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Cerri Banks (Education)—education policy;  multicultural education;  social justice

Eric Barnes (Philosophy)—civil liberties;  health care policy;  social justice

Scott Brophy (Philosophy)—philosophy and public policy;  law and public philosophy (criminal law);  education policy;  environmental policy

David Craig (Chemistry)—science and public policy;  health care policy;  alcohol and drug abuse; public health promotion

Richard Dillon (Anthropology)—development in Africa;  indigenous peoples and social change; indigenous peoples and social change;  education, family and social policy in Japan;  family and gender across cultures; applied anthropology

Jon Iuzzini (Psychology)—social science and public policy;  the social psychology of stereotypes;  prejudice and discrimination;  the influence of prejudicial beliefs on attitudes toward race-related policies (affirmative action, school desegregation)

Kristy Kenyon (Biology)—science and public policy;  biotechnology;  reproductive biology

Steven Lee (Philosophy)—military ethics and policy;  social and economic justice;  global poverty and justice;  biomedical ethics and policy;  environmental ethics and policy;  critical thinking in the policy process

Pat McGuire (Economics)—macroeconomic policy issues;  monetary policy and the federal reserve system; urban and regional economics;  urban public policy (New York and Toronto)

Jo Beth Mertens (Economics)—tax policy (international, state and local);  local economic development;  public policy and professional sports

Renee Monson (Sociology)—gender and welfare states;  welfare reform;  child support policy;  marriage and family policy

Wes Perkins (Sociology)—alcohol and drug abuse;  public health promotion;  adolescent violence prevention;  the relationship between religion and the state;  quantitative research methods

Craig Rimmerman (Public Policy)—social policy;  environmental policy,  HIV/AIDS policy; public policy process;  democratic theory and public policy; social movements and public policy (the civil rights movement; the lesbian and gay movements)

Lillian Sherman (Education)—education policy

For more information, contact: Craig Rimmerman, Professor of Public Policy and Political Science, ext. 3435, 308 Stern Hall Secretary: Jean Salone 781- 3420 (8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.) Fax: (315) 781- 3422