Faculty & Staff

SUNY Potsdam faculty and staff members are published authors, well-known researchers, accomplished artists and inspiring mentors. Like our students, they are a friendly, caring group from a range of backgrounds - always ready to discuss a challenge or assist with a project.

Dedicated to teaching, learning and service, SUNY Potsdam faculty are not just active in the classroom, but outside it, too. Many of our students say they learn as much through friendship and interaction with their professors and with staff members as they do in classroom studies.

Campus Contact Information:

IT Service Desk

(315) 267-4444

Human Resources

(315) 267-4816

Registrar's Office

(315) 267-2154

Radical Honesty with Chuck Lorre ’74

Chuck Lorre’s return to SUNY Potsdam in the Fall of 2024 was candid and heartfelt. The legendary TV producer reflected on his journey, from humble beginnings to creating iconic sitcoms, while sharing lessons learned and an inspiring $1 million donation to support future students. Don’t miss this glimpse into the mind of the man behind “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men.”

Old Fossils. New Spaces.

Dr. Page Quinton is bringing paleontology to life in the brand-new Environmental Science Lab, where students are getting hands-on experience learning how fossils are formed, studying mass extinction events, and examining evolutionary patterns based on the fossil record.

Kate Favaro ’13 is turning her personal experiences with grief into a career dedicated to supporting others who are dealing with loss. Discover how her journey from a sociology student at SUNY Potsdam to a Grief Services Coordinator is helping normalize the grieving process and make a real difference in her community.

Leader of the Pack

As Dr. Karen Davis stands at the front of the classroom discussing her lifelong dedication to the examination of animal behavior, she draws on one anecdote after another as a researcher, zookeeper, and Wolf Curator. With a master’s degree in neuroscience and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology, her students benefit from her extensive education, research, and life experience.

Unearthing Clues from Another Time

Last month, Dr. Hadley Kruczek-Aaron and her students spent four weeks excavating artifacts from Heaven Hill Farm, a historic farmstead in the heart of the Adirondacks. The immersive hands-on experience allowed students like Sebastian Herrera ’25 and Leia’lani Dibble ’26 to use trowels and other tools to uncover food remains, shells, bone, ceramics and glass, and reveal signs of everyday life on the farm over the past 200 years.

Tiny Bugs, Big Trouble

The emerald ash borer is decimating northeast forests, but Dr. Jessica Pearson and her student team are getting a step ahead of the threat.

‘Human-First Approach’

A standout hockey player in her youth, Olivia Cook ’24 went on to achieve great success as a Division I athlete and make a significant impact in both her Mohawk community of Akwesasne and in remote First Nation communities throughout Canada. Now, she’s a leader at SUNY Potsdam as head coach of the women’s hockey team where she mentors student-athletes, while simultaneously completing her degree in public health.

Dr. Tim Yip talks about the Music Business program at Crane, and the types of careers that students can pursue after graduation.

Our dedicated faculty and staff are at the very heart of what makes SUNY Potsdam unique.

Campus Contact Information:

IT Service Desk

Human Resources

Registrar's Office

Academics

Online Tools

Resources

SUNY Potsdam to Celebrate Class of 2025 at Commencement

SUNY Potsdam to Rededicate Satterlee Hall Clocktower

Arts for All Ages: LoKo Festival Returns to SUNY Potsdam

Events

Spring Semester Food Pantry Hours

Graduate Virtual Information Session - MST, MSEd and CAS

Crane School of Music Virtual Q & A Session

Radical Honesty with Chuck Lorre ’74

Old Fossils. New Spaces.

Leader of the Pack

Unearthing Clues from Another Time

Tiny Bugs, Big Trouble

‘Human-First Approach’