SUNY Empire State University

My areas of interest are in the broad areas of systems and policy: economic, information, technology, and college. All of these areas involve problem-solving, including the definition of the problem, imagining alternatives, working through to the logical conclusions for each of the alternatives, highlighting tradeoffs, and evaluating options.

In several cases, my interests lie at the intersection of one or more of these areas; in all cases, the solution generally involves tradeoffs among several possible outcomes, none of which is perfect. The questions usually are what are the harms and to whom?

I’ve included samples of Learning Contracts I developed for other students. Start with “Beginning the Conversation” to start designing your own study.