Meet Our Team

Our expert team of faculty and staff bring a variety of interdisciplinary expertise from science and health communication, to mass communication, cultural studies, improvisational theater, education, and more. Our social scientists and improvisation specialists collaborate across disciplines to bring the most up-to-date social science research to our cutting-edge programs.

Laura Lindenfeld

Laura Lindenfeld, PhD
Executive Director
Professor of Communication

Faculty

Elizabeth Bojsza

Elizabeth Bojsza, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice

Lydia Franco-Hodges

Lydia Franco-Hodges, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice

Radha Ganesan

Radha Ganesan, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice

Brenda Hoffman

Brenda Hoffman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Practice

Nancee Moes

Nancee Moes, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice

Josh Rice

Joshua Rice, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice

Kim Stauffer

Kimberly Stauffer, MFA
Assistant Professor of Practice

Neeti Jain

Neeti Jain, MS
Part-Time Facilitator

Staff

Chris Bill

Christopher Bill, DMA
Assistant Director of Development

Dina Brennan

Dina Brennan
Senior Workshops Coordinator

Nicole Leavey

Nicole Leavey, PhD
Associate Director of Programming and Partner Engagement

Patrick Moloney

Patrick Moloney, MBA
Finance and Contracts Administrator

Lisa Pfeifer

Lisa Pfeifer
Administrative Assistant

Rachel Ramirez

Rachel Ramirez
Director of Communications

Fatima Sowid

Fatima Sowid
Communications Coordinator

Affiliated Faculty

The Alda Center is proud to partner with affiliated faculty representing a variety of disciplines at Stony Brook University, who have demonstrated a commitment to advancing the Alda Center’s mission through their work. We welcome faculty of all ranks including non-tenure stream faculty to the program. If you are a Stony Brook University faculty member and are interested in joining our affiliated faculty program, please contact us.

Brooke Belisle