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Counseling and Educational Leadership

Faculty & Staff

Larry D. Burlew, Chair
Office: University Hall, Room 3161
Phone Number: (973) 655-7611
Email: burlewl@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., George Washington University; M.Ed., Boston University; B.A., Penn State University
Professional Research/Interests: Career development and work related issues; adult development; best practice in counselor education; GLBT issues
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~burlewl

Lucille A. Gesualdi, Department Administrator
Office: University Hall, Room 3165
Phone Number: (973) 655-6844
Email: gesualdil@mail.montclair.edu
Education: M.A. Educational Leadership/Ed-Trainer
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~gesualdil

Eunice Grippaldi, Program Administrator
Office: University Hall, Room 3194
Phone Number: (973) 655-7718
Email: grippaldie@mail.montclair.edu
Education: M.A. Educational Leadership
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~grippaldie

Mary Andreoli, Secretary
Office: University Hall, Room 3162
Phone Number: (973) 655-7216
Email: andreolim@mail.montclair.edu

Faculty

Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia
Office: University Hall, Room 3185
Phone Number: (973) 655-7622
Email: ahluwaliam@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., New York University; M.A., New York University; B.A., New York University
Professional Research/Interests: Multicultural counseling training, issues of identity and self among south asians, discrimination, and asian american women, and methodological issues in qualitative research
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~ahluwaliam

Vanessa Alleyne
Office: University Hall, Room 3171
Phone Number: (973) 655-6996
Email: alleynev@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Columbia University; M.Phil., Columbia University; M.Ed., Harvard University; B.S., Wheelock College
Professional Research/Interests: Addiction treatment outcomes, multiculturalism and racial identity, group processes, forensic evaluation
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~alleynev

Amanda L. Baden
Office: University Hall, Room 3211
Phone Number: (973) 655-7336
Email: badena@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.Ed., University of Georgia; B.A., Pennsylvania State University
Professional Research/Interests: Multicultural counseling competence, racial and cultural identity, counseling adoption triad members, transracial/international adoption, licensed psychologist (NY)
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~badena

Katrina Bulkley
Office: University Hall, Room 3196
Phone Number: (973) 655-5189
Email: bulkleyk@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Stanford University; M.A., University of North Carolina; B.A., Weslayan University
Professional Research/Interests: School governance and school reform, charter schools and school privatization
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~bulkleyk

Kathy A. Gainor (Leave of Absence, 2009-2010 Academic Year)
Phone Number: (973) 655-7216
Email: gainork@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Waynesburg College
Professional Research/Interests: Multicultural counseling, career counseling, counselor training and pedagogy
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~gainork

Kecia Hayes
Office: University Hall, Room 3190
Phone Number: (973) 655-5396
Email: hayesk@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D. from Graduate Center, City University of New York; M.A. & Ed.M. from Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Hamilton College
Professional Research/Interests: Educational experiences of court-involved youth; Impact of educational policies and practices on urban students and parents; and urban school leadership
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~hatesk

Leslie Kooyman
Office: University Hall, Room 3213
Phone Number: (973) 655-7182
Email: kooymanl@mail.montclair.edu
Education:Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; M.A., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; B.S., University of Santa Clara
Professional Research/Interests:High-risk sexual behavior of gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM),HIV/AIDS prevention,gay men and aging, acculturative stress of international students,GLBT issues, counselor development
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~kooymanl

Dana Heller Levitt
Office: University Hall, Room 3156
Phone Number: (973) 655-2097
Email: levittd@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Counselor Education, University of Virginia; M.Ed.,Conselor Education, University of Virginia; B.A., Psychology, James Madison University
Professional Research/Interests: Ethics, Religious/Cultural Issues in Counseling, Pedagogy, Counselor Education, Body Image/Eating Disorders, Gender Issues
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~levittd

Suzanne McCotter
Office: University Hall, Room 3192
Phone Number: (973) 655-4366
Email: mccotters@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Georgia; MLS, Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers
Professional Research/Interests: Instructional supervision, professional development, teacher reflection
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~mccotters

Cheryl Ann Notari
Office: University Hall, Room 3152
Phone Number: (973) 655-7186
Email: notaric@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Seton Hall University, M.A. Psychological Studies, Seton Hall University, B.A. Psychology, Seton Hall University
Professional Research/Interests: Clinical implications for counselor attitudes toward mutlicultural populations, supervision of counselors, and counseling work with adults and children who were adopted
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~notaric

Kim C. O'Halloran
Office:University Hall, 3145
Phone Number: (973) 655-7128
Email: ohallorank@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., New York University; Ed.M., Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers University
Professional Research/Interests: Higher education, academic and student affairs collaboration, graduate student development and retention, student learning at the postsecondary level
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~ohallorank

Joseph Oluwole
Office: University Hall, Room 3154
Phone Number: (973) 655-5406
Email: oluwolej@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; J.D., The Ohio State University; B.A., Michigan State University
Professional Research/Interests: Legal issues in public schools (including the constitutional and statutory rights of teachers, students and administrators; whistleblowing; educational equity and the law; the No Child Left Behind Act) and ethics
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~oluwolej


Gloria Pierce
Office: University Hall, Room 3183
Phone Number: (973) 655-7185
Email: pierceg@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College; Columbia University; M.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University
Professional Research/Interests: Holistic approaches to counseling, ecotherapy & ecofeminist therapy, gender/ women's issues, feminist counseling, feminist pedagogy, faculty development, organization development & management education; cultural analysis
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~pierceg

Edina Renfro-Michel
Office: University Hall, Room 3215
Phone Number: (973) 655-5381
Email: renfromichee@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D. Mississippi State University; M.Ed. University of New Orleans; B.A. University of New Orleans
Professional Research/Interests: Counselor supervision, adult child attachment, technology in counselor education
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~renfromichee

Catherine B. Roland
Office: University Hall, Room 3162
Phone Number: (973) 655-7184
Email: rolandc@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., M.Ed., University of Cincinnati; B.A., Marshall University
Professional Research/Interests: Counseling families, agency and school counseling, developmental counseling with adults, counselor preparation and supervision, pedagogy
Clinical Specializations: Include marriage and family counseling, eating disorders, treatment of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, alternative lifestyle issue
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~rolandc

Angela I. Sheely-Moore
Office: University Hall, Room 3158
Phone Number: (973) 655-7389
Email: sheelya@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of North Texas; M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; B.A., North Carolina Central University
Professional Research/Interests: School counseling for economically disadvantaged children and their families, school-based play therapyand filial therapy, multicultural counseling
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~sheelya

W. Matthew Shurts
Office: University Hall, Room 3230
Phone Number: (973) 655-7190
Email: shurtsm@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ph.D., M.S., Ed.S., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; B.A., Wake Forest University
Professional Research/Interests: Premarital and pre-union counseling, romantic relationship development, counselor education pedagogy
Clinical Specializations: Include premarital and pre-union counseling, marriage and family counseling, emergency/crisis assessment
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~shurtsm

David Weischadle
Office: University Hall, Room 3228
Phone Number: (973) 655-7335
Email: weischadled@mail.montclair.edu
Education: Ed.D., Rutgers, The State University; Ed.M., Rutgers, The State University; B.S., Rutgers, The State University
Professional Research/Interests: Leadership, knowledge management, human resource development, instructional supervision, and program development and evaluation
Website: http://www.montclair.edu/~weischadled

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Adjunct Faculty

Name Email
Abruscato, Joseph Joseph.Abruscato@sayrevillek12.net
Coffin, Stephen StephenCoffin@aol.com
Da Giau, Bette bdagiau@teaneckschools.org
DiMezza, Linda linreads@optonline.net
Grace, Thomas gracet@mail.montclair.edu
Johnson, Christine cjohnson@mendhamtwp.org
Lucey, George georgelucey@hotmail.com
Mangano, Kathy manganok@mail.montclair.edu
Mazzarella, Julia jmazzarella@livingston.org
McClain, Gary mcclaing@mail.montclair.edu
Palumbo, Linda palumbol@mail.montclair.edu
Parmelee, Janet jparmelee@mujc.org
Pepe, Louis 1pepe@fc.summit.k12.nj.us
Seidenfeld, Sue sgarfinkel@copecenter.net

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