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Department of Family Studies and Community Development

Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty

Name & Title	Interests	Contact Info
Hana Bor, Ph.D. Associate Professor Graduate Program Director for M.A in Jewish Communal Service and Jewish Education	Leadership, methodology, culture, diversity and management of nonprofit organizations; increasing teaching and leadership impact, global outreach and community involvement; integrating partnerships among university, school and the community; research on education, the Holocaust and communal services, including leadership of nonprofit organizations	hbor@towson.edu 410-704-5026 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2234
Catherine Breneman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Professional mentoring and behavioral health workforce issues; mental health recovery and the role of families and natural supports; community re-integration and mental health policy; behavioral health program evaluation	cbreneman@towson.edu 410-704-4871 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2241
Karen Goldrich Eskow, Ph.D., LCPC, OTR/L Chairperson Graduate Program Director Professor	Family quality of life for families with children with special needs; Family-Professional Collaboration	keskow@towson.edu 410-704-5851 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Suite 2210
Diane Harnek Hall, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Program evaluation; social welfare policy	dhall@towson.edu 410-704-3366 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2228
Bethany Willis Hepp, Ph.D. Lecturer	Transnational family formation and structure; the global circulation of children; collaborative planning for human services; life course and strengths-based models for family and community development; diversity in research, teaching, curriculum, and community development; quasi-experimental and qualitative research design and methodology	bwillishepp@towson.edu 410-704-3363 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2205
Sharon Jones-Eversley, DrPH Assistant Professor Campus Executive Director for the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance	Social epidemiology; family and human services; community development and capacity building; racial and ethnic disparities	sjoneseversley@towson.edu 410-704-2470 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2229
Karen Doneker Mancini, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Disabilities across the lifespan; child and adolescent development; emerging adulthood; education and disability policy; intergenerational relationships; family systems and support	kdonekermancini@towson.edu 410-704-2293 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2237
Courtney Martin, M.Ed. Lecturer	Leadership education; life skills for at-risk youth; learning style differences; autism; nonprofit leadership	crmartin@towson.edu 410-704-3365 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2342
Lisa A. Martinelli Beasley, MPS, ATR-BC, CCLS Clinical Assistant Professor Graduate Program Director for M.S. in Child Life, Administration, and Family Collaboration	Palliative care; death, dying and bereavement issues; pediatric hospitalization as it relates to the family unit; child life education	lmartinelli@towson.edu 410-704-3766 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Suite 2210
Darnell Morris-Compton, Ph.D., LGSW Assistant Professor	Resilience among individuals and families; emergence into adulthood among vulnerable populations; developmental education in higher education; research methods	dmorriscompton@towson.edu 410-704-3403 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2238
Linda Oravecz, Ph.D. Associate Professor	Community and family violence; ethnic families; low-income mothers and family policy	loravecz@towson.edu 410-704-3669 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2233
Andrew Quach, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Relationships between first and second generation members in Asian American families; mental health	aquach@towson.edu 410-704-2032 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2235
Valerie Thaler, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Post-World War II American Jewish identity; contemporary American Jewish life; African-American-Jewish relations in Baltimore and nationwide; the Holocaust in American film; Holocaust education in the college classroom	vthaler@towson.edu 410-704-3247 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2343
Maureen Todd, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Education about and advancement of non-traditional families; qualitative research methods; intimate partner violence; family strengths	mtodd@towson.edu 410-704-3767 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2230
Cynthia Vejar, Ph.D. Lecturer	At-risk communities; conflict resolution; gang involvement; career counseling; generational cohorts	cvejar@towson.edu 410-704-4202 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2344
Melissa Wesner, M.S., LCPC Clinical Assistant Professor	Group therapy; counseling supervision; treatment of substance use disorders; motivational incentives and motivational interviewing; counseling issues involving services members and their families	mwesner@towson.edu 410-704-3404 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2226

Part-time Faculty

Name & Title	Interests	Contact Info
Julia Andersen Instructor		jandersen@towson.edu
Patrice Brylske, CCLS Instructor
Andre Cooper Instructor		acooper@towson.edu
Nikita Cox Instructor
Lorine Cummings Instructor		lcummings@towson.edu
Sandra Fisher Instructor		sfisher@towson.edu 410-887-4155
Pamela Fitzgibbon Instructor		pfitzgibbon@towson.edu
Carl Gold Instructor	Constitutional, family, criminal, employment, and educational law	cgold@towson.edu or www.carlgoldlaw.com 410-337-5545
Cordia Grandea Instructor		cgrandea@towson.edu
Katie Hrapczynski Instructor		khrapczynski@towson.edu
Yvette Lawrence-Hood Instructor		ylawrencehood@towson.edu
Christopher Shea, MA, CRAT, CAC-AD Instructor	Chemical dependency (addiction) treatment; cognitive-behavioral therapy; trauma; community / agency development; stress / anxiety counseling	cwshea@towson.edu
Evette Watson Instructor

Affiliated Faculty

Name & Title	Interests	Contact Info
Susan Bartels, Ph.D. School Psychology Graduate Program Director and Professor		sbartels@towson.edu 410-704-3070 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2151
Donna Cox, Ph.D. Health Sciences Professor		dcox@towson.edu 410-704-4214 Burdick Hall 141 C

Staff

Name & Title	Interests	Contact Info
Gretchen Armington Community Programs and Projects Administrator		garmington@towson.edu 410-704-3362 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Suite 2210
Karen Corthell Administrative Assistant II		kcorthell@towson.edu 410-704-5851 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Suite 2210
Brigitte Pocta Assistant Community Programs and Projects Administrator		bpocta@towson.edu 410-704-3962 College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Suite 2210

Department of Family Studies and Community Development
College of Liberal Arts Building, Suite 2210
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-5851
Fax: 410-704-3612
E-mail: fmst@towson.edu

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