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| College of Business & Public Affairs -- All Faculty |
Ann Abbott | ||
| Graduate Social Work (2001)
Professor B.S., St. Norbert College M.S.S., Bryn Mawr College Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College Professor Abbott's interests include values and ethics, professional socialization, substance abuse, mental health. |  | |
Thomas Andrews | ||
| Economics and Finance (1997)
Associate Professor B.S., West Chester University M.A., Temple University Ph.D., Temple University Dr. Andrews is an associate professor in the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University. Dr. Andrews earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Temple University in 1996. Dr. Andrews has written articles on environmental economics, the teaching of economics, and the determinants of price in eBay auctions. He has been published in the Pennsylvania Economic Review, Atlantic Economic Journal, Perspectives in Economic Education Research and Journal of Economic Education. | ||
Paul M. Arsenault | ||
| Marketing (1998)
Assistant Professor M.S., Marietta College M.B.A., Wake Forest University Ph.D., Temple University Chairperson | ||
Nadine M. Bean | ||
| Graduate Social Work (1998)
Assistant Professor B.A., Case Western Reserve University M.S.S.A., Case Western Reserve University Ph.D, Case Western Reserve University Professor Bean's interests include child and family development, child welfare, grandparents and kinship care. |  | |
Michele Belliveau | ||
| Social Work (2006)
Assistant Professor B.A., Earlham College M.S.W., Columbia University School of Social Work Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Professor Belliveau’s background is in social work with individuals, families, and groups in diverse, community-based mental health settings. Her interests include the experiences of Latino immigrant families with the U.S. social welfare system, policy practice, and the development of students’ bilingual and bicultural social work competence. |  | |
Cynthia D. Benzing | ||
| Economics and Finance (1988)
Professor B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.B.A., Drexel University Ph.D., Drexel University Chairperson Dr. Benzing is a professor and the Chairperson of the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University. She earned her Ph.D. in Business from Drexel University in 1987 and her CFA in 1992. Dr. Benzing has written extensively on inflation, merger activity in the U.S., the teaching of economics, and international finance. She has been published in the Review of Industrial Organization, Journal of Economic Education, Eastern Economic Journal, Atlantic Economic Journal, Pennsylvania Economic Review, Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, and Journal of Small Business Management. | ||
R. Lorraine Bernotsky | ||
| Political Science (1996)
Professor B.A., Messiah College M.A., Temple University D.Phil., University of Oxford | ||
Mary P. Brewster | ||
| Criminal Justice (1993)
Professor B.A., St. Joseph's College M.A., Fordham University Ph.D., Rutgers University Dr. Brewster teaches undergraduate and graduate research methods, criminology courses, victimology and violent crime. She was awarded a National Institute of Justice research grant to study stalking, and has become a national expert on the subject. She is widely published and shares her research at professional conferences. Dr. Brewster is the department's graduate coordinator. | ||
Page Buck | ||
| Graduate Social Work (2007)
Assistant Professor B.A., Middlebury College M.S.S., Bryn Mawr College Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College Ms. Buck's work focuses on the impact of policy, communities and parenting on developmental outcomes. Her dissertation, underway at the Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, is titled "Growing up in the Ownership Society: Exploring Relationships between Housing Tenure and Adolescent Self-Perceptions". Her work has been published in Social Service Review, Sociological Quarterly and Housing Studies. In addition to scholarly research, Ms. Buck has been involved in community-based participatory research with human service organizations in Norristown, Pa. |  | |
Gerard A. Callanan | ||
| Management (2001)
Professor B.B.A., Temple University M.B.A, LaSalle University Ph.D., Drexel University |  | |
A. J. Cataldo II | ||
| Accounting (2007)
Professor B.S., University of Arizona M.Ac., University of Arizona Ph.D., Virginia Tech University C.P.A., State of Arizona C.M.A., A.J. Cataldo has worked in public accounting, as a government auditor, controller, and provided expert testimony in business litigation engagements. His publications include 3 Elsevier Science monographs and his articles have appeared in Journal of Accountancy, National Tax Journal, Research in Accounting Regulation, Journal of Forensic Accounting, Accounting Historians Journal, and many others. He has also published in and served on editorial review boards for Institute of Management Accounting association journals, including Management Accounting, Strategic Finance, and Management Accounting Quarterly, since January 1990. | ||
Walter Chandler | ||
| Management (1996)
Assistant Professor B.S., Drexel University M.B.A., Drexel University | ||
Paul F. Christ | ||
| Marketing (1994)
Associate Professor B.B.A., Temple University M.B.A., Temple University Ph.D., Drexel University |  | |
Hung M. Chu | ||
| Management (1976)
Professor B.S., St. Josephs College (Ind.) M.B.A., Northern Illinois University Ph.D, Louisiana State University |  | |
Simon Condliffe | ||
| Economics and Finance (2008)
Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Delaware M.S., University of Delaware B.A., University of Humberside, England Dr. Condliffe earned his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Delaware in 2003. He served as an economist for the Center for Applied Demography and Survey Research at the University of Delaware from 1999 to 2008. He conducted research related to health care and economic development for the state of Delaware. Dr. Condliffe has published research on environmental regulation (Journal of Regulatory Economics), health care (American Economic Review), and economic development (Municipal Finance Journal). | ||
Gary Coutu | ||
| Geography and Planning (2005)
Assistant Professor Ph.D., Texas A&M University Dr. Gary Coutu joined West Chester University in August of 2005. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from Texas A&M University in 2001. He brings wide-ranging and extensive experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to West Chester University. Dr. Coutu ran the GIS program and computer laboratory at Temple College in Texas for four years. He also served as a Project Scientist/Senior Systems Analyst at the Blackland Research Center for a number of watershed delineation and hydrological modeling GIS projects. |  | |
Kristen B. Crossney | ||
| Geography and Planning (2008)
Assistant Professor B.S., University of Maryland-Baltimore County M.A., Temple University Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Dr. Kristen B. Crossney has a 2006 Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Urban Studies from Temple University, and a Bachelor of Science in Geography and Environmental Systems from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County. Dr. Crossney’s research encompasses many facets of housing and in particular, spatial patterns of predatory lending and the populations that are most at risk. | ||
Eli DeHope | ||
| Social Work (2001)
Professor B.S.W., Temple University M.Ed., West Chester University M.A., University of Pennsylvania M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Dr. Eli DeHope’s research focus has been on sexual orientation, aging, brain injury and mental health.
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Phillip M. DeMoss | ||
| Economics and Finance (1972)
Professor B.A., Park College M.A., Kansas State University Ph.D., Kansas State University Dr. DeMoss earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Kansas State University. He has been a professor at West Chester University since 1972. His area of research interest is financial aid in higher education. He was recently published in the Journal of Financial Education. | ||
Claire L. Dente | ||
| Social Work (2006)
Assistant Professor B.A., Chestnut Hill College M.S.W., Catholic University of America Ph.D., Temple University Dr. Dente is a licensed clinical social worker in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Dr. Dente’s primary interests include intersecting identities and how these identities impact individuals. Her practice and research focus on diversity, pedagogy, and higher education. She also examines intersecting identities related to religion/spirituality, LGBTQA issues, healthy aging, and disability. |  | |
Kevin G. Dunleavy | ||
| Economics and Finance (1979)
Assistant Professor B.A., University of Delaware Ph.D., Duke University | ||
Linda Ello | ||
| Graduate Social Work (1999)
Assistant Professor B.A., Pennsylvania State University M.S., University of Iowa Ph.D., Rutgers-The State University Professor Ello's interest include child welfare, aging, health/mental health and substance abuse. |  | |
George Fasic | ||
| Geography and Planning (1988)
Assistant Professor B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.S., Columbia University Professor George Fasic received his Master's degree in Planning from Columbia University. Professor Fasic is the former Director of the Chester County Planning Commission with over 30 years of experience in the field of planning. George teaches introductory planning as well as planning design, planning law, and land development control among others. | ||
Kevin E. Flynn | ||
| Accounting (1998)
Assistant Professor B.S., Miami University of Ohio M.S., Drexel University Ph.D., Drexel University C.P.A., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Dr Flynn worked for seven years in public accounting in the Philadelphia offices of Ernst & Young and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Subsequently, Dr .Flynn worked in industry as a financial reporting manager, assistant controller, and controller before entering academia full time in the fall of 1993. At West Chester University, Kevin specializes in teaching individual and business federal income taxation, and governmental and not-for-profit accounting. His research interests involve individual income taxation. |  | |
Joy A. Fritschle | ||
| Geography and Planning (2007)
Assistant Professor B.A., Humboldt State University of California M.S., University of Memphis Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Joy A. Fritschle has a 2007 Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a Master of Science degree in Geography from the University of Memphis, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography from Humboldt State University of California. Dr. Fritschle’s fields of interest include biogeography, historical ecology, ecological restoration, environmental conservation, Geographic Information System (GIS), and feminist science. She uses Public Land Survey records to reconstruct the historical Redwood forests of northern California to see if the current remnant Redwood forests are representative of past forests and can be used as models for redwood forest restoration. | ||
Clyde J. Galbraith | ||
| Accounting (1974)
Assistant Professor B.S., Drexel University M.B.A., Drexel University C.P.A., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Prior to coming to West Chester University, Professor Galbraith worked in public accounting and industry. He teaches intermediate accounting and auditing. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He serves as advisor to the West Chester Accounting Society and the Student Chapter of the National Association of Black Accountants. |  | |
John Gault | ||
| Marketing (1991)
Associate Professor B.S., U.S. Naval Academy M.B.A., University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., Drexel University |  | |
Dorothy Ives Dewey | ||
| Geography and Planning (2005)
Assistant Professor Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Dr. Dorothy (Dottie) Ives Dewey, AICP, who received her Ph.D. in Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997, also joined the faculty full time in the fall of 2005. She has over ten years of experience as a professional planner in the southeast region of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ives Dewey has extensive experience with Municipal Planning, Community and Fiscal Impact Studies, and Land Development Planning. Dottie is active in local, state and national professional planning organizations. |  | |
Mildred C. Joyner | ||
| Social Work (1981)
Professor B.S.W., Central State University M.S.W., Howard University L.C.S.W, Chairperson Professor Joyner’s interests in Social Work include child abuse, gerontology, and diversity issues. Professor Joyner has also served as the department chair for the Undergraduate Social Work Program for over twenty-five years. |  | |
Orhan Kara | ||
| Economics and Finance (2003)
Assistant Professor B.A., University of Ankara M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dr. Kara is an associate professor in the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Ph.D. in Economics of Education from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Kara’s areas of research include the rate of return on education, occupational gender wage discrimination, and international trade flows. His work has been published in the International Review of Applied Economics, International Trade Journal, Journal of Economic Studies and Journal of Small Business Management. | ||
Matin Katirai | ||
| Geography and Planning (2009)
Assistant Professor B.A., York University, Toronto M.P.H., University of Kentucky College of Public Health Ph.D., University of Louisville Dr. Katirai's doctoral studies specialized in urban planning and development and his dissertation examines urban sprawl, equity, and emergency response across the United States. He has also earned a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) application specialist's certificate. Dr. Katirai's teaching interests include GIS; land-use planning; economic, medical, urban, and transportation geography; disaster preparedness and emergency response; environmental and hazard-mitigation planning and policy; and statistics and research methods.
Dr. Katirai's publication credits include co-authoring Malaria Early Warning Systems: Risk Assessment and Vulnerability Mapping for Nigeria for the National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria. |  | |
Barbara A. Kauffman | ||
| Criminal Justice (1987)
Assistant Professor B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.S., University of Pennsylvania J.D., Temple University School of Law Dr. Kauffman is a permanent part-time member of the Criminal Justice faculty. She was in private practice, and worked for the Philadelphia Public Defender Association until 1982. She teaches criminal law and women and crime. Her primary research interests focus on women's issues in law and law enforcement. | ||
John J. Kennedy | ||
| Political Science (2001)
Associate Professor B.S., Kutztown University M.P.A., Kutztown University Ph.D., Temple University | ||
Evan A. Leach | ||
| Management (1993)
Associate Professor B.A., Pennsylvania State University M.A., West Chester University M.A., Yale University Ph.D., Yale University |  | |
Jongdoo Lee | ||
| Economics and Finance (2004)
Assistant Professor MBA, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. in Finance from George Washington University. His area of research is concentrated on how risk is related to futures trading. He was recently published in the Journal of Futures Markets. | ||
James P. Lewandowski | ||
| Geography and Planning (1991)
Associate Professor B.A., University of Toledo M.A., University of Toledo Ph.D., Ohio State University Dr. James Lewandowski joined the department in 1991 as a graduate of Ohio State University's geography program. Jake (as he prefers to be called) is well-published and his research focuses on industrial location change. Jake teaches quantitative methods, business GIS and world geography. Dr. Lewandowski frequently provides GIS and spatial analysis skills to the Center For Social Research. | ||
Huimin Li | ||
| Economics and Finance (2004)
Assistant Professor B.E., Xi'an Jiaotong University (China) M.A., Xi'an Jiaotong University (China) MBA, Drexel University Ph.D., Drexel University Dr. Li is an associate professor in the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University. Dr. Li earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration from Drexel University in 2004. Dr. Li has written articles on financial contagion, inter-linkages among international stock markets and oil markets, and volatility of financial markets. She has been published in the Journal of International Money and Finance, Quantitative Finance, Global Finance Journal, International Review of Financial Analysis, Journal of Economics and Business, Finance Letters, Energy Economics, the North American Journal of Economics and Finance, and Issues in Innovation. | ||
Peter H. Loedel | ||
| Political Science (1996)
Professor B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara Chairperson |  | |
Charles H. McGee | ||
| Management (1987)
Associate Professor B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara M.A., University of Southern California Ph.D., Northwestern University Chairperson, Department of Management |  | |
Randolph T. McVey | ||
| Criminal Justice (1999)
Assistant Professor B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.A., Sam Houston State University Ph.D, Sam Houston State University Prior to coming to West Chester, Dr. McVey worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as Director of Inmate Grievances. He teaches introduction to criminal justice, theories of criminal justice, corrections, research, and contemporary issues in corrections. Dr. McVey speaks frequently at professional conferences, and shares his research in correctional issues. Dr. McVey was born in Santiago, Chile, and speaks Spanish fluently. His current research interest, not surprisingly, is in Chilean crime and corrections. | ||
Duane D. Milne | ||
| Political Science (1999)
Associate Professor B.A., College of William and Mary Ph.D., University of Delaware |  | |
Ali Naggar | ||
| Accounting (1977)
Professor B.Com., Cairo University M.B.A., Long Island University Ph.D., University of Oklahoma |  | |
Tahany Naggar | ||
| Economics and Finance (1977)
Professor B.Com., Rigadh University M.A., Long Island University Ph.D, University of Oklahoma Dr. Naggar earned her Ph.D. degree in Economics from the University of Oklahoma in 1976. Her research is widely published and shared at professional conferences. Her most recent research interest includes economic aftershocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, comparative economic systems, and her lifetime interest in developing economies. She has published in the Atlantic Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Journal, PEA Proceedings, and the Southwestern Journal of Economics. She also serves as a reviewer of the SWJE and was past president of the Southwestern Economics Association (2000). | ||
Jana L. Nestlerode | ||
| Criminal Justice (1986)
Professor B.A., Pennsylvania State University J.D., Widener University Chairperson Dr. Nestlerode worked as an attorney in private practice for several years, and as prosecutor in the trial division of the Delaware County District Attorney's Office for six years. She is currently the chair of the department. Her research interests are in Fourth (search and seizure) and Ninth Amendment issues, bias crimes, and gender issues in law. Her most recent research interests are in medical and pharmaceutical battery. She regularly speaks at professional conferences on these topics. | ||
Gwenelle S. O'Neal | ||
| Graduate Social Work (1998)
Associate Professor B.A., Spelman College M.S.W., New York University D.S.W., Columbia University Chairperson Professor O'Neal's interests include mental health prevention, accountability, empowerment and community economic development. |  | |
Brian F. O'Neill | ||
| Criminal Justice (1998)
Associate Professor B.A., University of Pittsburgh M.S.W., Marywood College Ph.D., City University of New York at John Jay Dr. O'Neill taught at Allentown College for seven years, and has worked as a juvenile and family counselor since 1983. He teaches theories of criminal justice, research, and juvenile justice administration. His recent research interests are in variables affecting disposition in juvenile court and treatment and prevention programs for adult and juvenile offenders. He frequently speaks at professional conferences on these topics. | ||
Peter Oehlers | ||
| Accounting (2004)
Assistant Professor B.S., Rowan University M.B.A., Drexel University D.B.A., Louisiana Tech University Chairperson | ||
David F. Perri | ||
| Management (2002)
Assistant Professor B.A., College of the Holy Cross M.A., The Pennsylvania State University |  | |
Jason Phillips | ||
| Marketing (1999)
Assistant Professor B.S., Pennsylvania State University M.B., Texas A & M University Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University |  | |
Yury Polsky | ||
| Political Science (1989)
Professor B.A., University of Moscow M.A., University of Moscow Ph.D., University of Michigan |  | |
Denis Raihall | ||
| Economics and Finance (1999)
Assistant Professor B.A., Bethany College M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University | ||
John T. Redington | ||
| Marketing (1992)
Associate Professor B.S., Temple University M.B.A., Temple University Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Chairperson | ||
Cassandra L. Reyes | ||
| Criminal Justice (2009)
Assistant Professor B.A, Unknown M.A., Unknown Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania Former probation/parole counselor in New Jersey.
Areas of interest include animal cruelty, corrections, juvenile delinquency, victimology and violence. | ||
Paul F. Rotenberry | ||
| Management (2005)
Assistant Professor B.A., Widener University M.A., The University of Akron Ph.D., The University of Akron |  | |
Bhim Sandhu | ||
| Political Science (1978)
Associate Professor B.A., Punjab University (India) M.A., University of Texas Ph.D., University of Missouri | ||
Roberta Schini | ||
| Economics and Finance (2001)
Assistant Professor B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University M.A., University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School Dr. Schini earned her B.S. in Business Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. She spent 15 years in management before studying at the University of Pennsylvania where she earned her Ph.D. in Risk Management and Insurance. During her management career, she worked primarily in the fields of health insurance and managed care. Before coming to West Chester University, Dr. Schini was an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska. She has recently had an article published in the Journal of Financial Education. | ||
Frauke I. Schnell | ||
| Political Science (1992)
Professor B.A., University of Tuebingen, Germany M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook | ||
Rani G. Selvanathan | ||
| Management (1986)
Associate Professor B.S., University of Delhi (India) M.S., University of Delhi (India) Ph.D., University of Delhi (India) Ph.D., University of Paris |  | |
David I. Siegel | ||
| Graduate Social Work (1990)
Associate Professor B.A., Brooklyn College M.S.W., University of Michigan D.S.W., Columbia University Professor Siegel's interest include Time and social work, Teams and organizations and social welfare. |  | |
Roberta Snow | ||
| Management (1989)
Professor B.A., Syracuse University M.A., Syracuse University Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania |  | |
Chris Stangl | ||
| Political Science (2006)
Assistant Professor B.A., Drake University M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison | ||
Linda S. Steveson | ||
| Political Science (2002)
Associate Professor B.A., College of Wooster M.A., University of Pittsburgh Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh | ||
Wesley W. Thomas | ||
| Management (1979)
Professor B.S., University of Maine M.S., West Chester University Ph.D., University of Cincinnati |  | |
Thomas W. Tolin | ||
| Economics and Finance (1992)
Assistant Professor B.A., University of Southwestern Louisiana Ph.D., University of Houston Dr. Tolin is an assistant professor in the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University. Dr. Tolin earned his Ph.D. from the University of Houston in 1992. The focus of Dr. Tolin’s research has been the economics of domestic public policy, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and the provision of public education. | ||
Sandra M. Tomkowicz | ||
| Marketing (1993)
Associate Professor B.S., La Salle University J.D., University of Pennsylvania | ||
Richard W. Voss | ||
| Social Work (1996)
Professor B.A., St. Fidelis College M.S.W., Fordham University M.T.S, Washington Theological D.P.C., Loyola College Dr. Rick Voss' areas of interest include ethnographic research of indigenous traditions of help and healing; implications of integrative medicine and spirituality for social work practice, and curriculum development supporting bilingual and inter-cultural social work education and practice. |  | |
Joan M. Welch | ||
| Geography and Planning (1990)
Professor B.A., St. Cloud State University M.A., Boston University Ph.D., Boston University Chairperson Joan M. Welch completed her Ph.D. at Boston University and started at West Chester University in the fall of 1990. Dr. Welch has published research on the spatial patterns of urban forest characteristics in Boston, impacts of deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browse on regional forests, and landscape homogenization in the Pre-Pyrenees of Catalunya. Joan teaches physical and world geography, senior seminar and project, and is Chair of the Department. |  | |
Dian Williams | ||
| Criminal Justice (2004)
Associate Professor B.A., Antioch College M.S., West Chester University Ph.D., Walden University | ||
Xiaowei (Linda) Zhu | ||
| Management (2006)
Assistant Professor B.S., Beijing Union University ( China) M.A., University of Iowa Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |  | |
Lei Zhu | ||
| Economics and Finance (2006)
Assistant Professor B.E., Hohai University (China); M.S., Hohai University (China); Ph.D., Drexel University Dr. Zhu is an assistant professor in the Economics and Finance Department at West Chester University. She earned her Ph.D. in Business Administration from Drexel University in 2005. Dr. Zhu has written articles on foreign direct investment, information technology, and international finance. She has been published in the Journal of Economic Integration, Review of International Economics, and Southern Economic Journal. | ||
Monica Zimmerman | ||
| Management (2008)
Associate Professor B.S., Messiah College M.B.A., The Pennsylvania State University Ph.D., Temple University C.P.A., Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |  | |