Full-Time Faculty
Aubuchon, Christopher. Associate Professor
Ph.D., Mathematics, University of Kentucky
Specializations: Homological algebra and module theory, number theory
Bacchus, Tania S. Professor
Ph.D., Oceanography, University of Maine at Orono
Specializations: Oceanography (marine geology), quaternary studies, environmental sciences
Black, James. Professor
Ph.D., Systems Science, Portland State University
Specializations: Leadership, management, Java programming, general systems theory
Blair, Steve. Professor
M.M., Music, University of Massachusetts
Specializations: Jazz performance and recording
Bou-Nacklie, N.E. Professor
Ph.D., Middle Eastern History, University of Utah
Specializations: Middle East, Africa, Third World
Brinegar, Kathleen. Assistant Professor
Ed.D., Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Vermont
Specializations: Middle Level Education, Adolescent Literacy, Women's Studies
Brower, William C. Associate Professor
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Colorado
Specializations: Shamanism, visual anthropology, and universal aspects of healing and illness experiences
Calza, Susan. Professor
M.F.A., Sculpture, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Specializations: Sculpture, performance art, and video
Cezar, Henrique. Assistant Professor
M.B.A., International Business, San Francisco State University
Specializations: Financial market analyst, asset management, and international business
Cline, Sharon Elise. Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Modern French and European History, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Specializations: History of modern France, modern European intellectual and cultural history, European women's and gender history
Clute, Sean. Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Electronic Music and Recording Media, Mills College
Comen, Todd. Professor.
M.P.S., Hotel Administration, Cornell University.
Specializations: Impact of the hospitality industry on the community-at-large, organizations that operate as if people mattered, and hospitality organizations that create a whole experience for the customer
Dolci, Elizabeth D. Professor
Ph.D., Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan
Post Doctoral: Cell Biology, Yale University
Specializations: Cell signaling in paramecium, science education
Doyle, William. Professor
Ed.D., Education, Columbia University
Farara, Joseph M. Professor
M.S., Information Science, Simmons College
Specializations: Library, American popular music
Fink, David. Professor
Ed.D., Counselor Education, University of Maine, Orono
Specializations: Counseling theories, helping skills, psychology of the Civil War, and internship supervisor
Genter, Robert B. Professor
Ph.D., Biology, Virginia Polytechnic & State University
Specializations: Ecological toxicology, limnology, phycology
Green, Susan E. Professor
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Montana
Specializations: Gender roles, sociolinguistics, sexuality and intimacy, qualitative methods, medical sociology-health and wellness
Haverkamp, Hans Christian. Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Kinesiology with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Himelstein, Jerry. Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Sociology, Louisiana State University
Specializations: Civil rights, minority groups, mass media, criminology, and sociology of schooling
Hutchinson, David R. Professor
Ph.D., Counselor Education, State University of New York at Buffalo
Specializations: Development of individual and group interpersonal skills, addiction treatment, and dying and grief counseling
Kanat, Leslie H. Professor
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, England
Specializations: Structural geology and metamorphic petrology
LaRoque, Perry. Associate Professor
Ph.D., Special Education, University of Wisconsin-Maddison
Specializations: Behavioral and Emotional Disabilities
Leslie, Kenneth. Professor
M.F.A., Painting and Printmaking, University of Pennsylvania
Specializations: Painting, drawing, and artist's books
Longtin, Russell. Professor
Ph.D., Acting/Directing, University of Michigan
Specializations: Acting/Directing
Martin, Mary. Assistant Professor
M.A., Art History and Criticism, Webster University
Specializations: 20th century art, African art, legal issues in art
McElvany, Norman D. Professor
M.B.A., University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Specializations: Marketing, small business development and entrepreneurship
McGough, David. Associate Professor
Ph. D., Educational Policy and Administration: Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education, University of Minnesota
Specifalizations: Secondary education, foundations of education, leadership studies
Miller, John. Professor
M.F.A., Visual Studies Workshop, SUNY at Buffalo
Specializations: Photography, documentary studies, oral history, writing, exhibition design, and planning graphic design
Mireault, Gina C. Professor
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, University of Vermont
Specializations: Infant humor perception and creation, social referencing, tantrums, parental loss in childhood
Moskowitz, Brad. Professor
M.A., Leadership and Experiential Education, Prescott College
Specialization: Outdoor education, adventure education and wilderness leadership
Pellerin, John. Associate Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University
Specializations: Chemistry, physics
Perham, Andrea. Professor
Ph.D., English Literature, McGill University
Specializations: Modern American poetry, writing across the curriculum, writing assessment
Petrics, Gregory. Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Mathematics, Dartmouth College
Plazek, David. Associate Professor
Ph.D., Political Science
Plissey, Bethany. Assistant Professor
M.A., Music, Indiana University
Powell, Elizabeth. Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Fiction Writing, Vermont College
Specializations: Poetry, fiction, non-fiction
Ritscher, Regina L. Assistant Professor
Ed.D., Learning and Teaching, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Specialization: The role hands-on activities play in thinking, knowing and meaning-making
Shaw, Tyrone. Assistant Professor
M.F.A., Writing, Union Institute & University
Silver, Paul L. Professor
Ph.D., History, University of Pennsylvania
Specializations: Progressive movement and New Deal; women in American history; Chinese and Japanese history
Theoret, Julie. Professor
Ph.D., Nonassociative Algebra, University of Virginia
Specialization: K-12 math education
Towner, Daniel. Professor
Ph.D., American Literature, Ohio University
Specializations: American literature, writing, film
Twigg, Sharon. Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Nineteenth Century British Literature and Culture, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Uhlendorf, Karen J. Professor
Ed.D., Physical Education Curriculum and Instruction, with special emphasis in Outdoor Adventure Education, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Specializations: Physical education and outdoor education
Webber, Eleanor M. Professor
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo
Specialization: Personality theory integration, abnormal behavior, political psychology, social psychology, Jungian personality typology, interdisciplinary studies
Welch, Amy. Associate Professor
Ph.D., Sport and Exercise Science, University of Leeds
White, Jacob. Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Literature and Creative Writing, University of Houston
Wiseman, Frederick. Professor
Ph.D., Geosciences, University of Arizona
Wolff, Maris. Professor
Special Training: Composition and Improvisation
Specializations: Modern dance, ballet, historical dance, Renaissance dance and history, Baroque dance, 19th Century dance, jazz dance, choreography dance history