ACCOUNTING
(SEE ALSO ‘BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’)
Crawford, Constance
M.B.A., C.P.A. - Associate Professor of Accounting
Tax accounting; financial statement presentation; the stock market; women’s issues
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7396
E-mail: ccrawfor@ramapo.edu
Harvey, Mary Ellen O’Grady
D.B.A., C.P.A. - Associate Professor of Accounting
Management accounting; international accounting; business ethics
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7398
E-mail: mogrady@ramapo.edu
Rigoli, Raymond
M.B.A., C.P.A. - Associate Professor of Accounting
Financial accounting; auditing; sports agency
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7372
E-mail: rrigoli@ramapo.edu
Stellenwerf, Anita
M.B.A., C.P.A. - Associate Professor of Accounting
Director, Master of Business Administration Program
Accounting; taxation
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7394
E-mail: astellen@ramapo.edu
AMERICAN STUDIES
(SEE ALSO ‘HISTORY’ AND ‘LITERATURE’)
Ard, Patricia
J.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Literature
19th century American literature; New Jersey Jewish life; the New Jersey shore
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7280
E-mail: pard@ramapo.edu
Fikentscher, Kai
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
Author of You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City (Wesleyan University Press, 2000)
African-American music and culture; popular music and culture; DJ culture; jazz; house music; electric guitar
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7594
E-mail: kfikents@ramapo.edu
Heed, Thomas
Ed.D. - Associate Professor of Social Studies and American History
American history; life of Harry S. Truman
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7419
E-mail: theed@ramapo.edu
Meyer, Carter Jones
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
Co-author (with Diana Royer) of Selling the Indian: Commercializing and Appropriating American Indian Cultures (University of Arizona Press, 2001)
Late 19th and early 20th century American history; Native Americans; the American West
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7029
E-mail: cmeyer@ramapo.edu
Rice, Stephen
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of American Studies
U.S. cultural and intellectual history (19th century); labor history; history of technology
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7486
E-mail: srice@ramapo.edu
Shannon, Edward A.
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of American Literature
Author of The Prentice Hall Pocket Guide to Writing About Literature
American literature; American popular culture (comic books and strips); Woody Guthrie
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7425
E-mail: eshannon@ramapo.edu
Williams, Lisa
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Literature
Author of The Artist as Outsider in the Novels of Toni Morrison and Virginia Woolf (Greenwood Press, 2000)
Women’s studies; American and British literature in the 20th century; composition
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7278
E-mail: liwillia@ramapo.edu
ART/ FINE ARTS
Freund, David
M.F.A. - Professor of Photography
Contemporary photography
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7362
E-mail: dfreund@ramapo.edu
Gorewitz, Shalom
M.F.A. - Professor of Communications/Media
Video and computer artist
Development of new technologies in teaching; computer art/graphics
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7150
E-mail: sgorewit@ramapo.edu
Jenkins, Sydney O.
M.A. - Director, Ramapo College Art Galleries
Contemporary art; exhibitions management; outsider art; narrative art
Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts
Office ext. 7147
E-mail: sjenkins@ramapo.edu
Lipkin, Jonathan
M.F.A. - Associate Professor of New Media Design
Co-author (with Charles H. Traub) of In The Realm of the Circuit
2003)
Multimedia issues; visual arts; new media
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7056
E-mail: jlipkin@ramapo.edu
Peck, Judith
Ed.D. - Professor of Art Education
Sculptor: semi-abstract and representational works in bronze and fiberglass
Author of Sculpture as Experience: Working with Clay, Wire, Wax, Plaster and Found Objects (Chilton); Art and Interaction (Ramapo College); and Leap to the Sun: Learning Through Dynamic Play (Prentice Hall)
Art as therapy; developmental stages in children’s art
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7654
E-mail: jpeck@ramapo.edu
Stein, Jane B.
M.B.A. - Director, Angelica and Russ Berrie Center
for Performing and Visual Arts
Performing arts; arts/educational partnerships; arts in education
Office ext. 7148
E-mail: jstein@ramapo.edu
Wada, Warner
M.F.A. - Professor of Painting
Drawing; painting; design
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7366
E-mail: wwada@ramapo.edu
Wholley, Jay
M.F.A. - Professor of Art
Sculpture; art; drawings
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7655
E-mail: jwholley@ramapo.edu
BIOLOGY
Bacon, Eta Rena
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Biology
Experimental hematology; cellular biology; immunology;
anatomy and physiology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7727
E-mail: rbacon@ramapo.edu
Bagga, Paramjeet S.
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Biology
Biology; genetics; cell biology; bioinformatics
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7722
E-mail: pbagga@ramapo.edu
Cristini, Angela
Ph.D. - Professor of Biology
Director, Master of Science in Educational Technology Program
Administrative Director of the Graduate Council
Marine biologist (toxic chemicals concentration)
Biology; educational technology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7724
E-mail: acristin@ramapo.edu
Lowell, Richard
Ed.D. - Associate Professor of Biology
Director, Study Abroad Program to Costa Rica and Central America
Nutrition (obesity and athletes); tropical ecology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7741
E-mail: rlowell@ramapo.edu
Mitchell, William
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Biology
Plant molecular biology; physiology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7725
E-mail: wmitchel@ramapo.edu
Saiff, Edward
Ph.D. - Professor of Biology
Neuroscience; vertebrate biology; zoology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7723
E-mail: esaiff@ramapo.edu
BUSINESS — FINANCE, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (SEE ALSO ‘INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS,’ ‘ECONOMICS’)
Crawford, Constance
M.B.A., C.P.A. - Associate Professor of Accounting
Tax accounting; financial statement presentation; the stock market; women’s issues
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7396
E-mail: ccrawfor@ramapo.edu
Eisner, Susan
M.B.A. - Associate Professor of Management
Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who Among American Teachers; Administration Fellowship, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Durant Scholar, Wellesley College
Business management; social issues, gender diversity and entrepreneurship in business; career building; organizational behavior; business communication; business, government and society
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7619
E-mail: seisner@ramapo.edu
Gittens, Milton
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Public Administration
Public administration
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7395
E-mail: mgittens@ramapo.edu
Harvey, Mary Ellen O’Grady
D.B.A., C.P.A. - Associate Professor of Accounting
Management accounting; international accounting; business ethics
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7398
E-mail: mogrady@ramapo.edu
Haye, Eric
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Finance
Corporate governance and control; commercial banking; financial institutions; corporate and international finance
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7347
E-mail: ehaye@ramapo.edu
Hecht, Jason
Ph.D. - Professor of Finance
Finance and financial markets; the insurance industry, especially auto insurance/auto insurance industry; banks and the banking industry; financial and economic forecasting; current economic issues; economic history and the history of economic ideas
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7037
E-mail: jhecht@ramapo.edu
Hellawell, Peter
M.B.A. - Associate Professor of Marketing
New product development in market research; market planning
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7385
E-mail: phellawe@ramapo.edu
Kettlitz, Gary
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Management
Statistics; human resource management (selection and testing); labor/civil rights law; research methods; leadership
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7349
E-mail: gkettlit@ramapo.edu
Klein, Stephen
M.B.A. - Professor of Information Systems
Information systems technology; computer literacy; programming languages; database management systems; decision support systems; management information systems; the application of object-oriented technology to the solution of business and education problems
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7375
E-mail: sklein@ramapo.edu
LaManna, Anthony
J.D., M.B.A. - Professor of Business Administration and Law
Alternative dispute resolution; arbitration; law; finance; securities; statistics
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7387
E-mail: alamanna@ramapo.edu
Rakotobe-Joel, Thierry
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Management
Supply chain management; industrial and engineering management; design and strategic management of complex systems; complexity issues in industry; technology management and industrial innovation; manufacturing policy and operations strategy; management of high reliability organizations
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7096
E-mail: trakotob@ramapo.edu
Sabrin, Murray
Ph.D. - Professor of Finance
Vice Chairman, Republican Liberty Caucus
Taxation; government spending; financial markets; state and national politics; social policy (abortion, affirmative action, gun control, bilingual education)
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7373
E-mail: msabrin@ramapo.edu
Vengerov, Alexander
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Information Systems
Electronic business and commerce; intelligent systems; decision theory and knowledge management; programming; complex systems analysis and design; information systems; socio-economic systems
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7345
E-mail: alborven@hotmail.com
Weiss, Jillian Todd
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Law and Society
Employment discrimination and civil rights; human resources diversity policy; sociology of sex and gender
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7197
E-mail: jweiss@ramapo.edu
CHEMISTRY
Felix, Arthur M.
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Chemistry
Protein chemistry; medicinal chemistry
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7793
E-mail: afelix@ramapo.edu
Frishberg, Carol
Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry
Director, Upward Bound/Math and Science Center
Director, College Bound/ROOTS
Chemistry; pre-college programs for disadvantaged youth
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7705
E-mail: cfrishbe@ramapo.edu
Mentore, Robert
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Physical chemistry; surface and colloid science; biomaterials science; medical implants; spectroscopy; thin films; physical biochemistry
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7696
E-mail: rmentore@ramapo.edu
Shine, Robert
Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Organic chemistry; computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7719
E-mail: bshine@ramapo.edu
COMMUNICATION ARTS AND MEDIA (SEE ALSO ‘ELECTRONIC MEDIA’)
Gorewitz, Shalom
M.F.A. - Professor of Communications/Media
Video and computer artist
Development of new technologies in teaching; computer art/graphics
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7150
E-mail: sgorewit@ramapo.edu
Hollenbach, James
Ph.D. - Professor of Communications
Speech consultant
Rhetoric and public address in business communications
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7357
E-mail: jhollenb@ramapo.edu
Keeton, Patricia
Ph.D. - Professor of Communication Arts
History, analysis, and criticism of media
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7361
E-mail: pkeeton@ramapo.edu
Perry, André
M.A. - Associate Professor of Communications
Media, society and sports; radio and television history; the music industry; minorities in the media; media and religion; global media comparisons; media history
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7573
E-mail: aperry@ramapo.edu
Sunshine, Kathleen
Ph.D. - Professor of Communications and Literature
Woodrow Wilson Fellow; Harvard Fellow
Global media; media ownership; media and society; impact of the media on globalization; media in the developing world; political implications of media; adaptation of fiction to film
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7480
E-mail: ksunshin@ramapo.edu
COMPUTER SCIENCE — INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Berger, Marion
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science
Complex variables in mathematics; computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7711
E-mail: mberger@ramapo.edu
D’Antonio, Lawrence
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Mathematics
Statistics; history of mathematics; object-oriented programming;
computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7714
E-mail: ldant@ramapo.edu
Fisk, Gary
Ed.D. - Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Computers
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7647
E-mail: gfisk@ramapo.edu
Klein, Stephen
M.B.A. - Professor of Information Systems
Information systems technology; computer literacy; programming languages; database management systems; decision support systems; management information systems; the application of object-oriented technology to the solution of business and education problems
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7375
E-mail: sklein@ramapo.edu
Kumar, Amruth
Ph.D. - Professor of Computer Science
Board Member: Consortium for Computing in Small Colleges: Eastern/Northeastern Regions
National Science Foundation Grant: 2000
Artificial intelligence; computer science education; intelligent tutoring systems
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7712
E-mail: amruth@ramapo.edu
Miller, Victor
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Computer Science and Math
Software methodology; database design; communication programming
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7648
E-mail: vmiller@ramapo.edu
Sherman, Cherie Ann
J.D., M.B.A. - Professor of Information Systems
Patent law; computers and the law
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7397
E-mail: csherman@ramapo.edu
Shiffman, Mary
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Math
Math and computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7704
E-mail: shiffman@ramapo.edu
Shine, Robert
Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Organic chemistry; computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7719
E-mail: bshine@ramapo.edu
Vengerov, Alexander
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Information Systems
Electronic business and commerce; intelligent systems; decision theory and knowledge management; programming; complex systems analysis and design; information systems; socio-economic systems
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7345
E-mail: alborven@hotmail.com
ECONOMICS
Gonpu, George
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Economics
Monetary economics; economic development in Third World countries, specifically West African nations; monetary policy in the United States
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7391
E-mail: ggonpu@ramapo.edu
Hayes, Wayne
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning
Urban and regional economics; sociology; systems analysis; planning theory
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7751
E-mail: whayes@ramapo.edu
Hecht, Jason
Ph.D. - Professor of Finance
Finance and financial markets; the insurance industry, especially auto insurance/auto insurance industry; banks and the banking industry; financial and economic forecasting; current economic issues; economic history and the history of economic ideas
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7037
E-mail: jhecht@ramapo.edu
Hutchins, Teresa
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Economics
American economic history; international economics; microeconomics
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7371
E-mail: thutchin@ramapo.edu
McLewin, Philip
Ph.D. - Professor of Economics
Macroeconomics; unemployment; price inflation; labor and trade union issues
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7630
E-mail: pmclewin@ramapo.edu
Yaghmaian, Behzad
Ph.D. - Professor of Economics
International development; political economics of globalization; Third World studies; economics of the Middle East
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7576
E-mail: byaghmai@ramapo.edu
EDUCATION (SEE ALSO ‘TEACHER EDUCATION’)
Bowman, Carol Bonilla
Ed.D. - Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Elementary education; assessment; portfolios; the achievement gap; bilingual education; content standards; multiculturalism; diversity
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7764
E-mail: cbowman@ramapo.edu
Frishberg, Carol
Ph.D. - Professor of Chemistry
Director, College Bound/ROOTS
Director, Upward Bound/Math and Science Center
Chemistry; pre-college programs for disadvantaged youth
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7705
E-mail: cfrishbe@ramapo.edu
Gorewitz, Shalom
M.F.A. - Professor of Communications/Media
Video and computer artist
Development of new technologies in teaching; computer art/graphics
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7150
E-mail: sgorewit@ramapo.edu
Kaiden, Ellen
Ed.D. - Professor of Reading and Education
Reading; teacher education
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7556
E-mail: ekaiden@ramapo.edu
Kassem, Cherrie L.
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Education
Learning and cognition; general pedagogy; assessment
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7794
E-mail: ckassem@ramapo.edu
Shapiro-Skrobe, Frances
Ph.D. - Professor of English
Teaching English to speakers of other languages; teacher education;
college writing and English language development; applied linguistics
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7282
E-mail: fskrobe@ramapo.edu
Starke, Mary
Ph.D. - Professor of Clinical Psychology
Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Author of Strategies for College Success, third edition,
(Prentice Hall, 1997)
Behavior therapy; college success
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7623
E-mail: mstarke@ramapo.edu
Stein, Jane B.
M.B.A. - Director, Angelica and Russ Berrie Center
for Performing and Visual Arts
Performing arts; arts/educational partnerships; arts in education
Office ext. 7148
E-mail: jstein@ramapo.edu
ELECTRONIC MEDIA (SEE ALSO ‘COMMUNICATION ARTS AND MEDIA’)
Bautis, Marta N.
Assistant Professor of News/Documentary Video
Documentary film and video; Latino images in film and television
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7120
E-mail: mbautis@ramapo.edu
Gorewitz, Shalom
M.F.A. - Professor of Communications/Media
Video and computer artist
Development of new technologies in teaching; computer art/graphics
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7150
E-mail: sgorewit@ramapo.edu
Lipkin, Jonathan
M.F.A. - Associate Professor of New Media Design
Co-author (with Charles H. Traub) of In The Realm of the Circuit
(2003)
Multimedia issues; visual arts; new media
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7056
E-mail: jlipkin@ramapo.edu
Perry, André
M.A. - Associate Professor of Communications
Media, society and sports; radio and television history; the music industry; minorities in the media; media and religion; global media comparisons; media history
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7573
E-mail: aperry@ramapo.edu
Sunshine, Kathleen
Ph.D. - Professor of Communications and Literature
Woodrow Wilson Fellow; Harvard Fellow
Global media; media ownership; media and society; impact of the media on globalization; media in the developing world; political implications of media; adaptation of fiction to film
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7480
E-mail: ksunshin@ramapo.edu
ENGLISH (SEE ALSO ‘LITERATURE’)
Ard, Patricia
J.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of English
19th century American literature; New Jersey Jewish life; the New Jersey shore
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7280
E-mail: pard@ramapo.edu
Fowler, Kathleen
Ph.D. - Professor of English
English literature; women’s studies; writing skills; science fiction; women writers; multicultural literature; social thought
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7565
E-mail: kfowler@ramapo.edu
Fucci, Donald
Ed.D. - Professor of Literature
The writing process; the role of writing in education; modern American drama; early British literature
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7555 E-mail: dfucci@ramapo.edu
Scheckner, Peter
Ph.D. - Professor of English
English; writing skills; literature
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7566 E-mail: pscheckn@ramapo.edu
Shapiro-Skrobe, Frances
Ph.D. - Professor of English
Teaching English to speakers of other languages; teacher education; college writing and English language development; applied linguistics
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7282 E-mail: fskrobe@ramapo.edu
Williams, Lisa
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of English
Writing pedagogy; women’s studies; modernism; 20th century writers; American and British literature
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7278 E-mail: liwillia@ramapo.edu
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Edelstein, Michael
Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology
Environmental studies; environmental literacy
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7745 E-mail: medelste@ramapo.edu
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Horowitz, Howard
Ph.D. - Professor of Geography
Director, Field Study Program to the American West
Co-Director, Institute for Environmental Studies
Co-Coordinator, Ramapo River Watershed Conference
The use and misuse of pesticides; reforestation; poetry of place
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7739 E-mail: hhorowit@ramapo.edu
Karlin, Eric
Ph.D. - Professor of Plant Ecology
Dean, School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Peatland ecology; ecology and taxonomy of sphagnum
Office ext. 7743 E-mail: ekarlin@ramapo.edu
Lowell, Richard
Ed.D. - Associate Professor of Biology
Director, Study Abroad Program to Costa Rica and Central America
Nutrition; rain forest/tropical ecology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7741 E-mail: rlowell@ramapo.edu
Makofske, William
Ph.D. - Professor of Physics
Energy technology and policy; energy efficient design; radiation and radioactivity; global climate change
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7752 E-mail: bmakofsk@ramapo.edu
Schroyer, Trent
Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology
Co-Director, Institute for Environmental Studies
Sociologist; philosopher
Cultural studies of science; critical, social, and economical philosophy; international and transnational organizations (focus on sustainable development)
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7740 E-mail: tschroye@ramapo.edu
FILM/VIDEO
Bautis, Marta N.
Assistant Professor of News/Documentary Video
Documentary film and video; Latino images in film and television
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7120 E-mail: mbautis@ramapo.edu
Budin, Rachel
M.F.A. - Assistant Professor of Theater
Theater; film; TV lighting design
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7353 E-mail: rbudin@ramapo.edu
Gorewitz, Shalom
M.F.A. - Professor of Communications/Media
Video and computer artist
Development of new technologies in teaching; computer art/graphics
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7150 E-mail: sgorewit@ramapo.edu
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
D’Angelo, Rosetta
Ph.D. - Professor of Italian Studies and Literature
Italian literature; history of American and international studies
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7408 E-mail: rdangelo@ramapo.edu
Fabre, Niza
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Spanish
Spanish-American literature from the colonial period to the contemporary; Spanish/European literature from the medieval period to the early 20th century
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7262 E-mail: nfabre@ramapo.edu
Flenga, Vassiliki
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of French
French literature; French literary theory; French culture, civilization, and theater
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7417 E-mail: vflenga@ramapo.edu
GEOGRAPHY
Horowitz, Howard
Ph.D. - Professor of Geography
Director, Field Study Program to the American West
Co-Director, Institute for Environmental Studies
Co-Coordinator, Ramapo River Watershed Conference
The use and misuse of pesticides; reforestation; poetry of place
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7739 E-mail: hhorowit@ramapo.edu
HISTORY
Carreras, Charles
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History and Latin American Studies
Author of U.S. Economic Penetration of Venezuela and its Effects on Diplomacy (Garland Publishers, 1987) and Los Estados Unidos y el Mercado Comun Centroamericano (Central American Bank for Economic Integration), 2003
Latin American history and politics; Mexico and Central America; NAFTA; U.S./Latin American relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7429 E-mail: ccarrera@ramapo.edu
Cassidy, John Robert
Ph.D. - Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy; ancient and medieval legal history; humanities
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7427 E-mail: jcassidy@ramapo.edu
Davis, Henry Vance
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
Dean, School of Social Science and Human Services
African-American history
Office ext. 7798 E-mail: hdavis@ramapo.edu
Elovitz, Paul
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of International Relations
Editor, Clio’s Psyche; historian; psychohistorian; founder and director, the Psychohistory Forum; co-chair of its research group on the childhood personalities and psychology of presidential candidates and contemporary presidents
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7415 E-mail: pelovitz@ramapo.edu
Heed, Thomas
Ed.D. - Associate Professor of Social Studies and American History
American history; life of Harry S. Truman
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7419 E-mail: theed@ramapo.edu
Langer, Bernard
J.D., Ph.D. - Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science
History of scientific ideas; philosophy of science; science in the humanities; law and science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7716 E-mail: blanger@ramapo.edu
Meyer, Carter Jones
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
Co-author (with Diana Royer) of Selling the Indian: Commercializing and Appropriating American Indian Cultures (University of Arizona Press, 2001)
Late 19th and early 20th century American history; Native Americans; the American West
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7029 E-mail: cmeyer@ramapo.edu
Mustafa, Sam
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History
Author of Merchants and Migrations: Germans and Americans in Connection, 1776-1835 (London: Ashgate Press, 2001)
U.S.-European relations; U.S.-Middle Eastern relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7264 E-mail: smustafa@ramapo.edu
Rice, Stephen
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of American Studies
U.S. cultural and intellectual history (19th century); labor history; history of technology
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7486 E-mail: srice@ramapo.edu
Ross, Ellen
Ph.D. - Professor of History and Women’s Studies
European history (19th and 20th centuries) including current history; women’s studies; motherhood, the family, and working families
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7641 E-mail: eross@ramapo.edu
Spar, Ira
Ph.D. - Professor of History and Ancient Studies
Research Assyriologist at The Metropolitan Musuem of Art.
Co-author (with Eva von Dassow) of Cuneiform Texts in The Metropolitan Musuem of Art: Private Achive Texts from the First Millennium B.C.
Assyriology; archaeology of the Bible and ancient Near East; Biblical, Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman civilizations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7420 E-mail: ispar@ramapo.edu
Urbiel, Alexander
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History
Modern United States social history; history of education; history of childhood and youth
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7633 E-mail: aurbiel@ramapo.edu
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
Carreras, Charles
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History and Latin American Studies
Author of U.S. Economic Penetration of Venezuela and its Effects on Diplomacy (Garland Publishers, 1987) and Los Estados Unidos y el Mercado Comun Centroamericano (Central American Bank for Economic Integration, 2003)
Latin American history and politics; Mexico and Central America; NAFTA; U.S./Latin American relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7429 E-mail: ccarrera@ramapo.edu
Frech, William
Ph.D. - Professor of International Business
Director, Study Abroad Program to Prague and China
Fulbright Scholar
Risk management in the Balkans
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7344 E-mail: wfrech@ramapo.edu
Haye, Eric
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Finance
Corporate governance and control; commercial banking; financial institutions; corporate finance; international finance
School of Administration and Business
Office ext. 7347 E-mail: ehaye@ramapo.edu
Hutchins, Teresa
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Economics
American economic history; international economics; microeconomics
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7371 E-mail: thutchin@ramapo.edu
Yaghmaian, Behzad
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Economics
International development; political economics of globalization; Third World studies; economics of the Middle East
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7576 E-mail: byaghmai@ramapo.edu
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (SEE ALSO ‘LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES’)
Carreras, Charles
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History and Latin American Studies
Author of U.S. Economic Penetration of Venezuela and its Effects on Diplomacy (Garland Publishers, 1987) and Los Estados Unidos y el Mercado Comun Centroamericano (Central American Bank for Economic Integration, 2003)
Latin American history and politics; Mexico and Central America; NAFTA; U.S./Latin American relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7429 E-mail: ccarrera@ramapo.edu
Hayashida, Ronald
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Russia and the former Soviet states; China; Japan and the Pacific Island nations, particularly Papua New Guinea (PNG)
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7422 E-mail: rhayashi@ramapo.edu
Mustafa, Sam
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History
Author of Merchants and Migrations: Germans and Americans
in Connection, 1776-1835 (London: Ashgate Press, 2001)
U.S.-European relations; U.S.-Middle Eastern relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7264 E-mail: smustafa@ramapo.edu
Peterson, Clifford
Ph.D. - Professor of International Politics
Co-director: China Study Abroad Program
International education; international relations; United Nations; U.S. foreign policy; U.S.-China relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7421 E-mail: cpeterso@ramapo.edu
Pfeiffer, William Sanborn
Ph.D. - Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
Author of Technical Writing: A Practical Approach, 5th edition (Prentice Hall, 2003); Pocket Guide to Public Speaking (Prentice Hall, 2002); Pocket Guide to Technical Writing, 2nd edition (Prentice Hall, 2001); Co-author (with C.H. Keller, Jr.) of Proposal Writing: The Art of Friendly and Winning Persuasion (Prentice Hall, 2000)
Japanese studies; business and techincal communication
Office ext. 7529 E-mail: pfeiffer@ramapo.edu
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES
Carreras, Charles
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of History and Latin American Studies
Author of U.S. Economic Penetration of Venezuela and its Effects on Diplomacy (Garland Publishers, 1987) and Los Estados Unidos y el Mercado Comun Centroamericano (Central American Bank for Economic Integration, 2003)
Latin American history and politics; Mexico and Central America; NAFTA; U.S./Latin American relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7429 E-mail: ccarrera@ramapo.edu
Fabre, Niza
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Spanish
Spanish literature of the Golden Age: poetry of the Renaissance and Baroque; Latin American literature from Colonial to contemporary
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7262 E-mail: nfabre@ramapo.edu
Frundt, Henry
Ph.D. - Professor of Urban Sociology
Fulbright Scholar, Whitaker Book Prize
Author of Trade Conditions and Labor Rights (University of Florida, 1998)
International development; labor movements; Central America; labor/management relations and codes of conduct
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7583 E-mail: hfrundt@ramapo.edu
Prieto, Yolanda
Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology
Migration; Cuba; Caribbean migration; Cuban women; religion; sociology of community
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7677 E-mail: yprieto@ramapo.edu
LAW
Howenstein, Mark
J.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Law and Society
Director, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program
Philosophy of law; history of law; law and social change
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7273 E-mail: mhowenst@ramapo.edu
LaManna, Anthony
J.D., M.B.A. - Professor of Business Administration and Law
Alternative dispute resolution; arbitration; law; finance; securities; statistics
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7387 E-mail: alamanna@ramapo.edu
Scura, John
J.D. - Associate Professor of Business Administration and Law
Board certified in business bankruptcy law
Accounting; business law; business administration
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7386 E-mail: jscura@ramapo.edu
Sherman, Cherie Ann
J.D., M.B.A. - Professor of Information Systems
Patent law; computers and the law
Anisfield School of Business
Office ext. 7397 E-mail: csherman@ramapo.edu
Weiss, Jillian Todd
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Law and Society
Employment discrimination and civil rights; human resources diversity policy; sociology of sex and gender
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7197
E-mail: jweiss@ramapo.edu
LIBRARY/RESEARCH
Jeney, Judith
MLS, ACLS - College Librarian/Dean
Information literacy and library administration
George T. Potter Library
Office ext: 7569
E-mail: jjeney@ramapo.edu
Kurzmann, Susan B.
M.L.S. - Reference Librarian
Library reference; Judaica
George T. Potter Library
Office ext. 7199 E-mail: skurzman@ramapo.edu
LITERATURE
Ard, Patricia
J.D., Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Literature
19th century American literature; New Jersey Jewish life; the New Jersey shore
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7280 E-mail: pard@ramapo.edu
D’Angelo, Rosetta
Ph.D. - Professor of Italian Studies and Literature
Italian literature; history of American and international studies
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7408 E-mail: rdangelo@ramapo.edu
Fabre, Niza
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Spanish
Spanish literature of the Golden Age: poetry of the Renaissance and Baroque; Latin American literature from Colonial to contemporary
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7262 E-mail: nfabre@ramapo.edu
Flenga, Vassiliki
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of French
French literature; French literary theory; French culture, civilization, and theater
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7417 E-mail: vflenga@ramapo.edu
Fowler, Kathleen
Ph.D. - Professor of English
English literature; women’s studies; writing skills; science fiction; women writers; multicultural literature; social thought
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7565 E-mail: kfowler@ramapo.edu
Giacoppe, Monika
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Comparative World Literature
Contemporary women’s literature; inter-American literature; Francophone literature
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7750 E-mail: giacoppe@ramapo.edu
Johnson, Joseph
M.A. - Associate Professor of Literature
American literature; African history
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7411 E-mail: jjohnson@ramapo.edu
Padovano, Anthony
Ph.D., S.T.D. - Professor of Literature
American literature; religious studies; theology
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7430 E-mail: apadovan@ramapo.edu
Scheckner, Peter
Ph.D. - Professor of English
English; writing skills; literature
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7566 E-mail: pscheckn@ramapo.edu
Shannon, Edward A.
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of American Literature
Author of The Prentice Hall Pocket Guide to Writing About Literature
American literature; American popular culture (comic books and strips); Woody Guthrie
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7425 E-mail: eshannon@ramapo.edu
Williams, Lisa
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Literature
Author of The Artist as Outsider in the Novels of Toni Morrison and Virginia Woolf (Greenwood Press, 2000)
Women’s studies; American and British literature in the 20th century; composition
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7278 E-mail: liwillia@ramapo.edu
MATHEMATICS
Berger, Marion
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science
Complex variables in mathematics; computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7711 E-mail: mberger@ramapo.edu
D’Antonio, Lawrence
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Mathematics
Statistics; history of mathematics; object oriented programming; computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7714 E-mail: ldant@ramapo.edu
Goldberg-Rugalev, Maxim
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Mathematics
National Science Foundation grant: “Mathematical Tools for Non-invasive Spectroscopic Monitoring of Blood Chemistry”
Audio denoising; signal processing; harmonic analysis
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7718 E-mail: mgoldber@ramapo.edu
Potocka, Katarzyna
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., The College of New Jersey;
M.S., Lehigh University
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 6218 E-mail: kpotocka@ramapo.edu
Shiffman, Mary
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Math
Math and computer science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7704 E-mail: shiffman@ramapo.edu
Viglino, Giovanni
Ph.D. - Professor of Math and Computer Science
Topology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7631 E-mail: gviglino@ramapo.edu
MUSIC
Brandon, Mack
M.A.T. - Assistant Professor of Music/MIDI
Music theory and performance
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7653 E-mail: mbrandon@ramapo.edu
Fikentscher, Kai
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
Author of You Better Work! Underground Dance Music in New York City (Wesleyan University Press, 2000)
African-American music and culture; popular music and culture;
DJ culture; jazz; house music; electric guitar
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7594 E-mail: kfikents@ramapo.edu
Johnson, Roger O.
M.M. - Professor of Music
College-level music curriculum; contemporary music; mass media (recording, technology, and popular music)
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7598 E-mail: rojohnso@ramapo.edu
Jones, Arnold
M.A. - Associate Professor of Music
Music theroy; sociological implications in African-American music history
School of Contemporary Arts
Office ext. 7356 E-mail: aljones@ramapo.edu
PHILOSOPHY
Cassidy, John Robert
Ph.D. - Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy; ancient and medieval legal history; humanities
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7427 E-mail: jcassidy@ramapo.edu
Langer, Bernard
J.D., Ph.D. - Professor of the History/Philosophy of Science
History of scientific ideas; philosophy of science; science in the humanities; law and science
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7716 E-mail: blanger@ramapo.edu
Schroyer, Trent
Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology
Director, Institute for Environmental Studies
Sociologist; philosopher
Cultural studies of science; critical, social, and economical philosophy; international and transnational organizations (focus on sustainable development)
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7740 E-mail: tschroye@ramapo.edu
PHYSICS
Anderson, Philip
Ph.D. - Professor of Physics
Physics; electronics; invention; new product development
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7643 E-mail: panderso@ramapo.edu
Buna, Daniela
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Physics
Diagnostic imaging for radiology
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7124 E-mail: dabuna@aol.com
Makofske, William
Ph.D. - Professor of Physics
Energy technology and policy; energy efficient design; radiation and radioactivity; global climate change
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7752 E-mail: bmakofsk@ramapo.edu
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Arianas, Stephen
Ph.D. - Professor of Political Science
Domestic politics (emphasis on presidential and judicial politics)
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7261 E-mail: sarianas@ramapo.edu
Fluhr, Michael
M.A. - Associate Professor of Politics/Social Process
Political science
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7414 E-mail: mfluhr@ramapo.edu
Gong, Ting
Ph.D. - Professor of Political Science
Comparative politics; East Asia studies; contemporary China
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7426 E-mail: tgong@yahoo.com
Hayashida, Ronald
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Russia and the former Soviet states; China; Japan and the Pacific Island nations, particularly Papua New Guinea (PNG)
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7422 E-mail: rhayashi@ramapo.edu
Hayes, Wayne
Ph.D. - Associate Professor for City and Regional Planning
Economic growth; urban growth; New Jersey politics; sustainability
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7751 E-mail: whayes@ramapo.edu
Mazza, Jennefer
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Political Science
Dean, School of American and International Studies
American politics; psychology in politics; political theory
Office ext. 7407 E-mail: jmazza@ramapo.edu
Mustafa, Sam
Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of History
Author of Merchants and Migrations: Germans and Americans in Connection, 1776-1835 (London: Ashgate Press, 2001)
U.S.-European relations; U.S.-Middle Eastern relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7264 E-mail: smustafa@ramapo.edu
Peterson, Clifford
Ph.D. - Professor of International Politics
Co-director: China Study Abroad Program
International education; international relations; United Nations; U.S. foreign policy; U.S.-China relations
School of American and International Studies
Office ext. 7421 E-mail: cpeterso@ramapo.edu
PSYCHOLOGY
Bear, Gordon
Ph.D. - Professor of Social Psychology
Social behavior; statistics
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7754 E-mail: gbear@ramapo.edu
Becklen, Robert
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Psychology
Cognition (memory, thinking, attention); perception (vision, color, depth, form); experimental research; statistics; technology and Web development
School of Social Science and Human Services
Office ext. 7624 E-mail: rbecklen@ramapo.edu
Benedict, Annette
Ph.D. - Associate Professor of Social Psychology
Social psychologist
Psychology and biology of aging
School of Theoretical and Applied Science
Office ext. 7726 E-mail: abenedic@ramapo.edu
Greene, David
Ph.D. - Professor of Psychology
Psychology of gender and men; urban psychology
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