Karen Arscott

Program & Medical Director, Physician Assitan Programt, D.O. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1986. Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.


Patricia Arter

Assistant Professor, Special Education, PhD Johns Hopkins Universtiy. Behavior disorders, inclusion strategies, differeniated instruction/Universal Design for Learning.


Kathleen McKee

Associate Professor, Nutrition &Dietetics, PhD, Drexel University, 1990. Metabolism, obesity, geriatric nutrition.


Marianne E. Borja

Co-Chair and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1985; Ed.D., Temple University, 1984.
Research Interests: Health promotion nutrition in community programs; nutrition and lifestyle choices in preschool children; medicinal use of herbs; dietary intakes of preschool children in military families; women's health.


Stephen C. Burke

Associate Professor of Social Work, 1994; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1992.
Research Interests: Public sector systems, programs, change and strategies; development/family readiness.


Gail Cabral, I.H.M.

Professor of Psychology, 1991; Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1978.
Research Interests: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; gender differences; social-cognitive development, particularly in the area of friendship relations; relationship of psychology and religion.


Geraldine Dawson

Assistant Professor of Social Work, 1993; M.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1988.
Research Interests: Integrated bio-psycho-sociocultural approaches to health and human services; psychopharmocology; factors influencing resilience in childhood.


Mary Anne Fedrick

Dean, Reap College of Education and Human Development, 1994; Ph.D., Penn State University.
Research Interests: Management and delivery of information technology in higher education; higher education organization and culture, leadership roles for librarians.


Robin Gallagher

Professor of Nursing, 1985; D.N.Sc., Widener University, 1989.
Research Interests: Prenatal care (barriers); smoking during pregnancy, GBS in pregnancy; role of nurse practitioner; beliefs about smoking during pregnancy.


Mary Alice Golden

Associate Professor of Nursing, 1997; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1990.
Research Interests: Aging; Alzheimer's disease; chronic illness; adaptation to aging; communication skills in nursing education; long-term care.


Mona R. Griffer

Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Graduate SLP Program Director, 1997; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University, 1997; CCC-SLP, BRCLS, ASHA. Child language development/disorders, early intervention, multicultural issues, and pediatric oral-motor/feeding.
Research Interests: Family-centered early intervention clinical service delivery; pediatric speech-language and oral-motor/feeding development and disorders.


Lee Harrison

Co-Chair and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1984; Ph.D., New York University, 1984.
Research Interests: Personality type (MBTI) and its effects on career choice, competene and ability to predict success; nutrition support/critical care; food habits; Children's health and nutrition; women's health and fitness; geriatric nutrition and health; attitudes and perception of health practitioners.


Joanne M. Hessmiller

Associate Professor of Social Work, (2003), B.A., Mary wood University;M.S.W., Loyola University of Chicago; M.L.S.P., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Maryland


Ann M. Jablonski, RSCJ

Assistant Professor of Education, 1998; Ph.D., Fordham University, 1996.
Research Interests: Novice-to-expert self-efficacy and cognitive processes, mentoring and internships in pre-service teacher education, educational leadership, systems analysis and structural modeling.


Diane Keller

Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Social Work: M.S.W., Marywood College; Ph.D. Syracuse University.
Research Interests: Adaption of families of children with chronic illness or disabilities; attachment and chronic illness or disability.


Alan M. Levine

Director, Ph.D. Program in Human Development, 2007, and Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, 1993; Ph.D., New York University, 1985.
Research Interests: Sports nutrition; human performance; wellness/health promotion; children's health and nutrition.


Lloyd L. Lyter

Professor, School of Social Work,1994; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1993.
Research Interests: Chemical Dependency, HIV/AIDS, Mental Health and Ethics.


Alice McDonnell

Assistant Chair and Professor of Public Administration, 1985; Doctor of Public Health, Columbia University, 1982.
Research Interests: Gerontology; long-term care; role of hospice and other community resources in treatment of older cancer patients; Alzheimer's disease; quality assurance.


Jill Murray

Director, Institute for Health and Wellness.Ph.D., Marywood University 2006. Research Interests: Discovering the Defining Characteristics in an Effective Internship Program.


Susan M. Perlis

Associate Professor of Education, B.A., Wilkes University; M.S., College Misericordia; Ed.D., Temple University.  Research Interests: Higher education administration; student personnel administration; at-risk students in higher education, universal design for learning, college teaching, K-12 teaching pedagogy.


Ken Rundell

Professor of Health Science, Director of the Human Performance Laboratory. Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1991.
Research Interests: Exercise and asthma; Air pollution in the ice rink and airway inflammation; Airborne particulate matter and cardiovascular effects.


Kathleen Ruthkosky

Department Administrator and Associate Professor of Education, 1997; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1993.
Research Interests: Early childhood education, instructional design, teacher education.


Barbara Sadowski

Director of Planning and Institutional Research, 1994; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1978.
Research Interests: Effects of technology (especially computers) in program enhancement and enrollment; multimedia use by pre-college teachers (factors involved in and effects of ); measurements of productivity in higher education; outcomes assessment in private colleges.


Mary Salvaterra, C.S.J.

Professor of Education, 1991; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1990.Research Interests: Block scheduling and curriculum development in secondary schools; educational leadership.


Peter H. Spader

Professor Philosophy, 1997; Ph.D., Columbia Uniersity, 1969.
Research Interests: Phenomenology and its applications; professional ethics; phenomenologically-based ethical personalism of Max Scheler; verification of phenomenological experience.


Jane Strobino

Professor, School of Social Work, 1993; DSW, Catholic University, 1984.
Research Interests: Teaching Strategies, Evalution of Learning Outcomes, Evaluation of Teaching.


 


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