College of Health Professions Faculty

Administration

Ronald T. Brown, Ph.D., Dean
Donna Weiss, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
Vickie Sierchio, M.S., Director of Human Resources

Communication Sciences

Professor

Reinhardt Heuer, Ph.D., University of Oregon.
Aquiles Iglesias, Ph.D., The University of Iowa.

Associate Professor

Brian Goldstein, Ph.D., Temple University.
Camillia Keach, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts.
Rena Krakow, Ph.D., Assistant Chair, Yale University.
Nadine Martin, Ph.D, Temple University.
Barbara Mastriano, Ph.D., Chair, Temple University.
Brian McHugh, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles.
Gary Milsark, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lorraine H. Russell, Ph.D., The City University of New York.

Assistant Professor

Patricia King, M.A., Temple University.
Doris FallonSnyder, M.A., Temple University.

Health Information Management

Associate Professor

Laurinda B. Harman, Ph.D., Chair, The Fielding Institute.

Assistant Professor

Cathy A. Flite, M.Ed., RHIA, Widener University.
Margaret M. Foley, Ph.D., M.B.A., RHIA, CCS Temple University.
Mary Elizabeth Morton, M.L.I.S., RHIA, Louisiana State University.

Nursing

Professor

Jill B. Derstine, R.N., Ed.D, FAAN, Chair, Temple University.
Nancy Rothman, R.N., Ed.D. Independence Foundation Professor, Temple University.

Associate Professor

Susan B. Dickey, R.N., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Harriet W. Ferguson, R.N., Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University.
Jane Kurz, R.N., Ph.D., University of Delaware.
Bonita R. Silverman, M.S., Thomas Jefferson University.

Assistant Professor

Diane C. Adler, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, FCCM, University Of Pennsylvania.
Pamela Bender, M.S.N., CRNP, Villanova University
Kathleen Black, R.N., DNSc, Widener University
Catherine Curley, R.N., M.S.N., West Chester University
Carol Dakin, R.N., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Patricia Dillon, R.N., D.N.Sc., Widener University.
Elaine Gross, R.N., M.S.N., Villanova University.
Barbara Hughes, R.N., M.S.N., University of Pennsylvania.
Anne-Marie Kiehne, R.N., M.S.N.,Ph.D. Temple University.
Rita J. Lourie, R.N., M.S.N., University of Texas.
Kathleen Mahoney, CRNP, M.S.N., New York University.
Lori Martin-Plank, M.S.P.H., M.S.N., APRN, BC, Villanova University.
Kim Noble, R.N., M.S.N., Widener University.
Ann Pron, R.N., M.S.N., CRNP, University of Pennsylvania
Karen Schaefer, R.N., D.N.Sc., Catholic University.
Karen Walker, RN., Ph.D., Temple University.
Dolores Zygmont, R.N., Ph.D., Temple University.

Instructor

Catherine Curley, R.N., M.S.N., West Chester University.

Public Health

Professor

Thomas F. Gordon, Ph.D., Michigan State University.
Alice Hausman, Ph.D., Chair, SUNY-Binghamton; M.P.H., Harvard University.
Robert Patterson, Sc.D., Harvard University.
Sheryl Ruzek, Ph.D., University of California-Davis; M.P.H., University of California-Berkeley.
Jay Segal, Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Associate Professor

Sarah Bass, Ph.D., Temple University.
Nikki Franke, Ed.D., Temple University.
Clara Haignere, Ph.D., University of Denver; M.P.H., Columbia University; CHES.
Grace Ma, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.
Brenda Seals, Ph.D., University of Iowa.

Assistant Professor

Bradley N. Collins, Ph.D., Binghamton University
Judith E. Gold, Sc.D., University of Massachusetts
Alexandra L. Hanlon, Ph.D., Temple University
Jennifer K. Ibrahim, Ph.D., University of California –Berkeley
Deborah Brooks Nelson, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Therapeutic Recreation

Professor

John Shank, Ed.D., Chair, Boston University; CTRS.

Associate Professor

Rosangela Boyd, Ph.D., Clemson University; CTRS.
Catherine Coyle, Ph.D., Temple University; CTRS.
Barbara Wilhite, Ed.D., University of Georgia, CTRS.

Assistant Professor

Susanne Lesnik-Emas, Ed.D., Temple University, CTRS.
Rhonda Nelson, Ed.M., Temple University, CTRS.

Emeritus Faculty

Professor

Nellie M. Bering
Hyman L. Dervitz
Catherine Dietz
Amy Blatchford Hecht
Helen L. Hopkins
Elaine O. Patrikas
Olive J. Rich
Katherine Shephard
Wanda C. Wilkes
Jean H. Woods
Joan B. Liebler

Associate Professor

Dana G. Close
Elizabeth G. Tiffany

Assistant Professor

Fredra H. Gaines
Charles C. Hampton
Lewis O. Ingersoll
Ruth M. Ingersoll
Dolores S. Patrinos
Carole J. Simon