A Faculty Seminar
The Disciplined Inquiry in Education Seminar is sponsored by SUNY Potsdam's School of Education and Professional Studies. Since its inception in 2007, the School has hosted about 170 presentations as part of the series. All events are free and open to the public.
Spring 2026
All seminar meetings will be at the Literacy Center Balcony and/or virtually via Teams from Noon to 1 p.m. For more information regarding virtual attendance, please contact Billijean J. Elliott at plantybj@potsdam.edu
- January 28, 2026 (Literacy Center Balcony)
James M Cruikshank (School of Education and Professional Studies)
Topic: Leading from where you stand & the voices that shaped me.
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- February 11, 2026 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Jennifer L. Collins (Department of Teacher Education)
Topic: Reciprocal relationships with rural communities.
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- February 25, 2026 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Laura L Griffin, Pooja Saxena, and Sarah Solley (Department of Teacher Education)
Topic: Pre-service teacher perceptions of conceptual reasoning in elementary mathematics: A discourse analysis.
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- March 25, 2026 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Cary Boles (Sheard Literacy Center, Director, SOE&PS, SUNY Potsdam)
Karen Caldwell (Department of Advanced Studies in Education, SOE&PS, SUNY Potsdam)
Lynn Gaffney (Assistant Superintendent for Instruction,Watertown School District)
Johnathan Hirschey (St Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, Director of Instructional Resources)
Natalie Hurley (Instructional Technology Specialist, NYS Master Teacher (Math), Indian River School District)
Topic: A science of learning initiative – early, exploratory efforts and applications.
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- April 15, 2026 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Savita Hanspal (Department of Business Administration)
Topic: Teaching with simulations.
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Fall 2025
All seminar meetings will be at the Literacy Center Balcony and/or virtually via Teams from noon to 1 p.m. For more information regarding virtual attendance, please contact Billijean J. Elliott at plantybj@potsdam.edu.
- September 3, 2025 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Holly E. Marcolina (Department of Teacher Education)
Topic: “It’s up to you, New York (schools)”: A retrospective case study of pandemic-era education policies.
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- September 17, 2025 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Jack McGuire (Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and Department of Politics)
Topic: Grant writing in a time of uncertainty.
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- October 8, 2025 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Michael L. Decker (Department of Business Administration)
Topic: Trust in artificial intelligence
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- October 29, 2025 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Pooja Saxena (Department of Teacher Education)
Topic: From Teacher-Crafted to AI-Supported: Cognitive Apprenticeshipin Questioning for Middle School Mathematics.
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- November 19, 2025 (Literacy Center Balcony)
Sarah A. Solley and Sergei Abramovich (Department of Teacher Education)
Topic: When voices of dislike pretend supporting advocacy in mathematics teacher education.
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