Nathan Gonyea, Officer in Charge

Nathan E. Gonyea, Ph.D. is the Officer in Charge for SUNY Empire State College. Before that, he was the Dean of the School for Graduate Studies at SUNY Empire, previously serving as Interim Dean and Associate Dean of the School for Graduate Studies. Prior to entering administration, he was a fulltime faculty member for a decade, holding tenured or tenure track positions at SUNY College at Oneonta and Texas A&M International University. While a faculty member, he was the recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He holds a B.S. in Psychology from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut; a M.S. and Ph.D. in Educational Psychology and Methodology from the University at Albany, SUNY, in Albany, New York; and a C.A.S. in Organizational Leadership in Higher Education from The College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York. Dr. Gonyea has broad scholarly interests, with the majority of his scholarship focusing on the areas of assessment and evaluation.