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The Division of Humanities

Nina Bellisio, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design (2011)
BFA, Cornell University; MFA, University of California, Berkeley
Additional Studies: Columbia University

L. JOHN DURNEY, Professor of Communications
B.A., Manhattan College; M.A., Ed.M., Ed.D, Columbia University;
Additional Studies: Iona College, Columbia University (1973)

MATTHEW FINN, Visiting Assistant Professor of Graphic Design
B.F.A. Western Michigan University; M.F.A. Savannah College of Art and Design. (2011)

RACHEL GOLLAND , Visiting Instructor of English
B.A., M.Ed., The George Washington University.  (1992)

DAVID KEPPLER, Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.S., M.A., University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee); M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana). (1990)

BARBARA WARD KLEIN, Professor of Communications
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Montclair State College; Ed.D. Rutgers University. (1980)

FLORETTE R. KOFFLER, Professor of Romance Languages
B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Additional Studies: University of Bucharest; Bryn Mawr College; University of Madrid. (1989)

DENIZE LAUTURE, Assistant Professor of French
B.A., M.S., City College of New York; Ph.D. Candidate: City University of New York. (1980)

CRAIG MARTIN, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies.
B.A. Anderson University; M.A., Claremont School of Theology; M.Phil., Ph.D. Syracuse University. (2008)

WILLIAM EVAN MATTHEWS, Assistant Professor of Music
B.M.E., University of Montevallo; M.A., Columbia University; Ed.D., Columbia University. (2004)

GERALD McCARTHY, Professor of English
B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo; M.F.A., University of Iowa. (1985)

ROBERT D. MURRAY, Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. (1998)

CHARLES L. O’NEILL, Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Seton Hall University; Ph.D., New York University. (1990)

GONZALO PLASENCIA, Professor of Spanish
B.A., St. John’s University; M.A., Brooklyn College; M.Phil., Ph.D., City University of New York.
Additional Studies: University of Madrid. (1986)

WILLIAM PRIOR, Associate Professor of Communication Arts
B.A., University of Delaware; M.A., William Paterson University; M.F.A., William Paterson University
Additional Studies: Fairleigh Dickinson University, New York University (1994)

CARL A. RATTNER, Professor of Art
B.A., Grinnell College; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art; D.A., New York University. (1969)

JON I. ROBERTS, Professor of English
A.B., The University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. (1994)

MARIA ANN  ROGLIERI, Professor of Foreign Languages
A.B., Columbia University; A.M.; Ph.D., Harvard University. (1995)

ROBERT TRAWICK, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Duke University; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Emory University. (1998)

JAMES VENDETTI, Professor of Communications
B.A., LaSalle College; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University.
Additional Studies: The New School of Social Research, University of Notre Dame. (1975)

MONICA WENDEL, Visiting Instructor of English
B.A. SUNY Geneseo; M.F.A. New York University (2011)

ELAINE WINSHIP, Visiting Instructor of Speech and Composition
M.S., Fordham University; M.A., Syracuse University. (2007)

BARBARA YONTZ, Associate Professor of Art
B.A., M.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Vanderbilt University; M.F.A. Vermont College. (2006)

Adjunct Faculty, The Division Of Humanities

ARTHUR ALDRICH, Communication Arts
B.F.A., New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. (2002)

VIN CRAPANZANO, Communication Arts
A.A., Rockland Community College; B.A., M.B.A., St. Thomas Aquinas College. Additional Studies; Iona College.

CAROLYN EPSTEIN, English
B.A., Queens College; M.A., New York University.

DAVID FABRIS, Music
Bachelor of Music, The New England Conservatory of Music.

SUSAN FORTUNATO, Religious Studies
M.Div., Drew University

GRACE KIM, Art
BFA , Parsons School of Design; MFA, University of Michigan.

CAROL GREIFF LAGSTEIN, Art Therapy
B.F.A., California College of the Arts; M.P.S., Pratt Institute; M.S.W., Columbia University.  Additional Studies: Ackerman Institute, Institute for Mental Health Education, and Institute for Expressive Analysis.

JANE MARCY, Photography
A.A., Rochester Institute of Technology; B.A., Elmira College.

DANIEL D. PERNICK, Religious Studies
B.A., Oakland University; M.A., Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion; Rabinnic Ordination, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion.

ANNIE SHIEH, Graphic Design
B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., Purdue University; M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art.

   
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