Laura Bronstein

Laura Bronstein is Dean of the College of Community and Public Affairs, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Social Work, and Founding Director of Binghamton University Center for Community Schools. Since entering academia in 1999, Laura has published over seventy peer-reviewed research articles and chapters, and two books, and been the leader of teams awarded over twenty million dollars in grants. She has an international reputation for her research on collaboration including having created the widely used Index for Interdisciplinary Collaboration. In 2010, her article, A Model for Interdisciplinary Collaboration was the eighth most highly cited publication of the decade in the social work literature. In 2011 Laura received the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Outstanding Dean for Aging Education award. In 2012 she was Binghamton University’s inaugural recipient of the Lois B. DeFleur Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence “for scholarship that spans boundaries”. In 2017, Laura was awarded the Esther W. Couper Memorial Award for “outstanding service and dedication to the children and families of our community”. Most recently, Laura has built Binghamton University Community Schools into an internationally renowned entity and is currently leading its adaptation across SUNY’s 64 campuses and beyond. In 2024 Laura was cited among the top 2% of scholars in her field in the world in the Stanford World Scientist and University Rankings.