Anatomy   Ana Maria Cuervo (amcuervo@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Medicine; Anatomy & Structural Biology, Developmental & Molecular Biology Degrees: MD; PhD,University of Valencia (Spain) Associate Professor   Bible   Moshe Bernstein (mjbrnstn@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Dead Sea Scrolls research, early Jewish biblical interpretation Degrees: BA, MHL, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Fordham University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Professor of Bible   Shalom Carmy (carmy@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Biblical thought, modern Jewish thought with an emphasis on Rabbis Soloveitchik and Kook, religious Zionism, INTERFACE OF JEWISH THOUGHT AND HUMANITIES Degrees: BA, MS, Yeshiva University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Assistant Professor of Bible   Mordechai Cohen (cohenm@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Bible and biblical exegesis Degrees: BA, MA, PhD, Yeshiva University; MA, Columbia University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Associate Professor of Bible   Naomi Grunhaus (ngrunhau@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Medieval Jewish biblical exegesis Degrees: BS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MA, MS, PhD, New York University Assistant Professor of Bible   Michelle Levine (mjlevine@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Medieval biblical exegesis, Nachmanides' literary approach to Bible Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MS, Yeshiva University; PhD, New York University Assistant Professor of Bible   Business and Economics   Robert Greenberg (greenbe2@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Constitutional law, intellectual property law, the Supreme Court, Business organizations (agency law, partnership law, and corporation law), contracts law Degrees: BA, JD, LLM, Yeshiva University Assistant Professor of business law   Dennis Hoover (hoover@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Economics, econometrics Degrees: BA, Ohio University; PhD, Columbia University Lecturer in economics   Aaron Levine (alevine@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish Commercial Law; Jewish Business Ethics; the interface between economics and Jewish law as it relates to public policy and modern business practices. Degrees: Brooklyn College; MA, PhD New York University; Rabbinical Ordination, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School, Yoreh Yoreh, Yadin Yadin. Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics   Moses Pava (mpava@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Business ethics, Jewish business ethics, corporate social responsibility Degrees: BA, Brandeis University; MPhil, PhD, New York University Alvin H. Einbender Professor of Business Ethics; professor of accounting   Education   Karen Bacon (kbacon@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Institutional leadership, Jewish education, women's education Degrees: BA, Yeshiva University; PhD, University of California at Los Angeles The Monique C. Katz Dean, Stern College for Women;Professor of Biology   Elizabeth Lazaroff (lazaroff@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Curriculum and teacher education, elementary education, arts in education, dance education Degrees: BA, Harvard University; PhD, Stanford University Assistant Professor of Education; Director of Teacher Education   Humanities   Louis Feldman (lfeldman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Hellenistic Judaism, Jewish attitudes toward Jesus and Christianity, conversion to Judaism, anti-Semitism, Hanukkah, Josephus and Philo Degrees: BA, MA, Trinity College; PhD, Harvard University Abraham Wouk Family Professor of Classics and Literature   Paula Geyh (geyh@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Comparative literature, literary theory, American literature, American postmodernism, 20th-century American fiction Degrees: BA, Miami University; MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of English   David Glaser (dglaser@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Music of the 20th-century, music composition Degrees: BA, Hunter College, City University of New York; MA, Queens College, City University of New York; DMA, Columbia University Visiting Assistant Professor of Music   Joanne Jacobson (jacobson@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: American literature, American culture, American autobiography, creative nonfiction, American Jewish literature Degrees: BA, University of Illinois; MA, PhD, University of Iowa Associate Dean of Yeshiva College   Nora Nachumi (nachumi@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: 18th-century British literature, theater history, women's literature, women's studies, popular culture Degrees: BA, State University of New York at Purchase; PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York Assistant Professor of English   Adam Zachary Newton (anewton@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: 19th, 20th-century, and contemporary American literature; comparative literature, the novel, philosophical approaches to literature (ethics, hermeneutics), literary and narrative theory, history of criticism, 20th-century Jewish poetry and prose, modern Jewish thought. Degrees: BA, Haverford; MA, PhD Harvard University Professor and English Department Chair   Peninnah Schram (schram@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Storytelling, speech communication, oral interpretation of literature, history of theater Degrees: BA, University of Connecticut; MA, Columbia University Professor of Speech and Drama   David Shatz (shatz@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Relationship between science and religion, philosophy of law and religion, Jewish political philosophy, Jewish ethics Degrees: BA, MS, Yeshiva University; MA, New York University; MPhil, PhD, Columbia University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Professor of Philosophy   Jewish Education   Aharon Fried (friedaha@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Educating Orthodox children with learning disabilities, special education Degrees: MA, PhD, New School University Associate Professor of psychology   Scott Goldberg (sjgoldbe@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Multilingual literacy development and assessment, the connection between learning disabilities and behavioral disorder, bilingual education, special education Degrees: BA, University of Chicago; MS Ed, Bank Street College of Education; PhD, New York University Assistant Professor of education and psychology   David Pelcovitz (dpelcovi@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Parenting, adolescent development, family trauma, child abuse, at-risk children Degrees: BA, MS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; PhD, University of Pennsylvania Gwendolyn and Joseph Strauss Professor of Education and Psychology   Jacob J. Schacter (jschacte@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Contemporary American Jewish community, religious Zionism, thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, early modern Jewry, autobiography Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MA, PhD, Harvard University Senior Scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future and University Professor of Jewish History and Jewish Thought at Yeshiva University   David Schnall (dschnall@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish education, human resources and development, professional ethics, Jewish family/community, Israel, gerontology, training for health, mental health, and social service organizations Degrees: BA, MS, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, Fordham University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Dean, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration   Moshe Sokolow (msokolow@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish education, Islam Degrees: BA, MA, PhD, Yeshiva University Fanya Gottesfeld-Heller Professor of Jewish Education   Jewish History   Jeffrey Gurock (gurock@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Religious and social life of Jews, New York Jewish history Degrees: BA, City College, City University of New York; PhD, Columbia University Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History   Ephraim Kanarfogel (kanarfog@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Medieval Jewish history and culture Degrees: BA, MA, PhD, Yeshiva University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Director, Rebecca Ivry Department of Jewish Studies; E. Billi Ivry Professor of Jewish History   Haim Soloveitchik (solo@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Halakhic history, medieval religious movements, medieval communal organization, contemporary haredi world Degrees: BA, Harvard University; MA, PhD, Hebrew University Merkin Family Professor of Jewish History and Literature   Joshua Zimmerman (zimmerm@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Modern East European Jewish history, Polish-Jewish relations, the origins of anti-Semitism in Europe before and during the Holocaust Degrees: BA, University of California, Santa Cruz; MA, University of California at Los Angeles; PhD, Brandeis University Eli and Diana Zborowski Professor of Interdisciplinary Holocaust Studies; assistant professor of interdisciplinary Holocaust studies and Easter European Jewish history   Jewish History, Literature and Philosophy   David Berger (dberger@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Medieval Jewish History; Intellectual History of the Jews; Jewish-Christian Relations; Jewish Messianism; contemporary Orthodox Judaism Degrees: Professor of Jewish History, Bernard Revel Graduate Schoo   Debra Kaplan (dkaplan1@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Early Modern Europe, Jewish-Christian Relations, Protestant Reformation, self-texts Degrees: BA, Barnard College, MA, PhD, Universoty of Pennsylvania   Jewish Music   Bernard Beer (beer@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Synagogue music, Jewish music and liturgy Degrees: BA, City College, City University of New York; Cantorial Diploma, Belz School of Jewish Music Director, Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music   Jewish Studies   Benjamin Blech (bblech@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish communal concerns and contemporary issues, fundamentals of Judaism Degrees: BA, Yeshiva University; MA, Columbia University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Assistant Professor of Talmud   J. David Bleich (bleich@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish law, ethics, bioethics, applications of Jewish law to contemporary social issues, the interface of Jewish law with the American legal system Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MA, Columbia University; PhD, New York University Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics; professor of law; rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Rabbi Kenneth J. Brander ((brander@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish perspective on end of life issues, cloning and stem cell research, organ donation, infertility, religious Zionism, and contemporary society. Degrees: BA, Yeshiva University; MA, Florida Atlantic University; Ordination, RIETS; Ordination in Medical Ethics (Fertility & Jewish Law), Machon Puah   Zevulun Charlop (charlop@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Rabbinic studies, religion in American government, religion and the Founding Fathers, American history Degrees: BA, Yeshiva University; MA, Columbia University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Yaakov Elman (yelman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: History of the oral Torah, the effects of oral transmission, the relationship of oral to written Torah, the function of both in Jewish history Degrees: BS, City College, City University of New York; MA, Columbia University; PhD, New York University Associate Professor of Jewish studies   Steven Fine (sfine2@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Second Temple and Talmudic History, Jewish art and archaeology, History of the Synagogue, ancient Christianity, Samaritanism Degrees: BA (Religious Studies), University of California, Santa Barbara; MA (History of Art), University of Southern California; PhD (Jewish History), Hebrew University of Jerusalem Professor of Jewish History; Director, YU Center for Israel Studies   Susan Horwitz (shorwitz@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Poineer in the development of Taxol Degrees: BA Byrn Mawr College; PhD, Brandeis University Rose C. Falkenstein Professor of Cancer Research; Professor and CoChair, Molecular Pharmacology, Professor, Cell Biology   Arthur Hyman (ahyman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: History of medieval Jewish and Islamic philosophy, modern Jewish thought, Maimonides, Jewish ethics Degrees: BA, St. John's College; MA, PhD, Harvard University Dean, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies; Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy   Norman Lamm (nlamm@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish philosophy and thought, Hasidism, Modern Orthodoxy Degrees: BA, PhD, Yeshiva University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Chancellor, Yeshiva University; Rosh Hayeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Zafrira Lidovsky-Cohen (lidovsky@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Modern Hebrew poetry, Hebrew prose Degrees: BA, Hebrew University; MA, Yeshiva University; PhD, New York University Associate Professor of Hebrew   Mark Mehler (mehler@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Stem cell research relavent to diseases affecting the central nervous system Degrees: BA, Columbia University; MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alpern Family Foundation Professor of Cerebral Palsy Research; Professor and Vice Chair, Neurology; Professo, Neuroscience; Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences   Hershel Schachter (hschacht@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Contemporary applications of Jewish law, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Degrees: BA, MA, Yeshiva University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Nathan and Vivian Fink Distinguished Professor of Talmud; Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Richard Steiner (rsteiner@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Biblical and mishnaic Hebrew, Aramaic dialectology, Semitic linguistics, Hebrew linguistics in the Middle Ages Degrees: BHL, BA, Yeshiva University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Semitic languages and literature   Moses Tendler (tendler@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Medical ethics, relationship of medicine and science to Jewish law, organ donations, end of life issues Degrees: BA, MA, New York University; PhD, Columbia University Rabbi Isaac and Bella Tendler Professor of Jewish Medical Ethics; professor of biology; rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Mordechai Willig (mwillig@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Leading authority on aguna, laws of family purity Degrees: BA, MS, Yeshiva University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Professor of Talmud and Contemporary Halakhah; rosh yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Law   J. David Bleich (bleich@yu.edu ) Areas of Expertise: Jewish law, bioethics Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MA, Columbia University; PhD, New York University Herbert and Florence Tenzer Professor of Jewish Law and Ethics; Professor of Law; Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary   Lester Brickman (brickman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Asbestos/smoking cases, lawyers’ ethics, lawyers’ fees, tort reform, contingency fee reform Degrees: BS, Carnegie-Mellon University; JD, University of Florida; LLM, Yale University Professor of Law   David Carlson (dcarlson@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Bankruptcy Degrees: BA, University of California at Santa Barbara; JD, Hastings College of Law, University of California Professor of Law   Daniel Crane (dcrane@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Contracts, antitrust Degrees: BA, Wheaton College; JD, University of Chicago Assistant Professor of Law   Toby Golick (tgolick@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Law and aging, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, legal issues affecting the elderly, disabled, and poor Degrees: BA, Barnard College; JD, Columbia University Director, Bet Tzedek Legal Services Clinic; director, Clinical Legal Education; Clinical Professor of Law   Malvina Halberstam (halbrstm@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: International law, US foreign relations law, international criminal law, human rights, the Arab-Israeli conflict, laws on terrorism Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; JD, MIA, Columbia University Professor of Law   Marci A. Hamilton (hamilton@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Constitutional law, First Amendment, law & religion, intellectual property law Degrees: B.A. Vanderbilt University, M.A. Pennsylvania State University, J.D. University of Pennsylvania Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law   Michael Eric Herz (herz@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Environmental law, administrative law, constitutional law Degrees: B.A. Swarthmore College, J.D. University of Chicago Professor of Law and Codirector, Floersheimer Center for Constitutional Democracy   Justin Hughes (hughes@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Intellectual property law, law of cyberspace, copyright, trademark Degrees: BA, Oberlin College; JD, Harvard University Assistant Professor of Law, Director of The Intellectual Property Program   Lela Porter Love (love@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Degrees: BA, Harvard University; MEd, Virginia Commonwealth University; JD, Georgetown University Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution and Cardozo Mediation Clinic; professor of law   Monroe Price (price@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: International broadcasting, media studies and law, copyright and the arts, cable television Degrees: BA, LLB, Yale University Director, Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media and Society; Joseph and Sadie Danciger Professor of Law   Sheri Rosenberg (sprosenb@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: International law, international human rights, international criminal law, minority rights, ethnic conflicts, genocide Degrees: BA, New York University; JD, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; LLM, Columbia Law School Director, Human Rights and Genocide Clinic; deputy director, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies   David Rudenstine (rudenstn@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Constitutional law, federal courts, cultural property Degrees: B.A. M.A.T. Yale University, J.D. New York University Dean, Sheldon H. Solow Professor of Law, Vice President for Legal Education   Barry Scheck (scheck@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Criminal law, forensic DNA Degrees: BS, Yale University; JD, MCP, University of California at Berkeley Director, Innocence Project; Professor of Law   Jeanne Schroeder (shroedr@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Securities law, corporate law Degrees: BA, Williams College; JD, Stanford University Professor of Law   Anthony Sebok (sebok@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Tort law and legal philosophy Degrees: B.A., 1984, Cornell University;M.Phil., 1986, Oxford University;J.D., 1991, Yale Law School;Ph.D., 1993, Princeton University Professor of Law   Edward Stein (estein@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Family law, sexual orientation and law, gender and law, evidence, philosophy of science, epistemology, philosophy of mind, civil rights, statutory interpretation Degrees: BA, Williams College; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; JD, Yale University Codirector, Program for Family Law, Policy, and Bioethics; Professor of Law   Suzanne Stone (sstone@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish law Degrees: BA, Princeton University; JD Columbia University Director, Program in Jewish Law and Interdisciplinary Studies; Professor of Law   Richard H. Weisberg (rhweisbg@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Law and literature, constitutional law, trusts and estates Degrees: B.A. Brandeis University, Ph.D. Cornell University, J.D. Columbia University Walter Floersheimer Professor of Constitutional Law and Director, Program in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies   Ed Zelinsky (zelinsky@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Tax law Degrees: BA, MA, JD, MPhil, Yale University Professor of Law   Medicine   Michael Alderman Areas of Expertise: Hypertension Degrees: BA, Harvard College; MD, Yale Medical School Professor, medicine; Epidemiology & Social Medicine, Atran Foundation Professor of Social Medicine   Nir Barzilai Areas of Expertise: Genetics (of Ashkenazi Jews) to shed light on longevity, diabetes Degrees: MD, Israel Institute of Technology Medical School Associate Professor, Medicine; Director, Institute for Aging Research   Michael Brownlee Areas of Expertise: Diabetes - biochemical mechanism involved in the development of diabetes, as well as genetic-based studies Degrees: BS, Strathmore College; MD, Duke School of Medicine Anita and Jack Saltz Professor of Diabetes Research; Professor, Medicine; Pathology   Robert Burk (rdburk@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Role of genetics in prostate cancer, role of human papilloma virus in cervix cancer Degrees: Bachelor's, McGill University; MD George Washington University School of Medicine Professor, Microbiology & Immunology; Pediatrics; Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Health   Nancy Carrasco (carrasco@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Identified role of iodide in thyroid cancer, studying similar role with relation to breast cancer Degrees: BS, Instituto Cultural, Mexico City; MD, MS National Autonomous Universidad de Mexico Professor, Molecular Pharmacology   Arturo Casadevall (casadeva@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Role of microbes in infectious diseases, countering use of microbes for developing biological weapons Degrees: BS, Queens College, City University of New York; MS, PhD-MD, New York University School of Medicine Selman & Dr. Jaques Mitrani Professor of Cardiology; Professor, Medicine; Microbiology & Immunology   John Condeelis (condeeli@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Countering metastasis in cancer at cellular level Degrees: BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; PhD, State University of NY, Albany Professor and Cochair, Anatomy & Structural Biology;Faculty supervisor, Analytical Imaging Facility   Nanette Santoro (glicktoro@aol.com) Areas of Expertise: Reproductive health, premenopause and menopause Degrees: BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; BS, MD, Albany Medical College of Union Professor and Cochair, Anatomy & Structural Biology; Professor, Cell Biology   Robert Singer (rhsinger@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Expression and transit of RNA within cell; developed technology, in situ hybridization, to view specific nucleic acid sequences within individual cells Degrees: BS, Oberlin College; PhD, Brandeis University Professor and Cochair, Anatomy & Structural Biology; Professor, Cell Biology   Judith Wylie-Rosett (jwrbsett@@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Nutrition/obesity; diabetes Degrees: BS, University of Arkansas; EdD, MEd, Teacher’s College of Columbia University Professor, Epidemiology & Social medicine; Assistant Professor, Medicine   Nuclear Medicine   Ekaterina Dadachova (edadacho@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: radioimmunotherapy, nuclear medicine, cancer Degrees: BS; PhD, Moscow State University (Russia) Associate Professor, Nuclear Medicine; Microbiology & Immunology   Pediatrics   Harris Goldstein (hgoldste@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: HIV/AIDS Degrees: BS, Yeshiva College; MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Professor, Pediatrics; Microbiology & Immunology; Assistant Dean for Scientific Resources; Director, Einstein/MMC Center for AIDS Research   Psychology   Norman Adler (adler@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Neuroendocrinolgy, developmental psychobiology Degrees: BA, Harvard University; MA, PhD, University of California at Berkeley University Professor and Special Assistant for Curriculum Development and Research Initiatives   William Arsenio (warsenio@wesleyan.edu) Areas of Expertise: Children's emotions and emotional development, affect and morality, social cognition, children's social development, aggression in children Degrees: PhD, Stanford University Associate Professor of Psychology   Terry DiLorenzo (dilorenz@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Perceived risk and chronic disease, multiple sclerosis, aging Degrees: BA, Rutgers University; MA, PhD Yeshiva University Assistant Professor of Psychology   Abraham Givner (givner@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Role of the school psychologist, behavioral assessment and interventions in the schools, imagery in cognitive and affective functioning Degrees: PhD, Yeshiva University Director, Combined School-Clinical Child Psychology; Ferkauf-Silverstein Professor of School Psychology   Irma Hilton (ihilton@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Design of child abuse and pregnancy prevention program, sex role development, psychological issues in women's health Degrees: PhD, Columbia University Professor of Psychology   Lata McGinn (lmcginn@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Cognitive behavioral therapy with depression and anxiety disorders, panic disorder, treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorders Degrees: PhD, Fordham University Director, Clinical Training Program; Associate Professor of Psychology   Rona Novick (rnovick1@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Parenting, Trauma and children, bully prevention, social development, positive behavior support, family-school partnerships, anxiety in children, school consultation, preschool/early childhood behavior difficulties. Degrees: PHD in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University, Masters Degree in Psychology from Rutgers, Bachelors in Psychology from SUNY Binghamton Associate Professor at the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Assoc Professor of Psychology at AECOM in the Dept of child and adolescent psychiatry   David Pelcovitz (dpelcovi@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Parenting, adolescent development, family trauma, child abuse, at-risk children Degrees: BA, MS, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; PhD, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Education and Psychology   Marcel Perlman (mperlman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Forensic psychology, public policy, clinical supervision Degrees: BA, MS, PhD, Yeshiva University Chairman, Division of Behavioral Sciences; Professor of Psychology   Eliezer Schnall (schnall@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: health psychology, multicultural psychology clinical psychology Degrees: PhD, Yeshiva University Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology   Lawrence Siegel (lsiegel@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Behavior disorders of children and adolescents, pediatric psychology, stress and coping, adolescent risk behaviors, childhood depression and suicide Degrees: PhD, Case Western Reserve University Dean, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology; Professor of Psychology   Louise Silverstein (lbsremsen@aol.com) Areas of Expertise: Family therapy, parenting and fathering, alternative family structure, feminist therapy, infant and childcare, multicultural issues Degrees: PhD, New York University Associate Professor of Psychology   Sonia Suchday (ssuchday@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Psychosocial predictors of heart disease Degrees: PhD, West Virginia University Assistant Professor of Psychology   Charles Swencionis (swencion@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Treatment of obesity in adults and children, obesity treatment in cardiovascular risk, quality of life in antihypertensive treatment Degrees: PhD, Stanford University Associate Professor of Psychology   Vance Zemon (zemon@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Visual processing, sensory-motor systems, neural signals, learning theory, neurodiagnostics and neurotesting Degrees: PhD, Northeastern University Associate Professor of Psychology   Richard Zweig (rzweig@aecom.yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Graduate training in clinical gero-psychology, depression and personality disorders in older adults, the measurement of social adjustment, and psychotherapy with the elderly Degrees: PhD, Northwestern University Assistant Professor of Psychology   Sciences   Harvey Babich (babich@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: In vitro toxicology, genetics, microbiology oxidative stress, tissue culture Degrees: BA, Yeshiva University; MS, Long Island University; PhD, New York University Professor of Biology   Lea Blau (leablau@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Effect of toxic agents on human cells- particularly the membranes Degrees: BSc, MSc, Israel Institute of Technology; PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science Professor of Chemistry   Gabriel Cwilich (cwilich@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Condensed matter theorist, disordered materials and the theory of coherent propagation in random systems Degrees: Licenciado en Fisica, University of Buenos Aires; MS, PhD, Rutgers University Associate Professor of Physics   Joseph Danto (danto@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring for spine/neck/back/brain surgery, noise and effects of noise, hearing loss of infants and adults Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York Professor of Speech pathology/audiology   Joseph DeSantis (desantis@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Degrees: BA, Hunter College, City University of New York; MS, Fordham University; PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York Assistant Professor of Biology   Carl Feit (feit@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Immunology and cancer diagnosis, interface of science and religion Degrees: BA, Yeshiva University; PhD, Rutgers University Dr. Joseph and Rachel Ades Professor of Pre-Health Sciences; associate professor of biology   Anatoly Frenkel (afrenke2@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Structure-property relationships in nanoclusters; in situ studies of nucleation and growth, metal-insulator transitions in vanadium oxides, in situ studies of chemical kinetics, development of synchrotron techniques Degrees: MS, St. Petersburg University; PhD, Tel Aviv University Associate Professor of physics   Thomas H. Otway (otway@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Partial differential equations, mathematical physics, geometric Degrees: BA, New York University; PhD, Polytechnic University of New York Associate Professor of Mathematics and Physics   Barry Potvin (potvin@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Glycobiology, stem cell biology, inherited diseases, mammalian development and differentiation Degrees: BA, Brandeis University; PhD, University of North Carolina Associate Professor of Biology   Chaya Rapp (rappc@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Protein structure, prediction, general chemistry education Degrees: BA, MA, PhD, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Chemistry   Fredy Zypman (zypman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Nanotechnology, magnetic resonance imaging, probe microscopies, physics of materials, self organized criticality, industrial physics, quantum structures Degrees: Bachelor in Basic Engineering Sciences, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; BS, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela; MS, PhD, Case Western Reserve University Professor of Physics   Social Welfare   Adrienne Asch (asch@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Ethics in genetics, abortion, assisted reproduction, end of life, health disparities, disability Degrees: BA, Swarthmore College; MS, PhD, Columbia University Edward and Robin Milstein Professor of Bioethics; Professor, Epidemiology & Population Health   Charles Auerbach (auerbach@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Prevention of homelessness, health care, computer applications for the social sciences Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MSW, Adelphi University; PhD, Fordham University Professor   Nancy Beckerman (beckerman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Family and marital counseling, HIV/AIDS, social work in health care, ethics in social work Degrees: MSW, Hunter College, City University of New York; DSW, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University Associate Professor   Joan Beder (beder@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Health, mental health, grief and bereavement, death/dying, oncology, AIDS Degrees: BA, MSW, Adelphi University; DSW, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University Associate Professor   Susan Bendor (bendor@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Aging, loss and bereavement, prevention, advocacy, hospice and health care Degrees: BSC, Bishop's University; MSW, Adelphi University; DSW City University of New York Associate Professor   Martin Birnbaum (mbirnbau@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Group work in social work education, group work in child welfare, staff training for the development of group services, cultural diversity in social work practice Degrees: BA, MSW, University of Buffalo; PhD, New York University Beate and Henry Voremberg Professor of Social Group Work   Richard Caputo (caputo@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Family poverty, income dynamics, social justice, social policy Degrees: BA, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; MA, Iowa State University; MSW, Arizona State University; PhD, University of Chicago Professor   Shantih Clemans (clemans@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Sexual violence, domestic violence, vicarious traumatization, feminist theory and practice, multicultural practice, group work Degrees: BA, Hood College; MSW, State University of New York at Albany; DSW, City University of New York Assistant Professor   Jonathan Fast (fast@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: School rampage killing, school shooters, school safety, adolescence, hysteria Degrees: BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MSW, Columbia University; DSW, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University Assistant Professor   Sheldon Gelman (srgelman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: responsibility of nonprofit boards, developmental disabilities, healthcare rationing, child abuse, liability in social services Degrees: BA, MSW, University of Pittsburgh; PhD, Heller School of Brandeis University; MSL, Yale University Law School Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean, Wurzweiler School of Social Work; professor   Norman Linzer (nlinzer@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Jewish community, professional values and ethics Degrees: BA, MSW, Yeshiva University; MA, PhD, New School University; Ordination, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Samuel J. and Jean Sable Professor of Jewish Family Social Work   Susan Mason (masonse@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Evidence-based practice, mental health, psychology, social welfare, research, social work practice Degrees: BA, City College, City University of New York; MAT, University of Chicago; MS, New York University; MSSW, PhD, New York University Professor   Daniel Pollack (dpollack@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Adoption, foster care, child abuse, liability, risk management, policy Degrees: BA, Oberlin College; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University; JD, Cleveland Marshall College of Law Professor   Gertrude Rutkove Sanders (gsanders@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Gerontology, caregiving, women's issues, human behavior log assignment, horticultural therapy Degrees: BA, New York University; MSSW, DSW, Columbia University School of Social Work Associate Professor   David Strug (strug@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: AIDS, clinical mental health interventions, Cuban and Hispanic culture, gerontology, international social work, mental health, substance abuse Degrees: BA, Temple University; MPH, University of California, Berkeley; MSW, Hunter College; PhD, Columbia University Associate Professor   Jay Sweifach (jsweifac@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Domestic violence, Jewish communal service, groupwork education, use of information technology, HIV education Degrees: BS, Montclair State University; MSW, DSW, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University Assistant Professor   Charles Trent (trent@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Community practice/organization, social service administration/management, social policy, decision-making, adult learning and education Degrees: BA, Pace University; MSW, New York University; PhD, Fordham University Associate Professor   Rozetta Wilmore-Schaeffer (wilmores@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Mental health issues, children/adolescents and families, aging, teaching practice Degrees: BA, Trenton University; MSW, Smith College School of Social Work; PhD, Seton Hall University Assistant Professor   US Politics and World Affairs   Ruth Bevan (rabevan@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: French and German politics, role of culture in postmodern state, democratization of culture, New World Order politics Degrees: BA, Grinnell College; MA, University of Massachusetts; PhD, New York University David W. Petegorsky Professor of Political Science; director, Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs   Bryan Daves (daves@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: International relations, comparative politics of the Middle East and North Africa Degrees: BS, American University; MA, George Washington University; PhD, Columbia University Assistant Professor of Political science   Jeffrey Freedman (freedman@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Intellectual and cultural history of the Enlightenment in German and French speaking Europe Degrees: BA, University of Rochester; MA, PhD, Princeton University Associate Professor of History   Hadassa Kosak (kosak@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: History of Palestine, American social movements, immigration in America Degrees: BA, Hebrew University; MA, Hunter College, City University of New York; PhD, Graduate Center, City University of New York Associate Professor of History   Joseph Luders (luders@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: American racial politics, social movements, public policy Degrees: BA, Evergreen State College; MA, PhD, New School for Social Research David and Ruth Gottesman Professor of Political Science   Stephen Pimpare (pimpare@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Poverty, welfare policy, social welfare history, media, propaganda Degrees: Ph.D., Political Science, City University of New York, B.S., Urban Studies and Nonprofit Management, State University of New York Associate Professor Political Science   Elizabeth Radziszewski (radzisze@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: Civil wars and ethnic conflict Degrees: BA, Rutgers University; PhD, University of Illinois Assistant Professor of Political Science   Evan Resnick (eresnic1@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: International politics, international security affairs, American foreign policy Degrees: BA, York University (Toronto); MA, MPhil, Ph.D., Columbia University Assistant Professor of Political Science   Ellen Wolf Schrecker (schreckr@yu.edu) Areas of Expertise: McCarthy era, anti-communist political repression in the US during the Cold War, history of the US Communist Party, Hollywood blacklisting, the Rosenberg and Hiss cases, academic freedom Degrees: BA, Radcliffe College; MA, PhD, Harvard University Professor of History