Faculty

Program Director

Susan WyckoffSusan C. Wyckoff
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc.
508-754-6829 ext. 3029
swyckoff [at] cowc [dot] org

Faculty

Mary-Ellen BoyleMary-Ellen Boyle
Associate Professor of Management
Graduate School of Management
Clark University
508-793-7558
mboyle [at] clarku [dot] edu

B.A., Yale University; M.B.A., Boston College; Ph.D. (Sociology), Boston College

• Research interests: business and social issues, particularly poverty; community-university partnerships; minority and ethnic entrepreneurship
• Teaching experience: graduate courses in business ethics, corporate social responsibility, European business, organizational behavior, managing change and conflict; undergraduate courses in management, social change, women and work, and the sociology of education
• Teaching awards: Beta Gamma Sigma, faculty award; Clark GSOM Student Council, best course award; Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston College

Donald CramptonDonald Crampton
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Clark University, Sackler 226
508-793-7553
dcrampton [at] clarku [dot] edu

B.A. (Biochemistry), Ithaca College; Ph.D. (Botany), Arizona State University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School

David DiBiasioDavid DiBiasio
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Assessment Coordinator, Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Division
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
508-831-5372
dibiasio [at] wpi [dot] edu

B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

• Research Interests: engineering education research (including international education), the process of learning, and educational assessment; biological engineering
• Teaching Experience: graduate and undergraduate courses in chemical engineering; Seminar in College Teaching

Beth GaleBeth W. Gale
Assistant Professor of French
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Clark University
508-421-3781
bgale [at] clarku [dot] edu ( )bgale [at] clarku [dot] edu

B.A. University of Delaware, M.A., Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Lorraine HigginsLorraine Higgins
Associate Professor of Rhetoric
Director of Center for Communication Across the Curriculum
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
508-410-1063
ldh [at] wpi [dot] edu

Ph.D., (Rhetoric) Carnegie Mellon University

• Teaching experience: courses in composition and rhetoric for over 20 years at Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, and WPI
• Research and publications: writing pedagogy and the role of writing in community problem-solving

Kevin KearneyKevin R. Kearney
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Director of Service-Learning
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
508-373-5605
kevin [dot] kearney [at] mcphs [dot] edu ( )kevin [dot] kearney [at] mcphs [dot] edu

B.S., University of Notre Dame; M.Th., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., Yale University

• Research Interests: service-learning and its educational outcomes; development of clinical in-vitro diagnostic tests
• Teaching experience: Biochemistry, Intermediary Metabolism, Nutrition, Service-Learning, Health Literacy

Matthew LaliberteMatthew D. Laliberte
Associate Dean of Faculty & Curriculum & Teacher - The Hillside School
Doctoral Student - Curriculum & Instruction
Boston College
508-292-2246
matthew_laliberte [at] hotmail [dot] com

B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.S., Syracuse University

• Research Interests: Social Justice, Teacher Education, Educational Policy in K-12 and Higher Education, Equity Online
• Teaching Experience: Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom, Classroom Technology Integration, Teaching Online

Judith MillerJudith E. Miller
Executive Director of Assessment, University of North Florida
j [dot] miller [at] unf [dot] edu

B.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

• Research and teaching interests: Educational innovation; cooperative learning; team teaching; educational outcomes assessment; educational productivity
• Teaching Experience: Seminar and Practicum in College Teaching; introductory biology; microbial physiology
• Teaching Awards: Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher, Kendall/Hunt Publishers and the Society for College Science Teaching (1998); Massachusetts CASE Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (2002); Trustees? Award for Outstanding Teaching, WPI Board of Trustees (2004)

Mary PhilbinMary M. Philbin
Instructor, Department of Medicine
Director, Faculty Development, Department of Medicine
Administrator, Community Faculty Development Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
508-856-6533
Mary [dot] Philbin [at] umassmed [dot] edu ( )Mary [dot] Philbin [at] umassmed [dot] edu

B.A., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Research Interests: Teacher Identity in physician community preceptors; implementing and evaluating competency-based curriculum; identifying behavioral characteristics of empathy in physicians
• Teaching Experience: Faculty Development Fellowship; Physician, Patient and Society Course; small group facilitation in Teaching of Tomorrow faculty development series and Domestic Violence interclerkship. Study skills and 12th grade psychology

Colin PolskyColin Polsky
Assistant Professor of Geography
Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
508-421-3828
cpolsky [at] clarku [dot] edu

B.S. and B.A., University of Texas-Austin; M.S. and PhD, Penn State University-University Park; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University J.F.K. School of Government

• Research interests: global change vulnerability; suburbanization; spatial statistics, mixed methods social science research
• Teaching experience: undergraduate & graduate courses in environmental risks/hazards, research design, global change vulnerability, human dimensions of climate change
• Clark University Hodgkins Junior Faculty Research Award, National Research Council Committee Member, Director of Clark University's Human-Environment Regional Observatory (HERO) Undergraduate Research Program

Deborah RobertsonDeborah Robertson
Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biology
Lasry Center for Biosciences, 221
Clark University
508-793-7515
debrobertson [at] clarku [dot] edu

B.A. Kalamazoo College; M.S. California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. The University of Chicago

• Research Interests: phytoplankton physiology; global biogeochemical cycles; marine biology; molecular evolution
• Teaching Experience and Interests: undergraduate and graduate courses in biology; incorporating research opportunities into undergraduate curricula; mentoring of independent graduate and undergraduate research students; REU mentor Shoals Marine Lab
• Teaching Awards: Outstanding Teacher Award (Clark University); Hodgkins Junior Faculty Award. (Clark University)

Pamela ShererPamela D. Sherer
Associate Professor of Management
Providence College
401-865-2036
psherer [at] providence [dot] edu ( )psherer [at] providence [dot] edu

B.A., Carthage College; M.S., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; M.B.A., Clark University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Research interests: Corporate Universities and E-learning; Human Resource Development and Organizational Change; Workplace Diversity; Faculty Development; Pedagogy in Higher Education
• Courses recently taught: Organizational Theory; Organizaitonal Behavior; Managing Workplace Diversity; International Human Resources Management; Comparative Management; Teaching-Learning and Assessment

Thomas ThibodeauThomas R. Thibodeau
Assistant Provost
New England Instititue of Technology
1-401-739-5000
tthibodeau [at] neit [dot] edu

B.S. Rhode Island College; M.A. Boston University

• Teaching experience: video and multimedia production, production equipment and applications, Web page development and management, Blackboard course development and delivery, use of technology in the classroom
• Teaching interests: the development of individual faculty in the use of the varied tools available to improve student success in the college classroom
• Professional experience: 20 years in the video production industry as a videographer, editor and engineer

Alice ValentineAlice Valentine
Lecturer, Japanese Language and Literature, Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Clark University
avalentine [at] clarku [dot] edu ( )avalentine [at] clarku [dot] edu

B.A. Florida State University; A.M. Harvard University

• Research Interests: Japanese literature and culture; foreign language pedagogy; technology and language learning
• Teaching Experience: beginning, intermediate, and advanced Japanese; classical and modern Japanese literature and culture; Gender and Japanese Society

Donald VescioDonald Vescio
Associate Vice President - Academic Affairs, Information Technology
Worcester State College
508-887-8796
donald [dot] vescio [at] worcester [dot] edu ( )donald [dot] vescio [at] worcester [dot] edu

B.A. SUNY-Oswego; M.A. University of New Hampshire-Durham; Ph.D. University of Rochester

Susan WyckoffSusan C. Wyckoff
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Colleges of Worcester Consortium, Inc.
508-754-6829 ext. 3029
swyckoff [at] cowc [dot] org

B.S. University of Rhode Island; M.Ed. Keene State College; Ph.D. University of New Hampshire

• Research interests: Faculty evaluation systems in higher education; student satisfaction and retention trends in higher education; collaborative faculty development
• Courses recently taught: Contemporary Trends and Issues in American Public Education; Seminar in College Teaching; Learner-Centered Assessment; Education Law; Practicum in College Teaching