Department of Nursing
Faculty
Kathleen A.C. Buono
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S., State University of New York at New Paltz
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Joan E. Dacher
Ph.D., University at Albany - School of Social Welfare
M.S., Hunter-Bellvue School of Nursing
B.S., State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Associate Professor of Nursing
Martha A. Desmond
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S.N., Molloy College
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ann M. Gothler
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Univ. Cert., University at Albany
M.S., B.S., Adelphi University
Professor of Nursing
M.S., State University of New York at Stonybrook
B.S., California State University
Diploma, Buffalo General Hospital School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Mary L. Johnson
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S., Russell Sage College
Diploma, Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Associate Professor of Nursing
Glenda Kelman
Ph.D., New York University
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S., Russell Sage College
Post Master's Certificate of ACNP College of New Rochelle
Associate Professor of Nursing
Kathleen Kennedy
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S., Boston College
Diploma, St Peter's Hospital School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Nursing
D.A., University at Albany
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S., Russell Sage College
B.S., University at Albany
Associate Professor of Nursing
Wendy Nelson
M.S.N., University of Cincinnati
B.S., Alfred University
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Mary Lou Peck
Ed.D., M.Ed., M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
B.S.N., University of Oregon
Associate Professor of Nursing
Arlene Pericak
M.S., University of Lowell
B.S., University of Massachusetts
Diploma, Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Linda Ceriale Peterson
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
M.A., New York University
B.S., Fairleigh Dickinson University
Professor of Nursing
Barbara B. Pieper
Ph.D., Adelphi University
M.N., University of Kansas Medical Center
B.S., State University of New York at Albany
Associate Professor of Nursing
Zwirz, Tonya
M.S., Sage Graduate School
B.S., Russell Sage College
Assistant Professor of Nursing
All the faculty of the Department of Nursing have graduate preparation in nursing. Seven full-time faculty members have doctoral preparation; 80 percent of' full-time faculty teaching graduate courses have doctorates. Faculty have a wide variety of clinical and educational backgrounds to support their teaching expertise; four faculty have national certification as nurse practitioners in adult, family, acute care, and gerontology.
