ACE Faculty Partners
ACE Faculty Partners
Dr. Cheryl Buff (Associate Professor of Marketing) Cbuff*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1552.asp Dr. Buff's research is in the area of branding, marketing ethics, self-control, market segmentation, interactive marketing, and pedagogy. She serves as faculty advisor to the 21st Century Leaders Society and is co-founder and co-chair of the Siena College Student Conference in Business. Dr. Buff has published in Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Product and Brand Management, Sport Marketing Quarterly, Journal of Managerial Issues, and Marketing Education Review.
Dr. Melinda Costello (Professor of Management) mcostello*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1554.asp Dr. Costello's research and professional development interests relate to power and change in a variety of settings. She has authored papers on the assimilation of women at Virginia Military Institute, career change, bully behavior, sexual humor, and power relationships in the undergraduate classroom.
Dr. Raj Devasagayam (Professor of marketing) raj*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1580.asp Raj has published his research in the areas of dispute resolution mechanisms in customer/firm conflicts, not-for-profits, channels, brand strategies, sports marketing, marketing pedagogy, and corporate social responsibility. He has several publications in leading journals such as Journal of Brand Management, Journal of Financial Services Marketing, Marketing Management Journal, and Sport Marketing Quarterly. Raj serves on the board and is the Vice President of Publications of the Marketing Management Association.
Dr. Deborah Kelly (Associate Professor of Management) Dkelly*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1559.asp
Dr. Michael Pepe (Assistant Professor of Marketing)
mpepe*at*siena.edu http://www.siena.edu/pages/1571.asp Michael has published his research in areas involving branding, organizational commitment, point of sale data analysis, and customer lifetime value. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Product and Brand Management, Journal of Marketing Management, and the Journal of Business and Economics Research. Michael has been a member of the American Marketing Association for numerous years and is currently the co-advisor for the Siena student chapter.
Dr. Andrea Smith-Hunter (Professor of Management)
ahunter*at*siena.edu http://www.siena.edu/pages/1555.asp Dr. Smith-Hunter's research area focuses on women entrepreneurs across racial lines. She has published several articles in a number of journals. Her first book, "Diversity and Entrepreneurship: Analyzing Successful Women Entrepreneurs" was published in 2003. Her second book, "Women Entrepreneurs Across Racial Lines: Issues of Human Capital, Financial Capital and Network Structures" is slated for publication in the Fall of 2004.
Dr. Paul Thurston (Assistant Professor of Management)
pthurston*at*siena.edu http://www.siena.edu/pages/1564.asp
Dr. Mary Anne Egan (Professor of Computer Science) Meagan*at*siena.edu
http://www.cs.siena.edu/People/Faculty_Profiles/Egan,_Mary_Anne/
Women & Computer Science
Dr. Jim Booker (Economics) jbooker*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1485.asp
Dr. Booker is an applied economist with a focus on water resources and regional economic analysis. Recent publications include Economic Costs and Benefits of Instream Flow Protection for Endangered Species in an International River Basin (Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2003, with Frank Ward), and Identification of Northeast Regional Industries (published by the The Environmental Institute, University of Massachusetts,2000, with S. Tracey, L. Ambs, and H.L. Greeney). He is vice-president of the New York State Economics Association
Dr. Robin Voetterl (Professor of Education)
rvoetterl*at*siena.edu
Dr. Kate Meierdiercks (Assistant Professor of Environmental Science) kmeierdiercks*at*siena.edu
http://www.sos.siena.edu/~kmeierdiercks/index.html
Watershed and stormwater management
Jen Dorsey (Assistant Professor of History) jdorsey*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/5643.asp Dr. Dorsey has been teaching the history of colonial and Revolutionary America and directing the Center for Revolutionary Era Studies since 2008. Dr. Dorsey's research interests are in the history of the early American republic and her scholarship focuses on African American history and labor history. Her first book,
Hirelings: African American Workers and Free Labor in Early Maryland will be published by Cornell University Press in the spring of 2011. Since arriving at Siena College, Dr. Dorsey has taught a number of service-learning courses in which students assist community partners while both studying history and learning the skills of applied history. These courses include "Investigating Ten Broeck," in which students conducted original research related to Ten Broeck Mansion, a Revolutionary-era historic house museum and home of the Albany Country Historical Association. Their work was presented to the Board of Trustees of the Albany County Historical Association and will be used to enhance their educational programming. She also teaches "Making History!," in which students develop interpretive talks about significant individuals buried in the historic Albany Rural Cemetery. The talks are recored in an MP3 format and will be included in a new interactive map of the Albany Rural Cemetery created by students in the Department of Environmental Studies.
Dr. Karen Mahar (Associate Professor of History)
kmahar*at*siena.edu http://www.siena.edu/pages/4919.asp
Dr. Karen Ward Mahar has been teaching at Siena since 1998, and co-directing the American Studies program since 2000. She regularly teaches HIST101: Shaping of the Contemporary World, and HIST204: U.S. History II. Her upper-division courses have included the history of American cinema, U.S. women's history, the Meanings of Patriotism (co-taught), and American modernism. She is the History and American Studies internship supervisor, and teaches courses in public history, which includes work in museums, archives, archaeology, and other ways in which the public encounters history outside of the classroom. Her public history classes have visited Plimoth Plantation, Old Sturbridge Village, and Colonial Williamsburg for behind-the-scenes tours and seminars.
Dr. Michelle McColgan (Professor of Physics)
mmccolgan*at*siena.edu http://www.sos.siena.edu/physics/People/Faculty_Profiles/McColgan,_Michele/
Robotics for Urban Scholars on Saturdays
Dr. Rose Finn (Professor of Physics)
Rose.a.finn*at*gmail.com
http://www.sos.siena.edu/physics/People/Faculty_Profiles/Finn,_Rose/
Galaxy Evolution
Dr. Max Levine (Assistant Professor of Psychology)
mlevine*at*siena.edu
Health Psychology
Mind-body medicine
Psychophysiology (mind-body interactions)
Nausea and Motion Sickness
Stress and Health
Dr. Karen Boswell (Associate Professor of Psychology) boswell*at*siena.edu
Dr. Tom Dickens (Professor of Religious Studies)
wtdickens*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1942.asp
Areas of expertise:
Dr. Mathew Johnson (Professor of Sociology, Director of Academic Community Engagement)
mjohnson*at*siena.edu Dr. Johnson is a qualitative sociologist, ethnographer, and current Director of the Siena College VISTA Program. His teaching focuses on community and international development, theory, social movements, the environment, and applied sociology. His research is focused on higher education, civic engagement, travel pedagogy, and indigenous movements. He is the recipient of numerous grants and the author of numerous conference papers.
Dr. Sudarat Musikawong (Assistant Professor of Sociology)
smusikawong*at*siena.edu Dr. Sudarat Musikawong earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of California at Santa Cruz. She teaches courses in Sociology of Media, Electronic Journalism, Popular Cultures, Globalization Studies, and Multicultural Studies. She was awarded the Standish Library Literacy grant for an ongoing curriculum project with Dr. Carla Sofka (Social Work). "Archiving 9/11" is a partnership with the New York State Museum. Her research interests focus on transnationalism, media, labor, national memory, and diaspora studies. Her publications include: "Art for October: Thai 1970s Cold War State Violence in Trauma Art," in positions: east asia cultures critique, 2010 and “Mourning State Celebrations: Amnesic Iterations of Political Violence in Thailand,” Identities, Global Studies in Culture and Power.
Dr. Donna McIntosh (Professor of Social Work) mcintosh*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1956.asp Donna joined the Social Work faculty in 1995. Her practice experience is in the areas of youth services, mental health, and management. She has extensive background in social policy, grant writing and systems change. Dr. Carla Sofka (Professor of Social Work)
csofka*at*siena.edu
http://www.siena.edu/pages/1957.asp
Dr. Carla joined the faculty in 2000. Her practice experience includes work with families and adults in mental health, medical, and hospice settings. She has research experience in gerontology, grief and loss, and mental health, and has published in these areas. Current interests include use of technology in clinical social work and education, and public expressions of grief.
Dr. Shannon O'Neill (Director of Women’s Center) soneill*at*siena.edu
Dr. Rachel Stein (Professor of English, Director of Women’s Studies)
stein*at*siena.edu
20th and 21st Century American Multicultural Literature:
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