Apr 19, 2024  
Graduate and Extended Studies 2023-24 
    
Graduate and Extended Studies 2023-24

Directory


 


President’s Cabinet

Michael D. Hammond, Ph.D.
President, 2021
B.A., Taylor University; M.A. Wheaton College.; Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Britt Carlson-Eaton, B.A.
Vice President for Advancement, 1999
B.A. Gordon College.

Sandra M. Doneski, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor of Music; Director, Graduate Program in Music Education, 1999
B.M., Gordon College; M.M.Ed., Ph.D., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford.

Stephen Lacorazza, M.S.
Vice President for Finance and CFO
B.S., North Park University, M.S., Suffolk University

Jennifer Skaggs,  Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Life, 2022
B.A., Taylor University; M.S., Miami University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky  

Richard D. Sweeney Jr., M.S.
Vice President for Marketing and Strategic Communications, 2010
B.A., Gordon College; M.S., Boston University.

Daniel B. Tymann, B.S.E.E.
Executive Vice President for Enrollment, 2005
B.S.E.E., Tufts University.

Faculty - Graduate Education

Stephen G. Alter, Ph.D., Professor of History, 2000. B.M., Southern Methodist University; M.M., University of Texas Austin; M.A., Rice University; Ph.D., University of Michigan.

Ellen Ballock, Ph.D., Dean, School of Educatoin, Professor of Education, 2013. B.S. Florida State University; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Graeme Bird, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics and Classics, 2001. B.A., M.A., Auckland University; B.M., Berklee College of Music; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University.

Susan C. Bobb, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, 2015. B.S., Sweet Briar College; M.A., University of Virginia; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University.

Sean Clark, Ph.D., Professor of Kinesiology, 2000. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., Oregon State University

Karl-Dieter Crisman, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 2005. B.A., Northwestern University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago.

Krista Erikson, M.A.T., Teaching Professor of Graduate Education. B.S., M.A.T., Gordon College.

K. David Goss, M.A., Assistant Professor in the Practice of History, 1999. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Tufts University.

Nili Luo, Ed.D., Professor and Administrator of the Chinese Early Childhood Program, 2021. B.A., Tongling University; M.A., East Normal University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts.

Todd Morano, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education, 2013. B.A., San Diego State University; M.A., Point Loma Nazarene University; Ed.D., Alliant International University.

Priscilla Nelson, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Graduate Education Program Director, 2001. B.S., Gordon College; Ed.M., Boston University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Jeffrey Stevenson, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor of Spanish, 2020. B.A., Central Washington University; M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., Central Washington University.

Craig Story, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, 2002. B.S., Gordon College; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Chad Stutz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English, 2011. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., University of Nevada Las Vegas; Ph.D., Boston College.

Oleksiy Svitelskiy, Ph.D., Professor of Physics, 2014. B.S., Kyiv State Taras Schevchenko University; Ph.D.. Lehigh University.

Russ Tuck, Ph.D., Professor of Computer Science, 2015. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Duke University.

Michael H. Veatch, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, 1987. B.A., Whitman College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Faculty - Master of Public Health

Michael Ritter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Public Health, 2022. B.S., Grove City College; M.P.H., Emory University; Ph.D., Tufts University.

Heather Sipsma, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Health, 2021. B.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Yale University.

Faculty - Master of Science in Financial Analysis

Ivan Filby, Ph.D. Interim Executive Director of the MS in Financial Analysis, Executive Director of Gordon Global Adult Education. BSc (hons) Aston University, MA Sheffield University, MA Dublin University, Ph.D. Aston University. .

Stephanie Hadden, C.P.A., Associate Professor in the Practice of Accounting. B.S., Northeastern University; M.S.F.A., Gordon College.

Andrew P. Moore, C.P.A., Professor in the Practice of Economics and Business, 2011. B.S., California State University, Los Angeles; M.S., Troy State University; M.S., Philadelphia Biblical University.
 

Faculty - Graduate Music Education

Sandra Doneski, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music, 1999. B.M., Gordon College; M.M.Ed., Ph.D., Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford.

Jessica Modaff, D.M.A., Assistant Professor of Music, 2011. B.M., Wheaton College; M.M., D.M.A., Boston University

 

 Faculty - Graduate Leadership

Susan Banke, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Baptist Bible College; M.S., Ph.D., Barry University.

Part-time Faculty - Graduate Education

Bryan Auday, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Biola University; M.A., California State University; Ph.D., Colorado State University.

Debra L. Auday, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Biola University; M.Ed., Lesley College.

Jeffrey R. Barraclough, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., University of New Hampshire.

Nancy Capen, M.A.T., Lecturer. B.A., B.S., Gordon College; C.A.G.S., M.A.T., Salem State University.

Blair Cochran, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Randall Collins, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., C.A.G.S. University of Maine; Ed.D., Boston University.

Rachel de Nijs, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Saint Louis University; M.A., University of Cincinnati.

Sara Doughty, M.A.T., Lecturer. B.S., M.A.T., Gordon College.

Abigail Downing, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Ian Drummond, M.Div, Lecturer. B.A., George Mason University; M.A., Tufts University; M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Holly Gershman, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Clayton Hall, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Southern Connecticut State University; M.A., Bowdoin College; Ed.D., Columbia University.

Michael Hildebrandt, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Colby College; M.S.Ed., Simmons College; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire.

Mariann Illingworth, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Salem State College.

Wendy Jacobson, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Gordon College; Math Program of Study, University of California, Berkeley.

Larry Kamp, D.S.M., Lecturer. B.M., Boston University School of Theology; M.S.M., Boston University School of Theology; D.S.M., Boston University School of Theology.

Amanda Lecaroz, C.A.G.S., Lecturer. B.S. State University of New York at Cortland; B.S., State University of New York at Cortland. M.Ed., Notre Dame College; C.A.G.S., Plymouth State University.

Kimberly Leonard, Ed.S., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Ed.S., Gordon College.

Elissa Lincoln, B.A., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College.

R. Paul Mason, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S. Wheaton College; M.S., M.Ed. University of Colorado; Ph.D., Northeastern University.

Thomas Milachewski, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Colby College; M.Ed., Boston University; M.Ed. Leade

Michael Molnar, C.A.G.S., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., UMASS-Boston; C.A.G.S., Salem State University.

Heidi Mongeau, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Salem State College; M.Ed., Gordon College.

Kathleen Mort, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., M.Ed., Rhode Island College; Ed.D., Johnson and Wales University.

Lauren O’Leary, M.S., Lecturer. B.A., Saint Joseph’s College, M.S., University of Hartford.

Moises Park, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California - Davis.

Maria Perez, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.S., Salem State University; Ed.D., Johnson and Wales University.

Margaret Pickett, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Simmons College; M.Ed., Lesley University; C.A.G.S., Salem State University; Ed.D., Cambridge College.

Rebecca Pitkin, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., Gordon College; M.Ed., University of Nevada; Ph.D., Iowa State University.

Elissa Arndt Rader, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.S., Gordon College; M.S., CCC-SLP, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute of Health Professions; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Mary Riso, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Georgetown University; M.Div., Th.M. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Stirling.

Joshua Robinson, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Westfield State.

Elizabeth Scottron, M.A.T., Lecturer. B.S., M.A.T., Gordon College.

Nathan Seavey, M.Ed., Lecturer. Gordon College. B.A., M.Ed., Gordon College.

Abigail Sullivan, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., M.A.T., Gordon College; Ed.D., Northeastern University.

Jamiee L. Taborda, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.Ed. Fitchburg State College

Edward Vander Brug, M.F.A., Lecturer. B.F.A., Calvin College; M.F.A., Tufts University / School of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Doris-Ann Vosseler, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., M.A., Houghton College; M.A., Middlebury College.

Deborah Wescott, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.S. University of Rhode Island; M.Ed., Gordon College.

Marie White, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; Master of Philosophy, City University of New York. M.A., State University of New York; Ph.D., City University of New York.

Elizabeth J. Wilcoxson, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Boston College.

Kim Winsor, Ed.D, Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Boston University.

 

Part-time Faculty - Master of Public Health

Rachelle Chiang, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Instructor. B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.P.H., George Washington University; Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Marshae McNeal, Ph.D., M.P.H. C.H.E.S., Instructor. B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi.

Part-time Faculty - Master of Science in Financial Analysis

Leah Archibald, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.B.A., Olin Business School of Babson College. 

Todd Chesebro, P.h.D., Senior Instructor. B.A., University of Phoenix; M.A., University of Texas at Arlington; P.h.D., Capella University.

Brian Eddy, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., Gordon College; M.B.A., Boston University. 

Bob Gough, P.h.D., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., Duke University.

Jonathan Gray, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., Duquesne University; M.B.A., University of Texas. 

Gordon Hall, S.M., Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; S.M., Sloan School of Management of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Tanya Holcomb, M.Acc., Senior Lecturer. B.B.A., Michael J. Coles College of Kennesaw State University; M.B.A., M.Acc., Liberty University. 

Craig Hovda, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.B.A., Olin Business School of Washington University in St. Louis. 

Robert Howell, D.B.A., Lecturer. B.S., Bucknell University; M.B.A., Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania; D.B.A., Harvard University.

Dan Kuzmak, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Gordon College; M.B.A., University of Connecticut.

Randy Markley, P.h.D., Senior Lecturer. B.A., University of La Verne; M.A., University of Southern California; M.B.A., University of La Verne; Ph.D., Warrington College of Business of University of Florida. 

William Messenger, D.Min., Senior Lecturer. B.S., Case Western Reserve University; M.B.A., Harvard Business School; M.Div., Boston University; D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 

Michael Portnoy, C.F.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., M.B.A., Stetson University.

David Saulnier, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.S., The Citadel; M.B.A., Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. 

Russ Stevens, P.h.D., Professor in the Practice of Finance and Accounting. B.A., California State University; M.B.A, Hope International University; Ph.D., Northcentral University. 

Richard Swanson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer. B.A., University of Colorado; M.S., Tuft’s Fletcher School; Ph.D., University of Colorado.

Douglas Tendgin, M.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Trinity International University.

Ryan Teramono-Tyler, M.B.A., Senior Lecturer. B.A., Miami University; M.B.A., Hankamer School of Baylor University.

 

Part-time Faculty - Graduate Music Education

Gerald Dolan, M.M., Lecturer. B.M., St. Michael’s College; M.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Kirsten Helgeland, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.M., Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; M.M., College Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.

Mary Ellen Junda, Ed.D, Lecturer. B.M., The Hartt School, University of Hartford; M.M.Ed., Holy Names University; Ed.M., Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University.

Kenneth Trapp, M.M.Ed, Lecturer. B.M., Western Connecticut State University; M.M.Ed., The Hartt School, University of Hartford

 

Part-time Faculty - Graduate Leadership

Frederick Banke, Ed.S., Lecturer. B.S., Florida Atlantic University; M.S., Florida International University; Ed.S., Florida Atlantic University; Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Liberty University.

Bill Brown, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of South Florida; Th.M., Ph.D., Dallas Theological Seminary.

David Diener, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., M.S., Indiana University. Dual Ph.D., Indiana University.

Charles Evans, M.A., Lecturer. B.A., Washington Bible College; M.A., Hollins University.

Ronald Farrar, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Fitchburg State University; M.Ed., Cambridge College; C.A.G.S., Cambridge College; Ed.D., Cambridge College.

John Ferguson, Jr., J.D., Lecturer. B.A., Baylor University; M.Ed., Covenant College; J.D., Texas Tech University; Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Dallas Baptist University.

Barry Giller, M.S., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.S., Nova Southeastern University.

Christopher Harmon, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Palm Beach Atlantic University; M.S., Nova Southeastern University; Ed.D., George Fox University.

Scott Harsh, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Harding University; M.Ed., University of Georgia; Ed.S., Georgia State University; Ed.D., Abilene Christian University.

Mark A. Jennings, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Furman University; M.Ed., University of South Carolina; M.A., University of South Carolina; M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Marquette University.

Brian Kennerly, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Columbia University; Ed.D., Vanderbilt University.

Curt Masters, M.Ed., Lecturer. B.A., Wheaton College; M.Ed., University of Puget Sound; Doctoral Candidate (ABD), University of Miami.

Leslie Moeller, J.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., Boston College. 

Misty Overman, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Georgia. 

Davies Owens, Ph.D., Lecturer. B.A., Furman University; M.Div., Duke Divinity School; Ph.D., Gordon Conwell Seminary.

Jason Powell, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.S., M.S., Florida State University; Ed.D., University of Central Florida. 

Justin Smith, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., The University of San Diego; M.Ed., Sam Houston State University; Ed.D., Sam Houston State University.

Jared Squires, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.B.A., M.B.A. Texas Tech University; Ed.S., Ed.D. Liberty University. 

Kathy Teston, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Florida Bible College; M.Ed., Ed.D., Liberty University.

David Tilley, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Leadership and Lecturer. B.S., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

Kathryn Wiens, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., University of St. Thomas; M.A., University of St. Thomas; Ed.D., Boston University.

Timothy Wiens, Ed.D., Lecturer. B.A., Bethel University; M.Ed., Bethel University; C.A.G.S., Ed.D., St. Mary’s University; M.B.A., University of Oxford.