An accomplished educator and administrator, Bernstein is provost emeritus at Stony Brook University, having previously served as that institution’s interim president from August 2019 through May 2020. During that time, he guided the university through unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, including a move to fully remote instruction for a period in 2020.
Bernstein also served as Stony Brook’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs from 2016–2019.
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