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Undergraduate Faculty

Laura Garcia, DNP, RNC
Associate Professor of Nursing

Deborah Blades-Clarke, DNP, RN, ANP, ACNP-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Chunfang Chen, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Nancy Fontana, MA, RN, PMHCNS-BC
Assistant Professor in Practice

Katherine Irizarry, EdD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Theodora Levine, DNP, MEd, RN, NEA-BC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Kayanne McKenzie, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CCRN, CHPN
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Shulamite Odogwu, EdD, MSN, RNC-OB, CNE, C-EFM
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Susan Tighe, MS, RN
Assistant Professor of Practice

Arlene Travis, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, CHFN-K, CHC
Assistant Professor of Nursing

Diane Kelly, MSN, RN, FNP-BC
Instructor of Nursing

Lydia Lopez, MSN, RN
Instructor of Nursing

Carine McDonald, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, PMC-ED
Instructor of Nursing

Veronica E. Thompson, MS, RN
Instructor of Nursing

Marsha Williamson, MSN, RN-BC, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN-K
Instructor of Nursing


Nursing courses are taught primarily by our full-time faculty. Clinical rotations are led by experienced, trained clinical nursing adjuncts, who bring their wealth of professional and clinical experience to our students throughout their clinical courses. Approximate numbers of part-time faculty are as follows:

  • Baccalaureate program didactic adjuncts: 2-3 per semester
  • Baccalaureate program clinical adjuncts: 50-60 per semester
  • Graduate program didactic adjuncts: 1-3 per semester

Barbara Cohen, EdD
Professor Emerita of Nursing

Judith Erickson, PhD
Dean Emerita of Nursing