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Department of Family Studies and Community Development

Faculty and Staff

Full-time Faculty

Name & Title

Interests

Contact Info

Karen Goldrich Eskow, Ph.D., CFLE
Chairperson
Graduate Program Director
Professor

Family quality of life for families with children with special needs; Family-Professional Collaboration

keskow@towson.edu
410-704-5851
Linthicum 002

Audrey Falk, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor

Civic engagement and service learning; nonprofit leadership; parent involvement

afalk@towson.edu
410-704-3365
Linthicum 319 F
Diane Harnek Hall, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Program evaluation; social welfare policy

dhall@towson.edu
410-704-3366
Linthicum 016

Sharon Jones-Eversley, DrPH
Lecturer
Campus Executive Director for American Humanics

Social epidemiology; family and human services; community development and capacity building; racial and ethnic disparities

sjoneseversley@towson.edu
410-704-2470
Linthicum 319 G
Lisa A. Martinelli Beasley,
MPS, ATR-BC, CCLS

Clinical Assistant Professor
Co-Director M.S. in Child Life, Administration, and Family Collaboration

Palliative care; death, dying and bereavement issues; pediatric hospitalization as it relates to the family unit; child life education

lmartinelli@towson.edu
410-704-3766
Linthicum 096

Brian Ogolsky, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Maintenance and commitment to close relationships; relationships and health; longitudinal and dyadic data analysis

bogolsky@towson.edu
410-704-3767
Linthicum 016 C
Linda Oravecz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Community and family violence; ethnic families; low-income mothers and family policy

loravecz@towson.edu
410-704-3669
Linthicum 012
Andrew Quach, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Relationships between first and second generation members in Asian American families; mental health

aquach@towson.edu
410-704-2032
Linthicum 319 E
Linda Stone, Ed.D.
Lecturer

Student advising; student organizations

lstone@towson.edu
410-704-5823
Linthicum 319 N
Cynthia Vejar, Ph.D.
Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor
At-risk communities; conflict resolution; gang involvement; career counseling; dream interpretation; generational cohorts cvejar@towson.edu
410-704-4202
Linthicum 002
Patricia Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Co-Director M.S. in Child Life, Administration, and Family Collaboration

Development of critical thinking skills in students; service learning; program evaluation

pwilliams@towson.edu
410-704-4871
Linthicum 010

Part-time Faculty

Name & Title

Interests

Contact Info

Julia Anderson
Instructor

 

jandersen@towson.edu
410-704-
Linthicum 096

Gina Costa, M.A., CFLE
Instructor

Service learning and the impact on student learning

gcosta@towson.edu
410-704-5455
Linthicum 016
Lorine Cummings
Instructor

 

lcummings@towson.edu
410-704-
Linthicum 319 M

Sandra Fisher
Instructor

 

sfisher@towson.edu
410-887-4155
Linthicum 319 M
Carl Gold
Instructor

Constitutional, family, criminal, employment, and educational law

cgold@towson.edu
410-337-5545
Linthicum 319 M
Dana Shaw
Instructor

 

dshaw@towson.edu
410-704-
Linthicum 319 M

Affiliated Faculty

Name & Title

Interests

Contact Info

Susan Bartels, Ph.D.
School Psychology Graduate Program Director and Associate Professor

 

sbartels@towson.edu
410-704-3070
Liberal Arts 2151

Hana Bor, Ph.D.

Jewish Education and Jewish Communal Service Graduate Program Director
Associate Professor

  hbor@towson.edu
410-704-5026
Hawkins Hall 413 G

Donna Cox, Ph.D.
Assistant Chairperson
ATOD Prevention Center Director
Health Sciences

 

dcox@towson.edu
410-704-4214
Burdick Hall 141 C
Edyth Wheeler, Ph.D.
Early Childhood Education Graduate Program Director

 

ejwheeler@towson.edu
410-704-2460
Hawkins Hall 107 B

Staff

Name & Title

Interests

Contact Info

Gretchen Armington
Project Manager

 

garmington@towson.edu
410-704-3362
Linthicum 002

Karen Evers
Administrative Assistant II

 

kevers@towson.edu
410-704-5851
Linthicum 002

 

Department of Family Studies and Community Development
Linthicum Hall, Room 002
Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Phone: 410-704-5851
Fax: 410-704-3612
E-mail: fmst@towson.edu



 

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