Faculty and Staff of School of Public and Global Affairs

Special Lecturers

Full time Faculty 

  • Anthony Adrignolo, MSOR, Professor of Global Transportation Studies 
  • Jay Arike, Lecturer (MAS-Vancouver) 
  • Bahareh Assadi: Lecturer and Assistant Director, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Jaime Buenahora Febres, Ph.D., clinical professor of law and comparative politics, and former Consul General of Ecuador in New York. 
  • Connie Bygrave, Assistant Professor, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Ajay K. Garg, Associate Professor and Associate Director, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Ernest Kovacs Jr., BA, M.Ed., Ed.D.; Associate Professor 
  • Paulette Laubsch, DPA, CPM, Professor of Public Administration and Academic Coordinator, MPA Program 
  • Phyllis MacIntyre, Assistant Professor, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Andrea Nicki, Lecturer, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Chimezie Ozurumba, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Administration 
  • William Roberts, PhD, Professor of History 
  • Raymundo C. Rosada, Jr., Lecturer, MAS-Vancouver 
  • William “Pat” Schuber, Esq., BA, JD; Senior Lecturer  
  • William Toms, BA, MA, Ed.D.; Assistant Professor  
  • Peter J. Woolley, PhD, Founding Director, School of Public and Global Affairs; Professor of Comparative Politics 

Contingent Faculty 

  • Wolfgang Albrecht, MPA, MEd, Public Administration 
  • Christian Tabi Amponsah, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Dawn Andrews, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Jeff Angermeyer, MA, EdS, Public Administration 
  • Ozen Asik, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Tom Barstow, MAS, Administrative Science 
  • Ulrike Berzau, MM, MHS, PT, FACHE, Public Administration 
  • Brenda Blackmon, MPA, Public Administration 
  • James Bruno, MA, Administrative Science 
  • Barbara  Camacho, JD, Public Administration 
  • Luana Carcano, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Victor Carter, MPA, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • George Case, MBA, Administrative Science & Student Services Administration 
  • Badr Un Nisa Chand, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Jose Cid, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Maria Elizabeth Torres Concepcion, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Timothy Cressey, MAS, Administrative Science 
  • Fred Deickmann, MAS, Administrative Science 
  • Gudrun Dreher, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Madelyn Ferrans, JD, Public Administration 
  • Rashi Gaur, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Brian Geoghegan, MAS, Administrative Science 
  • Clark Gettinger, M.B.A., Public Administration, Program Manager, Newark MPA Program, and Internship Program Coordinator 
  • Richard Humphreys, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Izelde L. Van Jaarsveld, MAS-Vancouver 
  • William Jackson, Sr., MPA, Public Administration 
  • Afsaneh Javadi,  MAS-Vancouver 
  • Loveleen Kaur, MAS-Vancouver 
  • James Keane, MPA, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • Mary Beth Kelly, MAS, Administrative Science
  • Eoin Kennedy, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Amit Kohli, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Amit Chaturvedi Kumar, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Doug Lemanowicz,  Administrative Science and Student Services Administration
  • Carlos Leon, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Michelle Lewis, MPA, Public Administration 
  • Raymond Massi, MAS, Administrative Science 
  • William, McKnight, MS, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • Mark Meirowitz, Ph.D., J.D., visiting scholar in law and comparative politics. 
  • Vikas Misra, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Lisa Palleson, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Rajakeerthy Parswanna-Vijayakumar, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Shailendra Pathak, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Donald Pavlak, MA, Administrative Science 
  • Sharyn Peiffer, JD, Administrative Science and Homeland Security
  • Vincent Petrecca, MAS, Administrative Science 
  • Rowan Pradgat, MS Healthcare Management, Public Administration 
  • Louai Rahal, MAS-Vancouver 
  • James Randall, MAS-Valemanncouver 
  • Robert Ritchie, DCJ, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • Cecille O. Rosada, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Ahmad Salman, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Farsad Sarmad, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Sydney A. Scott, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Atul Shah, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Darshan Shah, MBA, Student Services Administration 
  • Steven Shallop, MBA, Administrative Science 
  • Rhudell Snelling, MPA, Off-Campus Programs and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration 
  • Neil Spidaletto, MA, Administrative Science 
  • Michael Tarantino, MAS, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • Nick Theodos, MA, Administrative Science 
  • James Tong, MAS-Vancouver 
  • Jennifer Troxell, MSS, Student Services Administration 
  • Matthew Walker, MPA, Administrative Science 
  • Gregory Washington, MPA, Off-Campus Programs and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration 
  • Gus Xhudo, PhD, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • Christopher York, MAS, Administrative Science & Cyber and Homeland Security 
  • David Zatz, PhD, Public Administration 
  • William  Zimmerle, Ph.D., History and Anthropology. 

SPGA Staff 

Barbara Dawson, Program Assistant 
dawson@fdu.edu 
973.443.8927 

Donna L. Ganley, MAS; Senior Coordinator 
Ganley@fdu.edu  
201-692.7171 

Ajay K. Garg, Associate Professor and Associate Director, FDU-Vancouver 
akg@fdu.edu  
604.682.8112  
 
Bahareh Assadi: Lecturer and Assistant Director, FDU-Vancouver 
bahareh@fdu.edu   
604.682.8112  

Clark Gettinger, Program Manager, Newark MPA Program; and Internship Program Coordinator 
cgettinger@fdu.edu 
917.747.4863 

Christie Innes, Assistant to the Director and Liaison to the United Nations 
innes@fdu.edu  
201.692.2745 

Dr. Paulette Laubsch, MPA Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor 
Laubsch@fdu.edu 
201.692.6523 

Lorraine S. Nienstedt, MAS, CPM, Associate Director 
Niensted@fdu.edu 
201.692.7171 

Rhudell Snelling, MPA, Assistant Director for Off-Campus Programs and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration  
Prof_201@fdu.edu 
201.692.2629 

Gregory Washington, MPA, Assistant Director for Off-Campus Programs and Adjunct Professor of Public Administration   
gregoryt@fdu.edu 
201.692.7176 

Dr. Peter J. Woolley, Founding Director 
woolley@fdu.edu 
973.443.8725