SOBL Faculty
The School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is home to a diverse and accomplished faculty committed to creating a dynamic and engaging learning environment.
Mark Berg
Ph.D. (University of Canterbury [New Zealand]), Associate Professor of Psychology:
perceptual category learning, experimental analysis of behavior, history of psychology,
motivation, industrial/organizational psychology
John Bulevich
Ph.D. (Washington University), Associate Professor of Psychology: cognitive control
and long term memory, aging and metacognition
Vincent Cicirello
Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon University), Professor of Computer Science and Information
Systems: artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, operations research, machine
learning, software engineering, information assurance, biologically-inspired computing
techniques
Joshua Duntley
Ph.D. (University of Texas), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: evolutionary
psychology, forensic psychology, homicide, stalking, victim defenses, human mating,
statistics
Jessica Fleck
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Psychology: brain, behavior and cognition,
research in problem-solving, creativity, working memory, schizophrenia
Christine Gayda-Chelder
Ph.D. (Drexel University), Associate Professor of Psychology: health psychology, clinical
neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury, early detection of dementia, caregiver burden
Tim A. Haresign
Ph.D. (University of Connecticut at Storrs), Associate Professor of Biology: neuroscience,
animal behavior, bioacoustics, evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, issues
of diversity
Nathaniel Hartman
Ph.D. (Wesleyan University), Associate Professor of Biology: neuroscience, stem cells,
developmental biology, anatomy, physiology
Rodger L. Jackson
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Professor of Philosophy: Ethical theory, applied
ethics, pragmatism, history of philosophy
Fang Liu
Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor of Physics: biomedical and
health physics, positron emission tomography (PET), surgical probe, biophysics
Jennifer Lyke
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Psychology: counseling psychology, research
methods, abnormal psychology, eating disorders, advanced statistics, states of consciousness
Elizabeth Shobe
Ph.D. (University of Toledo), Professor of Psychology: cognition, learning theories,
experimental psychology, statistical methods, evolution and behavior
Marcello Spinella
Ph.D. (City University of New York), Professor of Psychology: physiological psychol¬ogy,
clinical neuropsychology, psychometrics, psychopharmacology, herbal medicines, executive
functions, addiction, aging and mental health
John White
Ph.D. (North Texas State University), Professor of Psychology: sex crimes, violent
crimes, police psychology, forensic psychology, criminal profiling
Melissa Zwick
Ph.D. (University of Kentucky), Assistant Professor of Biology: neurobiology, human
anatomy, vertebrate physiology, toxicology, science education
Guia Calicdan-Apostle
DSW (University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor of Social Work: clinical social
work practice, cultural competence, spirituality in mental health, public health intervention
and advocacy (tobacco control)
Merydawilda Colón
Ph.D. (The City University of New York), Executive Director of the Stockton Center
for Community Engagement, SOBL Associate Dean, and Professor of Social Work: social
work practice, hospice (grief, death and dying), acculturation and attitudes of Latinos
towards hospice, Latinos and community outreach, social work with oppressed groups
Susan Cydis
Ed.D. (Widener University), Associate Professor of Education: literacy education, elementary
education, authentic instruction and assessment, competency-based education practices
Lauren DelRossi
DPT (Stockton University), Associate Professor of Physical Therapy: Gross Motor Development
in rare genetic disorders, technology and pedagogy, interprofessional education and
collaborative practice
Kelly A. Dougherty
Ph.D. (The Pennsylvania State University), Associate Professor of Exercise Science:
physical activity- and nutrition-related issues in healthy and chronically ill children
and young adults, including those with cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and obesity.
Marcia Fiedler
Ed.D. (University of Phoenix), Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies: biblical studies,
Hebrew, Jewish education, Jewish women, women and Jewish law
Christine A. Gayda-Chelder
Ph.D. (Drexel University), Associate Professor of Psychology: health psychology, clinical
neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury, dementia, caregiver burden
Helana Girgis
Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Assistant Professor of Psychology: developmental and
lifespan psychology, cognitive development, personality, conceptual development of
foods and idea ownership, cross-cultural research.
John Gray
Ed.D. (Walden University), Visiting Instructor of Organizational Leadership
Marion Hussong
Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Professor of Literature and Holocaust and Genocide
Studies: holocaust literature, 19th and 20th century German and Austrian literature,
comparative literature, children's literature
Janice O. Joseph
Ph.D. (York University), Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice: juvenile justice,
criminology and deviance, minorities and crime, corrections
Gorica Majstorovic
Ph.D. (New York University), Professor of Spanish: Iberian, Latin American and U.S.
Latino literature, film, visual arts and theater, postcolonial studies
Sara Martino
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Counseling: counseling psychology, illness-related
stress disorders, female aggression, self-mutilation, superwoman ideal, gender group
identity, psychology of women, marriage and family therapy
Shelly Meyers
Ed.D. (Nova Southern University), Associate Professor of Education: special education,
pedagogy, inclusion, supervision and leadership, education to workplace transition,
behavior management
Mary Padden
Ph.D. (Widener University), Associate Professor of Nursing: pediatrics, maternal and
child health, research
Rose Scaffidi
Dr.N.P. (Drexel University), Associate Professor of Nursing: women's health, research,
assessment
Allison N. Sinanan
Ph.D. (Fordham University), Professor of Social Work, MSW Program Chair: sexual abuse
recurrence in minority children, oppression of children and families of color
Connie M. Tang
Ph.D. (University of Wyoming, Laramie), Professor of Psychology: child and adolescent
development, child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency, psychology and the law,
social cognition, culture and cognition, research methods
Judith Vogel
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Mathematics: numerical linear algebra, Children
of the Holocaust, Holocaust education using children's literature
Keith B. Williams
Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), Professor of Psychology: educational psychology,
social psychology, educational testing and measurement, psychology of individual differences
Kerrin C. Wolf
Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Assistant Professor of Business Studies, Public Law:
school discipline, children and the law, education law and policy, health law and
policy, juvenile justice
Kaite Yang
Ph.D. (Princeton University), Associate Professor of Psychology: social psychology,
personality and individual differences, the emergence of gender differences, meta-analysis,
thought speed and creativity.
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Joseph J. Marchetti
Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Emeritus Professor of Education: educational research,
educational leadership, organizational leadership, curriculum and instruction
Jean Mercer
Ph.D. (Brandeis University), Professor Emerita of Psychology: developmental psychology,
early childhood, infancy, perception, history and systems
Linda Williamson Nelson
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University), Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Africana
Studies: anthropological linguistics, cultural anthropology, gender and culture, field
methods, contemporary African American literature, African American vernacular English,
African American culture
Joseph Rubenstein
Ph.D. (New School for Social Research), Emeritus Professor of Anthropology: religion
and ritual, anthropological theory, ethnicity, Jewish culture, field methods, food
and culture, anthropological photography, community engagement
Jess Bonnan-White
Ph.D. (University of Iowa) - Professor of Criminal Justice: Homeland security, emergency
management, crisis response, humanitarian assistance, quantitative and qualitative
data analysis, research methods, human security.
609-652-4453 | C122
Deeanna Button
Ph.D. (University of Delaware) - Professor of Criminal Justice: Violence and victimization,
social inequality.
609-652-4452 | G232
William Dineen
M.A.S. (Fairleigh Dickinson) - Teaching Specialist of Criminal Justice: crime scene
investigation,bloodstain pattern analysis, homicide investigation, criminal investigation,
interview and interrogationtechniques, resilience in policing, the criminal justice
system, and corrections.
609-626-3133 | H242
Joshua D. Duntley
Ph.D. (University of Texas) - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Forensic psychology,
evolutionary psychology, homicide and stalking, victim defenses, quantitative methods.
609-626-3570 | G250
Syeda T. Hadi
Ph.D. (University of Hawaii at Manoa) Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice: Transnational
feminist criminology, criminalization and victimization of female asylum seekers and
refugees, intersectionality perspective, criminological theories.
609-626-3187 | H236
Janice O. Joseph
Ph.D. (York University, Canada) - Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice: Juvenile
justice, criminology and deviance, minorities and crime, corrections.
609-652-4312 | H248
Katherine Kafonek
Ph.D.(University of Delaware) - Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice: Victimology,
Intersectional Criminology
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Marissa P. Levy
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University) - Dean, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
and Professor of Criminal Justice: Environmental criminology with emphasis on spatial
analysis of crime (crime mapping and crime prevention), evaluations and statistics.
609-652-4512 | H201
Ruibin Lu
Ph.D. (Washington State University) - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Specialty
courts, U.S. judicial system, drug and alcohol use, community corrections, comparative
criminal justice.
609-626-3829 | B006
Manish Madan
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University) - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice:
Comparative research, policy, and victimization and gender.
609-626-3530 | G237
William McKnight
M.S. (St. Joseph's University) - Teaching Specialist of Criminal Justice: Police
leadership, policing, the criminal justice system, homeland security, risk management
and mitigation, business continuity.
609-652-4442 | H227
Richard Mulvihill
M.S. (Nova Southeastern University) - Tenured Instructor of Criminal Justice: Police
and public safety administration, corrections, and criminal justice technology.
609-626-3557 | H251
Nusret Sahin
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University) - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Race,
trust and police legitimacy, procedural justice, evidence-based policing, data analysis, crime
mapping, homeland security and terrorism
609-626-3825 | B006a
Kimberley R. Schanz
Ph.D. (CUNY Graduate Center) - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Statistics,
research methods, forensic psychology, behavioral consistency in serial sexual assaults,
victim risk assessment, offender-victim interaction.
609-652-4585 | F128
Amy Yingyi Situ-Liu
Ph.D. (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) - Associate Professor of Criminal Justice:
Environmental crime, comparative criminal justice, quantitative and qualitative research
methods, criminology, crime control.
609-652-4314 | G260
Barbara Stanley
M.S. (Drexel University) - Teaching Specialist of Criminal Justice: Medico-Legal Death
Investigation, Crime Scene Analysis, The Crimnal Justice System, Forensics Anthropology,
and Criminal Law
609-652-4987 | H-228
Christine Tartaro
Ph.D. (Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice) - Distinguished Professor of
Criminal Justice: Corrections, research methods and statistics, violence in correctional
facilities, suicide in correctional facilities, program evaluation, sentencing.
609-626-6035 | G252
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Larry E. Nutt
Ph.D. (University of Chicago) - Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice: Police behavior,
deterrence, criminology, social theory
Rupendra Simlot
Ph.D. (University of Rajasthan) - Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice: Forensic
science, crime scene investigation, cyber-crime investigation, criminal justice administration,
security management, police behavior, police management, international culture.
Marcia R. Steinbock
J.D. (Rutgers University School of Law, Camden) - Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice:
Judicial systems, prisoners' rights, psychology and law, Jewish women.
Oliver D. Cooke
Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts Amherst) - Associate Professor of Economics: Urban/regional
economics, economic history, political economy, macroeconomics.
609-652-4782 | G263
Mariam Majd
Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts - Amherst) - Associate Professor of Economics:
International finance, money and banking, political economy.
609-626-3826 | B006b
Ramya Devan
Ph.D. (The American University) - Professor of Economics: Feminist political economy,
labor and international trade, econometrics.
609-652-4741 | G265
Siavash Radpour
PhD. (The New School, New York) - Assistant Professor of Economics: Labor Economics,
Statistics, Economics of Aging
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ASSOCIATED FACULTY
Ronald L. Caplan
Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts) - Associate Professor of Public Health: Health
economics, health policy.
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Deborah M. Figart
Ph.D. (The American University) - Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics: Labor
economics, the casino industry, institutional and social economics, discrimination,
financial literacy and student loans, economic education, poverty and inequality,
and economic well-being.
G. Reza Ghorashi
Ph.D. (Fordham University) - Professor Emeritus of Economics: International trade
and international finance, microeconomics, political economy.
Melaku Lakew
Ph.D. (University of California at Riverside) - Professor Emeritus of Economics:
Monetary theory, history of economic thought, comparative economic systems, economic
development.
Ellen Mutari
Ph.D. (The American University) - Professor Emerita of Economics: Labor market and
employment policies; gender, race-ethnicity, and class; economic history; contemporary
political economy.
Theodore Alter
Ph.D. (Yeshiva University) - Associate Professor of Social Work and Gerontology Minor
Coordinator: Aging, dementia, life cycle, health care, end-of-life, ethics, chronic
illness, and disability.
Elizabeth G. Calamidas
Ph.D. (Temple University) - Associate Professor of Public Health: Community and public
health, health education, health behavior, human sexuality, women and health, aging
and health.
Merydawilda Colón
Ph.D. (The City University of New York), L.S.W. - Executive Director of the Stockton
Center for Community Engagement, SOBL Associate Dean, and Professor of Social Work:
Social work practice, hospice (grief, death, and dying), acculturation and attitudes
of Latinos toward hospice, Latinos and community outreach, social work with oppressed
groups.
Lisa E. Cox
Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University), L.C.S.W. - Professor of Social Work: Clinical
social work practice, psychopathology and cultural neuroscience, health care, HIV/AIDS
clinical trials research, gerontology, research methods, linkage between social support
and medication adherence.
Christine V. Ferri
Ph.D. (Duke University) - Associate Professor of Psychology: Geropsychology, abnormal
psychology, psychotherapy, positive psychology, statistical methods.
609-626-6046 | E217a
Jessica Fleck
Ph.D. (Temple University) – Professor of Psychology: Cognitive neuroscience, research
in the behavioral and neural underpinnings of problem-solving and creativity, age-related
cognitive decline, neural predictors of cognitive decline and dementia.
609-626-3489 | G253
Christine A. Gayda-Chelder
Ph.D. (Drexel University) - Associate Professor of Psychology: Health psychology,
clinical neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury, early detection of dementia, caregiver
burden.
Janice O. Joseph
Ph.D. (York University, Canada) - Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice: Juvenile
justice, criminology and deviance, minorities and crime, corrections.
Marcello Spinella
Ph.D. (City University of New York) - Professor of Psychology: Physiological psychology,
positive psychology, mindfulness, clinical neuropsychology, psychometrics, psychopharmacology,
herbal medicines, executive functions, addiction.
PROFESSORS EMERITI
David C. Burdick
Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame), FGSA, FAGHE - Professor Emeritus of Psychology
and Former Director of Stockton Center on Successful Aging: Adult development and
aging, technology and aging, intergenerational relationships, applied gerontology,
mental health and aging, environmental psychology.
Claire E. Abernathy
Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University), Associate Professor of Political Science: American
politics, legislative correspondence management practices.
609-626-3524 | C005a
James Mac Avery
Ph.D. (University of Kentucky), Professor of Political Science: American public opinion,
political behavior, representation, race and ethnicity.
609-626-6021 | G262
Lauren Marie Balasco
Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Associate Professor of Political Science, Political
Science Program Chair and the Pre-Law Advising Coordinator: Comparative politics,
rule of law, democratization, transitional justice, human rights, Latin American politics.
609-652-4743 | F232
Michael S. Rodriguez
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Political Science: Washington Internship
Program, race and politics, American government, public policy, religion and politics,
immigration policy.
609-652-4476 | H243
Tina M. Zappile
Ph.D. (University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Associate Professor of Political Science:
international political economy, international organization, international law, comparative
politics, economic development.
609-626-3816 | F123
Ghaidaa Hetou
Ph.D. (Rutgers University, New Brunswick), Teaching Specialist: International Relations,
U.S. Foreign Policy, Political Risk Analysis, Middle East Politics
ASSOCIATED FACULTY
Patrick Hossay
Ph.D. (Temple University) - Associate Professor of Sustainability: Environmental
policy and law, sustainable development, alternative energy and design, sustainable
technology.
PROFESSORS EMERITI
David L. Carr
Ph.D. (State University of New York at Binghamton), Provost Emeritus and Professor
Emeritus of Political Science: comparative politics, political development, comparative
public policy, research methods and statistics.
Lucinda S. Jassel
Ph.D. (University of California at Davis), Professor Emerita of Political Science:
political theory, American government, political parties and behavior.
Jacqueline Pope
Ph.D. (Columbia University), Professor Emerita of Political Science: public administration,
public policy, metro politics, Africana studies.
G. William Sensiba
Ph.D. (Yale University), Professor Emeritus of Political Science: methodology, political
personality and behavior, political sociology, comparative politics.
Linda J. Wharton
J.D. (Rutgers School of Law, Camden), Professor Emerita of Political Science: constitutional
law, civil liberties, women and the law, advanced constitutional litigation, public
education and the law.
Mark E. Berg
Ph.D. (University of Canterbury), Associate Professor of Psychology: Perceptual category
learning, experimental analysis of behavior, history of psychology, motivation, industrial/
organizational psychology.
609-626-6862 | G266
John Bulevich
Ph.D. (Washington University), Associate Professor of Psychology: Memory Distortion,
Eyewitness Testimony, Metacognition, Retrieval Processes, Aging.
609-626-3821 | H245
Christine V. Ferri
Ph.D. (Duke University), Associate Professor of Psychology: Geropsychology, abnormal
psychology, psychotherapy, positive psychology, statistical methods.
609-761-1256 | E217a
Jessica Fleck
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Psychology: Brain, behavior and cognition,
problem-solving, working memory, creativity, statistics, research methods.
609-626-3489 | G253
Christine A. Gayda-Chelder
Ph.D. (Drexel University), Associate Professor of Psychology: Health psychology,
clinical neuropsychology, traumatic brain injury, dementia, caregiver burden.
609-626-6075 | C139
Helana Girgis
Ph.D. (University of Arkansas), Assistant Professor of Psychology: Developmental and
lifespan psychology, cognitive development, personality, conceptual development of
foods and idea ownership, cross-cultural research.
609-652-4212 | H238
Zornitsa Kalibatseva
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Associate Professor of Psychology: Clinical psychology,
cross-cultural psychology, assessment, depression, cultural competency, race, ethnicity,
acculturation.
609-626-3894 | G239
Colleen Kase
Ph.D. (University of Maryland), Assistant Professor of Psychology: counseling psychology,
health psychology, stigma, body size/sizeism, sexual minoritygroups, statistical and
research methods.
609-626-3103 | H219
Jennifer A. Lyke
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Psychology: Counseling psychology, research
methods, abnormal psychology, eating disorders, states of consciousness.
609-626-6839 | G210
Justin Ostrofsky
Ph.D. (The Graduate Center of the City University of New York), Professor of Psychology:
Perception, attention and memory-based processes supporting the ability to realistically
draw objects from observation, statistics, research methods and cognitive psychology.
609-626-6858 | C113
Nordia Scott
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Assistant Professor of Psychology: Ecological-Community
psychology, race andracism, academic resilience, risk and protective factors, privilege
and oppression, systemsperspectives, social change.
609-626-3403 | H202k
Elizabeth Shobe
Ph.D. (University of Toledo), Professor of Psychology: Cognition, learning theories,
experimental psychology, statistical methods, evolution and behavior.
609-626-6032 | G216
Marcello Spinella
Ph.D. (City University of New York), Professor of Psychology: Physiological psychology,
clinical neuropsychology, psychometrics, psychopharmacology, herbal medicines, executive
functions, addiction, aging and mental health.
609-626-6049 | F127
Connie M. Tang
Ph.D. (University of Wyoming), Professor of Psychology: Child and adolescent development,
child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency, psychology and the law, social cognition,
culture and cognition, research methods.
609-626-3523 | G261
John H. White
Ph.D. (North Texas State University), Professor of Psychology: Forensic neuropsychology,
serial murder, sex crimes, violent crimes, police psychology, forensic psychology,
criminal investigative analysis (profiling).
609-761-1255 | G256
Keith B. Williams
Ph.D. (University of Minnesota), Professor of Psychology: Educational psychology,
social psychology, educational testing and measurement, individual differences.
609-626-6033 | F234
Hannah Wolfe
Ph.D. (Northeastern University), Assistant Professor of Psychology: Emotion Regulation,
Adult Aging, Attention, Emotional Memory, Eye-Tracking, Pupilometry, Emotional Acceptance,
Gerontology, Positive Psychology.
609-626-3604 | H202n
Kaite Yang
Ph.D. (Princeton University), Associate Professor of Psychology: Social psychology,
personality and individual differences, the emergence of gender differences, meta-analysis,
thought speed and creativity.
609-626-3848 | H220
ASSOCIATED FACULTY
Joshua D. Duntley
Ph.D. (University of Texas), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Evolutionary
psychology, forensic psychology, homicide, stalking, victim defenses, human mating,
statistics.
Sara Martino
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Counseling: Counseling psychology, illness-related
stress disorders, female aggression, gender group identity, psychology of women, marriage
and family therapy.
609-626-5504 | HIS203b
Erin Sappio
Ph.D. (Temple University), NCSP, Assistant Professor of Counseling: Contemplative
Practices, Interprofessional Education, and Social Emotional Learning
609-626-3155 | HIS204
David Rosen
Affiliated Research Faculty
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Michael L. Frank
Ph.D. (State University of New York at Albany), Professor Emeritus of Psychology:
Statistics, mathematical models, motivation, research methods, gambling and risk
taking behavior.
Sonia V. Gonsalves
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor Emerita of Psychology: Educational psychology,
statistics, research methods, psychological and educational testing, experimental
psychology, adolescence, learning.
Cheryl R. Kaus
Ph.D. (The Pennsylvania State University), Professor of Psychology and Dean Emerita,
Social and Behavioral Sciences: Successful aging, gerontological education, program
development and evaluation.
David Lester
Ph.D. (Brandeis University), Professor Emeritus of Psychology: Abnormal psychology,
psychological statistics, personality, psychological testing, theories of counseling
Jean Mercer
Ph.D. (Brandeis University), Professor Emerita of Psychology: Developmental psychology,
early childhood, infancy, perception, history and systems.
William M. Miley
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor Emeritus of Psychology: Health psychology, mind/body
interactions, abnormal psychology.
David C. Burdick
Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame), FGSA, FAGHE, Professor Emeritus of Psychology:
Adult development and aging, technology and aging, intergenerational relationships,
applied gerontology, mental health and aging.
Ted Alter
Ph.D., M.S.W. (Yeshiva University), Asssociate Professor of Social Work: Aging, dementia,
life cycle, health care, end-of-life, ethics, chronic illness, and disability.
609-652-4411 | H229
Robert Barney
Ph.D. (University of Louisville), Associate Professor of Social Work: International
social work, family and community development, cultural diversity in HIV/AIDS support,
research practice.
609-652-4435 | G245
Guia Calicdan-Apostle
DSW (University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor of Social Work: Spirituality
and mental health, school social work, international social work, racism, immigration
and cultural diversity issues, public health advocacy (tobacco control).
609-626-3820 | H254
Nicole Cantoni
PhD. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Assistant Professor-Social Work: Clinical
Skills, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
609-626-3488 | H221
Lisa Cox
Ph.D. (Virginia Commonwealth University), LCSW, Professor of Social Work: Clinical
social work practice, psychopathology and cultural neuroscience, health care, HIV/AIDS
clinical trials research, gerontology, research methods, linkage between social support
and medication adherence.
609-652-4310 | F133
Douglas Deane
MSW (Arizona State University), LCSW, Coordinator of BSW Field Education: Supervisory
and clinical experience in mental and behavioral health.
609-626-3562 | H223
Jeffrey Feldman
MSW (Rutgers University), Coordinator of Social Work (MSW) Practicum: Social work
practice, social/economic justice, mental health and wellness, social work with diverse
populations, social policy, bridging micro to macro social work.
609-626-6065 | H203
Robin Hernandez-Mekonnen
Ph.D., (University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor of Social Work: Social work
with children and families, impacting social and child welfare system reform via research
and policy, immigration and child well-being.
609-761-1257 | AC-224e
Rachel Kirzner
MSW, (University of Pennsylvania), LCSW, Associate Professor of Social Work: Social
Policy (public benefits), data analysis, research methods, social work practice, neighborhood
effects, community violence exposure.
609-652-4689 | H202j
Dawn Konrady Fanslau
EdD (Drexel University), LSW, Director of Child Welfare Education Institute, Manager
of BCWEP, MCWEP, and NJCWTP programs: Social work with children and families, impacting
social and child welfare system reform via training, continuing education, and professional
development.
609-652-4270 | G258
Maya A. Lewis
Ph.D (University of Maryland, Baltimore), Associate Professor of Social Work, BSSW
Program Chair: Human behavior, research methods, social work practice, adolescent
mental health, minority health, health disparities, cultural competence.
609-652-4329 | G243
Sunny Mathew
Ph.D. (Fordham University), Assistant Professor of Social Work: Asian American parenting,
social support andchildrearing practices, social disadvantage and health disparity,
social capital and communitydevelopment; dialectical behavior therapy and life worth
living.
609-652-4427 | H226
Loretta Mooney
Ph.D. (Widener University), Assistant Professor of Social Work: Suicidology, mental
health management and recovery, civil commitment and coercive practices, support for
psychological pain.
609-626-3158 | H234
Patricia Reid-Merritt
DSW (University of Pennsylvania), Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Africana
Studies: Social work practice, social work with ethnic and minority groups, school
social policy, organizational policy, Africana perspectives on social work practice.
609-652-4609 | K117
Allison Sinanan
Ph.D., (Fordham University), LSW, Professor of Social Work, MSW Program Chair: Sexual
abuse recurrence in minority children, oppression of children and families of color,
individual and group counseling, social work practice.
609-626-3561 | B116
Lori Tomaro
MSW (Monmouth University), Assistant Coordinator of MSW Field Education: Child abuse
and neglect; impact of infant/childhood relationship traumas and their influence on
parenting behaviors; diverse populations; therapeutic services to individuals, couples,
and families.
609-626-6817 | H218
Ian Zapcic
Ph.D (The Ohio State University), MSW (Rutgers University), Assistant Professor of
Social Work
609-761-1204 | AC-224s
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Diane S. Falk
Ph.D. (Rutgers University), LCSW, Professor Emerita of Social Work: Social work practice,
program development and administration, child welfare, mental health practice and
policy, human rights, international social work.
John Searight
MSW (University of Pennsylvania), Professor Emeritus and Academic Coordinator of the
BCWEP Program: social work practice, child welfare, child neglect and abuse, child
protective services.
Betsy Erbaugh
Ph.D. (University of New Mexico), Associate Professor of Sociology: Reproductive and
sexual health, gender, race, class, sexuality, social movements, violence, research
methods.
609-652-4639 | G208
Laurie Greene
Ph.D. (Tulane University), Professor of Anthropology: Language and culture, anthropology
of men and women, Latin American and Caribbean cultures, culture in education, social
activism.
609-761-1251 | AC224g
Bobbi Hornbeck
Ph.D.(State University of New York), Assistant Professor of Anthropology: Anthropology,
Archaeology, and North American Prehistory
609-626-3136 | C109-2
Nazia Kazi
Ph.D. (The Graduate Center at CUNY), Professor of Anthropology: Race, immigration,
inequality, Islamophobia, social theory.
609-626-3572 | L111
ASSOCIATED FACULTY
Margaret E. Lewis
Ph.D. (State University of New York at Stony Brook), Professor of Biology: Vertebrate
anatomy, anthropology, paleoecology, evolutionary biology, paleontology.
Ethan C. Levine
Ph.D. (Temple University) - Affiliated Research Faculty: Sexual violence, intimate
partner violence, victim services, gender and sexuality, feminist theory, social construction
of knowledge, quantitative and qualitative methods.
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Robert E. Helsabeck
Ph.D. (Indiana University), Professor Emeritus of Sociology: Social psychology, research
methods, religion, conflict.
Elinor Lerner
Ph.D. (University of California at Berkeley), Associate Professor Emerita of Sociology:
Political sociology, sociology of women, deviance, sexuality, popular culture, human/animal
relations.
Linda Williamson Nelson
Ph.D. (Rutgers, The State University), Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Africana
Studies: Anthropological linguistics, cultural anthropology, gender and culture, field
methods, contemporary African American literature, African American vernacular English,
African American culture.
Joseph Rubenstein
Ph.D. (New School for Social Research), Professor Emeritus of Anthropology: Religion
and ritual, anthropological theory, ethnicity, Jewish culture, field methods, anthropological
photography.
Franklin O. Smith
Ed.D. (University of Massachusetts at Amherst), Professor Emeritus of Sociology: Family,
sociology of education, sociology of sports, acting, public oratory.
Robert J. Barney
Ph.D. (University of Louisville), Associate Professor of Social Work: International
social work, family and community developent, cultural diversity in HIV/AIDS support,
research practice, human trafficking.
Jess Bonnan-White
Ph.D. (University of Iowa), Professor of Criminal Justice: Homeland security, emergency
management, crisis response, humanitarian assistance, quantitative and qualitative
data analysis, research methods, human security.
Deeanna Button
Ph.D. (University of Delaware), Professor of Criminal Justice: Social inequality,
violence/victimization, gender and sexuality, LGBTQ youth and resiliency, criminology,
research methods and statistics.
Guia Calicdan-Apostle
DSW (University of Pennsylvania), Associate Professor of Social Work: Clinical social
work practice, cultural competence, spirituality in mental health, public health intervention
and advocacy (tobacco control), race, ethnicity and diversity issues.
Joshua D. Duntley
Ph.D. (University of Texas), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Evolutionary
psychology, forensic psychology, homicide, stalking, victim defenses, human mating,
statistics.
Michael R. Hayse
Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Associate Professor of History
Marion Hussong
Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), Professor of Literature and Holocaust and Genocide
Studies: 20th century German history, Russian and East European history, Holocaust/genocide
studies, history and memory.
Janice O. Joseph
Ph.D. (York University), Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice: Juvenile justice,
delinquency, violence against women, minorities and crime, corrections.
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Nazia Kazi
Ph.D. (CUNY Graduate Center), Professor of Anthropology: Race, immigration, inequality,
Islamophobia, social theory.
Manish Madan
Ph.D. (Michigan State University), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Comparative
research, policy, gender, victimization, media, policing, statistics.
Sara Martino
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor of Counseling: Counseling psychology, illness-related
stress disorders, female aggression, self-mutilation, superwoman ideal, gender group
identity, psychology of women, marriage and family therapy.
Patricia Reid-Merritt
DSW (University of Pennsylvania), Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Africana
Studies: Social work practice, social policy, social work with ethnic/minority groups,
Africana organizations and leadership practices, African-centered social work practice.
Kimberley R. Schanz
Ph.D. (CUNY Graduate Center), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice: Behavioral
crime scene analysis with an emphasis on the behavioral aspects of sexual assaults,
and forensic psychology.
Allison N. Sinanan
Ph.D. (Fordham University), Professor of Social Work: Sexual abuse recurrence in minority
children, oppression of children and families of color.
Connie M. Tang
Ph.D. (University of Wyoming), Professor of Psychology: Child and adolescent development,
child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency, psychology and the law, social cognition,
culture and cognition, research methods.
Judith Vogel
Ph.D. (Temple University), Associate Professor of Mathematics: Numerical linear algebra,
Children of the Holocaust, Holocaust education using children's literature.
Kaite Yang
Ph.D. (Princeton University), Associate Professor of Psychology: Social psychology,
personality and individual differences, the emergence of gender differences, meta-analysis,
thought speed and creativity.
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Sonia V. Gonsalves
Ph.D. (Temple University), Professor Emerita of Psychology: Educational psychology,
statistics, research methods, psychological and educational testing, experimental
psychology, adolescence, learning.
Melaku Lakew
Ph.D. (University of California at Riverside) - Professor Emeritus of Economics: Monetary
theory, history of economic thought, comparative economic systems, economic development.
Franklin O. Smith
Ed.D. (University of Massachusetts at Amherst), Professor Emeritus of Sociology: Family,
sociology of education, sociology of sports, acting, public oratory.
