Trustees, Faculty, and Administration
Trustees
William E. Aubrey III, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Joyce M. Avila, Tobyhanna, Pa.
Susan S. Belin, Waverly, Pa.
Mark C. Carpenter, Factoryville, Pa.
Dr. Jack C. Cassell, Tequesta, Fla.
Dr. David L. Coppola, Factoryville, Pa.
Jon S. Craighead, Pocono Pines, Pa.
Thomas W. Davis ’52, Factoryville, Pa.
Michelle Dempsey, Scranton, Pa.
Nancy Dressel, Pocono Pines, Pa.
Jack Duff ’79, Horsham, Pa.
Homa Ferdowsi, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Alex Fried, South Abington Township, Pa.
George W. Ginader ’56, Waverly, Pa.
Jane Julius Honchell, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Robert L. Kagler ’57, Hudson, Ohio
Fafi Keating Karam, Waverly, Pa.
Richard Krebs ’96, Lake Ariel, Pa.
Dr. Frances Langan, Scranton, Pa.
Dorothy DeWitt ’52 Mackie, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Gerard O’Donnell, Shavertown, Pa.
Jane Oppenheim, Scranton, Pa.
Diane C. Paparo ’76, New York, N.Y.
John Pullo ’69, Clarks Summit, Pa.
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Joseph J. Quinn ’70, CPA, Scranton, Pa.
Thomas G. Speicher ’72, Archbald, Pa.
Suzanne Fisher Staples ’65, Nicholson, Pa.
Curtis N. Stevens ’64, Nicholson, Pa.
Robert Swartley ’75, Collegeville, Pa.
Joyce E. Tressler, Clarks Summit, Pa.
Dr. Betty J. Turock ’53, Highland Park, N.J.
Dr. David Turock ’77, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Earle Wootton, Montrose, Pa,
Stacey Wyland, Jermyn, Pa.
Trustees Emeriti
Albert G. Albert*
Charles F. Kennedy
William A. Lees ’51
James J. McLaughlin
*deceased
Faculty
Division of Business, Management,
and Technology
Brenda A. Lidy, C.H.E., Associate Professor
B.S., Marywood University; M.S., Thomas
Edison State College
Karen Yarrish, SPHR, Associate Professor,
Division Chair
B.S. King’s College; M.S., University of Scranton;
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Mark Seibert, Instructor,
A.A.S., Johnson and Wales University; C.E.C.,
American Culinary Federation
Kasey Chermak, Instructor
B.S., Cedar Crest College
Kevin Vinson, C.M.A., Associate Professor
B.A., M.B.A., University of Scranton
Stephen Cheskiewicz, Assistant Professor
A.S., Keystone Junior College; B.A., M.S.Ed.,
Wilkes University
Therese Nichols Wise, Half-Time
Senior Professor
B.S., West Chester University; M.Ed., Temple
University
Patricia Davis, Professor
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.S., Wilkes
University; M.B.A., University of Scranton;
Ph.D., Capella University
Division of Communication Arts
and Humanities
Janet DeAndrea, Professor
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.S., Bloomsburg
University; M.A., Marywood University
Phileshia Dombrowski, Assistant Professor
B.S., Lock Haven University; M.S., Slippery Rock
University
Dana Harris, Assistant Professor
B.S., East Stroudsburg University;
M.B.A., The University of Scranton; Ph.D.,
Capella University
Melodie J. Jordan, Associate Professor
A.A.S., B.A., M.A.T., Johnson & Wales
University
Sonji Lee, Half-Time Senior Professor
B.A., College Misericordia: M.P.A., Marywood
University; Ph.D., Capella University
Dawn E. Middleton-Paradise, Assistant
Professor, Division Chair
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.S., University
of Scranton; M.Ed., University of Alaska
Melany Fedor, Professor
B.S., M.S., University of Scranton
Patricia A. Jennings, Associate Professor
B.A., M.S., Marywood College
Jane J. Honchell, Associate Professor
B.A., Moravian College; M.A., University of
Scranton
Sherry S. Strain, Professor,
B.A., West Texas State University; M.A.,
University of Denver; Ph.D., Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale
Sara White, Assistant Professor
B.A., Marywood University; M.A., University of
Scranton
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Division of Fine Arts
Frances G. Langan, Professor, Division Chair
B.S., Wilkes University; M.S., Marywood College;
Ed.D., Temple University
Ward Roe, Professor, Division Chair
B.F.A., M.F.A., Marywood College
Karen Arcangelo, Assistant Professor
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S.,
Syracuse University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Walter B. Barbe, Sergius Gambal Distinguished
Professor of Language and Literacy Education
Professor; B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern
University
Carol P. Fontana, Professor
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.A., M.S.,
Marywood College
James Gilhooley, Associate Professor
B.S., Bloomsburg University; M.S., Marywood
University; Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Hogan, Instructor/Field Placement
Supervisor
B.A., University of Scranton; M.S. Marywood
University
Jan E. Kaskey, Professor; Emergency Response
Coordinator
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S.,
State University of New York/Binghamton
Drake Gomez, Professor
B.F.A., University of Central Florida; M.F.A.,
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Jared Jaffe, Assistant Professor
B.F.A., University of the Arts; M.F.A., University
of Nevada, Las Vegas
Judith Lynn Keats, Associate Professor
B.A., Wilkes University; M.F.A.-I.A., Goddard
College
Nikki Moser, Instructor
B.F.A., The Cooper Union for the Advancement
of Science and Art
David W. Porter, Professor
B.F.A., Temple University Tyler School of Art;
M.A., Marywood College
Clifton A. Prokop, Professor,
B.S. Mankato State College; M.F.A., University
of North Carolina
Sally T. Tosti, Associate Professor
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A.,
Marywood College; M.F.A., Pratt Institute
Jeanie L. Prall, Instructor
B.S., Kutztown State College; M.S., Marywood
College
Division of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics
Heather Shanks-McElroy, Associate Professor
B.A., B.Ed., Queen’s University; M.S.W., Ph.D.,
Marywood College
Joseph Falcone, Associate Professor, Division
Chair
B.S., Manhattan College; Ph.D., State University
of New York/Buffalo
Judith H. Sweeney, Instructor, Director of
Student Teaching and Field Observation
B.A., Marywood University
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Dorothy J. Anthony, D.C., D.A.C.B.N., Assistant
Professor, Faculty Coordinator of eLearning,
D.C., Cleveland Chiropractic College;
D.A.C.B.N., Diplomate American Clinical Board
of Nutrition
Tammy Sue Barette, Associate Professor
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania.; Ph.D.,
J.D., Ohio State University
Robert D. Cook, Associate Professor
B.A., Kutztown University; M.A., Ph.D., Bryn
Mawr College
Mellinda C. Curis, Half-Time Senior Professor
B.A., Saint Francis College; M.S., University of
North Carolina/Charlotte
Jason Koval, Instructor
B.S., Delaware Valley College; M.A., University
of Scranton
Patricia Bederman Miller, Professor
B.S., Bloomsburg University; M.S., Ph.D.,
Marywood University
Dennis M. Mishko, Professor
B.S., M.Ed., East Stroudsburg University Mary A. Morasky, Associate Professor
B.S., Villanova University; M.S., Marywood
College
Ian Saginor, Assistant Professor
B.A., Vassar College; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Jerry M. Skinner, Professor
B.S., B.A.Ed., University of Akron; M.S., Ph.D.,
Ohio State University
Vicki A. Stanavitch, Instructor, Faculty
Coordinator of Undergraduate Research
A.A., Keystone College; B.S., Marywood
University; M.S., University of Scranton
Division of Social and Behavioral
Sciences
Marie Andreoli, Assistant Professor,
Division Char
B.S., M.A., Marywood University
Deborah Doyle Belknap, Esq., Assistant
Professor
B.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., J.D.,
Catholic University
Jeffrey M. Brauer, Professor
B.S., University of Scranton; M.A., The College
of St. Rose
William S. Chase II, Assistant Professor
B.S., Wilkes University; M.A., Ph.D., Marywood
University
Douglas O’Neal, Assistant Professor
B.S., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
Kristel M. Gallagher, Assistant Professor
B.A., Waynesburg College; M.A., Ph.D., Kent
State University
Patrick M. Ratchford, Assistant Professor
B.S., Mansfield University; M. A., Ph.D., State
University of New York at Binghamton
Raymond T. Hayes, Instructor
B.S., University of Scranton; M.S., University of
Scranton
Youyu Phillips, Associate Professor
B.S., Shanghai Teachers College of Technology,
China; M.S., East China University of Science
and Technology; M.S., Wilkes University;
Ph.D., University of Ottawa, Canada
Steven R. Howell, Assistant Prfoessor
B.A., York University; Ph.D., McMaster
University
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Nancy H. Merryman, Associate Professor
B.A., Wilkes University; M.A., State University
of New York/Binghamton; M.A., Ph.D.,
Northwestern University Kerry C. Roe, Assistant Professor
B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Tufts University
Stacey Wyland, Associate Professor
B.S., M.S., Shippensburg University
Janet C. Wrightnour, Associate Professor,
B.A., Skidmore College; M.A., Marywood
College Faculty Emeriti
Mary Ann Carroll, Professor of Hospitality
Management
B.S., Marywood University; M.S., University of
Scranton
Thomas G. Cupillari ’60, Professor of Physical
Science and Mathematics
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.S., University
of Scranton; M.A., Drake University
Arline G. Evans ’44, Professor of Business
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.S., Bucknell
University; M.S., Marywood College
Edward A. Gelb, Associate Professor of
Psychology
A.B., Rutgers University; M.A., Ohio State
University
Mary K. Hart, Professor of English
B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.A.T. in
English, Radcliffe College
Elizabeth Jackson, Assistant Professor
B.S., M.B.A., University of Scranton
David Jobson, Associate Professor
B.S., Drexel University; M.S., Bucknell University
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Stephen T. Kostage, Professor of Biology
A.A., Keystone Junior College; B.S., The
Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Wilkes
University; Ph.D., State University of New York,
Binghamton
Karl Neuroth, Professor of Fine Arts
B.A., Kutztown State University; M.Ed., Temple
University
Lawrence D. Newman, Professor of Speech
B.S., St. Benedict’s College; M.A., St. Louis
University
William J. Tersteeg, Professor
B.A., M.F.A., Southern Illinois University
C. G. Vlassis, Professor of Chemistry
B.S., M.S., Drake University; Ed.D., University
of the Pacific
Administration
David L. Coppola, President
B.S., Seton Hall University,
S.T.B., S.T.M., St. Mary’s Seminary
and University,
Ph.D., Fordham University
Edward G. Boehm, Jr.,
President Emeritus
B.S.Ed., Frostburg State College,
M.Ed., Ed.D., The American University
Thea Harrington, Vice President and Dean of
Academic Affairs
B.A., Hampshire College,
M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York
at Buffalo
Sarah Keating, Vice President for Enrollment
B.A., Colby College,
M.A., University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Robert Perkins, Vice President of Student
Affairs and Dean of Students
B.A., Nasson College,
M.S.Ed., University of Southern Maine,
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Charlotte Ravaioli, Acting Executive Director
of Institutional Advancement and Professor of
Communications
B.A., Marywood University,
M.A., University of Scranton
Kevin Wilson, Vice President of Finance &
Administration
B.A., College of the Holy Cross
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