Dr. Kristie Patten is Counselor to the President and she oversees the priorities of the Office of the President and is a key liaison to the Office of the Provost and major administrative units to coordinate planning, implementation, and assessment around these joint efforts. Dr. Patten has been at NYU since 2007. She has served as Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at NYU Steinhardt and Chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy. As a professor, her research examines strength based practices in inclusive public school settings. Dr. Patten is the Principal Investigator of the NYU Steinhardt's ASD Nest Program, supporting New York City Public Schools’ largest inclusion program for autistic students and is on Chancellor Banks’ Special Education Advisory Council. She co-chairs the Global Center for Inclusion’s Research Collaborative and co-founded, along with colleagues from the Moses Center, the NYU Connections program for neurodivergent students at NYU. She is currently Co-PI of an NSF grant that engages autistic college students mentoring autistic high school students in STEM interests and career pathways.
She received her B.S. from Elizabethtown College and a Masters and PhD (Educational Psychology) from Temple University.
Key People
In Office of the President
Peter Holm
Associate Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Planning
Felicia P. Johnson
Associate Director, Presidential Event Strategy and Operations
Lisa Taylor
Associate Vice President and Senior Advisor to the President for Integrated Solutions and Support