Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership Faculty

Elizabeth M. Anderson, Associate Professor

BA, St. Lawrence University; MEd, Lesley University; MSEd, EdD, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (SUNY)

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Trauma-informed practices; interprofessional education and collaboration; young children with complex academic mental health and health needs

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2017-2018

David Archer, Lecturer

BA, Siena College; MA, University at Albany (SUNY)

Specialty: Understanding what leads to individuals reaching peak performance as students and as athletes; skills and concepts of leadership

Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2014-2015

Linda B. Biemer, Dean Emerita and Professor

PhD, Syracuse University

 

Karen M. Bromley, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita

PhD, University of Maryland

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999-2000

Robert L. Carpenter, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, Syracuse University

 

James J. Carpenter, Associate Professor Emeritus

EdD, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (SUNY)

 

Beth Clark-Gareca, Associate Professor

PhD, New York University

Specialty: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, L-12

Nicole S. Fenty, Associate Professor

BA, University of South Florida; MEd, PhD, University of Florida

Affiliated: Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls

Specialty: Students with or at risk for disabilities in reading teacher education and special education; increased access to the general education curriculum for students with or at risk for learning disabilities

Jennifer Gordon, Associate Professor

BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MS, Bank Street College of Education; PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Affiliated: Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: Qualitative research methodology; race and social justice; school reform initiatives including the charter movement

John A. Granito, Professor and Vice President Emeritus

EdD, University at Albany (SUNY)

 

Dolores A. Granito, Professor Emerita

EdD, University at Albany (SUNY)

 

S. G. Grant, Professor Emeritus

PhD, Michigan State University

 

Lightning Jay, Assisstant Professor

PhD, University of Pennsylvania

 

 

Hoe Kyeung Kim, Associate Professor

BS, Ewha Womens University; MA, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Affiliated: Center for Korean Studies (CKS); Institute for Asia and Asian Diasporas (IAAD); Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

Specialty: Teacher education and assessment; L2 writing; sociocultural theory; Korean L2 learning; educational technology

Hyejung Kim, Assistant Professor

PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Judy W. Kugelmass, Associate Professor Emerita

PhD, Syracuse University

 

Adam Laats, Professor

BA, Northwestern University; MAT, Washington University at St. Louis; PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS); Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: History of American education; history of cultural battles over schooling and school reform

Tracy Lyman, Lecturer

BA, MSEd, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (SUNY)

Specialty: Trauma informed practices; social emotional learning; supporting inclusion for students with developmental disabilities; engagement with families; collaboration in early childhood settings

Marla H. Mallette, Associate Professor

BS, Southern Illinois University; PhD, University of Nevada

 Specialty: Understanding the role of teachers’ and students’ beliefs about literacy learning; teacher expectations; early literacy learning; literacy instruction and intervention; mixed methods research in literacy

Loretta Mason-Williams

BS, University of Dayton; MEd, Loyola College; PhD, University of Maryland

Affiliated: Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls; Human Rights Institute (HRI); Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Preparation and qualifications of special education teachers

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service, 2018-2019

Matthew L. McConn, Associate Professor

EdD, University of Houston

Affiliated: Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention (I-GMAP)

Specialty: Defining and developing the teaching of literature in secondary schools

Suzanne E. McLeod, Lecturer

EdD, Hofstra University

Affiliated: Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls

Elizabeth Mellin, Associate Professor

BA, MEd, Auburn University; PhD, Ohio University

Affiliated: Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls; Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Adolescent anxiety, depression, grief & loss; counseling LGBTQ+ youth; mixed-methods research; school-community collaboration; school mental health; social network analysis

University Award for Outstanding Graduate Director, 2017-2018

Candace A. Mulcahy, Associate Professor

BS, MEd, PhD, University of Maryland

Affiliated: Center for Cognitive Applications (CAPS); Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls; Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Education policies that apply to youth in corrections; provision of appropriate education and special education services to marginalized youth; effective reading and mathematics instruction for youth with disabilities in public schools and for youth in corrections

Joan Nelson-Herber, Professor Emerita

PhD, University of Pittsburgh

 

Thomas P. O'Brien, Professor

BA, Thomas More College; MA, PhD, University of Maryland at College Park

Affiliated: Evolutionary Studies Program (EvoS)

Specialty: Science curriculum-instruction-assessment development; teacher professional development; 5E model (Engage-Explore-Explain-Elaborate-Evaluate); applied cognitive psychology and K-12 educational leadership

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998-1999

Kathleen Provinzano, Associate Professor

PhD, Marywood University

Specialty: University-assisted Community Schools.

Beverly Rainforth, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita

PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005-2006

Naorah C. Rimkunas, Assistant Professor

PhD, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (SUNY)

Affiliated: Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: University-assisted Community Schools.

Edward G. Salinas Burns, Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Michigan

 

Pamela A. Sandoval, Associate Professor Emerita

PhD, University of Wisconsin

 

Amber Simpson, Associate Professor

BS, East Tennessee State University; MEd, Lincoln Memorial University; PhD, Clemson University

Affiliated: Center for Information Assurance and Cybersecurity (CIAC); Ellyn Uram Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls; Institute for Justice and Well-Being (IJWB)

Specialty: Examining maker education in adolescent learning of STEM-related practice skills as well as ways to engage families within the process of making; understanding one’s STEM identity, specifically female identification or disidentification in STEM-related degrees and careers; exploring how one’s STEM identity is shaped within various learning experiences including formal, informal and out-of-school learning experiences

Lawrence C. Stedman, Associate Professor Emeritus

PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1994-1995

Marilyn Tallerico, Professor Emerita

PhD, Arizona State University

 

Mary J. Visser, Lecturer

BA, ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ (SUNY); MS, University of Scranton

Specialty: The role of school principals in K-12 literacy learning

Bogum Yoon, Professor

BA, Hongik University; MSE, SUNY Potsdam; PhD, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Affiliated: Center for Korean Studies (CKS)

Specialty: Critical global literacies; cultural pluralism; positional identities and agency; English language learners; improving teachers’ and teacher educators’ practices for all students’ learning including immigrant students