Elizabeth (Libby) Skinner

Academic Support Services, School of Education, Student Support Services
Accessibility Services Coordinator, Academic Success Center, Adjunct Lecturer

Email: eskinner@caldwell.edu
phone: 973-618-3645
FAX: 973-618-3488
Office Location: Aquinas Hall, Academic Success Center

Mrs. Elizabeth (Libby) Skinner has a B.A. from the University of Denver, an M.A. from Montclair State University and an M.A.A. from Caldwell University. She began her career teaching reading in the Denver Public Schools. Upon moving to New Jersey in 1971, she worked briefly in the Caldwell Public Schools. After pausing to have her children she worked in the Verona Public Schools for 32 years before retiring in 2015. Mrs. Skinner has taught both general education and special education in preschool through 12th grade. While working in Verona she was a classroom teacher, an LDT-C, a Supervisor of Special Education and a Director of Special Services. Mrs. Skinner has been an adjunct lecturer with the School of Education at Caldwell University since 2013 and accepted the position of Director of Accessibility Services in February, 2020. In her leisure time, Mrs. Skinner enjoys traveling, reading and spending time with her family, especially her eight grandchildren.

Stacey Solomon

Counseling
Professor

Email: ssolomon@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3387
Office Location: Werner Hall, 330

Education

B.S., Rider University
M.A., Kean University
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Dr. Stacey Solomon has been teaching at Caldwell University for over 20 years. She holds a School Counselor Certification for the State of New Jersey and is a licensed professional counselor. Dr. Solomon teaches and utilizes a strengths-based, collaborative and compassionate approach to counseling. She has experience working with children, adolescents and adults and enjoys working with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Dr. Solomon received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education from the University of Virginia.

Marjorie Squires

Natural Sciences
Professor of Chemistry

Email: msquires@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3612
Office Location: Albertus Magnus Hall, Room 204B

Education

BA Chemistry from Gettysburg College
PhD Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry from Boston College
Post Doctoral Fellow at SUNY at Stony Brook with Dr. Andreas Mayr

Teaching chemistry for 25 years. Course taught: General Chemistry I and II with laboratories, Analytical Chemistry with laboratories, Spectroscopic Determination, Polymer Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Principles of chemistry with laboratories, Food, Clothing, and Shelter, Our Material World with laboratories, Instrumental Analysis with laboratories, Coordination Chemistry.
The institutions these courses were taught were Montclair State University, Felican (College) University, and Caldwell University.

Conducting research in the synthesis and characterization of inorganic/organometallic complexes. Mentor students independent research projects.

Member of the American Chemical Society and mentor of the student chapter a Caldwell University.

Mary Joan Stiuso

Counseling Services
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Email: mjstiuso@caldwell.edu
Office Phone: 973-618-3319
FAX: 973-618-3540

I have been a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner for over 30 years and have worked in many various capacities. After receiving my Master’s from Columbia University and subsequently becoming a Board Certified Psychiatric/ Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurse (NP), I worked in research at the NY Psychiatric Institute and then for Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center establishing the first Childhood Depression/ Suicide Clinic. After my move to NJ, I worked in Community Mental Health Centers, private practice and for Bergen County Department of Human Services. My work with Bergen County has been the greatest professional achievement in my life. Shortly after beginning this work, I saw clients in the Juvenile Justice System, the Youth Shelter and several other programs including our AFT and Substance Abuse Program, but the most significant work has been with the Venture Program. This program is a middle and high school program for emotionally disabled and psychiatrically involved youth. I had a big part in the development and evolution of the program over the past 24 years. I also provided evaluation, medication management, group and individual therapy to students, as well as, intake and discharge plans, supervision of clinical staff and interns, consultation and education to academic staff and risk assessments. Serving the youth of Bergen County and surrounding communities has been a great honor

I maintain my Board Certification and ANCC Accreditation along with NJ licenses as an RN and an Advanced Practice Nurse with Prescriptive Authority.

It is my pleasure to embark on this new role at Caldwell University and I hope I can provide a very meaningful contribution.

Cindy Striano

Student Life
Associate Dean for Student Life

Email: Cstriano@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3319
FAX: 973-618-3540
Office Location: Newman Center

Cindy Striano has more than 40 years of experience in professional nursing and healthcare administration. Having worked in acute care, private surgical practice, hospital administration, nursing education, and many other facets of nursing, she developed a love for working with college-aged students when she began working part-time over thirty years ago at Caldwell University. Her passion became assisting college students to be successful academically by providing care that removed any health barriers while educating students to be self-advocates and educated healthcare consumers. She is a member of the New Jersey College Health Association and the NJ State Nurses Association. She holds a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Education.

In her personal life, she is a wife, a mother to two grown children who continued in the healthcare professions of Dentistry and Orthopaedic surgery, a grandmother to an adorable grandson, and a dog mom to Phoebe. She loves to read, travel, and is a foodie who loves to cook.

Daniel Summer

Counseling
Assistant Professor

Email: dsummer@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3511

Dr. Dan Summer is an assistant professor of Art Therapy in the department of Psychology and Counseling. Dan completed his master’s degree in creative arts therapy at Hofstra University in 1997. Most recently he earned a Ph.D. in Expressive Therapies from Lesley University and is a licensed, board-certified art therapist in New York. His previous clinical experiences include working on an inpatient psychiatric unit with adults living with chronic mental illness and most recently in an outpatient setting providing group and individual therapy to children and adolescents with severe emotional disturbances. Dan graduated from Institute for Arts in Psychotherapies with a certificate in the drama therapy method developmental transformations and is taking classes in New Jersey to ultimately become licensed as a professional counselor in New Jersey.

Education
BA Adelphi University
MA Hofstra University
Ph.D. Lesley University
Professional Certifications
ATR-BC, LCAT Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (New York) Board-Certified
Ph.D. Doctorate in Philosophy-Expressive Therapies

Professional Affiliations
American Art Therapy Association
New Jersey Art Therapy Association board member
New York Coalition of Creative Arts Therapists

Publications
Burch, Summer, Ward, Watt, and Feldman (2019). Qualitative data from a mixed-methods study of resilience in ENACT’s therapeutic theatre process show UP! Drama Therapy Review 5(1), 117-138.
Summer. D. (2009) An introduction to Developmental Transformations. In (Ed. Dellapietra. L.) Perspectives on Creativity. pp. 109-121. Cambridge Scholars
Summer, D. (2007). Honoring Timothy’s spirit: Mural making to express, process, and overcome grief and loss. In (Ed. Camilleri, V.A.). Healing the inner city child: Creative arts therapies with at-risk youth. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Special interests
Expressive Therapies Summit- Presenter and participant

Victoria Swanson

Library
Library Director

Email: viswanson@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3311
FAX: 973-618-3360
Office Location: Jennings Library

Victoria has a BA from Seton Hall University and an MLS from Pratt Institute. She has worked in small and large corporate libraries, an internet start-up and academic libraries. She enjoys working with students the most.

Christine Szeluga

Career Planning and Development
Assistant Director

Email: CSzeluga@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3306
FAX: 973-618-3425
Office Location: Aquinas Hall, 109

Christine M. Szeluga is a Career Advisement professional who works with students and alumni in career exploration and planning, securing internships, job searches and coordinates programs to enable students to navigate these processes. After spending almost two decades working for professional associations both in New York and New Jersey, as an education manager, Christine joined Caldwell in September 2008 as Assistant Director, Career Planning & Development. Over more than fifteen of service to the university, she has worked with hundreds of students and alumni to find their careers and achieve professional success.

Anna Taggart

Enrollment Management and Communications
Graphic Designer

Email: ataggart@caldwell.edu
Office: 973-618-3209
Location: Newman Center – Office of Graduate Admissions

Anna graduated with honors from Parsons School of Design in 2022. She has experience working as a graphic designer for small companies based in NJ.

Christopher Tamburro

Education
Adjunct Lecturer

Email: ctamburro@caldwell.edu
Office Location: Visceglia Hall

Office:
Mon: 3:15pm to 7pm
Tues: 3:15pm to 7pm
Wed: 3:15pm to 7pm
Thurs: 3:15pm to 7pm
Fri: 3:15pm to 7pm

Dr. Tamburro currently serves as the mayor of the Township of Verona. He was elected to the Township Council in 2021 before being selected as mayor in 2023. Concurrently, Dr. Tamburro has been a high school teacher for the Verona Public Schools since 2008, specializing in history, political science, economics, and law.

Dr. Tamburro has been a UniServ consultant for the New Jersey Education Association since 2016, where he manages various labor-related matters. In 2024, Dr. Tamburro and two partners leveraged their labor expertise to establish Representation Solutions, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in collective negotiations, contract enforcement, and strategic planning for public sector unions, including those representing first responders. The same year, Dr. Tamburro was appointed an adjunct lecturer of education at Caldwell University, teaching a course in the Ph.D./Ed.D. program on public-private administration.

Dr. Tamburro received a Bachelor of Arts in political science with a minor in law and criminal justice from The College of New Jersey, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Doctor of Letters in historical studies and fine art and media studies from Drew University in 2019. Dr. Tamburro’s holds an educational supervisor certificate after taking completing coursework at Montclair State University in 2012. He completed the three-summer residential James Madison Program on Constitutional Ideals and Principles at Princeton University.

Dr. Tamburro serves as the vice president of the New Jersey Council for History Education and is a member of the Professional Consultants Association. Dr. Tamburro was president of the Verona Education Association from 2014 to 2022. He is also a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society and Pi Sigma Alpha. He was honored as a distinguished educator by Springfield College in 2023.

Besides his work-related endeavors, Dr. Tamburro’s commitment to community service and emergency management includes serving as a deputy emergency management coordinator for the Township of Verona since 2014 and a member of the Verona Rescue Squad since 2009. He is a former chief of the Long Valley First Aid Squad Inc., assistant EMS chief in Verona, and a deputy emergency medical services coordinator for the Essex County Sheriff’s Department Office of Emergency Management.

Melissa Tarantula

Business and Computer Science
Project Manager

Email: mtarantula@caldwell.edu
phone: 973-618-3515
Office Location: Werner Hall Room 222

Melissa Tarantula is the ACBSP Accreditation and Assessment Coordinator within the School of Business and Computer Science. She earned a Master of Business Administration with a Global Business concentration from Caldwell University. She has a Bachelor of Science in Finance and minors in Spanish and International Business from The Pennsylvania State University (University Park). She helps manage a variety of initiatives within the school including program development, advisement, assessment and accreditation, recruitment and retention, event planning and operations, and international study trips.

Joseph Testa

Business and Computer Science
Adjunct Professor

Email: jtesta@caldwell.edu
Office Location: Werner Hall

Education:

B.S., Seton Hall University
M.B.A., Caldwell University

Bio:

Professor Testa is a graduate of Seton Hall University, where he studied Business Administration, with a concentration in Marketing. He went on to graduate with his Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from Caldwell University. Professor Testa currently teaches undergraduate courses in the School of Business and Computer Science, within areas of Business Communications and Leadership. Professor Testa is also an active member of the Caldwell University Alumni Board.

Rachel Thomas

Applied Behavior Analysis
Adjunct Instructor

Email: rthomas1@caldwell.edu
Office Location: Werner Hall

Rachel earned her PhD in ABA from Caldwell University and her MS degrees in ABA & OBM from FL Tech. Currently, she aims to disseminate behavior analysis in the area of project management & has a research line in the area of public speaking.

Arnold Toffler

Business and Computer Science
Assistant Professor

Email: atoffler@caldwell.edu

M.P.A. Wharton Graduate Division, University of Pennsylvania, 1974

M.A. Regional Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1974

B.A. English Literature, Lehigh University, 1969

Gregory Tortoriello

Psychology
Assistant Professor

Email: gtortoriello@caldwell.edu
Location: Student Center 286

Ph.D., Experimental (Social) Psychology, The University of Alabama

M.A., Experimental (Social) Psychology, The University of Alabama

B.A., Psychology, Miami University—Oxford

Dr. Tortoriello is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Caldwell University. He earned his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from The University of Alabama specializing in social psychology and statistics. His previous experience includes working in higher education as a college professor and in the public sector doing research analytics for an educational consulting firm.

Dr. Tortoriello studies personality elements and expressions under various social conditions. This framework of study has prompted re-examinations of personality constructs with prominent moral and prosocial implications, such as psychopathy, and their underlying features (e.g., manipulation, impulsivity, lack of empathy, lack of guilt). Are these features, and hence psychopathy, accurately represented theoretically and empirically? Can psychopathic people behave in morally consistent, or even morally superior, ways? In what circumstances are psychopathic people the most helpful?

Dr. Tortoriello is passionate about undergraduate teaching and training students to evaluate psychologically-based problems using the scientific method. In this vein, he operates a student-focused discussion group, Curious Scientists, which is dedicated to discussing and examining everyday observations, personal experiences, contemporary issues, and media through a scientific framework.

Sherri Treasurywala

Business and Computer Science
Assistant Professor

Email: streasurywala@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3451
FAX: 973-618-3355

Dr. Sherri Treasurywala teaches classes in global business, healthcare, strategy, supply chain and marketing. Dr Treasurywala earned her PhD, and an MBA from Cornell University.

Lily Tsoi

Psychology
Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Honors Program

Email: ltsoi@caldwell.edu
Office Phone #: (973) 618-3910
Office Location: Werner Hall, 120

B.A. in Neuroscience, Wellesley College
Ph.D. in Psychology (specialization in Cognitive Neuroscience), Boston College
Postdoctoral training, Princeton University

Dr. Tsoi is an assistant professor at Caldwell University. In addition to teaching advanced psychology courses, she conducts research and loves giving students opportunities to get involved. Her research uses survey methods, behavioral methods, and neuroimaging methods to understand how the brain supports social interactions and to uncover features of social interactions that promote social connection between people.

Dr. Tsoi is also the Co-Director of the Honors Program, the faculty advisor of Psychology Club and the Caldwell chapter of Psi Chi (the student honor society in Psychology), as well as the President-elect of the Caldwell chapter of Phi Kappa Phi (multidisciplinary honor society promoting scholarly excellence).

In her free time, Dr. Tsoi enjoys trying out recipes on cooking blogs, exploring different neighborhoods, and visiting family and friends in NYC.

Kathleen Tuite

President’s Office
Assistant to the President for Mission Integration

Email: ktuite@caldwell.edu
Office Location: Administration Building 2nd Floor

BA Religious Studies – Caldwell College
MA Theology – St. Michael’s College
MA/Ed.S – Educational Leadership – Seton Hall University

Employment:

St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City NJ:
– Religious Studies Teacher

Caldwell College/University:
– Associate Dean Student Life
– Vice President for Student Life
– Special Assistant to the President for Mission
– Assistant to the President for Mission Integration

Sisters of St. Dominic, Caldwell, NJ:
– Vocation Director

Mahwish Turab

Psychology
Adjunct Lecturer

Email: mturab@caldwell.edu

Education
M.A., Caldwell University
Ph.D., Capella University

Dr. Mahwish Turab has been affiliated with Caldwell University for over 15 years. Initially as a graduate student and then falling into her role as an adjunct professor in theGraduate Counseling Program as well as the Undergraduate Psychology Program. She has a Masters in Mental Health Counseling and has a PhD in Counseling andAdvanced Studies in Human Behavior, with research expertise in Grief, Attachment, and Animal-Human Bond.

Beatrice Turenne

Nursing and Public Health
Instructor, Public Health Education

Email: bturenne@caldwell.edu
Phone: 9736183020
Office Location: Student Center 2nd Floor

Beatrice Turenne graduated from Seton Hall University with a BSW and Alliance Graduate School of Counseling with a focus on Clinical Mental Health Counseling. After serving with the NJ Department of Health on several projects, the call to Public Health became clearer and clearer. She is a nationally certified counselor and a NJ Disaster Recovery Crisis Counselor. All efforts stem from her faith, and a belief that there is wellness and life in abundance available, and it is our greatest calling to help others achieve it.

Erika Turner

Counseling Services
Counselor

Email: eturner@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3879
FAX: 973-618-3940
Office Location: Newman Center – Health Services

Office:
Mon: 8:30-4:30pm
Wed: 8:30am-4:30pm
Fri: 8:30a-12pm

Erika Turner is a licensed therapist with over 17 years of experience working with adolescents and adults in a variety of settings. She is a compassionate clinician who treats individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, work/life balance, life transitions, and loss. She works collaboratively with clients to develop trust, accomplish goals, and achieve success.

Annette Vaccaro

Counseling
Associate Professor

Email: AVaccaro@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3938
Office Location: Student Center, 105

Office:
Mon: 8:00am-10:00am
Tues: 8:00am-10:00am
Wed: By Appointment
Thurs: By Appointment
Fri: By Appointment

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
EDUCATION
B.A. Seton Hill University
M.S. Eastern Virginia Medical School
M.S.W. New York University
Certificate in Psychoanalysis, The Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis
Ed.D. Argosy University

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Art Therapy Association
New Jersey Art Therapy Association
American Counseling Association
New Jersey Counseling Association
New Jersey Association for Social Work
National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Society of Modern Psychoanalysis

CREDENTIALS
Licensed Professional Counselor
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Certified Psychoanalyst, National and New Jersey
Registered and Board Certified Art Therapist
NASW approved Social Work Supervisor
Approved Counseling Supervisor
Art Therapy Credentialed Supervisor

SPECIAL INTERESTS
Clinical Supervision, Modern Psychoanalysis, Mental Health, Family Life

Christine Vandenberg

Registrar
University Registrar

Email: cvandenberg@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3202
Office Location: Aquinas Hall 104G

Office:
Mon: 8:30-4:30
Tues: 8:30-4:30
Wed: 8:30-4:30
Thurs: 8:30-4:30
Fri: 8:30-4:30

Christine joined Caldwell University as the University Registrar in November 2024. Prior to arriving at Caldwell, she spent 20 years in higher education at Centenary University in Hackettstown, NJ. There, her experience included 13 years in Enrollment Management and the last 7 years as the Registrar.

Christine earned her B.A. in Political Science from Stonehill College in MA and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law.

Christine enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her family.

Rebecca Vega

Music
Professor of Music, Director of Instrumental Studies, Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, and Flute

Email: RVega@caldwell.edu
Office: 973-868-6395
Location: Visceglia 218
Office Location: Visceglia Hall, 218

Office:
Mon: 1:00 PM -2:30 PM
Tues: 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Thurs: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Professor Rebecca Vega is an Associate Professor in the Music Department, and serves as the music recruitment advisor. This is her 20th year at Caldwell where she directs the CU Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Flute Ensemble and Reed Ensemble. She teaches Conducting, Instrumental Rehearsal Techniques and Music Education courses. She is an active flutist and performs regularly with the UpTown Flutes and the trio Terzetta.

B.M. (Music Education) California State University, Long Beach
M.A. (Flute Performance) Eastern Michigan University

Vladislav Veksler

Business and Computer Science
Assistant Professor

Email: vveksler@caldwell.edu
Phone: 973-618-3028
Office Location: Visceglia Hall 204A
Office Location: Werner Hall 218

Dr. Vlad Veksler is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Caldwell University. His research and teaching focus on all topics where there is interplay between humans and machines, including Artificial Intelligence, UI/UX and Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Agent Teaming, Cybernetics, Cognitive Modeling, Behavioral Simulations, Behavioral Game Theory, AI in Games, and Cognitive Robotics.

If you are an undergraduate student at Caldwell looking to get involved in scientific research with a focus on any of these topics, please check out the CogAI Research Laboratory website (https://sites.google.com/caldwell.edu/cogai) for more info.

Additionally, please check out the C-STEM Labs website (https://sites.google.com/caldwell.edu/cstem) for other programs in computational R&D, including the CougarDevs Incubator and Caldwell Robotics.

William Velhagen

School of Arts and Sciences
Dean

Email: wvelhagen@caldwell.edu
Phone: (973) 618-3623
Office Location: Werner Hall, 118

William A. Velhagen, Jr. was born and raised in the Philippines. He received his B.S. Biology degree from the University of the Philippines. He started medical school but then realized he was most excited about teaching and research. He came to the U.S. and obtained his Ph.D. in Zoology from Duke University, where he studied evolutionary biology.

Before coming to Caldwell, Dr. Velhagen taught at James Madison University, Longwood University, and New York University. At Caldwell, he has become a full professor, the head of the School of Natural Sciences, the vice president of the faculty council, and the founding president of the university’s chapter of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.

Dr. Velhagen serves as the Principal Investigator on the Caldwell SMART (Science and Math: Academics, Research, and Teaching) project, funded by the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, which supports students aiming to teach high school biology, chemistry, or math. He is also the Projector Director of Caldwell’s STEM Advance project, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic Serving Institution STEM and Articulation Program. The project aims to grow the number of students choosing and graduating from programs in STEM (Science, Technology, and Mathematics).

Dr. Velhagen is excited to become the inaugural Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. He has long believed in the value of a well-rounded education, even reading classics such as The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the works of Shakespeare before they were assigned in school. His favorite authors include Carl Sagan and Stephen Jay Gould. As dean, he aims to foster the curiosity, creativity, and ambition of the school’s students.

Bella Veskler

Institutional Research and Assessment
Director

Email: bveksler@caldwell.edu
Office Phone: 973-618-3553
Office Location: Rosary Hall 218

B.A. Computer Science and Psychology with a Concentration in Cognitive Science, Cornell University
M.S. Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D. Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dr. Veksler serves as the Director of Institutional Research at Caldwell University, where she leverages large-scale institutional data to drive strategic decision-making, assessment, and grant support while ensuring reporting compliance. Additionally, she is an Adjunct Instructor in Computer Science, teaching courses in Computational Modeling & Simulation and Programming Languages.

Dr. Veksler brings two decades of experience in computational science and scientific data analysis to the Caldwell community. Her expertise in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and performance modeling is backed by a sophisticated research toolkit, including the design of empirical behavioral studies using eye tracking, actigraphy, and EEG. While her earlier work centered on visual and sustained attention, today, she applies this rigorous analytical lens to the evolution of higher education, focusing on institutional assessment and the optimization of teaching effectiveness.

Her publications can be found here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Hkjyx-cAAAAJ

Assunta Violante

Modern Languages
Adjunct Lecturer

Email: AViolante@caldwell.edu

EDUCATION
M.A., Spanish, Montclair State University
M.A.in Bilingual Education, Seton Hall University

Professor Violante is an adjunct professor of Italian and Spanish. She holds a Master’s degree in Spanish from Montclair State University and a Master’s degree in Bilingual Education from Seton Hall University. She began her teaching career as an instructor of Italian, Spanish and Latin in the Newark Public School system.

Prior to coming to Caldwell University, she was the Supervisor of World Languages and ESL for eleven years in the West Essex Regional School District in North Caldwell. During this time she implemented a distance-learning program in Japanese. She was also supervisor of World Languages, ESL and Business for eight years in the Paramus School District. From 1986 to 1990, she was an adjunct professor at Montclair State University where she taught Italian and Spanish and was an instructor in the study abroad program at the University of Siena, Italy.

Professor Violante is a native of Italy who is very passionate about teaching languages. Her interests include traveling to different countries to enrich her knowledge of other cultures which she imparts to her students. She continues to research and implement effective teaching methods that provide her students with an optimal level of instruction in order to foster an appreciation for other languages and cultures.