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Core Consulting Faculty

(As of October 1, 2010 - September 30, 2011)

Dean of Faculty

Patrice E. Farquharson, Chair
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education Post University
(B.S., University of Connecticut; M.S., Southern Connecticut State University; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University)

Academic Council

Patrice E. Farquharson, Chair
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education Post University
(B.S., University of Connecticut; M.S., Southern Connecticut State University; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University)
 
Richard Benfield
Associate Professor of Geography, Central Connecticut State University
(B.Sc., University of Aberdeen; M.A. University of Alberta; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma)
 
Karen W. Birch
Professor of Applied Science, Tunxis Community College
(B.S., Saint Joseph College; M.S., University of Connecticut; Ed.D., University of Hartford)
 
Doris G. Cassiday
Assistant Director of Academic Programs/Academic Counselor, Charter Oak State College
(A.B., University of Vermont)
 
Irene Clampet
Marketing Program Coordinator, Three Rivers Community College
(B.A., Queens College of the City University, New York; M.B.A., St. John's University)
 
William H. Coleman
(ex officio) Professor of Biology emeritus, University of Hartford
(B.S., Washington College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago)
 
Maureen A. Conard
Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Sacred Heart University
(B.A., Providence College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Steven W. Congden
Assistant Professor of Management, University of Hartford
(B.S., M.B.A., Clarkson University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
 
A. Cheryl Curtis, Chair
Associate Professor of Secondary Education, College of Education, University of Hartford, Professor Emerita
(B.A., Marywood College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Richard Gerber
Professor of History, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
David E. Henderson
Professor of Chemistry, Trinity College
(B.S., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Keith B. Johnson
(ex officio) Professor of Finance emeritus, University of Connecticut
(B.S., SUNY at Syracuse; M.B.A., D.B.A., Washington University)
 
Linda M. Larkin
Director, Academic Services, Charter Oak State College
(B.A., C.W. Post College; M.S., University of Hartford)
 
Kristine Larsen
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Central Connecticut State University
(B.A., Central Connecticut State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Regina Miller
Professor of Early Childhood Education emerita, University of Hartford
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas)
 
Stephen Misovich
Associate Professor of Psychology, Hillyer College, University of Hartford
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Sandra West Morgan
Associate Professor of Management, University of Hartford
(B.A., Smith College; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education; S.M., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
 
Shyamala Raman, Chair
Professor of Economics & International Studies, Saint Joseph College
(B.A., M.A., University of Madras; M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
David E. E. Sloane
Professor of English, University of New Haven
(B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University)
 
Beverly C. Wall
Associate Professor & Director of the Allan K. Smith Center for Writing and Rhetoric, Trinity College
(B.A., University of Exeter; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of North Carolina)

President's Advisory Council

William H. Coleman
Professor of Biology emeritus, University of Hartford
(B.S., Washington College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago)Keith Johnson
Professor of Finance emeritus, University of Connecticut
(B.S., SUNY at Syracuse; M.B.A., D.B.A., Washington University)Elizabeth M. Markham
Professor of Mathematics emeritus, Saint Joseph College
(B.A., Saint Joseph College; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame)

Business Committee

Shyamala Raman, Chair
Professor of Economics & International Studies, Saint Joseph College
(B.A., M.A., University of Madras; M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Lisa M. Bigelow
Associate Director of the Center of International Education, Central Connecticut State University
(B.S., M.A., Central Connecticut State University)
 
Irene Clampet
Professor of Business and Marketing Program Coordinator, Three Rivers Community College
(B.A., Queens College of the City University, New York; M.B.A., St. John's University)
 
Steven W. Congden MBA
Director, Associate Professor of Management, University of Hartford
(B.S., M.B.A., Clarkson University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
 
Cynthia Conrad
Associate Professor of Public Management, University of New Haven
(B.A., Southern Illinois University; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Texas)
 
Neil Robert Dworkin
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Master of Health Administrator Program, Western Connecticut State University
(B.S., Farleigh Dickinson University; M.B.A., City University of New York - Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; M.P.A., New York University; Ph.D., New York University)
 
Cheryl Harrison
Consultant, Executive Talent Services, West Hartford, CT
(B.A., University of Southern California, M.A., Ed.D., Harvard University)
 
David L. Lardie
Professor of Accounting, Tunxis Community College
(B.B.A., Western Connecticut State University, M.S.P.A., University of Hartford)
 
Shyam S. Lodha
Chair and Professor of Marketing, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.Com., M.Com., L.L.B., University of Rajasthan; M.B.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Jodhpur)
 
Richard McCarthy
Associate Dean of School of Business, Professor of Information Systems Management, Quinnipiac University
(B.S., Central Connecticut State University; M.B.A., Western New England College, D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University)
 
Sandra West Morgan
Associate Professor of Management, University of Hartford
(B.A., Smith College; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education; S.M.; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
 
Clifford M. Nelson
Professor of Accounting, University of Connecticut
(B.S., M.C., D.B.A., University of Illinois)
 
Dimitrios S. Pachis
Professor of Economics, Eastern Connecticut State University
(B.S., University of Piraeus; M.B.A., University of Hartford; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Margery Steinberg
Professor Emeritus of Marketing, University of Hartford
(B.A., Boston University; M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Henry T. Ulrich
Assistant Professor of Business, University of Connecticut Tri Campus
(B.A., Marietta College; M.B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island)

History and Humanities Committee

Richard Bass
Professor of Music Theory, University of Connecticut
(B.M., Georgia State University; M.M., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Texas)
 
Richard Benfield
Professor of Geography, Central Connecticut State University
(B.Sc. (Hons) University of Aberdeen; M.A. University of Alberta; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma)
 
Edmond Chibeau
Assistant Professor of Communication, Eastern Connecticut State University
(B.A., Long Island University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Northwestern University)
 
Richard Gerber
Professor of History, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
Angelo Glavanio
Chair and Professor, Foreign Language Department, Middlesex Community College
(Ph.D., University of Messina, Italy)
 
Eleanor M. Godway
Professor, Central Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Cambridge University, England; Ph.D., York University, Canada)
 
Krystyana Gorniak-Kocikowska
Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State University
(A.B.D., Temple University; M.A., Temple University; M.A., Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland; Ph.D., Adam Mickiewiz University, Poland)
 
Nicholas Halko
Professor of Art, and Studio Art/Graphic Design Associates Degree Program Coordinator, Gateway Community College
(B.A., Southern Connecticut State University; M.F.A., University of Hartford)
 
Catherine E. Hoyser
Associate Professor of English/Coordinator, Women's Studies, Saint Joseph College
(B.A., M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., Indiana University)
 
Jennifer M. O'Donnell
Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Humanities, Mitchell College
(B.A., College Misericordia; M.A., University of Connecticut)
 
Linda Olson
Coordinator, International Programs; Associate Professor of French, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.S., Cleveland State University; M.A., Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin)
 
Avinoam J. Patt
Assistant Professor, Philip D. Feltman Professor of Modern Jewish History, The Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies University of Hartford
(B.A., Emory University, Ph.D., New York University)
 
Paul Siff
Professor Emeritus, Sacred Heart University
(B.A., Brooklyn College; Ph.D., University of Rochester)
 
David E. E. Sloane
Professor of English, University of New Haven
(B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University)
 
Beverly Wall
Associate Professor of English, Trinity College
(B.A. University of Exeter, England; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
 
Terry Wells
Associate Professor of Art, Western Connecticut State University
(B.A., Connecticut College; M.F.A., Yale University)

Mathematics, Science, and Technology Committee

Karen W. Birch, Chair
Professor of Applied Science, Tunxis Community College
(B.S., Saint Joseph College; M.S., University of Connecticut; Ed.D., University of Hartford)
 
Sandra Honda Adams
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Sacred Heart University
(B.A., C.P.C., M.S., University of Hawaii)
 
David J. Ahlgren
Professor of Engineering, Trinity College
(B.S., Trinity College; M.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
Anthony Benoit
Director of Engineering Technology, Three Rivers Community College
(B.S., Yale University; M.A., Connecticut College; M.S., University of Connecticut)
 
Raymond Dennis
Coordinator and Professor of Ophthalmic Design and Dispensing, Middlesex Community College
(A.A.S., New York City Community College; B.S., Saint Joseph's College, Patchogue, NY; M.A., Saint Joseph College)
 
Greg S. Erianne
Professor of Biology, Naugatuck Valley Community College
(B.A., Rutgers University; B.A., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
 
David E. Henderson
Professor of Chemistry, Trinity College
(B.S., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Mark D. Johnson
Associate Professor of Biology, St. Joseph College
(B.A., Fairhaven College; Ph.D., University of Alabama)
 
Kristine Larsen
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Central Connecticut State University
(B.A., Central Connecticut State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Joseph L. Manthey
Associate Professor of Math, St. Joseph College
(B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of South Florida; Ph.D., Computational and Applied Mathematics, Old Dominion University)
 
Robert E. Massicotte, Jr.
Practitioner-in-Residence, Fire Science Program, University of New Haven
(B.S., M.S., University of New Haven)
 
Adele M. Miller
Assistant Professor of Mathematical Sciences, Central Connecticut State University
(A.B., Wells College; M.A.T., Columbia University, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Olusegun Odesina
Professor of Computer Electronics and Graphics Technology; Associate Dean, School of Engineering and Technology
(B.S., Western Illinois University; M.S., Western Illinois University; Ph.D., Iowa State University)
 
Deborah Zanella
Associate Professor of Computer Electronics and Graphics Technology, Central Connecticut State University
(B.A., University of Rhode Island; M.S.W., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University)

Social and Behavioral Sciences Committee

A. Cheryl Curtis, Chair
Associate Professor of Secondary Education, College of Education, University of Hartford
(B.A., Marywood College; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Barbara A. Boccaccio
Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Professor of Psychology/Human Services, Tunxis Community College
(B.A., California State University; M.Ed., Springfield College; Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Walton L. Brown-Foster
Professor of Political Science, Central Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
Victoria L. Bozzuto
Dean, Continuing Education & Workforce Development. Gateway Community College
(A.S. South Central Community College; B.S., Southern Connecticut State University; M.Ed., Cambridge College)
 
Susan McReynolds Capasso
Dean of Academic Services, Chair General Studies St. Vincent's College
(B.A., University of Vermont; M.S., Georgetown University; Ed.D. University of Hartford)
 
Maureen A. Conard
Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Sacred Heart University
(B.A., Providence College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Jeffrey A. Crouch
Professor of Criminal Justice; Chair, Social Science Department; Criminal Justice Program Coordinator Three Rivers Community College
(A.S., Mohegan Community College; A.A.S., Community College of Air Force; B.S., Western Connecticut State University; M.P.A., Ph.D., University of Idaho)
 
Lauren Doninger
Professor of Social Sciences and General Studies Program Coordinator Gateway Community College
(B.S., Nasson College; M.A., Central Connecticut State University; Ed.D., Johnson & Wales University)
 
Patrice E. Farquharson
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education Post University
(B.S., University of Connecticut; M.S., Southern Connecticut State University; Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University)
 
Pearl Jacobs
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice; Director of Criminal Justice Programs; Chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, Sacred Heart University
(B.A., Hunter College; M.P.A., Long Island University; Ph.D., Fordham University)
 
Regina Miller
Professor of Early Childhood Education emerita, University of Hartford
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas)
 
Stephen Misovich
Associate Professor of Psychology, Hillyer College, University of Hartford
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Johnny E. Williams
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Trinity College
(B.A., Oucchita Baptist University; M.A., University of Arkansas; M.A. and Ph.D., Brandeis University)

Assessment Committee

Maureen A. Conard, Chair
Associate Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Sacred Heart University
(B.A., Providence College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut)
 
Richard Gerber
Professor of History, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
Phyllis J. Gutowski
Professor of Science emeritus, Housatonic Community College
(B.S., University of Vermont; M.S., University of Bridgeport)
 
Cheryl Harrison
Consultant, Executive Talent Services, West Hartford, CT
(B.A., University of Southern California, M.A., Ed.D., Harvard University)
 
David Hemenway
Director, Institutional Effectiveness
(B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University)
 
David E. Henderson
Professor of Chemistry, Trinity College
(B.S., St. Andrews Presbyterian College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Regina Miller
Professor of Early Childhood Education emerita, University of Hartford
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas)
 
Dimitrios S. Pachis
Professor of Economics, Eastern Connecticut State University
(B.S., University of Piraeus; M.B.A., University of Hartford; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts)
 
Susan Seider
Coordinator-ELED. Teacher Education Department, Central Connecticut State University
(B.S. Sec. Ed.,English State University of New York at Fredonia; M.S.Ed.,ELED READING, State University of New York at Fredonia, D.Ed., Curriculum & Instruction Pennsylvania State University)

Distance Learning Committee

Richard Benfield
Professor of Geography, Central Connecticut State University
(B.Sc. (Hons) University of Aberdeen; M.A. University of Alberta; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma)
 
Walton L. Brown-Foster
Professor of Political Science, Central Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
Richard H. Calder
Compare International Ltd., Chester, Connecticut
(B.E., University of Canterbury; M.B.A., University of Durham)
 
Pauline Clifford
Director of Educational Technology, Quinebaug Valley Community College
(B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.Ed., University of Guam; Ph.D., Walden University)
 
Edgar Colon
Professor of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.A., City University of New York; M.S., Columbia University of Social Work; D.S.W., City University of New York Graduate Center)
 
Steven W. Congden MBA
Director, Associate Professor of Management, University of Hartford
(B.S., M.B.A., Clarkson University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
 
Susan Deane
Full-time Online Instructor, RN-BSN Program, SUNY Delhi
(B.S.N., Saint Joseph College; M.S.N., University of Hartford)
 
Amy Feest
Marketing Instructor, Tunxis Community College
(B.S. Post College; M.S., Central Connecticut State University)
 
Richard Gerber
Professor of History, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan)
 
Janet Lanci
Assistant Professor of Human Services, Housatonic Community College
(A.S., Housatonic Community College; B.S., Liberty University; M.S., University of Bridgeport)
 
Shyam S. Lodha
Chair and Professor of Marketing, Southern Connecticut State University
(B.Com., M.Com., L.L.B., University of Rajasthan; M.B.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Jodhpur)
 
Ruth K. MacDonald
English Instructor, Lincoln College of New England
(B.A., University of Connecticut; M.B.A., University of Texas, M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., Rutgers University)
 
Carol A. Mowen
Music Teacher and Music Department Chair, Fort Knox, KY Schools, KY
(B.S., University of Michigan; M.A., Spring Arbor College; Ph.D., Capella University)
 
Paul R. Petterson
Associate Professor and Chair, Political Science Department; Director, Honors Program; Central Connecticut State University
(Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
 
Maria Pietrantuono
Consultant, The New Britain Academy for Health Professions
(BSN, Western Connecticut State University; M.S., New York University)
 
Gayle van Dijk
Team Leader, West Haven Child Center; Charter Oak State College
(B.S., M.S., Southern Connecticut State University)