School of Education Faculty & Staff
Interim Dean | Dr. Michael Wischnowski
Associate Dean | Dr. Whitney Rapp
Chair of Undergraduate Programs in Inclusive Education | Dr. James Schwartz
Program Director, M.S. Special Education | Dr. Susan M. Schultz
Program Director, M.S. Literacy Education | Dr. Kathy Broikou
Program Directors, M.S. Educational Leadership | Dr. Diane Reed & Dr. William Stroud
Program Director, Ed.D. Executive Leadership | Dr. Jeannine Dingus-Eason
Kristin Anderson
Title: Assistant Director of Assessment, Planning, and Institutional Research
Phone: (585) 385-5267
Email: kanderson@sjfc.edu
Education: M.B.A., St. John Fisher College
M.Ed., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
B.A., St. John Fisher College
Dr. Katrina Arndt
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 109
Phone: (585) 385-7215
Email: karndt@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University
M.A., University of Minnesota
B.A., Grinnell College
Eileen Atwell
Title: Senior Administrative Assistant to the Associate Dean
Phone: (585) 899-3813
Email: eatwell@sjfc.edu
Education: B.A., State University of New York at Brockport
Allison Bosworth
Title: Director of PDS and Student Teaching
Phone: (585) 385-5220
Email: abosworth@sjfc.edu
Education: B.S., University of Michigan
Dr. Kathy Broikou
Title: Associate Professor and Program Director, M.S. Literacy Education
Office: RCW 205E
Phone: (585) 385-8112
Email: kbroikou@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
B.S., Nazareth College
Betsy Christiansen
Title: Program Coordinator for the Ed.D. Program in Executive Leadership
Phone: (585) 899-3852
Email: echristiansen@sjfc.edu
Education: Certificate in Technical Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology
B.A. Journalism, St. Bonaventure University
Sharon R. Christman
Title: Visiting Instructor of Education
Office: RCW 216
Phone: (585) 385-7295
Email: schristman@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S., Nazareth College
B.A., State University of New York at Brockport
Dr. Marie Cianca
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: Alesi 106B
Phone: (585) 899-3878
Email: mcianca@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D., University of Rochester
B.S., M.S., SUNY Brockport
Shannon Cleverley-Thompson
Title: Director of Program Development, External Partnerships, and Extension Sites
Office: Alesi
Phone: (585) 385-5227
Email: scleverley-thompson@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D., St. John Fisher College
M.S.Ed., University of Kansas
B.A., Washburn University
Mary S. Collins, PhD, RN, FAAN
Title: Glover-Crask Professor of Nursing and DNP Track Coordinator
Phone: (585) 385-8397
Email: mscollins@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University, School of Education, Higher Education Administration
M.S., Syracuse University, School of Nursing, Major in Community Health Nursing and functional role of Nursing Education
B.S., Keuka College
Dr. Jeannine Dingus-Eason
Title: Associate Professor and Interim Program Director, Ed.D. in Executive Leadership
Office: Alesi 106E
Phone: (585) 385-8002
Email: jdingus@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Washington
B.A., M.S., University of Rochester
Dr. Claudia Edwards
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: The College of New Rochelle
Phone: (914) 654-5379
Email: cledwards@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., Fordham University
M.S., New York University
B.A., SUNY Purchase
A.A., Bronx Community College
Dr. Michelle Erklenz-Watts
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 212
Phone: (585) 385-8404
Email: merklenz-watts@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Rochester
B.A., M.S., Nazareth College
Dr. Lucia Guarino
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 110
Phone: (585) 385-8114
Email: lguarino@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S., Ph.D., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
B.S., University of Arizona
Dr. Susan Hildenbrand
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: RCW 108
Phone: (585) 385-7297
Email: shildenbrand@sjfc.edu
Education: M.Ed., DePaul University
B.A., University of Michigan
Dr. Chinwe Ikpeze
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: RCW 112
Phone: (585) 385-8364
Email: cikpeze@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
M.S., Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
B.A., University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Daniel Kelly
Title: Instructor
Office: RCW 107
Phone: (585) 899-3896
Email: dkelly@sjfc.edu
Education: B.S., M.S.Ed., State University of New York at Geneseo
Dr. Jeffrey Liles
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 210
Phone: (585) 385-5264
Email: jliles@sjfc.edu
Education: M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University
Dr. Joellen Maples
Title: Assistant Professor
Office: RCW 209
Phone: (585) 899-3727
Email: jmaples@sjfc.edu
Education: B.A., M.S., Ed.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Guillermo Montes
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Alesi 106C
Phone: (585) 899-3734
Email: gmontes@sjfc.edu
Education: B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Economics, University of Rochester
Belinda O'Brien
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: RWILSN 205D
Phone: (585) 385-8376
Email: bobrien@sjfc.edu
Education: M.L.S., State University of New York at Geneseo
B.A., State University of New York at Brockport
Jennifer Pluretti
Title: Director of Advisement and Candidate Support
Phone: (585) 385-8439
Email: jpluretti@sjfc.edu
Education: B.S., M.S., State University of New York at Geneseo
Dr. Whitney Rapp
Title: Associate Dean, School of Education; Associate Professor
Office: RCW 205A
Phone: (585) 899-3813
Email: wrapp@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D. Special Education, Michigan State University
M.A. Special Education, Michigan State University
B.A., SUNY Potsdam
Dr. Diane Reed
Title: Associate Professor and Co-Program Director, M.S. Educational Leadership
Office: Alesi 202
Phone: (585) 385-7257
Email: dreed@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D., University of Rochester
M.A., University of Rochester
B.A., Roberts Wesleyan College
Bernard Paul Ricca
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Fay 108
Phone: (585) 899-3866
Email: bricca@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Michigan
M.S., University of Chicago
B.A., B.S., University of Dallas
Allison Rioux
Title: Visiting Instructor, Literacy Education
Office: RCW 216A
Phone: (585) 385-5211
Email: arioux@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S. in Literacy Education, St. John Fisher College
B.S. in Childhood and Special Education, St. John Fisher College
C. Michael Robinson
Title: Site Director, Curriculum, Instruction, and Support Services, Ed.D. Program in Executive Leadership at The College of New Rochelle
Office: The College of New Rochelle
Phone: (914) 654-5338
Email: crobinson@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D., St. John Fisher College; M.S., Florida Atlantic University, B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan
Dr. David Rostetter
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 217
Phone: (585) 385-5246
Email: drostetter@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S., Ed.D., State University of New York at Albany
B.S., State University of New York at Fredonia
Dr. Linda Schlosser
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 213
Phone: (585) 385-7290
Email: lschlosser@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida
M.Ed., University of North Florida
B.A., University of Florida
Dr. Susan M. Schultz
Title: Program Director, M.S. Special Education and Associate Professor
Office: RCW 205B
Phone: (585) 385-7296
Email: sschultz@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D., University of Rochester
B.S., M.S., University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Dr. James Schwartz
Title: Chair of Undergraduate Programs in Inclusive Education; Professor
Office: RCW 211
Phone: (585) 385-7291
Email: jeschwartz@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
M.S., SUNY Geneseo
B.S., SUNY Geneseo
Ruth Seablom
Title: Assistant Director of FEST
Office: RCW 216A
Phone: (585) 385-8278
Email: rseablom@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S. in Education, The College of Saint Rose
B.A. in Communications, SUNY New Paltz
Dr. William Stroud
Title: Assistant Professor and Co-Program Director, M.S. Educational Leadership
Office: Alesi 203
Phone: (585) 385-7258
Email: wstroud@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D. University of Rochester
M.A., University of Rochester
M.S., Nazareth College
B.S., SUNY Buffalo
Dr. Ronald Valenti
Title: Site Director, Recruitment and Enrollment, Ed.D. Program in Executive Leadership at The College of New Rochelle
Office: The College of New Rochelle
Phone: (914) 654-5389
Email: rvalenti@sjfc.edu
Dr. Arthur (Sam) Walton
Title: Professor
Office: Alesi 111
Phone: (585) 899-3852
Email: awalton@sjfc.edu
Education: B.A., M.A., M.S., CAS, Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
Dr. Jerry Willis
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
Office: The College of New Rochelle
Phone: (914) 654-5026
Email: jwillis@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Alabama
B.A., Union University
Dr. Michael Wischnowski
Title: Interim Dean of the School of Education and Associate Professor
Office: RCW205 and Alesi 106D
Phone: (585) 385-7316
Email: mwischnowski@sjfc.edu
Education: Ph.D., University of Illinois
M.S., University of St. Francis
B.S., Eastern Illinois University
Dr. James Wood
Title: Associate Professor
Office: RCW 214
Phone: (585) 385-8478
Email: jwood@sjfc.edu
Education: Ed.D., University of Rochester
M.S., Wheelock College
B.A., MacMurray College
Sharon Yockel
Title: Administration Coordinator, M.S. Program in Educational Leadership
Office: Alesi 111
Phone: (585) 385-7250
Email: syockel@sjfc.edu
Carol Ziegler
Title: Assistant to the Dean of the School of Education
Office: RCW 206
Phone: (585) 385-7316
Email: cziegler@sjfc.edu
Education: M.S., St. John Fisher College
B.A., Medaille College