Research Interests in Policy
Click on a faculty member's name to reveal a list of his or her research interests in policy.
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Mark M. Alter
(view bio page)- Special Education: Instructional programming
- Integration of general and special education practices
- Shaping special education policy
- Traditional and alternative factors affecting preparation of teachers
- Integration of teachers, related disciplines, students, and curriculum
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Rodney Benson
(view bio page)- Media Ownership
- Public Media
- Production of Culture
- Comparative media systems
- Immigration and Media
- Sociology of culture and news
- Fields, public spheres, networks
- French media
- Alternative media
- Cultural globalization
- Discourse and image content analysis
- In-depth Interviewing
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Jennifer Berg
(view bio page)- Food and cultural identity
- Immigration studies
- Eastern European Jewish migration
- New York City ethnic communities
- Social and cultural American history A
- merican agricultural policy
- Farm-to-Table programs for elementary schools
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Raul Lejano
(view bio page)- environmental risks and inequality
- narrative policy analysis
- institutional innovation in the global South
- relational institutional design
- communicating hazards from extreme weather
- environmental policy and institutions
- environmental justice and spatial equity
- non-formal environmental education
- climate, ideology, and narrative
- collective action and the environment
- sustainable and resilient cities
- risk, vulnerability, and resilience
- n-person game theory
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Mary Leou
(view bio page)- Teacher Development (pre-service and in-service)
- Sustainability Education
- School Reform
- Place-Based Education
- Non-Formal Education
- Environmental Education Curriculum
- Experiential Learning
- Urban Environmental Education
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Ted Magder
(view bio page)- The political economy of communication
- Relationship between systems of mediated communication and democracy
- Communication policy and law
- Contemporary media culture and globalization
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Shondel Nero
(view bio page)- Anglophone Caribbean students' language and education
- World Englishes and dialects in education
- Teaching Standard English as a Second Dialect
- Creole linguistics
- Sociolinguistics
- Language and identity
- Language education policy
- Second language writing
- Intercultural competence
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Marion Nestle
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Domingo Piñero
(view bio page)- Nutrition and poverty
- Public health nutrition
- Iron nutrition in populations at risk
- Iron nutrition and cognitive development
- Nutrition in pediatrics
- Nutrition in Hispanics
- International nutrition
- Demography and nutrition
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Krishnendu Ray
(view bio page)- He is currently working on a multi-city project on migrant street vendors that includes Mexico City, Toronto, New York, New Delhi, Singapore, and Shanghai.
