SUNY Empire Spotlight: March 2025
(SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — MARCH 31, 2025) The latest news on research efforts, awards, grants, and media appearances from Empire State University faculty and staff.
Mindy Boenning, active duty program coordinator for the Veteran and Military Resource Center, recently presented at the Council of College and Military Educators symposium in Maryland, offering insights on best practices for Army Tuition Assistance schools.
Luis Camacho, assistant professor and academic coordinator of the Spanish Language BBA, received a continuing education certificate from the HETS Learning Technologies Leadership Academy.
Tracy Galuski, professor and chair of the department of educational studies, was named a 2025 Champion for Children Honoree by New York Association for the Education of Young Children, which recognizes contributions to the field of early childhood education.
Cailyn Green, assistant professor of addiction studies, gave a poster presentation titled “Developing a Sustainable Open Education Resource on Social Justice” at the Washington Oregon Cascadia Higher Education Sustainability Conference in Oregon. Along with assistant professor Bernadet DeJonge, Green also published “Resources to Support Addiction Counselors: A Qualitative Investigation” in the Journal of Substance Use.
Bethany Hicks, assistant director for military academic and student services at the Veteran and Military Resource Center, was elected to the executive board of the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce’s Veterans Business Council.
Sewon Kim, professor of management in the School for Graduate Studies, co-edited a collection of articles on workplace coaching for Frontiers in Psychology.
Mindy Kronenberg, visiting assistant professor of writing, literature, and the arts, will have a poem published in an upcoming anthology for World Poetry Day. On March 23, she participated in a virtual reading hosted by Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia.
Jenny Mincin, associate professor in the School for Graduate Studies, presented “Trauma and Crisis Intervention: Supporting Refugee Communities” at Dublin City Community Co-op in Dublin, Ireland on March 14.
Leah Perry, associate professor of literature, communication, and cultural studies in the School of Arts and Humanities, was invited to be a guest speaker at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in late February. Perry’s presentation was based on her recently published book, “Indigenous Dispossession, Anti-Immigration, and the Public Pedagogy of US Empire.”
Gayle Stever, professor in the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, will have her book “Parasocial Experiences” recommended in the May 2025 volume of CHOICE magazine.