CERTIFIED GRADUATE MEMBERS 2010 - 2011 - D'Youville College

OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES
FACULTY MEMBER SPECIALTIES
CERTIFIED GRADUATE MEMBERS
2010 - 2011
(as of November, 2010)
THESIS COMMITTEE FORMATION
The thesis committee is composed of three Certified Graduate Member Faculty, one who serves as director and
comes from the student's program. Second members of thesis committees also come from the student's program.
However, second members of thesis committees may come from outside the student's program providing that
they have content expertise in the thesis topic as determined by the student's thesis director in consultation with
the graduate program director or department chair. The third member must come from outside the student's
program and/or department.
The thesis committee meets with the student at least twice during the course of study: at the presentation of the
thesis proposal and at the final defense of the completed thesis. Other meetings of the committee may be called
by the thesis director, a member of the thesis committee, or the student. Holding an informal committee meeting
early in the proposal development stage may be fruitful in complex studies, or in cases where it is unknown
whether the committee members agree with the student's planned methodology for completing the research.

ABBARNO, DR. JOHN M.
Professor, PHILOSOPHY
B.A., Canisius College; M.A., University of
Dayton; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University.
Research interests: Epistemology; ethics; history of
modern philosophy; applied ethics; value theory.
Office: ALT 540.
ABBOTT, DR. PATRICIA L.
Associate Professor, PSYCHOLOGY
B.A., Westfield State College; M.A., Ph.D.,
SUNY at Buffalo. Research interests: Stress;
gender; pain; immune system; reproduction.
Office: ALT 548.
BALINT, DR. BRENDAN
Assistant Professor, LITERATURE
B.A., University of Detroit Mercy; M.A., Radford
University; Ph.D., Loyola University, Chicago.
Research interests: 20 th Century British Literature,
Literary theory, ethics, and gender. Office: BFAC 113.
BARTLO, DR. PAMELA
Clinical Assistant Professor, PHYSICAL
THERAPY
B.S., Physical Therapy, Daemen College,
Doctor of Physical Therapy , D’Youville College.
Research interests: Exercise testing in patients with
cardiopulmonary complications, and balance and
exercise testing. Office: KAB 334.
BASILE, DR. ANTHONY
Associate Professor, INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
B.Sc., Brock University; M.Sc., University of
Guelph; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University. Research
interests: Development of Linux; philosophy of
physics; theoretical physics. Office: BFAC, LL8.
BAUMGART, DR. CHARLOTTE
Associate Professor, DIETETICS
B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Pennsylvania
State University; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Clinical dietetics; herbal supplements;
complementary medicine; obesity; education of
health professionals. Office: KAB 421.
BELL, DR. MARILYN J.
Associate Professor, SOCIOLOGY
B.A., Alma College; M.A., Ph.D., Western
Michigan University. Research interests: Gender
issues; multicultural issues; aging; sociology of
religion; terrorism; post-modern society. Office:
BFAC 111.
CAMODECA, DR. GINA M.
Associate Professor, ENGLISH
B.A., Wisconsin-Whitewater; M.A., Ph.D.,
SUNY at Buffalo. Research interests: American
literature; medicine & literature; women’s studies;
feminist theory; popular culture. Office: ALT 419.
DEHAVEN, DR. JAMES
Associate Professor, CHEMISTRY
B.S., Ph.D., Boston College. Research
interests: Multimedia courseware development;
computer assisted instruction; chemical physics;
physics of human movement. Office: ALT 319.
DEWATERS, DR. JAMIE
Professor, EDUCATION
B.S., SUC at Brockport; M.S., SUC at Buffalo;
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research interests:
College teaching effectiveness and faculty
development. Office: ALT 623.
DROBITCH, DR. ROBERT
Chair/Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences, PHARMACY
B.S., Biology, Univeristy of Windsor, B.S.,
Pharmacy, Wayne State Univesity, Ph.D., Wayne
State Univesity. Research interests:
Pharmacololgy and Toxicology of Natural Health
Products. Office: DAC 433.
DUNN, DR. JOSEPH
Professor and Associate Dean of Research,
PHARMACY
B.S., Medicinal Chemistry, State University of
New York in Buffalo; Ph.D., Biochemical
Pharmacology, State University of New York at
Buffalo. Research interests: Discovery and
development of improved anti-cancer and antibacterial
agents. Office: DAC 441.
FAITAR, DR. GHEORGITA
Assistant Professor, EDUCATION
M.S., SUNY at Buffalo, Bucharest Polytechnic
University, Bucharest Romania, Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Office: ALT 620.
FIEDLER, DR. ROGER C.
Professor, DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
B.A., Bard College; M.A., Fairleigh Dickinson
University; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Research design; computers; advanced
statistical methods; measurement issues in
research; functional independence and medical
rehabilitation. Office: KAB 425.

FOX GARRITY, DR. BONNIE
Associate Professor, BUSINESS
B.S., State Univeristy of New York, Fredonia,
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
M.B.A., Canisius College; Ed.D., D’Youville
College. Research interests: Finances of
postsecondary educational institutions, higher
education policy, for-profit postsecondary
education, human resources. Office: ALT 634.
GAMBLE, DR. ROBERT
Associate Professor, EDUCATION
B.S., M.S., SUC at Fredonia; Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Early childhood
development; curriculum design; teaching
methodology. Office: ALT 547.
GARRISON, DR. MARK
Associate Professor, DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Standards and accountability in education
(testing); Character eduation; globalization and
education. Education politics and policy.. Office:
KAB 427.
GETTMAN, DR. DAVID
Professor/Chair, Dept. of Social and Administrative
Sciences, PHARMACY
B.S., University of Montana; M.B.A., College
of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of Florida.
Research Interests: Outcomes research; quality
assurance; epidemiology; economics; ethics; public
health. Office: DAC 430.
GINGHER, DR. MERLENE
Associate Professor, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
B.S., M.S., Ed.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Gerontic occupational therapy; functional
oral health care of the elderly; nursing assistant
inservice training; professional development.
Office: KAB 335.
GORLEWSKI, DR. DAVID
Assistant Professor, EDUCATION
B.S., M.S., State University College at Buffalo;
Ed.D., SUNY at Buffalo; Research interests:
Systemic change in educational institutions; student
assessment and evaluation; program evaluation
through the use of student literacy portfolios.
Office: ALT 640.
GUTT, DR. CAROLE
Associate Professor, NURSING
B.S.N., M.S.N., Ed.D., SUNY at Buffalo.
Research interests: Wellness; child health;
curriculum; women's health; stress management;
professional and community health issues;
leadership development. Office: ALT 517.
HAGEMAN, DR. PAUL T.
Professor, INTEGRATIVE HOLISTIC HEALTH
STUDIES
B.S.N., D'Youville College; M.S., SUNY at
Buffalo; Ph.D., New York University. Research
interests: Nursing science/ theory explication;
integration/ metaphysics and science; holistic
healing; caring science. Office: ALT 402.
HALL, DR. JULIA
Assistant Professor, EDUCATION
B.A., SUNY at Buffalo; M.A., McGill; Ph.D.,
SUNY at Buffalo. Research interests: Public health
education; Social class, race, gender, and ethnicity
in schools; cultural studies; globalization. Office:
ALT 624.
HAQ, DR. KUSHNOOD
Associate Professor, INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
B.S., Canisius; M.B.A., St. Bonaventure;
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research interests:
Foreign direct investment; multinational strategic
investment; small business management and
entrepreneurship. Office: ALT 625.
HART, DR. D. EDWARD
Professor, BIOLOGY
B.S., M.S., University of Western Ontario;
Ph.D., Carleton University. Research interests:
Anatomy; physiology. Office: ALT 226.
HOHLE, DR. RANDOLPH
Assistant Professor, LIBERAL ARTS
BA, SUNY at Buffalo, MA and Ph.D., SUNY at
Albany. Research interests: Medical sociology
(including public health, organ transplantation),
social policy, cultural sociology, and social theory.
Office: BFAC 115.
HURLEY, DR. MARY I.
Professor, BIOLOGY
B.A., Canisius College; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo; RPAC, D'Youville College. Research
interests: Anatomy; physiology; histology;
embryology; neuroanatomy/physiology; cell
biology; stem cell transplantation. Office: ALT
225.
IWANENKO, DR. WALTER
Associate Professor, Chair, HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION, Interim Chair, Business
B.S./M.S., D'Youville College; Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Outcomes research in
Rehab Medicine; quality assurance measures in
health care; outcome measures in multiple
sclerosis; early intervention; and spinal cord injury.
Office: KAB 420.

JURKOWSKI, DR. JOSEPH
Assistant Professor, BUSINESS
B.S., Canisius College, MBA, Niagara
University, CPA, New York State; Ph.D., Columbia
Pac University Affil., University of Wyoming.
Research interests: International Business, GAAP
Accounting, International Financial Reporting
Standards, Investments. Office: ALT 610.
KACZMAREK, DR. NANCY
Associate Professor, EDUCATION
B.A., D'Youville College; M.A., Teachers
College, Columbia University; Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Non-public schools;
educational theories; teaching methods; women's
issues. Office: ALT 626.
KARNES, DR. JAMES L.
Associate Professor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
B.S., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Neuroanatomy-neurophysiology; physical
agents and modalities; gross anatomy; functional
morphology. Office: KAB 323.
KELLY, DR. DAVID H.
Professor, HISTORY
A.B., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D.,
Indiana University. Research interests: 19th & 20th
century America and Europe; social policy; history
of American business and conservatism; history of
education, medicine and old age. Office: ALT 418.
KELLY, DR. M. RUTH
Professor, Chair, Liberal Arts, HISTORY
B.A., D'Youville College; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY
at Buffalo. Research interests: History; American
history - early national period; religious history.
Office: ALT 102/103.
KLEIN, DR. PENELOPE
Associate Professor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
B.S., Russell Sage College; M.Ed., SUNY at
Buffalo; Ed.D., Syracuse University. Research
interests: Therapeutic benefits of Taiji; multimedia
production. Office: KAB 319.
KOWALEWSKI, DR. SUSAN
Assistant Professor, BUSINESS
B.A.., SUNY at Buffalo, M.B.A. at Rivier
College, Ed.M., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Online education, gender issues,
leadership, health care management, faculty
development. Office: ALT 633.
KRESS, DR. HELEN
Assistant Professor, EDUCATION
B.A., SUNY at Buffalo, M.A., SUNY at Buffalo,
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Office: ALT 543.
LALLEY, DR. JAMES P.
Associate Professor, EDUCATION
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Mastery learning; at-risk students; selfconcept
and learning; looping; teaching methods.
Office: ALT 619.
LEWIS, DR. JUDITH H.
Dean, School of Nursing.
BSN, MS, The Ohio State University EdD.
Univeristy of Cincinnati. Research interests:
Organizational Climate, Power, Predicting Nursing
Student Success: Transition Experiences of
International Students. Office: ALT 505
LINAKER, DR. KATHLEEN
Executive Director, CHIROPRACTIC
BSc, University of Alberta; DC, Northwestern
College of Chiropractic; DACBR, National
University of Health Sciences. Research interests:
Curriculum development, radilogy education,
diagnostic imaging of the spine and
musculoskeletal system. Office: BFAC 403.
MARASCO, DR. CANIO J.
Associate Professor/Assistant Dean of Faculty &
Student Affairs, PHARMACY
B.A., D’Youville College; Ph.D., University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Research interests:
The rationale design, synthesis and evaluation of
novel anticancer drugs. Office: DAC 312.
MARCH, DR. CATHLEEN
Associate Professor, EDUCATION
B.S., Edinboro Univ of Pennsylvania; M.S.,
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research interests:
Entrance age in public schools; literacy; urban
education. Office: ALT 546.
MARIANI, DR. WILLIAM
Vice President for Administration and External
Relations, Associate Professor,
BUSINESS/DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
B.S., and M.S., St. Bonaventure University,
Olean, NY; Ed.D, D’Youville College. Office: KAB
111/113.
MARIANO, DR. KATHLEEN
Assistant Professor, NURSING
A.A.S., Erie Community College; B.S.,
University of Pittsburgh; M.S., D.N.S., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Child health, child
development, health policy and pediatric
assessment. Office: ALT 508.

MICHALEK, DR. ARTHUR
Professor, DOCTORAL PROGRAMS, HEALTH
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
B.A., Canisius College; MS, University of
Buffalo (Edipemiololgy). Research interests:
cancer, internaitonal Epidemiology, heatlh services
research, special populations, ethics. Office: KAB
429.
MILLER, DR. ERIC R.
Assistant Professor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
B.S., Ithaca College; M.S., Canisius College; D.Sc.
Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.
Research interests: Disorders/ Rehabilitation of the
musculoskeletal system; Oucomes assessment in
health care. Office: KAB 319.
MIRANDA, DR. ELIZABETH
Assistant Professor, HEALTH SERVICES
ADMIN
B.A., J.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: ERISA, Medicare and Medicaid Issues.
Office: KAB 439.
MITCHELL, DR. ABIGAIL
Assistant Professor, SCHOOL OF NURSING.
Office: ALT 543a
MURPHY, DR. JOHN T.
Director, ACADEMIC COMPUTING
B.A., M.S., Niagara University; Ph.D., SUNY
at Buffalo. Research interests: Instructional
technology in higher ed; Utilizing open source
course management systems. Student feedback on
course management systems. Office: BFAC 006.
NAHIGIAN, DR. EILEEN
Assistant Professor, Director, Graduate Nursing
Program, SCHOOL OF NURSING
RN Diploma, St. Joseph’s Hospital School of
Nursing, Carbondale, PA; BSNE, College
Misericordia, Dallas, PA; MN, University of
Pittsburg, Pittsburgh, PA, DNS, SUNY at Buffalo,
Buffalo, NY. Research interests: Patient Care and
Advocacy by Nurses; Ethics in Nursing; Nursing
Education; Professional Nursing Practice; Nursing
Leadership; Pain Management; Palliative Care.
Office ALT 513:
NOTARO, DR. JAMES
Assistant Professor, HEALTH SERVICES
ADMIN
B.S., Albany College of Pharmacy, Union
University; M.S., Union College; Ph.D., UNC -
Chapel Hill. Research interests: Decision
analytic/mathematical programming approaches to
management; Clinical and operational reliability of
health care delivery systems; stochastic analysis of
clinic/office scheduling and patient flow; cost
effectiveness analysis of medical and
pharmaceutical technology. Office: KAB 420.
NWORA, DR. AMY J.
Associate Professor, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
B.S./M.S., D’Youville College; Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Sensory processing
disorders/treatment, new treatment techniques for
autism, pediatric occupational therapy, and cultural
issues in therapy. Office: KAB 345.
OLIVIERI, DR. MARION P.
Chair & Professor, MATH & NATURAL
SCIENCES
B.A., B.S., D'Youville College; Ph.D., Roswell
Park Cancer Institute, A Division of SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Biomaterials
(implants); biochemistry; surface chemistry;
bioadhesives; molecular structure. Office: ALT
231.
PICTOR, DR. SARAH
Clinical Assistant Professor, PHYSICAL
THERAPY
B.S., Physical Therapy, University of Vermont;
Doctor of Physical Therapy, D’Youville College.
Research Interests: Hippotherapy, pediatric
physical therapy and clinical education. KAB 343.
RADPASAND, DR. MOHSEN
Assistant Professor, CHIROPRACTIC
BS, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Biology;
DC, Palmer Chiropractric College,Davenport, IA,
Chiropractic; MD, Tehran University of Medical
Sciences (TUMS, Tehran-Iran – Medicne (Web
site: http://www.tums.ac.ir/english/); MS, Palmer
Chiropractic College, Davenport, IA, Clinical
Research. Research interests: Clinical, primarily
focused on CAM treatments – expecially
manipulation to alleviate pain, and disability.
Focused on spinal and extremity manipulation, its
effect on the sport related injuries, and the
biomechanical significance of the injury on the
person’s ability to do his daily activities. Office:
BFAC, 4 th Floor.
RAFALSON, DR. LISA
Assistant Professor, DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
B.A., Spanish Language and Literature,
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Il. M.S.,
Epidemiology SUNY at Buffalo, Ph.D.,
Epidemiology and Community Health, SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Cardiovascular disease
and Type 2 diabetes etiology and risk factors in
children and adults. KAB 431.
RIVERS, DR. LYNN
Associate Professor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
B.S., Physical Therapy, SUNY at Buffalo, M.S.,
Buffalo State College; Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo.
Research Interests: Healthcare policy, physical activity
health promotion for individuals with chronic disability
with emphasis on African Americans. Office: KAB
328.

ROCHE, SR DENISE A.
Professor, PRESIDENT
B.A., D'Youville College; M.A., Boston
University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts,
Amherst. Research interests: Sociology of health
care; theory; educational administration; social
psychology of disability and rehabilitation;
sociology of health; criminology. Office: KAB
109.
ROCKWOOD, DR. APRIL
Associate Professor, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo. Research
interests: Pediatric occupational therapy; schoolbased
practice with children with disabilities
included in regular education classes. Office: KAB
324.
ROUSSELLE, DR. JOHN G.
Associate Professor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
B.S., Valpariso University; B.S./M.S.,
D'Youville College; Ed.D., SUNY at Buffalo.
Research interests: Exercise physiology;
psychophysiology; wellness; health education.
Office: KAB 320.
SABO, DR. DONALD
Professor, LIBERAL ARTS
B.A., M.S., M.Ed., Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo.
Research interests: Gender studies; epidemiology;
research methodology; sports sociology. Office:
ALT 416.
SCHIFFERT, DR. JUDITH H.
Professor, HEALTH SERVICES ADMIN
B.S., D'Youville College; M.S., Ed.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Program evaluation
research; Health services research. Office: KAB
441.
SCHULTE, DR. TERRIANNE
Assistant Professor, LIBERAL ARTS
Ph.D., SUNY at Buffalo; M.A, SUNY at
Buffalo; M.S., SUNY at Buffalo; B.A., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: American
environmental history with an emphasis in Great
Lakes environmental history; political history;
women’s history; social and political reform
movemets. ALT 422.
SEN, DR. ARUP
Associate Professor, INTERIM VICE
PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
B.S., Hampton University, M.S., Virginia
Commonwealth University; Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Innovation,
outsourcing, and collaboration of R & D and
manufacturing activities, now and why firms invest
in R & D, and achieving competitive advantatage
through collaboration and outsourcing initiatives.
Conducting empirical research to assess how small
and medium-sized (SME’s) firms compete on the
basis of R & D and manufacturing strategies.
Office: ALT 109.
SHAPIRO, DR. CAREN D.
Associate Professor, BIOLOGY
B.A., University of California at Davis; M.S.,
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Research interests:
Microbiology; immunology; biology of women.
Office: ALT 423.
STANTON, DR. ELIZABETH
Associate Professor, OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
B.A., Elmira; M.S., M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: Qualitative research
methods; mental health/addictions; hospice/end of
life; chronic conditions; cultural competency;
disability studies. Office: KAB 347
STARNAWSKA, DR. SYLVIA
Assistant Professor, BUSINESS
M.B.A., University of Exeter, M.S., Ph.D.,
Warsaw School of Economics. Research interests:
International financial markets, multinational
strategic management, shareholder value creation,
global portfolio management. Office: ALT 629.
STOEHR, DR. GARY
Pharm D.; Professor and Dean, PHARMACY
B.S. Pharmacy, University of Pittsburg;
Doctor of Pharmacy, Duquesne University.
Research interests: Drug use in the elderly,
scholarship of teaching. Office: DAC 313.
TAYLOR, DR. JOHN
Professor, CHIROPRACTIC
DC – Canadian Memorial Chiropractic
College, DACBR – las Angeles College of
Chiropractic. Research interests: Diagnostic
imaging of the spine and musculoskeletal system,
clinical practice guidelines, decision rules,
diagnotic accuracy. Office: Chiropractic Health
Center, 2900 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214

VELASQUEZ, DR. JAMES
Assistant Professor, Coordinator, EXERCISE
AND SPORTS STUDIES.
B.S., Canisius College (Athletic
Training/Exercise Science), M.S., Syracuse
University (Exercise Office: ALT 416.
WALTER, DR. TODD J.
Assistant Professor, PSYCHOLOGY
B.A., Niagara University; M.A., SUNY at
Buffalo; Ph.D., University of Florida. Research
interests: Health psychology & behavioral
medicine; Multicultural issues; depression and
mental disorders. Office: ALT 541.
WALTERS, DR. IAN
Associate Professor, MATHEMATICS
B.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Western
Michigan University. Research interests: Graph
theory; math education. Office: KAB 318.
WAUKAU-VILLAGOMEZ, DR. LAUREN
Assistant Professor, EDUCATION
B.S., University of Wisconsin at Madison;
M.S., University of Wisconsin at Stout; Ed.D.,
Pennsylvania State University. Research interests:
Native American education; Native American
children's literature; multicultural literature; at-risk
children. Office: ALT 546.
WEISS, DR. EDWARD
Associate Professor, DIETETICS
B.A.; Gettysburg College; M.A.; Duke
University; Ph.D.; The Pennsylvania State
University. Research interests: Nutrition;
health/patient ed; geriatrics; tests & measurements;
Alzheimer's; cost-benefit analysis; wellness; food
science; school lunch evaluation; K-12 Science
education. Office: KAB 422.
WERNER, DR. MARTA
Assistant Professor, LIBERAL ARTS
B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at
Buffalo. Research interests: 19th Century American
literature; 20th Century poetics and theory. Office:
KAB 425.
WILLIAMS, DR. STEPHEN E.
Associate Professor, EDUCATION
B.A., University of Montreal; M.Ed.,
Bridgewater State College; Ed.D., Clark
University. Research interests: International
education reform especially in the former Soviet
Union; comparative education; political spects of
comparative education. Office: ALT 545.
WROTNIAK, DR. BRIAN H.
Assistant Professor, PHYSICAL THERAPY
B.S., Physical Therapy, Daemen College, B.S.,
Biology, SUNY at Geneseo, M.S., Physical
Therapy, University of Indianapolis, Ph.D.,
Epidemiology and Community Health, SUNY at
Buffalo. Research Interests: Biobehavioral aspects
of childhood weight control, Cardiovascular
disease, and Obesity. KAB 321.

THESIS COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP CHANGES
If a student wishes to change committee members or director prior to the thesis proposal presentation, he or she
should consult with the thesis director, graduate program director, or department chair who may refer the student
back to the committee member and/or thesis director for further discussion. If difficulties are not resolved, the
student should complete a revised Request for Appointment of a Thesis Committee form after discussion with
all involved parties, and resubmit the form following the procedures outlined in the Thesis Handbook.
If a student wishes to change committee members or director after the thesis proposal presentation, he or she
should follow the above procedures. The student may need to repeat the proposal presentation with the new
thesis committee if required by the thesis director.
If the thesis director or committee member is unable to continue on the thesis committee, the director will notify
the student and the student's graduate program director or department chair of his or her resignation. The student
should then follow the above procedures for forming a new committee.
DIVISION OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
BUSINESS
Dr. Kushnood Haq
Dr. Joseph Jurkowski
Dr. Susan Kowalewski
Dr. Arup Sen
Dr. Sylvia Starnawska
Dr. James Velasquez
CERTIFIED
ADMINISTRATORS
Dr. William Mariani
Dr. John Murphy
Dr. Jean Turcott
CHIROPRACTIC DEPT
Dr. Kathleen Linaker
Dr. Mohsen Radpasand
DIETETICS
Dr. Charlotte Baumgart
Dr. Edward Weiss
DOCTORAL PROGRAMS
Dr. Roger Fiedler
Dr. Mark Garrison
Dr. Lois Jircitano
Dr. Lisa Rafalson
Dr. Donald Sabo
EDUCATION
Dr. Jamie DeWaters
Dr. Gheorgita Faitar
Dr. Robert Gamble
Dr. David Gorlewski
Sr. Nancy Kaczmarek
Dr. Helen Kress
Dr. James Lalley
Dr. Cathleen March
Dr. L. Waukau-Villagomez
Dr. Stephen Williams
HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Walter Iwanenko
Dr.. Elizabeth Miranda
Dr. James Notaro
Dr. Judith Schiffert
HOLISTICS HEALTH
STUDIES
Dr. Paul Hageman
LIBERAL ARTS
Dr. John Abbarno
Dr. Patricia Abbott
Dr. Brendan Balint
Dr. Marilyn Bell
Dr. Gina Camodeca
Dr. Julia Hall
Dr. Randolph Hohle
Dr. David Kelly
Dr. M. Ruth Kelly
Sr. Denise Roche
Dr. Terrianne Schulte
Dr. Todd Walter
Dr. Marta Werner
MATH AND NATURAL
SCIENCES
Dr. Anthony Basile
Dr. James DeHaven
Dr. D. Edward Hart
Dr. Mary Hurley
Dr. Marion Olivieri
Dr. Caren Shapiro
Dr. Ian Walters
NURSING
Dr. Carol Gutt
Dr. Judith Lewis
Dr. Kathleen Mariano
Dr. Abigail Mitchell
Dr. Eileen Nahigian
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
Dr. Merlene Gingher
Dr. Amy Nwora
Dr. April Rockwood
Dr. Elizabeth Stanton
PHARMACY
Dr. Robert Drobitch
Dr. Joseph Dunn
Dr. David Gettman
Dr. Canio Marasco
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Dr. Maureen Finney
Dr. Matthew Antalek
PHYSICAL THERAPHY
Dr. Pamela Bartlo
Dr. James Karnes
Dr. Penelope Klein
Dr. Eric Miller
Dr. Sarah Pictor
Dr. Lynn Rivers
Dr. John Rousselle
Dr. Brian H. Wrotniak