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Wendy Paterson returns to Buffalo State after several years away
By Sashana Campbell
On October 30, 2012
After spending 21 years at Buffalo State in various positions, Wendy Paterson left for
three and is now back as dean of the school of education.
Paterson served as the dean of St. John Fisher College's Ralph C. Wilson Jr. School of
Education from 2009 to 2012.
Buffalo State's School of Education is home to 1,100 undergraduate students, 700
graduate students, and 60 full-time faculty members in five departments: adult education,
career and technical education, elementary education and reading, exceptional education,
and social and psychological foundations of education.
The School of Education also features an award-winning Professional Development
Schools Consortium, a cutting-edge literacy center.
"I am so pleased to be returning to Buffalo State, my alma mater and the amazing place
that has given me so much both personally and professionally," Paterson said. "It will be
an absolute pleasure for me to work again with very awesome and supportive faculty here
at Buffalo State, and work towards a positive and innovative future for education."
Paterson spent 21 years at Buffalo State as a developmental and educational technology
specialist at the Academic Skills Center, including time as a faculty member and
department chair before accepting the dean's position at St. John Fisher. While there, she
revamped the school's education program, implementing new and innovative programs
for its school of education.
Paterson herself is a graduate of Buffalo State, earning her bachelor's in 1975 and Master
of Science in education in 1976.
Paterson began her teaching career in as a reading specialist in the Kenmore-Towanda
Union Free Schools District No. 1 in 1976. She would later move on to higher education
in 1983, as a coordinator of developmental skills and services to students with disabilities
at Trocaire College.
In 1988, she joined Buffalo State on a multimillion-dollar grant to promote student
retention. She developed early programs in computer-assisted instruction for student
support and instituted innovative programming for faculty development in teaching
excellence.
In 1997, SUNY honored Paterson with the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in
Professional Service. She was also named the University at Buffalo's 2005 Distinguished
Alumna of the Graduate School of Education.
Paterson's return to the school will be good for the School of Education, said Dennis
Ponton, provost of academic affairs.
"We welcome Dr. Paterson's return to Buffalo State," he said. "We look forward to her
leadership as dean of our School of Education and to the college's engagement with
schools and communities in Buffalo and Western New York."
While pursuing her doctoral degree, Paterson became a single mother and began
research on what would become an internationally acclaimed book on single mothers
titled "Unbroken Homes: Single-Parent Mothers Tell Their Stories," selected for the
Innovations in Feminist Studies series by Haworth Press.
Her second book, "Diaries of a Forgotten Parent: Divorced Dads on Fathering through
and beyond Divorce," released in 2010 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, focuses on
the inequities of divorce and custody from the father's perspective, complementing her
first book, which examines the same inequities through a feminist lens.
"Wendy is a true advocate for education. She brings a lot of energy, expertise and
excitement to the department, and together we will bring awareness and new initiative
that will enhance the program," said Kathy Wood, associate dean of the school of
education.
Sashana Campbell can be reached by email at campbell.record@live.com.
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