All Faculty




Achey, Nicole C.
Title: Instructor of Rehabilitation Services
Degrees: 2009 MA University of Northern Colorado; 2007 BA University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling, Multicultural Topics and Individuals who are Hard of Hearing
Aguilar, Gaelyn D
Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Degrees: PhD University of Southern California; MA University of Akron; BA Ohio University
Areas of Expertise: Performativity, Sensorial Ethnography, Borderlands, Critical Multiculturalism, Globalization from Below
Aguilar, Gustavo A
Title: Assistant Professor of Experimental Performance
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Anzivino, Susan A
Title: Professor of Psychology and Chairperson
Degrees: 1975 PhD The Ohio State University; 1972 MA The Ohio State University; 1970 BA University of Dayton
Areas of Expertise: Child and Family Counseling; Play Therapy; Children of Divorce and Custody Assessments; Crisis Assessment and Intervention
Appl, Dolores J
Title: Associate Professor of Special Education
Degrees: 2001 Ph. D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Major: Early Childhood Special Education; 1990 M.S., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Major: Early Childhood Special Education; 1988 B.A.S., University of Minnesota-Duluth. Major: Early Childhood Education, Emphasis in Early Childhood Special Education
Areas of Expertise: Inclusive Early Childhood Education; Parent-Child Playgroups as an Inclusive Practicum Setting; Supporting Beginning Teachers
Bailey, Allen T
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 1999 PhD University of Idaho; 1995 MS University of Idaho; 1993 BA Christian Brothers University
Areas of Expertise: Algebra; History of Mathematics; Mathematics for Elementary Education; Commutative Rings
Baker, Deborah J
Title: Student Teaching Supervisor
Degrees: 1996 UCLA school Management Program; 1992 St. Mary
Areas of Expertise: Supervision/Evaluation; School Management; School Administration
Baker, Krisanne B
Title: Part-Time Faculty
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Barrett, Karen E
Title: Associate Professor of Rehabilitation
Degrees: 1997 RhD Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; 1993 MA Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; 1991 BS University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Civil Rights; Psychosocial Rehabilitation; Diversity and Rehabilitation Administration
Barton, Andrew M
Title: Professor of Biology
Degrees: 1991 PhD University of Michigan; 1984 MS University of Florida; 1980 AB Brown University
Areas of Expertise: Forest and Plant Ecology; Fire Ecology; Dynamics of Tree Populations; Conservation Biology; Forest Conservation; Invasive Plants
Beck, Linda J
Title: Associate Professor of Political Science
Degrees: 1996 PhD University of Wisconsin; 1991 MA University of Wisconsin; 1985 BA Skidmore College
Areas of Expertise: Comparative Politics (Africa, Muslim World)
Bennett, Christopher L
Title: Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Degrees: 2007 PhD University of Georgia; 1997 BBA University of Georgia
Areas of Expertise: Data Mining; Information Systems; Computer Science Education
Bentley, Kelly M
Title: Instructor of Community Health
Degrees: 1996 MPH Boston University; 1989 BEd Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University
Areas of Expertise: Sex and Gender, Women's Health, Domestic Violence, Mothering, International Health & Policy
Blackstone, Phyllis A
Title: Associate Professor of Literacy Education
Degrees: 1996 EdD Boston University; 1986 EdM Boston University; 1970 B.S. Gordon College
Areas of Expertise: Literacy, Language and Cultural Studies
Boothby, Denise K
Title: Registered Nurse/Health Educator
Degrees: 1993 BS University of Massachusetts, Boston; anticipated 2009 MS in Nursing Education, University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Nutrition; Cardiovascular Wellness; Primary Prevention for Disordered Eating.
Breidenbach, Elizabeth E
Title: Coordinator of Outdoor Recreation
Degrees: 1992 MS University of Maine; 1983 BS University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Teaching and coaching individuals with adaptive needs and elder populations; designing and implementing sports programs for children grades K-3; sports pedagogy; inclusion of multiple intelligence theory in sports pedagogy; women and sports; snowsports retail and resort management theory and applications; snowsports markets and demographics
Brinegar, Anthony C
Title: Associate Professor of Biology
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Brinkman, Jan
Title: Lecturer III Health Education
Degrees: 2003 ADN Central Maine Medical Center School of Nursing; 1982 BS University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Emergency Medicine; Instructor Certification in Emergency Medical Services; National Ski Patrol, National Safety Council
Britt, Linda L
Title: Professor of Spanish
Degrees: 1986 PhD University of Virginia; 1981 MA University of Arkansas; 1977 BA University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Areas of Expertise: Literary translation; 20th Century Latin American fiction; Generation of 1927; Federico Garcia Lorca
Brown, Eric C.
Title: Professor of English
Degrees: 1998 PhD Louisiana State University; 1993 BA English, University of Maine; 1993 BA Zoology, University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Shakespeare, Milton, and other Renaissance Literature; Science and Literature; Film Studies
Buckley, Daniel E
Title: Professor of Biology and Chairperson
Degrees: 1983 PhD Syracuse University; 1978 MA SUNY at Oneonta; 1972 BA SUNY at Oswego
Areas of Expertise: Aquatic Biology; Evolution; Ecology of Freshwater Mollusks; Environmental Monitoring/Spatial Analysis of Freshwater Habitats; Invasive Aquatic Species
Bunnell, Sheena S
Title: Professor of Business Economics and Director of MHRI
Degrees: 1995 PhD Florida State University; 1991 MS Florida State University; 1988 MBA Plymouth State College; 1985 BSc Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi
Areas of Expertise: Health Economics; Macroeconomics; Managerial Economics; Money and Banking
Burke, Michael D
Title: Professor of English
Degrees: 1984 MFA University of Massachusetts at Amherst; 1977 BA University of California at Berkeley
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing: Nonfiction; Environmental Literature; American Literature; Environmental Imagination; African-American Literature; Composition, Environmental Imagination
Butler, Ronald G
Title: Professor of Biology
Degrees: 1978 PhD SUNY College of Environmental Science
Areas of Expertise: Ecology; Conservation Biology; Animal Behavior; Entomology; Ornithology; Dragonfly Ecology and Behavior; Butterfly Biogeography; Seabird Ecology; Lichen Ecology
Carlsen, Philip C
Title: Professor of Music and Chairperson
Degrees: 1986 PhD Graduate Center, CUNY; 1977 MA Brooklyn College; 1974 BA
Areas of Expertise: Composition; Music Theory; Conducting; History of Jazz
Case, Kristen A
Title: Assistant Professor of English
Degrees: 2009 PhD City University of New York; 2003 MFA City University of New York; 2000 MEd Bank Street College of Education; 1998 BA Columbia University
Areas of Expertise: Twentieth-Century American Poetry; Literature and Philosophy; Literature and the Environment
Cavanaugh, Brian J
Title: Instructor of Special Education
Degrees: Doctoral Candidate, University of Maine, Special Education and Human Development; 2005 Ed.M. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Risk and Prevention; 2004 BS University of Maine Farmington, Emotional Disturbances
Areas of Expertise: Positive Behavior Supports, Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Prevention Science.
Charron, Sylvie
Title: Professor of French
Degrees: 1982 PhD University of Wisconsin; 1975 MA University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; 1972 MA La Sorbonne, Paris; 1971 BA La Sorbonne, Paris
Areas of Expertise: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century French Literature, and especially the works of George Sand; Literary Translation; Francophone Literature; Teaching French in the Elementary Grades
Chase, Deborah J
Title: Afterschool Project Director
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Choi, Yoonjung
Title: Assistant Professor of Education
Degrees: 2012 PhD Columbia University; 2011 MPhil Columbia University; 2009 MA Ewha Womans University; 2006 BA Ewha Womans University
Areas of Expertise: Social Studies Curriculum and Instruction, Multicultural Education, Global Teacher Education, Teaching ELL
Clawson, Mellisa A
Title: Professor of Early Childhood Education
Degrees: 1996 PhD Auburn University; 1993 MS Auburn University; 1990 BS Birmingham-Southern College
Areas of Expertise: Diversity in Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Teacher Training
Cohen, Jonathan
Title: Professor of Philosophy and Chairperson
Degrees: 1991 PhD University of Pennsylvania; 1988 MA The Jewish Theological Seminary of America; 1984 MA The Johns Hopkins University; 1980 AB Harvard University
Areas of Expertise: History of Philosophy, especially Nietzsche and Ancient Philosophy; Jewish Philosophy; Ethics & Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; Philosophy of Literature; Philosophy of Music
Collins, Tracy E.
Title: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
Degrees: 2004 EdD Harvard University; 1990 MS Wheelock College; 1979 BA Linfield College
Areas of Expertise: Early Childhood Education, Child Development; Quality Child Care Programs; Reflective Practice; Working with Families; Teacher Education
Cooke, Elizabeth M
Title: Associate Professor Composition
Degrees: 1993 MST University of New Hampshire; 1978 BA University of Southern Maine
Areas of Expertise: Composition; Fiction Writing; The Book-Length Work
Culbertson, Carolyn S
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Degrees: 2010 PhD University of Oregon; 2007 MA University of Oregon; 2004 BA Oglethorpe University
Areas of Expertise: Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy; Asian Philosophy
Dale, Richard E
Title: Associate Professor of Special Education and Chairperson
Degrees: 1999 D.Ed. Penn State; 1985 M.Ed. Mansfield University; 1977 B.S. Lock Haven University
Areas of Expertise: Special education law, self-directed learning, educational administration
Dalpour, Shahrokh W
Title: Professor of Business and Chairperson
Degrees: 1996 Post Doctoral University of Northern Colorado; 1991 Post Doctoral Idaho State University; 1987 EdD University of Northern Colorado; 1979 MBA University of Northern Colorado; 1974 BS National University of Iran
Areas of Expertise: International Business & Strategy; Strategic Management; Human Resource Management; Management & Organizational Behavior; National and International Consulting
Daly, Julia F
Title: Associate Professor of Geology
Degrees: 2002 PhD University of Maine; 1997 MS University of Delaware; 1994 BA Carleton College
Areas of Expertise: Surficial Geology, including Coastal and Glacial Geology; climate Change; Fluvial Systems and Morphology
Darrohn, Christine M
Title: Associate Professor of English
Degrees: 1996 PhD Rutgers University; 1992 MA Rutgers University; 1988 MFA University of Arizona; 1985 BA Penn State University
Areas of Expertise: Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British Literature; Postcolonial Literature; Women's Literature
Dearden, Brad T.
Title: Associate Professor of Geography
Degrees: 2006 PhD University of Utah; 1990 MA School for International Training; 1986 BS Quinnipiac University
Areas of Expertise: International Development; Global Economy; Population; Asia; Latin America
Decker, Jayne
Title: Instructor of Theater/Director of Emery Community Arts Center
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Doty, Jean A
Title: Professor of Biology
Degrees: 1992 PhD Washington State University; 1988 MS Oregon State University; 1986 BS California State University, Chico
Areas of Expertise: Microbiology; Genetics; Soils and Pollution; Bioremediation; Antibiotic Resistance
Eadler, Elaine
Title: Lecturer III English
Degrees: 1990 MA Teachers College Columbia University; 1962 BA Purdue University
Areas of Expertise: Reading/Writing Disability; Special Education
Eason, Grace T
Title: Associate Professor of Science & Science Education
Degrees: 2000 PhD Florida Institute of Technology; 1999 EdS Florida Institute of Technology; 1995 MA University of Central Florida; 1989 BS Florida Institute of Technology
Areas of Expertise: Teaching Science to Undergraduate Non-Science Majors; Strategies Used in Middle/Secondary Science Education; Commonly Held Perceptions of Science and Education Faculty and their Roles in Shaping Future Science Teachers; Parker Palmer's Courage to Teach Principles in Teacher Formation
Eastler, Thomas E
Title: Professor of Geology
Degrees: 1971 PhD Columbia University; 1968 MA Columbia University; 1966 ScB Brown University
Areas of Expertise: Environmental Geology; Terrain Analysis; GIS; Remote Sensing; Rock Mechanics and Energy
Engert, Frank M
Title: Professor of Business
Degrees: 1995 PhD State University of New York at Buffalo; 1989 MSc Niagara University; 1975 MBA McMaster University; 1973 BSc McMaster University
Areas of Expertise: Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship
Erb, Scott D
Title: Professor of Political Sciences
Degrees: 1994 PhD University of Minnesota; 1984 MA John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies; 1982 BA Augustana College (Sioux Falls)
Areas of Expertise: International Relations; Comparative Politics
Eretzian, Barbara J
Title: Student Teaching Supervisor
Degrees: 2005 PhD Univeristy of Maine, ABD; 1987 MS University of Southern Maine; 1973 BS University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: PreK - 12 public education, educational administration, evaluation and supervision of educators.
Farmer, Rod
Title: Professor Social Studies Education
Degrees: 1978 PhD University of Missouri; 1972 Central Missouri State University; 1968 Central Missouri State University
Areas of Expertise: Social Science Education; Issues in Education; Asian and American History; Poetry
Freytag, Matthew G
Title: Lecturer III Philosophy
Degrees: 1993 PhD Duke University; 1978 MA St. John's College; 1974 BA Penn State
Areas of Expertise: Ethical Theory; Social and Political Philosophy; Biomedical Ethics
Funes, Marisela A
Title: Assistant Professor of Spanish
Degrees: 2002 PhD University of Illinois-Urbana; 1994 MA St. Louis University; 1992 BA University of Illinois-Urbana
Areas of Expertise: Literature, Science and dictatorship in Argentina and Chile.
Geshnizjani, Alireza
Title: Assistant Professor of Community Health
Degrees: 2011 PhD Indiana University Bloomington; 2008 Masters Indiana University Bloomington; 2006 Masters Purdue University; 2004 BA Indiana university Bloomington
Areas of Expertise: Chronic diseases prevention, theories of health behavior, health seeking behaviors and more specifically vaccination, cancer prevention, women's sexual health, and college students' various health behaviors.
Gibson, David
Title: Professor of Geology
Degrees: 1984 PhD The Queen
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Gies, Paul J
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 1995 PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 1987 MA Northeast Missouri State University; 1986 BS Northeast Missouri State University; 1978 BA University of Iowa
Areas of Expertise: Combinatorial Group Theory, including Theory of Computation; Logic; Set Theory; Graph Theory; Group Theory
Gilman, Lee B
Title: Lecturer III Community Health
Degrees: 1991 Certified Health Education Specialist, national Commission for Health Education Credentialing; 1986 MS, Boston University; 1973 AS Springfield Technical CommunityCollege
Areas of Expertise: Health Promotion, Public Policy, Public/Community Health, Trainings in Asthma and COPD Education for Healthcare Professionals
Granger, Ralph H
Title: Professor Education
Degrees: 1978 PhD Kent State University; 1971 MEd University of Massachusetts; 1967 BEd Keene State College
Areas of Expertise: Computers in Education; Instructional Media; Photography; Study-Abroad
Gunn, Daniel P
Title: Interim Provost/Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs
Degrees: 1980 PhD Boston College; 1974 BA College of the Holy Cross
Areas of Expertise: English Novel; History and Theory of the Novel; James Joyce; Jane Austen; Eighteenth-Century English Literature.
Hanstein, Walter
Title: Lecturer II Law
Degrees: 1979 JD University of Idaho College of Law; 1975 BGS University of Michigan
Areas of Expertise: Criminal Law
Hardy, Peter G
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 1998 PhD North Carolina State University; 1991 MS Montana State University; 1987 University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Lie Algebras; Combinatorics; Probability
Harper, Wendy L
Title: Associate Professor of Economics
Degrees: 2000 PhD University of New Hampshire; 1995 MA University of New Hampshire; 1990 BA Bates College
Areas of Expertise: Non Market Valuation; Environmental Economics; International Trade
Hatcher, V. Beth
Title: Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education
Degrees: 2005 PhD Texas Woman's University; 1991 MS Texas Woman's University, 1973 BA Texas Tech University
Areas of Expertise: School readiness, early mathematics, early childhood program administration, curricula.
Hepler, Allison L
Title: Professor of History
Degrees: 1996 PhD Temple University; 1976 BA Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise: United States; Women; Medicine; Latin America; Mexico; Maine; Canada
Hughes, Lorna Ann
Title: Lecturer II English
Degrees: 1997 Ph.D. Trinity College, Dublin; 1973 MA University College, Dublin
Areas of Expertise: Irish Literature
Jackson, Daniel
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 2005 PhD University of Notre Dame; 2000 MS Michigan State University; 1998 BS Michigan State University
Areas of Expertise: Complex Numbers; Dynamical Systems; Algebraic Geometry
Johnson, Michael K
Title: Professor of English
Degrees: 1997 PhD University of Kansas; 1992 MA University of Kansas; 1987 BA University of Tennessee
Areas of Expertise: American Literature; African American Literature; Multicultural American Literature; Literature and Film
Jones, Jewel L
Title: Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Services
Degrees: 2002 RhD Southern Illinois University; 1999 MS Southern Illinois University; 1997 BA University of Northern Iowa
Areas of Expertise: Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Substance Abuse and Digital Portfolios
Kamholtz, J Dennis
Title: Professor Health Education
Degrees: 1979 EdD SUNY Buffalo; 1973 MS SUNY Brockport; 1968 BS SUNY Brockport
Areas of Expertise: Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Stress Management; Community Health Education; Personal Wellness
Karno, Donna E
Title: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
Degrees: 2008 PhD, The Ohio State University; 2000 MS, The Ohio State University; 1987 MA, The Ohio State University; 1982 BS, Arizona State University
Areas of Expertise: Education policy, social studies, models and approaches, curriculum development.
Kaufman, Brian J
Title: Associate Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 1990 PhD Old Dominion University; 1980 MS Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 1978 BA State University of New York at Stony Brook
Areas of Expertise: Industrial/Organizational Psychology; Career Development; Sport Psychology; Cultural Diversity; Lesbian/Gay Issues; Psychology in Cinema; Personnel Psychology
Kellett, Lucas C
Title: Sustainability Coordinator/Lecturer II Anthropology
Degrees: 2010 PhD University of New Mexico; 2002 MA University of New Mexico; 1997 University of Colorado
Areas of Expertise: Andean Archaeology, Climate Change, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Warfare, Landscape Archaeology, Cultural Resource Management (CRM)
Kellett, Nicole
Title: Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Degrees: 2009 PhD University of New Mexico; 2001 MA Northern Arizona University; 1997 BA University of Nebraska
Areas of Expertise: Andes, Caribbean, Applied Anthropology, Women and Development, Globalization, Medical Anthropology, Humans and the Environment
Kemp, Katherine A
Title: Instructor of Rehabilitation Services
Degrees: 2009 MSW University of New England; 2005 BS University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Licensed Clinical Social Worker. Providing out-patient clinical services to individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, Advocacy and Policy Development, Leadership, Oncology Healthcare, Grant Writing and Program Development, Interdisciplinary-networking and Collaboration
Kennedy, Tanya Ann
Title: Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and First-Year Composition
Degrees: 2004 PhD Rice University; 1991 BA Reed College
Areas of Expertise: Cultural Studies; US Fiction; Race/Ethnicity Studies; Postcolonialism and Globalization; Feminist Theory
King, Joel
Title: Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 1987 PhD Cornell University; 1974 BA State University of New York at Binghamton
Areas of Expertise: Infant and Child Development; Parenting; Assessment of School Programs; Assessment of Families in Poverty; Statistical Applications
Klein, Sabine A
Title: Assistant Professor of English
Degrees: 2008 PhD Purdue University; 2000 MA University of Georgia
Areas of Expertise: Transnational American Studies, Comparative Colonial American Studies, colonial New England, colonial New Netherland, native Americans in Colonial America
Koban, Lori J
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 2004 PhD Binghamton University; 2000 MAT Mathematics Binghamton University; 1997 BA Eastern Nazarene College
Areas of Expertise: Combinatorics; Graph Theory; Matroid Theory
Koban, Nicholas A
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 2004 PhD SUNY-Binghamton; 2000 MA SUNY-Binghamton; 1997 BS Bloomsburg University
Areas of Expertise: Topology; Geometry; Geometric Group Theory
Krueger, Misty S
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Degrees: 2010 PhD University of Tennessee; 2003 MA Texas A & M University; 2001 BA University of Texas at San Antonio
Areas of Expertise: Restoration and 18th-Century British Literature; Early Modern Drama; Women's Literature
Lange, Gail L
Title: Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Degrees: PhD University of New Hampshire; MS University of New Hampshire; BS University of Maryland
Areas of Expertise: Computer Science; Computer Graphics; Architecture; and Networking
Larsen, Shannon M
Title: Assistant Professor of Elementary Mathematics and Education
Degrees: 2012 PhD Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto; 2002 Ed.M Harvard Graduate School of Education; 1999 BA Middlebury College
Areas of Expertise: Mathematics Education K-8, Professional Development for Elementary Mathematics Teachers, Elementary Mathematics Coaching
Lee, Carole K
Title: Assistant Professor of Elementary Science Education
Degrees: PhD University of Arkansas Fayetteville; MS University of York, England; BS University of Hong Kong, HKSAR China
Areas of Expertise: Science Education K-8, Professional Development of Science Teachers, Science Curriculum Development
Legler, Gretchen T
Title: Professor of Creative Writing
Degrees: 1994 PhD University of Minnesota; 1991 MA University of Minnesota; 1984 BA Macalester College
Areas of Expertise: Composition; Creative Writing (Non-fiction-- including memoir, and the personal and lyric essay); Environmental Writing, Eco-Feminist Theory, Women's Studies
Luckraft, Elizabeth
Title: Lecturer I - Student Teaching Supervisor/Education
Degrees: 2008 MS University of Southern Maine; 1992 MEd University of Maine; 1983 BS University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Mentoring Beginning Teachers
Magri, Christopher
Title: Associate Professor of Physics
Degrees: 1990 PhD Cornell University; 1986 MS Cornell University; 1983 BA University of Virginia
Areas of Expertise: Astronomy; Radar Studies of Asteroids; Physics
Maiuri, Tiffany Anne
Title: Director of Application Development & Support Services
Degrees: 2008 PhD University of Tiffany & Maiuri !@#$%^&*()_-+={[}]||:;"'<,>.?/ test
Areas of Expertise: Java; Java & Servlets; JSP; C Sharp; C; PHP; JavaScript; HTML; CSS; MySQL; PostgreSQL; Oracle 9i; SQL; Perl; Linux Administration; XML; XSL; RDBMS; Shell;
Maline, Sarah R
Title: Associate Professor of Art History/Gallery Director
Degrees: 1995 PhD The University of Texas at Austin; 1987 MA The University of Texas at Austin; 1985 BA Lake Forest College
Areas of Expertise: Contemporary; Japanese
Maroney, Thomas A
Title: Associate Professor of Business
Degrees: 1982 MBA Western New England College; 1981 JD Western New England College; 1977 MA Syracuse University; 1971 MPA Syracuse University; 1966 AB Fordham University
Areas of Expertise: Management; Marketing; Business Law; International Business Law; Marketing Management
Martin, Maurice W
Title: Associate Professor of Community Health
Degrees: 2000 PhD University of South Carolina; 1997 MEd University of South Carolina; 1992 BS University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Community Program Development and Evaluation; Men's Health Issues; Chronic Disease Prevention
Maybury, Karol K
Title: Associate Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 1997 PhD University of California, Davis; 1994 MA University of California, Davis; 1989 BA Regis College
Areas of Expertise: Gender and Social Development; Social Psychology; Personality Psychology; Human Emotion; Media and Psychology; Positive Psychology
McAnneny, Cathleen M
Title: Professor of Geography
Degrees: 1994 PhD Michigan State University; 1990 MA Ohio University; 1988 BS Ohio University
Areas of Expertise: Physical, Environmental and Health Geography; Health Care Policy; Rural Development; Poverty Issues.
McCourt, Matthew J
Title: Associate Professor of Geography
Degrees: 2004 PhD University of Kentucky; 2000 MA University of Kentucky; 1993 BA University of Massachusetts
Areas of Expertise: Cultural Geography; Rural Geography; Environmental Planning; Community GIS
McLaren, Kristin L
Title: Lecturer II Religion
Degrees: 2005 PhD University of Ottawa; 2000 MA Ottawa, 1997 BA University College of Cape Breton
Areas of Expertise: World Religions, Religion in North America, Islam and the West
McNair, Wesley C
Title: Professor Emeritus & Writer in Residence
Degrees: 1975 M.Litt., Middlebury College; 1968 MA Middlebury College
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing (Poetry and Memoir); American Poetry and the American Literary Tradition
Melcher, James P
Title: Associate Professor of Political Science
Degrees: 1995 PhD University of Minnesota; 1985 BA University of Wisconsin
Areas of Expertise: American Presidency; Elections; New England and Midwestern U.S. Politics; State Politics; Political Parties; Constitutional Law; Pre-Law Advisor; Advisor to the College Democrats; Political Science Club
Menon, Meenakshi
Title: Assistant Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 2008 PhD Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; 2006 MA Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; 2003 BA Gargi College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Areas of Expertise: Social and Personality Development from Middle Childhood to Early Adolescence. Focusing on Three Aspects of Children's Development: Their Self-Perceived Gender Identity, Their Self-Concept, and Their Close Relationship Styles.
Messier, John D
Title: Associate Professor of Economics
Degrees: 2005 PhD American University; 1998 BS Stockton College
Areas of Expertise: Economics of Developing Countries; Informal Labor Markets; Microfinance; Quantitative Methods; Experimental Economics; Feminist Economics
Miles, Kathleen A
Title: Student Teaching Supervisor
Degrees: 1981 MSEd University of Southern Maine; 1973 BS University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Supervision and Mentoring of Student Teachers
Miller, George H
Title: Assistant Professor of Philosophy/Director of Advising
Degrees: 1994 PhD Temple University; 1985 BGS University of Maine at Farmington
Areas of Expertise: Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Phenomenology and Existentialism
Minton, Nathaniel T
Title: Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Degrees: 2009 MFA University of Iowa; 1997 BA Antioch University
Areas of Expertise: Screenwriting; Writing for New Media
Mitchel, Pamela A
Title: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 1986 PhD University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Meteorology
Mitchell, Clyde
Title: Associate Professor of Business
Degrees: 2007 PhD University of KwaZulu-Natal; 2001 MS University of Natal; 1988 BS University of Cape Town
Areas of Expertise: Business Ethics; Accounting; Corporate Finance
Molinsky, Michael
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chairperson
Degrees: 1996 DA Idaho State University; 1992 MA Northeast Missouri State University; 1991 BS Northeast Missouri State University
Areas of Expertise: All Areas of Mathematics
Morocco, Martin T
Title: Associate Professor of Chemistry
Degrees: 1992 PhD Washington State University; 1987 MS Indiana University of Pennsylvania; 1983 BA Saint Vincent College
Areas of Expertise: Electroanalytical Chemistry; Spectroscopy; Chemical Education
Nash, Marcia F
Title: Professor of Elementary Language Arts Education
Degrees: 1982 PhD University of Texas at Austin
Areas of Expertise: Literacy; Children's Literature; Language Development
Neeper, Lance S
Title: Assistant Professor of Special Education
Degrees: 2007 MEd Indiana Univeristy of Pennsylvania; 2001 BS Indiana University of Pennsylvania; 2001 BS Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Areas of Expertise: Inclusive School and Community Education, Service-Learning, Teacher Education
Nelson, Claire
Title: Director Learning Assistance Center
Degrees:
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Nye, Dawn M
Title: Associate Professor of Art
Degrees: 2002 MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art; 1997 BA University of Missouri at Saint Louis
Areas of Expertise: Digital media, installation and performance.
O'Brien, Christopher S
Title: Associate Professor of History
Degrees: 2002 PhD University of Kansas; 1988 MA University of Iowa; 1987 BA University of Iowa
Areas of Expertise: U.S. and Social Cultural History; The Cold War; Children''s History; History of Education; U.S. Foreign Policy
O'Donnell, Patricia E
Title: Professor of English
Degrees: 1986 MFA University of Massachusetts at Amherst; 1981 MA University of Northern Iowa; 1979 BA University of Northern Iowa
Areas of Expertise: Fiction Writing; Contemporary fiction; the short story; composition.
Olbert, Elizabeth
Title: Lecturer III
Degrees:
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Oplinger, Jon T
Title: Professor of Sociology
Degrees: 1982 PhD Kent State University; 1973 MA Kent State University; 1971 BA Kent State University
Areas of Expertise: Comparative Sociology; Sociology of Deviance; Archaeology of the Eastern Woodlands
Overall, Theresa L
Title: Associate Professor of Secondary Education
Degrees: 2007 PhD University of North Texas; 2001 MS University of North Texas; 1978 AB Hollins College
Areas of Expertise: Educational Technology; Mathematics Education; Gender Equity in Education
Overstreet, Deborah W
Title: Associate Professor of Elementary Language Arts Education
Degrees: 1994 EdD University of Georgia; 1988 MEd University of Georgia; 1986 BA University of Central Florida
Areas of Expertise: Young Adult Literature, Teaching Writing
Pane, Steven
Title: Professor of Music
Degrees: 1998 PhD University of Maine; 1986 MM Westminster Choir College; 1983 BM Manhattan School of Music
Areas of Expertise: Piano; Music History; Choral; Interdisciplinary Studies
Passarelli, Mariella
Title: Professor of Chemistry
Degrees: 1989 PhD Emory University; 1984 BS Simmons College
Areas of Expertise: Organic Chemistry; Biochemistry;
Prentiss, Nancy Kotchian
Title: Lecturer III Biology
Degrees: 1987 MS University of Maine; 1977 BS University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: Field botany of Maine with emphasis on alpine flora: Marine Biology; Polychaete Worm Ecology & Taxonomy
Pu, Ming-Ming
Title: Professor of English
Degrees: 1982 BA Hefei Polytechnic University; 1984 MA Huazhong University of Science and Technology; 1991 PhD University of Alberta
Areas of Expertise: Linguistics
Quackenbush, Steven W.
Title: Associate Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 1996 PhD Kansas State University; 1992 MS Kansas State University; 1989 BA California State University
Areas of Expertise: Moral Development; Aging; Psychobiography; Research Methods; History of Psychology
Rainville, Russell H
Title: Associate Professor of Mathematics
Degrees: 1977 PhD University of New Hampshire; 1971 MA University of New Hampshire; 1969 BA University of New Hampshire
Areas of Expertise: Discrete Mathematics; Operations Research
Randall, Katrazyna A
Title: Associate Professor of Art
Degrees: 2003 MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art; 1996 BFA Southern Oregon University.
Areas of Expertise: Painting; drawing; art theory; combined media; digital videography/imaging; and writing.
Reid, Jennifer I
Title: Professor of Religion
Degrees: 1994 PhD University of Ottawa; 1992 MA University of Ottawa; 1990 BA University College of Cape Breton
Areas of Expertise: History of Religions; Religion and Colonialism
Reusch, Douglas N
Title: Associate Professor of Geology
Degrees: 1999 PhD University of Maine; 1983 MSc Memorial University of Newfoundland; 1976 BA Middlebury College
Areas of Expertise: Appalachian Tectonics; Earth System Science; Long-term Carbon Cycle
Roberts, Teresa Swartz
Title: Lecturer III with Major Responsibilities as Coordinator of the Writing Center
Degrees: 1996 MAJMC W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Marshall University; 1983 BS Concord College
Areas of Expertise: Developmental Writing; Journalism
Robinson, Richard W
Title: Professor of Biology
Degrees: 1970 PhD Montana State University; 1964 BS Upper Iowa College
Areas of Expertise: Anatomy and Physiology; Genetics; Genetic detection through amplification of DNA sequences.
Saviello, Thomas B
Title: Associate Professor-Part Time
Degrees: 1978 PhD University of Maine; 1974 MS University of Maine; 1972 BS University of Tennessee
Areas of Expertise: Environmental regulations and compliance, forestry and forest management, Maine politics.
Schwanke, Mary L
Title: Professor of Biology
Degrees: 1989 PhD University of Rhode Island; 1981 MS University of Rhode Island; 1976 BS Slippery Rock State College
Areas of Expertise: Cellular and Animal Physiology; Developmental Biology; Comparative Anatomy; Neurophysiology; Ion Channel Regulation in Cardiac Muscle
Seabold, Dan R
Title: Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 1983 PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1979 MS University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1973 BLS Bowling Green State University
Areas of Expertise: Clinical and Counseling Psychology; Group Work; Transpersonal and Eastern Psychology
Sell, Louis Davies
Title: Lecturer III History
Degrees: 1973 MA Johns Hopkins, School of Advanced Interenational Studies; 1969 BA Franklin and Marshall College
Areas of Expertise: Russia and the former Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the Balkans, Nuclear and Conventional Arms Control, International Conflict Negotiation and Peace-Keeping, Diplomacy and Intelligence
Shea, Marilyn Ann
Title: Professor of Psychology
Degrees: 1974 PhD University of Kansas; 1971 MA University of Kansas; 1969 BA Drake University
Areas of Expertise: Experimental; Social; Sensation and Perception; Physiological; History and Systems; Learning - the application of psychological theory to the problem of second language acquisition
Simmel, Peter A
Title: Professor of Theater
Degrees: 1989 MFA University of Oklahoma; 1976 BS Keene State
Areas of Expertise: Theatre; Performance Studies
Sloane, Sarah A
Title: Associate Professor of Biology
Degrees: 1992 PhD University of Michigan; 1977 BS University of Florida
Areas of Expertise: Behavioral Ecology; Evolution of Avian Social Systems; Cooperative Breeding in Birds; Behavior and Ecology of the Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus); Avian Nest Structure and Function
Smith, Karen G
Title: Instructor of Special Education
Degrees: 2006 MEd University of Maine; 1994 BSN University of Southern Maine
Areas of Expertise: Special Education Methods, Response to Intervention, Paraeducators
Spenciner, Loraine
Title: Professor of Special Education
Degrees: PhD Boston College
Areas of Expertise: Supporting Children with Disabilities in Natural Settings; Assistive Technologies; Assessment Practices
Squibb, Elizabeth S
Title: Professor of Early Childhood Education
Degrees: 1980 PhD The Fielding Institute; 1975 MA Pacific Oaks College; 1971 AB Bryn Mawr College
Areas of Expertise: Infant and Child Development; Research in Early Education and Child Care Including Rural Child Care and Family Child Care; Teacher and Child Caregiver Education and Training
St. Lawrence, Diane M
Title: Lecturer I Special Education
Degrees: 1980 M.Ed. Gallaudet University; 1976 BA Southeastern Massachusetts University
Areas of Expertise: Education of the Deaf, American Sign Language
Stancioff, Paul N
Title: Associate Professor of Physics
Degrees: 1989 PhD Boston University; 1978 BA University of Maine
Areas of Expertise: General Physics; Environmental Physics; Non-linear Dynamics
Sullivan, Barbara
Title: Lecturer III Art
Degrees: MFA in Painting, Vermont College
Areas of Expertise: Painting and Sculpture installation with a speciality in Fresco painting.
Swan, Stephanie A
Title: Lecturer in Community Health Education
Degrees: 2003 MEd Plymouth State College; 1993 BS UMF
Areas of Expertise: School Health Education; Suicide Prevention; Physical Activity; Schoolsite Health Promotion
Thompson, Clarissa S
Title: Associate Professor of Secondary English Education and Chairperson
Degrees: 2002 PhD University of Washington; 1992 EdM Harvard University; 1987 BA Wesleyan University
Areas of Expertise: English Education; Pedagogy; New Teacher Learning
Thomson, Jeffrey J
Title: Associate Professor of Creative Writing
Degrees: 1996 PhD University of Missouri; 1993 MA University of Missouri; 1989 BA Bradley University
Areas of Expertise: Creative Writing (poetry and nonfiction); 20th Century American Poetry; Environmental Literature
Tutlis, Joseph M
Title: Student Teaching Supervisor
Degrees: 1979 MS University of Southern Maine; 1972 BS University of Maine at Portland-Gorham
Areas of Expertise: Public School Administration; Curriculum Development & Supervision & K-8 Classroom Teaching
Underkuffler, Frank M
Title: Lecturer III Philosophy
Degrees: 1984 JD University of Minnesota Law School; 1981 Graduate Program Oxford University; 1978 BA Macalester College
Areas of Expertise: Philosophy of Science; History of Philosophy; Metaphysics
Ward, Grace J
Title: Associate Professor of Middle & Secondary Education
Degrees: 1992 EdD Nova Southeastern University; 1986 MEd University of Southern Maine; 1978 BS University of Southern Maine
Areas of Expertise: Secondary Education; Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment; Philosophy & History of Education; and Middle Level Education
Williams, Patricia H
Title: Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
Degrees: 1997 Ph. D., Tufts University, Medford, MA. Major: Applied Child Development; 1988 B.A., University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Major: Psychology, Health and Society.
Areas of Expertise: Family, parent, and community involvement in learning and education; home visiting; program evaluation; service learning.
Wimett, Cathryn A
Title: Associate Professor of Elementry and Chairperson
Degrees: 1997 EdD National-Louis University; 1976 MEd Lesley College; 1970 Emmanuel College
Areas of Expertise: Children's Literature and Literacy Education for Grades K-8.
Wolf, Anne Marie
Title: Assistant Professor of History
Degrees: 2003 PhD University of Minnesota; 1992 MA New York University in Madrid; 1989 BA University of Notre Dame
Areas of Expertise: Medieval Europe, Spain, Muslim-Christian Interactions, Muslim World, Colonial Latin America
Yeaton-Evans, Elizabeth A
Title: Lecturer I - Student Teaching Supervisor
Degrees: 1997 MEd University of Maine at Orono; 1987 BS University of Maine at Orono
Areas of Expertise: Social Studies Education, Middle/Secondary Teacher Training, Students at Risk, Peer Mentoring, Athletics, Philosophy and History of Education
Yetter, Luann I
Title: Lecturer III English
Degrees: 2003 MS University of New England; 1978 BA Macalester College
Areas of Expertise: Frist-Year Writing; Journalism