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Business
Christie Cruse
Dr. Christie Cruse
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Business
Year Joined: 2015
  • A.A.,
    Rockland Community College
  • B.S.,
    State University of New York at Geneseo
  • M.S.,
    Mercy College
  • Ed.D.,
    Nova Southeastern University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1377
Office: 53 Fremont Street, Room 4
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Christie Cruse, EdD

Dr. Cruse holds an EdD in Organizational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University, an MS in Organizational Leadership from Mercy College, and a BA in Psychology from the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Dr. Christie Cruse joined the Business Department at Bloomfield College in the Fall of 2015. Prior to joining Bloomfield College, Dr. Cruse taught as an adjunct professor in the Business Department at the following institutions: Marist College, SUNY Cobleskill, Dominican College, SUNY Rockland Community College, and Thomas Edison State University. Courses taught include: Strategic Management, Ethics, and Management, Human Resource Management, Exploring Business and Management, Essentials of Management, Introduction to Business, Foundations of Leadership, and Perspectives on Education.

Dr. Cruse worked for the Walt Disney World Company for three years in the Guest Relations Department. The position focused on creating new and innovative programs to increase guest satisfaction. In addition, Dr. Cruse assisted in facilitating new cast member orientation which focused on the teaching of Disney’s culture, traditions, values, and mission.

Dr. Cruse's career included management positions at Dominican College and Rockland Community College. At Dominican College, she was responsible for overseeing the first-year program which included developing new programs and activities to increase retention. As the Director of Academic Success Centers at Rockland Community College, Dr. Cruse managed the Tutoring Center, Reading & Writing Center, and the Science Learning Center. In addition, she spearheaded the redesign of twenty-two high failure and withdrawal rate courses, revised curriculum, and developed and facilitated faculty training.

Dr. Cruse has presented at conferences in six different states on the topics of Management, Diversity & Ethics, Leadership, Decision-Making, Effective Communication, Motivation, Team Building, the First-Year Experience, and Academic Support Services. In September 2011, Dr. Cruse was chosen as a recipient of the Rockland County 40 Under 40 Award which recognizes 40 individuals under the age of 40 in Rockland County that have made a positive impact in the community and in their workplace.

Dr. Cruse volunteers at Make A Wish Foundation and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In May 2008 and January 2010, Dr. Cruse served as a staff supervisor for the BRIDGES to the Dominican Republic Service Project. BRIDGES take groups of college students on a two-week service trip to the remote mountains of the Dominican Republic. Participants assist the rural community to improve their schools, homes, roads, and means of income.

Subject(s): Business Administration, Organizational Leadership
Academic Committee(s): Tenure & Advancement
Peter DeSarno, CPA, MBA, MS
Peter DeSarno, CPA
Assistant Professor, Coordinator of Accounting
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.S.,
    Rutgers University
  • M.B.A., M.S.,
    Seton Hall University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1379
Office: 53 Fremont Street, Room 6
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Professor DeSarno has a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. He also holds two Masters Degrees, a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) as well as a Masters of Science (MS) in Financial Planning from Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an active member of both the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) as well as the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Professor DeSarno began his career as an Auditor with the Big4 Public Accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche. During his accomplished 25 year accounting career, he worked in Controllership functions with a number of organizations (both public and private) including with companies such as AT&T and the McDonalds Corporation where he served as the New York Metro Regional Controller. He also has experience serving as a Controller in the non-profit sector with the NJ Sharing Network.

Professor DeSarno’s professional experience includes: managing all aspects of the accounting function, month & year end accounting close as well as performing and coordinating the annual financial audit. He has significant experience in financial reporting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting as well as implementing effective accounting processes, procedures, internal controls and strategy.

Today, Professor DeSarno has followed his passion for teaching and serves as both an Assistant Professor and the Coordinator of Accounting in the Division of Business at Bloomfield College. Prior to coming to Bloomfield College, Professor DeSarno taught as an Adjunct Professor in the evenings at both Fairleigh Dickinson University and the County College of Morris. 

As a highly seasoned business professional, Professor DeSarno provides his students with dynamic lessons and a learning experience that leverages his extensive professional knowledge and wealth of accounting and business expertise. He also shares this valuable insight with his students as both an Advisor as well as in his active leadership of the Bloomfield College Business Students Association (BSA) which he was instrumental in founding.

In addition to teaching all levels (from introductory to the capstone course) in the Accounting curriculum, Professor DeSarno has also developed and taught original course content in the area of Franchising and Entrepreneurship. In this highly relevant and compelling course offering, Professor DeSarno leverages over 10 years of experience in the franchise industry where he worked with and guided countless entrepreneurs. Specifically, he has experience serving in the capacity as both a CFO for a large Dunkin Donut multi-unit franchisee network as well as serving as the New York Metro Regional Controller with the McDonald’s Corporation (a geography of over 600 restaurants and 100 franchisees). 

Professor DeSarno also enjoys and finds it rewarding to serve on a number of boards & committees where he shares his accounting and finance expertise. This includes serving as the faculty representative to the Bloomfield College Financial Affairs & Capital Projects Committee. In addition, as a grateful double cornea transplant recipient, Professor DeSarno is proud to serve on the Advisory Board of Eversight (which is an organization whose mission is to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation and research). Professor DeSarno also volunteers with a number of organizations and is an active member of the Lions Club in his community. Due to his level of service and volunteerism, he was named a past recipient of the Volunteer Award which is awarded by the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) for dedicated service to worthy causes and making a significant difference in the community.

Subject(s): Accounting, MS in Accounting
Academic Committee(s): Financial Affairs & Capital Projects Board
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Dr. Mutasem Awwad
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2013
  • B.S., M.A.,
    New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D.,
    Bernelly University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Network Engineering
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Dr. Kadri Brogi
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2012
  • B.S.,
    Military University "Skenderbej", Tirana Albania
  • M.S.,
    Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D.,
    Capella University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Network Engineering
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Steven Butler
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 1976
  • B.A.,
    City College of the City University of New York
  • J.D.,
    St. John's University School of Law
  • L.L.M.,
    New York University School of Law
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration, English
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Carlos Cespedes
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.S.,
    Bloomfield College
  • M.S;
    University of South Florida
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Computer Science
Robert Collmier
Robert Collmier
Adjunct Lecturer, Professor Emeritus
Year Joined: '74-1982
  • B.A.,
    Bloomfield College
  • M.B.A.,
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • C.P.A.,
    New Jersey C.M.A.
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: 53 Fremont Street
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Subject(s): Accounting, MS in Accounting
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Dr. Maryann Di Liberto
Adjunct Lecturer, Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 1999
  • B.A.
    Barnard College
  • M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D.
    Columbia University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: 53 Fremont Street
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Maryann Di Liberto, Ph.D.

Dr. Maryann J. Fogarty Di Liberto earned her A.B. degree from Barnard College, which is the undergraduate college for women at Columbia University, where she double majored in math and economics.  She went on to receive her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in economics from Columbia University concentrating in the areas of international economics and econometrics.  While in graduate school, Dr. Di Liberto worked as an economic analyst at NERA Economic Consulting and taught various economic courses as an adjunct instructor at Barnard College, Columbia College, New York University, and Manhattan College.  Upon completion of her PhD, Dr. Di Liberto became an Assistant Professor of Economics at Lehman College, City University of New York where she taught for the next fifteen years.  In 1999, Dr. Di Liberto joined the Bloomfield College faculty and currently holds the position of Professor of Economics. 

Dr. Di Liberto has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and regularly attends academic conferences where she has presents her current research.  She has taught a wide range of courses in economics and statistics at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The courses that Dr. Di Liberto currently teaches at Bloomfield College include:

 

Undergraduate Courses

Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics  (ECN 210)

 

Subject(s): Economics
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Dr. Steven Englehart
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2019
  • B.S.,
    University of Maryland
  • M.S.,
    Central Michigan University
  • D.B.A,
    University of Phoenix
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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David Ferrara
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.S.,
    Seton Hall University
  • M.B.A.,
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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John Guerriero
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.A.,
    Ramapo College
  • M.A.S.,
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Computer Science
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John Hammond
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2018
  • B.A.,
    University of Cape Coast, Ghana
  • M.P.A.,
    Kean University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Economics
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Kevin Judge
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.A.,
    George Washington University
  • M.B.A.,
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Computer Science
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Galathara Kahanda
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • M.A.,M.P.H.,P.h.D.;
    C.U.N.Y. - Grad Center
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Computer Science
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Catherine Ligotti
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: '15-2020
  • A.S.,
    Passaic County Community College
  • B.S.,
    Bloomfield College
  • M.B.A.,
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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Dr. Julia Morrison Chambers
Adjunct Lecturer, Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 1997
  • A.S.,
    Graham Junior College
  • B.S.,
    Seton Hall University
  • M.B.A.,
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Ph.D.,
    New York University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: 53 Fremont Street
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Subject(s): Human Resource Management
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Audrine Pickett
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.A.,
    Upsala College
  • M.B.A.;
    Centenary College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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Beatrice Spitzer
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.S., M.B.A.,
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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Valerie Thompson
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.S., M.B.A.;
    Mercy College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Accounting
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Steven Trigili
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2019
  • B.A.,
    Shippensburg University
  • M.B.A.,
    University of New Hampshire
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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Dr. Vladislav Veksler
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • M.S., Ph.D.,
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
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Dr. Lazaros Michailidis
Professor Emeritus
  • BA
    Athens School of Economics and Business Administration
  • MA
    Purdue University
  • Ph.D.
    State University of New York, Buffalo
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Economics
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Frank Ogden
Professor Emeritus
  • B.S.,
    Case Institute of Technology
  • M.B.A.,
    Harvard University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration
Anita Pasmantier
Dr. Anita Pasmantier
Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 2008
  • B.A., M.A., Ph.D.,
    Fordham University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1341
Office: 53 Fremont Street, Room 7
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Anita Pasmantier, Ph.D.

Dr. Anita Pasmantier holds a B.A. in Economics and French, an M.A. in International Economics, and a Ph.D. in International Finance, all from Fordham University.  Dr. Pasmantier’s dissertation was a study of the pricing of currency options, which she presented at the Financial Management Association (FMA) Conference.  She has published several scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals and continues to present her research at conferences.

In 2018, Dr. Pasmantier served as a Fulbright Scholar teaching Advanced Corporate Finance at Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS University) in Rome, Italy for the spring semester. 

Dr. Pasmantier was selected to be a Fulbright Specialist in June 2019 where she will remain on a roster for a three-year term and is eligible to be matched with a host institution’s project abroad. 

Dr. Pasmantier began her career in the business world as the Manager of Foreign Exchange at the corporate headquarters for PepsiCo, a Fortune 50 company.  After three years at PepsiCo, she accepted a position as the Manager of Foreign Exchange at the corporate headquarters for Sterling Drug Inc., a Fortune 200 company, where she worked for five years. During the years she was employed full time at both PepsiCo and Sterling Drug, Dr. Pasmantier worked on her Ph.D. degree at Fordham University. 

After receiving her doctorate in 1988, she began her academic career by teaching one year as an Assistant Professor at her alma mater, Fordham University.  The following year, she accepted a position at Seton Hall University where she taught for six years, after which she taught for two years at Fairleigh Dickinson University before taking time off to raise her daughter Daniella. In 2008, she became an Associate Professor of Finance at the Business Division of Bloomfield College, and in 2016, she was promoted to Professor of Finance.

Subject(s): Business Administration
Academic Committee(s): Assessment
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Sandy Trapp
Division Office Coordinator
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1339
Office: 53 Fremont Street, Room 1
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Creative Arts and Technology
yuichiro nishizawa
yuichiro nishizawa
Coordinator of Interactive Multimedia, Division Chair, Interim Coordinator of Expanded Media, Interim Coordinator of Graphic Design, Professor
Year Joined: 2006
  • M.F.A.
    School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • B.F.A.
    Rhode Island School of Design
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1555
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room 102
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yuichiro nishizawa

yuichiro nishizawa is an associate professor and the chair of the Division of Creative Arts & Technology.

Professor nishizawa attended Rhode Island School of Design (BFA in Film/Animation/Video) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and MFA in Art and Technology). He has completed a Certificate in Design Leadership for Business at Parson School of Design - The New School, and a Certificate in Effective College Instruction: Promoting Active Learning Online, and a Certificate in Effective Instruction from ACUE (Association of College and University Educators).

Working with the diverse population of students and like-minded peers at Bloomfield College fuels nishizawa. He regards his position as a privilege. He is “committed to the practice of knowledge as trans-disciplinary, teaching/learning as non-hierarchical, experiential and collaborative, and education as critical reflection, liberation, and social action.”

He has enjoyed teaching regularly the following classes:

  • Design Thinking & Practice
  • Interaction & Interface: Introduction to Physical Computing
  • Process && Interaction: An Introduction
  • Japanese Culture & Language
  • CAT Foundation Studio

nishizawa, born in Tokyo, is interested in the complexity of the technological influences on and beyond everyday experience. He employs a wide array of media and methods in his work and inquiry. His hope is to provide an experience that brings the viewer to questions, furthers their own spirit of inquiry, engages their curiosity, and prompts them to imagine. His innate interest in function and form, conjoined with his investigation, has also led him to pursue furniture design and fabrication.

Subject(s): Expanded Media, Graphic Design, Interactive Multimedia & Worldwide Web
Academic Committee(s): Tenure & Advancement
Abraham Gomez Delgado
Abraham Gomez-Delgado
Associate Professor, Interim Coordinator of Animation
Year Joined: 2008
  • B.F.A.
    Massachusetts College of Arts
  • M.F.A.
    Bard College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1730
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room 108
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Abraham Gomez-Delgado

Abraham Gomez-Delgado is an Assistant Professor in the Creative Arts and Technology division at Bloomfield College. He is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and performance artist born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Bandleader Abraham Gomez-Delgado, of Peruvian descent, left his native Puerto Rico as a child and relocated to the US. He leads the experimental Latin music group Zemog el Gallo Bueno as well as co-leads the avant-latin jazz big band Positive Catastrophe and has a Performance Art group under the name Eje.

Gomez-Delgado is also a vocalist in his own compositions as well as in composer saxophonist Fred Ho’s Green Monster Big Band. Currently, he teaches Sound Art and production at Bloomfield College in New Jersey and is composing a Plena suite entitled Debrujo, Debrooho, debrewjo. •Recently he was awarded the New Jazz Works grant from Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Foundation (2010). •Abraham has been awarded a Meet The Composer MetLife Grant (2010) •USArtists International Award, National Endowment for the Arts grant (2010).

Gomez-Delgado has his MFA with honors from Bard College and holds a BFA from Mass College of Art.

Subject(s): Animation, Music Technology
Academic Committee(s): Tenure & Advancement
GJ Lee
GJ Lee
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Game Development
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.F.A.,
    New Jersey City University
  • M.P.S., ITP,
    Tish School of Arts
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1402
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room 107
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GJ Lee

BFA, New Jersey City University
MPS, ITP, Tish School of Arts

GJ Lee is a multidisciplinary artist and game designer. She uses a practiced-based research approach to explore and understand complex subjects. The results mostly take on the form of games, installations, and performances. Her works and collaborations have been exhibited and played at Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch, La Gaite Lyrique, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and The Museum of the Moving Image.

She is the co-founder of The Sheep’s Meow, an independent game development studio and community organization that focuses on making game creation inclusive and accessible. She’s co-organized and produced community-driven events such as the NJ Arcade and NYC Arcade– some of which are the largest of their kind.

She has a BFA in Painting and Drawing with a co-major in Mathematics from NJCU and an MPS from NYU Tisch's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

Courses taught:
CAT 209 - Digital Game Design
CAT 208 - Visual Design for Games
CAT 408 - Pre-Capstone: Game Development
CAT 420 - Capstone

Subject(s): Game Design, Game Programming
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Blake Andrews
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2018
  • B.A.
    Pratt Institute
  • M.A.
    New York University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Blake Andrews is a game designer, illustrator, animator, and educator living in Brooklyn, New York. Blake has been publishing short experimental web games since 2013 on websites like itch.io and Glorious Trainwrecks. Their most publicized game, Scrapeboard (featured at alt.ctrl.gdc & MAGFest, mentioned in The New Yorker, and appearing in a Michael Reeves video), is an alternative controller game where players ride a real skateboard to defeat enemies. They have taught game design at Bloomfield College, Pratt Institute, and New York University. Blake has been involved with installations and events at New York’s independent video game arcades, Babycastles, Wonderville, and Red Parry. 

Subject(s): Game Design, Game Programming
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Kali Baker-Johnson
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • M.F.A., Chapman University, B.F.A., Temple University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Kali Baker-Johnson is a Brooklyn-based, New Jersey-born filmmaker, college professor, and comic book writer. His feature film debut, Feel Like Ghosts, won the Best Director and Best Screenplay awards at the 2022 American Black Film Festival. He was a Directing Fellow at Chapman University’s graduate film program in Orange, CA and during his time on the West Coast he collaborated with Oscar-winning producer Cathy Schulman as one of Chapman’s O.L. Halsell Scholars, worked in development for Oscar-nominated producing duo Ron Yerxa and Albert Berger, and shadowed Emmy-winning director Millicent Shelton.

His short films have screened internationally in film festivals, as well as in programs for domestic abuse education, in centers for at-risk youth, and in New York's Time Square. As a freelance videographer and editor, Kali has over 15 years of experience creating media across multiple genres and formats and has worked with brands such as NBC, VH1, Foot Locker, EbonyJet, and Avalon Television. He used to be able to dunk and, every once in a while, he still has a good day on the basketball court.

 

Subject(s): Expanded Media
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Steve Colson
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 1989
  • B.M.E.D.,
    Northwestern University School of Music
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Adegoke Steve Colson is a Grammy-nominated pianist-composer (saxophonist-historian) who performs internationally as a soloist and leader of ensembles from trios to orchestras. Born in Newark and raised in East Orange, NJ, he earned his degree (BME) from Northwestern University School of Music. He joined the influential Association for Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in 1971.

His music has been compared to that of Monk, Mingus, and Ellington as well as Ives, Berio, and Stravinsky. His work is on labels including Columbia/Sony, Evidence, and Black Saint. He is co-owner of the Silver Sphinx record label with his wife and musical partner, Iqua Colson.

Steve was one of 23 educators selected by the NEA in 1981 to pilot the concept of Artist Residencies (Dr. Larry Ridley - Dir.). The pilot's success brought federal funding to Arts Residency programs. Steve is currently Artist-in-Residence in Jazz Studies at Cicely L. Tyson School of Performing & Fine Arts.

Steve joined Bloomfield College faculty in 1989. With master bassist Chris White he helped to start the Creative Arts & Technology Department in 1996 as part of an initiative led by Office of the President.

As headliner on festivals he has shared billing and stage with the greatest of artists - Dizzy Gillespie, Dr. Billy Taylor, Ray Charles, Art Blakey, Oscar Peterson, Miriam Makeba, Sun Ra, Gil Scott-Heron, Abbey Lincoln, Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Max Roach, Muddy Waters, and Tito Puente.

The author of more than 100 ensemble pieces and five major works for 'Jazz orchestra,' his groups have included luminaries such as David Murray, Henry Threadgill, Anthony Davis, Rachelle Farrell, and Tyshawn Sorey. He has collaborated with visual artist Willie Cole, literary masters Amiri Baraka and Richard Wesley, and as Musical Director (Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God) he worked with legendary dancer Carmen de Lavallade.

In 2018 Steve was inducted into The East Orange Hall of Fame, where he joined other distinguished individuals of East Orange who have influenced science, sports, or the arts, such as Althea Gibson, Dionne Warwick, John Amos, Whitney Houston, and the group Naughty by Nature.

Steve has been on television: PBS (I'll Make Me a World), Another View (NJN), The Steve Adubato Show; he has been a guest on Radio France (Paris) and Radio 3 (Rome, Italy); and his work has aired on French television (Mezzo Channel). Steve has a cameo appearance in Youssou N’Dour’s documentary film Return to Goree (Winner – PAFF), and he was Sal Finestra’s piano player on the HBO series, Vinyl, produced by Mick Jagger and directed by Martin Scorsese. He is also documented in several books: The AACM – A Power Stronger Than Itself; The Black Revolution on Campus; Jazz in Newark; La Nuée L’AACM - un jeu de société musicale ; Freedom, Rhythm & Sound.

The City of Newark proclaimed November 13, 1989 Adegoke Steve Colson Day. He has other major awards and commissions from: National Endowment for the Arts; Illinois Arts Council; Arts International; New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Lila Wallace Readers’ Digest; East Orange Historical Society (150th Anniversary of East Orange); NJ Chamber Music Society (to open NJPAC); Absolut (National Lost Jazz Shrines); NJPAC (350tth Anniversary of Newark); American Composers Forum; South Arts Jazz Road Initiative. Steve recently received (2022) a Fromm Music Foundation Commission from Harvard University.

Subject(s): Music Technology
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Joel Croichy
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • B.A.,
    Bloomfield College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Subject(s): Graphic Design
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Kelly Cuenca
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • M.F.A
    Academy of Art University
  • B.F.A
    New Jersey City University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Kelly Cuenca is a 2D artist who specializes in both digital and traditional illustration.  After graduating from New Jersey City University, she has been working freelance in a variety of both digital and traditional media to create printwork along with concepting visuals for projects.  Cuenca’s work is mostly known for her traditional studies and portraits, and has participated in independent zines with illustrations captivating a thin line between realism and the imaginative flair.  She has continued her studies with a M.F.A in Academy of Arts University of Visual Development as she works as a freelance concept artist.  Her goal as an artist is to help generate ideas into paper by creating compelling stories by breathing life to all aspects of a story: Character, Prop, and Environment. 

Projects she has participated as a contributing artist in were “The Filipino American Artist Collective” and “Friends of Illustrators: Silent Auction” in Jersey City.   Works she helped organize was successfully crowdfunded zine “Hana Doki Kira,” and participated in “1001 Knights” a multivolume collective featuring 1001 artists. 

 

Subject(s): Animation, Fine Arts, Graphic Design
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Chrystofer Davis
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Expanded Media
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Neil Doscher
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • BFA
    Rutgers University
  • Associates Degree
    Middlesex College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Animation
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Nancy Fischer
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2007
  • B.F.A.
    William Paterson University
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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As a creative professional, Nancy Fischer has worked for many Fortune 500 corporations. Her past experience includes working at in-house marketing departments from financial institutions to pharmaceutical corporations.

She has served as judging chair for the Art Directors Club of New Jersey, the NJ Ad Club, and is currently the judging chair for the New Jersey Communications, Advertising and Marketing Association. She is a Graduate in the Public and Organizational Relations M.A. program at Montclair State University.
 

Subject(s): Graphic Design
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Peter Gariepy
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Peter Gariepy is a graphic designer skilled in print and digital publishing, identity design, typography, and illustration. His career spans corporations to non-profits as an effective communicator with experience managing and mentoring creative professionals and leading cross-functional teams.

He brings critical thinking skills to his teaching in all aspects of design and image making. Forever curious, his curiosity ranges well beyond design. For Peter, curiosity is the key to sensing change, to see the future, and for innovation.
 

 

Subject(s): Animation, Graphic Design
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Oliver Hong
Instructor
Year Joined: 2022
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Jill Kastner
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2019
  • B.F.A.,
    Rhode Island School of Design
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Jill Kastner joined the faculty of Bloomfield College in 2019, where she teaches drawing, life drawing and painting in the Creative Arts and Technology department. 

Kastner received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design, and is the illustrator and author of over two dozen books for children published with Simon and Schuster, Harcourt, Scholastic, Atheneum, Greenwillow Books, Marshall Cavendish, William Morrow, Dell Books, and Random House, among others.

She has exhibited artwork with galleries and museums, including the Society of Illustrators, NYC, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, and Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ among others. Her artwork is in the collections of the Society of Illustrators, Albright-Knox Gallery and Zimmerli Museum.

 

Subject(s): Animation, Fine Arts, Graphic Design
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Michael Lantz
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.A.,
    University of California
  • M.F.A.,
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Michael Lantz specializes in moving image production and media studies. He has been an Adjunct Instructor in the Creative Arts & Technology Department at Bloomfield College since 2015. As Malotek Productions, he has provided creative media services and post-production expertise to a diverse and impressive list of artists such as Shirin Neshat, Candice Breitz, Kimsooja and The Canary Project. Most recently, he has helped create single and multi-channel video works for Shimon Attie - “StarStruck”, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky - “How to Build a Wall and Other Ruins” and Erik Levine - “Float”.
 

Subject(s): Expanded Media
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Elisa Lau
Adjunct Lecturer
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Animation
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Samuel Leigh
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Samuel Leigh is a professional Game Designer / Programmer who specializes in creating Interactive Fiction and experimental multiplayer games in the Unity game engine. He has worked as a freelance programmer for numerous startups in NYC as well as at ViacomCBS on Nick Jr properties.

 

Subject(s): Game Design, Game Programming
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Brian Lydell
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.M.,
    Berklee College of Music
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Subject(s): Music Technology
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RJ Reyes
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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RJ Reyes has worked in the video games industry since 2004. He started as a QA tester in THQ, and in 2008 he got his first production job in Sierra Online / Vivendi Games. Since 2008, he’s worked as a producer for companies both big and small, including Amazon Games, Disney, Spin Master Toys, Mattel, and multiple indie studios.

RJ began his career as a game dev educator in 2020. He enjoys teaching new devs about the basics of game development and what to expect in the industry, and he especially enjoys helping devs advance their careers.
 

Subject(s): Game Design, Game Programming
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Elizabeth Seaton
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2000
  • B.A.,
    Rutgers University
  • M.F.A.,
    Vermont College of Fine Arts
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Elizabeth Seaton is a painter, sculptor and teaching artist, exhibiting in the tri-state area and beyond.  Since 2000, she’s served as an adjunct art professor at Bloomfield College, teaching courses in studio painting, life drawing and artistic anatomy, as well as art history. For 33 years, Seaton was also a faculty member at the Montclair Art Museum Yard School of Art, where she taught drawing, painting and sculpture to youngsters, adolescents and adults.  Having implemented MAM's educational partnership with New Jersey Regional Day School at Newark, from 1999-2021 she led their autistic students on gallery tours at MAM, relating art on view to workshops in the studio, installing the student work in the Children’s Arcade for exhibit, annually. 
Seaton co-founded and named the still-flourishing alternative exhibition space in Newark known as Aljira Arts Inc., where she served as a trustee. An independent curator, Seaton organized exhibitions mounted in Newark, New York City, Rahway and Montclair, writing catalog essays for every show.  She's won an Oil Bar Award, the Stanfield Fine Arts Scholarship, a spot in the Wonder Women Residency run by _gaia: An Environment for Creative Process in Jersey City – and a Rauschenberg Fellowship through the Lab School of Washington, D.C., famous for their success using the arts to facilitate teaching youngsters with learning differences and difficulties. She has a B.A. in Fine Arts and Anthropology from Rutgers University and an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from Vermont College.  

Subject(s): Art History, Fine Arts
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Daniel Seminara
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • B.A.,
    Art Institute of Philadelphia
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Subject(s): Animation
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Steven Yoo
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • MS in Integrated Digital Media, BS in Computer Engineering
    New York University Tandon School of Engineering, SUNY Albany
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Steven Yoo graduated from the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in 2020 with an MS in Integrated Digital Media.  He also holds a BS in Computer Engineering from SUNY Albany. Before joining the department, he developed and taught Game Design & AR/VR for 3 years at New York University and SUNY Westchester.
Steven uses his passion for teaching and learning to become knowledgeable with current trends and technology to help his students to learn the latest tools to make their game and AR/VR development easier. Steven's research interests lie in the area of using new interactive media and technology to enhance user experience and engagement. Emerging technologies in game design, virtual reality, augmented reality and mobile devices offer exciting new possibilities for presenting user experience and engagement.

Subject(s): Game Design, Game Programming
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Peter Gordon
Professor Emeritus
Study Leave/21SP
Year Joined: 2007
  • B.A.,
    University of California-San Diego
  • M.F.A.,
    Mills College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1773
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room LL01
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Peter Gordon is Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Music Technology Program.

Prof. Gordon attended the University of California, San Diego (B.A. Liberal Arts-Music) and Mills College (M.F.A. in Electronic Music and Recording.) He comes to Bloomfield College with a long career as a composer, producer, recording artist and arranger and his professional experience informs his teaching in classes in music composition, production, film music and improvisation.

Peter Gordon’s music transcends genres. Often billed as Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra, it is heard in concerts, theaters, clubs and on the dance floor. Gordon’s music is released on the Sony Masterworks, DFA Records, Foom Music, and Unseen Worlds record labels, and on compilation albums curated by LCD Soundsystem and Khruangbin. Gordon has received an Obie Award for his work for  musical theater and a Bessie Award for his work for dance, as well as grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts; and residency grants from DAAD (Berlin), Japan-US Friendship Commission (Tokyo),  Asian Cultural Council (Seoul) and Emily Harvey Foundation (Venice.) His work includes four operas and numerous instrumental compositions, his video/music collaborations with Kit Fitzgerald have been presented on PBS and at the opera houses of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam. Gordon’s music is featured in the Steven Spielberg produced Joe Versus the Volcano (Tom Hanks) and Tony Scott’s Déjà vu, on television on Desperate Housewives, The Deuce, and Pose and Gordon was music producer and orchestrator for Robert Ashley’s seminal video opera Perfect Lives. Gordon’s orchestrations and transcriptions of music for Yiddish theater, for Michael Tilson Thomas, has been performed by the New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony. He has also worked with artists such as Arthur Russell, Laurie Anderson, Lawrence Weiner, Factory Floor, David Johansen, Bill T. Jones, Willi Smith, Richard Foreman and Chuck Berry. 

Subject(s): Music Technology
Academic Committee(s): Assessment
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Toriono Gandy
Adjunct Lecturer, Audio Technologist, CAT Facilities Manager
Year Joined: 2009
  • B.A.,
    Bloomfield College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1795
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room LL06
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Bio Forthcoming

Subject(s): Music Technology
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Devrim Ozgur
Creative Arts & Technology IT Director
Year Joined: 2002
  • B.A.
    Applied Mathematics, Bloomfield College
  • B.A. Network Engineering
    Bloomfield College
  • M.S. Cyber Security
    Quinnipiac University/Current
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1109
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity, Room 206
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My greatest passion is learning. It does not matter what I learn, where I learn or how I learn. With literature, languages, music, traveling, tinkering and sailing, I take it all as experiences that complete me and help me grow. While Rumi’s poems hold their special place in my heart, I love Russian literature classics, contemporary Turkish writing and Latin American poetry the most. In short, I love reading. I am quite interested in the experiences people share through literature.
 
I studied several languages during certain periods of my life and I can read and understand some Russian and I am fluent in Turkish and English. I can easily get lost in tinkering projects for months at a time that range from modifications of existing gadgets to building ones that serve little function in the end but are satisfying to create. Another passion of mine is music. I have experimented with many instruments and still love to experiment with musical instruments to create songs that reflect my emotions and ideas.
 
I feel very connected to nature and tremendously enjoy hiking as well as traveling. My biggest dream is one day to become a part time teacher and a full-time sailor to travel to the places I always have dreamt of and share my experiences and knowledge with others especially with my son.   
 

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Samantha Poth
Division Office Coordinator
Year Joined: 2022
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1507
Office: Center for Technology and Creativity
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Brandon Fralix
Dr. Brandon Fralix
Division Chair, Professor
Year Joined: 2008
  • B.A.
    Presbyterian College
  • M.A.
    Clemson University
  • Ph.D.
    Drew University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1139
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 28
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Brandon D. Fralix

Ph.D. in English from Drew University (NJ) in 2011
Dissertation: “Cymru and the Court: The Welsh in Seventeenth Century Masques”
M.A in English from Clemson University (SC) in 2003
Thesis: “Claiming Identity: Acquiring Language in Lyly’s Gallathea”
B.A. in English from Presbyterian College (SC) in 2001

What I teach:

  • ENG 203 Survey of British Literature I
  • ENG 249 Advanced Grammar
  • WRT 106 Analytic and Argumentative Writing
  • WRT 107 Synthesis and Research Writing

I am a long time member of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC), and the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA), and I regularly present at these organization's annual conferences. Much of my research is focused on the National Census of Writing, a survey of 900 institutions of higher education that asks how writing programs are taught and administered. For this work, I have received an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant and the Extraordinary Service Award from the CWPA.

Subject(s): English
Academic Committee(s): Academic Affairs Board
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Michelle Brown-Grant
Interim Instructor - Teacher Education
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.A.
    Cornell University
  • M.A., M.ED.
    Columbia University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1106
Office: Jarvie Hall, Room 208
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Subject(s): Education
Academic Committee(s): General Education
Nixon Cleophat
Dr. Nixon Cleophat
Coordinator of First Year Seminar, Coordinator of Religion/Philosophy
Year Joined: 2018
  • B.A.
    Salem State University
  • M. Div
    Harvard University
  • M. Philosophy,
    Union Theological University
  • Ph.D.
    Union Theological University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1236
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 15
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Education

  • Dr. Nixon Cleophat holds an M.Phil (Master of Philosophy) and Ph.D. in Systematic Theology and Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City  (2010 & 2014)
  • Attended Harvard University and earned a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) in Biblical Studies and Political Theology (2006)
  • Earned a BA in English and Secondary Education at Salem State University’s Honors Program (2003)

Teaching Position at Bloomfield College

  • Associate Professor in Religion

Research Interests

  • Indigenous religions, including African Religions (West African Vudun) as well as African-derived Caribbean religions such as Haitian Vodou
  • Liberation theologies (Black Theology, Latin American Liberation Theology, African Liberation Theology, Womanist Theo-ethics)
  • Queer theory
  • Ecological ethics
  • Systematic theology
  • Pneumatology

Book and Chapter Publications

  • Recently, he has published “Vodou as the Embryo and Marker of Haitian Socio-historical Identity,” in Shackled Sentiments: Slaves, Spirits, and Memories in the African Diaspora, Eric J. Montgomery, ed. (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019).

He has co-authored a textbook

  • A Critical Approaches to Religion: Race, Class, and Gender. San Diego: Cognella Publishing, 2019

He is a co-editor of two collections of an anthology

  • Vodou in Haitian Memory. New York: Lexington Books, 2016.
  • Vodou in the Haitian Experience. New York: Lexington Books, 2016.

In the anthology, he also contributed two chapters:

  • "Haitian Vodou: The Ethic of Social Sin & the Praxis of Liberation"
  • "Haitian Vodou, a Politico-Realist Theology of Survival."

Future Publication

  • Dr. Cleophat relies on Haitian Vodou as a critical lens to examine the ethic of social sin and the praxis of liberation in Black Theology and Christian Realism.

Dr. Cleophat’s Likes and Hobbies

  • He loves light pink, baby (sky) blue, and white are his favorite colors. He loves different types of red wines as long as they are not sweet or sour. He enjoys taking long walks in the park. He is a decent cook. He finds cooking to be cathartic in times of stress and other life’s ordeals. When he is not in the classroom, he’s often home watching terrible reality tv shows.
Subject(s): First Year Seminar, Philosophy, Religion
Academic Committee(s): Faculty Council
Dr. Franqui-Rivera
Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera
Associate Professor, Coordinator of History/Global Languages
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    University of Puerto Rico
  • M.A.
    Temple University
  • Ph.D.
    University of Massachusetts
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1705
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 13
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Harry Franqui-Rivera

Ph.D. in Caribbean and Latin American History, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Masters in Military and Diplomatic History from Temple University
B.A. in History from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
G.E.D. from the Departamento de Instruccción Pública de Puerto Rico

What I teach:

  • Global History I and II
  • Introduction to Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Writing History
  • Change Reform and Revolution in the Americas

Professor Fanqui-Rivera specializes in Puerto Rican, Caribbean, Latino and Latin American History focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Among other interests he studies the condition of Puerto Rican veterans and service members and their impact in society; the role played by military service and institutions on nation-building projects and in the development of national identities; imperial-colonial relations, race, gender, class, and nation. He's also involved in Oral History and Digital Humanities Projects and in the production of short documentaries. He has several academic articles on these topics and two forthcoming books: Soldiers of the Nation: Military Service and Modern Puerto Rico, 1868-1952. University of Nebraska Press. Fighting on Two Fronts: The Experience of the Puerto Rican Soldiers in the Korean War. Centro Press. He is a published author, public intellectual, cultural critic, and blogger. He blogs and publishes in academic and news outlets such as the Huffington Post, Centro Voices, Latino Rebels, 80 Grados, Focaal, Process: A Blog for American History, and U.S. Studies Online. He served for over a decade in the U.S. Army and the National Guard and Reserve. His academic work can be found at http://www.academia.edu/. “History is not a Walt Disney production.” HFR

Subject(s): Applied Studies, History, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Academic Committee(s): Faculty Rep to Student Affairs
Fiona (Freddie) Harris-Ramsby
Dr. Fiona (Freddie) Harris-Ramsby
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Writing and Analysis
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.A.
    California State University Imperial San Bernadino
  • M.A.
    California State University San Bernadino
  • Ph.D.
    University of Utah
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1733
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 25
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Fiona (Freddie) Harris Ramsby, Ph.D.

Ph.D., Rhetoric and Composition. The University of Utah, May 2015
Dissertation: Theory in the Body: Language and Power on the Rhetorical Stage
M.A. Rhetoric and Composition. California State University San Bernardino, Sept. 2007
Outstanding Thesis Award: The Habermas/Foucault Debate: Implications for Composition.
B.A. English/Linguistics. Highest Honours. California State University San Bernardino, Sept. 2005.

What I teach:

  • Writing 95
  • Writing 105 and 107
  • Philosophy/Writing 229: Language and Society: Western Rhetoric in Contemporary Use
  • English 252: Art of Drama
  • English 281: Literature, Theory, and Film

Areas of research include rhetorics of the body and performance, classical rhetorics, critical discourse analysis, ethnography of performance, and critical literacy. She also specializes in developmental writing, multi-modal writing, and exploring the intersection between pop culture and theory. Dr. Ramsby is particularly interested in conducting research with Bloomfield students, as well as collaborating with students on a new theatre project at the College. Recent publications include: "Theory in the Body: Language and Power on the Rhetorical Stage". Routledge Press. (Forthcoming 2021) With Bloomfield College students Steven Hawkins and Shammoi Brown, “I Prefer Ladies with More Experience”: Sex, Death, and the Post-feminist Demon.” Death in Supernatural: Essays on the Television Series. McFarland Publishing Company (Forthcoming Fall 2017). Also, with Bloomfield student Mubarak Muhammed, “Warning! Monster Metaphors and the Urban Black Body.” Brill Press. (Spring 2019).

Subject(s): English, Writing
Academic Committee(s): Faculty Development
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Jeannie Headley
Interim Instructor
  • B.A.
    William Paterson University
  • M.A.
    Mount St. Clare College/Ashford University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1697
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 11
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Subject(s): English
Academic Committee(s): Academic Programs (CAP)
Nora McCook
Dr. Nora McCook
Assistant Professor, Coordinator for Writing Intensive Program
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    Belmont College
  • M.A.
    University of Delaware
  • Ph.D.
    Ohio State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1326
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 24
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NORA MCCOOK

 

Ph.D., English Rhetoric, Composition, and Literature. The Ohio State University, June 2017

Dissertation: "Literacy Volunteer Preparation in a Service Learning and Community Literacy Training Program: Historicizing Literacy Campaigns, Volunteers, and Schools"
M.A. English Literature. University of Delaware, May 2011
B.A. English, Minor in Music. Belmont University, May 2008

What I teach:
First Year Writing (WRT 102, 105, 108, and 109)
Intro to Professional and Technical Writing (WRT 205)
Digital Media Writing (WRT 251)

Special Topics in Writing Studies (WRT 233) 

 

My research and teaching interests focus on social and historical contexts of writing/literacy learning and instruction. I write about language biases and beliefs, histories, and contact zones where diverse language speakers engage and transform language and literacy practices. I bring historical and sociolinguistic perspectives to my writing classroom research and teaching praxis. My research interests also include writing transfer, digital media, professional and technical writing, community engagement, and inclusive pedagogies. I urge students to engage and present their research at on- and off-campus venues, including national conferences (such as the Council of Writing Program Administrators Conference and Our Digital Humanity: Storytelling, Media Organizing, and Social Justice).

 

Subject(s): English, Writing
Academic Committee(s): Technology & Information Resources (Chair)
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Jason Paul Torreano
Interim Instructor - Media Communications
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.S.
    State University of New York at Brockport
  • M.A.
    State University of New York at Empire State College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1280
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 27
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Subject(s): Broadcast Journalism, Media Communication
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Dr. Ariel Arnau
Instructor
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.A., M.A.
    Temple University
  • Ph.D.
    C.U.N.Y. Grad Center
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): History
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Roberta Blender
Instructor
Year Joined: 1985
  • B.A.
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Carol Bruzzano
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    Fairleigh Dickenson University
  • M.Ed.
    Saint Peter's University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Nancy Burke
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • BA
    Montclair State University
  • M.F.A.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: College Hall
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Subject(s): Writing
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Steven Butler
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 1976
  • B.A.,
    City College of the City University of New York
  • J.D.,
    St. John's University School of Law
  • L.L.M.,
    New York University School of Law
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Business Administration, English
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Lee Caplan
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.A.
    Rutgers University
  • M.A.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Carlos Carbajal
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.S.
    San Marcos University, Lima, Peru
  • M.A.
    Salamanca University of Spain
  • M.Ed.
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Spanish
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Quassan T. Castro
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.A.
    Bloomfield College
  • M.F.A.
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Michael Chavis
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • B.A.
    William Paterson University
  • M.A.
    Drexel University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: College Hall
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Subject(s): History
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Wanda R. Croudy
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • A.A.S.
    Fashion Institute of Technology
  • B.A.
    Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
  • M.A.
    University of Phoenix
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: College Hall
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Subject(s): Media Communication
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Michael Cuozzo
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.A.
    Muhlenberg College
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
  • Ph.D.
    Regent University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Salvatore DeSimone
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2006
  • B.S.,M.A.,
    Seton Hall University.
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1110
Office: Jarvie Hall
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Subject(s): Education
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Douglas P. Doyle
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.A.
    Pennsylvania State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Media Communication
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Takiyah L. Drinkard
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    Bloomfield College
  • M.F.A.
    National University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Creative Writing
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Noha Gaber
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Raul Garcia
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.A.
    New Jersey City University
  • M.F.A.
    New Jersey City University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Victoria Gray
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.A.
    University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
  • M.F.A.
    Mercy College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): First Year Seminar
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Michelle Greco
Adjunct Lecturer
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Elvis Gyan
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2018
  • M.A.
    RIder College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): First Year Seminar, Religion
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Dr. Danielle N. Hampton
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
  • M.A.
    Colorado State University
  • Ph.D.
    University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Philosophy
Pamela Hughes
Pamela Hughes
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 1991
  • B.A.
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • M.F.A.
    Brooklyn College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Poetry, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York                                                                                                                                                 B.A., English, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford New Jersey, cum laude

Publications: Meadowland Take My Hand, Three Mile Harbor Press, 2017.                                                                                                                                              Her second collection of poetry, Femistry, is forthcoming in 2023, Three Mile Harbor Press 

Awards/Grants: From The Center of Peace, Justice and Reconciliation for a Pilot Project for curriculum development related to social issues and justice as classroom curriculum, 2011. This curriculum is currently being taught as a writing-intensive course called Conflict to Peace.

What I teach:

  • Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Intermediate Poetry Writing
  • Advanced Creative Writing
  • Writing-intensive course: Conflict and Peace (a focus on compositional and critical thinking skills that deepen student learning via frequent writing assignments). 
  • Playwriting
  • The Art of Drama
  • Freshman Year Seminar
  • Senior Capstones/Senior Thesis in Creative Writing

My focus is to create a student-centered learning environment where students can find their “writer’s voice,” to discover the creative tools necessary to transcend a bad or marginal relationship with writing and embrace both academic and creative writing as friends. This discovery gives students a sense of agency and inspires a love of learning that they can take across the curriculum. Over my many years teaching at Bloomfield College, I have happily shared a strong, nurturing rapport with my students. A firm believer that the arts make for a powerful catalyst for change, I am the founding editor of Narrative Northeast, a literary and arts magazine that supports diverse voices and visions: BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and straight, as well as the environment. Over the years, I’ve published many of my students’ poems and creative nonfiction pieces here.

 

 

On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 11:07 AM MARYANNE MACALUSO <maryanne_macaluso@bloomfield.edu> wrote:
Subject(s): Creative Writing
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Pamela Hughes
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 1991
  • B.A.
    F.D.U. - Rutherford
  • M.F.A.
    Brooklyn College - C.U.N.Y
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Creative Writing
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Jennifer Johnson
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2009
  • B.A.
    University of North Carolina
  • M.A.
    University of North Carolina
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
Paul LaTorre
Paul L. Latorre
Adjunct Lecturer, TRIO SSS Senior Academic Coach
Year Joined: 2016
  • B.A.
    Bloomfield College
  • M.F.A.
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1167
Office: Center for Student Success
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Subject(s): Creative Writing
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Jill Lindsay
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.A.
    Montclair State University
  • M.S.
    Ramapo College of New Jersey
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Education
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Dr. Yvette Lozanski
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.,M.A.,Ed.D.,
    Saint Peter's University.
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1110
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Kirsten Lytle
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • Seton Hall University
  • M.S.
    Dowling College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Dr. Lamont ROuse
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.A.
    Kean College of New Jersey
  • M.P.A.
    Kean College of New Jersey
  • Ph.D.
    Walden University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Dr. Pamela J. Smircich
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2016
  • B.A.
    The College of New Jersey
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
  • Ed.D.
    Kean University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): English
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Kristen Sokul
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.A.
    Cornell University
  • M.S.
    Northwestern University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Michael Soto
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2011
  • B.A.
    University of North Texas
  • M.A.
    Sarah Lawrence College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Dr. Kathleen Stein-Smith
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): French
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Dr. Lisa Torres
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • M.A.
    William Paterson University
  • Ed.D.
    St. Peters College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Jarvie Hall
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Subject(s): Education
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Carlos Walton
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • B.S.
    Hampton University
  • M.S.
    Cambridge College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Writing
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Anita Wright
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • M.T.H.
    Princeton Theological Seminary
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Religion
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Humayra Zahin
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • M.A.
    New Jersey City University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: College Hall
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Subject(s): Writing
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Dr. Cheryl Evans
Professor Emerita
  • B.S.,
    University of Massachusetts;
  • M.A.,
    Emerson College;
  • Ph.D.,
    Old Dominion University.
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Education
Dr. Glen A. Hayes
Dr. Glen A. Hayes
Professor Emeritus
Year Joined: 1980, retired 2018
  • PhD
    University of Chicago Divinity School
  • M.A.
    University of Chicago Divinity School
  • B.A.
    Lehigh University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. n/a
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Glen A. Hayes is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Bloomfield College (NJ). He received his Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Chicago Divinity School in 1985, where he studied with Edward C, Dimock, Jr., J.A.B. van Buitenen, Mircea Eliade, Jonathan Z. Smith, and Frank Reynolds. His dissertation examined the dynamics of body symbolism in Bengali Hindu tantric traditions. He co-founded the Society for Tantric Studies in 1986, and serves as its chairperson. He co-founded the Tantric Studies unit of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) in 2003, and has served as a co-chair. He has been a steering committee member of the Cognitive Science of Religion unit of the American Academy of Religion. He has published numerous studies of the Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā tantric traditions of Bengal, including translations of primary texts. He has also explored the uses of metaphor theory and conceptual blending theory in the study of tantra. He continues to conduct research in Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā texts, as well as in cognitive science.

Subject(s): Religion
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Dr. Nora J. Krieger
Associate Professor Emerita
  • B.A., M.S.,
    Queens College, City University of New York;
  • Ph.D.,
    New York University.
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Early Childhood Education
Jeanne Nutter
Dr. Jeanne Nutter
Professor Emerita
  • B.A.
    University of Cincinnati
  • M.A.
    University of Cincinnati
  • Ph.D.
    Howard University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Jeanne Nutter, Ph.D.

Ph.D, Communication, Howard University
M.A., Communication, University of Cincinnati
B.A., Speech and Theater, University of Cincinnati

What I teach:

  • Introduction to Mass Communication
  • Oral Interpretation of Literature
  • Radio and Television
  • Voice and Speech Production
  • Utilizing Tablet Computers
  • Professional Communication
  • Public Speaking

Jeanne Nutter, Professor of Communication, is the Coordinator of the Broadcast Journalism Concentration. She has been teaching at Bloomfield College since 2001. Early in her career, she worked in the public affairs department of WNBC-TV and the advertising department of the NBC Radio Network. In 1998, working with Hagley Museum and Library, Dr. Nutter helped create an exhibit and pilot documentary film on P.S. DuPont and the African American School rebuilding program. She has collected over fifty hours of oral histories of African Americans in Delaware. This has resulted in several short films: Littleton Mitchell: Human Rights Warrior, Conversation with Luther J. Porter , Conversation with Jane E. Mitchell: African American Nurse, Conversation with Reverend Maurice J. Moyer: Civil Rights Activist and Conversation, Dr. Eugene McGowan: African American School Psychologist and Community Leader and Edward Loper: African American Painter. A Separate Place: The Schools P.S. DuPont Built, a full-length documentary, has aired on WHYY-TV and won an Honorable Mention in the 2003 Wilmington Film Festival and a Best Video Documentary Production in the 2012 Black International Cinema in Berlin, Germany. She has published Growing Up Black in New Castle County an oral history of African Americans. During 2016 she co-produced a series of six documentary films entitled Voices of the Elders: Stories of African Americans in Delaware. This project was a collaboration between the Historical Society of Delaware and WITN22 -TV. In March of 2002, Jeanne Nutter was inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame. The Delaware State Education Association awarded Dr. Nutter one of the 2004 Humanities and Civil Rights Awards. In 2015 she was awarded the James H. Gilliam, Jr Humanitarian Award by the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League and in 2016 she was awarded the Oral History of the Mid-Atlantic Region Pogue Award for outstanding and continuing contributions to oral history.

Subject(s): Media Communication
Paul Puccio
Dr. Paul Puccio
Professor Emeritus
Year Joined: 2004
  • B.A.
    St. Joseph's University
  • M.A.
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Ph.D.
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1404
Office: Seibert Hall, Room 14
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Paul M. Puccio

M.A. and Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dissertation: Brothers of the Heart: Friendship in the Victorian and Edwardian Schoolboy Narrative
A.B., St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia

What I teach:

  • Introduction to Western Literature
  • Survey of British Literature II
  • Shakespeare in Performance
  • Children’s Literature
  • Gothic Literature
  • The Art of Fiction
  • Selected Topics in British Literature (Past Topics: Threat and Peril in the British Novel; Women of Mystery in the British Novel; E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, and Bloomsbury; Family Troubles in Victorian Fiction)
  • Senior Capstones (Past Topics: E. M. Forster, The Bronte Sisters, Jane Austen)

I regularly teach classes in British literature and Western European literature. Those might seem like very foreign subjects, but one of the key goals of my teaching is to explore how literature communicates compelling questions about our humanity and how those questions transcend time and space. My students and I explore these questions in conversation and in writing that is frequently personal as well as “academic.” At the heart of my teaching is a desire to stimulate the imagination (my students’ and my own) because the imagination gives us our capacity for innovation, wonder, and sympathy. These are qualities that enrich our careers, our lives, our relationships, and our world. My publications include articles on the British school novel, contemplative learning and teaching, composition pedagogy, and music theatre; my current research focuses on British children’s literature. As Holley Professor of Applied Ethics, I organize lectures and forums about ethical issues across the work and life of the college.

Subject(s): English
Academic Committee(s): Assessment
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Grace Cook
Dr. Grace Cook
Associate Professor, Coordinator of First Year Mathematics, Division Chair
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.S., M.S.
    Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D.
    Walden University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1273, 1314
Office: College Hall, Room 121, 231
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Grace Cook, Ph.D.

Grace Cook is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bloomfield College. She has been a part of the college since 2013. She is a member of the Mathematical Association of America, Golden Key, Kappa Delta Pi, and Delta Phi Epsilon. She has previously taught at the high school level and worked as a test developer, statistician, and engineer.

Dr. Cook has a Ph.D. in General Education from Walden University (2014) Dissertation Title: A Case Study of Curriculum Based Organizational Change in an Elementary Teacher Preparation Program, a M.S. in Applied Mathematics, a Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics from Stevens Institute of Technology (2001), a B.S. in Mathematics, Minor in Literature from Stevens Institute of Technology (2001), and is a New Jersey Certified Teacher in Mathematics.

Subject(s): Mathematics
Academic Committee(s): Faculty Council
Philip Benjamin
Philip Benjamin
Coordinator of Mathematics, Interim Instructor
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.A.
    State University of New York at Binghamton
  • M.A.
    City College of New York
  • M.S.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1511
Office: College Hall, Room 110
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I am Interim Instructor in Mathematics for the 2020-2021 Academic Year. Previously at Bloomfield College, I was an Adjunct Lecturer for several years.

My academic background includes master’s degrees in Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. I have taught in several colleges and universities and three community colleges. My primary career was in Information Systems and Applied Research in the telecommunications industry. There I was fortunate to be part of large-scale computer systems development, integrated circuit software design, and international telecommunications standards organizations.

I have always loved teaching and I am very happy to be working at Bloomfield College. I have also worked in Math Learning Centers and taught in two high schools where I am a Certified Mathematics Teacher.

Subject(s): Mathematics
Tammy Castro
Dr. Tammy Castro
Coordinator of Biology, Professor
Year Joined: 2003
  • B.S.
    New Jersey City University
  • Ph.D.
    Rutgers University New Brunswick, School of Biomedical & Health Sciences
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1445
Office: College Hall, Room 111
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Subject(s): Biology
Academic Committee(s): Tenure & Advancement
James Murphy
Dr. James Murphy
Professor
Year Joined: 1994
  • B.S.
    Manhattan College
  • M.S., Ph.D.
    New York University School of Medicine
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1449
Office: College Hall, Room 120
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James Murphy, Ph.D.

Dr. James Murphy graduated from Manhattan College with a BS in Biology (Teacher Preparation). He earned an MS and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Sackler Institute of the New York University School of Medicine, graduating in 1994. Dr. Murphy joined Bloomfield College the same year.

In the past, Dr. Murphy has studied both the molecular biology of cancer and the molecular biology of parasitism in insects. These days he focuses on the chemical modification of proteins in peas. Specifically, Dr. Murphy is interested in the effects of deacetylase inhibitors on pea root meristems. This research has resulted in publications, numerous student poster presentations as well as a recent GenBank sequence report for the Vitamin B12 Independent Methionine Synthase mRNA, accession number “KJ890480” that can be found at the website for the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Bloomfield College students have been coauthors on all these reports. This sequence will allow Dr. Murphy’s group to infer the amino acid sequence of the Methionine Synthase and investigate chemical modification of its amino acids, such as acetylation.

Dr. Murphy usually teaches the General Biology courses, “Diversity” and “Cell.” As well as the upper level Biochemistry II and Bio seminar.

Subject(s): Biology
Academic Committee(s): Academic Programs (CAP)
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Dr. Figen Suchanek
Interim Instructor
Year Joined: 2023
  • PhD
    Osmangazi University (Turkey)
  • MS
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1316
Office: College Hall, Room 208
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Bio Coming Soon
Subject(s): Chemistry
Academic Committee(s): Assessment
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Dr. Maha Alzayer
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • PhD
    Rutgers, the State University of NJ
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Kim Angerson
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • MA
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Anthony Barca
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • MA
    Rowan University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Physics
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Jessica Casasnovas
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.A.
    William Paterson University
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Erikka Chowdhury
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • MS
    New Jersey Institute of Technology
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Mouhamadou Diallo
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2016
  • B.S.
    University of Strasbourg, France
  • M.S.
    University of Rennes I, France
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Diane Dleikan
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • BS
    University of Alberta
  • MS
    University of Calgary
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Brenda Donald
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2016
  • B.S.
    St. Josephs College Institute
  • M.S.
    Mercy College
  • M.B.A.
    Long Island University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Remoun R. Estfanous
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2009
  • B.S.
    Alexandria University
  • M.A.
    New Jersey City University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Scott A. Fuchs
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.S.
    Kean University
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Casandra Gabriele
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2005
  • B.S.
    Bloomfield College
  • M.A.
    Kean College of New Jersey
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Chemistry
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Kevin George
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2011
  • B.S.
    Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
  • M.A.
    University of St. Mary
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Dr. Carlos Huerta
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2016
  • B.A.
    Atlantic Union College
  • M.S., Ph.D.
    Polytechnic University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Kevin R. Kline
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2013
  • B.S.
    State University of New York, Purchase
  • M.B.A.
    Fordham University
  • M. Ed
    Rutgers, the State University of NJ
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Dr. Victoria A. Lane
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2004
  • D.C.
    Cleveland Chiropractic College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Gregorio Maceri
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • MS
    Montclair State University
  • MS
    Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Dr. Ehab N. Mina
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.S., Ph.D
    Zagazig University, Cairo, Egypt
  • M.S.
    Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Dr. David Moore
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • BS
    Bloomfield College
  • DC
    Northeast College of Health Sciences
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Dr. Alicia Muth
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • B.A.
    College of New Rochelle
  • Ph.D., M.S.
    Stevens Institute of Technology
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Angela Pierce
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • MS
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Marcia Reynolds
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 1994
  • B.S.
    Bloomfield College
  • M.A.
    Marygrove College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Chemistry
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Siobhan Rios
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • MA
    Saint Peters University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Science
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Dr. Angelica Safanova
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2021
  • Ed.D., M.A., B.A.
    New Jersey City University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Aamil Shaik
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • BS
    University of California, Santa Barbara
  • MS & PhD
    University of Maryland, Baltimore
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Science
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Stephen A. Taras
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.S., M.S.
    St. John's University, Staten Island
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Greg Thomas
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2015
  • B.S.
    College of New Jersey
  • ME.D.
    Grand Canyon College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Physics
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Leila Wooten
Adjunct Lecturer, Resident Director, 225 Liberty
Year Joined: 2021
  • MA
    Tufts University
  • BS
    Bloomfield College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Office: Franklin Street Residence Hall
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Lisa R. Zach
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    Bucknell University
  • M.Ed.
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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T.Lyn Zheng
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2023
  • BS
    Bloomfield College
  • MS
    Rutgers the State University of New Jersey
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Debra Curtis
Dr. Debra Curtis
Professor Emerita
  • B.S., M.S.
    Long Island University, CW Post
  • M.S., Ph.D.
    Stevens Institute of Technology
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
Subject(s): Mathematics
Gregory Edens
Dr. Gregory Edens
Associate Professor Emeritus
Year Joined: 2013
  • B.S.
    Oregon State University
  • M.S.
    University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Ph.D.
    Purdue University, West Lafayette
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Gregory Edens, Ph.D.

Professor Greg Edens joined the Division of Natural Sciences and Math in September 2013 after having worked seven years in the industry. Prior to that, he had more than seven years’ experience teaching general, analytical, and instrumental chemistry.

Dr. Edens earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at Purdue University, his Master's degree in Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois, Chicago, and his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.

Since his college freshman days, Edens has loved General Chemistry because of the breadth of topics covered. He enjoys learning new things each time through and strives to improve his teaching each year to inspire students, to give them a good foundation for upper-level science courses, and particularly to prepare them for Analytical Chemistry and Physical Chemistry, which he also teaches.

In Summer 2015 he supervised two students in a research project to determine mercury in fish. The students found that chunk light tuna has less mercury than solid white albacore, while Ahi tuna has very high levels of mercury. With the support of a NASA grant, one of the students will study the geographic distribution of mercury as implicated by levels in fish.

He enjoys listening to classical music, playing the piano; and gardening, cooking and riding bicycles with his wife. Ask him about a book that has changed his eating habits and improved his health. He enjoys reading chemistry journals, as well as textbooks about physical chemistry and thermodynamics.

Subject(s): Chemistry
Leila Koepp
Dr. Leila Koepp
Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 1981
  • B.A.
    Messiah College
  • M.S.
    North Texas State University
  • Ph.D.
    Rutgers University New Brunswick, School of Biomedical & Health Sciences
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Leila Koepp, Ph.D.

Dr. Leila Koepp is currently the Biology Coordinator in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and is a full professor at Bloomfield College. She has been part of the college since 1982. She has previously taught at several institutions including Montclair State University, Farleigh Dickenson University, and Upsala College. She held positions as a bacteriologist at several hospitals including Flow Memorial Hospital in Denton, Texas and Overlook Hospital in Summit New Jersey.

Dr. Koepp has a Ph.D. in Microbiology from the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology from Rutgers University, formerly University of Medicine and Dentistry (UMDNJ), Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1982). Dissertation title: The Molecular Basis for the Biological Activity of the Slime Glycolipoprotein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain BI, a M.S. in Microbiology from North Texas State University, Denton, Texas (1970), a B.A. in Biology from Messiah College, Grantham, Pennsylvania. (1968).

At Bloomfield College, she taught many courses including General Biology, Clinical Physiology, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Genetics, Developmental Biology and has developed an Immunology course which has been added to the curriculum and which she has taught in the past and continues to teach as needed. Presently she mostly teaches multiple sections of Microbiology to biology majors and nursing students. She also has transformed the genetics curriculum to reflect multicultural/multiracial issues and introduced a course for non-majors that deals with Biotechnology and Human Affairs.

Most of her research during her graduate studies focused on the investigation of the molecular basis for the pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which has resulted in multiple publications in scientific journals.

She has investigated and cloned the SPO7 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Dr. David Kabak at UMDNJ and has presented the results at several scientific meetings.

She has been involved with student research which focuses on bacterial leaf scorch (BLS) of oak trees in Northern NJ. The disease is caused by Xylella fastidiosa bacterium which infects the xylem of the leaves leading to leaf scorching and eventually death of the trees. Samples of oak leaves were collected and PCR analysis was conducted on these samples. The leaves were also analyzed by SEM with positive results for the bacterium.

In 2014 she published a book “Topics in Grief” which could be found on Amazon in honor of her late son David Koepp. She also has a blog TopicsInGrief.com

Subject(s): Biology
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Dr. Joseph M. Most
Professor Emeritus
  • B.A.
    Rutgers College
  • M.S.
    New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Chemistry
Demetris Nicolaides
Dr. Demetris Nicolaides
Professor Emeritus
Year Joined: 1996
  • B.S., M.A.
    Queens College
  • M.Phil., Ph.D.
    City University of New York
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1321
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Demetris Nicolaides, Ph.D.

Demetris Nicolaides is a theoretical physicist and an author.

He graduated college in three and a half years, cum laude, with a double major, in physics and mathematics, and a master's in physics. He continued his studies to earn a second master and a Ph.D. in physics from the City University of New York.

He finished first in his physics class and received the Paul Klapper Physics Award for "the outstanding physics major." He was also given an Award for Honors in Physics and an Award for Honors in Mathematics "in recognition for superior scholarship."

Dr. Nicolaides is now a professor of physics at the Division of Natural Science and Mathematics at Bloomfield College where he teaches physics and astronomy. He loves teaching and is grateful to his students whose thirst for knowledge keeps him improving.

His interests include science, and the history and philosophy of science. His scientific research covers a broad range of diverse topics. In physics he investigates the properties of matter near the critical point of a phase transition. In observational astronomy he measures various properties of RR Lyrae stars. In the philosophy of physics (and of science in general) he analyzes the foundational laws of physics from a philosophical perspective. He believes that all things in nature, even the apparently different, share a subtle underlying commonality, which he strives to find. He likes the journey better than the destination and doesn't mind getting lost now and then.

Professor Nicolaides has authored two books, many scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, and presented his research at conferences nationally and internationally. His newest book, In Search of a Theory of Everything, is a new kind of sight, a philosophical insight of modern physics, on a quest for the theory that will ultimately explain all the phenomena of nature via a single immutable overarching law. It was named one of the Best New Philosophy of Physics Books; and one of the Best Philosophy of Physics Books of All Time. His book, In the Light of Science - a Library Journal bestseller and a 10-Most-Popular-Books (for Science Book a Day, Jan 2018) - is an accessible presentation of the history of science and of science itself.

He is a member of the American Physical Society (a physics group), the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (an astronomy group), and the International Association for Presocratic Studies (a philosophy group).

Subject(s): Physics
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Dr. Paul Russo
Professor Emeritus
Year Joined: 1974
  • B.S.
    Brooklyn College
  • Ph.D.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1312
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Subject(s): Biology, Computer Science
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Dr. Alice Ann Sayler
Professor Emerita
  • B.S.
    Juniata College
  • M.S.
    Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D.
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Biology
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Dr. Michael A. Schiro
Professor Emeritus
  • B.A., M.A.
    Montclair State College
  • Ph.D.
    New York University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Dr. Robyn Elaine Serven
Professor Emerita
  • B.A.
    Portland State University
  • M.A., Ph.D.
    University of Oregon
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
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Dr. Rebecca Walter
Associate Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 2012
  • B.S.
    Alma College
  • M.S., Ph.D.
    University of Utah
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Rebecca Walter, Ph.D.

Dr. Walter has been with Bloomfield College since 2012. The courses she teaches include: Anatomy and Physiology 1&2, Biomechanics, and Vertebrate Morphology.

Dr. Walter has a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Utah. Her graduate thesis was entitled “The Biomechanics of Galloping and Acceleration in Dogs.” She currently uses Bloomfield College’s Motion Capture System in her research on the biomechanics of human walking and running.

Subject(s): Biology
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Hun Gu Do
Adjunct Lecturer, Lab Technician
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.S.
    Bloomfield College
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1781
Office: College Hall, Room 122
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Subject(s): Biology
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Dr. Joseph Mazzeo
Adjunct Lecturer, Lab Technician
Year Joined: 2020
  • B.S.
    Bloomfield College
  • D.C.
    NYCC-Northeast College of Health Sciences
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1596
Office: College Hall, Room 221
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Subject(s): Chemistry
Dorothy Zahran
Dorothy Zahran
Program Assistant
Year Joined: 2007
  • B.S.
    Bloomfield College
  • B.A.
    Seton Hall University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1313
Office: College Hall, Room 231
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Nursing
Ismat Mikky
Dr. Ismat Mikky
Division Chair, Professor
Year Joined: 2009
  • BSN
    Bethlehem University, Palestine
  • MSN
    University of Hartford
  • Ph.D.
    University of Connecticut - Storrs
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1329
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue, Room 3
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Dr. Ismat Mikky
RN, BSN, MSN, PhD

Dr. Mikky received his doctoral degree in nursing from the University of Connecticut (UCONN) in 2006. His Master's degree in Nursing Education from the University of Hartford was funded by the Fulbright scholarship. He had completed special studies in cardiovascular nursing at Emory University and the program was funded by the United States Information Agency (USIA). Over the past 22 years of experience, since he had earned his BSN degree from Bethlehem University (Palestine) in 1991, he had assumed different nursing positions in various clinical and academic institutions; nationally and internationally. He was the founder of the first home health agency in Bethlehem, Palestine. He was one of the trained health team members who had established the first cardiac catheterization lab at Makkassed Hospital in Jerusalem, Palestine. He received the "Carolyn Ladd Widmer Research" Award in acknowledgment of excellence in the field of nursing research from UCONN in 2006. His areas of expertise include nursing education, adult health nursing, cardiovascular nursing, and long-term care. The area of his research interest is focused on the construct of "empowerment among clients with chronic health conditions". His scholarly work includes conference presentations, research studies published in nursing journals, and three chapters in a handbook on transcultural nursing. Currently, he has been working as a tenured full professor in the Frances M. McLaughlin Division of Nursing at Bloomfield College since 2009.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Academic Committee(s): Tenure & Advancement
Doreen Gagnon
Dr. Doreen Gagnon
Associate Professor
Year Joined: 2018
  • BA
    William Paterson University
  • BS
    Bloomfield College
  • MSN
    Felician College
  • DNP
    Rutgers, the State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1134
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue, Room 8
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Doreen Gagnon

Education: DNP, APN-C

Degrees obtained and Colleges attended: 2015 Rutgers University, Newark NJ Doctorate of Nursing Practice 2004 Felician College, Lodi, New Jersey MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner 1984 Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey Bachelor of Science in Nursing

1978 William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education

Specialty area: Family Nurse Practitioner Medical Surgical Nursing

Certifications/Licensures:

New York Registered Nurse License 2016 - present

New York Advanced Practice Nurse License 2016-present

Advanced Practice Nurse License 2004-present

New Jersey Registered Nurse License 1984 to present

American Heart Association: Basic Life Support

National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

2015-present

Presentations: Career in Nursing presented to NALWC High School, Nutley NJ Feb/202Publications: Research study, Technology and Weight Loss for DNP 2015

Memberships: American Nurses Association Member No. 01053911 2003-present Essex County Public Health Reserve Corps (MRC) Member, 2020 Research participant in COVID-19 Cohort Study at Columbia University Irving Medical Ctr., NY 2020 Sigma Theta Tau, National Nursing Honor Society, Inducted 2004-present Forum for Advanced Practice Nurses, Member 2004-presentPresbyterian Alumni Association, Director of Activities 2004-2008

Interests: A nurse is someone who is committed to health promotion in the community. During the crisis of 911, I felt it was my duty to help in NYC in any way possible as a nurse and citizen. I have been on missions trips to help communities and health disparities in other countries. Through this pandemic of covid-19 and many other societal issues, there has also been a need more than ever to care for our communities and be involved in what is happening all around us. We need to be the advocates for people and be a light of hope for wellness. You can change the world with your knowledge and wisdom as nurses. Be committed and proud to be a future nurse!

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Academic Committee(s): Faculty Development, Faculty Welfare
Cathy McCormack
Cathy McCormack
Assistant Professor
Year Joined: 2020
  • BS
    University of Scranton
  • MS
    Columbia University
  • DNP
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1562
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue, Room 5
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Cathy McCormack

Education and Degrees obtained and Colleges attended: University of Scranton 1991 BSN Columbia University 1998 MSN William Paterson University: currently studying for a Doctorate of Nurse Practice Specialty area: Clinical Nurse Specialist Oncology Certifications 2015 NISOD Excellence Award Presentations: Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the Health Belief Model, and Latina Women

Membership: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Iota Omega Chapter- University of Scranton American Nurses Association

Interests: I love yoga, running, hiking, and skiing. The shores of Ireland, New Jersey, and North Carolina are my favorite places to visit. I am a first-generation American and I was the first in my family to graduate from college.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Academic Committee(s): Academic Programs (CAP)
Lori Ann Palmieri
Lori Ann Palmieri
Professor
Year Joined: 2007
  • BSN
    Seton Hall University
  • MSN
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1330
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue, Room 9
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Lori Palmieri

Professor Palmieri joined the Frances M. McLaughlin Division of Nursing in 2007 and is currently a full professor of Nursing. She received a BSN from Seton Hall University (SHU), a MSN from William Paterson University (WPU) and is currently a doctoral candidate at Seton Hall. Professor Palmieri was named the Jonas Scholar (2016-2018) by SHU faculty and received the Faculty Award in 2015.

Professor Palmieri has 20 years plus experience in adult health and medical-surgical nursing. She worked as a RN on telemetry units, in-patient and out-patient radiology suites, and in a wound care center at a local community hospital. After leaving the hospital setting, she was employed as a nurse educator and then assistant director of nursing in a long-term care facility for several years before receiving her MSN.

In 2018 she presented a poster "Exploring the relationship between ethnocentrism, perspective-taking and cultural competence in nurses" at the New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). On multiple occasions, she has presented about her experiences serving abroad, with and without students, while caring for marginalized populations with unmet health needs.

Professor Palmieri belongs to the New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA), the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Transcultural Nursing Society (TNS). Since 2010 she has been serving in the Dominican Republic with Inter-Cultural Nursing Inc., and in Haiti with Foundation for Peace (FFP). FFP is a non-profit organization that collaborates with community leaders to address the health needs of specific parts of the population in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Kenya. Since 2016 she has been serving as the Volunteer Coordinator for Foundation for Peace (FFP), and recruits, organizes and leads nursing and medical teams procured from across the United States.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Academic Committee(s): Academic Standards (Chair)
Jacquelyn Svercauski
Dr. Jacquelyn Svercauski
Associate Professor
Year Joined: 2015
  • BSN
    William Paterson University
  • MSN
    William Paterson University
  • DNP
    William Paterson University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1328
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue, Room 8
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Jacquelyn Svercauski

Degrees obtained and Colleges attended:

DNP 2015 William Paterson University

MSN 2010 William Paterson University

BSN 1990 William Paterson College

Specialty area:

Medical Surgical, Cardiac, Community Health, Hospice

Certifications:

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Presentations:

SIGMA THETA TAU Iota Alpha Chapter - William Paterson University

Annual Research Conference

Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarship: Implications for Practice

April 28, 2016 - Presentation of Research from Dissertation "Effects of Transition to Practice Programs on New Nurses' Confidence and RN Role Transition"

NJ END OF LIFE NURSING EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (NJ-ELNEC)

Mar 27, 2008 - CEU presentation "Terminal Restlessness"

CARE ALTERNATIVES HOSPICE 1ST ANNUAL PROFESSINAL CONFERNCE

Oct 2, 2008 - CEU presentation "Terminal Restlessness"

NEW JERSEY HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE ORGANIZATION

July 2008, July 2009, July 2010 - Faculty - New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Annual Hospice certification review course.

Memberships:

America Nurses Association

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing - Iota Alpha At-Large Chapter

Interests:

I enjoy making a difference for the future of the nursing profession, educating future nurses; I learn as much from my students as they learn from me.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Academic Committee(s): Enrollment Management
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Carrole Dorcent
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2008
  • BS
    Bloomfield College
  • BS
    Seton Hall University
  • MSN
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Education: DNP, APN-C

Bachelor Science: Seton Hall University

BSN: Bloomfield College

MSN: University of Medicine and Dentistry

DNP: Walden University

Specialty area: Family Nurse Practitioner

Advanced practice nurse with specialty in acute and critical care. Work full time as a critical care APN managing the care of patients in the opened heart unit and step-down cardiac unit.  Has clinical experience in the management of the thoracic, cardiology and structural heart patient. Has 22 years of combined RN and APN experience.  Mentor of new APNs and staff nurses. National certification through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses: CCRN and completion of the fundamental critical support course from the Society of Critical Care Medicine.  Board certified as a family nurse practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.  (FNP-BC)

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
Dr. Maria Alcina Fonseca
Dr. Maria Alcina Fonseca
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2012
  • MBA
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1324
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue
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Dr. Fonseca has been a registered nurse for over 30 years. Professional experience includes staff nurse, Nurse Manager and Director of Nursing at the following medical centers:

    • Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, N.J. (current position)
    • Columbia University Medical Center, Manhattan, N.Y.
    • The Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, N.J.
    • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, N.J.
    • Orange Memorial Hospital, Orange, N.J.

She has been with Bloomfield College as an adjunct instructor since 2012.  Dr. Fonseca received her DNP, MBA and her MSN, Critical Care degrees from Rutgers University.  She received her BSN degree from Kean and her Nursing Diploma from the Winifred B. Baldwin School of Nursing.

Dr. Fonseca has participated in multiple research projects and has been published in Images, 1999 and Nursing Spectrum, 2002 and 2005. 

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
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Maria Lazo
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • BSN
    Walden University
  • MSN
    Rutgers, The State University of NJ
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1324
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue
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Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
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Kimberly Pryslak
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2018
  • BSN
    Catholic University of America
  • MS
    Columbia University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
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Esteban Ramirez-Orta
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • BSN
    Walden University
  • MSN
    Walden University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1324
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue
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Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
Dr. Joel Regalado
Dr. Joel Regalado
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2007
  • DNP
    University of Southern Indiana
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Joel Regalado, DNP, ACNP-BC, CCRN-CMC, PCCN is an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) with specialty in acute and critical care. He works full time as Critical Care APN managing patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Regalado is active in mentoring new APNs as well as nurses going through their master's program. He also mentors staff nurses in different hospital committees which includes patient safety, research, evidence based practice and performance improvement projects. In addition to his role as Adjunct Clinical Instructor for Bloomfield College, he also has clinical faculty appointment from Rutgers University's Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Dr. Regalado is also teaching Advanced Research Methods: Evidence-Based Practice - an online class at Chamberlain University. Clinical practice and teaching are his passion and he finds it both challenging and rewarding to be able to teach what he practices in various formats, settings, and student population.

Dr. Regalado has about 25 years of combined RN and APN experience. His clinical practice is mostly in acute and critical care. His interest for acute and critical care is evident by acquiring three national certifications through the American Association of Critical Care Nurses, which includes the critical care nursing certification (CCRN), cardiac medicine certification (CMC), and progressive care nursing certification (PCCN). He is also board certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP-BC) through the American Nurse Credentialing Center. Dr. Regalado is optimistic that your personal experiences can bring value to the class and he is looking forward to working with all of you. As your course instructor, he is ready to facilitate your individual learning process, provide the support that you need, give you honest feedback, and he is invested in your personal success.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
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Eric Waga
Lecturer
Year Joined: 2022
  • BS
    Kean College of NJ
  • MSN
    Aspen University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1324
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue
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Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
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Dr. Joan Conklin-Higgins
Professor Emerita
  • RN
    Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
  • BS, MA
    Teachers College, Columbia Univ.
  • Ed.D.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing
Phyllis More
Dr. Phyllis More
Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 1977
  • BSN
    Cornell
  • MA
    NYU
  • Ph.D.
    NYU
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Phyllis More, Ph.D., R.N.

Professor Phyllis More received her Ph.D. in Nursing Research from New York University in 1987. She has a Master’s degree in Nursing Education from New York University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Cornell University New York Hospital School of Nursing.

Dr. More has been actively engaged in the field of nursing for over 40 years. She is certified in Community Health Nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and participates regularly in activities of the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators. In addition she successfully passed the written examination and is a Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) by the National League for Nursing. She is a member of the American Nurses Association, New Jersey State Nurses Association, National League for Nursing and Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing for which she has served as secretary and member of the executive board of the Alpha Upsilon Chapter.

Since coming to Bloomfield College in 1977, Dr. More has taught courses at all levels of the curriculum to both RN students seeking to complete the BSN and to traditional prelicensure students. Having extensive clinical experience in Community and Public Health Nursing as well as community based Pediatrics, in recent years she has focused on integrating a changing paradigm of health into senior level courses. Dr. More has had a major role in conducting several selfstudies of the Division of Nursing for continued accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Neddie Serra
Dr. Neddie Serra
Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 2004
  • BSN
    Pace University
  • MSN
    Pace University
  • EdD
    Nova College of Nova University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Neddie Serra, Ed.D., C.N.E., M.S.N., R.N.

Dr. Neddie Serra received her Ed D in Healthcare Education:Nursing: from Nova Southeastern University (NSU), Miami FL in 2001. She has a Master’s degree in Community Health Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Pace University, Pleasantville New York Dr. Serra has been in the field of nursing education for over 25 years. She is certified as a Nurse Educator by the National League for Nursing (NLN).

Dr. Serra joined Bloomfield College in 1991 as an instructor in Pediatric Nursing and was here until 1996 when she left to pursue her terminal degree. Prior to her appointment as the Chairperson of Nursing at Bloomfield College, she taught at William Paterson University (WPU) in Wayne, NJ as an associate professor. Dr. Serra has worked to develop numerous courses throughout her career including on line offerings.

Dr. Serra became the chairperson of the Division of Nursing at Bloomfield College in 2004. At that time she led faculty toward a curriculum change that was necessary for the success of the nursing program. In 2005 she successfully led the faculty through the arduous accreditation process receiving a full 10 year accreditation without conditions or recommendations. During her tenure at Bloomfield College the student NCLEX success rates have become one of the most notable among all the baccalaureate programs in the state of New Jersey.

Dr. Serra is a member of several professional organizations including the New Jersey State Nursing Association; The American Nurses Association; Sigma Theta Tau International; The NJ Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs in Nursing (also serving as Treasurer); The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (where she is also a board member of the NJ Chapter.) She has also received a governor’s appointment to serve on the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing.

Dr. Serra has presented at several conferences and has received several grants that have benefitted students at institutions where she has taught.

Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
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Dr. Carolyn Tuella
Professor Emerita
  • BS
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Ed.M.
    Teachers College, Columbia Univ.
  • Ed.D.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Nursing - BS in Nursing, Nursing - RN to BS Accelerated Program
Lisa Ruiz
Lisa Ruiz
Clinical Placement Coordinator
Year Joined: 2010
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1324
Office: 74 Oakland Avenue, Room 1
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Lisa is a lifelong resident of Bloomfield, and a graduate of Bloomfield High School.  Lisa is the Nursing Division’s Clinical Placement Coordinator.  Since coming to Bloomfield College to work, she has been inspired to continue her education and is presently a Senior in Bloomfield College, and is working towards her bachelor’s degree in English Literature. 

Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Dr. Zachary Aidala
Associate Professor, Honors Program Coordinator
Year Joined: 2014
  • B.S.
    Binghamton University;
  • M.A.
    Hunter College, City University of New York;
  • M.Phil. Ph.D.
    The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1105
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 207
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Courses Taught:

PSY 100: Introduction to Psychology

PSY 231: Animal Behavior

PSY 245: Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

PSY 310: Research Methods I

PSY 323: Biopsychology

PSY 333: Special Topics: Neuropsychology

PSY 333: Special Topics: Sensation and Perception

PSY 350: Drugs and Behavior

PSY 433: Special Topics: Psychopharmacology

PSY 450: Senior Research Seminar

HON 498: Honors Seminar

Biography

I am broadly trained in the fields of neuroscience, behavioral ecology, sensory ecology, and neuroethology. Following my undergraduate training, I worked as a research assistant studying the relationship between social behaviors and disease transmission in American crows. I then switched to laboratory-based research for my Masters thesis, where I examined the neurophysiological effects of environmental mold exposure on memory and cognition. For my doctoral research, I trained as a visual ecologist/neuroethologist and used both field-based and laboratory-based research techniques to investigate behavioral and sensory co-evolution among avian brood parasites and their hosts. I currently serve on the editorial board for Ornithology. You can find my publications on Google Scholar.

I thoroughly enjoy teaching and have taught and mentored students on a wide variety of topics and courses. I am always interested in working with students on research projects that extend beyond the classroom and have mentored numerous students on varied research projects of their choosing.

Subject(s): Online Psychology, Psychology
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Dr. Esmail Bagheri-Najmi
Division Chair, Professor
Year Joined: 1995
  • B.A. M.A. Ph.D.
    University of Wisconsin
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1645
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 206
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Dr. Esmail Najmi is a Professor of Sociology and the Chair of the Division of Social and
Behavioral Sciences. He has a B.A. in Film Studies and a Ph.D. in Sociology, both from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His areas of interest include social theory, class
analysis, sociology of culture/media, social revolutions, and research methods.

Courses Taught:
Statistics for Sociologists
Methods of Social Research
Classical Sociological Theory
Social Inequality
Selected Topics in Sociology (Punishment and Society; Digital Media and Social Life;
Power, Domination, and Modern Institutions; Contemporary US Society; and Cinema
and Society).

Subject(s): Sociology
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Dr. Natascia Boeri
Associate Professor
Year Joined: 2017
  • B.A.
    Warren Wilson College;
  • M.A.
    Queens College, City University of New York;
  • Ph.D.
    The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1778
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 306
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Natascia Boeri

Ph.D., Graduate Center, City University of New York
B.A., Warren Wilson College

Courses taught:

Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems & Public Solutions
Theory and Practices in Human Services
Methods of Social Science Research
Senior Capstones (Senior Seminar, Fall Internship)
Special Topics (Gender & Social Policy, Women & Leadership)

Dr. Boeri is an Associate Professor of Sociology, and specializes in gender, work, and social policy. Her current research is on mothers who use opioids and barriers to health and social services. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and she was a 2015-2016 American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellow. She is an active member of the Sociologists for Women in Society, and has represented SWS as a delegate to the United Nations numerous times. Dr. Boeri’s teaching style emphasizes experiential learning and she is a strong supporter of undergraduate student research. Her publications can be found on Google Scholar.

Subject(s): Applied Studies, Sociology
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Dr. Elissa Koplik
Professor
Year Joined: 1990
  • B.S.
    Brooklyn College of C.U.N.Y;
  • M.A. Ph.D.
    Fordham University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1646
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 202
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Subject(s): Online Psychology, Psychology
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Dr. Claudia Kowalchyk
Associate Professor, Coordinator of Sociology (General/Criminal Justice)
Year Joined: 1994
  • B.S. M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D.
    New York University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1287
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 303
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Ph.D. New York University

Courses taught:

  • Deviance & Social Control,
  • Criminal Justice & Race
  • Prison Industrial Complex
  • Sociology Spring Internship

 

Interests:

  • Social justice activism
Subject(s): Sociology
Vânia Penha-Lopes
Dr. Vania Penha-Lopes
Professor
Year Joined: 1998
  • B.A.
    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
  • M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D.
    New York University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1540
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 304
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Vânia Penha-Lopes

Vânia Penha-Lopes is Professor of Sociology at Bloomfield College. She is also co-chair of the Brazil Seminar at Columbia University (2008-present) and was a member of the executive committee of the Brazilian Studies Association-BRASA (2010-14). A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. Penha-Lopes graduated with honors from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences (1982). She is also a graduate of New York University, with a Master’s degree in Anthropology (1987) and a Ph.D. in Sociology (1999). As a post-doctoral fellow at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2006-07), she did research on the first graduating class of Brazilian university quota students. She has received a number of awards, including the Carter G. Woodson Institute Predoctoral Fellowship in Afro-American and African Studies, from the University of Virginia (1996-98), and the Scholarship for Study Abroad from the Encyclopaedia Britannica do Brasil (1982), of which she was the youngest recipient. Dr. Penha-Lopes has lectured extensively on comparative race relations, African American fatherhood, and racism in Brazil and has been interviewed for articles in Diverse Issues in Higher Education, O Estado de São Paulo, and The Washington Post. Her work has been cited in a number of books on race relations, in textbooks, and in peer-reviewed articles. In addition to a number of articles, Dr. Penha-Lopes is the author of Confronting Affirmative Action: University Quota Students and the Quest for Racial Justice (2017), Pioneiros: Cotistas na Universidade Brasileira (2013), and co-editor of Religiosidade e Performance: Diálogos Contemporâneos (2015).

Subject(s): Sociology
Dunja Trunk
Dr. Dunja Trunk
Professor
Year Joined: 2007
  • B.A.
    Indiana University of Pennsylvania;
  • M.S. Ph.D.
    University of Florida
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1647
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 203
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Dunja L. Trunk, Ph.D

B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

What I teach:

  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Human Cognition/Learning
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescence
  • Adulthood and Aging
  • Research Methods
  • Death and Dying
  • Political Psychology

Research Interests:

Factors impacting memory and learning in young and older adults

Subject(s): Online Psychology, Psychology
Academic Committee(s): Institutional Review Board (Chair)
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Chanta Blue
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2013
  • B.A.
    Spellman College;
  • M.A.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Psychology
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Jeffrey Bogdan
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • M.A.
    New York University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Psychology
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Samuel Coe
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2020
  • B.S.
    Cornell University;
  • J.D.
    Brooklyn Law School
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Sociology
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Dr. Virginia Cornue
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2012
  • B.F.A.
    University of North Carolina;
  • M.A.
    New School for Social Research;
  • Ph.D.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Sociology
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Melissa Pace
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2011
  • B.A.
    Manhattan Community College;
  • M.S.
    St. Johns University - Stn Isl
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Psychology
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Jane Park
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2010
  • B.A.
    Randolph Macon Academy;
  • M.A.
    Rutgers, the State University of NJ
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Anthropology
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Marlee Wanamaker
Adjunct Lecturer
Year Joined: 2019
  • B.S.
    F.D.U. - Teaneck;
  • M.A.
    Montclair State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Psychology
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Dr. Paul M. Bernstein
Professor Emeritus
  • A.B.
    Boston University;
  • M.A. Ph.D.
    University of Pennsylvania
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Political Science
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Dr. K. Denise Dennis
Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 1999
  • B.A.
    University of California at Berkeley;
  • M.S. Ph.D.
    North Carolina State University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Online Psychology, Psychology
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Dr. Terry Glover
Professor Emerita
Year Joined: 1989
  • B.A.
    Allegheny College
  • Ph.D.
    The City University of New York
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Psychology
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Dr. Rashmi Jaipal
Professor Emerita
  • B.S.
    London University;
  • M.A.
    Teachers College, Columbia University;
  • Ph.D.
    New School for Social Research
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Psychology
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Dr. Glenda Kirkland
Associate Professor Emerita
  • M.B.A.
    Boston University;
  • Ph.D.
    Rutgers University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Government and International Studies
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Dr. Erica Polakoff
Professor Emerita
  • B.S. Ph.D.
    Cornell University
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Sociology
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Dr. Craigon Campbell
Part-time Institutional Research Consultant
  • Ed.D.
    Fairleigh Dickson University
  • M.S.
    Queens College, CUNY
  • B.S.
    York College, CUNY
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext.
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Subject(s): Sociology
Lorraine Carter
Lorraine Carter
Division Office Coordinator
Phone: 973-748-9000 ext. 1644
Office: 59 Fremont Street, Room 102
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