Caldwell College Media Guide Experts List

Caldwell College maintains a list of faculty and staff who are able to comment in the press and media about different topic areas and who would provide very good interviews for television, radio, print or new media.

Please refer to the Media Guide Experts list and drop down menu for a particular topic or faculty or staff member.

Please contact Colette M. Liddy, Director of Media Relations, if you would like to schedule an interview with one of our faculty or staff. Colette can be reached 973-618-3209 or cliddy@caldwell.edu. Thank you.

ADMISSIONS

Stephen Quinn, Director, Undergraduate Admissions

• Admissions
• Recruitment
• College Search
• Scholarships & Financial Aid

AUTISM/APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS

Sharon A. Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Professor, Applied Behavior Analysis; Director – Center for Autism and ABA; Director - Graduate Studies in ABA

• Autism
• Asperger’s
• Applied Behavior Analysis

Kenneth F. Reeve, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Chairperson and Professor, Applied Behavior Analysis

• Autism
• Asperger’s
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Infant development
• Vaccines and autism

BUSINESS

Ann Marie Callahan, CPA, MBA, Associate Professor, Accounting

• Accounting
• Taxes
• Financial Literacy

Thomas R. Keen, Ph.D., Professor, Business

• Public Relations
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Strategy Planning
• Business Coaching

Alvin Neiman, CPA, Professor of Business

• Taxes
• Real Estate Investing
• Financial Markets

Bernard O’Rourke, MBA, BL (Barrister at Law), Associate Dean, Business

• International Business
• Economics
• Ireland

Lori K. Harris-Ransom, JD, MPA, Professor of Business Law

• E-commerce Law: Marketing, Contracts, Privacy, Defamation
• Social Networking Legal Issues
• Distance Learning: Delivery, Instructor and Student Liability
• Computer Law
• Cyber Law and Ethics
• Legal Issues for Technology Managers
• Legal Issues for Employees and Technology Use

Virginia H. Rich, M.A.T., J.D., Associate Professor, Business

• Business Law & Ethics
• Women in Business & Law
• Employment Law
• Social Entrepreneurship

Anthony Romano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Division of Business

• Entrepreneurship/Starting and Improving a Small Business
• Doing Business Globally/Entering International markets
• Management Processes/Running a Business
• Improving Business Operations/Controlling Operating Costs
• Conducting Business Related Research/Project and Program Evaluation

COMMUNICATION ARTS

Steven G. Cameron, D. Litt., Assistant Professor, Communication Arts

• Theatre
• Film
• Television Production & Lighting

Robert Mann, M.A., Professor of Communication Arts

Host of Let's Consider the Source on Sirius XM Radio.
• Broadcast Journalism
• The Radio Industry
• Television History
• Television Programming
• Media And Politics

John Yurko, M.A., Department Chair, Communication Arts

• State of the Art/Contemporary Films
• History and Theory of Film
• Discussions raised by Current Films (and influence on viewing public)
• Social Issues/Politics
• Awards Ceremonies
• Digital Video Editing

COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Arnold Toffler, Assistant Professor, Computer Science

• Computer Technology (hardware and software)
• Telecommunications
• The internet and e-commerce

DISABILITY SERVICES

Abbe Benowitz, Coordinator of Disability Services

• College Students with Disabilities
• St. Jude “Up Til Dawn” Program

EDUCATION

Ellina Chernobilsky, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Education

• Bilingual Education (particularly Russian-English)
• Educational Psychology

Francine Del Vecchio Ed.D. Assistant Professor, Education

• Literacy Education
• Elementary Education

Joanne Jasmine, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Education

• Educational Action Research
• Early Childhood Education
• The Reading and Writing Process
• Middle School
• Character Education

John R. McIntyre, Ed.D. Professor, Education

• School Administration & Planning
• Teacher Supervision
• Organizational Culture
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Steven Covey)
• Reading Instruction

Edith Dunfee Ries, Ed.D., Associate Professor of Education

• Young Adult Literature
• Teaching Gifted Students
• Teaching for Social Justice
• School Law
• UBD - Understanding By Design : Curriculum Design
• Cultivating Creativity Within the Classroom

James S. Vivinetto Ed.D. Associate Professor, Education Department

Coordinator of Special Education Graduate Studies
• Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Referral Process for Identifying and Classifying Special Education Students
• Information Processing (The Brain) and Learning Disabilities

ENGLISH

Patricia Verrone, Ph.D. English Professor

English Professor
• Contemporary Literature
• Contemporary American Women Writers
• The Image of the Family in Contemporary Literature
• Children’s Literature

HISTORY

Dr. William Barnhart, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History

• Evangelicalism
• Early American Religious History
• College Honors Programs

Marie Mullaney, Ph.D., Professor, History

• History of Women
• Feminism
• Radical Communities in NJ
• Little Known Aspects of NJ’s past
• Recent American History
• Constitutional Issues

MATHEMATICS

Patricia Hayden, Associate Faculty, Mathematics

• Developmental Mathematics
• Academic Support (tutoring)

Patricia J. Garruto, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department

• Numerical Literacy
• Occupations in Mathematics
• Math Anxiety

Joan Burke, Ed.D., Chair, Department of Mathematics

• Advising for New Jersey Math certification for Middle school and K -12

MENTAL HEALTH

Robin Davenport, M.S., M.A., NCC, Director of Counseling,Director, Student Development Center

• Mental health issues facing college students
• Stress Management
• Suicide Intervention
• Relationship issues

MUSIC

Nan Childress Orchard, Nan Childress Orchard, D.M.A., Associate Professor, Chair of Music Department

Music Performance
• Women Composers
• Music Education
• Supporting Public Arts

Rebecca Vega, M.A. Professor, Music

• Flute Performance
• Music Education

Laura Greenwald, D.M.A., Professor of Music

• Women in Music
• Voice (Safe and healthy vocal technique, classical singing);
• Choral Music
• Correlations between music and other arts (architecture, painting, sculpture, literature, poetry)

PHILOSOPHY

Madonna Adams, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Philosophy

• Ethics
• Philosophy of Nature
• Relativism

PSYCHOLOGY

Thomson Ling, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Psychology

• Career development of non-college bound populations
• Crisis Intervention on College Campuses
• Violence & Suicide Risk Assessment

Marie Wilson, Ph.D, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC

• Associate Professor
Coordinator of Art Therapy Program
• Art Therapy and topic, any population
• Sexual Addiction/Hyper sexuality,
• Pornography Addiction
• Chemical and Process/Behavioral Addictions