Graduate School Bulletin

Spring 2025

Faculty of the Department of Technology and Society

Distinguished Service Professor

Paldy, Lester G., M.S., 1966, Hofstra University: Nuclear arms control; science policy.

Distinguished Teaching Professor

Liao, Thomas T., Emeritus, Ed.D., 1971, Columbia University: Computers in education; science and technology education.

Professors

Mueller, Klaus; Professor, Ph.D., 1998, The Ohio State University: Visual analytics, explainable machine learning and AI, algorithmic fairness and transparency, data science and computational and medical imaging.

Pittinsky, Todd L; Professor, Ph.D., 2001, Harvard University: Models intergroup relations in their ecosystems of society, technology, and policy.

Associate Professors

Hewitt, Elizabeth, L, Associate Professor,  Ph.D., 2015, Rutgers University, Building occupant behavior; social science and behavioral energy research; organizational energy issues; green building design and technology; environmental economics

Scarlatos, Lori L., Associate Professor, Ph.D. 1993, Stony Brook University: Educational technology; tangible, physical, multi-modal, and collaborative human- computer interfaces; serious games; computer graphics; multimedia.

Tonjes, David J., Research Associate Professor, Ph.D., 1998, Stony Brook University: Environmental management (waste management, alternative energy sources), contamination (groundwater, pesticides), and monitoring (groundwater, surface water, estuaries); public policy and communication (risk assessment, environmental impact analyses, environmental justice).

Woodson, Thomas, Associate Professor, Ph.D., 2014, Georgia Institute of Technology, Innovation Systems, bibliometrics, science and technology policy, international development

Number of teaching, graduate, and research assistants, Fall 2022: 13