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Brian Cronk is an American psychologist who specializes in higher education. He worked at Missouri Western State University from 1993 to 2021 where he held a number of roles as a faculty member and administrator. This included being the Inaugural Dean of the Graduate School (overseeing a doubling of students each year) and Associate Provost.
Cronk came to SUNY Buffalo State University in 2021 as the Inaugural Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.[1]
Cronk is the author of a popular textbook on SPSS published by Routledge and serves as a Beta tester for IBM and new experimental versions of SPSS. That text is currently in its 12th edition[2]. A full listing of Cronk's scholarly work is available at Google Scholar.
Education
editCronk received his PhD in Experimental Psychology (Cognition & Perception / Quantitative Methods) and Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee[3]. His MA degree in Experimental Psychology is from Bradley University[4]. His BS degree in Psychology is from the University of Wisconsin[5].
Undergraduate research
editCronk is an advocate for High Impact Learning Practices, especially Undergraduate Research. As such, Cronk created the National Undergraduate Research Clearinghouse[6] using National Science Foundation funds.[7] The clearinghouse was an online repository where undergraduates in STEM fields can post articles subject to faculty approval (rather than a formal peer review). It has been online since 1997 and has been featured in magazines such as Science and Nature.[8][9] Articles from the clearinghouse have been used as resources for journalists at publications including the Christian Science Monitor[10], NBC News[11], Wall Street Journal[12] and the Los Angeles Daily News.[13] His students have published work, including work on the psychology of Major League Umpires[14]
The Clearinghouse was deactivated in January of 2024, however, an archive of the articles exists at the Web Archive.[15]
As an advocate for undergraduate research experiences, Cronk was a nationally elected councilor in CUR (Council for Undergraduate Research)[16] for six years.[17]
Awards and honors
editCronk received the APA Science Directorate Dissertation Research Award[18] as well as being one of the first recipients of the APS Student Research Award.[19] While at Missouri Western he received the Jesse Lee Myers Excellence in Teaching Award as well as a Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Award.
Budget management
editCronk was called upon by the administration at Missouri Western to participate in a comprehensive Academic Program and Staffing Review[20] which resulted in recommendations regarding program and staffing restructuring in response to a budget deficit and lack of reserve funds. Cronk was similarly called upon to examine programs while at Buffalo State as the Dean to help reduce a $16 to $25 million annual structural deficit that is part of what the SUNY system predicts to be a $1 billion deficit by 2035.[21]
References
edit- ^ Kaiser, Laurie (2021-01-05). "New Arts and Sciences Dean Brings Extensive Leadership, Innovative Ideas to Role | News | SUNY Buffalo State University". suny.buffalostate.edu. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "How to Use SPSS®: A Step-By-Step Guide to Analysis and Interpretation". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ https://www.give.uwm.edu/s/1902/m19/home-dev.aspx?sid=1902&gid=3&pgid=1258
- ^ "Alumni | Bradley University".
- ^ https://uwalumni.com/
- ^ "National Undergraduate Research Clearinghouse". www.webclearinghouse.net. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ^ Note: Grant DUE 97-51113
- ^ Science, American Association for the Advancement of (December 11, 1998). "NET NEWS: Undergrad Journals Take Root on the Web". Science. 282 (5396): 1951c–1951. Bibcode:1998Sci...282R1951.. doi:10.1126/science.282.5396.1951c. ISSN 0036-8075. S2CID 220102318.
- ^ Chen, Josette (May 1, 2001). "The Youth Team". Nature. 411 (6833): 13–14. Bibcode:2001Natur.411...13C. doi:10.1038/35075162. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 11333946. S2CID 5262883.
- ^ "Loch Ness monster: Geology tries, but doesn't explain mystery". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26268698
- ^ "Home Décor Fades to Black" Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2006, p.W10
- ^ "Despite Hoax, Bigfoot Believers Keep the Faith," LA Daily News, August 22, 2008
- ^ "The Psychology of the Strike Zone: How Umpires Aff". 28 January 2013.
- ^ "National Undergraduate Research Clearinghouse". 2023-09-28. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Home". The Council on Undergraduate Research. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Psychology Division".
- ^ "APA Dissertation Research Award". www.apa.org. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Student Research Award Winners". Association for Psychological Science - APS. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ NOW, Marcus Clem News-Press (2020-04-22). "Western panel faces unenviable aftermath". News-Press NOW. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ Moore, Kathleen (January 2, 2024). "suny deficit could hit 1 billion". Times Union. Retrieved February 13, 2024.