The Department of Educational Policy & Leadership is dedicated to enhancing the understanding and practice of educational leadership and policy at all levels of the education system, cradle-to-career. Faculty is comprised of leading scholars and seasoned professionals who create a unique learning experience for tomorrow’s educational leaders in New York, across the United States or around the world.
Martha Asselin, PhD - Emeriti Faculty
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John Jablonski, PhD - Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Adirondack
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Daniel J. Julius, PhD - Professor of Management; Former Provost and Senior Vice President, New Jersey City University Visiting Fellow, School of Management, Yale University
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Ethan Sprissler, PhD - Faculty Program Director at Excelsior College (UAlbany Alumnus)
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Susan Swartz - Superintendent at Scotia-Glenville Central School District
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Leigh Wedenoja, PhD - Senior Policy Aanalyst at the Rockefeller Institute of Government
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Jay Worona, Esq. - Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel at NYS School Boards Association
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Kai Zhou, PhD - Assistant Director of Assessment, Institutional Research, University at Albany (EPL Alumna '19)
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Ronald Cushing - Director, UC International Services, University of Cincinnati
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David DiMaria, EdD - Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Gretchen Dobson, EdD - President, Global Alumni Relations, Managing Director Australia, Academic Assembly Inc.
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Joshua McKeown, PhD - Associate Provost for International Education and Programs, SUNY Oswego
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Clayton Steen, PhD - Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management Services
Online Education, the Pennsylvania State University
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Yusuf Joseph Ugras, PhD - Associate Professor of Accounting, La Salle University
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Yaa Essah Armah - Department of Educational Policy & Leadership, University at Albany, Doctoral Student
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Scientists can identify the origins of diseases by studying how RNA turns genes on and off, potentially leading to innovative disease treatments and possible cures.
The RNA Institute offers unique opportunities to researchers and trainees for collaboration and interdisciplinary research. We have more than 50 faculty working to understand the role of RNA in fundamental biological processes, developing RNA as a tool for science and harnessing this knowledge to improve human health.
The RNA Institute is more than just a modern research facility. We are a collection of diverse and talented researchers and laboratories united by a common goal in understanding the role of RNA across different fields, including biology, chemistry, biomedical sciences, physics, and nanobiosciences. RNA forms the basis of our research, it is the common element that we study, build, modify and analyze as well as the building blocks that we use to construct tools, reporters, and therapies.
Our RNA Training Programs provide a multi-disciplinary curriculum with a focus on RNA and its health-related benefits. We develop our future science leaders by providing trainees from high school to post-doc students and beyond with comprehensive access to faculty, techniques, and collaborations within Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, and Nanobiosciences. Our training includes the Doctoral RNA Training Program and the Undergraduate Summer Fellowship.
One of The RNA Institute's strengths is the diversity of our faculty's research and range of disciplines. However, the diversity of our faculty and trainees lags behind the University at Albany's undergraduate population and surrounding communities. In line with UAlbany's mission to ensure that diversity, in its people and in its ideas, drives excellence in everything that it does, the Institute launched a multi-pronged approach to increase diversity and support inclusivity at the Institute and across STEM disciplines.
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