Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

Ginneh L. Akbar Headshot

Ginneh L. Akbar MSW, DSW, LSW
Program Director, Department Chair, Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 403A
610-738-0353
gakbar@wcupa.edu

 
Faculty

Page Buck Headshot

Page Walker Buck MSS, Phd, LSW
Professor
Anderson Hall 449
610-436-3591
pbuck@wcupa.edu

Casey Bohrman Headshot

Casey Bohrman, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 436
610-436-2147
CBohrman@wcupa.edu

Wan-Yi Chen Headshot

Wan-Yi Chen MSW, MPhil, PhD
Professor
Anderson Hall 448
610-738-0332
wchen@wcupa.edu

Pier Cicerelle Headshot

Pier Cicerelle, DSW, MSW, LSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 403
610-436-2664
PCicerelle@wcupa.edu

Meagan Corrado Headshot

Meagan Corrado
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 4th Floor
610-436-3568
MCorrado@wcupa.edu

Linda Ello Headshot

Linda Ello, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 453
610-738-3593
lello@wcupa.edu

Erin Hipple Headshot

Erin Hipple, MA, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 4th Floor
610-436-3517
ehipple@wcupa.edu

Angela Lavery Headshot

Angela Lavery, MSW, PhD, LCSW, FT
Professor and the Graduate Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
Anderson Hall 450
610-738-0341
alavery@wcupa.edu

Alison Neff Headshot

Alison Updyke Neff, MSW, DSW, LSW
Assistant Chairperson  Associate Professor
122 WCU Ave
610-436-3525
ANeff@wcupa.edu

Kerrie Ocasio Headshot

Kerrie Ocasio, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 446
610-436-3522
KOcasio@wcupa.edu

Julie Tennille Headshot

Julie Tennille, MSW, PhD, LSW
Professor 
Anderson Hall 451
610-436-3549
jtennille@wcupa.edu

Todd Vanidestine Headshot

Todd Vanidestine, MSW, MHR, PhD
Graduate Coordinator for West Chester and Philadelphia Campus

Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 443
610-436-3543
tvanidestine@wcupa.edu

 
Temporary Faculty

Temporary Faculty Temporary Faculty

Malika Hook-Muhammad, MSW,M.Ed.

Shenise Henderson
MBA, MSS, LCSW, RYT

Kenneth Johnson, MSW

Biany Perez, MSS, M.Ed.,LSW

Felicia Wilson

Ohenewaa White-Ra, MSW

Maureen Bell

Diamonique Morgan

Thomas McRae

Austin Karr

Jennifer Marshall

 

 
Staff

Placeholder Headshot


Director of Field Education, West Chester
Anderson Hall 407
610-436-3567

Layna Smith Headshot

Layna Smith, MSW
Director of Field Education/Adjunct Professor, Philadelphia location
701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
610-436-3718
Lsmith3@wcupa.edu

Stacey Raker Headshot

Stacey Raker
Department Coordinator
Anderson Hall 403
610-436-2664
SRaker@wcupa.edu