Winter 2009 - Mitchell College
Winter 2009 - Mitchell College
Winter 2009 - Mitchell College
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Faculty Focus<br />
Seven new faculty support expanding<br />
bachelor programs, enrollment increase<br />
Faculty now doubled since adding bachelor programs in 1998<br />
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even new faculty members join <strong>Mitchell</strong> <strong>College</strong> this fall,<br />
an indicator of the connued growth of the <strong>College</strong>’s<br />
bachelors programs. The new professors will strengthen six of<br />
the college’s twelve degreed programs, and several will lead<br />
departments as chairs.<br />
“It is excing to see both new instructors and some wellknown<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong> adjunct professors join the faculty this year,”<br />
says Dr. Gilbert Maffeo, Vice President for Academic Affairs<br />
and Dean of the <strong>College</strong>. “The programs keep growing, and<br />
with them the depth of the faculty we draw upon.”<br />
The number of full-me professors at <strong>Mitchell</strong> has doubled<br />
since the <strong>College</strong> began offering bachelor programs in 1998,<br />
bringing the total number to 38.<br />
Assistant Professor Tara L. Broccoli joined<br />
the Behavioral Science department at<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong> <strong>College</strong> this fall. Dr. Broccoli<br />
received her Ph.D. in Social/Health<br />
Psychology from Rutgers University, where<br />
her research centered in body image, selfobjecficaon,<br />
women’s health and health behavior. She<br />
received her Masters in Social/Health Psychology from Rutgers<br />
and her Bachelors in Psychology from Conneccut <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Priscilla Brown Embry is new Assistant<br />
Professor in Early Childhood Educaon.<br />
Dr. Embry received her Ph.D. in Special<br />
Educaon and her Masters in Educaon from<br />
the University of Conneccut, where she also<br />
worked as a lecturer and Academic Specialist at<br />
their Instute for Teaching and Learning for several years. She<br />
has worked at <strong>Mitchell</strong> in the past as both an Instructor and a<br />
Learning Specialist, and received her Bachelors from George<br />
Washington University in Elementary Educaon.<br />
Robert O. Forcier was recently named department<br />
chair of <strong>Mitchell</strong>’s new Hospitality and<br />
Tourism program. His experience includes 15<br />
years in management and operaons in the<br />
hospitality industry and ten years managing<br />
career programs at the Johnson & Wales University<br />
Career Development Office. Forcier received his MBA<br />
in Hospitality Administraon from Johnson & Wales University<br />
and his Bachelors from the University of Massachuses at<br />
Amherst in Hotel, Restaurant and Travel Administraon.<br />
Diane M. Gozemba is new Assistant Professor<br />
in Early Childhood Educaon, making the<br />
transion aer eleven years as Director of<br />
<strong>Mitchell</strong> <strong>College</strong>’s Children’s Learning Center.<br />
Gozemba received her MBA from University<br />
of New Haven, and her Masters in Infant/<br />
Parent Development from Bank Street <strong>College</strong> of Educaon<br />
in New York. She received her Bachelors from Conneccut<br />
<strong>College</strong>.<br />
Frank T. Hendrick is new Associate Professor<br />
and Department Chair of Sport Management<br />
at <strong>Mitchell</strong>. Dr. Hendrick received his<br />
Ph.D. in Leisure Studies from the University<br />
of Oregon, his Masters in Educaon from<br />
California Lutheran University and his Bachelors<br />
in Psychology from California State University. He has<br />
taught at Eastern Conneccut State University, California<br />
Polytechnic State, and the University of Tennessee.<br />
Kristen M. Lester joins the <strong>College</strong> as Assistant<br />
Professor in Environmental Studies.<br />
Dr. Lester has taught as an adjunct faculty<br />
member for several years at <strong>Mitchell</strong> <strong>College</strong><br />
and previously at the University of Conneccut<br />
Avery Point, Middlesex Community<br />
<strong>College</strong>, and Lyme Academy of Fine Art. Dr. Lester received<br />
her Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of South<br />
Florida, her Masters in Environmental Coastal and Ocean<br />
Science from the University of Massachuses, Boston and<br />
her Bachelors in Biology from Excelsior <strong>College</strong>.<br />
Richard Lucas is the newly named Department<br />
Chair of the Communicaon Program.<br />
Before his arrival, Dr. Lucas taught Communicaons<br />
at Southern Conneccut State<br />
University for over 20 years, where he was<br />
named Professor Emeritus in 2003. He also<br />
directed their Instruconal Technology Program and served<br />
five years as Communicaons Department Chair. Dr. Lucas<br />
received his Ph.D. and his Masters in Mass Communicaon/<br />
Markeng from the University of Massachuses, and his<br />
Bachelors in Speech Communicaon from Southern<br />
Conneccut University.<br />
Faculty Focus connued on page 18<br />
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