Staff and Associates
Staff
Thomas Wermuth, Director, Hudson River Valley Institute
Vice President of academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Marist College
Ph.D., Binghamton University
Dr. Wermuth is the editor of the book series "The Hudson River Valley: An American Region" from the state University of New York Press, which is focused on the history, culture, literature and tourism of the Valley. Dr. Wermuth's expertise is the social and economic history of the Hudson River Valley. An associate editor of The Encyclopedia of New York State (Syracuse University Press, forthcoming), author of Rip Vaan Winkle's Neighbors: The Transformation of Rural Society in the Hudson River Valley, published by the State University of New York Press. Dean Wermuth also contributed to the recently published The Other New York: The American Revolution Beyond New York, 1763-1787 which part of the State University of New York series on Hudson Valley history. His particular emphasis within the book was "The Central Hudson Valley: Dutchess, Orange and Ulster Counties."
James M. Johnson, Executive Director, Hudson River Valley Institute
Military Historian of the Hudson River Valley
Affiliate Professor of History, Marist College
Ph.D., Duke University
Dr. Johnson, the Military Historian of the Hudson River Valley, is responisible for developing the American Revolutionary interpretive theme for the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. He is completing an inventory of the American Revolutionary War sites and developing a heritage trail system that will link the most important sites. Author of Milita, Rangers, and Redcoats (Mercer University Press, 1992), Dr. Johnston is an expert on the War for Independence in the Hudson Valley and the author of numerous scholarly and popular essays and pieces on this subject. He is presently working on a study of the Hudson Highlands in the War for Independence.
Christopher Pryslopski, Program Director, Hudson River Valley Institute
B.A. Community, Regional, Environmential Studies Program, Bard College
Mr. Pryslopski coordinates projects and programs associated with the core mission of the HRVI. He also coordinates the development of the HRVI's Digital Library and Portal Site. He is a specialist in the regional studies and is the author of "Cultivating the Greenhouse Complex at Mills Mansion," The Hudson Valley Regional Review, March 1999. He wrote another article for the Hudson River Valley Review (21.1) entitled "A Throughly Modern Conundrum: Paul Rudolph's Orange County Governor Center."
Jason Scaaf, Education Specialist, Hudson River Valley Institute
Andrew Villani, Coordinator, Hudson River Valley Institute
Ann Panagulias, Office Manager Emeritus, Hudson River Valley Institute
Ms. Jean Defino, Office Manager Emeritus, Hudson River Valley Institute
HRVI Associates:
Architecture: Mr. Neil Larson, Neil Larson & Associates
Archivist: Mr. John Ansley, Marist College Archivist
Art & Art History: Dr. James Luciana, Department of Art and Art History
Creative Writing Associate: Tommy Zurhellen, Assistant Professor of English, Marist College
Economics: Dr. Ann Davis, Bureau of Economic Research
Education: Ms. Sally Pittman-Smith, Department of Teacher Education
Educational Technology Associate: Dr. Kevin Gaugler, Assistant Dean of the School of Liberal Arts
Environmental Sciences: Dr. Tom Lynch, Department of Environmental Science
Honorary Associates: Mr. David Mathason and Mrs. Ellen Mathason
Law: Annamaria Maciocia Esq.
Literature: Dr. Arnold Anderson, and Judith Saunders
Local History: Dr. Nicholas Marshall, Department of History, and Mr. Mark Morreale, Department of English
New York Politics: Dr. Martin Shaffer, Department of Political Science
Research: Mr. Alan Aimone, Library, United States Military Academy
Women's Studies: Dr. Robyn Rosen and Dr. Sara Dwyer-Mcnulty, Department of History
Writing: Dr. Joseph Zeppetello, Department of English
