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Amy Ginsberg, a respected educator and academic administrator, has been appointed dean of the College of Education at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. Ginsberg will join the University on June 1, 2018.
Ginsberg, who currently serves as dean of the School of Education at Long Island University Brooklyn, brings significant experience to this role. Ginsberg previously served as associate dean of the School of Education and chair of the Department of Counseling and School Psychology, also at LIU Brooklyn.
“In her administrative roles, Dr. Ginsberg has been a leader in curriculum and program development, at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and is accomplished in gathering and using data to build enrollment and improve retention. She has also been instrumental in building educational partnerships with the New York City Department of Education,” says Warren Sandmann, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at William Paterson. “Dr. Ginsberg also has a successful record in grant development and foundation support for her school. She will bring all of these skills to William Paterson to help our College of Education continue to grow and help its students to succeed, and to support the faculty and staff in the College.”
A New York State-licensed psychologist, Ginsberg has focused her clinical work on developmental issues of young adulthood, identity development throughout the lifespan, and adjustment to disability. Her research has centered on faculty development in blended and online learning, school violence prevention and intervention, perceptions of stuttering and those who stutter, and the relationship between psychology and stuttering. She has taught a wide range of courses in the counseling curriculum, most often instructing counseling process and skills, and the mental health counseling practicum and internship courses.
Ginsberg teaches in a blended format, combining web-based, experiential and face-to-face modalities to achieve learning objectives. She has been heavily involved in curriculum development for the counseling programs, particularly with regard to preparing students for state credentialing in multiple disciplines and in working toward professional accreditation of the counseling programs.
Ginsberg earned her doctorate in counseling psychology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also earned an MEd in psychological counseling and an MA in developmental psychology. She is a graduate of Tufts University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, magna cum laude.
