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Department of Family Studies and Community Development

Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty

Name & Title

Interests

Contact Info

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, M.S.

Visiting Instructor

The global circulation of children-kinship and foster care, domestic and international adoption, migration, immigration and human trafficking; intersectionality of social identities; transnational family formation and structure

bwillishepp@towson.edu

410-704-

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, M.Ed.

Instructor

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 2205

Courtney Martin, M.Ed.

Lecturer

Leadership education; life skills for at-risk youth; learning style differences; autism; nonprofit leadership

410-704-3365

College of Liberal Arts Bldg.

Room 2226

Lisa A. Martinelli Beasley,
MPS, ATR-BC, CCLS

Clinical Assistant Professor Director 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

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
Linda Stone, Ed.D.
Lecturer

Student advising; student organizations

lstone@towson.edu
410-704-5823
College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2237

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.
Clinical Assistant Professor
At-risk communities; conflict resolution; gang involvement; career counseling; generational cohorts cvejar@towson.edu
410-704-4202
College of Liberal Arts Bldg. Room 2238

Part-time Faculty

Name & Title

Interests

Contact Info

Julia Andersen
Instructor

 

jandersen@towson.edu

Patrice Brylske, CCLS
Instructor

 

 

Andre Cooper

Instructor

   
Lorine Cummings
Instructor

 

lcummings@towson.edu
 

Sandra Fisher
Instructor

 

sfisher@towson.edu
410-887-4155
Carl Gold
Instructor

Constitutional, family, criminal, employment, and educational law

cgold@towson.edu or

www.carlgoldlaw.com
410-337-5545

Andrea Jones, MSW, LSW  

ajones@towson.edu

410-704-5851

Yvette Lawrence-Hood

Instructor

   

Rachel Leach

Instructor

   

Christopher Shea,

MA, CRAT, CAC-AD
Instructor

Chemical dependency (addiction) treatment; cognitive-behavioral therapy; trauma; community / agency development; stress / anxiety counseling

cwshea@towson.edu
 

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

Hana Bor, Ph.D.

Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor

  hbor@towson.edu
410-704-5026
Hawkins Hall 413 G

Donna Cox, Ph.D.
Health Sciences
Professor

 

dcox@towson.edu
410-704-4214
Burdick Hall 141 C
Edyth Wheeler, Ph.D.
Early Childhood Education Graduate Program Director

 

ejwheeler@towson.edu
410-704-2460
Hawkins Hall 107 B

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

 

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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