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7/12/21
Daniel Antonius
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Expertise: terrorism, violence, aggression, CTE and behavior, mental health and the legal system
Phone: 716-898-5290
Email: danielan@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Samantha Barbas
Professor of Law

Expertise: Mass media law, libel, privacy, freedom of the press

Phone: 716-645-6216
Email: sbarbas@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Christine P. Bartholomew

Professor of Law

Expertise: class actions, antitrust law, consumer protection, clergy abuse, clergy privilege
Phone: 716-645-7399
Email: cpb6@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Mark Bartholomew
Professor of Law
Expertise: intellectual property, copyright, trademarks, cyber law, cybersecurity bills (such as SOPA and CISPA), net neutrality, advertising law
Phone: 716-645-5959
Email: bartholo@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Guyora Binder

SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law and Hodgson Russ Faculty Scholar

Expertise: criminal law, felony murder, homicide, jurisprudence, legal theory, international law
Phone: 716-645-2673
Email: gbinder@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Michael Boucai
Professor of Law
Expertise: LGBT rights and queer history; gender and sexuality law; family, criminal and constitutional law
Phone: 716-645-1743
Email: mboucai@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Irus Braverman

Professor of Law

Expertise: laws governing animals, zoos, wildlife, coral reefs, extinction and climate change law, law and society, law and conservation, law and the environment, environmental justice in Israel/Palestine
Phone: 716-645-3030
Email: irusb@buffalo.edu
8/18/21
S. Todd Brown

Professor of Law

Expertise: business bankruptcy, bankruptcy trusts, complex litigation/mass torts, corporate governance, and corporate fraud
Phone: 716-645-2052
Email: stbrown2@buffalo.edu
12/19/18
Mary Bush
Associate Professor of Restorative Dentistry

Expertise: forensic dentistry, bite mark analysis, victim identification
Phone: 716-829-2862
Email: bushma@buffalo.edu
12/5/16
Peter Bush
Director of the South Campus Instrument Center
Expertise: forensic dentistry, bite mark analysis, victim identification
Phone: 716-829-3561
Email: pjbush@acsu.buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Michael Dambra

Associate Professor of Accounting and Law
Expertise: economic consequences of regulatory changes; initial public offerings (IPOs); pension accounting; valuation of privately held equity

Contact: Michael Dambra can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
8/16/21
Matthew Dimick

Professor of Law
Expertise: income inequality, tax and welfare policy as it relates to income inequality, corporations, employment law, labor law
Phone: 716-645-7968
Email: mdimick@buffalo.edu
6/27/22
Shawn J. Donahue

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Expertise: voting rights, redistricting, gerrymandering, state and local politics (including New York State and Buffalo-area politics), campaigns, elections, civil liberties, Constitutional law, election law
Phone: 716-645-8446
Email: shawndon@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Helen A. “Nellie” Drew
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Sport

Expertise: sports law, including student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL), antitrust laws, collective bargaining, discipline of athletes, drug testing, NCAA compliance and Title IX; diversity in sport
Phone: 716-645-2071
Email: hdrew@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Charles P. Ewing
SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus

Expertise: crime, psychology of crime, forensic psychology, criminal trials, murder trials, insanity defense, death penalty, juvenile law, sex offenders

Phone: 716-645-2770
Email: cewing@buffalo.edu
9/19/22
Jorge Luis Fabra-Zamora
Associate Professor of Law
Expertise: legal philosophy, transnational law, transitional justice, truth commissions, Colombia’s peace agreement, international human rights and compensation

Phone: 716-645-3292
Email: jorgefab@buffalo.edu
3/4/19
Karl Fiebelkorn
Senior Associate Dean for Student, Professional, and Community Affairs
Expertise: laws and regulations affecting pharmacy practice, medication errors, systems for improving practice sites, adult asthma, pharmacy business plan modeling
Phone: 716-645-2824
Email: kdf@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Lucinda M. Finley

Frank G. Raichle Professor of Trial and Appellate Advocacy
Expertise: abortion, reproductive rights, women and the law, Supreme Court, employment discrimination, equal protection law, tort law and reform
Phone: 716-645-6152
Email: finleylu@buffalo.edu
Contact: Finley can also be contacted through Doug Sitler in UB Media Relations at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.
8/16/21
Kathryn Bryk Friedman

Research Associate Professor of Law and Planning

Expertise: Canada-U.S. relations, including policy, trade, labor mobility and border security; water law (Great Lakes and New York State)
Phone: 716-878-2431
Email: kbf@buffalo.edu
8/18/21
James A. Gardner
Bridget and Thomas Black SUNY Distinguished Professor of Law

Expertise: election law, constitutional law, federalism, voting rights, redistricting, democracy, state constitutional law
Phone: 716-645-3607
Email: jgard@buffalo.edu
9/20/22
Feng Gu
Chair of Accounting and Law

Expertise: financial reporting; mergers and acquisitions; intangibles; corporate governance; insider trading
Contact: Feng Gu can be reached most quickly through Jackie Ghosen in the School of Management Communications Office at 716-645-2833 or mgt-pr@buffalo.edu.
12/7/16
Patricia Logan-Greene
Assistant Professor of Social Work

Expertise: violence and victimization, juvenile justice, adverse childhood experiences, prevention of problem behaviors, forensic social work

Phone: 716-645-1533
Email: pblogang@buffalo.edu
6/27/22
Joanne Song McLaughlin
Associate Professor of Economics

Expertise: labor economics; health insurance mandates; age discrimination; older workers; AI and the future of work
Phone: 716-645-8685
Email: jsmclaug@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Athena D. Mutua

Professor of Law and Floyd H. and Hilda L. Hurst Faculty Scholar
Expertise: civil rights law; constitutional law (Fourteenth Amendment); critical race and feminist legal theory; law and political economy; race and the legal justice system
Phone: 716-645-2873. Athena D. Mutua can sometimes be contacted more quickly through the UB Media Relations team at ub-news@buffalo.edu.
Email: admutua@buffalo.edu
8/16/21
Anthony O’Rourke

Joseph W. Belluck and Laura L. Aswad Professor of Civil Justice

Expertise: criminal law and procedure, inequality in the criminal justice system
Phone: 716-645-3097
Email: aorourke@buffalo.edu
12/7/16
Annette Semanchin Jones
Assistant Professor of Social Work

Expertise: child welfare, foster care, child protection services
Phone: 716-645-1862
Email: amsemanc@buffalo.edu