UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES - Key Persons
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- Associate Professor & Department Chair
Educational & Counseling Psychology, School of Education
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- Assistant Dean for Personnel and Planning
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- Director of Student Engagement and Pathways into Education ( PIE ) Center
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- Program Coordinator
- Public Relations Manager
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- Clinical Assistant Professor Division Director, School Psychology
Carey Hatch is the Interim Dean of University Libraries. Prior to his appointment at the University at Albany, he served as Senior Associate Provost for Academic Services in the State University of New York (SUNY) System Administration Office. He brings 37 years of higher education leadership experience to the University Libraries. Carey holds a B.A. in Philosophy from SUNY Brockport and an MLS from the University of Maryland.
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- Director, Computing Facilities
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- Associate
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development / Provost / Psychology
Christine K. Wagner is the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Development, as well as a Professor in the Department of Psychology.
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- Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, Partnerships and Accreditation Executive Director of Student Success Assistant Service Professor
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- Executive Director and Professor / School of Criminal Justice / Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
- School of Criminal Justice 's Senior Executive Director
Dana Peterson is the School of Criminal Justice's Senior Executive Director. Prof. Peterson joined the School in 2002, with a PhD in Criminal Justice from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is a Professor and has previously served the SCJ as Associate Dean and Director of Graduate Studies. In her research, teaching, and service, she investigates young people's pathways into and out of gangs, delinquency, violence, and the criminal legal and child welfare systems and how identity intersections shape their experiences, reactions, and responses. In addition to journal articles and chapters on these issues, she co-edited (with SCJ PhD-alumnus Vanessa Panfil) the Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice (Springer, 2014) and (with Eurogang Research Network colleagues Frank van Gemert and Inger-Lise Lien) Street Gangs, Migration, and Ethnicity (Willan, 2008), and co-authored (with long-time friends and colleagues Finn-Aage Esbensen, T.J. Taylor, and Adrienne Freng) Youth Violence, Victimization, and Gang Membership (Temple, 2010). She is the Principal Investigator for Service Outcomes Action Research (SOAR), a long-term research-practice partnership with two Albany-area juvenile residential treatment centers, and was an Investigator on the National Evaluation of G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training), a multi-site longitudinal process and outcome evaluation of a school-based gang prevention program, funded by the National Institute of Justice and led by Prof. Finn-Aage Esbensen.
She was National Youth Gang Advisor for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America; currently serves on the editorial boards for Justice Quarterly and Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice; and for over a decade, has co-chaired or served on the University at Albany's Advisory Council on LGBT+ Concerns to improve campus life quality, equity, and success for LGBT+ students, staff, and faculty. Her scholarly and community engagement contributions have been recognized within UAlbany and nationally, including with the Western Society of Criminology's Richard Tewksbury Award for significant contributions to scholarship and activism on the intersections of sexuality, crime, and justice.
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- Academic and Administrative Coordinator, Human Development Major
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- Director of Public Services
- Director of the Public Services Division
Deborah Bernnard is the Director of the Public Services Division which is made up of Access Services, Reference and Research Services, the Information Literacy Department and the Interactive Media Center. Previously, Deborah served as the Head of the Dewey Graduate Library. She has also been the Information Studies Subject Librarian and the User Education Librarian at the Dewey Graduate Library. Deborah has a B.A. from Fairfield University and a M.L.S. from the University at Albany.
Deborah is also an adjunct instructor in the College of Computing and Information's Department of Information Studies. She teaches Information Literacy Instruction: Theory and Technique as well as Collection Development.
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- Administrative Assistant to the Dean
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- Associate Professor Emeritus
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- Communications Coordinator
- Public Relations Manager
Dianne is an animal lover, volunteering as an animal welfare advocate and hands-on caregiver.
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- Senior Research Scientist
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- Professor of English Education
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- Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs / Provost / Executive Council
Dr. Carol H. Kim joined UAlbany on August 1, 2019, as Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Dr. Kim comes to Albany from the seven-campus University of Maine System, where she served in a number of academic and administrative roles, most recently as associate vice chancellor of academic innovation & partnerships.
A molecular virologist and professor of microbiology, Dr. Kim pioneered the use of the zebrafish model for innate immune response to infectious diseases. She held a variety of posts at the University of Maine, including dean of the Graduate School, vice president for research, and director of the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering. She joined UMaine in 1998 as an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, rising through the academic ranks to full professor in 2010. Her own research has been supported by numerous federal and state funding agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture and NASA.
Dr. Kim promoted academic achievement in her role as advisor of more than 120 Honors, undergraduate, and graduate students. She was recognized for her personal support of faculty development as recipient of the Rising Tide Center's Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award. Dr. Kim supported international educational efforts by serving as PI for the Mandela Washington Fellowship, the flagship program of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). She has been a member of New England Commission on Higher Education evaluation teams, performing comprehensive accreditation reviews of several New England universities. Dr. Kim also served on multiple study sections for NIH and scientific review panels for USDA and NSF.
Dr. Kim holds a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College in philosophy and biological chemistry and a doctoral degree in microbiology from Cornell University.
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- Visiting Assistant Professor
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- Director of Communications
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- Graduate Advisor & Lecturer
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- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success
- Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success / Provost
Education
PhD, University of the West Indies (Mona Campus, Jamaica)
Glyne Griffith is the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Success, as well as a Professor in the Department of English.
His work examines the literature and literary history of the Anglophone Caribbean in the context of postcolonial theory and criticism. His publications include Deconstruction, Imperialism and the West Indian Novel (UWI Press, 1996), The BBC and the Development of Anglophone Caribbean Literature, 1943-1958 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), and the edited collections, Caribbean Cultural Identities (Bucknell University Press, 2001) and Color, Hair and Bone: Race in the 21st Century (Bucknell University Press, 2008) co-edited with Linden Lewis.
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- Director of Collections
- Director of the Collections
Jane Kessler is the Director of the Collections division, which is made up of Collection Development, Special Collections, and Preservation. Previously, she served as the Head of Reference and Research Services. Prior to becoming a librarian and joining the University at Albany Libraries, she worked in corporate finance. Jane has a B.S. from Lehigh University, an M.B.A. from Rutgers University, and an M.L.S. from the University at Albany.
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- Director of Master 's Programs, Counseling Psychology
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- Director of Professional Development and Continuing Education
Education
PhD, University at Albany
MA, University at Albany
BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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- Continuing Education Manager
Joanne joined the Center for Public Health Continuing Education in October 2015. She has 30+ years working in quality assurance, advocacy and education for organizations that serve the community.
She spent 10 years at the Center for the Disability Service (formerly the Center for the Disabled) where her focus was on advocacy and education of center and community based disabled and disadvantaged individuals who were unable to navigate the state and federal requirements for benefit programs. In addition she presented trainings on the benefit programs available in NYS as well as managing the Enrollment office, the gateway to all services provided by the Center.
Joanne then worked with the underserved woman's population as an Asst. VP for Clinical Services with the Planned Parenthood organization.
As the Manager of Continuing Medical Education at the Medical Society of the State of NY, she managed dual accreditations as an accredited provider of CME and the only NYS recognized accreditor of 30+ accredited organization across NYS. In that capacity, achieving Accreditation with Commendation for the first time in MSSNY history as an accredited provider.
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- Assistant Director of Field Education
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- Literacy Teaching & Learning, School of Education / 518 - 442 - 5106
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- Assistant Director of School Leadership and Development
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- Vice Provost and Dean
- Vice Provost and Dean / Graduate School
Kevin Williams joined the faculty of UAlbany's Department of Psychology in 1987 and has served as Dean for Graduate Studies since June, 2010. Prior to his current role, he served as director of undergraduate advising in Psychology from 1994-2005, graduate director from 2005-2007, and department chair from 2007-2010. He has also been area head for the industrial-organizational psychology and the social-personality graduate doctoral programs.
Williams' research and teaching interests focus on the application of psychology to organizational settings. The recipient of the President's and Chancellor's Excellence Awards in Teaching in 2007, Williams is known for his devotion to students. In 2002, he was honored for excellence in undergraduate advising in the psychology department.
His major areas of research are (1) human motivation and performance, where he studies the self- regulatory processes that guide goal strivings and goal revision over time; (2) the psychology of blame, where his work explores the social-cognitive processes that underlie the allocation of blame for accidents; and (3) employee assessment and appraisal, where his work seeks to identify best practices for assessing and evaluating employee aptitude and performance. His research appears in such journals as Journal of Applied Psychology, Human Performance, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Academy of Management Journal. Williams received his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of South Carolina in 1984.
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- Assistant Vice President for Adminstration
- Assistant Vice President for Adminstration / Provost
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- Associate Director
- Budget Manager
- Associate Director of the Center for Public Health Continuing Education
Lindsay Ruland is the Associate Director of the Center for Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) at the University at Albany School of Public Health. She joined the Center for Public Health Continuing Education in 2007 as a Training Program Coordinator. Since joining CPHCE, Lindsay has coordinated various in-person and blended-learning training projects including the Basic Environmental Health Program, Clinical Breast Exam Training, Surveillance Training Academy, 2013 Northeast Public Health Leadership Institute (NEPHLI) and the Prevention Agenda Training Initiative. She also served as the Distance Learning Specialist for the Empire State Public Health Training Center and led the Center's efforts in expanding their distance learning offerings, including webinars and webcasting using lecture-capture technology. Lindsay has expertise in the development and delivery of both synchronous and asynchronous online training. She developed curriculum for numerous self-paced online courses, including the 3-part series on Program Evaluation and Preparedness & Community Response to Pandemics, which was featured on the CDC E-Learning website. Lindsay specializes in training program evaluation and oversees the Center's evaluation efforts. Prior to joining CPHCE, Lindsay was an Education Training Specialist with the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University at Albany School of Public Health and in this role she was responsible for the development, delivery and evaluation of training on various emergency preparedness topics.
Lindsay has an MPH (Epidemiology) from the University at Albany School of Public Health, a BS in Human Development from Binghamton University, is a Certified Health Education Specialist, a Class of 2012 NEPHLI alum, and a Synchronous Learning Expert. She is currently pursuing a Master's in Business Administration at the University at Albany.
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- Assistant Service Professor
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- Assistant Director of Field Education Division Director, Special Education
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- Professor and Director of Doctoral Training, Counseling Psychology
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- Manager of Finance for Grants and Contracts
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- Manager of Finance and Operations
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- Budget Manager
- Continuing Education Manager
Ramona joined the Center for Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE) in 2011 as the Budget Manger to fiscally manage all sponsored and State-funded projects. Prior to joining CPHCE, Ramona worked for The Research Foundation of SUNY (RF) managing the Central Office budget and the allocation & assessment process for the SUNY campuses, as well as, related web-based reporting solutions. During her tenure at the RF, she worked as part of the training team for the Oracle business system implementation as a subject matter expert for Oracle Grants Management and Accounts Receivable modules responsible for trainings all campuses on the new business system through distance and in-person trainings, as well as, providing functional analysis, testing, and support to all SUNY campuses. While at the RF, she developed several on-line resources and trainings related to the Oracle business system and sponsored programs and worked as a technical writer. She also worked on several special projects including a corporate collaborative training program on Sponsored Program Fundamentals based on the Federal guidance principles of A21, A110, A133; and, in collaboration with the CFO and controller, the development of corporate finance documents explaining the budget and allocation process. Ramona has over 10 years of experience in finance, accounting and sponsored research management. Before entering the field of research accounting, Ramona worked as Job Coach providing support and training to people in transition or with disabilities, as well as, a School-to-Work Coach assisting high school students as they develop skills to make the transition to the work force.
Ramona received her Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The State University of New York at Albany and her M.S. Ed. from The Sage Colleges Graduate School. She is also a certified yoga instructor and teaches in the Capital Region.
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- Manager of Academics and Operations
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- Dean of the CEHC / College of Emergency Preparedness
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- Regional Director, Capital Region, NYS Master Teacher Program
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- Manager of Contracts and Grants Development
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- Assistant for Communications
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- Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs / Provost
Sheila Mahan has been Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs since 1996, providing leadership in the areas of enrollment management and student retention. Ms. Mahan had previously served as Senior Assistant to the President from 1988 to 1996 working with three University Presidents, as assistant director of the University's News Bureau, and as a faculty member in the Departments of English and Individual Studies at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY
Ms. Mahan has been involved in the full range of enrollment management efforts at the University, beginning in the area of undergraduate and graduate admissions in the mid 1990s and expanding into student academic services and retention. She currently provides oversight of the offices of Advisement Services, University Registrar, and the Business and Enrollment Systems, as well as general enrollment management matters. Among her recent projects are the course availability initiative to improve student access to courses, Ask UAlbany/the virtual advisor, efforts to enhance the freshman year experience, and innovations in academic advisement, especially for new students.
She is one of the original members of the PeopleSoft Steering Committee, and is also a member of the University's Classroom Advisory Committee and the Middle States Association Self-Study Subcommittee on Governance, Leadership and Administration. She was also instrumental in the establishment of the UKids Child Care Center at the University in 1995 and continues to serve as a member of its Board of Directors. She received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Professional Service in 1999.
Ms. Mahan earned a bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Westfield State College in Massachusetts and a master's degree in English from Binghamton University.
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- Administrative Assistant II
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- Eminent Research Professor
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- Literacy Teaching & Learning, School of Education / 518 - 442 - 5102
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- Chief of Staff and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Chief of Staff and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs / Provost
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- Communications Coordinator
- Subject Matter Expert
Sue joined the Center for Public Health Continuing Education in 2003. She has gained so much experience and training while on the job that she is now our Communications Coordinator. She also has extensive experience in e-mail marketing promotion and handling registration for live events, both online and in-person. As the Webpage Manager, she maintains all of the Center programs' webpages. Sue also produces the Center's educational webinars, as well as edits and posts them to the website.
Sue earned a Bachelor of Science in Communications from SUNY Empire State College. She has also been a licensed massage therapist for 20 years.
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- Assistant Professor SOE Director of Equity & Inclusion
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- Online Program Manager & Lecturer
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- Associate Professor
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Distinguished Service Professor
- Professor
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- Visiting Assistant Professor / Literacy Teaching & Learning, School of Education / 518 - 442 - 3302
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- Professor & Division Director, Educational Psychology and Methodology