
Academic Leadership
The academic leadership of Mercy University 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
Dean | Eric Martone, PhD
Associate Dean for Administration | Mary Ellen Hoffman, MS
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
Interim Dean | Kathleen Golisz, OTD, FAOTA
Associate Dean | Irina Ellison, PhD
School of Liberal Arts
Dean | Peter West, PhD
Associate Dean | Andrés Matías-Ortiz PhD
School of Nursing
Dean of Nursing and Chief Nurse Administrator | Kenya Beard, EdD, MSN
Associate Dean of Nursing (Post-Licensure Programs) | Susan Moscou, PhD, MPH, MSN
Associate Dean of Nursing (Pre-Licensure Programs) | Susan Wilson, MSN
Library
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
Dr. David Wang
Chair, Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Kristen Keckler
Chair, Literature and Language
Dr. Maureen MacLeod
Chair, Humanities
Mr. Michael Perrota
Chair, Communication and the Arts, and
Program Director, Journalism
Dr. Narasim Banavara
Program Director, Computer Science (Graduate Program)
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) and Computer Information Systems
Dr. Christopher Loots
Program Director, English (Undergraduate Program) and English Literature (Graduate Program)
Dr. Maureen MacLeod
Program Director, History
Dr. Jon-Paul Paolino
Program Director, Mathematics
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. Robert Murray
Associate Dean, 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. David Kilpatrick
Program Director, Sports Management
Dr. Naushad Kollikkathara
Program Director, Business Analytics
Dr. Rebekah Hanousek-Monge
Program Director, Organizational Leadership and Human Resource Management
Program Director, EDGE Program
Mr. Mahmud Wazihullah
Program Director, Business Honors
School of Health & Natural Sciences
Dr. Lee Warren
Chair, Department of Natural Sciences
Dr. Ashley O'Rourke
Program Director, Communications Disorders
Dr. Lorraine Cashin
Program Director, Physician Assistant Program
Dr. Cristina Dumitrescu
Program Director, Occupational Therapy Assistant
Dr. Jean Walsh
Program Director, Health Sciences
Dr. Renée Haskew-Layton
Program Director, Biology
Dr. Nannette Hyland
Program Director, Physical Therapy
Dr. Astrid Mel
Program Director, Exercise Science
Ms. Michelle Naylor
Program Director, Clinical Laboratory Science
Dr. Lisa Schenkel
Program Director, Veterinary Technology
Dr. Francine Seruya
Program Director, Occupational Therapy
School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Illya Lichtenberg
Chair, Social Sciences
Dr. Ellen Sperber-Freebern
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. Charles Lieberman
Program Director, Criminal Justice
Dr. Carolyn Cullen
Program Director, Mental Health Counseling
Ms. Donna Drumm, Esq.
Program Director, Legal Studies
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
School of Nursing
Ms. Kara Giustino
Program Director, Accelerated Second Degree Nursing Program
Ms. Kathleen Apollon-Ferron (effective September, 2023)
Program Director, Undergraduate Nursing Weekend Program
Dr. Helene Dill (effective September, 2023)
Program Director, Traditional Nursing Undergraduate Program
Dr. Sylvie Rosenbloom (effective September, 2023)
Program Director, Family Nurse Practitioner Program