Education:
M.S., Brooklyn College - 1982 (Audiology)
Areas of Expertise:
Bridging the gap between classroom and clinical arenas.
Books and Publications
Stein-Rubin, Cyndi and Renee Fabus. A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech Language Pathology. Delmar-Cengage Learning. (Books and Publications: Book) 2011
Creative Work
Collaborated with administrators and other faculty to implement incoming graduate program interviews for the program. Conceived of the design of the interviews based upon a behavioral interviewing paradigm. 2011
Guest lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, St. John's Hospital. 2009
Guest lecturer, Sephardic community center and Congregation Beth Sholom on a coaching approach to interpersonal communication. 2009
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Award for Teaching Excellence, Brooklyn College. (Awards and Honors) 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Promoting Resilience in Individuals who Stutter." Canadian Stuttering Association. British Columbia, August. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
Stein, Cyndi and Susan Bohne designed and executed Master Clinician Series, spanning two semesters based upon invited talks from contributers to her book, A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2011
Conducted presentations for a Master Clinican Series for clinical supervisors in graduate program for continuing education units. The title of the workshop was "A Humanistic Approach to Clinical Supervision: How to Interact With Students in a Powerful Way." (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Strengths Perspective to Student Advisement." Center for Teaching. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Invited to organize and conduct a symposium on student advisement for Faculty Day. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
Professional Leadership
Spearheaded new graduate initiative for Peer Mentorship Program. Serve as faculty adviser for this committee. Program successfully launched in January 2011. Focus is on expanding the social aspect of our program, increasing feeling of relationship, connection and sense of community among the students of different cohorts. Feedback is enthusiastic from faculty, student mentors and mentees. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Conducted full-day leadership course for the captains and commanders in the Executive Development Department of the NYPD. The course, "A Coaching Approach to Leadership," was based upon a coaching communication style. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2009
Conducted two presentations for a new program on empowering women at the Sephardic Center of Brooklyn called Knowledge Needs of Women (Project KNOW). The following is a quotation from the director's feedback on the talks: "In my position at the SCC, I hire numerous speakers on various topics of interest to the members of the community. Cyndi is among the best in her ability to not only communicate effectively, but to inspire and create enthusiasm. Her classes were very well received and left participants wanting more sessions." (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2009
Other Professional Activities
Invited and will attend the Brooklyn College Library Book Party in honor of authors who have published books over this last year. 2012
Continue to integrate the use of meditation within the classroom and clinical settings. 2008
Created department-wide manual for language lample analysis on the graduate level. The manual is utilized by graduate students to fulfill a department requirement. Compiled clinical resource manual for diagnostic report writing submitted for publication. 2008
Developed and implemented graduate writing lab for writing for professinal writing conjunction with the diagnostics course. Secured Graduate Investment Program funding for professional writing workshop for graduate students enrolled in clinical diagnostic practicum. Completed course as a certified Life Coach. Implementing the basic coaching model when counseling students and providing student assessment. Exploring introducing coaching techniques to faculty and staff. 2008
