Academic Leadership
The academic leadership of Mercy College includes the School's Deans, Department Chairs, and Program Directors.
Deans, Associate Deans & Director of Libraries
School of Business
Dean | Lloyd Gibson, DSc, MBA
Associate Dean | Victor Petenkemani, MBA
School of Education
Interim Dean | Eric Martone, PhD
Associate Dean for Administration | Mary Ellen Hoffman, MS
Interim Associate Dean | Roseanne Vallice Levy, PhD
School of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Dean |Stuart Sidle, PhD
Associate Dean | Eduardo Zachary Albrecht, PhD
Associate Dean for Administration | Wendi Vescio
School of Health and Natural Sciences
Dean | Joan Toglia, PhD, FAOTA
Associate Dean | Kathleen Golisz, OTD, FAOTA
Associate Dean of Nursing and Chief Nurse Administrator, Dobbs Ferry and Manhattan | Miriam Ford, PhD
Associate Dean of Nursing, New Rochelle and Bronx | Deborah Hunt, PhD
School of Liberal Arts
Dean | Peter West, PhD
Associate Dean | Andrés Matías-Ortiz, PhD
Library
Interim Director of Libraries | Moddie Breland, MLS, EdD
School of Education
Dr. Sudha Ramaswamy
Chair, Special Education/ Educational Leadership
Dr. JungKang Miller
Chair, Literacy and Multilingual Studies
Dr. Amanda Gunning
Chair, Secondary Education
Dr. Elena Nitecki
Chair, Childhood Education
School of Liberal Arts
Mr. David Wang
Chair, Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Kristen Keckler
Chair, Literature and Language
Dr. Robert Murray
Chair, Humanities, and Program Director, History
Mr. Michael Perrota
Chair, Communication and the Arts, and
Program Director, Journalism
Dr. Narasim Banavara
Program Director, Computer Science (Graduate Program) and Computer Information Systems
Mr. Josh Gaetjen
Program Director, Design and Animation
Mr. Louis Grasso
Program Director, Media Studies
Dr. Alan Hartman
Program Director, Modern Foreign Languages
Dr. Sisi Li
Program Director, Computer Science (Undergraduate Program)
Dr. Charles Li
Program Director, Mathematics
Dr. Christopher Loots
Program Director, English (Undergraduate Program) and English Literature (Graduate Program)
Mr. Stephen Ward
Program Director, Music Production and Recording Arts
Dr. Jong Yoon
Program Director, Cybersecurity (Graduate and Undergraduate Programs), and Director, Mercy Cybersecurity Education Center
Dr. Jason Zalinger
Program Director, Communication Studies
General Education and Honors Program
Dr. Richard Brad Medoff
Director, General Education
Ms. Emily Seibert
Program Director, Critical Inquiry and Junior Seminar
Dr. Irina Ellison
Co-Director, Honors Program
Dr. K. Patrick Fazioli
Co-Director, Honors Program
School of Business
Mr. John Fuller
Chair, Graduate Business
Ms. Denise Stefano
Chair, Accounting
Dr. Abdel-Kader Ben-Mohamed
Chair, Undergraduate Business
Dr. Victoire Denoyel
Program Director, Business Analytics
Dr. Rebekah Hanousek-Monge
Program Director, Organizational Leadership and Human Resource Management
Dr. Gazmen Xhudo
Program Director, EDGE Program
School of Health & Natural Sciences
Dr. Irina Ellison
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences
Dr. Helen Buhler
Program Director, Communications Disorders
Ms. Lorraine Cashin
Program Director, Physician Assistant Program
Ms. Cristina Dumitrescu
Program Director, Occupational Therapy Assistant
Dr. Ferdinand Esser
Program Director, Health Sciences
Ms. Shevonba Graham
Program Director, Nursing, Rosa Parks Location
Dr. Renée Haskew-Layton
Program Director, Biology
Dr. Nannette Hyland
Program Director, Physical Therapy
Dr. Astrid Mel
Program Director, Exercise Science
Dr. Susan Moscou
Executive Director, Nursing
Ms. Michelle Naylor
Program Director, Clinical Laboratory Science
Dr. Sonia Pervaiz
Program Director, Second Degree Nursing Program
Dr. Lisa Schenkel
Program Director, Veterinary Technology
Dr. Sharon Shockness
Co-Program Coordinator, Generic Nursing Program
Dr. Francine Seruya
Program Director, Occupational Therapy
Ms. Patricia Sutton
Co-Program Coordinator, Generic Nursing Program
School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Ms. Diana Juettner, Esq.
Chair, Social Sciences
Dr. Mary Knopp Kelly
Chair, Psychology and Social Work
Dr. Cynthia Walley
Chair, Counseling
Dr. Eduardo Albrecht
Program Director, International Relations and Diplomacy
Mr. Andrew Baker
Program Director, BA in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dr. Dorothy Balancio
Program Director, Sociology
Dr. Jeffrey Cohen
Program Director, School Psychology
Dr. Mary Cuadrado
Program Director, Criminal Justice
Ms. Donna Drumm, Esq.
Program Director, Legal Studies
Dr. Minerva Guerrero
Program Director, Mental Health Counseling
Dr. Evan Imber-Black
Program Director, Marriage and Family Therapy
Dr. Chelsea Kuo
Program Director, Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Elizabeth Pete
Program Director, Health Services Management
Dr. Ellen Sperber-Freebern
Program Director, Undergraduate Psychology
Dr. Rebecca Trenz
Program Director, Graduate Psychology
Dr. Cynthia Walley
Program Director, School Counseling
Dr. Raquel Warley
Program Director, Social Work