Campus Faculty


Marlene Blumin

Associate Professor and Director, University Study Skills Program
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction
Cornell University
Email: mfblumin@syr.edu

Blumin, who has been an administrator at a wide range of grade levels, designed and developed a one-semester college learning strategies course that is context-specific to Syracuse University.

Blumin wrote the text, It\'s All About Choices; created all the course materials; and produced the DVD, an instructional supplement. Her research interests focus on undergraduate education and learning strategies.

Blumin began her teaching career in a Head Start program in East Harlem, N.Y., taught elementary and high school in East Syracuse-Minoa, N.Y., and was a grant administrator for T-S-T BOCES in Ithaca, N.Y. Prior to joining SU in 1988, she taught and held administrative positions at Tompkins-Cortland Community College in Dryden, N.Y.