Author Archives: Jim

A view on student diversity and STEM education from someone raised in Jamaica by Symone Reid UA’15, 18’ and Jim Stellar SR came to America when she was 12 years old, settling with her family in the New York area. … Continued

Professional knowledge from a college internship: What implicit wisdom carries over into the launching of a work career. Naomi Ducat QC’ 16 and Jim Stellar Naomi has worked full-time for about 3 years, but she did many internships in college.  … Continued

Experiment in Authenticity: Lessons learned from a High School tour of a Cooperative Education University Swapna Rao NU’02 and Jim Stellar   Oddly, I met Swapna after she graduated from Northeastern University when an alumna introduced us.  I was still Dean … Continued

A Constant Battle: As the Amygdala takes on the Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex – Blog #3 By Sarmin Akter, Branden Eggan, PhD, James Stellar, PhD   Fear and anxiety are two things that can stop a person from reaching their truest … Continued

A Constant Battle: Conscious and Subconscious Brain Areas – Blog #2 Sarmin Akter, Branden Eggan, PhD, James Stellar, PhD   In our  first blog, we discussed the basic idea of what we called conscious vs. unconscious brain processes and the … Continued

A Constant Battle: The Conscious, Subconscious, Diversity and Inclusion – Blog #1 Sarmin Akter UA’22, Branden Eggan, James Stellar,   My Story I, Sarmin, remember the excitement I felt when I first came to visit the University at Albany. The … Continued

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made? An Experiential Education View   Pat Gareau UA’17 and Jim Stellar   As we wrote in the end of our last blog on place-based thinking in entrepreneurship, unconscious vs. conscious decision-making may play a role in developing … Continued

Georgina Breihof UA ’16, ’18 and Jim Stellar   Georgina and I wrote a blog together on the value of mentoring to both of us. We were also driven by the (surprisingly) published finding of better engagement, later in life, in the … Continued

Entrepreneurship in location – as seen through the eyes of a recent graduate   Pat Gareau UA’17 and Jim Stellar Pat graduated from Hudson Valley, a local SUNY community college, in 2015. He attended the University at Albany (where we met) … Continued

Business and Art studies – a Powerful Combination Kimberly Durma UA’17 and Jim Stellar   Kimberly made a presentation at a Blackstone Launchpad event when I was Provost, before I returned to the faculty.  I was so impressed with how … Continued