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Kenneth Aslakson

Job Title

Associate Professor of History

American Studies Program Director

Lippman Hall 106

Phone

(518) 388-8794

aslaksok@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: History, Africana Studies, American Studies

B.A., Southwestern University; J.D., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
David A. Cotter

Job Title

Professor of Sociology

Lippman Hall 225

Phone

(518) 388-6457

cotterd@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies

B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
Lorraine Morales Cox

Job Title

Associate Professor of Visual Arts

Chair of the Visual Arts Department

Visual Arts Center 310

Phone

(518) 388-8038

coxl@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Visual Arts, Africana Studies, American Studies, LACS

B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Feffer

Job Title

Professor of History

Co-Director of Film Studies

36 Union Avenue 103

Phone

(518) 388-6787

feffera@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: History, American Studies, Film Studies

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Andrea R. Foroughi

Job Title

Associate Professor of History

Chair of the History Department

Lippman Hall 116

Phone

(518) 388-7109

forougha@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: History, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

B.A., Santa Clara University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Melinda A. Goldner

Job Title

Professor of Sociology

Chair of the Department of Sociology

Lippman Hall 217

Phone

(518) 388-6425/6292

goldnerm@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Bradley Hays

Job Title

Chair of the Political Science Department

Associate Professor

Lippman Hall 203

Phone

518 (388)-6227

haysb@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies

B.S., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Maryland
Deidre Hill-Butler

Job Title

Associate Professor of Sociology

Lippman Hall 206

Phone

(518) 388-8070

bulterd@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, Africana Studies, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Clark University
Bradley Lewis

Job Title

Professor of Economics

Lippman Hall 220

Phone

(518) 388-6089

lewisb@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Economics, American Studies, Asian Studies

B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Tom Lobe

Job Title

Senior Lecturer

Lippman Hall 111

Phone

(518) 388-8740

lobet@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies

B.A., Earlham College; M.A., London School of Economics; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Katherine Lynes

Job Title

Associate Professor

Karp Hall 202

Phone

(518) 388-8768

lynesk@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, Africana Studies, American Studies, ESPE

B.A., M.A., Portland State University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Lori Marso

Job Title

Professor of Political Science

Africana Studies Program Director

Lippman Hall 115

Phone

(518) 388-6626

marsol@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, Africana Studies, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

B.S., University of South Dakota; M.S., London School of Economics; Ph.D., New York University
Victoria J. Martinez

Job Title

Professor of Spanish

Karp Hall 221

Phone

(518) 388-6359

martinev@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: MLL, American Studies, LACS

B.A., M.A., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Jillmarie Murphy

Job Title

Professor of English

Director of the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program

Karp Hall 104

Phone

(518) 388-8796

murphyj@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, American Studies

B.A., M.A., College of Saint Rose; Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York
Timothy Olsen

Job Title

Professor of Music

Director of Jazz Ensemble

Taylor Music Center 204

Phone

(518) 388-6563

olsent@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Music, Africana Studies, American Studies, LACS, WMC

B.M., Washington University; D.M.A., M.M., Yale University; M.A., University of Minnesota
Zoe Oxley

Job Title

Professor of Political Science

Lippman Hall 226

Phone

(518) 388-6719

oxleyz@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies

A.B., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University
Robert Samet

Job Title

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Lamont House 306

Phone

(518) 388-6299

sametr@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Anthropology, American Studies, LACS

B.A., Duke University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Jordan Smith

Job Title

Edward Everett Hale Jr., Professor of English

Karp Hall 205

Phone

(518) 388-6573

smithj@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, American Studies

B.A., Empire State College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.F.A., The University of Iowa
Timothy P. Stablein

Job Title

Associate Professor of Sociology

Lippman Hall 216

Phone

(518) 388-6712

stableit@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies

B.S., Bridgewater State College; M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Bunkong Tuon

Job Title

Associate Professor of English

Asian Studies Program Director

Karp Hall 216

Phone

(518) 388-6044

tuonb@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, American Studies, Asian Studies

B.A., California State University at Long Beach; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Dan Venning

Job Title

Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance

Henle Dance Pavilion 202

Phone

(518) 388-7035

venningd@union.edu

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Theater & Dance, English, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, American Studies

Ph.D., City University of New York; M. Litt., University of St. Andrews; B.A., Yale University