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Academics

Division of Arts & Sciences - Faculty

 

 

 

     




Mac Given

Dean, Division of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Biology
A.B., Brown University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
(610)-558-5596
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.
     


     
 




Sharon Archer

Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., College of William and Mary
Ph.D., University of Virgina
(610) 361-2472
ARCHERS@neumann.edu

     
While holding a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Archer applied NMR spectroscopy to determine the 3D structure of proteins. Later she joined DuPont Pharmaceuticals (Dupont Merck) where she applied NMR spectroscopy to study protein structure and protein-drug interactions. Dr. Archer has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals (out of 19 publications, 10 as first author).
     

     
 




Ron Chance

Instructor of Political Science and
Criminal Justice
B.A. Glassboro State College
M.S. Saint Joseph's University
610-361-5279
CHANCER@neumann.edu

     
Architect of the Neumann College Intelligence Studies program, this former U. S. Department of Labor Special Agent Supervisor and National Intelligence Coordinator insists that "We train for certainty, but we educate for uncertainty."
     

     
 



Gail Shanley Corso
Associate 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
Instructor, English and Spanish
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., University of Delaware

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

     

     

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

     

     
 



Randall L. Detra

Assistant 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

     

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

Assistant 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
     

     

Maureen M. Downey-Lamb
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.A., Rutgers University
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
(610)-558-5610
downeylm@neumann.edu

     

     




Terence Gleeson

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

 
 
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

 
     

Founder of the Neumann College 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 College 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


Laboratory Safety

     
"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
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

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 Colleges Growth in Scholarship Award.
     

     
 



Yukiko Ishida

Assistant 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 College Concert Chorale. Her joy in music inspires both beginning and experienced singers at Neumann College, 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

     
The teaching interests of this Slavic Studies scholar include Russian language and culture, semiotics, linguistics, humanities, and English. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Glen Mills with their two dogs, Abby and Daisy.
     

     
 




James Kain

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

     

     
 




Janelle Ketrick-Gillespie

Instructor, English
B.A., Neumann College
M.A., Widener University
Ed.D., Widener University
(610)-358-4517
ketrickj@neumann.edu

     
Currently working on a doctoral dissertation involving reading and decision-making, this creative teacher focuses mainly on the cognitive processes involved in decision making, the relationship between the language arts and learning, and intellectual discovery through reading. In her spare time, she participates in a volunteer program teaching decision-making skills to prison inmates. She also has opportunities everyday to put her scholarship into practice as she and her husband, Ed, raise their two elementary-age children.
     

     
 



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.
     

     



Randolph Klein

Associate Professor, English and History
B.A., University of Pennsylvania
A.M., Brown University
Ph.D., Rutgers University
(610) 358-4570
KLEINR@neumann.edu

 
     
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
Henry David Thoreau
     

     
 



Constance Korteland

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

     

 

     




Claudia Marie Kovach

Professor, English and French
B.A., Seton Hill College
M.A., Purdue University
Ph.D., Purdue University
(610)-558-5508
ckovach@neumann.edu

 
     
Professor of English and French, this current Vice President of the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honors Society Board 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.
     


     




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

 
     

     
 



Martin LoMonaco
Associate 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

     

     
 


Maria José Martin
Assistant 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."
     

 

     

Patrick J. McCauley
Visiting Professor, Philosophy
B.S., Ithaca College
M.A., Binghamton University
Ph.D., University of Iowa
(610) 361-5496
MCCAULEP@neumann.edu

     


     
 


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

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

     
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.
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

     
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.
     

     




Annemarie O'Malley

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

 
 

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 College faculty.

     

     



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

 
     

     

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

     

 

     
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
Assistant 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.
     

 

     

Harry M. Rhea
Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice
B.A., Rutgers University
M.S., St. Joseph's University
610-558-5624
RHEAH@neumann.edu

     

     

Ryan Savitz
Assistant 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
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.
     

     




Patricia Strobl

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

 
     
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

Assistant 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

 
     
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


 
     
On the Neumann College 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

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

 
     
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.
     

 


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