Rhonda Bondie Receives Jerome Krase and Sandi Cooper Award

Rhonda Bondie, Director of the Hunter College Learning Lab and an associate professor in special education, has been named one of 10 recipients of the inaugural Jerome Krase and Sandi Cooper Award.

The Jerome Krase and Sandi Cooper Awards are new awards from CUNY Academy, to be presented each year to associate professors at CUNY in recognition of outstanding research in the humanities or sciences, including social and life sciences. The awardees are selected among a large group of nominees of associate professors from all CUNY campuses and receive university-wide recognition of their work.

Read more about the awards and full list of 2025 recipients on the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences Jerome Krase and Sandi Cooper Awards announcement page.

Rhonda Bondie poses with her award. From left to right are her mother, Mary Ann Bondie, Dr. Jen Samson (Hunter College), and Rhonda’s Daughter, Kristen Clevinson, Hunter College MA 2002