School of Graduate Health & Professional Programs Faculty
School of Graduate Health & Professional Programs Faculty
The School of Graduate Health & Professional Programs at Mount Mary is rich with talented faculty who care about their students.
Cheryl Bailey, Ph.D.
Dean of the School of Graduate Health & Professional Programs
Phone: (414) 930-3111
Email: baileyc@mtmary.edu
Art Therapy
Chris Belkofer, Ph.D., ATR-BC, LPC
Professor, Art Therapy
Director of Clinical Training, Graduate Art Therapy
Phone: (414) 930-3120
Email: belkofec@mtmary.edu
Heather Leigh, DAT, ATR-BC, LCPC
Associate Professor, Art Therapy
Art Therapy Department Chair
Program Director, Graduate Art Therapy
Email: leighh@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Adlerian theory and art therapy, signature pedagogies for art therapy, art therapy with elders, and community building using art
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., LP, CRC
Associate Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3239
Email: jashinst@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Addiction counseling, assessment, program evaluation, career development, clinical rehabilitation, clinical supervision
Claire Whetter PhD, LPC, NCC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3173
Email: whetterc@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Women's mental health, perinatal mood disorders, dialectical behavioral therapy, and trauma 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, PhD, LPC(WI), LCPC(MD), NCC
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3420
Email: toscanom@mtmary.edu
Expertise: LGBTQ, spirituality, multicultural counseling, statistics and research
Amanda Arnold, Ph.D., LPC (WI), NCC
Assistant Professor
Phone:& (414) 930-3353
Email: arnolda@mtmary.edu
Dietetics
Dietetics Department: (414) 930-3035
Pat Kempen, MS, RD, CD
Department Chair and Program Director/Faculty and Graduate Program Director
Coordinated Program-Dietetics
Phone: (414) 930-3257
Email: kempenp@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Food and nutrition management, food service sanitation and safety
Meagan Maritato, MS, RDN, CD
Associate Professor, Dietetic Internship Director
Phone: (414) 930-3337
Email: maritatm@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Foodservice Management, Private Practice, National Diabetes Prevention Program
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
Janine Bamberger, MS, RDN, CD
Assistant Professor in Dietetics
Phone: (414) 930-3264
Email: bambergj@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Clinical nutrition management, neonatal care, wellness, nutrition software design, research
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
Vanessa Varela, M.A in Ed, M.A. in F.L.L.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3105
Email: varelav@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Second Language Acquisition and Social Justice, Multilingual Learners, Multicultural Children's Literature
Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy Department: (414) 930-3059, mmu-ot@mtmary.edu
Meghan Anderson, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3659
Email: andersom@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Brain injury, neurorehabilitation
Cindy August, Ph.D., OT/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3589
Email: augustc@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics, therapy services abroad
Stephanie Beisbier, OTD, OTR/L
Associate Professor, Professional Entry Program Director
Phone: (414) 930-3118
Email: beisbies@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics, school-based practice
Katelyn Brady, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Academic Fieldwork Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3539
Email: bradyk@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Student emotional intelligence and fieldwork success
Rita Burlingame-Toppen, OTD, OTR/L, CYT
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3451
Email: burlingr@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Physical disabilities, myofascial release, yoga
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
Jennifer Kinkade, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3230
Email: kinkadej@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Neurorehabilitation, pediatrics, implementation science
Heather Martin, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor
Phone: (414) 930-3328
Email: martinh@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Pediatrics
Kelly Stapelman, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Professor, Doctoral Capstone Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3662
Email: stapelmk@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Geriatrics, management, emerging practice
Mitchell Voss, OTD, MBA, OTR/L, SCLV
Post-Professional Master's Program Coordinator
Phone: (414) 930-3190
Email: vossm@mtmary.edu
Expertise: Orthopedics, work rehabilitation
Social Work
Melinda Kiltz, MSW, MPA
Social Work Department Chair and Associate Professor
Phone:(414) 930-3261
Email: kiltzm@mtmary.edu
Rebecca Valentyn, LCSW
Assistant Professor & Director of Field Education
Phone: (414) 930-35430
Email: valentyr@mtmary.edu
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