Natural & Health Sciences and Education Faculty
Natural & Health Sciences and Education Faculty
The School of Natural and Health Sciences and Education at Mount Mary is rich with talented faculty who care about their students.
Cheryl Bailey, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Natural and Health Sciences and Education
Phone: (414) 930-3111
Email: baileyc@mtmary.edu
Art Therapy
Chris Belkofer, Ph.D., ATR-LCPC
Master of Science in Art Therapy Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3120
Email: belkofec@mtmary.edu
Monique Matic, M.A., ATR-BC, LPC
Graduate Art Therapy Program
Assistant Professor and Practicum/Internship Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3669
Email: maticm@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Multicultural art therapy and counseling, trauma informed care, clinical supervision, community mental health and psychology, and art therapy and counseling education
Heather Leigh, DAT, ATR-BC, LCPC
Associate Professor, Art Therapy
Art Therapy Department Chair
Email: leighh@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Adlerian theory and art therapy, signature pedagogies for art therapy, art therapy with elders, and community building using art
Melody Todd, M.S., ATR
Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Adviser
Phone: (414) 930-3483
Email: toddm@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Community building through Art, Art and Spirituality, Leadership for Social Justice, and Undergraduate Art Therapy Education
Biology
Lynn M. Diener, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sciences Department Chair and Biology Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3157
Email: dienerl@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Ecology, Environmental issues, Human anatomy and Physiology, Zoology
Kathleen Boyle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
Phone: (414) 930-3528
Email: boylek@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Virology
Miguel Fernandes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
Phone: (414) 930-3686
Email: fernandm@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Conservation Biology, Population Ecology, and Microplastics Environmental Pollutants
Chemistry
Colleen Conway, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3149
Email: conwayc@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Biochemistry, Environmental science, Organic chemistry
Steve Levsen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3307
Email: levsens@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Organic chemistry with a focus on asymmetric synthesis
Justin Hustoft, Ph.D.
Physics Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3586
Email: hustoftj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Geophysics, with a focus on rock mechanics and Mineral Physics
Counseling
Carrie King, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
Professor, Counseling Department Chair, Program Director for School Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Phone: (414) 930-3262
Email: kingc@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Career development, counseling children and adolescents, counseling theories, ethics, multicultural counseling, school counseling, psychopharmacology, clinical supervision
Tammy H. Scheidegger, Ph.D., LPC, NCC
Associate Professor and Counseling Practicum/Internship Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3434
Email: scheidet@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Trauma counseling, eating disorders, family therapy, psychopathology, clinical supervision
Terri Jashinsky, Ph.D., CRC
Associate Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3239
Email: jashinst@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Addiction counseling, assessment, program evaluation, career development, clinical rehabilitation, clinical supervision
Jane Rheineck, Ph.D., LPC (IL), NCC
Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3442
Email: rheinecj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: LGBTQ issues and counseling, multicultural counseling, counseling ethics, clinical supervision, leadership in counseling
Melissa Kraemer Smothers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3276
Email: kraemerm@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Counseling techniques and theories, group procedures in counseling, trauma counseling, clinical supervision
Marion Toscano, Ph.D., LCPC (MD), NCC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3420
Email: toscanom@mtmary.edu
Expertise: LGBTQ, spirituality, multicultural counseling, statistics and research
Dietetics
Dietetics Department: (414) 930-3167
Shelly Gabel, MS, RDN, CD
Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Program in Dietetics
Phone: (414) 930-3198
Email: gabels@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Administration, Accreditation, Leadership, Online education, Nutrition and Dietetics
Linda A. Gleason, MS, RD, CD
Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3292
Email: gleasonl@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatric nutrition and metabolic disorders, nutrition education and counseling, food science
Pat Kempen, MS, RD, CD
Department Chair and Program Director/Faculty
Coordinated Program-Dietetics
Phone: (414) 930-3257
Email: kempenp@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Food and nutrition management, food service sanitation and safety
Dana Scheunemann Ph.D., MS, RD, CD
Assistant Professor - Coordinated Program in Dietetics
Phone: (414) 930-3658
Email: scheuned@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Clinical nutrition, renal disease, community nutrition, and research design
Lisa Stark, MPH, MS, RD, CD
Associate Professor, Dietetic Internship Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3464
Email: starkl@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Public health and community nutrition
Education
Debra Dosemagen, Ph.D.
Professor, Department Chair and Graduate Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3160
Email: dosemagd@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Mathematics education, teacher research
Kristin Whyte, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3106
Email: whytek@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Early Childhood Education
Food Science
Anne Vravick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Graduate Program Director, Food Science
Phone: (414) 930-3497
Email: vravicka@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Food toxicologies: PCQI Lead Instructor, Toxicological testing
Mathematics
Sherrie Serros, Ph.D.
Department Co-Chair
Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3585
Email: serross@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Mathematics Education, Set Theory
Jeremy Edison, Ph.D.
Department Co-Chair
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3463
Email: edisonj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Ring Theory, Representation Theory
Nursing
Kara Groom, RN, MSN, PhD
Chief Nurse Administrator, Department Chair, Faculty
Phone: (414) 930-3391
Email: groomk@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Critical care nursing, Palliative care nursing, Nursing curriculum development, Interprofessional education, and Interprofessional socialization
Jennifer Dahlman, RN, MSN, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Phone: (414) 930-3677
Email: dahlmanj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics, Online mentoring, and working with first-generation and marginalized student communities
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy Department: (414) 930-3059, mmu-ot@mtmary.edu
Kathy Alexander, Ed.D., OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3104
Email: alexandk@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Leadership, mental health, professional development
Meghan Anderson, OTD, OTR/L
Fieldwork Coordinator, Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3659
Email: andersom@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Brain injury, neurorehabilitation
Stephanie Beisbier, OTD, OTR/L
Associate Professor, Professional Entry Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3118
Email: beisbies@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics, school-based practice
Nicole Boyington, OTD, MOT, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Fieldwork Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3386
Email: boyingtn@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Lymphedema, geriatrics, home modification
Rita Burlingame-Toppen, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3451
Email: burlingr@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Physical disabilities, myofascial release, yoga
Cindy Clough, Ph.D., OT/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3589
Email: cloughc@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics, therapy services abroad
Julie Hunley, Ph.D., OT/L
Associate Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3236
Email: hunleyj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Physical disabilities rehabilitation, lymphedema, breast cancer
Kari C. Inda, Ph.D., OTR/L, CEAS
Professor, Occupational Therapy Chairperson
Phone: (414) 930-3238
Email: indak@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Neurorehabilitation, orthopedics, critical thinking skills, certification, technology
Susan LaCroix, OTD, OTR/L
Instructor, Fieldwork Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3286
Email: lacroixs@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Gernotology, dementia
Heather Martin, OTD, OTR/L
Instructor
Phone: (414) 930-3328
Email: martinh@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics
Jane Olson, Ph.D., OTR/L, FAOTA
Professor, Post-Professional Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3376
Email: olsonj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Educational outcomes, occupational science and research, program review
Kelly Stapelman, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3662
Email: stapelmk@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Geriatrics, management, emerging practice
Psychology
Laurel End, Ph.D., LPC
Professor, Psychology Department Chair
Phone: (414) 930-3172
Email: endl@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Cognitive psychology, cognitive neuroscience, creativity, cognitive and behavioral factors impacting women’s performance in STEM fields, psycholinguistics
Ayurdhi Dhar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Email: dhara@mtmary.edu
Cultural psychology, critical psychology, schizophrenia, psychopathology, qualitative research methods, feminist psychology, decolonization
Social Work
Melinda Kiltz, MSW, MPA
Social Work Department Chair and Associate Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3261
Email: kiltzm@mtmary.edu
Andrya Soprych, DSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor & Social Work Fieldwork Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3511
Email: soprycha@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Constructivist pedagogy, interdisciplinary practice
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