Department News

School of Education News Dr. Peter Kalenda, Assistant Professor in the Ella Cline Shear School of Education at SUNY Geneseo, has published a curriculum guide through Knight Scholar that transforms the popular Picture-Perfect STEM book series into an accessible Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)-aligned resource for elementary educators. The “Picture Perfect STEM: NGSS Science Standards Alignment Guide”

(SUNY Geneseo) School of Education News Jennifer Waddington, lecturer in SUNY Geneseo’s Ella Cline Shear School of Education, has been selected as a Friend of the Year by Arc GLOW, a chapter of The Arc New York. According to Arc GLOW, Waddington is being recognized for her “outstanding support and the meaningful friendship she has

School of Education News At SUNY Geneseo’s School of Education, Dr. Peter Kalenda is bringing math to life through stories. This semester, 28 teacher candidates are using 10 Gulab Jamuns by Sandhya Acharya as a playful entry point to teaching addition with regrouping to first- and second-grade students. Thanks to support from the NEA’s Learning and Leadership Grant,

School of Education News This July 2025, Dr. Peter Kalenda traveled to The Center for Courageous Kids in Scottsville, Kentucky to volunteer as a snorkel instructor for XLH Camp with his husband, Dr. Logan Rath (SUNY Geneseo alumnus). The children at this camp had XLH or other rare bone diseases and the camp is uniquely designed to help meet

School of Education News The textbook, Writing a Legal, Robust and Useful IEP: The Foundation of an Effective Special Education Program (from the Series Evidence-Based Instruction in Special Education), published by Routledge, will be released on September 25th, 2025,  Authored by SOE Professor Annmarie Urso, Ph.D., and Dee Berlinghoff, Phd., Professor of Special Education Emeritus from Mount St.

School of Education News James Oigara, assistant professor in SUNY Geneseo’s Ella Cline Shear School of Education, was recently selected to participate in two fellowships. Oigara is part of the 2025 GW Fellowship & Summer Institute on Antisemitism and Jewish Identity in Educational Settings. In June, Oigara attended a four-day workshop training at the Graduate School

School of Education News SUNY Geneseo Joins Library of Congress Consortium for Primary Sources SUNY Geneseo is now a proud member of the Library of Congress Consortium for Primary Sources. As part of this exciting partnership, Dr. James Oigara, assistant professor at Geneseo’s Ella Cline Shear School of Education, will lead the development and implementation