2021-2022 Full-time Faculty

Dana Abbott, Associate Professor of Special Education, B.A., University of New England; M.S., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2004)

Janet Acker, Associate Professor of Social Work, B.M., Depauw University; M.Div., Union Theology Seminary; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2012)   

Sara Alvaro, Associate Professor of Chemistry, B.S., Union College; Ph.D., Duke University (2011)

Yu-Jung Avis, Professor of Finance, L.L.B., National Taiwan University Law School; M.B.A., The State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (1994)

Patricia Baldwin, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, B.S., The State University of New York at Oneonta; M.S. in Ed., The State University of New York at New Paltz (1999)

Brad Bauer, Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, B.S., DeSales University; Ph.D., The University of Delaware (2011)

Stephanie Bennett-Knapp, Professor of Sociology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2008)

Paul Benzing, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Ph.D., Duke University (2007)

Michael Bologna, Professor of Counseling, B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2001)

Haidy H. Brown, Assistant Professor of Management, B.A., M.P.A.,  Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany. (2018)

Douglas R. Butler, Associate Professor of English, B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (l986)

May Caroline Chan, Associate Professor of English, B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (2005)

Alfred Chapleau, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, B.A., Siena College; M.A., The State University of New York at Albany; J.D., Albany Law School (2011)

Benjamin Clansy, Associate Professor of Political Science, B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., University of Colorado (1993)

Warren Cook, Assistant Professor of Management, B.A., M.B.A., Washington State University Vancouver; Ph.D., Washington State University Pullman (2019)

Kimberly Cornell, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, B.S., State University of New York at Plattsburg; M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany (2015)

Philip M. Crim, Assistant Professor of Biology, B.S., The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; B.S. Arizona State University; Ph.D., West Virginia University (2019)

Kathleen Crowley, Professor of Psychology, B.A., Syracuse University; M.S., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (1985-1993; 1997)

Eurie Dahn, Associate Professor of English, B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Chicago (2009)

David DeBonis, Professor of Communication Disorders, B.A., The College of Saint Rose; M.S., The Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (1992)

Susan V. DeLuke, Associate Professor of Special Education, B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D., Syracuse University (1992)

Christa Deno, Associate Professor of Mathematics, B.A., M.A., The State University of New York at Geneseo; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2011)

Jenise DePinto, Associate Professor of History, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook (2005)

John F. Dion, Associate Professor of Marketing; B.A., Beloit College; M.B.A., Western New England University; D.B.A., Grenoble Ecole de Management and Newcastle University (2013)

Nancy Dorr, Professor of Psychology, B.A., The State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia (2001)

Ronald Dugan, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, B.S., The State University of New York at Albany; M.S., Russell Sage College; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2002-2016; 2017)

Amina Eladdadi, Associate Professor of Mathematics, B.S., The College of Saint Rose; M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2009)

Katlyn Farnum, Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology, B.S., The University of Evansville; M.L.S., M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2016)

Risa Faussette, Associate Professor of History/Political Science, B.A., M.A., The State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Binghamton (1999)

Theresa Flanigan, Professor of Art History, B.Arch., M.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Ph.D., Institute of Fine Arts, New York University (2006)

Sheila Flihan, Professor of Teacher Education, B.A., LeMoyne College; M.A., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2000)

Robert Flint, Professor of Psychology, B.S., Allegheny College; M.A., Ph.D., Kent State University (1999)

Kristi Fragnoli, Professor of Teacher Education, B.A., Siena College; M.S. in Ed., The College of Saint Rose; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Binghamton (2003)

Heather Fronckowiak, Assistant Professor of Social Work, B.S., The College of Saint Rose; M.S.W., The State University of New York at Albany (2019)

Kevin M. Gannon, Assistant Professor of Physical Science, B.S.E.S., M.S., Newark College of Engineering;  M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (l979)

Mark Gilder, Associate Professor of Computer Science, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2013)

Angela Gordon, Associate Professor of Management, B.A., Russell Sage College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2006)

Kelly Hallstrom, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, B.A., Clark University; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Medical School.  (2018)

Robert Hansbrough, Professor of Music, B.A., University of South Florida; M.M.E., Ph.D., Florida State University (1999)

Yvonne Hansbrough, Professor of Music, B.M., New Mexico State University; M.M., The University of Arizona; D.Mus., The Florida State University (2008)

William Hardin, Associate Professor of Mathematics, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University (2003)

Anne Hobday, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, B.A., The College of Saint Rose; M.F.A., Tyler School of Arts at Temple University (2011)

Steven Hoff, Associate Professor of School Psychology, B.A., Baruch College; M.S. in Ed., City College of New York; Psy.D., New York University (2004)

Jaeyeon Hwang, Assistant Professor of Management, M.S., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Florida State University (2014)

Frances Ihle, Associate Professor of Literacy and Special Education, B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison; M.Ed., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; Ph.D., University of Kansas (2011)

Brian Jensen, Professor of Biology, B.S., Siena College; Ph.D., University of Delaware (2004)

Scott I. Jerris, Associate Professor of Accounting, B.S., The State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D., Purdue University (2018)

Patrick Jokiel, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, B.S., University of Michigan-Dearborn; Ph.D., University of Vermont (2016)

Jin Kim, Associate Professor of Communications, B.A., M.A., Yonsei University, Korea; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Iowa (2011)

Young Kim, Professor of Music, B.M., Seoul National University; M.M., The Juilliard School; D.M.A., University of Minnesota (2007)

Ross Krawczyk, Associate Professor of Psychology, B.A., University of Nebraska – Lincoln; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida (2013)

Kathryn Laity, Associate Professor of English, A.B., Michigan State University; A.M., University of Southern California; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut (2006)

Rebecca Landsberg, Associate Professor of Biology, B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (2012)

Christina Lane, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, B.A., M.A., University of Alberta; M.A., Rockefeller College; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2006)

Angela Ledford, Professor of Political Science, B.A., M.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina (2002)

Andrew McKenna Lee, Assistant Professor of Music Industry, B.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., Princeton University (2014)

I-Hsuan Lin, Assistant Professor of Social Work, B.A., National Taiwan University; M.B.A., National Sun Yat-Sen University; M.S.W., Ph.D., Indiana University (2019)

Mary Linder, Associate Professor/Librarian, B.A., The State University of New York at Binghamton; M.S., Alfred University; M.L.S., State University of New York at Albany (2007)

Claudia Lingertat-Putnam, Professor of Counseling, B.S., M.S. in Ed., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Psy. D., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (2003)

Michael Lister, Associate Professor of Music, B.A., Mount Vernon Nazarene University; M.A., Indiana University; D.A., Ball State University (2009)

Jessica Loy, Professor of Art, B.F.A., Temple University; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology (1989)

Christopher Lucarelli, Assistant Professor of Quantitative Analysis, B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.B.A., Russell Sage College; M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (January 1999)

Ian MacDonald, Professor of Computer Information Systems, B.S., Siena College; M.S., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (January 2001)

Jeffrey D. Marlett, Professor of Religious Studies, A.B., Wabash College; M.T.S., Vanderbilt University Divinity School; Ph.D., Saint Louis University (1998)

Jennifer Marlow, Associate Professor of English, B.A., St. Michael’s College; M.A., North Michigan University; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2011)

Ryane McAuliffe Straus, Professor of Political Science, B.A., University of California-Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-Irvine (2005)

Sean McClowry, Associate Professor of Music Industry, B.M., Peabody Conservatory; M.M., Yale School of Music; Ph.D., Princeton University (2011)

Karen McGrath, Professor of Communications, B.A., CUNY York College; M.A., The State University of New York at Albany; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (1997)

Margaret McLane, Associate Professor of Special Education, B.A., Mount Saint Mary College; M.S. in Ed., The College of Saint Rose; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (1993)

Mary Ann McLoughlin, Professor of Mathematics, B.A., The College of Saint Rose; M.A., Washington University; M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (l965)

Silvia Mejia, Associate Professor of Spanish, B.A., Universidad Central del Ecuador; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland (2007)

Susan Meyer, Associate Professor of Art Foundations, B.S., Skidmore College; M.F.A., Tufts University (2013)

Ekaterina Midgette, Associate Professor of Literacy, M.A., Moscow State Linguistic University; Ph.D., University of Delaware (2010)

Heta-Maria Miller, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology, M.Ed., Jyvaskyla University, Finland; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (1999)

David Morrow, Associate Professor of English, B.A., Villanova University; M.A., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., University of California at San Diego (2006)

Deirdre Muldoon, Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, B.Ed., Carysfort College of Education, Ireland; M.S., The College of Saint Rose; M.S., University of Ulster, Ireland; Ph.D., University of New Mexico (January 2017)

Charles Murray, Assistant Professor of Economics, B.S.B.A., Shippensburg University; Ph.D., Iowa State University (2016)

Marda Mustapha, Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, B.A., University of Sierra Leone; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University (2006)

Ann M. Neilson, Assistant Professor of Physical Education, B.S., The State University of New York College at Brockport; M.S., The College of Saint Rose; D.P.E., Springfield College (1992)

Daniel Nester, Associate Professor of English, B.A., Rutgers University; M.F.A., New York University (2005)

Gina Occhiogrosso, Associate Professor of Art Foundations, B.F.A., Tyler School of Art; M.F.A., The State University of New York at Buffalo (2006)

Paul Olsen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, B.A., M.S., The State University of New York at Albany (2016)

Robert O’Neil, Assistant Professor of Art, B.F.A., The University of Akron; M.F.A., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (1999)

Judith O’Rourke, Professor of Computer Science, B.A., The State University of New York College at Oswego; B.S., Union College; M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2001)

Peter Osterhoudt, Assistant Professor/Librarian, B.A., The State University of New York College at Potsdam; M.L.S., The State University of New York at Albany (1999)

Robert Owens, Jr., Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, B.A., M.A., The University of Delaware; Ph.D., The Ohio State University (2012)

Christina Pfister, Associate Professor of Education, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University (2008).

John Pickering, Jr., Professor of Communication Disorders, B.A., M.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., Ohio University (1993)

Julie Piepenbring, Assistant Professor of Social Work, B.S., M.S.W., Southern Connecticut State University; Ph.D. Fordham University.  (2018)

Emily Pinkerton, Assistant Professor of Music Industry, B.A., Butler University; M.M.; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin.  (2018)

Elizabeth Power, Assistant Professor of School Psychology, B.S., Saint Joseph’s College; Ed.S., Ed.D., The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (2017)

Sara Powers, Assistant Professor of Psychology, B.A., Holy Family University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Akron (2014)

David Rice, Associate Professor of English, B.A., Western Kentucky University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut (2004)

Elizabeth Richards, Assistant Professor of Communications Production, B.A., Millersville University; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.F.A., State University of New York at Brockport (2015)

Bruce C. Roter, Professor of Music, B.M., Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester; M.A., Yale University; M.A., The State University of New York at Stony Brook; Ph.D., Rutgers University (1998)

Maureen Rotondi, Associate Professor of Social Work, B.S., Siena College; M.S.W., The State University of New York at Albany (1992)

Ben Schwab, Associate Professor of Art, B.F.A., Missouri State University; M.F.A., Indiana University (2007)

Robert Shane, Associate Professor of Art History, B.F.A., The College of Saint Rose; M.A., Ph.D., Stony Brook University (2011)

Andrew Shanock, Associate Professor of School Psychology, B.A., The State University of New York at Albany; M.S. in Ed., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Temple University (2005)

Ronald Shavers, Associate Professor of English, B.A., Bennington College; M.F.A., The New School; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago (2008)

Deborah Shea, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, B.S., The State University of New York at Oneonta; M.S. in Ed., Ph.D., Binghamton University, The State University of New York.  (2018)

Brandon Siscoe, Assistant Professor of Three-Dimensional Design and Sculpture,  B.F.A., Illinois State University; M.F.A., University of Oregon.  (2018)

Julienne Cuccio Slichko, Assistant Professor of Special Education, B.A., M.S., Mount St. Mary College; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2018)

Steven Strazza, Professor of Chemistry, B.S., State University of New York College at Oneonta; M.S., Ph.D., New Mexico State University (1988)

Keith Sturgess, Associate Professor of Physics, B.S., Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School (2006)

Brian Sweeney, Associate Professor of English, B.A., St. Joseph’s University; A.M., Ph.D., Brown University (2011)

Jamal Teymouri, Associate Professor of Mathematics, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (1990)

Julia Unger, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, B.H., European Fresenius University, Germany; M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder; Ph.D., Heidelberg University of Education, Germany (2013)

Donna VanAlst, Assistant Professor of Social Work, B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.B.A., New York University; M.S.W., Rutgers University; M.Phil, Ph.D., Columbia University (2017)

Frank S. Venezia, Assistant Professor of Accounting, B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology; M.S., The College of Saint Rose (2019)

Grace N. Visher, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, B.Ed., Egerton University (Kenya); M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University (2019)

Zhengjun Wang, Assistant Professor of Management, B.A., Zhejiang University; M.B.A., Kent State University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University (2015)

Theresa Ward, Associate Professor of Special Education, B.A., M.S., The State University of New York at Albany; Ed.D., University of Central Florida (2000)

Laura Weed, Professor of Philosophy/Religious Studies, B.A., SUNY Empire State College; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University (1994)

Patricia Weldon, Assistant Professor of Social Work, B.A., Boston University; M.S.W., Boston College; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (2017)

Jeanne Wiley, Associate Professor of Philosophy, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Catholic University of Louvain (1989-1999; 2002)

Bridgett Williams-Searle, Associate Professor of History, B.A., Hiram College; M.A., Youngstown State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa (2002)

Sherwood Wise, Associate Professor of Core Generalist/Oboe and Basoon, B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., New England Conservatory; M.M.Ed., D.M., Florida State University (2012)

Dandan Wu, Associate Professor of Finance, B.S., Beihang University; Ph.D., Washington State University (2011)

Ann Zak, Professor of Psychology, B.A., Saint Mary’s College; Ph.D., University of Maine (January1993)

Ann Zeeh, Professor of Biology, B.S., Clarkson University; Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (January 1993)

Claire M. Ziamandanis, Professor of Spanish, B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., The State University of New York at Albany (1992)