State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher will recommend Dr. Katherine Conway-Turner as the next president of SUNY Buffalo State. Dr. Conway-Turner is the current provost of Hood College in Maryland.
The SUNY Board of Trustees will consider the appointment at its next meeting.
Dr. Conway-Turner is familiar with western New York, having served as a leader at SUNY Geneseo, and as a member of H.O.P.E., a Rochester-based volunteer humanitarian group that helps people in Haiti.
In a statement, Chancellor Zimmer said, “Dr. Conway-Turner is an experienced leader with New York roots, having served as provost of SUNY Geneseo for five years and continuing to contribute locally through her volunteerism with H.O.P.E.”
Katherine Conway-Turner, Ph.D., has served as provost, vice president of Academic Affairs, and professor of Psychology at Hood College in Maryland since July 2010.
From 2004 to 2009, Conway-Turner was provost, vice president of academic affairs, and professor of psychology at SUNY Geneseo, where she was responsible for all 20 academic programs, as well as overseeing policies, budgets and personnel. In addition to her teaching and research,
Conway-turner has traveled to Haiti regularly over the past decade, performing humanitarian work as a member of H.O.P.E., a not-for-profit, volunteer organization based in Rochester, assisting the people of Borgne, Haiti, in achieving equitable, just, and sustainable living conditions.
Conway-Turner has Ph.D. in Psychology, M.A. in Psychology, and B.A. Microbiology, all from the University of Kansas.