The Faculty in the School of Education 

Amy Ackerman (2007), Associate Professor of Instructional Technology; Ph.D., Florida State University; M.Ed., Temple University; B.A., The College of New Jersey: Instructional design processes, preservice/in-service teacher education, evaluation of training, project management, human performance improvement, social media, online learning, and digital culture. 

Joe Bertolino (2025), President, Professor of Education; Ed.D, Columbia University Teachers College, Rutgers University, University of Scranton:  organizational leadership, higher education administration, social work, social justice, service learning/experiential education.

Norma Boakes (2002), Professor of Education; Ed.D., Temple University; B.A., M.A., Rowan University: Mathematics Education, mathematics across the curriculum, curriculum development, instructional technology, origami mathematics.

Ronald A. Caro (2006), Assistant Professor of Education & Human Development; Ed.D., Pepperdine University; M.S., National University; B.A., Queens College: equity and social justice in education, school reform, veterans in higher education, service learning, project-based learning, educational technology, communities of practice, knowledge management.

Darrell Cleveland (2007), Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.S., Ed., Saint Joseph’s University; B.A., Temple University: foundations of education, elementary education.

Jordan Corson (2020), Associate Professor of Education; Ed.D., Columbia University, New York; B.A., M.A., Columbia University: curriculum theory & development, multicultural education/social justice, critical theories, anthropology of education, international education; immigration studies.

Stacey Culleny (2016), Assistant Professor of Education; Ed.D., Northcentral University; M.A., Marygrove College; B.A., The College of New Jersey: curriculum and instruction, mathematics education, teacher evaluation and curriculum development.

Susan Cydis (2011), Professor of Education; Ed.D., Widener University; B.A., M.A., Rowan University: literacy education, elementary education, authentic instruction and assessment, competency-based educational practices.

Joseph V. Giunta (2024), Visiting Assistant Professor of Education & Human Development; M.A., New York University; B.A., Queens College: childhood studies, research methodology, critical media pedagogy, television and film, children’s media.

Sonia V. Gonsalves (1990), Professor Emerita of Psychology and Board of Trustees Member; Ph.D., M.Ed., Temple University; Diploma in Education, B.A. (honors) Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica: qualitative and quantitative research, educational psychology, educational research, statistical methods, experimental psychology, advanced statistics.

Dana Grasso (2022), Teaching Specialist of Special Education M.Ed., Wilmington University; B.A., Neumann University: inclusive education, disability rights advocacy, accessibility in education and beyond, service-learning, caregiving rights and perspectives. 

Priti Haria (2012), Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of Delaware; M.S., Lehigh University; M.S., University of Scranton; B.Comm, University of Bombay: vocabulary instruction, genre-specific reading comprehension strategy for struggling learners within the context of argumentative genre, interdisciplinary collaborative approach to support reading skills.

Douglas Harvey (1999), Associate Professor of Instructional Technology; D.Ed., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science; B.A., Eastern College: learning and academic technology, preparing in-service and pre-service teachers for technology integration, online learning, distance education.

Amanda Jones-Layman (2025), Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership; Ph.D., M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania, M.A.T., Empire State College, M.F.A., University of Florida, B.A., Florida State University: institutional change, organizational change; asset building programs, teacher professionalization, school reform, philanthropy, politics of education, and qualitative methods.

Claudine Keenan (2006), Professor of Instructional Technology; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., California State University, Northridge; B.A., Adelphi University: outcomes assessment, educational policy and leadership, research design and methods, measurement and statistics, instructional technology, distance education, curriculum, and instruction.

Harvey Kesselman (1980), President Emeritus, Professor of Education; Ed.D., Widener University, M.A., Rowan University; B.A., Stockton University: higher education administration, K-12 education administration, supervision, mathematics, social studies. 

Kimberly Lebak (2005), Professor of Education; Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.S., M.A., The College of New Jersey: pedagogy, curriculum development, teacher effectiveness, reflective practitioner development.

Jung Lee (1999), Professor of Instructional Technology; Ph.D., University of Wyoming; M.A., College of Mount Saint Joseph; B.A., M.A., Sang-Myung University, Seoul: adult learning and technology, multimedia/hypermedia interface design, human factors in computer/Web-based instruction, visual literacy.

Joseph J. Marchetti (1985), Professor Emeritus of Education; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., M.S., Wilkes College: educational research, educational leadership, organizational leadership, curriculum, and instruction.

Meredith Massey (2022), Teaching Specialist; M.S.T., Rowan University; B.S., SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry: inclusion, teacher education, scientific inquiry, instructional technology.

Karen McLaughlin (2024), Assistant Professor of Education; Ed.D., Indiana University; M.S.Ed., Saint Joseph’s University; B.S.Ed., University of Delaware: literacy/reading education, TPACK, multimodal text sets, curriculum design and instruction, engagement/active learning strategies .

Erin O’Hanlon (2024), Teaching Specialist in Education & Human Development; Ed.D., M.A., B.A. Stockton University, Communications: pedagogy of experiential learning, high impact practices, community and civic engagement, place-based learning. 

John Quinn (1990), Associate Professor of Education; Ed.D., Pepperdine University; M.A., Rowan University; B.S., The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey: mathematics education, mathematics across the curriculum, school reform, distributed education, curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, technology in education, developmental education, interdisciplinary quantitative reasoning, effects of standards-based instruction.

Lois Spitzer (2008), Associate Professor Emerita of Education; Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Rhode Island College, B.A., California State University, Fullerton: English as a second language, bilingual/bicultural education, linguistics, multicultural education, intercultural communication, and internationalization/globalization.

Sequetta F. Sweet (2018), Assistant Professor of Organizational Leadership; Ed.D., M.S., St. John Fisher College; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: leadership, self-leadership, organizational leadership, organizational culture, organizational change, organizational development,  transformational leadership, human resource, talent development, performance management, employee development, course development, professional development, training and development, self-development, project management, coaching/mentoring, classroom learning technologies.

Jennifer Tartaro (2024), Teaching Specialist in Education & Human Development and Gerontology Minor; Stockton University: M.S. in Occupational Therapy; Chestnut Hill College: M.S., B.S. 

Ron Tinsley (2004), Associate Professor of Education; Ed.D., M.S., Texas A & M University; B.A., Southern Methodist University: Philosophy of education, history and evolution of schooling practices, theories of human learning and development.

Chelsea Tracy-Bronson (2014), Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., Syracuse University; C.A.S., Syracuse University; M.A., Columbia University; B.S., Syracuse University: inclusive special education service delivery, practices, school reform and district-level leadership; curriculum, teaching, assessment K-12.

Dan Tulino (2020), Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., Rowan University; M.A., M.F.A., William Paterson University: equity in schools, developing mutualistic partnerships with schools/communities, development of critical consciousness in educators situated within a framework of sociopolitical development.

Meg White (2013), Professor of Education. Ed.D., Northcentral University; M.A., San Jose State University; B.A., Marymount University: teacher education, literacy development, urban education, including training effective urban educators.