| Alpert, William,
Associate Professor, Economics
Background: Professor Alpert received his Ph.D. from Columbia
University. He has published extensively including his book, The Minimum Wage in the
Restaurant Industry. He received a U.S. Small Business Administration grant to survey
and compute costs of mandated family and medical leave. Among other memberships, he is the
former Chair of the Water Pollution Control Authority in Bridgeport, CT.
Expertise: Labor Economics, Fringe Benefits, Compensation Policy, Minimum Wage
Unions (Trade Unions), and Mandated Benefits
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| Anderson, Susan Leigh, Professor,
Philosophy
Background: Professor Anderson received her Ph.D. from UCLA.
She is widely published and has received numerous grants and honors. Through her research
she has produced substantial articles on the Self, free will, & applied ethics, and
has co-authored logic software. She also has a book in progress: A Practical Theory of
Moral Responsibility. Dr. Anderson is co-Director of the UConn Stamford Honors Scholar
Program.
Expertise: The Self, Applied Ethics, Critical Reasoning/Logic, 19th
Century Philosophy, Philosophy in Literature
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| Arms, Karen, Associate
Professor,School of Family Studies,
Department: Human Development and Family Relations
Background: Ph.D. in Education,
Kent State University (KSU). Current Director, Institute for Children, Youth, and
Families; Parent Advocate columnist, The Advocate; service on Boards of Directors for the
United Way of Stamford, the Stamford Symphony Society, and the Forum for World Affairs.
Former Director, UConn-Stamford Campus; Fellow, American Council on Education, at
University of California-Berkeley; Director, School of Family and Consumer Studies, KSU;
Assistant Dean, College of Fine and Professional Arts, KSU. Urban League Partnership in
Education Award; offices in national professional associations; multiple Who's Who
listings. Professional publications and presentations on administration, education,
partnerships, and human
development.
Expertise: Administration, Human Development,
Education, Community Human Services
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Department:Human Development and
Family Relations
Office: 3.35
Institute for Children, Youth, and Families: Rooms 3.36 and 3.37
Phone: (203) 251-8591
Email: armsk@stamford.uconn.edu
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| Aschkenasy, Nehama, Professor-in-Residence,
Judaic Studies & Middle Eastern Studies
Background: A Ph.D. in Comparative
Literature from New YorkUniversity, and founding Director of the Center for Judaic &
Middle Eastern Studies. Author of three books, among them the award winning "Eve's
Journey: feminine Images in Hebraic Literary tradition" and the recently published
"Woman at the Window: Biblical tales of Oppression and Escape," as well as
numerous essays in books and professional journals.
Expertise: Bible as literature, biblical influences in English literature, women in
Judaic literature, Hebraic literature, Israeli & Middle Eastern literature, society
and politics.
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| Binsteiner, Christine C., Lecturer, Language
Background: Instructor Binsteiner has a Masters degree in
Social & Economic Geography, Sociology & Social anthropology from the University
of Munich in Germany. She completed a dissertation based on an analysis developed using
the city of Furstenfeldbruck, Germany as a model: "Development of Industrial
Structures and Activities in Mixed Residential and Commercial Areas."
Expertise: Culture & Language: German Speaking countries, Economics & Trade
in the European Community, European Trade Practices
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| Blatt, Joel, Associate
Professor, History
Background: Professor Blatt received his Ph.D. from the
University of Rochester. He has published a number of articles on France and Italy between
the two world wars and is presently working on two books. He has received several noted
grants from the UConn Research Foundation, and has served a Provost's Fellowship. He is a
recipient of the UConn Outstanding Teacher Award.
Expertise: European History: French Revolution to the Present, 20th
Century Europe, France, 1900 - 1945, Italy 1914 - 1945
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| Brown, Pamela, Assistant Professor, English
Background: Professor Brown is a specialist in
Shakespeare studies and Renaissance literature, with a focus on popular culture and
women's studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University (1998), and had published
articles on Ben Jonson, Shakespeare, and a female rogue of the sixteenth century.
Expertise: Shakespeare studies; Renaissance Literature
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| Cramer, Patricia, Assistant Professor, English/Women's Studies
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| Crispino, James A., Lecturer,
Sociology
Background: Instructor Crispino received his Ph.D. from
Columbia University. He has conducted research on measuring the extent of prejudice in the
U.S.; and on the effects of forced relocation on families and individuals. Dr. Crispino
published a book entitled The Assimilation of ethnic Groups and several articles. He
participated in the Harvard University Program for Senior Executives in State and Local
government.
Expertise: Urban Affairs, Program Development, Crime and deviance, Race and
Ethnicity, Program Evaluation
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| Cygan, Mary E., Associate
Professor, History
Background: Professor Cygan received her Ph.D. from
Northwestern University. Her research focuses on American immigrant communities with a
special emphasis on ethnicity and leadership. Her articles have explored the Polish
American family, religion and popular culture. She is currently writing a book on
immigrant radicalism in the early twentieth century.
Expertise: History of Immigration to the U.S., Immigrant Communities & Family
Life, Ethnic Politics & Popular Culture
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| Del Gaizo, Edward R., Lecturer, Psychology
Background: Instructor Del Gaizo received his Ph.D. in
educational Psychology from Fordham University and an MA in Industrial Psychology from
Ohio State University. He has conducted research and published on Curriculum Design,
Sales, Training Needs Analysis, and on Managerial Effectiveness.
Expertise: Industrial Psychology, Employee Attitudes, Sales Performance, customer
Satisfaction
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| Delohery, Andy, Title, Department
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| Drucker, Arnold, Associate
Professor, Chemistry
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| Engel, Gerald, Professor,
Computer Science and Engineering
Background: Professor Engle received his D.Ed. from
Pennsylvania State university. He is distinguished for initiating curriculum studies in
computer Science, which defined the field. He created the National Educational Computing
Conference of which he served as its first Chair. He has extensively published in his
field, with particular focus on curriculum in computer Sciences.
Expertise: Computer Science, Computer Education, Ethics & Computers, Social
Issues in Computing, Government Science Policy and Accreditation
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| Harmon, Oskar, Associate Professor, Economics
Background: Professor Harmon received his Ph.D. from Rutgers
University where he received a Doctoral Dissertation Award. He later received a Yale
University Faculty Fellowship, and worked as a Senior Economist for the New York State Tax
Study Commission. Dr. Harmon has published several articles on state tax policy and
housing economics in the journals of: National Tax Journal, State Tax Notes, Journal
of Urban Economics, and Public Finance Review. He has co-authored a tax revenue
estimating model for the Connecticut Governor's Office, and authored an interactive
multimedia CD for Principles of Macroeconomics. Web Site with vita
Expertise: Economic Damages, State Tax Policy, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
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| Husu, Cristiano, Associate
Professor, Mathematics
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| Jalbert, Paul L., Associate Professor, Communication Sciences
Background: Professor Jalbert received his Ph.D. from Boston
University. He is well published with research emphasis on explicating U.S. mass media
expressions of international affairs: notably Haiti, Cuba, Zaire, and the
Palestinian/Israeli Conflict. He is the recipient of a CT Humanities Council grant, used
to fund "The Changing Nature of Poverty In Southern Connecticut," Conference.
Expertise: Mass Media Discourse Analysis, Practical Reasoning, Interpersonal
Communication, Propaganda
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| Kornberg, Judith, Lecturer,
Political Science
Background: Instructor Kornberg received her Ph.D. from the
University of Connecticut. She recently published a book on China & World Politics,
and has written several articles in her field particularly on Sino-American Relations. She
has received several grants and honors including a Truman Library dissertation Fellowship,
an LBJ Library Research Grant, and both UConn and SUNY fellowships.
Expertise: Comparative Politics, Diplomatic History, International Relations
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| Lanza, A. Stephen, Lecturer, Family Studies
Background: Instructor Lanza is working on his Ph.D. in
Family Studies at the university of Connecticut. In addition to teaching courses at the
UConn Stamford Campus, he is the Program Director of the Family Violence Program at the
Storrs Campus and is a CT Licensed Marital & Family Therapist. Among his honors, he
has received a research grant for "CT's Family Violence Education Program: A
Systematic Evaluation."
Expertise: Marital Therapy, Family Violence, Family Studies, Family therapy,
Domestic Violence, Psychotherapy
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| Lefebvre, Jeffrey A., Associate
Professor, Political Science
Background: Professor Lefebvre received his Ph.D. from the
University of Connecticut. Among his works, he has published a book, Arms for the Horn:
U.S. Security Policy in Ethiopia and Somalia, 1953-1991. He received the Malone
Fellowship in Islamic & Arab Studies in 1993 and 1995 for study visits to Kuwait,
Syria and Saudi Arabia. He has made numerous presentations at academic conferences.
Expertise: American Foreign Policy, Middle East, Horn of Africa/Northeast Africa,
Director -- Middle Eastern Language & Area Studies Program
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| Levy, Elana, Associate
Professor, Psychology
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| Love, Peter, Associate
Professor, Chemistry
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| Majumdar, Suman, Assistant Professor, Statistics
Background: Professor Majumdar is on leave for the spring and
fall semesters, 1997.
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| Margolis, Diane, Associate
Professor, Sociology
Background: Professor Margolis received her Ph.D. from New
York University. She is widely published and has authored two books: Images of the Self
and The Managers: Corporate Life in America. Her awards and honors are many,
including serving as a Yale Visiting Faculty; receiving a bunting Fellowship from
Radcliffe-Harvard; and a fellowship from the Center for the American Woman and Politics.
Expertise: Sociology, Culture, Gender, The Self
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| McDonnell, Mark, Associate
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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| McManus, George, Associate
Professor, Marine Sciences
Background: Professor McManus received his Ph.D. from SUNY
Stony Brook. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation and from
the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, and has conducted research off
Bermuda, the Caribbean Sea, Coastal Chile, and Northwest Atlantic Ocean. His current
research is on plankton that eat bloom-forming algae
in Long Island Sound.
Expertise: Plankton Ecology, Coastal Oceanography, Limnology, Estuaries, Marine
Microbiology
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| Menon, Venu, Associate
Professor, Mathematics
Background: Professor Menon received his Ph.D. from the
University of Connecticut and earned his Masters in Mathematics from the Indian Institue
of Technology in Madras, India. He has published several research papers in his areas of
expertise and has written numerous articles including: Priestley Spaces; Z-continuous
Posets; Fuzzy Ordered Sets; and Separation of Points in Posets.
Expertise: Partially Ordered Sets, Lattice Theory, Fuzzy Mathematics, Actuarial
Mathematics
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| Pandit, Lalita, Associate
Professor, English
Background: Professor Pandit is on leave for the 1996-1997
academic year.
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| Pelliccione, Joseph, Lecturer,
Civil Engineering
Background: Instructor Pelliccione received his MS in Civil
Engineering and his MBA from the University of Connecticut. He has published an article on
"Cross Bracing Design" in the ASCE Journal. Instructor Pelliccione is a Partner
in the consulting firm of Hallama, McDonald & van der Poll.
Expertise: Structural Engineering
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| Perrone, James V., Lecturer,
Psychology
Background: Dr. Perrone received his Ph.D. from St. John's
University. He conducted a study: Psychoeducational Profile of Italian American
Students in CUNY through a CUNY Faculty Research Fellowship. He has also received a
New York State Regents Teaching fellowship; a Title III Student Development Grant; and the
Susan Moscowitz Grand award for Outstanding Student Development Professional at CUNY.
Expertise: Developmental Disabilities, Psychological Counseling & Testing,
Attention Deficit Disorder
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| Sawyer, Charles, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
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| Sehulster, Jerome R.,
Professor, Psychology
Background: Professor Sehulster received his Ph.D. from the
University of Delaware. He was honored for Excellence in Teaching, and most recently
published on memory and cognition. He has also distinguished himself in the Stamford
community for his knowledge of the history of Opera. He is opera critic for The
Advocate/Greenwich Time.
Expertise: Experimental Psychology, Memory Theory, Personality, Problem
Solving/Thinking, Opera History
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| Shaw, Fran, Associate
Professor, English
Background: Professor Shaw received her Ph.D. from Union
Institute. She has published nine books, including her latest book on 50 Ways to Help
You Write, several articles, poems, and a video course. She was honored as a Danforth
Fellow and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. As an expert in teaching how to write, she has served
as a consultant to several corporations, and continues to present workshops to groups.
Expertise: Business Writing, Creative Writing, Ways to Teach Writing, Composition,
Effective Writing
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| Sporny, Lora A., Lecturer,
Nutrition Science
Background: Instructor Sporny, a registered dietitian,
received her Ed.D. in Nutrition Education and her M.Ed. in community Nutrition Education
from Teachers College, Columbia University. Among her writings, she recently published Stages
of change in dietary Fat Reduction: Social Psychological Correlates in the Journal
of Nutrition Education.
Expertise: Nutrition, Diet Trends, Disease Prevention
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| Storhoff, Gary, Associate
Professor, English
Background: Professor Storhoff received his Ph.D. from the
University of Connecticut. He has published journal articles on various authors including
Gloria Naylor, Richard Wright, Chester Himes, William Faulkner and film producer Spike
Lee. Among his honors, he received two Teaching Grants from the CT Humanities council to
broaden high school curriculum offerings in African-American literature.
Expertise: American Literature, African-American Literature, William Faulkner, Film
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| Tec, Nechama, Professor,
Sociology
Background: Professor Tec is on leave for the 1996-1997
academic year
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| Waddell, Brian, Assistant
Professor, Political Science
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| Watnick, Richard, Associate
Professor, Mathematics
Background: Professor Watnick received his Ph.D. from Rutgers
University. He is the recipient of the 1995 UConn Stamford Teach of the Year Award. Dr.
Watnick has several publication in his field and has presented at academic conferences
including the Calculus Reform Conference at Harvard and the American Mathematical Society
Summer Institute in Recursion Theory at Cornell.
Expertise: Mathematical Logic, Recursion Theory, Foundations, Computer Theory,
Turing Machines, Calculus Reform
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| Yarish, Charles, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Background:Prof. Yarish
received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. he has published extensively including two
co-edited book entitled "Economically Important marine Plants of the Atlantic: Their
Biology and Cultivation" and " received the 1992 MARINALG Award's First Prize
(at the XIVth International Seaweed Symposium, Brittany, France) for his work in East
Africa (Kenya) judged to be the most useful research to promote economic development of
the world seaweed industry. he has The Scientific Research Society of North America,
Northeast Algal Society, World Aquaculture Society and the Korean Phycological Society.
Among other memberships, he is a member of the Advisory Boards for Norwalk Community and
Technology College's Enviro Prof. Yarish is interested in the ecology, genetics and
phytogeography of economically important marine macroalgae and marine angiosperms. He is
particularly interested in the aquaculture of marine plants and the development of new
technologies. UConn
Stamford Marine Biotechnology Laboratories. Online Vita
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| Yim, Kwan H., Lecturer,
Political Science
Background: Instructor Yim received his Ph.D. from the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has written on China since Mao and on China under
Deug, and has edited books on U.S. - Chinese Relations. He is currently conducting
research on International Trade laws. He has received a Fulbright award and a U.S.
Institute of Peace award. Dr. Yim guest lectures on International Trade related issues and
on Korea.
Expertise: International Politics, East Asia, Comparative Politics, Korea.
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