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Mark Aronoff has been on the Stony Brook faculty since receiving his Ph D. His research touches on almost all aspects of morphology and its relations to phonology, syntax, semantics, and psycholinguistics. He has used a wide variety of methods in his work, ranging from traditional morphological analysis of both primary and secondary data from a wide variety of languages to lexical decision experiments to dictionary-based counting. He maintains a secondary research interest in writing systems, especially how they relate to spoken language and linguistic awareness. He also has a strong commitment to promoting the teaching of linguistics at all levels and was the founding chair of the committee on language in the schools of the Linguistic Society of America. Recent research projects and publications have dealt with morphological productivity in English and its relation to theories of the mental lexicon; the lexical semantics of English affixes; suffix combinations in English and German; and the morphology of sign languages. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Editor of Language, the Journal of the Linguistic Society of America. In his role as Deputy Provost, he is responsible for curriculum and other undergraduate academic issues, program development and accreditation, professional education oversight and affirmative action oversight.

Donna Di Donato has been a member of the Stony Brook community since her years here as an undergraduate. Her research in Sociology deals with the evolution of standardized testing in the American Educational system and her career has been dedicated to the development of undergraduate academic programs that enhance student success. Ms. Di Donato has won the President's and Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, the President's and Chancellor's Awards for Professional Excellence and the Student Life Award. She has overall administrative responsibility for the programs and staff in Undergraduate Academic Affairs and considers academic appeals from students with majors in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business.

Amy is responsible for the daily operation and administration of the Office for Undergraduate Academic Affairs. She has been working at Stony Brook University for five years. Amy holds BA in Computer graphics from the State University of New York College at Oneonta.

Carri is the staff assistant for the Honors College, Living Learning Centers, and the Undergraduate Colleges. She received an Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts from Suffolk Community College and a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Women’s Studies from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. Carri is currently pursuing a Master of Arts and Liberal Sciences in the School of Professional Development at Stony Brook University. Currently works in the Office of Learning and Research Communities at Stony Brook University. Carri is the administrative support for the Honors College, Living and Learning Centers, and The Undergraduate Colleges programs.

 

Diane has enjoyed several roles in the office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs. She is the coordinator for Academic Judiciary as well as for the Multidisciplinary Studies Major and the Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Major. Recently, she volunteered as a freshman orientation academic advisor and is teaching a First Year Seminar course.

Professor Clifford Huffman is a member of the English Department, where he has taught courses at every academic level, and served administratively as undergraduate and graduate program director. His academic area of specialization is Shakespeare and the literature of the English Renaissance period, fields in which he has published widely. He has won both the President’s Award and the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. Professor Huffman is also Executive Officer of the Committee on Academic Standing and Appeals, reviewing the petitions submitted by undergraduates in the College of Arts and Sciences. Since students who have been denied may appeal directly to the Committee, Professor Huffman works with them and advisors in the Academic and Pre-Professional Advising Center to prepare those appeals.

An undergraduate at Berkeley in the 1960s, he did his doctoral work at Columbia University and has been at Stony Brook since 1975. His research interests include police history; representations of crime and criminal justice in popular literature; and the overall theme of Authority in America -- how our institutions and practices of political authority are similar to and different from those of other nations. As well as teaching a history of crime and criminal justice course, he has offered classes on the Civil War and Reconstruction, history of New York City, immigration and family history, and famous American murder cases. He has a great deal of experience in student advising, having served as history's undergraduate program director, and is currently advisor to the history honor society.

Ms. Tobin is already very familiar with Stony Brook, coming to us from the Provost's office. Previously, she worked in the Department of Mathematics and the School of Nursing, and managed the Mathematics in Finance program at the Courant Institute of NYU. Both here at Stony Brook and at NYU, she has experience working with academically high-achieving undergraduates.

Dr. Lonsdale has been on the faculty of the Marine Sciences Research Center since 1987 and she is an academic advisor for the Multidisciplinary Studies major. Dr. Lonsdale teaches several undergraduate courses, including Oceanography (MAR 104) which is a course that students may use to partially fulfill their Natural Sciences D.E.C. requirement (Category E). Her research involves environmental problems of coastal habitats, including the causes and prevention of harmful phytoplankton blooms such as “brown tide” which has had a significant, negative impact on the shellfish industry of Long Island.

Cathy is a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology and teaches several classes that include The Sociology of Human Reproduction, The Sociology of Medicine and The Sociology of Drugs and Alcoholism. Her areas of expertise include the fields of Aging (Gernontology) and Nursing.

Jean Peden joined the Stony Brook community in 1991. After earning both her Bachelor's and Master's degree here, she spent eight years working in the Division of Campus Residences. Since joining Undergraduate Academic Affairs two years ago, Jean has been committed to improving the quality of undergraduate education through strengthening the Undergraduate Colleges. She has also been an instructor in the Student Community Development specialization in the School of Social Welfare for five years. Jean is currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Education at St. John's University.

Mark received a BA in computer science and German from Beloit College in 2001. He worked for five years in web application development and design, and is now in the Ph.D. program for linguistics at Stony Brook.

Karen Kernan is the primary contact for several undergraduate research programs, including the URECA Summer Research Program, and oversees the annual campus-wide "URECA Celebration" featuring undergraduate research posters/exhibits and departmental symposia held in late April. Karen also directs the Simons Summer Research Program for high school students. Karen received her B.A. summa cum laude from Cornell University (1984); and a Master's degree in English and American Literature & Language (1987) from Harvard University. Karen strongly advocates the benefits of undergraduate research and encourages SB students to get involved in research working with great faculty mentors in a wide array of disciplines.