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Faculty & Staff

Administration

Name Phone Email
Dr. Jimmie McClellan
Dean		 703.845.6241 jmcclellan@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jean Braden
Assistant Dean of Liberal Arts		 703.845.6357 jebraden@nvcc.edu
Brooke Miles
Administrative Assistant to the Dean		 703.845.6233 bmiles@nvcc.edu

Staff

Samuel Rosado-Rodriguez
Office Manager		 703.845.3974 srosadorodr@nvcc.edu
Olga Merkezas
Administrative Assistant		 703.845.6242 omerkezas@nvcc.edu
Azza Ahmed
Administrative Assistant		 703.845.6241 azahmed@nvcc.edu
Nasim Ali
Administrative Assistant		 703.845.6241 nali@nvcc.edu
Jose Zalles II
Administrative Assistant		 703.845.6214 jzalles@nvcc.edu

Art

Name Phone Email
William (Bill) Schran
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6075 wschran@nvcc.edu
Rebecca Kamen 703.845.6095 rkamen@nvcc.edu
Sarah Liberatore 703.845.6160 sliberatore@nvcc.edu
Sherry Trachtman
 703.845.6273 strachtman@nvcc.edu

Childhood Development / Human Services / Education

Name Phone Email
Dr. Ivy Beringer
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6127 iberinger@nvcc.edu
Mary Hanrahan 703.845.6171 mhanrahan@nvcc.edu

Communication Design (Graphic, Interactive, Web and Multimedia Design)

Name Phone Email
Elizabeth (Lisa) Hill
Assistant Dean		 703.933.3958 ehill@nvcc.edu
Tim Brockman 703.845.6239 tbrockman@nvcc.edu
Nancy Gleeson 703.845.6163 ngleeson@nvcc.edu
Nick Spencer 703.845.6164 nspencer@nvcc.edu
Angela Terry 703.845.6094 aterry @nvcc.edu

Communication Studies and Theatre (Speech and Drama)

Name Phone Email
Dr. Brenda Lewis-Holmes
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6162 blewisholme@nvcc.edu
Renee’ Charlow rcharlow@nvcc.edu
Lucy Holsonbake 703.845.6096 lholsonbake@nvcc.edu
Jacqueline Schillig 703.845.6144 jcshillig@nvcc.edu

Economics

Name Phone Email
Dr. John Min 703.933.1846 jmin@nvcc.edu
Naveen Sarna 703.845.6572 nsarna@nvcc.edu
Medoune Seck 703.845.6577 mseck@nvcc.edu

Developmental English

Name Phone Email
Dr. Jarrod Waetjen
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6568 jwaetjen@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jill Biden    
Denny May 703.845.6563 dmay@nvcc.edu
Barry Selinger 703.845.6385 bselinger@nvcc.edu
Kathleen Wax 703.845.6566 kwax@nvcc.edu

English

Name Phone Email
Jon Burton
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6502 jburton@nvcc.edu 
Dr. Michael Amey 703.845.6288 mamey@nvcc.edu
Denise Ashkenas  703.845.1234 nvcassd@nvcc.edu
Robert Brunner  703.845.6047 rbrunner@nvcc.edu
Emily Chiles 703.933.3984 echiles@nvcc.edu
Dianne Daily  703.933.3973 nvdaily@nvcc.edu
Shonette Grant
Honors Coordinator		 703.845.6503 sgrant@nvcc.edu
Dr. Nancy Hoagland 703.845.6573 nvhoagn@nvcc.edu
Alexander Purugganan 703.845.6235 apurugganan@nvcc.edu
Peter Ruffner 703.845.6565 pruffner@nvcc.edu
Dr. Carlos Schroder 703.845.6578 cschroder@nvcc.edu
Gale (Tex) Vathing  703.845.6242 nvvathg@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jennifer Ward 703.845.6501 jeward@nvcc.edu 

English as a Second Language

Name Phone Email
Janice Hornyak 
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6585 jhornyak@nvcc.edu
Stephanie Sareeram
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6015 ssareeram@nvcc.edu 
Thérèse Aylward 703.845.6569 taylward@nvcc.edu
Joan Blankmann  703.933.3976 jblankmann@nvcc.edu
Scott Buswell 703.845.6574 sbuswell@nvcc.edu 
Dr. Virginia Cabasa-Hess 703.845.6570 vcabasahess@nvcc.edu
Brenda Conerly 703.845.6562 nvconeb@nvcc.edu
Janet Giannotti 703.933.3983 jgiannotti@nvcc.edu
John Kinney 703.845.6013 jkinney@nvcc.edu
Dr. Agnes Malicka 703.845.6353 amalicka@nvcc.edu
Stephanie Sareeram 703.845.6015 ssareeram@nvcc.edu
Judith Snyder 703.845.6087 jsnyder@nvcc.edu 
James Toepper 703.845.6385 jtoepper@nvcc.edu
Mike J. Waguespack 703.845.6571 mwaguespack@nvcc.edu 
Gloria M. Ward 703.933.3980 GWard@nvcc.edu
Tauheeda Yasin 703.845.6579 tyasin@nvcc.edu

History

Name Phone Email
Dr. Jim Baer  703.933.3978 jbaer@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jean Braden 703.845.6357 jebraden@nvcc.edu
Dr. Sue Jean Cho 703.933.3951 scho@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jimmie McClellan 703.845.6223 jmcclellan@nvcc.edu
Dr. Fred Olsen 703.845.6040 nvolsef@nvcc.edu
Dr. Joseph Windham  703.933.3977 jwindham@nvcc.edu

Music

Name Phone Email
Dr. Wendy Matthews
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6252 wmatthews@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jonathan Kolm 703.845.6026 jkolm@nvcc.edu
Dr. Mark Whitmire 703.845.6097 nvwhitm@nvcc.edu

Philosophy

Name Phone Email
Dr. David Brown  703.944.3972 dbrown@nvcc.edu

Photography

Name Phone Email
Sarah Raymond
Assistant Dean		 703.845.6153 sraymond@nvcc.edu
Linda (Page) Carr 703.845.6170 lcarr@nvcc.edu
Robert (Bob) Laubach 703.845.6287 rlaubach@nvcc.edu
Joseph (Joe) Small 703.933.8060 jsmall@nvcc.edu
Aya Takashima 703.845.6074 atakashima@nvcc.edu

Political Science

Name Phone Email
Dr. Jim McClellan  703.845.6223 jmcclellan@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jack Lechelt 703.933.3970 jlechelt@nvcc.edu

Psychology

Name Phone Email
Dr. Ron Boykin 703.933.3979 rboykin@nvcc.edu
Dominique Hubbard 703.933.6575 dhubbard@nvcc.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Lanthier  703.933.3969 elanthier@nvcc.edu
Dr. Carolyn C. Lorente   703.993.5080 clorente@nvcc.edu

Religion

Name Phone Email
Dr. David Brown 703.933.3972 dbrown@nvcc.edu

Sociology/Social Sciences

Name Phone Email
Dr. Connie Elsberg 703.933.3968 celsberg@nvcc.edu

World Languages

Name Phone Email
Takako Shigehisa
Assistant Dean		 703.933.3971 tshigehisa@nvcc.edu 
Elizabeth Bull 703.845.6567 ebull@nvcc.edu
Dr. Martha Davis 703.845.6586 mdavis@nvcc.edu
Dr. Laura Franklin 703.845.6325 lfranklin@nvcc.edu
Dr. John McElfresh 703.933.3982 jmcelfresh@nvcc.edu
Dr. Lawrence Rich  703.933.3986 lrich@nvcc.edu

The Academic Center for Reading and Writing

Name Phone Email
Tyauna Bruce, Coordinator 703.845.6063 tbruce@nvcc.edu

Liberal Arts Counselors

Name Phone Email
Rebecca Carrier 703.845.6470 rcarrier@nvcc.edu
Marjorie Kinnaman 703.845.6237 mkinnaman@nvcc.edu