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The Faculty of the Division of Social Sciences aims to educate students in the ways of citizenship, leadership, and fellowship in contemporary society.  Our Division seeks to help students develop and multifaceted world view, a critical perspective on social institutions and human interactions, and the ability to use reasoned analysis in reaching conclusions about the world in which we live.  We seek to train students to read critically, to conduct social and behavioral research, and to communicate effectively while they gain knowledge and insight into the processes of democracy, law, government, human behavior and the interdependence of peoples, nations, cultures, and social groups.  We strive to help our students cultivate methodological sophistication and analytic skills and provide them with the tools to make this knowledge relevant to the world around them.  Although the Division offers a diversity of majors and concentrations, we strive to emphasize the intellectual connections and substantive linkages among our respective disciplines.

The Division of The Social Sciences

HEATH J. BOWEN, Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Minnesota State University; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University (2009)

NEERJA CHATURVEDI, Professor of History
B.A., University of Delhi; M.A., University of Garwhal; M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University;  Ph.D, Michigan State University. (1999)

ELLEN F. CHAYET, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., C.U.N.Y., Queens College; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Brandeis University. (2005).

CHRISTIAN J. CHURCHILL, Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Marlboro College; Ph.D., Brandeis University. (2001)

JOSEPH J. COYNE, Professor of Psychology
B.S., LeMoyne College; M.A., Montclair State College; Ph.D., Fordham University. (1992)

RICHARD F. HEATH, Professor of Psychology
B.A., Alvernia College; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University. (1996)

LINDA LEVINE-MADORI, Professor of Therapeutic Recreation.
B.F.A., Lehman College; M.S. CUNY (CTRS);  Graduate Creative Arts Therapies, Pratt Institute (ATR-BC); Ph.D., New York University, Ph.D., Health Studies. New York State Licensed Psychotherapist, (LCAT). (1997)

SUSAN K. MARELL, Professor of Psychology
B.S., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University. (1987)

MATTHEW D. SEMEL, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
B.A., Colgate University; M.S., Northeastern University; J.D., New York Law School; Ph.D. Candidate, John Jay College (2009)

STACY KINLOCK SEWELL, Associate Professor of History
B.A., The New School; Ph.D., Rutgers University. (2000)

BARBARA VANO, Assistant Professor, Health, Physical Education & Recreation.
A.A.S., State University of New York at Farmingdale; B.S., M.A., Adelphi University. Additional Studies: Adelphi University. (1977)

Adjunct Faculty, The Division of the Social Sciences

JEANNA ALBERGA, Criminal Justice
B.A., John Jay College; J.D., Pace University School of Law.

MICHAEL CARROLL, Criminal Justice
B.A., College of Mount St. Vincent; M.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

KATHY CURTO, Sociology
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.S.W., Hunter College School of Social Work.

MARC FEDORCHAK, Criminal Justice
B.S., Jersey City State College; M.A., Seton Hall University.

MICHAEL GARVEY, History
B.S., Iona College; M.S., Long Island University.

DAVID HAYES, Criminal Justice
A.A.S., Bergen Community College; B.S., Thomas A. Edison State College; M.A., Seton Hall University.

GEORGE KETEKU, Political Science
B.S., M.S. Brooklyn College

BRIAN KOPAC, History,
B.S., St. Thomas Aquinas College; M.S., Iona College; M.A., Iona College.

GEORGE LEAHY, History
B.S., College of Santa Fe; M.A., Manhattan College.

MICHAEL McMANUS, Recreation & Leisure
B.S. Ed., Mercy College; M.S., St. Thomas of Villanova University.

KIMBERELY ANNE PELESZ, Political Science
B.A., M.P.A.  Binghamton University

IRA PROMISEL, Criminal Justice
B.A., SUNY Albany; M.S., Marist College, M.A., SUNY Albany.

GLORIA REINHARDT, Psychology
B.A., City College of New York; M.S., City College of NY.

SUSAN J. RUCANO, History
B.A. SUNY New Paltz; M.A. Fordham University

JAMES RUSSELL, History
B.S., St. Thomas Aquinas College; M.S., New York University.

BARBARA SELICK, Psychology
B.A., M.S.W., New York University

SCOTT A. SOARES, Criminal Justice
B.A., Fordham University; M.A. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

DONNA TABEEK, Psychology
B.A., Hunter College; M.S., College of Staten Island.

BRIAN WALSH, Criminal Justice
B.A. Fordham University; J.D. Brooklyn Law School

   
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