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Education Unit and Educator Licensure Office

Administration, Faculty and Staff

Center for Excellence in Education

Elaine Francis, Ed.D.

Dean of Education,
Secondary Education Coordinator

978-665-3501

efrancis@fsc.edu

Ann M. Hogan, M.Ed.

Director
Educator Licensure, Placement and
Unit Data Management

978-665-3233

ahogan@fsc.edu

Sandra Herndon

Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Education and the Director of Licensure and Placement 978-665-3239 sherndon@fsc.edu

Center for Professional Studies

Theresa Lavin, MBA

Director

978-665-3059

tlavin2@fsc.edu

Tracy McGrath Secretary to the Department 978-665-3636

tmcgrat3@fsc.edu

Brenda Coleman, MBA

Program Coordinator
Teaching American History

978-665-3218 bcoleman@fsc.edu

Education Department - PreK-8 and Special Education

Shari Stokes, Ed.D.

Department Chair

978-665-3539

sstokes@fsc.edu

Beth Lawrence

Secretary to the Department 978-665-3308 blawrence@fsc.edu

Carolyn Hughes

Secretary to the Department 978-665-3193 chughes@fsc.edu

Ellen Borsuk

Assistant Professor 978-665-3705 eborsuk@fsc.edu

Ronald Patrick Colbert, Ed.D.

Professor

978-665-3494

rcolbert@fsc.edu

Laurie DeRosa, Ed.D.

Professor 978-665-3511 lderosa@fsc.edu

Mary-Ellen Efferen, M.Ed.

Chair, Graduate Program in Special Education (Moderate Disabilities)
Project Director - Meeting the Challenge

978-665-3238 mefferen@fsc.edu

Felicia Farron-Davis, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor 978-665-4030 ffarrondavis@fsc.edu

Rosemarie Giovino,

Chair, Reading Specialist Program

978-665-3538 rgiovino@fsc.edu

Pamela Hill, Ed.D.

Graduate Chair, M.Ed, Early Childhood, Elementary and Middle School Programs

978-665-3515

phill@fsc.edu

Anne Howard, Ed.D.

Chair, Graduate Program in Special Education (Severe Disabilities and Guided Studies)

978-665-3309

anhoward@fsc.edu

Susan Hutchinson, M.Ed.

Meeting the Challenge/OSERS Grant
Project Coordinator

978-665-4878
shutchi7@fsc.edu
Nancy Murray

Instructor

978-665-3770 nmurray5@fsc.edu

Daniel Nomishan, Ed.D.

Professor

978-665-3516

dnomishan@fsc.edu

Glenda Ouellette, Ed.D.

Professor

978-665-4617

gouellette@fsc.edu

Susan Rosa, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor 978-665-4850 srosa@fsc.edu

Tammie Soucie-Burke

Project Assistant
Meeting the Challenge/OSERS Grant
978-665-4659 tsoucieb@fsc.edu

Annette Sullivan

Assistant Professor 978-665-3717 asulli15@fsc.edu

Diana Suskind, Ed.D.

Associate Professor

978-665-3371

dsuskind@fsc.edu

Secondary Education Programs

Laura Baker, Ph.D.

History Department
Assistant Professor

978-665-3397
lebaker@fsc.edu

Chola Chisunka, Ph.D.

Chair, MAT Program in English; Undergraduate Clinical Professor of English

978-665-3445

cchisunka@fsc.edu

Christopher Cratsley, Ph.D.

Chair, MA/MAT Program in Biology; Chair MED Program in Science Education; Undergraduate Clinical Professor of Biology

978-665-3617
ccratsley@fsc.edu

Lucy Dechene, Ph.D. 

Undergraduate Clinical Professor of Mathematics Chair, MAT Program in Mathematics
Teacher Education Council Representative

978-665-3077
ldechene@fsc.edu

Nancy Kelly, Ph.D.

Chair, MED Program in Secondary Education
978-665-3447
nkelly@fsc.edu

Patricia Smith, Ed.D.

Undergraduate English Professor
Chair, MEd, General Studies

978-665-3448 psmith@fsc.edu

Mark Snyder, Ph.D.

Undergraduate Clinical Professor of Mathematics

978-665-3076

msnyder@tiac.net

Teresa Thomas, Ph.D.

Chair, MA/MAT Program in History;
Undergraduate Clinical Professor in History
Teacher Education Council Representative

978-665-4587

tthomas@fsc.edu

Technology Education Programs

James Alicata, Ph.D.

Chair

978-665-3047

jalicata@fsc.edu

Diane Whitham

Secretary

978-665-3047

dwhitham@fsc.edu

Wayne Whitfield

Supervising Faculty 978-665-4807

wwhitfield@fsc.edu

Educational Leadership and Management Programs (M.Ed. and C.A.G.S.):
School Principal, Supervisor/Director, and Technology Leader

Randy Howe, Ed.D.

Chair of EDLM Programs 978-665-3544

rhowe@fsc.edu

Guidance Counseling Program

John Hancock, Ph.D.

Chair, Graduate Guidance Counseling Program

978-665-3604

jhancock@fsc.edu

Richard Spencer, Ph.D.

Teacher Education Council Representative
Professor

978-665-3582

rspencer@fsc.edu

Carol Globiana, Ph.D.

Advisor, School Guidance Counseling 978-665-3615 globiana@fsc.edu

Lynn Kellner, Ph.D.

Director, Field Work Office

978-665-3259 lkellner@fsc.edu

Library Media Specialist

Randy Howe, Ed.D.

Chair, Graduate Program 978-665-3544 rhowe@fsc.edu

McKay Campus School and Teacher Education Center

John Earley

Associate Dean/Principal

978-665-3186

jfearley@fsc.edu

Stephanie Boucher

Secretary to the Principal

978-665-3425 sboucher@fsc.edu

Extended Campus Programs

Angela Palmer, Ed.D.

Graduate and Continuing Education
Director of Extended Campus Programs
978-665-4122

apalmer2@fsc.edu

Cathy Montague

Secretary 978-665-3794 cmontague@fsc.edu