSc Diploma in Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences at King’s College London and currently she is finishing her PhD studies at the Brain Research Institute at the University of Zurich. Angeliki’s PhD research aims to uncover developmental mechanisms that shape the typical brain connectivity in order to identify critical periods that lead to Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis.

I am an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, with a Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley. I am also concurrent faculty at the Keough School for Global Affairs. Before joining Notre Dame鈥檚 faculty, I was a post-doc at the University of Chicago. My research examines Russia鈥檚 post-Soviet political and economic transformation and engages with questions about how we study market creation in this context and beyond. 

My projects have been supported through research funding from Notre Dame and various external funding sources, including the Swiss National Science Foundation, the European Commission/Marie-Curie Actions, the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies and the Ostersjostiftelsen.  

Susanne Wengle is the author of two books: Post-Soviet Power and Black Earth, White Bread; and editor of Russian Politics Today. 

Dr. Cecchini focuses on developing new treatments for patients living with advanced gastrointestinal cancers. His specific research includes leveraging innovating DNA damaging therapies as a strategy to enhance the immune response. He has participated as both a principal investigator or sub-investigator on more than 100 clinical trials. This includes cooperative group studies, industry studies, as well as investigator initiated clinical trials. He is also the national principal investigator for multiple studies. In addition to his clinical research, Dr. Cecchini collaborates with multiple laboratories to perform bench to bedside research to enhance treatment options for patients living with gastrointestinal cancers.
He currently receives research funding through his NIH K08 Career Development Award which is evaluating the relationship between DNA damage and the immune response for gastrointestinal cancers. He was also awarded a Young Investigator Award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation, during his fellowship.

Guy Garret, M.S., M.B.A., reskilled into a cybersecurity career and decided to make it his mission to help others do the same. As an associate director, technology and training for the Center for Cybersecurity, Garrett is laser-focused on making the Florida Panhandle the place for discovering, developing, and delivering cybersecurity talent to business, government, and non-profit organizations. His goal is to make students 鈥渒eyboard ready.鈥� This gets done by infusing 鈥渞eal-world鈥� techniques and situations into the things students must do in order to complete a class, including those which lead to industry certification. In addition, Garrett leads the Cybersecurity Ambassador program. The 鈥淐A鈥檚鈥� are recruited from among UWF鈥檚 best cybersecurity, information technology, and computer science students. Their job is simple 鈥� inspire K-12 students to take their place. They host virtual and in-person events and summer camps to introduce the next generation to the cyber opportunity. It鈥檚 what Garrett calls 鈥渢he best part of the job.鈥�

Crystal Bennett, PhD, RN, Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice teaches across the Nursing programs.

Dr. Bennett has experience as an acute care nurse in hospital-based settings. Her academic interests focus on developing interprofessional collaboration between health professions and promoting undergraduate research. 

To help students understand the importance of nursing research, she guides nursing students through the process of developing individual research projects that can impact nursing care of patients. Recent student projects include assessing awareness and knowledge of human trafficking among registered nurses and assessment of moral courage among bachelor's in nursing students. Bennett also serves as a consultant to local healthcare agencies on ways to improve staff education and training to improve outcomes.

In addition to mentoring students, Dr. Bennett leads adapted dance intervention research studies to examine the physical and psychological benefits dance has on older adults. Dr. Bennett received funding from the State of Florida Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer's Disease Research Program to study the effects of 12 weeks of adapted dance on agitation and physical function among persons living with Alzheimer's Disease or related dementia disorders. This project is still underway in the local community. 

She received a bachelor鈥檚 in nursing from UWF, master鈥檚 in nursing education with a specialization in adult health from University of South Alabama, and a PhD in nursing science with a minor in aging from the University of Florida.