Academic Experts Database
Our faculty, staff, and administrators are available to provide their expertise on a variety of topics (listed at right). This database is designed primarily for members of the media looking for public comments.
To speak to a faculty or staff expert, please contact Ken Luck, coordinator of public relations, at (570) 239-5861 or kenluck@marywood.edu .
Topic: Education
Patricia Sullivan Arter, Ed.D.
Associate Professor Topics: Diseases & Disorders ;
Education ;
Areas of Expertise: Universal Design for Learning and Integrating Technology into Instruction; Creating access to learning for diverse learners; Transition skills for young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Classroom Behavior Management
Phyllis Black, Ph.D, LSW
Professor Topics: Social Services ;
Ethics ;
Education ;
Areas of Expertise: Graduate Social Work Education; Ethical Issues in Social Work Practice and Education
Agnes A. Cardoni, PhD
Assistant Professor Topics: Healthcare ;
Education ;
Women's Issues ;
Areas of Expertise: Medical Humanities and Narrative Medicine; Influence of the Humanities on Medical/ Health-care Education; Secondary Education, especially issues in High-school English; American writer Tillie Olsen feminist Working-class Literature of the 20th Century
Francis J. DeMatteo, Ed.D., NCSP
Assistant Professor and Director, School Psychology Program Topics: Diseases & Disorders ;
Education ;
Areas of Expertise: Psycho-educational Assessment (autism, specific learning disability, emotional disturbance, other health impairment, mental retardation); Home -school Collaboration; Alternative Education; Behavioral Management.
Raymond Heath, Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Life Topics: Athletics ;
Education ;
Areas of Expertise: Student Life; Contemporary Student Culture; Intercollegiate Athletics
Nelson Neal, Ph.D.
Full-Time Faculty Topics: Nutrition & Exercise ;
Education ;
Areas of Expertise: Health and Physical Education in K-12 setting; Jobs; Mandatory Physical Education; PDE changes related to HPE
Joseph Polizzi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Topics: Education ;
Families & Parenting ;
Areas of Expertise: School Leadership; School Reform; School Policy and Governance, Charter Schools
Kerri J. Tobin, Ph.D., MSW
Assistant Professor of Education Topics: Education ;
Families & Parenting ;
Nutrition & Exercise ;
Education ;
Social Services ;
Areas of Expertise: Poverty and Education; Homeless Children; Education Policy; Nutrition and Academic Achievement
