College Directory
CESW Staff
Desha Williams, Ph.D.
Dean
Recitation Hall, 302B
610-436-2321
DWilliams2@wcupa.edu
Maria Stetter, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Recitation Hall, 302C
MStetter@wcupa.edu
Michele Adkins
Student Success Coordinator
Recitation Hall, 201B
610-436-2521
MAdkins@wcupa.edu
Dana Baglivo, M.B.A.
Assistant Director of Data Systems, Assessment Office
Recitation Hall, 209
610-436-2451
DBaglivo@wcupa.edu
Maryann Beaver
Executive Director, Clinical Experiences & Candidate Services
Wayne Hall, Suite 107, Room 108
610-436-3063
MBeaver@wcupa.edu
Melissa Berlin, MSW
Director of Field Education, Graduate Social Work
Anderson Hall, 407
610-436-3567
MBerlin@wcupa.edu
Casey Bohrman, MSW, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Dean for Social Work
Anderson Hall 436
610-436-2147
CBohrman@wcupa.edu
Janet Bradley, MSS, MLSP, LSW
Director of Field Education, Undergraduate Social Work
Anderson Hall, 410
610-436-2801
JBradley2@wcupa.edu
Donna Callaghan
Department Coordinator, Undergraduate Social Work
Anderson Hall, 404
610-436-2527
DCallaghan@wcupa.edu
Elizabeth Keane Carney
Assistant Dean
Recitation Hall, 302A
610-436-2428
ECarney@wcupa.edu
Krista Carstens
Office Coordinator, Literacy
Recitation Hall, 108B
610-436-2877
KCarstens@wcupa.edu
Carolyn Collevecchio, MLD
Assistant Director of Admissions, The Graduate School
McKelvie Hall, 201
610-436-3145
CCollevecchio@wcupa.edu
Margaret Connors
Administrative Assistant, Clinical Experiences (Student Teaching)
Wayne Hall, Suite 107
610-436-3090
MConnors@wcupa.edu
Kristen Crans
Assistant Director of Instructional Design and Technology
Recitation Hall, 310
610-436-3344
KCrans@wcupa.edu
Kathy Crouse
Administrative Assistant, Dean's Office
Recitation Hall, 302
610-430-4172
KCrouse@wcupa.edu
Cornell Davis, MSW, LSW
Field Director of Social Work
Philadelphia location
Anderson Hall, fourth floor
Michelle Fisher, Ed.D.
Director of Instructional Design and Technology
Recitation Hall, 310B
610-430-4972
MFisher2@wcupa.edu
Emma Garner, MLIS
Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions
McKelvie Hall, 201
610-436-2575
EGarner@wcupa.edu
Amy Hancox
Office Coordinator, Educational Foundations and Policy Studies
Wayne Hall, 902
610-436-2958
AHancox@wcupa.edu
Lanya Harkins
Associate Director of Clinical Experiences
Wayne Hall, Suite 107, Room 109
610-436-3452
LHarkins@wcupa.edu
Lisa Harrington
Administrative Assistant
Counselor Education
Educational Leadership & Higher Education Administration
The Graduate Center 156
610-436-3998
LHarrington@wcupa.edu
Amber Junkins
Office Coordinator, Secondary Education and K-12 Health and Physical Education
Anderson Hall 501
610-436-2899
AJunkins@wcupa.edu
Barbara Leisenring
Office Coordinator, Early & Middle Grades Education
Recitation Hall, 105C
610-436-2944
BLeisenring@wcupa.edu
Valerie McCaffrey
Assistant to the Associate Dean
Recitation Hall, 302
610-436-2580
VMcCaffrey@wcupa.edu
Susan McKnett
Field Placement Specialist, Clinical Experiences
Wayne Hall, Suite 107, Room 113
610-436-3025
SMcKnett@wcupa.edu
Denise Meikle
Field Placement Specialist, Clinical Experiences
Wayne Hall, Suite 107, Room 111
610-436-3027
DMeikle@wcupa.edu
Judy Mullane
Administrative Assistant, Candidate Services
Wayne Hall 117
610-436-0065
JMullane@wcupa.edu
Thom Nixon
Student Success Coordinator
Recitation Hall, 201A
610-436-3408
TNixon@wcupa.edu
Sue O'Doherty
Administrative Assistant, Clinical Experiences (Student Teaching)
Wayne Hall, 107
610-436-3425
SO'Doherty@wcupa.edu
Mary O'Reilly
Office Coordinator, Special Education
Recitation Hall, 304
610-436-2579
MOreilly2@wcupa.edu
Kelsey Organ, M.A., M.S.
Associate Director of Candidate Services
Wayne Hall, Suite 107, Room 119
610-436-0042
KOrgan@wcupa.edu
Stacey Raker
Department Coordinator, Graduate Social Work Department
Anderson Hall, 403
610-436-2664
sraker@wcupa.edu
Leigh Robinson
Assistant Director of Data Administration, Assessment Office
Recitation Hall, 209C
610-436-2920
LRobinson2@wcupa.edu
Ashley Rowe, Ed.D.
Director of Professional Education, Certification, and Compliance
Recitation Hall, 302
610-436-2426
ARowe@wcupa.edu
Jan Schumacher, Ph.D.
Director of Assessment
Recitation Hall, 209B
610-436-2973
JSchumacher@wcupa.edu
Layna Smith, MSW
Director of Field Education, Graduate Social Work
Philadelphia location
610-436-3718
LSmith3@wcupa.edu
Samantha Weiss
Professional Testing Center Coordinator
Francis H. Green Library, Suite 129
610-436-2413
SWeiss2@wcupa.edu
Mollie Zenz, M.Ed.
Assistant Director of Data and Program Administration
Anderson Hall 433
610-436-3366
MZENZ@wcupa.edu
Counselor Education
Kathryn P. Alessandria
Professor
610-436-3976
Graduate Center 106
KAlessandria@wcupa.edu
Bridget Asempapa
Associate Professor
610-436-3977
Graduate Center 145
BAsempapa@wcupa.edu
Peter J. Boccone
Department Chairperson
Associate Professor
610-436-3974
Graduate Center 105
PBoccone@wcupa.edu
Karen L. Dickinson
Professor
610-436-3975
Graduate Center 147
KDickinson@wcupa.edu
Vickie Ann McCoy
Professor
610-436-3980
Graduate Center 150
VMcCoy@wcupa.edu
Cheryl W. Neale-McFall
Professor
610-436-2432
Ehinger Office Annex 113
CNeale-McFall@wcupa.edu
Eric W. Owens
Professor
610-436-3996
Graduate Center 106
EOwens@wcupa.edu
Richard D. Parsons
Professor Emeritus
RParsons@wcupa.edu
Matthew J. Snyder
Professor
610-436-3999
Graduate Center 107
MSnyder@wcupa.edu
Naijian Zhang
Professor
610-436-3981
Graduate Center 152
NZhang@wcupa.edu
Lynn S. Zubernis
Professor
610-436-3978
Graduate Center 154
LZubernis@wcupa.edu
Nikki Correa
Assistant Professor
(610) 436 - 3979
Graduate Center 149
NCorrea@wcupa.edu
Early Middle Grades Education
Karen J. Johnson
Chairperson
Professor (2007)
Recitation Hall, 105 B
KJohnson@wcupa.edu
David Barry
Assistant Professor (2021)
Anderson Hall, 421
DBarry@wcupa.edu
Michael J. Bell
Professor (2001)
Anderson Hall, 420
MBell@wcupa.edu
Tiffany Bennett
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 414
TBennett@wcupa.edu
Jade Burris
Associate Professor (2015)
Coordinator, M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education
Recitation Hall, 206C
JBurris@wcupa.edu
Emmaline Ellis
Assistant Professor (2023)
B.A., Boston College
M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania
M.Ed., University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Temple University
EEllis@wcupa.edu
Laura E. Fiorenza
Post-Baccalaureate Coordinator
Associate Professor (1994)
Recitation Hall 106D
LFiorenza@wcupa.edu
Rose Jagielo-Manion
Assistant Professor (2020)
Anderson Hall, 423
RJagielo-Manion@wcupa.edu
Sara Lamb Kistler
Assistant Chairperson
Professor (2004)
Recitation Hall, 206D
SLamb@wcupa.edu
Heather Leaman
Coordinator, M.Ed. in Applied Studies in Teaching & Learning
Professor (2005)
Recitation Hall, 203D
HLeaman@wcupa.edu
Crystal Loose
Assistant Professor (2019)
Recitation Hall, 206C
CLoose@wcupa.edu
Lisa J. Lucas
Professor (2008)
Anderson Hall, 425
LLucas@wcupa.edu
Paul Sylvester
Associate Professor (2016)
Recitation Hall, 203B
PSylvester@wcupa.edu
Jacqueline G. Van Schooneveld
Professor (2013)
Anderson Hall, 218E
JVanSchooneveld@wcupa.edu
Early & Middle Grades Education Department Temporary Faculty List
Educational Foundations & Policy Studies
David L. Bolton
Associate Professor
Wayne Hall, 929
DBolton@wcupa.edu
Benjamin Brumley
Assistant Professor
Wayne Hall, 938
BBrumley@wcupa.edu
John Elmore
Department Chair, Full Professor
Wayne Hall, 904
JElmore@wcupa.edu
Kelly Goodman
Instructor
Wayne Hall, 935
KGoodman@wcupa.edu
Curry Malott
Associate Professor
Wayne Hall, 934
CMalott@wcupa.edu
Paul A. Morgan
Full Professor
Wayne Hall, 936
PMorgan@wcupa.edu
Douglas Morris
Assistant Professor
Wayne Hall, 937
DMorris@wcupa.edu
Dana Morrison
Associate Professor
Wayne Hall, 928
DMorrison@wcupa.edu
Christian Penny
Full Professor
Wayne Hall, 927
CPenny@wcupa.edu
Emily Southerton
Assistant Professor
Wayne Hall, 926
ESoutherton@wcupa.edu
Jason Wozniak
Assistant Professor
Wayne Hall, 911
JWozniak@wcupa.edu
Educational Foundations & Policy Studies Department Temporary Faculty List
Educational Leadership & Higher Education Administration
David Backer
Associate Professor
Graduate Center 301
DBacker@wcupa.edu
Jacqueline S. Hodes
Professor, Chair and Program Director for HEPSA
Anderson Hall, 218E
JHodes@wcupa.edu
Matthew Kruger-Ross
Associate Professor, Program Director for Principalship/LOE
Anderson Hall, 218B
MKruger-Ross@wcupa.edu
Orkideh Mohajeri
Associate Professor
Graduate Center 310
OMohajeri@wcupa.edu
Heather Schugar
Professor, Program Director for Ed.D.
Anderson Hall, 218D
HSchugar@wcupa.edu
Merry L. Staulters
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 218C
MStaulters@wcupa.edu
Educational Leadership & Higher Education Administration Department Temporary Faculty List
Literacy
Alicia Benjamin
Instructor
Doctoral Candidate
Recitation Hall, 107D
ABenjamin@wcupa.edu
Kevin Flanigan
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
Recitation Hall, 107B
KFlanigan@wcupa.edu
Lisa Gordon
Instructor
Recitation Hall, 107A
LGordon@wcupa.edu
Sarah Lightner
Associate Professor
Recitation Hall, 107D
SLightner@wcupa.edu
Sunita Nayar Mayor
Associate Professor
Recitation Hall, 206B
SMayor@wcupa.edu
Daris Mcinnis
Assistant Professor
Recitation Hall, 107E
DMcinnis@wcupa.edu
Jenn Raskauskas
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 411
JRaskauskas@wcupa.edu
Kathleen Riley
Professor
Recitation Hall, 107E
KRiley@wcupa.edu
Diane Santori
Professor, Department Chairperson
Recitation Hall, 108B
DSantori@wcupa.edu
Tina Selvaggi
Professor (2022)
Recitation Hall, 107F
TSelvaggi@wcupa.edu
Katie Solic
Associate Professor
Recitation Hall, 210B
KSolic@wcupa.edu
Heather Waymouth
Assistant Professor
Recitation Hall, 107A
HWaymouth@wcupa.edu
Secondary Education and K-12 Health and Physical Education
Laura Renzi
Professor of English Education
Department Chair, Secondary Education and K-12 Health and Physical Education
BSED Coordinator
Anderson Hall 501A
610-436-1040
LRenzi@wcupa.edu
Daniel Ilaria
Professor of Mathematics Education
BSED Coordinator
Program Director WW Teaching Fellowship
Program Director W.I.S.E.R. NOYCE Grant
Anderson Hall 506
610-436-3248DIlaria@wcupa.edu
Pauline Schmidt
Professor of English Education
Director, West Chester Writing Project
Anderson 503
610-436-2202
PSchmidt@wcupa.edu
Brett Criswell
Associate Professor of Science Education
BSED Coordinator
Anderson Hall 509
610-436-2898
BCriswell@wcupa.edu
Jenifer Hummer
Assistant Professor of STEM Education
Anderson Hall 507
610-436-3247
JHummer@wcupa.edu
Anne Gill
Assistant Professor
Anderson 507
AGill@wcupa.edu
610-436-2971
Matthew Cummiskey
Professor
Sturzebecker HSC 318
MCummiskey@wcupa.edu
610-430-4199
Elizabeth Dlugolecki
Assistant Professor
Sturzebecker 307
EDlugolecki@wcupa.edu
610-436-2183
Jenna Fisher
Assistant Professor
Sturzebecker 304
JFisher@wcupa.edu
610-436-2179
Elizabeth Foster
Associate Professor
Sturzebecker 306
EFoster@wcupa.edu
610-436-2189
Secondary Education & K-12 Health and Physical Education temporary Faculty List
Social Work Undergraduate
Greg Tully
Professor
Chair, Program Director
Anderson Hall, 466
GTully@wcupa.edu
Faculty
Travis Sky Ingersoll, MED, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 473
TIngersoll@wcupa.edu
Michele Belliveau
Professor
Anderson Hall, 468
MBelliveau@wcupa.edu
Claire Dente
Professor
Anderson Hall, 470
CDente@wcupa.edu
Meg Panichelli
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 471
MPanichelli@wcupa.edu
Pablo Arriaza
Professor
Anderson Hall, 472
PArriaza@wcupa.edu
Susan Wysor Nguema
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 464
SWysorNguema@wcupa.edu
Brie Radis
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 467
BRadis@wcupa.edu
Hadih Deedat, Ph.D., MSW., MPH
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 465
HDeedat@wcupa.edu
Ebonnie Vazquez, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 469
EVazquez@wcupa.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Tracie Dixon
Adjunct Faculty
TDixon2@wcupa.edu
Chad Lassiter
Adjunct Faculty
CLassiter@wcupa.edu
Jennifer Marshall
Adjunct Faculty
JMarshall@wcupa.edu
Wanda Moore
Adjunct Faculty
WMoore@wcupa.edu
Trichia Prince
Adjunct Faculty
TPrince@wcupa.edu
Michelle Sanchez
Adjunct Faculty
MSanchez@wcupa.edu
Undergraduate Social Work Department Temporary Faculty List
Staff
Donna Callaghan
Department Coordinator
Anderson Hall, 404
DCallaghan@wcupa.edu
Janet Bradley
Director of Field Education, West Chester
Anderson Hall, 410
JBradley2@wcupa.edu
Social Work Graduate
Ginneh L. Akbar, MSW, DSW, LSW
Program Director, Department Chair, Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 403A
Page Walker Buck, MSS, PhD, LSW
Graduate Coordinator and Assistant Department Chair - West Chester, Professor
Anderson Hall, 449
Casey Bohrman, MSW, PhD
Graduate Coordinator and Assistant Department Chair - Philadelphia location, Assistant
Professor
Anderson Hall, 4th floor
Wan-Yi Chen, MSW, MPhil, PhD
Professor
Anderson Hall, 448
Christina Chiarelli-Helminiak, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 427
Pier Cicerelle, DSW, MSW, LSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 403
Meagan Corrado
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 4th floor
Linda Ello, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 453
Erin Hipple, MA, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 4th floor
Nia Johnson, Ph.D., LMSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 4th floor
Angela Lavery, MSW, PhD, LCSW, FT
Professor and the Graduate Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
Anderson Hall, 450
Alison Updyke Neff, MSW, DSW, LSW
Associate Professor
Kerrie Ocasio, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 446
Mia Ocean, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 434
Julie Tennille, MSW, PhD, LSW
Professor (2022)
Anderson Hall, 451
Todd Vanidestine, MSW, MHR, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall, 443
Adjunct Faculty
Layna Smith, MSS
Philadelphia location
Shenise Henderson, MBA, MSS, LCSW, RYT
Cornell Davis III, MSW, LSW
Anderson Hall 4th floor
Graduate Social Work Department Temporary Faculty List
Staff
Melissa Dziedzic, MSW
Director of Field Education, West Chester
Layna Smith, MSW
Director of Field Education/Adjunct Professor, Philadelphia location
Philadelphia location
Beth Shearn
Program Coordinator
Anderson Hall, 406
Stacey Raker
Department Coordinator
Anderson Hall, 403
Special Education
Beatrice Adera
Professor, Dept. Chairperson
Recitation Hall, 304A
BAdera@wcupa.edu
Colleen Commisso
Assistant Professor, Assessment Coordinator
Recitation Hall, 309A
CCommisso@wcupa.edu
Kim Doan
Professor, Best Buddies Faculty Co-Advisor
Recitation Hall, 210C
KDoan@wcupa.edu
Tara S. Guerriero
Professor
Co-Graduate Coordinator
Recitation Hall, 309B
TGuerriero@wcupa.edu
Christy S. Hicks
Professor
Recitation Hall, 206A
SHicks@wcupa.edu
Mary Houser
Professor
Co-Graduate Coordinator
Recitation Hall, 309C
MHouser@wcupa.edu
Vicki A. McGinley
Professor
Recitation Hall, 305B
VMcGinley@wcupa.edu
Dawn R. Patterson
Associate Professor, Assistant Dept. Chair
Recitation Hall, 210D
DPatterson@wcupa.edu
Brittany Severino, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor
Recitation Hall, 210A
BSeverino@wcupa.edu
Lesley N. Siegel
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall, 415
LSiegel@wcupa.edu
Claire E. Verden
Professor
Recitation Hall, 303B
CVerden@wcupa.edu
York Williams
Professor
Recitation Hall, 305C
YWilliams@wcupa.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Julie Adinolfi
JAdinolfi@wcupa.edu
Barbara Reed
BReed@wcupa.edu
Joseph Starinieri
JStarinieri@wcupa.edu
Tiffany Bendistis
TBendistis@wcupa.edu
Heather Hoffert
Susan Krikelis
Krista LaRosa
KLarosa@wcupa.edu
Michael Ubbens