Ryan O’Gorman
Fr. Carlo Biceno, Ed.D
Dr. Donald Hammond
Clare Pennino, Ph.D.
B.A., Fordham University
M.B.A., Iona College
Ph.D., New York University
Work Experience:
Author of various journal articles and college textbook supplements
Former corporate manager at AT& T, BellSouth, MCI
Robert Stauffer, Ph.D.
B.A. – New York University (English)
M.A. – Brooklyn College (English Education)
Ph.D. – Arizona State University (Medieval Literature)
Robert Stauffer began working at Dominican University in 2012. His research and teaching interests are in medieval and Renaissance literature, postcolonial studies, science fiction and fantasy literature, and early 20th century writers. He is currently working on editing and writing for a volume for Brill Publishing entitled A Marguerite Porete Companion focusing on Marguerite Porete, a thirteenth-fourteenth century beguine, and her book The Mirror of Simple Souls. His publications include fantasy short stories and baseball biography. He has given several papers at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Denise Dawkins Weir
Denise relocated to NY to advance her career in Higher Ed. She’s originally from North Carolina with Jamaican heritage. Denise is the Advisor to the Caribbean Dance Crew at Dominican University. She’s “chargedup” and ready to activate. Her overall theme is “Reach Back, Lift Up”.
Education:
BS – Human Resource Management, Winston Salem State University
MS – Adult Education, North Carolina A&T State University
Experience:
Denise Dawkins is a Higher Ed Professional with over 10 years of experience and counting. Denise has held various positions for HBCUs, Minority owned-businesses, private HIED institutions, State funded agencies, grant funded organizations, and health disparity programs. Currently she holds a BS in Human Resource Management and a MS in Adult Education – HIED Administration. She comes to Dominican University with aspirations to create more efficient opportunities of office administration, build long term rapport with the student body, bond with all students, but emphasize on creating a forging relationship with the brown and black student body of Dominican, continue marketing for the Business Administration program and most importantly providing student advocacy to the body.
AnnMarie DiSiena, Ed. D.
B.A. – Iona College
M.A. – Fordham University
Ed.D. – Organizational Leadership: Argosy University
Dr. DiSiena has been a faculty member at Dominican University for over 33 years — 24 years full-time. In addition to her work with the Communication Studies Program, she is the Director of Special Sessions, which includes Winter and Summer Sessions, and Director of Academics for Alternative Undergraduate Sessions.
Dr. DiSiena teaches undergraduate and graduates courses in Leadership and Organizational Communication. Annually, she also facilitates a Public Speaking Academy Program for High School juniors and seniors and is a workshop facilitator for a Teen Leadership program for HS sophomores, a sub-division of Leadership Rockland.
She has presented and brought students to present at the New York State Communication Association. She has also presented workshops on Leadership and Communication.