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COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Employee Image Larry D. Burlew

Chair

Education - Ed.D., George Washington University; M.Ed., Boston University; B.A., Penn State University
Research/Interests - Career development and work related issues; adult development; best practice in counselor education; GLBT issues

Office - University Hall, Room 3161
Phone - (973) 655-7611
Email - burlewl@mail.montclair.edu

Lucille A. Gesualdi

Department Administrator

Education - M.A. Educational Leadership/Ed-Trainer

Office - University Hall, Room 3165
Phone - (973) 655-6844
Email - gesualdil@mail.montclair.edu

Eunice Grippaldi

Program Administrator

Education - M.A. Educational Leadership

Office - University Hall, Room 3194
Phone - (973) 655-7718
Email - grippaldie@mail.montclair.edu

Kathleen M. Mangano

Clinical Coordinator

Education - M.A. Community Counseling

Office - University Hall Room 2170
Phone - (973) 655- 3455
Email - manganok@mail.montclair.edu

Petra Knox

Program Assistant

Education - M.A., Villanova University; B.A., Juniata College.


Office - University Hall 3165
Phone - 973 655- 3133
Email - knoxp@mail.montclair.edu

Mary Andreoli

Secretary


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


Faculty

Employee Image Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.A., New York University; B.A., New York University
Research/Interests - Multicultural counseling training, issues of identity and self among south asians, discrimination, and asian american women, and methodological issues in qualitative research
Profile - Muninder Kaur Ahluwalia

Email - ahluwaliam@mail.montclair.edu
Office - University Hall, Room 3185
Phone - (973) 655-7622

Employee Image Vanessa Alleyne

Education - Ph.D., Columbia University; M.Phil., Columbia University; M.Ed., Harvard University; B.S., Wheelock College
Research/Interests - Addiction treatment outcomes, multiculturalism and racial identity, group processes, forensic evaluation

Office - University Hall, Room 3171
Phone - (973) 655-6996
Email - alleynev@mail.montclair.edu

Amanda L. Baden (Sabbatical: Fall 2011)

Education - Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.Ed., University of Georgia; B.A., Pennsylvania State University
Research/Interests - Multicultural counseling competence, racial and cultural identity, counseling adoption triad members, transracial/international adoption, licensed psychologist (NY)

Office - University Hall, Room 3211
Phone - (973) 655-7336
Email - badena@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Katrina Bulkley (Sabbatical: Fall 2011 and Spring 2012)

Education - Ph.D., Stanford University; M.A., University of North Carolina; B.A., Weslayan University
Research/Interests - School governance and school reform, charter schools and school privatization
Profile - Katrina Bulkley

Office - University Hall, Room 3196
Phone - (973) 655-5189
Email - bulkleyk@mail.montclair.edu

Kathy A. Gainor

Education - Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Waynesburg College
Research/Interests - Multicultural counseling, career counseling, counselor training and pedagogy

Office - University Hall, Room 3152
Phone - (973) 655-7216
Email - gainork@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Harriet Glosoff

Education - Ph.D., American University; M.A., University of Maryland-College Park; B.A., State University of New York
Research/Interests - Professional ethics; Spirituality and cultural issues in counseling, supervision, and counselor education; Preparing counselors as social justice advocates; Best practices in counseling supervision

Office - University Hall, Room 3156
Phone - (973) 655-3482
Email - glosoffh@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Leslie Kooyman

Education - Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; M.A., University of North Carolina, Charlotte; B.S., University of Santa Clara
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
Profile - Leslie Kooyman

Office - University Hall, Room 3213
Phone - (973) 655-7182
Email - kooymanl@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Dana Heller Levitt

Education - Ph.D., Counselor Education, University of Virginia; M.Ed., Counselor Education, University of Virginia; B.A., Psychology, James Madison University
Research/Interests - Ethics, Religious/Cultural Issues in Counseling, Pedagogy, Counselor Education, Body Image/Eating Disorders, Gender Issues
Profile - Dana Heller Levitt

Office - University Hall, Room 3169
Phone - (973) 655-2097
Email - levittd@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Suzanne McCotter

Education - Ph.D., University of Georgia; MLS, Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers
Research/Interests - Instructional supervision, professional development, teacher reflection
Profile - Suzanne McCotter

Office - University Hall, Room 3192
Phone - (973) 655-4366
Email - mccotters@mail.montclair.edu

Christine Morano Magee

Education - Ed.D., George Washington University; M.F.A., University of Virginia; M.A.L.S., Georgetown University; B.A., Mary Baldwin College.
Research/Interests - Integration of technology and the arts as educational philosophy, studio learning and teaching, cultural competence and social justice in teacher training and curriculum development.

Office - University Hall, Room 3190
Phone - (973) 655 5396
Email - mageech@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Joseph Oluwole

Education - Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; J.D., The Ohio State University; B.A., Michigan State University
Research/Interests - Legal issues in public schools (including the constitutional and statutory rights of teachers, students and administrators; whistle blowing; educational equity and the law; the No Child Left Behind Act and ethics
Profile - Joseph Oluwole

Office - University Hall, Room 3154
Phone - (973) 655-5406
Email - oluwolej@mail.montclair.edu

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Gloria Pierce

Education - Ed.D., Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College; Columbia University; M.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers, The State University
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

Office - University Hall, Room 3183
Phone - (973) 655-7185
Email - pierceg@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Edina Renfro-Michel

Education - Ph.D. Mississippi State University; M.Ed. University of New Orleans; B.A. University of New Orleans
Research/Interests - Counselor supervision, adult child attachment, technology in counselor education
Profile - Edina Renfro-Michel

Office - University Hall, Room 3215
Phone - (973) 655-5381
Email - renfromichee@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Catherine B. Roland

Education - Ed.D., M.Ed., University of Cincinnati; B.A., Marshall University
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
Profile - Catherine B. Roland

Office - University Hall, Room 3189
Phone - (973) 655-7184
Email - rolandc@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image Angela I. Sheely-Moore

Education - Ph.D., University of North Texas; M.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; B.A., North Carolina Central University
Research/Interests - School counseling for economically disadvantaged children and their families, school-based play therapy and filial therapy, multicultural counseling
Profile - Angela I. Sheely-Moore

Office - University Hall, Room 3158
Phone - (973) 655-7389
Email - sheelya@mail.montclair.edu

Employee Image W. Matthew Shurts

Education - Ph.D., M.S., Ed.S., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro; B.A., Wake Forest University
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
Profile - W. Matthew Shurts

Office - University Hall, Room 3230
Phone - (973) 655-7190
Email - shurtsm@mail.montclair.edu

Gerald J. Vernotica

Education - Ed.D., Seton Hall University; M.A., Kean University; B.A., Newark State College
Research/Interests - Educational Leadership, Change Leadership, Principal/Teacher Quality.

Office - University Hall, Room 3232
Phone - (973) 655 7335
Email - gvernotica@mail.montclair.edu


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CURRICULUM AND TEACHING

David Schwarzer

Chair

Education - Ph.D. University of Arizona; M.A., Tel-Aviv University; B.A., Tel-Aviv University
Research/Interests - Emergent literacy development in multilingual settings; Research as a tool for empowerment and innovative methodologies in second/foreign language education

Office - University Hall, Room 2127
Phone - (973) 655-5187
Email - schwarzerd@mail.montclair.edu

Susan Hagen

Department Administrator

Education - M.A., University of Central Florida; B.A., West Chester University

Office - University Hall, Room 2125
Phone - (973) 655-6908
Email - hagens@mail.montclair.edu

Maggie Leckey

Program Advisor

Education - M.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; B.A., Rutgers University

Phone - (973) 655-3295
Email - leckeym@mail.montclair.edu

Laura Foresta

Secretary


Office - University Hall, Room 2128A
Phone - (973) 655-5187
Email - forestal@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Ada Beth Cutler

Education - Ed.D., Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Barnard College
Research/Interests - Teacher learning and professional development, education policy, school-university partnership, school renewal

Office - University Hall, Room 3139
Phone - (973) 655-5167
Email - cutlera@mail.montclair.edu

Vanessa Domine

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.A., B.A., San Jose State University
Research/Interests - Educational technology, media literacy, and uses of technology for educational renewal
Profile - Vanessa Domine

Office - University Hall, Room 2191
Phone - (973) 655-6850
Email - dominev@mail.montclair.edu

Wandalyn Enix

Education - Ed.D., Temple University; M.A., Lehigh University; B.A., Howard University
Research/Interests - Multicultural education, urban education, and african-american history and education

Office - University Hall, Room 2174
Phone - (973) 655-7124
Email - enixw@mail.montclair.edu

Jennifer L. Goeke

Education - Ph.D., University at Albany; Ed.M., Rutgers University; B.A., New York University
Research/Interests - Teacher education pedagogy, development of special educators; reasoning and instructional thought; conceptions of students with disabilities

Office - University Hall, Room 2178
Phone - (973) 655-6943
Email - goekej@mail.montclair.edu

Rebecca A. Goldstein

Education - Ph.D., M.S., University of Rochester; B.A., Bucknell University
Research/Interests - Urban education, school reform, and teacher identity development in multicultural context and power in education
Profile - Rebecca A. Goldstein

Office - University Hall, Room 2121
Phone - (973) 655-5191
Email - goldsteinr@mail.montclair.edu

David Lee Keiser

Education - Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.A., University of Michigan
Research/Interests - Mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy; culturally responsive teaching; school-university partnerships
Profile - David Lee Keiser

Office - University Hall, Room 2117
Phone - (973) 655-7199
Email - keiserd@mail.montclair.edu

Emily Klein

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.A., Stanford University; B.A., Barnard College
Research/Interests - Professional development, school reform, professional communities of practice
Profile - Emily Klein

Office - University Hall, Room 2123
Phone - (973) 655-3454
Email - kleine@mail.montclair.edu

Douglas Larkin

Education - Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.S., Trenton State College, NJ
Profile - Douglas Larkin

Office - University Hall, Room 2167
Phone - (973) 655-3124
Email - larkind@mail.montclair.edu

Tanya Moorehead

Education - Ph.D., University of Central Florida; M.A., University of Connecticut; B.S., University of Connecticut
Research/Interests - Co-teaching, collaboration, secondary education, urban education

Office - University Hall, Room 2121
Phone - (973) 655-6709
Email - mooreheadt@mail.montclair.edu

Fernando Naiditch

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.A., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; B.A., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Research/Interests - Second language acquisition, multicultural/bilingual education, cross-cultural communication, teaching english language learners, interlanguage pragmatics
Profile - Fernando Naiditch

Office - University Hall, Room 2163
Phone - (973) 655-5477
Email - naiditchf@mail.montclair.edu

Jennifer Robinson

Education - Ed.D., M.A., M.Ed., Columbia University; B.A., Northwestern University
Research/Interests - Strategies for increasing the diversity of the teaching force, pre-service teacher education, school/university partnerships

Office - University Hall, Room 1191
Phone - (973) 655-4226
Email - robinsonj@mail.montclair.edu

Monica Taylor

Education - Ph.D., University of Arizona; M.S., City College of New York; B.A., University of Pennsylvania
Research/Interests - Self-study, action research and co/auotethnography, inquiry and teaching for social justice, adolescent language, literacy, and culture, teacher leadership
Profile - Monica Taylor

Office - University Hall, Room 2142
Phone - (973) 655-6952
Email - taylorm@mail.montclair.edu

Nancy R. Tumposky

Education - Ed.D., M.Ed., SUNY at Albany; B.A., Manhattanville College
Research/Interests - Second language learning and teaching, and teaching for critical thinking
Profile - Nancy R. Tumposky

Office - University Hall, Room 2144
Phone - (973) 655-7127
Email - tumposkyn@mail.montclair.edu

Ana Maria Villegas

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.S., Hunter College; B.S., St. Peter's College
Research/Interests - Culturally responsive teaching, preparing teachers for a diverse K-12 student population, and increasing the diversity and cultural knowledge/expertise of the teacher workforce
Profile - Ana Maria Villegas

Office - University Hall, Room 2116
Phone: (973) 655-7937
Email - villegasa@mail.montclair.edu

Vincent J. Walencik

Education - Ed.D., Rutgers, The State University; M.A., B.S., Montclair State College
Research/Interests - Distance learning; children engineering, critical thinking/problem solving, technology education, changing teacher/student behavior, and preparing the workforce for the 21st century

Office - University Hall, Room 2172
Phone - (973) 655-5174
Email - walencikv@mail.montclair.edu

Richard Wolfson

Education - Ph.D., M.A., The Ohio State University; B.S., The City College of New York
Research/Interests - Emerging trends in educational technology, and university governance

Office - University Hall, Room 2165
Phone - (973) 655-7126
Email - wolfsonr@mail.montclair.edu

Mayida Zaal

Education - Ph.D. Graduate Center, City University of New York; M.S.Ed. Bank Street College Graduate School of Education; B.A. Rutgers University
Research/Interests - Education of immigrant youth, preparation of teachers working in diverse settings, youth participatory action research, and issues of social justice and equity in education

Office - University Hall, Room 2146
Phone - (973) 655-7683
Email - zaalm@mail.montclair.edu


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EARLY CHILDHOOD, ELEMENTARY, AND LITERACY EDUCATION

Tina Jacobowitz

Chair

Education - Ph.D., New York University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Brooklyn College
Research/Interests - Literacy, critical thinking, social justice, democratic practice
Profile - Tina Jacobowitz

Office - University Hall, Room 3163
Phone - (973) 655-5407
Email - jacobowitzt@mail.montclair.edu

Patricia Anne Watson

Department Administrator


Office - University Hall, Room 3167
Phone - (973) 655-7360
Email - watsonp@mail.montclair.edu

Felicia Moore-Hines

Secretary


Office - University Hall, Room 3162
Phone - (973) 655-5407
Email - hinesf@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Danne E. Davis

Education - Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed. Wheelock College; B.S. Northeastern University
Research/Interests - Curriculum, critical pedagogy, elementary instruction, multiculturalism, teacher education, urban schooling
Profile - Danne E. Davis

Office - University Hall, Room 3237
Phone - (973) 655-5183
Email - davisd@mail.montclair.edu

Elizabeth Erwin

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.S., Syracuse University
Research/Interests - Inclusive early childhood education, family-professional partnerships, self-determination in young children with disabilities, issues of membership and belonging
Profile - Elizabeth Erwin

Office - University Hall, Room 3241
Phone - (973) 655-6843
Email - erwine@mail.montclair.edu

Margaret Freedson

Education - Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., University of California
Research/Interests - Early literacy instruction in linguistically diverse, urban preschools

Office - University Hall, Room 3220
Phone - (973) 655-5411
Email - freedsonm@mail.montclair.edu

Fran Greb

Education - Ed.D., St. John's University; M.A., Newark State College; B.S., Boston University
Research/Interests - Elementary education, special education, professional development schools
Profile - Fran Greb

Office - University Hall, Room 3181
Phone - (973) 655-7487
Email - grebf@mail.montclair.edu

Sumi Hagiwara

Education - Ph.D., M.Phil., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., New York University; B.A., Baruch College, City University of New York
Research/Interests - Critical pedagogy, inner-city/urban elementary and middle school science education, immigrant students and families, multicultural education, emergent science education for the learning disabled

Office - University Hall, Room 3179
Phone - (973) 655-6848
Email - hagiwaras@mail.montclair.edu

Erik Jacobson

Education - Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Wesleyan University
Research/Interests - Adult literacy practice and instruction, cultural variations in the definition of literacy, literacies in creole speech communities, critical pedagogy and learner leadership
Profile - Erik Jacobson

Office - University Hall, Room 3233
Phone - (973) 655-3471
Email - jacobsone@mail.montclair.edu

Michele Knobel

Education - Ph.D., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., Queensland University of Technology; M.Ed., B.Ed., University College of Southern Queensland
Research/Interests - New technologies, in-school and out-of-school practices, classroom teaching
Profile - Michele Knobel

Office - University Hall, Room 3173
Phone - (973) 655-5405
Email - knobelm@mail.montclair.edu

Priya Lalvani

Education - Ph.D., The Graduate Center, CUNY; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., University of Bridgeport; B.A. St. Xaviers' College, Mumbai
Research/Interests - Social construction of disability; families of children with disabilities; teachers' beliefs about epistemology; inclusive education

Office - University Hall, Room 3200
Phone - (973) 655-5372
Email - lalvanip@mail.montclair.edu

Nancy J. Lauter

Education - Ed.D., Boston University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Connecticut College
Research/Interests - School-university partnerships, new teachers in urban settings, curriculum development, mentoring leadership development
Profile - Nancy J. Lauter

Office - University Hall, Room 3226
Phone - (973) 655-4243
Email - lautern@mail.montclair.edu

Dierdre Glenn Paul

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.ED., Lehman College, CUNY; B.A., University of Alabama
Research/Interests - Issues pertaining to literacy, education of U.S. blacks

Office - University Hall, Room 3224
Phone - (973) 655-7183
Email - pauld@mail.montclair.edu

Bree Picower

Education - Ph.D. New York University; B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research/Interests - Social justice education, teacher activism, race and racism in education, teacher education, elementary social studies education
Profile - Bree Picower

Office - University Hall, Room 3198
Phone - (973) 655-4465
Email - picowerb@mail.montclair.edu

Victoria Puig

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Bilingual Cert., CUNY; M.A., M.ED., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Ithaca College
Research/Interests - Early childhood special education, cultural and linguistic diversity, partnering with families of young children with special needs, mentoring new teachers
Profile - Victoria Puig

Office - University Hall, Room 3235
Phone - (973) 655-7159
Email - puigv@mail.montclair.edu

Minsun Shin

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Research/Interests - Young children's social and emotional development, teacher's role in young children's development, teacher training and professionalism, parent involvement
Profile - Minsun Shin

Office - University Hall, Room 3239
Phone - (973) 655-6961
Email - shinm@mail.montclair.edu

Tamara Spencer

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Colorado College
Research/Interests - Early childhood literacy, urban education, literacy curriculum, diverse school settings
Profile - Tamara Spencer

Office - University Hall, Room 3198
Phone - (973) 655-4255
Email - spencert@mail.montclair.edu

Eric Weiner

Education - Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Massachusetts; B.A., University of Massachusetts
Research/Interests - Critical literacy, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, social theory
Profile - Eric Weiner

Office - University Hall, Room 3222
Phone - (973) 655-5177
Email - weinerer@mail.montclair.edu

Dana J. Wilber

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., B.S., University of Colorado
Research/Interests - Literacy practices of college-age students, history of literacy, literacy and technology, literacy and cognition
Profile - Dana J. Wilber

Phone - (973) 655-7486
Email - wilberd@mail.montclair.edu

Linda L. Wise

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.S., Ed., Lehman College, CUNY; B.A., Syracuse University
Research/Interests - Social context issues in literacy development, teacher education

Office - University Hall, Room 3126
Phone - (973) 655-4436
Email -wisel@mail.montclair.edu

Susan Wray

Education - Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.S., Northern Arizona University
Research/Interests - Teacher learning communities, teacher learning and professional development, social justice education, constructivist teaching and learning practices, teaching portfolios
Profile - Susan Wray

Office - University Hall, Room 3177
Phone - (973) 655-6902
Email - wrays@mail.montclair.edu

Elizabeth Kendall

Program Coordinator, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program

Education - M.T.S., Drew University; B.A., Glassboro College
Research/Interests - Early childhood curriculum, urban communities

Office - University Hall, Room 3187
Phone - (973) 655-7101
Email - kendalle@mail.montclair.edu

Nancy Rosario-Layne

Assistant Coordinator, P-3 Modified Alternate Route Program


Office - University Hall, Room 3189
Phone - (973) 655-6909
Email - rosariolaynn@mail.montclair.edu

Tina Seaboch

Coordinator, Literacy and Assessment Centers


Office - University Hall, Room 3124
Phone - (973) 655-4247
Email - seabocht@mail.montclair.edu


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EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONS

Jeremy N. Price (Sabbatical: Spring 2012)

Chair

Education - Ph.D., Michigan State University; H.D.E. (Sec)., H.DJourn., B.Comm., Rhodes University, South Africa.
Research/Interests - Teacher education for social justice; action research, youth identities and schooling, transformative pedagogies, educational policy and teaching

Office - University Hall, Room 2129
Phone - (973) 655-5170
Email - pricej@mail.montclair.edu

Brenda Godbolt

Secretary


Office - University Hall, Room 2128B
Phone - (973) 655-5170
Email - godboltb@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Zoe Burkholder

Education - Ph.D. New York University; M.A. University of California, Berkeley; B.A. University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Research/Interests - Social construction of race in schools; history of educational antiracist activism; teachers and schools in the long civil rights movement

Office - University Hall, Room 2140
Phone - (973) 655-3481
Email - burkholderz@mail.montclair.edu

Brian Carolan

Education - Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.Phil., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University; B.A., Rutgers College, Rutgers University
Research/Interests - Sociology of education; school and classroom organization; social networks

Office - University Hall, Room 2161
Phone - (973) 655-7175
Email - carolanb@mail.montclair.edu

Nicole DiDonato

Education - Ph.D. Rutgers University, New Brunswick; M.Ed. Rutgers University, New Brunswick; B.S. Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Research/Interests - Self-regulated learning; collaborative learning; authentic tasks/assessments; teaching and learning in urban schools
Profile - Nicole DiDonato

Office - University Hall, Room 2110
Phone - (973) 655-3028
Email - didonaton@mail.montclair.edu

Helenrose Fives

Education - Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; M.A., Trinity College; B.A., The Catholic University of America
Research/Interests - Research focuses on the intersection of teacher beliefs and practices with an emphasis on understanding the interrelationship between teachers' beliefs (specifically efficacy, knowledge, and ability beliefs) and the process of teaching and learning to teach. Interests include developing a better understanding of the teaching learning process with particular focus on the teaching as persuasion metaphor
Profile - Helenrose Fives

Office - University Hall, Room 2135
Phone - (973) 655-7162
Email - fivesh@mail.montclair.edu

Maughn Gregory

Education - Ph.D., Iberoamericana University; M.A., University of Hawaii; J.D., J. Ruben Clark Law School
Research/Interests - Philosophy and education; critical thinking
Profile - Maughn Gregory

Office - University Hall, Room 2197
Phone - (973) 655-7049
Email - gregorym@mail.montclair.edu

Jaime Grinberg

Education - Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; B.A., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Research/Interests - Teacher education; historical, cultural, political and social contexts of schooling; teaching; educational leadership; professional development
Profile - Jaime Grinberg

Office - University Hall, Room 2137
Phone - (973) 655-7641
Email - grinbergj@mail.montclair.edu

Kathryn G. Herr (Interim Chair)

Education - Ph.D., Ohio State University; MSW, Fordham Graduate School of Social Services, B.S., Millersville University
Research/Interests - Qualitative and action research, equity issues in schools, fit/lack of fit between diverse student bodies and schools, issues of gender, youth studies; adolescents

Office - University Hall, Room 2133
Phone - 973-655-6845
Email -herrk@mail.montclair.edu

David Kennedy

Education - Ed.D., University of Kentucky; M.S., Eastern Montana College; B.A., Luther College
Research/Interests - Community of inquiry; history of childhood

Office - University Hall, Room 2139
Phone - (973) 655-4279
Email - kennedyd@mail.montclair.edu

Tyson Lewis

Education - Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Research/Interests - Critical pedagogy, critical theory, sociology of schooling, surveillance theory, cultural studies and education
Profile - Tyson Lewis

Office - University Hall, Room 2131
Phone - (973) 655-7094
Email - lewist@mail.montclair.edu

Tamara Lucas

Education - Ph.D., M.A., Stanford University; M.A., San Francisco State University; B.A., Centre College of Kentucky
Research/Interests - Culturally and linguistically responsive teaching, the preparation of teachers to teach culturally and linguistically diverse students, the education of English language learners

Office - University Hall, Room 3141
Phone - (973) 655-7128
Email - lucast@mail.montclair.edu

Jamaal Matthews

Education - Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.S., Mercy College; B.A., Columbia University
Research/Interests - Self-regulated learning; achievement motivation; ethnic minority youth and urban education; adolescent identity development; early childhood cognitive and social development

Office - University Hall, Room 2112
Phone - (973) 655-3027
Email - matthewsj@mail.montclair.edu

Alina Reznitskaya

Education - Ph.D., M.Ed., M.S., B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research/Interests - Development and assessment of argumentation and reasoning
Profile - Alina Reznitskaya

Office - University Hall, Room 2135
Phone - (973) 655-4080
Email - reznitskayaa@mail.montclair.edu

Mark L. Weinstein

Education - Ph.D., The City University of New York; M.A., The City College of New York; B.A., Brooklyn College
Research/Interests - Philosophy of education, methods of inquiry
Profile - Mark L. Weinstein

Office - University Hall, Room 2129
Phone - (973) 655-7041
Email - weinsteinm@mail.montclair.edu


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EXERCISE SCIENCE AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Robert Horn

Chair

Education - Ph.D., Liverpool John Moores University; M.S., West Chester University; B.S., University of Liverpool
Research/Interests - The role of relative motion in the perception of demonstrated task dynamics and observational motor learning

Office - University Hall, Room 4111
Phone - (973) 655-6832
Email - hornr@mail.montclair.edu

Eduardo Saavedra

Department Administrator


Office - University Hall, Room 4141
Phone - (973) 655-5254
Email - saavedrae@mail.montclair.edu

Angel Herbert

Secretary


Office - University Hall, Room 4136
Phone - (973) 655-5253
Email - herberta@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Melissa G. Fraser Alexander

Education - Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.S. Michigan State University; B.S. and B.A., Miami University
Research/Interests - Social skill development within Special Olympics and developing life skills in adapted physical education

Office - University Hall, Room 4105
Phone - (973) 655-4067
Email - alexanderm@mail.montclair.edu

Domenica Desirioscioli

Education - Ed.D., New York University; M.S., Brooklyn College
Research/Interests - History and philosophy of physical education and health, teacher education, management and fencing

Office - University Hall, Room 4137
Phone - (973) 655-4466
Email - desideriosd@mail.montclair.edu

Michele Fisher

Education - D.P.E., Springfield College; M.S., East Stroudsberg University; B.S., Elizabethtown College
Research/Interests - Cardiovascular and environmental aspects of exercise physiology, Prevention/management of coronary heart disease
Profile - Michele Fisher

Office - University Hall, Room 4109
Phone - (973) 655-7120
Email - fisherm@mail.montclair.edu

Fredrick A. Gardin

Education - Ph.D., University of South Carolina, M.A.Ed., East Carolina University, B.S., Appalachian State University
Research/Interests - Socialization of athletic trainers, expertise and skill acquisition in athletic training and sports, athletic training didactic and clinical education, athletic training student persistence and involvement, qualitative research in athletic training

Office - University Hall, Room 4105
Phone - (973) 655-7156
Email - gardinf@mail.montclair.edu

Robert Gilbert

Education - Ph.D., B.A., University of Massachusetts
Research/Interests - Sports psychology and peak performance, motivational speaking

Office - University Hall, Room 4115
Phone - (973) 655-5239
Email - gilbertr@mail.montclair.edu

Marsha Grant-Ford

Education - Ph.D., Temple University; M.Ed., University of Virginia; B.S., East Stroudsburg University
Research/Interests - Didactic and clinical athletic training education curriculum development, culturally competent medical care, management and care of athletic trauma, diversity issues in sport

Office - University Hall, Room 4024
Phone - (973) 655-5243
Email - grantfordm@mail.montclair.edu

Klara Gubacs-Collins

Education - Ed.D., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Montclair State University; B.S., Hungarian University of Physical Education
Research/Interests - Non-traditional approaches to teaching games in the activity modules, including badminton, tennis, soccer, speedball, volleyball, european handball, teacher education, sociology of sport and physical education

Office - University Hall, Room 4119
Phone - (973) 655-5497
Email - gubacsk@mail.montclair.edu

Susana Juniu

Education - Ed.D., Temple University; M.S., Temple University; B.S., Temple University
Research/Interests - Qualitative and Quantitative Research, Psychosocial aspects of Leisure Behavior, and Educational Technology.

Office - University Hall, Room 4143
Phone - (973) 655-5253
Email - junius@mail.montclair.edu

Tiffany Kloeppel

Education - Ph.D., Arizona State University; M.S., California State University, East Bay; B.S., Montana State University, Billings
Research/Interests - Teacher fidelity to Physical Education curricula as well as measurement of student physical activity outcomes.

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Steven Leigh

Education - Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; B.S., Loughborough University, England
Research/Interests -Sports performance enhancement, and injury prevention and rehabilitation, with an emphasis on throwing sports and shoulder and elbow injury prevention.

Office - University Hall, Room 4111
Phone - (973) 655-7452
Email - leighst@mail.montclair.edu

Carolyn A. Masterson

Education - Ed.D., Columbia University; M.A., Columbia University; B.S., College of Mt. St. Joseph
Research/Interests - Curriculum and teaching of health and physical education, management of health and physical education, supervision of students in field experiences

Office - University Hall, Room 4139
Phone - (973) 655-5240
Email - mastersonc@mail.montclair.edu

David Middlemas

Education - Ed.D., Rutgers University; M.A., University of Nebraska at Kearney; B.S., Muhlenberg College
Research/Interests - Athletic training, statistics, research
Profile - David Middlemas

Office - University Hall, Room 4135
Phone - (973) 655-7090
Email - middlemasd@mail.montclair.edu

Susan Schwager

Education - Ed.D., M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Hunter College
Research/Interests - Teaching and teacher education, linking research with practice.
Profile - Susan Schwager

Office - University Hall, Room 4119
Phone - (973) 655-7088
Email - schwagers@mail.montclair.edu

Latisha Forster Scott

Education - Ph.D., Temple University; M.S., Brooklyn College; B.A., Hofstra University

Office -University Hall, Room 4107
Phone - (973) 655-3487
Email - forsterscotl@mail.montclair.edu

Kristin Scrabis-Fletcher

Education -Ph.D.,M.Phil., Teachers College, Columbia University; M. A. University of Maryland; B.A. Pennsylvania State University.
Research/Interests - Examining socio-cultural factors that influence student experience and learning in physical education are rooted in her experiences as a middle school health and physical education teacher

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William Sullivan

Education - Ed.D., M.A., M. Ed.,Columbia University B.A., Southern Illinois University
Research/Interests - Exercise physiology, first aid, and biomechanics of strength and flexibility training.

Office - University Hall, Room 4117
Phone - (973) 655-7089
Email - sullivanw@mail.montclair.edu

Richard Tobin

Education - Ph.D., University of Maryland; M.A., B.A., East Carolina University
Research/Interests - Exercise physiology, cardiac rehabilitation, biomechanics and aquatic safety

Office - University Hall, Room 1513
Phone - (973) 655-7087
Email - tobinr@mail.montclair.edu


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FAMILY AND CHILD STUDIES

Katia Paz Goldfarb

Chair

Education - Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Research/Interests - Examining the social issues that influence families and community life, particularly latino families and children, family diversity and the role of family and child studies in the teacher preparation
Profile - Katia Paz Goldfarb

Office - University Hall, Room 4145
Phone - (973) 655-4171
Email - goldfarbk@mail.montclair.edu

Shannon Bellum

Department Administrator

Education - M.F.A., M.A,. Montclair State University; B.S. SUNY-Oneonta
Research/Interests - Career counseling for higher education, group processes, student life processes and development

Office - University Hall, Room 4153
Phone - (973) 655-6854
Email - bellums@mail.montclair.edu

Christopher Cottle

Department Advisor


Office - University Hall, Room 4151
Phone - (973) 655-3387
Email - cottlec@mail.montclair.edu

Jen Wilenta

Program Assistant


Office - University Hall, Room 4149
Phone - (973) 655-4077
Email - wilentaj@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Tiffany Brown

Education - Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.A., B.A., Binghamton University
Research/Interests - African american families, cultural influences on parenting and family relationships, gender and intimate relationships
Profile - Tiffany Brown

Office - University Hall, Room 4209
Phone - (973) 655-6842
Email - brownti@mail.montclair.edu

Jonathan Caspi

Education - Ph.D., University at Albany, S.U.N.Y.; M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work, C.U.N.Y.; B.A., New York University
Research/Interests - Sibling relationships, sibling abuse, clinical and educational supervision in social work

Office - University Hall, Room 4205
Phone - (973) 655-6905
Email - caspij@mail.montclair.edu

Constance Gager

Education - Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Vermont; B.A., Clark University (Massachusetts)
Research/Interests - Predictors of relationship quality and divorce; the division of household labor, adolescent time use
Profile - Constance Gager

Office - University Hall, Room 4030
Phone - (973) 655-7494
Email - gagerc@mail.montclair.edu

Pauline Garcia-Reid

Education - Ph.D., Fordham University; M.S.W., B.A., Rutgers University
Research/Interests - Culturally-grounded social work practice, latino/a emphasis, educational outcomes, youth substance use & violence prevention
Profile - Pauline Garcia-Reid

Office - University Hall, Room 4186
Phone - (973) 655-6846
Email - garciareidp@mail.montclair.edu

Sara Goldstein

Education - Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A, Bowling Green State University-Ohio; B.A., College of New Jersey
Research/Interests - Social and cognitive development, focusing on the development of peer relationships and peer behavior during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. Specifically, how peer relationships and cognitions about peer relationships influence the development of agression and other forms of problem behavior
Profile - Sara Goldstein

Office - University Hall, Room 4032
Phone - (973) 655-3359
Email - goldsteins@mail.montclair.edu

Lyndal Khaw

Education - Ph.D., M.S., B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research/Interests - Intimate partner violence, the process of leaving abusive partners, changes in family relationships, family stress and dynamics, qualitative methods

Office - University Hall, Room 4184
Phone - (973) 655-3006
Email - khawl@mail.montclair.edu

Chih-Yuan Steven Lee

Education - Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.S., Auburn University; B.A., National Taiwan University
Research/Interests - Relationships among family financial stress, parenting, and child development; prevention intervention, depression and suicide prevention, substance abuse, cross-cultural research on family dynamics
Profile - Chih-Yuan Steven Lee

Office - University Hall, Room 4180
Phone - (973) 655-4371
Email - leech@mail.montclair.edu

Soyoung Lee

Education - Ph.D. Virginia Tech, M.S., B.S. Seoul National University
Research/Interests - Community capacity, reciprocal influences between diverse families and communities, immigrant families, family life education, family program development and evaluation, decision making among young females

Office - University Hall, Room 4038
Phone - (973) 655-3452
Email - leeso@mail.montclair.edu

Miriam Linver

Education - Ph.D., M.S., University of Arizona; B.A., Brandeis University
Research/Interests - Family processes through which income affects children and youth, transition to young adulthood; child and adolescent time use
Profile - Miriam Linver

Office - University Hall, Room 4211
Phone - (973) 655-6841
Email - linverm@mail.montclair.edu

Olena Nesteruk

Education - Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.S, Louisiana State University; B.S., National Agricultural University of Ukraine
Research/Interests - Immigrant families and their adaptation to a new socio-cultural environment, family stress and coping, qualitative research
Profile - Olena Nesteruk

Office - University Hall, Room 4036
Phone - (973) 655-7984
Email - nesteruko@mail.montclair.edu

Christine Price

Education - Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.S., University of Georgia; B.A., University of California, Irvine
Research/Interests - Women and retirement, aging family relationships and intergenerational dynamics, gender issues in later life, qualitative methods
Profile - Christine Price

Office - University Hall, Room 4028
Phone - (973) 655-3358
Email - pricech@mail.montclair.edu

Robert Reid

Education - Ph.D., Columbia University; MSW, Rutgers; B.A., Rutgers
Research/Interests - Community based participatory research, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention among urban minority youth, structural and environmental interventions to prevent alcohol and tobacco use
Profile - Robert Reid

Office - University Hall, Room 4040
Phone - (973) 655-7862
Email - reidr@mail.montclair.edu

Pearl Stewart

Education - Ph.D., University of Delaware; MSSA, Case Western Reserve University; B.S., University of Delaware
Research/Interests - African-american extended families, family diversity, cultural connections between african american and west african families
Profile - Pearl Stewart

Office - University Hall, Room 4188
Phone - (973) 655-6840
Email - stewartp@mail.montclair.edu

Jennifer Brown Urban

Education - Ph.D., Cornell University; MA, Cornell University; BA, Tufts University
Research/Interests - Applied developmental science; Positive youth development; Developmental Systems Theories and Systems Science; Out-of-school activity involvement and the impact on positive and negative indicators of development; Ecological and neighborhood factors as context for development; Effective means of integrating research, practice, and policy; Evaluation and program planning particularly for youth development programs, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) programs, and public health programs

Office - University Hall, Room 4205
Phone - (973) 655-6884
Email - urbanj@mail.montclair.edu


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HEALTH AND NUTRITION SCIENCES

Eva Goldfarb

Chair

Education - Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Trinity College
Research/Interests - Human sexuality, curriculum development and program evaluation
Profile - Eva Goldfarb

Office - University Hall, Room 4161
Phone - (973) 655-7116
Email - goldfarbe@mail.montclair.edu

Ann Schurmann

Department Administrator

Education - M.P.H., Columbia University; B.A. Boston University

Office - University Hall, Room 4159
Phone - (973) 655-7681
Email - schurmanna@mail.montclair.edu

Barbara May-Hyzer

Lab Coordinator

Education - M.A., New York University; B.A., Mercyhurst College

Office - University Hall, Room 4012
Phone - (973) 655-4130
Email - hyzerb@mail.montclair.edu

Claudia Guy

Secretary


Office - University Hall, Room 4162
Phone - (973) 655-4154
Email - guyc@mail.montclair.edu


Faculty

Yeon Bai

Education - Ph.D., Indiana University; M.S., Eastern Michigan University; B.S., Seoul National University
Research/Interests - Nutrition and breast cancer education, nutrition counseling
Profile - Yeon Bai

Office - University Hall, Room 4026
Phone - (973) 655-3220
Email - baiy@mail.montclair.edu

Kathleen Bauer

Education - Ph.D., M.S., Rutgers, The State University; B.S., Northern Illinois University
Research/Interests - Nutrition and breast cancer education, nutrition counseling
Profile - Kathleen Bauer

Office - University Hall, Room 4020
Phone - (973) 655-7155
Email - bauerk@mail.montclair.edu

Mary Jo Belenski

Education - Ed.D., Ed.M., Rutgers, The State University; B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Research/Interests - Allied health professions, dental health education, curriculum development and student internship programs

Office - University Hall, Room 4157
Phone - (973) 655-7122
Email - belenskim@mail.montclair.edu

Amanda S. Birnbaum

Education - Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.P.H., Columbia University; B.A., University of Bridgeport
Research/Interests - Adolescent health promotion interventions, social environmental aspects of adolescent physical activity and eating patterns, girls' health, and behavioral epidemiology
Profile - Amanda S. Birnbaum

Office - University Hall, Room 4175
Phone - (973) 655-7115
Email - Birnbauma@mail.montclair.edu

Angela Chale

Education - Ph.D., Purdue University; M.S. , New York University; B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University
Research/Interests - Nutrition, exercise physiology, and chemosensitivity in aging and disease

Office - University Hall, Room 4012
Phone - (973) 655-3131
Email - chalea@mail.montclair.edu

Joseph Donnelly

Education - Ph.D., Southern Illinois; M.S., Southern Illinois; B.S., Southern Illinois
Research/Interests - Aspect of prevention & program planning within alcohol and substance abuse, stress reduction as it scientifically relates within health education
Profile - Joseph Donnelly

Office - University Hall, Room 4166
Phone - (973) 655-7119
Email - donnellyj@mail.montclair.edu

Charles Feldman

Education - Ph.D., M.A., B.A., New York University
Research/Interests - Ancient food studies, Food transformation, Status and performance
Profile - Charles Feldman

Office - University Hall, Room 4016
Phone - (973) 655-6987
Email - feldmanc@mail.montclair.edu

Joan C. Ficke

Education - Ed.D., M.A., New York University; B.A., Montclair State University
Research/Interests - Health policy, health counseling, health education, and women's health issues

Office - College Hall, Room 212
Phone - (973) 655-4368
Email - fickej@mail.montclair.edu

Mark A. Kaelin

Education - Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A., B.A., Montclair State University
Research/Interests - Health education, workplace health promotion, consumer health, and epidemiology
Profile - Mark A. Kaelin

Office - University Hall, Room 4201
Phone - (973) 655-7123
Email - kaelinm@mail.montclair.edu

Lisa D. Lieberman

Education - Ph.D. University of Michigan; M.A. Kent State University; B.A. Kent State University
Research/Interests - Program development and evaluation in adolescent risk reduction; teen pregnancy and HIV prevention; maternal/child health; tobacco control

Office - University Hall, Room 4203
Phone - (973) 655-5179
Email - liebermanl@mail.montclair.edu

Doreen Liou

Education - Ed.D., M.Ed., M.S., Columbia University; B.S., New York University
Research/Interests - Psychosocial theories in health behavior, nutrition education
Profile - Doreen Liou

Office - University Hall, Room 4022
Phone - (973) 655-4416
Email - lioud@mail.montclair.edu

Douglas Murray

Education - Ph.D., M.S., Auburn University; B.S., City University of Seattle; A.O.S., Culinary Institute of America.
Research/Interests - Sustainable food production and foodservice operations, food saftey, quality management, and customer satisfaction


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Meena Mahadevan

Education - Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University; M.H.E, University of Georgia
Research/Interests - Nutritional Aspects of Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS, Dietary Acculturation

Office - University Hall, Room 4173
Phone - (973) 655-7574
Email - mahadevanm@mail.montclair.edu

Stephanie Silvera

Education - Ph.D., Yale University; M.S., Rutgers University; B.A., Rutgers College
Profile - Stephanie Silvera

Office - University Hall, Room 4171
Phone - (973) 655-2125
Email - silveras@mail.montclair.edu

John Specchio

Education - Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Rutgers, The State University
Research/Interests - Food safety, food packaging, food analysis for contaminants
Profile - John Specchio

Office - University Hall, Room 4014
Phone - (973) 655-5291
Email - specchioj@mail.montclair.edu

Jhon Velasco

Education -M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Profile -Jhon Velasco

Office - University Hall, Room 4190
Phone - (973) 655-3428
Email - velascoj@mail.montclair.edu

Shahla Wunderlich

Education - Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., American University of Beirut (Lebanon); B.S., Pahlavi University (Iran)
Research/Interests - Clinical nutrition assessment, maternal/child nutrition, nutritional status of older adults, nutrition and aging, nutrition assessment of older adults, identification of biomarkers in nutritional assessment
Profile - Shahla Wunderlich

Office - University Hall, Room 4018
Phone - (973) 655-4373
Email -wunderlichs@mail.montclair.edu


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