Strength Leadership and Affiliated Faculty

Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen
Professor and Chair 
Department of Geography

Yu-Ping Chang
Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
School of Nursing

Paul Creighton   
Professor and Interim Chair
Pediatric and Community Dentistry

Diane Elze
Associate Professor
School of Social Work

Thomas Feeley
Professor and Chair
Department of Communication

Kathryn B. Friedman
Director of Cross-Border and International Research, Regional Institute; Research Associate Professor
The Regional Institute

Robert Granfield
Professor and Chair 
Sociology

Heather Orom
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior

Laurene M Tumiel-Berhalter (Chair)
Associate Professor
Director of Community Translational Research
Department of Family Medicine
Research Associate Professor
Social and Preventive Medicine

Elizabeth Walsh
Visiting Assistant Professor
Urban and Regional Planning

Joseph Atkinson
Professor
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

D. Munroe Eagles
Professor
Department of Political Science
Program Director, Canadian Studies Program

Alfred Price
Associate Professor 
Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Susan Vivian Mangold
Professor
SUNY Buffalo Law School

Laura Mangan
Coordinator

Please visit our directory of affiliated faculty to learn more about their interests and work.

Nancy Smyth (Coordinating Dean)
Dean, School of Social Work

Michael Cain
Dean, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Leisl Folks
Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Michael Glick
Dean, School of Dental Medicine

Jaekyung Lee
Dean, Graduate School of Education

Marsha Lewis
Dean, School of Nursing

James O'Donnell
Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bruce Pitman
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Robert Shibley
Dean, School of Architecture and Planning

Paul Tesluk
Interim Dean, School of Management

Jean Wactowski-Wende
Interim Dean, School of Public Health & Health Professions