Founded in 1856, Albright College is a nationally recognized, independent, four-year liberal arts college with an interdisciplinary focus and pre-professional programs located in Reading, Pennsylvania. Albright’s tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and pre-professional programs is rooted in the excellence of its faculty and staff. We are pleased to offer their expertise as a resource to the media and we invite you to call on them.

Inside you will find an alphabetical index of topics as well as an alphabetical listing of experts, and we welcome requests on other topics as well.

If you need assistance contacting the people listed in this directory, or to locate experts on other topics, please call the College Relations Office at 610-921-7526.

Barbara J. Marshall
Associate Vice President, College Relations & Marketing
Albright College
13th & Bern Streets
P.O. Box 15234
Reading, PA 19612-5234

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Carla J. Abodalo, M.S.
Chair/Instructor, Sociology and Criminology
Topics: Terrorism, domestic violence, Islam, Middle East, organized crime, serial murder

Gary L. Adlestein, M.A.
Associate Professor of English/Art/Film, winner of the Director’s Choice Award for the 2007 Black Maria Film and Video Festival for the film Gaudi
Topics: Experimental media, film and video: history, theory and production

Mickey W. Baines
Director of Accelerated Degree Programs-Accelerated Degree Start and Accelerated Degree Completion
Topic: Continuing education for adults

Jon E. Bekken, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Communications
Topics: History of journalism, history of newsboys, labor movement in communications, retail book industry

Chris H. Boehm, M.A.
Director of Admission
Topics: College admission/search, financial aid, Millennials/Generation Y

Thomas C. Brogan, Ph.D.
Chair/Professor of Political Science
Topics: Elections, politics

Charles M. Brown, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Topics: Christian popular culture (especially the creation, production and distribution of contemporary Christian music, books, videos, gifts, etc.), religion and popular culture, urban legends

Doreen Burdalski, M.B.A.
Chair/Assistant Professor of Fashion Merchandising
Topics: Retailing; fashion; merchandise buying, planning, management; visual merchandising; space management; point-of-sale marketing; planograms; floor plans; product development; retailing strategies, operations, mathematics; private label products; retail pricing

Alberto J. Cacicedo, Ph.D.
Chair/Professor of English
Topics: Early modern culture in England (including drama, verse, history, religion and marriage practices), Milton, Shakespeare

Alison Camlin
Director of the Schumo Center for Fitness and Well-Being
Topics: Fitness (general), exercise trends on college campuses, exercise and stress management, Pilates, yoga, wellness programming (especially for 65+)

Karen A. Campbell, Ph.D.
Professor and P. Kenneth Nase, M.D., Chair of Biology, Pre-Med Advisor
Topics: Bat ecology (natural history, benefits, interaction with people, common misperceptions), human physiology

Andrea E. Chapdelaine, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Topics: Close relationships, program evaluation, psychology and the law, statistical and research methods, stereotypes: how we perceive and judge others

Guillaume de Syon, Ph.D.
Professor of History, author of Zeppelins! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939
Topics: Albert Einstein; car culture: the automobile’s arrival as seen in early postcards; The Concorde; history of aviation technology; The Holocaust; Modern Europe (France/Germany/Switzerland); Space Program: do we really need one?; Wright brothers: why they made a difference; zeppelins

Phillip Lynn Dougherty, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has monitored local water quality for two decades
Topics: Environmental chemistry, water pollution, industrial agriculture

Gregory E. Eichhorn, M.B.A.
Vice President for Enrollment Management/Dean of Admission
Topics: Athletic recruitment, college application process, financial aid, men’s lacrosse

Karen V. Evans
Director of Career Development Center and Volunteer Center
Topics: Career development, job trends, effective resumes, job search techniques, handling lay-offs, service learning, volunteers and community service, team building using the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory

Victor J. Forte, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Topics: Eastern religions, environmental compliance

Elizabeth A. Freund, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Topics: American politics, public policy, the Presidency

Matthew M. Garrison, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Digital Media, sculptor/combined media artist who exhibits internationally
Topics: Digital media (as it relates to art, design and entertainment media), visual arts

Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Topics: African-American literature, African-American women writers, Black History Month, hip-hop, literacy in the African-American community

Richard Hamwi, M.F.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art, artist in watercolor and ink, has work in permanent collections in the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution and the Italian Permanent Mission to the United Nations
Topics: Art education, watercolor painting, the value of art in education, the history of watercolor painting

Julia F. Heberle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Topics: Child Development: language, cognitive and social development

Sheila M. Hogue ’03
Assistant to the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admission
Topic: Raising a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Susan M. Hughes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Topics: Evolutionary psychology, kissing, mate selection and attraction, voice attractiveness, hormonal influences on behavior

David S. Johnson, M.B.A.
Manager of Marketing Communications, College Relations and Marketing Office
Topic: Social media (Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, etc.)

Jennifer L. Koosed, Ph.D.
Chair/Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Topics: Hebrew Bible, New Testament, women in Ancient Israel, Early Christianity, monsters in the Bible, representations of Jesus in literature and film, Judaism.
Author of the forthcoming Gleaning Ruth (2010), an exploration of the character of Ruth in the “Book of Ruth,” and co-author of the forthcoming Jesse’s Lineage: The Legendary Lives of David, Jesus, and Jesse James (2011).

John P. Kramer, M.R.P.
Director, Center for Community Leadership, dedicated to educating elected officials and citizenry about government
Topics: Berks County government, community planning and development, educating elected officials for their role in government, local government

Irene Langran, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Topics: International development, global poverty, global health, international women’s issues, human rights, Cambodia, Philippines, Democratization

Barbara J. Marshall, M.A.
Associate Vice President of College Relations and Marketing
Topics: Customer service in higher education (creating a culture of service), service excellence

David A. Martin, D.A., C.F.A.
Chair/Professor of Economics and Business Administration
Topics: Financial markets, investments

Julia Matthews, Ph.D.
Chair/Associate Professor of Theatre/Theatre Director
Topics: Early music performance in theatre, Shakespeare, Renaissance theatre, theatre in higher education

Stephen G. Mech, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Topics: Avian flu, birds, conservation biology, conservation genetics, habitat fragmentation, small mammals, statistics

Lawrence P. Morris, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Topics: Medieval Irish history and literature, medieval English literature, modern Irish language, history of the English language

John R. Pankratz, Ph.D.
Professor of History
Topics: American history, ecological history, family history, food and foodways in America, portrait photography

Newton A. Perrin, Ph.D.
Professor of German and Art History
Topics: Art history from 1700 to present; German literature; Nazi Germany; The German Weimar Republic; Totalitarianism and art; Marcel Proust, the world and work; Thomas Mann; Franz Kafka; political correctness in the academy; problems of literary culture in a visually-oriented culture; topics in European history; film culture; history of photography

Jayanthi Rajan, M.B.A
Instructor of Economics and Business
Topics: General marketing, international marketing, consumer behavior, marketing communications (brand image, advertising, event sponsorships, sales promotion)

Kennon J. Rice, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology
Topics: Race and gender inequality, relationship of crime and delinquency to neighborhood and city characteristics

Farhad Saboori, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Topics: Macroeconomic issues (inflation, unemployment, fiscal and monetary issues), international trade, statistics: forecasting

Larry W. Sands, M.B.A
Instructor of Business, Accelerated Degree Programs
Topics: Production and inventory, planning and control, business statistics, management operational philosophies: Just in Time, Total Quality Management, Theory of Constraints

William Santoro, M.D.
College Physician, Gable Health Center
Topics: Drug and alcohol issues, HIV, sports medicine

Geoffrey D. Schad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History
Topics: Middle East (countries and political movements in the region), Islam, Syria

Gwendolyn Seidman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Topics: Psychology of interpersonal relationships, psychology of the Internet, research methods, statistics in psychology

Timothy J. Steinrock, SPHR
Associate Vice President and Director of Human Resources
Topics: Personnel, human resources

Claudia Strauss, M.A., M.Phil.
Lecturer in Communications, author of Talking to Alzheimer’s, Talking to Depression and Talking to Anxiety
Topics: Alzheimer’s Disease: relationships, family and communication; Depression: relationships and support

Daniel Tannenbaum
Coordinator of the Holocaust Resource Center
Topic: The Holocaust

Jerry Tartaglia
Lecturer in English/Communications/Digital Media, Filmmaker
Topics: Cinema (lesbian and gay cinema, experimental cinema); queer studies (not-same-gender marriage issues); art and writing about lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender culture; Dystopian film and literature; film preservation; digital technology and film; communications (media and new technology)
New film: Is What Was, on homosexual prisoners in Nazi concentration camps

Barton A. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director of Johnson Center for Cultural Ecology and Director of Environmental Studies Program
Topics: Human nature in areas pertaining to crime, sex, war, politics and religion; humans and their effect on the environment; human coalitions; human territoriality; hunter-gatherers (how humans lived in the past and what it says about us today); issues in animal rights; Native Americans of the Arctic

Paula E. Trimpey, M.F.A.
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Fashion
Topics: Fashion, theatrical costumes, Victorian-era fashion

Samantha Wesner, CRNP, RNC, MSN
Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the Gable Health Center
Topics: Student health, women’s health, pandemic planning, Avian flu

Lisa A. Wilder, Ph.D.
Chair/Associate Professor of Economics
Topics: Income inequality, Turkey and the European Union

Marian Frances Wolbers, M.A.
Instructor of ESL and English, freelance writer, author of Burundi (Places and Peoples of the World) and Rider, a novel, and former editor at Time-Life Books
Topics: Creative writing, professional writing, careers in writing, Japanese language, Japanese people and culture, teaching English as a second language

Resource Guide for the Media – Index by Topic

Albright College
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Reading, PA 19612-5234
Published February 2009