University at Albany (SUNY)

Albany, NY
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    236 faculty · 279 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Business Administration55 faculty · 8 courses avg h-index 14 #35 of 59 in Business Administration
    Sanjay Goel, Morris Massry Endowed Professor and Chair h-index 32
    Application of Information Technology in business and engineering applications, Computer Networking and Network Security (including Cryptography and Public Key Infrastructure), Network based distributed computation and availability of servi
    Notable: “Ownership structure, founder leadership, and performance in Norwegian SMEs: implications for financing entrepreneurial opportunities” (2003) · 322 citations
    Xiao Li, Assistant Professor h-index 32
    Incorporating option information into stock portfolio using machine learning methods Identifying geopolitical uncertainty’s effect on corporate M&A Testing whether bond mutual fund managers successfully predict negative earnings surpris
    Notable: “Self-Assembly-Magnetized MXene Avoid Dual-Agglomeration with Enhanced Interfaces for Strong Microwave Absorption through a Tunable Electromagnetic Property” (2019) · 256 citations
    William Wales, Professor and Standish Chair in Entrepreneurship h-index 29
    Entrepreneurial Orientation; Corporate Entrepreneurship and Renewal; Strategic Behavior and Strategy Formulation; CEO Attributes and Strategy-making Instruction & Advising Courses BMGT 698 – New Venture Development Research BMGT 675 – Creat
    Notable: “The Measurement of Entrepreneurial Orientation” (2011) · 1,094 citations
    David M. Smith, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair h-index 29
    Managed funds, portfolio strategies. Instruction & Advising Courses Managerial Finance Investment Management Fixed Income Analysis Derivatives and Risk Management Securities Regulation Massry School of Business Home About Programs Pro
    Notable: “Creditor Control Rights, Corporate Governance, and Firm Value” (2012) · 769 citations
    Courses: Behavioral Foundations of Management · Introduction to Entrepreneurship · Management of Human Resources · Managerial Leadership and Decision Making · Social Entrepreneurship · Motivation, Productivity, and Change Management +2 more
    Psychology37 faculty · 33 courses avg h-index 26.4 #37 of 89 in Psychology
    Gordon Gallup, Professor Emeritus h-index 69
    Notable: “Chimpanzees: Self-Recognition” (1970) · 1,769 citations
    Mitch Earleywine, Professor h-index 49
    Etiology and Maintenance of Problem Drug Use Measurement and Statistics Marijuana Policy Psychology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Diversity and Inclusion in Psychology Programs Student Resources
    Notable: “Development and Validation of the Biphasic Alcohol Effects Scale” (1993) · 685 citations
    Laurie Feldman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus h-index 41
    Notable: “Lexical and conceptual representation in beginning and proficient bilinguals” (1984) · 674 citations
    Jeanette Altarriba, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences; Professor h-index 41
    Notable: “The influence of lexical and conceptual constraints on reading mixed-language sentences: Evidence from eye fixations and naming times” (1996) · 347 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Psychology · Psychology of Child Development · Statistical Methods in Psychology · Experimental Psychology · Introduction to Biopsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience · Psychopathology +27 more
    Criminal Justice37 faculty · 50 courses avg h-index 19.4
    Terence P. Thornberry, Professor Emeritus h-index 64
    Professor Thornberry's research interests focus on understanding the development of delinquency and crime over the life course, the impact of gang membership on human development, the causes and consequences of child maltreatment, and the i
    James Acker, O'Leary Professor h-index 45
    James Acker's interests include the integration of social science into law, and legal doctrine relating to criminal procedure, criminal law, juvenile justice, miscarriages of justice, and capital punishment. He has authored and co-edited se
    Justin Pickett, Professor h-index 44
    Public Opinion, Survey Research Methods, Police-Community Relations, Theories of Punishment School of Criminal Justice Home About Us People Staff Faculty PhD Student Profiles Degree Programs Research Student & Faculty Resources
    David McDowall, Professor Emeritus h-index 38
    The social distribution of crime and victimization; juvenile justice and firearm violence policies; historical patterns in criminal offending and the time series properties of crime rate trends. Professor McDowall’s scholarship focuse
    Courses: Introduction to the Criminal Justice Process · Introduction to Law and Criminal Justice · Criminology · Introduction to Statistics in Criminal Justice · Introduction to Research Design in Criminal Justice · Wrongful Convictions +44 more
    Computer Science26 faculty · 35 courses avg h-index 15.3 #71 of 88 in Computer Science
    Ming-Ching Chang, Associate Professor h-index 53
    Dr. Chang's research interests include computer vision, video analytics, artificial intelligence. Personal Page Please visit Dr. Chang's personal page for more about his research, current publications, grants, awards and
    Notable: “Deep Learning for Person Re-Identification: A Survey and Outlook” (2021) · 2,093 citations
    Jeff Offutt, Professor and Chair h-index 48
    Software testing Computer science and software engineering education Software evolution and maintenance Selected Publications Paul Ammann and Jeff Offutt, Introduction to Software Testing, second edition, 2016, Cambridge University P
    Notable: “MuJava: an automated class mutation system” (2004) · 635 citations
    Pradeep K. Atrey, Associate Professor h-index 28
    Security and privacy with a focus on secure-domain cloud-based large-scale multimedia analytics (i.e., encrypted domain processing, cleaning, editing, searching and deduplication of multimedia data), media-rich disinformation detection, for
    Notable: “Multimodal fusion for multimedia analysis: a survey” (2010) · 1,226 citations
    Paliath Narendran, Professor h-index 28
    Research Interests: Automated reasoning, formal verification, pattern matching Formal methods: Automated reasoning and its applications Publications Selected Publications On Forward Closure and the Finite Variant Property (with Chris Boucha
    Notable: “Church-Rosser Thue systems and formal languages” (1988) · 129 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Computer Science · Discrete Structures · Data Structures · Societal and Ethical Implications of Computing · Principles of Programming Languages · Introduction to Software Engineering +29 more
    Government24 faculty · 23 courses avg h-index 11.7 #54 of 100 in Political Science
    Victor Asal, Professor h-index 34
    Es on the choice of violence by non-state organizational actors as well as the causes of political discrimination by states against different groups such as sexual minorities, women and ethnic groups. In addition, Prof. Asal has done resear
    Notable: “The Nature of the Beast: Organizational Structures and the Lethality of Terrorist Attacks” (2008) · 491 citations
    Bryan Early, Professor h-index 23
    Sanctions, WMD Proliferation, International Relations, & Political Violence
    Notable: “Sleeping With Your Friends’ Enemies: An Explanation of Sanctions-Busting Trade” (2009) · 130 citations
    Meredith Weiss, Professor and Graduate Studies Director h-index 21
    Notable: “Edging Toward a New Politics in Malaysia: Civil Society at the Gate?” (2009) · 72 citations
    Rey Koslowski, Professor and MIA Program Director h-index 19
    In the field of international relations dealing with international organization, European integration, international migration, information technology, and homeland security. He is the author of Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change
    Notable: “Understanding change in international politics: the Soviet empire's demise and the international system” (1994) · 285 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Political Science · American Politics · Comparative and International Politics · Political Theory · Introduction to Public Policy · Political Thought +17 more
    Sociology20 faculty · 34 courses avg h-index 16.4 #11 of 39 in Sociology
    Tse-Chuan Yang, Professor h-index 33
    Spatial demography, mortality, and health disparities. Specifically, he investigates whether, and if so, how social and built neighborhood environment factors explain the gaps in a range of health outcomes across racial/ethnic, geograph
    Notable: “Mapping the results of local statistics” (2012) · 213 citations
    Glenn Deane, Professor h-index 32
    Population and Environment Methods for Correlated Errors Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
    Notable: “The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies.” (1994) · 2,168 citations
    Zai Liang, Distinguished Professor and Chair h-index 28
    Internal and International Migration Social Demography Urban Sociology Race and Ethnic Relations China Studies Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities
    Notable: “China's Floating Population: New Evidence from the 2000 Census” (2004) · 521 citations
    Samantha Friedman, Professor h-index 25
    Urban Sociology Immigration Housing Sociology Home Programs Research Faculty Department Office Internships in Sociology Diversity and Inclusion Honors Opportunities Honors Program AKD Honors Society
    Notable: “County child poverty rates in the US: a spatial regression approach” (2006) · 201 citations
    Courses: Introduction to Sociology · Social Problems · Political Sociology · Criminology · Sociology of Culture · Statistics for Sociologists +28 more

    Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Partial — enrichment ongoing.

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    About University at Albany (SUNY). University at Albany (SUNY) in Albany, NY reports an overall acceptance rate of 69.1%, an SAT middle 50% of 1160–1310, a class size of 2,830, and a yield of 13.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. SUNY research university with SUNY Top 10% Promise auto-admit. Strong in criminal justice, public administration, and nanoscale science. Test-optional.