Faculty

Kapalamula, Mtisunge

“If you remain calm while everyone else is panicking, perhaps you misunderstood the whole situation”

Faculty

Fripp, Jessica

“The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” – James Baldwin

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Banks, Dorinne

“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”
– Albert Einstein

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Barnes-Walker, Dominique

“The exciting aspect of creating a classroom community where there is respect for individual voices is that there is infinitely more feedback because students do feel free to talk — and talk back. And, yes, often this feedback is critical. Moving away from the need for immediate affirmation was crucial to my growth as a teacher. I learned to respect that shifting paradigms or sharing knowledge in new ways challenges; it takes time for students to experience that challenge as positive.” – bell hooks

Faculty

Winley, Dara

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach for hearts is wise.”
– Maya Angelou

Faculty

Mazurowski, Tricia

“I have a passion for guiding students to reach their highest potential. My teaching philosophy includes a student-centered approach where learning is active, and each student constructs their own understanding. I like to provide each student with the opportunity to share their voice and collaborate to enhance learning and growth.”

Faculty

Troiani, Joseph E.

“My role is to work closely with our students to prepare and mentor them so that they are ready to become behavioral health professionals. This process involves formal classroom learning, practicums, mentoring, and professional writing, e.g., capstone, thesis, or dissertation.”

Faculty

Cabrera, Marianne

“Leadership doesn’t exist in a bubble; it exists in our individual and collective lived experiences. Our objective is to provide our students with skills, knowledge, support, and encouragement so they can learn to be the best leaders they can be and grow into the leaders we need today and in the future.”

Faculty

Bonino Sobol, Jennifer

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca

Faculty

Wunderlich, Shawn

I love to mentor students and help them to fulfill their dreams. One quote that really speaks to me is from Irvin Yalom who said “To love means to be actively concerned for the life and the growth of another”

Faculty

Thomison, Shannon

“Practice civility toward one another. Admire and emulate ethical behavior wherever you find it. Apply a rigid standard of morality to your lives; and if, periodically, you fail as you surely will, adjust your lives, not the standards.” – Ted Koppel

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Melamed, Lauren

“We have much to learn from lobsters. As they only shed their exoskeleton, that which may have served them well, once they experience the discomfort of a too-hardened shell. They know that the stimulus for change and growth is discomfort. Once they feel it, they must retreat to a safe place to shed and grow a new shell, over and over again throughout their lifespan.”