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Academics

Division of Arts & Sciences - Faculty

 

 

 

     

Mac Given

 



Mac Given

Dean, Division of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Biology
A.B., Brown University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
(610)-558-5508
mgiven@neumann.edu

     
This herpetologist has published many articles on frog communication and recently has taught introductory biology, ecology, genetics and advanced seminars in science. He also taught a course focusing on forgiveness and reconciliation in the wake of 9/11. When on sabbatical in 2005-2006, he lived in Guatemala with his family, where he introduced an environmental curriculum by which children, through the capture and identification of larval insects, adopt streams and monitor their quality. Locally, he is active with several environmental organizations. In 2001, he received the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.
     

     
Gail Shanley Corso
 



Gail Shanley Corso
Professor
Communication & Media Arts and English
Coordinator of Writing
B.A., Brooklyn College
M.A., SUNY Albany
Ph.D. Bowling Green University
(610)-558-5515
gcorso@neumann.edu

     

     



Maria Teresa de Gordon

Assistant Professor, English and Spanish
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., University of Delaware

Ed.D., Wilmington University
(610)-361-5388
degordom@neumann.edu

 

Maria Teresa de Gordon

     

 

     

Dina De Luca
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Southwest Missouri State University
B.S., Southwest Missouri State University
M. A., University Colorado-Boulder
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
(610)-361-5267
DELUCAD@neumann.edu

 
Dina De Luca
     


     



Randall L. Detra

Associate Professor, Science and Technology
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Ohio University
Ph.D., Ohio State University
(610)-558-5598
detrar@neumann.edu

 

Randall L. Detra

     

Few faculty can claim such a diversity of experiences. He has practiced biology from various perspectives: the chemical structure of enzymes, the environmental fate of pesticides, the metabolism of drugs in race horses, the biochemistry of insecticide resistance. He also has familiarity in bionomics of grouse, cancer research, environmental analysis, laboratory management.

     

     

David DiMarco

 



David DiMarco

Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., Stevens Institute of Technology
M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology
M.S., Iona College
Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology
(610)-361-5493
dimarcod@neumann.edu

"The moving power of mathematical invention is not reasoning but imagination"
Augustus De Morgan

"The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil to learn is hammering on cold iron" Horace Mann
     

 



Joseph C. Glass

Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Arts
B.S. Mount Saint Mary’s University
M.Div., Mount Saint Mary’s University
D.Min., Graduate Theological Foundation
(610)-358-4570
glassj@neumann.edu

 
Joseph C. Glass
     


     




Terence Gleeson

Assistant Professor, Theater Arts
A.B., St. Joseph's University
M.A., Rutgers University
(610)-558-5606
tgleeson@neumann.edu

 
Terence Gleeson
 
Tragicomic drama guy seeks enthusiastic students for theater productions. No experience necessary. Commitment required. For a good time, call or e-mail: x5606, tgleeson@neumann.edu. Serious inquiries only. And funny ones.
     

     

Joseph Gosseaux
Instructor, Criminal Justice
B. S., St. Joseph's University
M.S., Penn State University
(610)-361-5253
Gosseauj@neumann.edu

 

Joseph Gosseaux

     

Founder of the Neumann University Criminal Justice Program, this retired Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) brings reality to the classroom through his law enforcement experiences and knowledge of the subject areas taught. He considers his most important job to be preparing Neumann University students for their chosen careers in criminal justice.

     

     



Elaine Grose
Science Laboratory Manager
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
B.S.E. SUNY at Cortland
M.S.E. North Carolina State University
Ph.D. North Carolina State University
610-358-4240
grosee@neumann.edu

 

Elaine Grose

     
"The main ingredients of an environmental ethic are caring about the Earth and all it's inhabitants, allowing unselfishness to control the immediate self-interest that harms others, and living each day so as to leave the lightest footprint on the planet."
Robert Cahn
     

 

     

William J. Hamilton

 

William J. Hamilton
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Lehigh University
M.A., University of Akron
Ph.D., University of Oregon
610-358-4516
HAMILTOW@neumann.edu

     

 

     

Glenn Holmstrom

 

Glenn Holmstrom
Associate Professor, Art
B.F.A. Columbus College of Arts & Design
M.F.A. Ohio State University
(610)-558-5536
holmstrg@neumann.edu

     
This Erie, Pennsylvania, native has shown his paintings and photographs locally and nationally. In 2003 he received Neumann University's Growth in Scholarship Award.
     

     
Yukiko Ishida
 



Yukiko Ishida

Associate Professor, Music
B.M., Kunitachi College of Music
M.M., Temple University
D.M.A., Combs College of Music
(610)-361-5428
ISHIDAY@neumann.edu

 

The Musical Friends of Yuki

     
An internationally known coloratura soprano who has performed in the Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, "Dr. Yuki" shares international teaching techniques with Neumann students as a result of her involvement with the International Chamber Music Festival in Evian, France, and her lectures in Japan. Dr. Yuki is also director of the Neumann University Concert Chorale. Her joy in music inspires both beginning and experienced singers at Neumann University, and her professional achievements as a soloist and lecturer enrich the learning experience for her students. According to Dr. Yuki, "Singing offers a challenge to all singers: How do we express our feelings with our voices? My role is to help voice students convert their internal feelings into external expressions via their voices. Everyone who has a voice can polish their instrument and create music if they wish to."
     

     




Bryce Johnson

Assistant Professor, English and Humanities
B.A., The College of William and Mary
Ph.D., Duke University
(610) 558-5578
JOHNSONB@neumann.edu

 

Bryce Johnson

     
Dr. Johnson's teaching and research interests are wide-ranging, from Russian grammar to Peircean semiotics and historical linguistics to aesthetics. He has presented academic papers on these subjects from Salt Lake to Scotland. His outside interests are just as varied and when not at work, he can be found on the golf course, painting in his studio at home, hanging out with his wife and two dogs, or at the gym trying in vain to stave off the ravages of time.
     

     




James Kain

Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
B.A., West Chester State College
M.A., West Chester University
(610) 361-5349
JKAIN@neumann.edu

 

James Kain

     

     
Bong S. Kim
 



Bong S. Kim

Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., Korea University
M.A. State University of New York
Ph.D., Temple University
(610)-558-5633
KIMB@neumann.edu

     
An instructor of mathematics and statistics, this specialist in statistics is a member of the American Statistical Association. He has taught Korean to children in his local community.
     

     




Constance Korteland

Professor, Psychology
B.A., Immaculata College
M.S., Villanova University
Ph.D., Temple University
(610)-558-5583
ckortela@neumann.edu

 

Constance Korteland

     

 

     




Claudia Marie Kovach

Professor, English and French
B.A., Seton Hill University
M.A., Purdue University
Ph.D., Purdue University
(610)-558-5573
ckovach@neumann.edu

 
Claudia Marie Kovach
     
Professor of English and French, and former dean of the Division of Arts and Sciences, this current president of the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society Executive Board also serves as co-editor of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal. She has published and presented internationally on writers such as Isabel Allende, Margery Kemp, Voltaire, and Amy Tan; she accords special attention to the medieval (and timeless) Tristan legend and its possibilities in tandem with contemporary literary theory. Her avocations include Chinese folk dance, competitive figure skating and ice dancing, and Tang Soo Do karate.
     


     




Rev. Jude Michael Krill, OFM, Conv.

Instructor, English and Theology
B.A. St. Hyacinth College & Seminary
M.A., St. Anthony on Hudson Theological Seminary
M.A., University of Notre Dame
610-558-5526
krillj@neumann.edu

 
Rev. Jude Michael Krill, OFM, Conv.
     

 

     

Stuart E. Leff
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
(610)-361-5470
leffs@neumann.edu

     


     
Martin LoMonaco
 



Martin LoMonaco
Professor
Communication & Media Arts
B.S., Ithaca College
M.S., Brooklyn College
M.S., S.U.N.Y. Albany
Ph.D., Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute
(610) 558-5600
LOMONACM@neumann.edu

     

     
Mary McCoy
 


Mary McCoy
Professor, Chemistry
B.A., College of Wooster
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
(610)-558-5599
mmccoy@neumann.edu

     
A dedicated advisor to the pre-medical students, Dr. McCoy received in 2002 the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award.
     

     



Colleen McDonough

Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of California, San Diego
M.P.H., San Diego State University
M.S., Lehigh University
Ph.D., Lehigh University
(610) 361-5242
MCDONOUC@neumann.edu

 
Colleen McDonough
     
This developmental psychologist is interested in language and cognitive development in infancy and early childhood. Though she is no longer officially a student, she is still learning about language and cognitive development from her son, Dylan, who was born in September of 2005.
     

     



Robert J. McMonagle

Associate Professor, Political Science
B.A., Temple University
M.A., University of Chicago
Ph.D., Temple University
(610)-361-5278
mcmonagr@neumann.edu

 

Robert J. McMonagle

     
This admitted political junkie invites students to take a course with him if they want to discuss important issues of our time including war and peace, freedom, political scandals, the economy, technological changes, and social problems facing America. His primary goal as an educator is to promote independent thinking among students in preparation for graduate school or the workforce.
     

     
A. Edward Milliner, Jr.
 


A. Edward Milliner, Jr.
Instructor, Mathematics and Theater
B.A., Western Maryland College
M.A., Villanova University
(610)-558-5582
MILLINEA@neumann.edu

     
This multidimensional teacher sees mathematics, like music, as a creation. It is not found or discovered, but created. It is not a creation that we can hold or see, but it is there--like music. The difference: music is fed through feeling, through the heart; mathematics, instead, is music of the mind.
     

     



John M. Mizzoni

Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Providence College
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
(610)-558-5496
mizzonij@neumann.edu

 

John M. Mizzoni

     
A specialist in moral and environmental philosophy, this semi-professional musician teaches a wide range of philosophy courses as well as philosophy with music. He has over twenty publications and has made over forty paper presentations. He believes that some popular songs are helpful in showing that philosophy lives outside the classroom.
     

 

     



Fereshteh Oboudiat

Assistant Professor
Psychology
B.A., Iran Girls College
M.S., Kansas State College of Pittsburgh
Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College
(610) 361-5297
OBOUDIAF@neumann.edu

 
Fereshteh Oboudiat
     

 

     




Annemarie O'Malley

Instructor
American Sign Language and Spanish
B.S., West Chester University
M.Ed., Temple University
(610)-361-2480
omalleya@neumann.edu

 
Annemarie O'Malley
 

This instructor of Spanish and American Sign Language once lived in Valencia, Spain, studying Spanish and the Spanish culture. She also formerly taught Spanish in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District at both the high school and middle school levels. She developed, implemented and taught the elementary foreign language program before joining the Neumann University faculty.

     

     

Demetra Papadopoulou
Associate Professor, Physics
B.S., University of Athens (Greece)
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., American University
(610)-361-5274
papadopd@neumann.edu

     

 

     
Maria José Martin
 


Maria José Parker
Associate Professor, Music
Licenciado en Filologia
Universidad de Salamanca
M.M. University of Cincinnati
D.M.A., University of Cincinatti
(610)-558-5528
MARTINM@neumann.edu

     
"If Music be the food of love, play on" Shakespeare

If she ever lived nine lives (like a cat), this gifted pianist insists that she would still keep enjoying the gift and the pleasure of making music. Music is the most universal language; it allows us to express ourselves and to reach and touch people in unimaginable ways. As a musician and a music teacher, she loves to see and to feel the power of music to transform people. Like Shirley Trusty Corey, she believes "The arts [and especially music] must be considered an essential element of education... They are tools for living life reflectively, joyfully, and with the ability to shape the future."
     

 

     

Philip R. Pegan
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
B.S., Cornell University
Ph.D., Syracuse University
610-358-4216
PEGANP@neumann.edu

 
Philip R. Pegan
     


     
Anne Ramirez
 


Anne Ramirez

Associate Professor
Communication & Media Arts and English
B.A. Ithaca College
M.A. State University of New York
Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(610)-558-5571
ARAMIREZ@neumann.edu

     
This leader of the literature/humanities group and educator of the imagination (a phrase drawn from critic Northrop Frye) has special interests in Emily Dickinson, poetry in general, Shakespeare, 19th-century novels, interdisciplinary women's studies, conferencing with students, and lifelong learning.
     

 

     
Ramona Palmerio-Roberts
 



Ramona Palmerio-Roberts

Assistant Professor, Psychology
A.A., Manatee Community College
B.A., University of Tampa
M.S., Nova Southeastern University
Psy.D., Nova Southeastern University
(610)-558-5610
robertsr@neumann.edu

     

 

     

Amy Brown Savitz
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Lafayette College
Ph.D., University of Buffalo, State University of New York
(610)-361-2472
browna@neumann.edu

     

 

     

Ryan Savitz
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S. Ursinus College
M.S. Temple University
M.B.A. Drexel University

Ph.D., Touro International University
(610)-558-5576
SAVITZR@neumann.edu

 
This mathematics and statistics instructor follows the philosophy that curriculum and pedagogical methods should always be student-focused. In his spare time, Ryan can be found running, cycling, swimming, and watching Law and Order on TV.
     

     
Richard Sayers
 


Richard Sayers

Associate Professor, Music
B.A., LaSalle College
M.M., West Chester University
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America
(610)-361-5454
SAYERSR@neumann.edu

     
Jazz band conductor, musician, and teacher extraordinaire, Dr. Sayers thinks that learning about unfamiliar music is a little like taking a morning swim: It's a shock to the system at first, but the longer you are in, the more you enjoy it.
     

 

     
David Severine
 

 

David Severine
Instructor, Science
B.S., Villanova University
M.S., Villanova University
M.S., Neumann College
(610) 358-4232
severind@neumann.edu

     
Mr. Severine has a B.S. majoring in biology and a minor in chemistry, a M.S. in Biology from Villanova University specializing in the biochemistry of tissue determination, and a M.S. in Pastoral Counseling from Neumann University specializing in the counseling of adolescents and young adults. He recently retired from Cardinal O'Hara High School where he was a chemistry teacher and guidance counselor for 34 years. He was the Guidance Director at Cardinal O'Hara from 2002 to 2008. He began teaching at Neumann University in 1978 as an adjunct instructor in science, and has also taught at Delaware County Community College. One of David’s qualities is his versatility; he teaches courses in biology, chemistry and physical science.
     

 

     




Christopher Steinbrecher
Instructor, Criminal Justice and Sociology
B.A. Framingham State College
M.A., University of Delaware
(610 558-5624
steinbrc@neumann.edu

 
Christopher Steinbrecher
     
Mr. Steinbrecher’s academic career began when his employment at a Fortune 500 company was terminated and he enrolled as an undergraduate at Framingham State College in Massachusetts. There, he discovered his interest in Sociology and after quickly completing his degree began graduate studies at the University of Delaware. His main academic interests are Organizational Deviance and White Collar Crime. His research involves a historical look at the Pure Food Laws of 1906, and the crimes committed by corporations that led to the passing of those laws. Other interests include Criminal Justice, the Sociology of Food, Race as a Sociological Study, and Sociology of Music and Art. He currently lives in Delaware with his two dogs and looks forward to finishing his Ph.D.
     


     




Patricia Strobl

Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., DePaul University
Ph.D., Northwestern University
(610) 558-5632
STROBLP@neumann.edu

 
Patricia Strobl
     
Dr. Fallest-Strobl believes that a major benefit of teaching science courses comes from the opportunity to further explore certain topics within the laboratory setting. Because science is everywhere to explore, she strives to share her views with her students. It also gives her a chance to get to know her students better and everyday to learn something new from them.
     

     



Maria G. Traub

Associate Professor, French and Italian
B.A., Temple University
M.Ed., Temple University
M.A., French, Middlebury College
M.A., Italian, Middlebury College
D.M.L., Middlebury College
(610)-361-5329
TRAUBM@neumann.edu


 
Maria G. Traub
     
Dr. Maria G. Traub is Assistant Professor of French and Italian in the Division of Arts and Sciences. In the fall of 2005, she was named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French Government for services rendered in the domain of French culture. A frequent traveler abroad, she strongly advocates speaking more than one language in today's world. In addition, she has studied voice in France and Italy and enjoys sharing her expertise with arts majors.
     

     




Alice Waegel

Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Delaware
Ph.D., University of Delaware
(610)-558-5597
waegela@neumann.edu


 
Alice Waegel
     
On the Neumann University faculty for over 20 years, this microbiologist teaches courses such as microbiology, molecular biology and plant biology in addition to introductory biology courses. In 2004, she received the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Besides teaching, she maintains an active plant tissue culture research program and encourages student participation for credit.
     

     
Kurt Wallen
 


Kurt Wallen

Professor, Psychology
B.A., Antioch College
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
(610)-558-5581
kwallen@neumann.edu

     

     



Sandra Weiss

Professor
Biology/Clinical Laboratory Science
Coordinator, Biology/Clinical Laboratory Science
B.S., Drexel University
M.A., West Chester University
Ed.D. Widener University
(610)-558-5607
sweiss@neumann.edu

 
Sandra Weiss
     
Dancer, choreographer, educator, and biology teacher, this clinical laboratory specialist received the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005. Before coming to Neumann, she worked in the highly technological field of laboratory medicine. Her major research interests have been in the areas of hematology and immunology. She has given numerous presentations on such topics such as leukemia, coagulation disorders, and the immune response. Integrating technology into her teaching practice is a special area of interest and she continues to give presentations in innovative uses of technology in the classroom. In the past, she designed self-paced instructional units and instructional videotapes for microscopic work.
     

 

     




Hasan Yönten
Instructor, Political Science
B.A., Bogazici University
M.A., Bogazici University
(610) 361-5279
yontenh@neumann.edu


 
Hasan Yönten
     
Mr. Yönten received his BA and MA degrees from Bogazici University (Istanbul/Turkey) in 1999 and 2002 respectively, and expects to receive his Ph.D. degree from University of Delaware by the end of this academic year. His research interests include international migration, multilateralism, and the European Union. He is writing his doctoral dissertation on multilateralism in international migration. Since 2003, Mr. Yönten has been involved in a large scale project aiming to build a dataset of all multilateral treaties since the establishment of the modern nation-state system. The dataset will be useful to examine distributional aspects of institutionalized cooperation over time and space, and hegemony and leadership in institutionalized cooperation. Both in Turkey and at the University of Delaware, Mr. Yönten has taught a number of courses including Politics of Developing Nations, Problems in International Relations, and Statistics for Social Sciences.
     


 


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