Languages, Arts and Social Sciences

The Languages, Arts and Social Sciences division prepares students for a solid liberal arts foundation necessary for success in any field of study, career or transfer. The diversity of programs offers students an enriched knowledge of humanities while teaching students how to think and communicate.

Disciplines

Contact & Office Information

Administration

Name Telephone Email
Jay Steere
Dean		 703.933.5016 jsteere@nvcc.edu
Shonette Grant
Associate Dean		 703.845.6503 sgrant@nvcc.edu
Dr. Nakul Kumar
Department Chair for ECO, GEO, HIS, PLS, PSY, PHI, HUM, SOC, and REL		 703.933.5012 nkumar@nvcc.edu
Dr. Lama Hamdan
Department Chair for ENG, EDE, and ESL 		703.953.0071 hlama@nvcc.edu
Angela Terry
Department Chair for ART (Graphic Design, 3D, 2D), PHT, Cinema 		703.845.6094 aterry@nvcc.edu
Dr. Martha Davis
Department Chair for World Languages, ART History, and CST		 703.845.6586 mdavis@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jonathan Kolm
Department Chair for MUS		 703.845.6026 jkolm@nvcc.edu

Staff

Name Telephone Email
Azza Ahmed
Office and Admin. Specialist		 703.845.6214 azahmed@nvcc.edu
May(Seok Young) Kim
Office and Admin. Specialist		 703.845.6242 sykim@nvcc.edu
Sepehr Sasha
Office and Admin. Specialist		 703.845.6241 ssasha@nvcc.edu

Communications Studies, Cinema, and Theatre

Name Telephone Email
Meredith Aquila 703.933.8089 maquila@nvcc.edu
Araceli Bachner 703.845-6172 abachner@nvcc.edu
Lucy Gebre-Egziabher 703.845.6297 lgebre@nvcc.edu.
Jeremy Hodgson 703.575.4750 jhodgson@nvcc.edu
Lucy Holsonbake 703.845.6096 lgholsonbake@nvcc.edu
Steven L. Baker (adjunct) sbarker@nvcc.edu
Nader Chaaban (adjunct) nchaaban@nvcc.edu
Chelsie Gaspar (adjunct) cgaspar@nvcc.edu
David Hall (adjunct) dhall@nvcc.edu
Dr. Kehbuma Langmia (adjunct) klangmia@nvcc.edu
Ayanna Demetris Lenard (adjunct) alenard@nvcc.edu
Rita Nassuna (adjunct) rnassuna@nvcc.edu
Kevin Sampson (adjunct) ksampson@nvcc.edu
Maillim (May) Santiago msantiago@nvcc.edu

Fine Arts

Name Telephone Email
Jessica Gardner 703.845.6273 jggardner@nvcc.edu
Stacy Slaten 703.845.6075 sslaten@nvcc.edu
Britt Conley (Instructional Assistant) 703.845.6095 bconley@nvcc.edu
Elizabeth Hill (adjunct) Ehill@nvcc.edu
Pete Van Riper (adjunct) pvanriper@nvcc.edu

Graphic Design (Print, Interactive, Web and Multimedia)

Name Telephone Email
Gregory Eckler 703.845.6163 geckler@nvcc.edu
Nick Spencer 703.845.6164 nickspencer@nvcc.edu
Angela Terry 703.845.6094 aterry@nvcc.edu
Leilani Nieves (Instructional Assistant) 703.646.0254 lnieves@nvcc.edu
Deane Nettles (adjunct) dnettles@nvcc.edu
Amelia von Wolfferdorff (adjunct) avonwolfferdorff@nvcc.edu 

Music

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Lisa Eckstein 703.845.6252 leckstein@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jonathan Kolm 703.845.6026 jkolm@nvcc.edu
Jacob Garbus (instructional assistant) lgarbus@nvcc.edu 
Michael Barranco (adjunct) mbarranco@nvcc.edu
Wade Beach (adjunct) wbeach@nvcc.edu
Daniel Brown (adjunct) dbrown@nvcc.edu
Cara Cammaroto (adjunct) ccammaroto@nvcc.edu
Thomas Colohan (adjunct) tcolohan@nvcc.edu
Michael Creadon (adjunct) mcreadon@nvcc.edu
Richard Demy (adjunct) rdemy@nvcc.edu
David Doescher (adjunct) ddoescher@nvcc.edu 
Melissa Dvorak (adjunct) mdvorak@nvcc.edu
Shannon R. Gunn (adjunct) sgunn@nvcc.edu 
Matt Halligan (adjunct) mhalligan@nvcc.edu 
Christopher E. Johnston (adjunct) cjohnston@nvcc.edu 
Brian Jones (adjunct) bdjones@nvcc.edu
Mary-Hannah Klontz (adjunct) mklontz@nvcc.edu
Ja-Hye Koo (adjunct) jkoo@nvcc.edu
Jolie Lin (adjunct) jslin@nvcc.edu
Jason Lovelace (adjunct) jlovelace@nvcc.edu
Joanna Owen (adjunct) jowen@nvcc.edu
Cristian Perez (adjunct) cperez@nvcc.edu 

Photography and Media

Name Telephone Email
Linda (Page) Carr 703.845.6170 lcarr@nvcc.edu
Aya Takashima 703.845.6074 atakashima@nvcc.edu
Thomas Paradis (adjunct) tparadis@nvcc.edu
Amanda J. Sauer (adjunct) asauer@nvcc.edu 
Vanessa Vick (adjunct) vvick@nvcc.edu

EDE, ENG, ESL and World Languages

English

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Michael Amey 703.845.6288 mamey@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jill Biden    
Emily Chiles 703.933.3984 echiles@nvcc.edu
Susan Monroe smonroe@nvcc.edu
Alexander Purugganan 703.845.6235 apurugganan@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jarrod Waetjen 703.845.6568 jwaetjen@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jennifer Ward 703.845.6501 jeward@nvcc.edu
Kenyatta Albeny (adjunct) kalbeny@nvcc.edu 
David Branson (adjunct) dbranson@nvcc.edu
Karen Brown (adjunct) kbrown@nvcc.edu
Hailey Carone (adjunct) hcarone@nvcc.edu 
Kelly Chandler (adjunct) kchandler@nvcc.edu
Kathleen Clark (adjunct) kclark@nvcc.edu
Michelle Conklin (adjunct) profconklin@gmail.com 
Thomas Gaffney (adjunct) tgaffney@nvcc.edu
Robert Harris (adjunct) rlharris@nvcc.edu
William Hess (adjunct) whess@nvcc.edu
Joshua Hite (adjunct) jhite@nvcc.edu 
Linda Holiday (adjunct) lholiday@nvcc.edu
Jocelyn Holm (adjunct) jholm@nvcc.edu 
Mary Holmes (adjunct) mholmes@nvcc.edu
Arben Kola (adjunct) akola@nvcc.edu 
Jordan Leonhardt (adjunct) jleonhardt@nvcc.edu
Adria Mayo (adjunct) amayo@nvcc.edu
Michael Rosenfeld (adjunct) mrosenfeld@nvcc.edu
Susan Tucker (adjunct) stucker@nvcc.edu
Bradley Waltman (adjunct) bwaltman@nvcc.edu
Adrianne Wojcik (adjunct) awojcik@nvcc.edu 
Sarah Young (adjunct) syoung@nvcc.edu 

English as a Second Language

Name Telephone Email
Scott Buswell 703.845.6574 sbuswell@nvcc.edu
Dr. Elisabeth Chan 703.845.6562 echan@nvcc.edu
Janice Hornyak 703.845.6585 jhornyak@nvcc.edu
John Kinney 703.845.6013 jkinney@nvcc.edu
Dr. Agnes Malicka 703.845.6353 amalicka@nvcc.edu
Peter Ruffner 703.845.6565 pruffner@nvcc.edu
James Toepper 703.845.6385 jtoepper@nvcc.edu
Ruth Takushi 703.845.6570 rtakushi@nvcc.edu
Mike Waguespack 703.845.6571 mwaguespack@nvcc.edu
Gloria Ward 703.933.3980 gward@nvcc.edu
Claire Cirolia (adjunct) ccirolia@nvcc.edu
Phillipa Kirby (adjunct) pkirby@nvcc.edu
Robert Lubas (adjunct) rlubas@nvcc.edu
Rabia Pervez (adjunct) rervez@nvcc.edu

World Languages

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Martha Davis 703.845.6586 mdavis@nvcc.edu
Dr. Lama Hamdan 703.933.8372 hlama@nvcc.edu
Dr. Dali Tan 703.933.5078 dtan@nvcc.edu
Amanda Trostle 703.933.3985 atrostle@nvcc.edu
Simon Contreras (adjunct) scontreras@nvcc.edu
Danielle Coulson (adjunct) dcoulson@nvcc.edu
Genevieve Delfosse (adjunct) gdelfosse@nvcc.edu
William Holley (adjunct) wholley@nvcc.edu
Susan O'Brian (adjunct) sobrian@nvcc.edu
Liangyan Wang (adjunct) lwang@nvcc.edu

Art History

Name Telephone Email
Sarah Liberatore 703.845.6160 sliberatore@nvcc.edu
Scarlet Decker (adjunct) sdecker@nvcc.edu
Robert French (adjunct) rfrench@nvcc.edu
Dr. Tiffany Hunt (adjunct) thunt@nvcc.edu
Hannah Judson (adjunct) hjudson@nvcc.edu
Marit Knollmueller (adjunct) mknollmueller@nvcc.edu
Linda Powell (adjunct) lipowell@nvcc.edu 
Dr. Kimberly Schrimsher (adjunct) kschrimsher@nvcc.edu

Childhood Development/Early Childhood Education/Education

Name Telephone Email
Michelle Capozzoli 703.845.6057 mcapozzoli@nvcc.edu
Virginia Holloway 703.575.4748 vholloway@nvcc.edu 
Dr. Christine Schull 703.845.6224 cschull@nvcc.edu
Sherry Chevalley (adjunct) schevalley@nvcc.edu
Ana Hoover (adjunct) ahoover@nvcc.edu
Nancy Hoyler (adjunct) nhoyler@nvcc.edu
Shelley Keith (adjunct) skeith@nvcc.edu
Trista Mason (adjunct) tmason@nvcc.edu
Kristal Menchaca (adjunct) kmenchaca@nvcc.edu
Kristine Ruscello (adjunct) kruscello@nvcc.edu
Yvonne Spencer (adjunct) yspencer@nvcc.edu

Economics

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Nakul Kumar 703.933.3970 nkumar@nvcc.edu
Dr. John Min 703.933.1846 jmin@nvcc.edu
Dr. Naveen Sarna 703.845.6572 nsarna@nvcc.edu
Sameera Ahmed (adjunct) sahmed@nvcc.edu
Jay Berman (adjunct) jberman@nvcc.edu
Kaya Ford (adjunct) kford@nvcc.edu
Nicolas Pologeorgis (adjunct) npologeorgis@nvcc.edu
Dr. Brian Sloboda (adjunct) bsloboda@nvcc.edu 

Geography

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Melinda Alexander 703.933.5087 malexander@nvcc.edu

History/Humanities/Philosophy/Religion

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Sue Jean Cho 703.933.3951 scho@nvcc.edu
Dr. Lynette Garrett 703.933.8328 lagarrett@nvcc.edu
Brian Vagts 703.845.6567 bvagts@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jeff Bagwell (adjunct) jbagwell@nvcc.edu
Christine Contrada (adjunct) ccontrada@nvcc.edu
Mark Eskridge (adjunct) meskridge@nvcc.edu 
Glenn Fatzinger (adjunct) gfatzinger@nvcc.edu
Aneta Lauro (adjunct) alauro@nvcc.edu
Daniel Meshel (adjunct) dmeshel@nvcc.edu
Dawud Omar (adjunct) domar@nvcc.edu 
Christopher Outlaw (adjunct) coutlaw@nvcc.edu
Matthew Pearcy (adjunct) mpearcy@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jeffrey Weir (adjunct) jweir@nvcc.edu

Human Services (Substance Abuse Counseling)

Name Telephone Email
Chandell Miller 703.575.4710 cbmiller@nvcc.edu
Dayna Smilty-Slade (adjunct) dsmith@nvcc.edu 

Political Science

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Daniel Kirsch 703.845.6579 dkirsch@nvcc.edu
Sarah Cioffi (adjunct) scioffi@nvcc.edu
Dr. Albert Kim (adjunct) akim@nvcc.edu 
Marius Ratolojanahary (adjunct) mratolojanahary@nvcc.edu

Psychology

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Elizabeth Lanthier 703.933.3969 elanthier@nvcc.edu
Dominique Hubbard 703.933.6575 dhubbard@nvcc.edu
Edward Andrews (adjunct) eandrews@nvcc.edu
Dr. Charles Barrett (adjunct) cbarrett@nvcc.edu
Dr. Adrian Bruce (adjunct) abruce@nvcc.edu
Gerivonni Darden (adjunct) gdarden@nvcc.edu
Dr. Andrea Hogarth (adjunct) ahogarth@nvcc.edu
Marcella Marcey (adjunct) mmarcey@nvcc.edu
Dr. Lauren Simmons (adjunct) lksimmons@nvcc.edu
Dr. Jennifer Shultz (adjunct) jshultz@nvcc.edu
Christine Yeannakis (adjunct) cyeannakis@nvcc.edu

Sociology

Name Telephone Email
Dr. Nicole Hindert 703.845.6577 nhindert@nvcc.edu
Dr. Connie Elsberg (adjunct) celsberg@nvcc.edu
Charles Levy (adjunct) clevy@nvcc.edu

Administration

Name Telephone Email
Hemchand Gossai
Academic Dean		 703.323.3042 hgossai@nvcc.edu
Judith Gomez
Division Accounts & Compliance		 703.323.4441 jlgomez@nvcc.edu
Antonina (Tonia) Rodgers
Associate Dean, LASS
American Sign Language, English as a Second Language 		703.425.0736 trodgers@nvcc.edu
Jean Clark
Jennifer Nardacci
Department Chairs for ENG and EDE

703.323.3080
703.323.4345

jclark@nvcc.edu
jnardacci@nvcc.edu
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair for CST, ECO, EDU, HIS, PLS, and PSY		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu

Zahra Rafie
Department Chair for GEO, HUM, PHI, REL, and SOC

 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu

American Sign Language and Interpreter Education

Name Telephone Email
Antonina (Tonia) Rodgers
Associate Dean		 703.425.0736 trodgers@nvcc.edu
Paula Reece
ASL/INT Program Head		 preece@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
Fatima Aziz faziz@nvcc.edu
Daniel Frame dframe@nvcc.edu
Steven Kulsar (adjunct) skulsar@nvcc.edu
Kim Nichols (adjunct) knichols@nvcc.edu
Julia Gutreuter jgutreuter@nvcc.edu
Thuan Nguyen-Lakrik (adjunct) tnguyenlakrik@nvcc.edu
Cheri Martinez (adjunct) cmartinez@nvcc.edu

Arabic

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.425.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu
Sana Hilmi 703.323.2133 shilmi@nvcc.edu

Art History

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
John Aakesson 703.323.3193 jaakesson@nvcc.edu
Bradley Birkhimer 703.323.3193 bbirkhimer@nvcc.edu
Adam Bradley 703.323.3193 abradley@nvcc.edu
Ivan Castaneda 703.764.7396 icastaneda@nvcc.edu
Linda Colet 703.323.3193 lcolet@nvcc.edu 
Susan Cumbey 703.323.3193 scumbey@nvcc.edu
Robert Devers 703.323.3193 rdevers@nvcc.edu 
Michael Dowley 703.323.3193 mdowley@nvcc.edu
Cynthia Fischer 703.323.3193 cfischer@nvcc.edu 
Robert French 703.323.3193 rfrench@nvcc.edu
Jay Matthew Hendrick 703.323.3193 jhendrick@nvcc.edu 
Josef Lustig 703.323.3193 jlustig@nvcc.edu
Paula Martino 703.323.3193 pmartino@nvcc.edu 
Jeanette Nicewinter 703.323.3193 jnicewinter@nvcc.edu 
Virginia Pates 703.323.3496 vpates@nvcc.edu 
Edward Purcell 703.323.3193 epurcell@nvcc.edu
Jennifer Ramirez 703.323.3193 jramirez@nvcc.edu
Kimberly Southern 703.323.3193 ksouthern@nvcc.edu
Dafna Steinberg 703.323.3193 dsteinberg@nvcc.edu
Stephanie Thornton-Grant 703.503.6312 sthorntongrant@nvcc.edu
Dragana Vasiljevic 703.323.3193 dvasiljevic@nvcc.edu
Carmen McCann 703.323.3193 cmccann@nvcc.edu

Communications Studies & Theater

Name Telephone Email
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Paul Awad 703.323.3193 pawad@nvcc.edu 
Troy Bogino 703.323.3193 tbogino@nvcc.edu
Susan Cappellari 703.323.3193 scappellari@nvcc.edu
Sarah Crist 703.323.3193 scrist@nvcc.edu
Ken Darensbourg 703.425.5638 kdarensbourg@nvcc.edu
Dennis Dulmage 703.323.3193 ddulmage@nvcc.edu
Amy Fisher 703.323.3193 alfisher@nvcc.edu 
Michelle Happer 703.323.3193 mhapper@nvcc.edu
Jenny Hodges 703.323.3193 jhodges@nvcc.edu
Kerenza Jerbi
Gulgun Karamete 703.323.3193 gkaramete@nvcc.edu 
Liliya Karimova 703.323.3193 lkarimova@nvcc.edu 
Peter Kent 703.323.3193 pkent@nvcc.edu
Daniel Lanham 703.323.3193 dlanham@nvcc.edu
Thomas Morra 703.323.3193 tmorra@nvcc.edu
Carol Quade 703.323.3193 cquade@nvcc.edu 
Emily Salazar 703.323.3193 esalazar@nvcc.edu
Lance Schmeidler 703.323.3193 lschmeidler@nvcc.edu
Anjuli Singh 703.323.3193 amsingh@nvcc.edu 
Amy Futch Swisher 703.323.3193 aswisher@nvcc.edu 
Philip Tirpak 703.323.3479 ptirpak@nvcc.edu 
Megan Tucker 703.323.3193 mtucker@nvcc.edu
Rebecca Walter 703.323.4140 rwalter@nvcc.edu 
Kristen Willett 703.323.3193 kwillett@nvcc.edu 

Economics

Name Telephone Email
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 s mcginnis@nvcc.edu 
Dennis Bradshaw 703.323.3246 dbradshaw@nvcc.edu
Michael Heslop 703.323.3254 mgheslop@nvcc.edu
Manthrigae Jayatilake
703.323.2154 mjayatilake@nvcc.edu 
Clinton McCully 703.323.3246 cmccully@nvcc.edu
Kiet Quach 703.323.3468 kquach@nvcc.edu
Casey Ross 703.323.3246 cross@nvcc.edu
Jose Rodriguez Solis 703.323.3237 jrodriguezso@nvcc.edu
Rashida Rowther 703.323.3239 rrowther@nvcc.edu
Nilka Varela 703.323.3246 nvarela@nvcc.edu

Education

Name Telephone Email
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu 
Michelle Capozzoli mcapozzoli@nvcc.edu
Ashley Mason Wilkins 703.530.3530 amwilkins@nvcc.edu 

English

Name Telephone Email
Jean Clark
Jennifer Nardacci
Department Chairs for ENG and EDE		 703.323.3080
703.323.4345

jclark@nvcc.edu
jnardacci@nvcc.edu
Nasrin Naziri
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3291 nhnaziri@nvcc.edu 
Joshua Barton (adjunct) 703.323.2138 jbarton@nvcc.edu 
Benjamin Bever (adjunct) 703.323.2138 bbever@nvcc.edu
Megan Bushar 703.323.2138 mbushar@nvcc.edu
Jean Clark 703.323.3080 jclark@nvcc.edu
Christopher Clements (adjunct) cclements@nvcc.edu 
Sandra Delevante (adjunct) 703.323.2138 sdelevante@nvcc.edu 
Maria Fidler (adjunct) 703.323.2138 mfidler@nvcc.edu
Patrice Fleck (adjunct) pfleck@nvcc.edu
Amy Flessert 703.425.5935 aflessert@nvcc.edu
Catherine Gaiser 703.323.2138 cgaiser@nvcc.edu
Randa Gray 703.323.3848 rgray@nvcc.edu
Dr. Rima Gulshan 703.323.3158 rgulshan@nvcc.edu
Elizabeth Harlan 703.323.3299 eharlan@nvcc.edu
Yuemin He 703.323.2141 yhe@nvcc.edu
Sarah Hickling (adjunct) 703.323.2138 shickling@nvcc.edu 
Sarah Jacobson 703.323.3166 sajacobson@nvcc.edu
Christofer Johnson (adjunct) 703.323.2138 cjohnson@nvcc.edu 
Kenneth Kirk (adjunct) 703.323.2138 kkirk@nvcc.edu
Trish Kurban 703.764.5029 tkurban@nvcc.edu
Jennica Kwak (adjunct) 703.323.2138 jkwak@nvcc.edu 
Karen Kusterer 703.323.3171 kkusterer@nvcc.edu
Leslie Lass (adjunct) 703.323.2138 llass@nvcc.edu
Antares Leask (adjunct) 703.323.2138 aleask@nvcc.edu
Lisa Leibow (adjunct) 703.323.2138 lileibow@nvcc.edu
Steven Lessner 703.323.2152 slessner@nvcc.edu
John C. Mahan jmahan@nvcc.edu 
Nancy Michael (adjunct) 703.323.2138 nmichael@nvcc.edu 
Duha Mohiuddin (adjunct) 703.323.2138 dmohiuddin@nvcc.edu 
Gary Morris (adjunct) gmorris@nvcc.edu 
Jill Mowbray 703.323.2138 jmowbray@nvcc.edu
Jennifer Nardacci 703.323.4325 jnardacci@nvcc.edu 
Duane Nystrom (adjunct) dnystrom@nvcc.edu 
Katherine Nutt (adjunct) 703.323.2138 knutt@nvcc.edu
Kate O'Leary (adjunct) 703.323.2138 koleary@nvcc.edu
Raymond Orkwis 703.323.2101 rorkwis@nvcc.edu
Chvonne Parker 703.323.2138 clparker@nvcc.edu
Bryan Peters 703.425.5192 bpeters@nvcc.edu
Justin Pilla (adjunct) 703.323.2138 jpilla@nvcc.edu
Matthew Piotrowski (adjunct) 703.323.2138 mpiotrowski@nvcc.edu
Katie Pope (adjunct) 703.323.2138 kpope@nvcc.edu 
Jessica Rapisarda (adjunct) 703.323.2138 jrapisarda@nvcc.edu 
LeAnn Regan (adjunct) 703.323.2138 lregan@nvcc.edu
Cynthia Saenz-Weinand (adjunct) 703.323.2138 csaenzweinand@nvcc.edu 
Arthur Schuhart
703.323.3462 aschuhart@nvcc.edu
William Schutz 703.323.3825 wschutz@nvcc.edu
Sophia Sexton 703.323.3193 ssexton@nvcc.edu
Stefanie Shipe 703.323.3103 sshipe@nvcc.edu
Cynthia Smith (adjunct) 703.323.2138 crsmith@nvcc.edu
Cheri Spiegel 703.323.4212 cspiegel@nvcc.edu
Javonna Thompson (adjunct) jthompson@nvcc.edu 
L. Wessely-Baldwin lwesselybaldwin@nvcc.edu
Barbara Wilan (Emerita) 703.323.2138 bwilan@nvcc.edu
Richard Wilan (Emeritus) (adjunct) 703.323.2138 rwilan@nvcc.edu

English as a Second Language

Name Telephone Email
Antonina (Tonia) Rodgers
Associate Dean		 703.425.0736 trodgers@nvcc.edu
Nasrin Naziri
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3291 nhnaziri@nvcc.edu 
Cheri Bridgeforth 703.323.2147 cbridgeforth@nvcc.edu
Nataliya Schetchikova
703.323.2023 nschetchikova@nvcc.edu
Yu Hui (Grace) Hwang 703.323.4213 yuhwang@nvcc.edu
Carol Ischinger 703.323.2130 cischinger@nvcc.edu
Nasim Khawaja 703.323.3702 nkhawaja@nvcc.edu 
Stefan Lewis 703.323.3355 stlewis1@nvcc.edu
Linda Millington Emerita 703.323.3291 lmillington@nvcc.edu
Karen Murph 703.323.3105 kmurph@nvcc.edu 
Nic Nicastri Emeritus 703.323.3291 rnicastri@nvcc.edu
Marjorie Wilma Parker
703.323.3182 maparker@nvcc.edu
Ramon Perez 703.323.3443 rperez@nvcc.edu
Hayib Sosseh Emeritus 703.323.3291 hsosseh@nvcc.edu
Carole Thurston 703.323.3442 cthurston@nvcc.edu
Karen Van Horn 703.323.2148 kvanhorn@nvcc.edu

French

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager  
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu
Chloe Hyden 703.323.3107 chyden@nvcc.edu  
Katarina Cote 703.323.3107 kcote@nvcc.edu
Nicole Bojko nbojko@nvcc.edu

Geography

Name Telephone Email
Zahra Rafie
Department Chair		 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Bruce Fye 703.323.3246 nvfyexb@nvcc.edu
Robert Milligan rmilligan@nvcc.edu
Tabatha M. Zarkauskas tzarkauskas@nvcc.edu

German

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.425.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager  
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
Jennifer Wandrey Aykens (Adjunct) 703.323.3291 jwandrey@nvcc.edu 
Susan Norland (Adjunct) 703.323.3291 snorland@nvcc.edu 
Melanie Nunes mnunes@nvcc.edu
Francisca Wentworth fwentworth@nvcc.edu

History

Name Telephone Email
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Peter Beeman 703.323.3260/46 pbeeman@nvcc.edu
Nicholas Bomba 703.323.3372 nbomba@nvcc.edu
Frank Cerutti 703.323.3260/46 fcerutti@nvcc.edu
Noah Cincinnati 703.323.3238 ncincinnati@nvcc.edu 
Nathaniel Green 703.323.3244 ncgreen@nvcc.edu 
Douglas Kastens 703.323.3246 dkastens@nvcc.edu 
Nathan Howell Moore 703.323.3246 nhmoore@nvcc.edu 
Margaret Reed 703.323.3260/46 mreed@nvcc.edu
Ruma Salhi 703.764.5050 rsalhi@nvcc.edu
John Schmitz 703.323.3821 jschmitz@nvcc.edu
Albert Thompson Jr. 703.323.3260/46 athompson@nvcc.edu
Jennifer Winters 703.323.5932 jwinters@nvcc.edu

Humanities

Name Telephone Email
Zahra Rafie
Department Chair		 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Ivan Castaneda 703.764.7396 icastaneda@nvcc.edu
Lisa Kenna 703.323.3246 lkenna@nvcc.edu
Laurie Wessely-Baldwin 703.323.3246 lwesselybaldwin@nvcc.edu

Japanese

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager  
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
Moyo Johnson (adjunct) 703.323.3291 mmjohnson@nvcc.edu
Michiko Saito Kobayashi (adjunct) 703.323.2000 x27206 mkobayashi@nvcc.edu
Rika Seya (adjunct) 703.323.2000 x27194 rseya@nvcc.edu
Satoko Katagiri (adjunct) skatagiri@nvcc.edu
Kazue Otero kotero@nvcc.edu

Music

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
Glenn Dewey 703.323.3107 gdewey@nvcc.edu
Julie Hahn 703.323.3107 jhahn@nvcc.edu
Matthew Halligan 703.323.3107 Matthew Halligan
Jim Fay (Emeritus)
Suhn-hee Kim 703.323.3107 skim@nvcc.edu
Margaret McNulty 703.323.3107 mmcnulty@nvcc.edu
Dimitar Naumoff 703.323.3107 dnaumoff@nvcc.edu
Eun-Ah Roh 703.323.3107 eroh@nvcc.edu
Taimoor Saeedi 703.323.3107 tsaeedi@nvcc.edu
Herb Smith (Emeritus)
John Clifford Wright 703.323.3107 jcwright@nvcc.edu

Philosophy

Name Telephone Email
Zahra Rafie
Department Chair		 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Deborah Holt dholt@nvcc.edu
Steven Stakland 703.323.3356 sstakland@nvcc.edu 

Political Science

Name Telephone Email
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Gabriel Hudson 703.323.3260/46 ghudson@nvcc.edu
Brian Jones 703.323.33260/46 bdjones@nvcc.edu
Mark Royce 703.323.3260/46 mroyce@nvcc.edu
Jennifer Sayasithsena 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu

Psychology

Name Telephone Email
Jennifer D. Sayasithsena
Department Chair		 703.323.3216 jsayasithsena@nvcc.edu 
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Shana Lee Bui 703.323.3246 sbui@nvcc.edu
Deanna DeGidio 703.323.3262 ddegidio@nvcc.edu
Dennis Humphrey dhumphrey@nvcc.edu 
Marsha Harris maharris@nvcc.edu
Collette Julian cjulian@nvcc.edu
Karen Livesey 703.323.3260/46 klivesey@nvcc.edu 
Jason McBeth 703.323.3260/46 jmcbeth@nvcc.edu
Hugh McIntosh 703.323.3260/46 hmcintosh@nvcc.edu
Kavita Mirchandani 703.323.3246 kmirchandani@nvcc.edu 
Joan Passino 703.323.3271 jpassino@nvcc.edu
Eric Shiraev 703.323.2155 eshiraev@nvcc.edu 
Diane Tuininga 703.323.3260/46 dtuininga@nvcc.edu 

Religion

Name Telephone Email
Zahra Rafie
Department Chair		 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Sayed Hassan Hussaini shhussaini@nvcc.edu 
Ann Stegner 703.323.3261 awertman@nvcc.edu

Russian

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
Tetyana Kovalchuk (adjunct)
Dr. Evgeny Pareshnev (adjunct) 703.323.2000 x27214 epareshnev@nvcc.edu
Natalia Dzantieva (adjunct) ndzantieva@nvcc.edu

Sociology

Name Telephone Email
Zahra Rafie
Department Chair		 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu
Susan McGinnis
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3246 smcginnis@nvcc.edu
Chanda Cook 703.323.3246 crcook@nvcc.edu
John Ehle, Jr. 703.323.3246 jehle@nvcc.edu 
Ann Johnson 703.323.3246 amjohnson@nvcc.edu
Carol Mason 703.323.3246 cmason@nvcc.edu
Zahra Seif-Amirhosseini Rafie 703.323.4068 zrafie@nvcc.edu 
Erica Smith 703.323.3570 ersmith@nvcc.edu 
William Stewart 703.323.3246 wstewart@nvcc.edu

Spanish

Name Telephone Email
Ana Alonso
Department Chair for World Languages, Art, Music		 703.323.5034 aalonso@nvcc.edu
Jeff Sager  
Administrative Assistant		 703.323.3107 jssager@nvcc.edu 
Dr. Julia Ruiz-Ross (adjunct) 703.323.3291 jruizross@nvcc.edu 
Ricardo Huaman (adjunct) rhuaman@nvcc.edu

Division Office

703.450.2505,  LOLASSDiv@nvcc.edu

Name Phone Email
Dr. Jennifer Rainey
Academic Dean		 703.450.2505 jrainey@nvcc.edu
Lisa Stelle
Associate Dean for ENF, ENG, ESL, ARA, FRE, SPA		 703.450.2529 lstelle@nvcc.edu
Dr. Saleha Bholat
Associate Dean for CHD, CST, ECO, EDU, GEO, GIS, HIS, MUS, PHI, PLS, REL		 703.450.2515 sbholat@nvcc.edu
Lucy Weber
Department Chair for ART, IDS		 703.450.2531 lweber@nvcc.edu
Dr. Natasha Fourquet
Department Chair for PSY, SOC, SSC		 703.948.5740 nfourquet@nvcc.edu
Kellie Marshall
Office Manager

703.450.2527

 kmarshall1@nvcc.edu
Nancy Ferguson
Administrative Specialist		 703.450.2505 nferguson@nvcc.edu 

Faculty

Division Name Office Email
Art (Fine Art) Anna Freerksen LW 315 afreerksen@nvcc.edu
Art (Studio Art) Adam Bradley LW 315 abradley@nvcc.edu
Art History Lucy Weber LW 313 lwebster@nvcc.edu
Communication Studies & Theatre Alex Davenport HEC 218-I adavenport@nvcc.edu
Communication Studies & Theatre Monifa Hamilton HEC 218-B mhamilton@nvcc.edu
Communication Studies & Theatre Dr. Carolyn Hurley HEC 316-C churley@nvcc.edu
Early Childhood Development Susan Johnson SH 150-3 sjohnson@nvcc.edu
Economics Dr. Gbago Creppy LW 228 gcreppy@nvcc.edu
Economics Michael Polcen  LC 224 mpolcen@nvcc.edu
English Holly Abbe LR 278 habbe@nvcc.edu
English Bradford Bucknum LR 279 bbucknum@nvcc.edu
English Stephen Clarke LC 232 sclarke@nvcc.edu
English Jeremy Cook LC 338 jcook@nvcc.edu
English Dr. Karen Doheney LR 277 kdoheney@nvcc.edu
English Susanna Ferrara LR 277 sferrara@nvcc.edu
English Heather Flor HEC 218-H hflor@nvcc.edu
English Chelsea Frost LR 278 cfrost@nvcc.edu
English Heather Jeddy LC 234 hjeddy@nvcc.edu
English Nathan Leslie LC 314 nleslie@nvcc.edu
English Bridget Pool LC 324 bpool@nvcc.edu
English Meredith Reynolds LR 277 mreynolds@nvcc.edu
English Dr. Robyn Russo LC 316 rrusso@nvcc.edu
English Dianne Stanbach LR 276 dstanbach@nvcc.edu
English Matthew Zellmer LR 279 mzellmer@nvcc.edu
English as a Second Language Kristen Paphitis LR 281 kpaphitis@nvcc.edu
English as a Second Language Yu Bai SH 131 ybai@nvcc.edu
Geography Dr. Barbara Crain LC 326 bcrain@nvcc.edu
Graphic Design Jacqueline Gage LW 315 jgage@nvcc.edu
Graphic Design Melvin Parada LW 315 mparada@nvcc.edu
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Dr. Nicholas Walker HEC 218-G nwalker@nvcc.edu
History Dr. Douglas Campbell LC 320 docampbell@nvcc.edu 
History Stephanie Campbell LR 276 scampbell@nvcc.edu
History Dr. Alton Carroll HEC 316-G acarroll@nvcc.edu
History Dr. Marc Dluger LR 267 mdluger@nvcc.edu
History John Kincheloe LC 328 jkincheloe@nvcc.edu
History Dr. David Porter LC 228 dporter@nvcc.edu
Interior Design Abigail Lenon LW 313 alenon@nvcc.edu
Interior Design Kristine Winner LW 313 kwinner@nvcc.edu
Music David Kellogg LR 268 dkellogg@nvcc.edu
Music Dr. John Wulff LC 305 nvwulfj@nvcc.edu
Music Recording Technology Dr. Todd Kitchen HEC 110D tkitchen@nvcc.edu
Philosophy Dr. Mark Brennan HEC 204-A mbrennan@nvcc.edu
Political Science Dr. John (Jack) Lechelt LR 280 jlechelt@nvcc.edu
Psychology Dr. Ramezan Dowlati HEC 218-C rdowlati@nvcc.edu
Psychology Dr. Natasha Fourquet LR 278 nfourquet@nvcc.edu
Psychology Dr. Georgeana Stratton LC 232 gstartton@nvcc.edu
Sociology Dr. Tiffany Blackmon LR 267 tblackmon@nvcc.edu
Sociology Dr. Nelson Kofie LC 222 nkofie@nvcc.edu

Administration

Name Phone Email Title Location
Dr. James (Jay) Gillispie 703 257 6687 jgillispie@nvcc.edu Dean MC 234 C
Dr. Donna Minnich 703 257 6616 dminnich@nvcc.edu Associate Dean MC 234 A

Support Staff

MALASSDivision@nvcc.edu

Name Phone Email Title/Discipline Location
Loretta Gray 703 257 6685 lgray@nvcc.edu Administrative Assistant MC 234
Stephanie Maldonado 703 530 8296 smaldonado@nvcc.edu EDU Education Field Placement Coordinator MP 236

Faculty & Staff

Name Phone Email Title/Discipline Location
Alicia Tucker 703 257 6696 atucker@nvcc.edu History MTS 221-02
Amy Hileman 703 530 3011 ahileman@nvcc.edu Department Chair:
CST, PHI, REL		 MTS 221-06
Ashley Wilkins 703 530 3530 amwilkins@nvcc.edu EDU
Program Head:
Teacher Education		 MP 236
Ashlie Warnick 703 530 3523 awarnick@nvcc.edu Economics MTS 211-23
Barbara Lash 703 257 6657 blash@nvcc.edu Art
Department Chair:
MUS, World Languages (FRE, SPA)		 MC 331
Bernice Mayfield 703 530 3501 bmayfield@nvcc.edu Early Childhood Development MTS 213-17
Bethanie Perry 703 257 6695 bperry@nvcc.edu History MTS 221-05
Casey Krall 703 530 2821 ckrall@nvcc.edu English MC 231-02
Charles Korn 703 257 6697 ckorn@nvcc.edu CST MTS 213-11
Christopher Arra 703 530 8273 carra@nvcc.edu Psychology MTS 211-26
Christopher Hafen 703 530 3509 chafen@nvcc.edu Psychology MTS 213-20
Corinne Graves 703 257 6537 cgraves@nvcc.edu SOC
Department Chair:
GEO, PSY, SOC		 MTS 221-01
Craig Reynolds 703 530 3539 creynolds1@nvcc.edu Art History MTS 213-10
Cristina Sparks-Early 703 257 6504 csparks@nvcc.edu Spanish MC 311
Erika (Kaya) Lumen 703 530 2820 elumen@nvcc.edu English MC 231-04
Gerald Powell 703 530 3557 gpowell@nvcc.edu CST MTS 213-12
Jonathan Harvey 703 530 8275 jharvey@nvcc.edu English MC 231-05
Kate Landries 703 257 6694 klandries@nvcc.edu English MC 231-10
Kathleen Callahan 703 257 6656 kcallahan@nvcc.edu ENG
Department Chair:
English, EDE, ESL		 MC 231-01
Kathleen Ludlow 703 257 6586 kludlow@nvcc.edu Program Head:
Early Childhood Education (CHD)		 MTS 213-19
Laura Casal 703 257 6692 lcasal@nvcc.edu English MC 231-09
Maryellen Ryan 703 530 2891 maryan@nvcc.edu Economics MTS 211-24
Matthew Brake 703 257 6595 mbrake@nvvc.edu Psychology MTS 211-22
Matthew Pinney 703 530 3511 mpinney@nvcc.edu Art MTS 213-16
Nicole Mancini 703 530 3026 nmancini@nvcc.edu EDU
Program Head:
Driver’s Education		 MP 208
Philip Ciarniello 703 530 8291 pciarniello@nvcc.edu English MC 231-11
Rebecca (Pearl) Harris-Scott 703 530 3503 rharrisscott@nvcc.edu Department Chair:
HIS, ECO, PLS		 MTS 221-03
Rosemary Gallick-Silverstein 703 530 3502 rgallick@nvcc.edu Art MC 331
Royce Gildersleeve 703 257 6683 rgildersleeve@nvcc.edu History MTS 221-04
Ruth Stewart 703 257 6691 rstewart@nvcc.edu English MC 231-07
Susannah (Susan) Givens 703 257 6673 sgivens@nvcc.edu English MC 231-03
Tildon Turner 730 530 8258 tturner@nvcc.edu English MC 231-06
William (Bill) Kemp 703 257 6506 wkemp@nvcc.edu Psychology MTS 211-25
William (Bill) Woodard 703 257 6594 wwoodard@nvcc.edu English as a Second Language/History MC 231

Administration

wolass@nvcc.edu

Name Phone Email Office
David Epstein
Academic Dean		 703.878.5718 depstein@nvcc.edu WAS 233
Stephanie Harm
Associate Dean		 703.878.5799 sharm@nvcc.edu WAS 232

Elizabeth (Liz) Donadio
Dept. Chair for Visual & Performing Arts
(ART-Studio only, CST- Cinema &Theater only), MUS, PHT

 703.878.5776 edonadio@nvcc.edu WAS 104

Julie Quinn
Dept. Chair for Languages
(ENG, EDE, ESL, World Languages)

 703.878.5670 jquinn@nvcc.edu E 119

Dr. Maureen Santelli
Dept. Chair for Social Sciences
(ECO, EDU, GEO, HIS, PLS, PSY, SOC)

 703.878.8678 msantelli@nvcc.edu E 101-13

James Steele
Dept. Chair for Communications & Humanities
(ART- Art History only, CST-Communication Studies only), HUM, PHI, REL

 703.878.6174 jsteele@nvcc.edu E 114

Faculty and Staff

Name Phone Email Office
Maddie Coradin (Office Manager) 703.878.5718 mcoradin@nvcc.edu WAS 232

Art

Name Phone Email Office
Dr. Erin Devine 703.878.4562 edevine@nvcc.edu E 116
Zac Jackson 703.878.6113 zjackson@nvcc.edu WAS 133
Dr. Elizabeth Lynch 703.878.4595 elynch@nvcc.edu E 107
Fred Markham 703.878.5793 fmarkham@nvcc.edu WAS 135

Cinema

Name Phone Email Office
Dr. Bryan Brown 703.878.5665 babrown@nvcc.edu E 118
Chris Stallings 703.878.6176 cstallings@nvcc.edu E 118

Communication Studies

Name Phone Email Office
Cedric Howard 703.878.4610 choward@nvcc.edu E 101-11
Jenny Lopez 703.878.6115 jclopez@nvcc.edu E 108
James Steele 703.878.6174 jsteele@nvcc.edu E 114
Dr. Tamara Warren-Chinyani 703.878.6130 twchinyani@nvcc.edu E 108

Economics

Name Phone Email Office
Bipin Khana 703.878.5644 bkhana@nvcc.edu E 101-6

English

Name Phone Email Office
Denise Bausch 703.878.5663 dbausch@nvcc.edu E 101-2
Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo 703.878.5706 kcochran@nvcc.edu E 101-3
Stephanie Dupal 703.878.6129 sdupal@nvcc.edu E 120
Indigo Eriksen 703.878.5808 jeriksen@nvcc.edu E 101-4
Jolene Houston 703.878.5719 johouston@nvcc.edu E 121
Dr. Theana Kastens 703.878.4593 tkastens@nvcc.edu E 110
Gustavo Monje 703.878.4686 gumonje@nvcc.edu E 101-7
Dac Nelson 703.878.5893 dnelson@nvcc.edu  E 119
Dr. Julie Quinn 703.878.5670 jquinn@nvcc.edu E 119
Jennifer Richardson 703.878.5660 jrichardson@nvcc.edu E 107
Lisa Smith 703.878.5668 lismith@nvcc.edu E 117
Emily Stinson 703.878.5657 estinson@nvcc.edu  E 101-5
Jennifer Taylor       703.878.5721 jjtaylor@nvcc.edu E 121
LeeAnn Thomas 703.878.4559 lethomas@nvcc.edu E 116
K.V. White 703.878.5755 kvwhite@nvcc.edu E 120

ESL

Name Phone Email
Jackie Weaver 703.878.4597 jweaver@nvcc.edu E 109
Martha Wheeler 703.878.5666 mwheeler@nvcc.edu E 109

History

Name Phone Email Office
Dr. Charlie Errico 703.878.5639 cerrico@nvcc.edu E 115
William Howes 703.878.5624 whowes@nvcc.edu E 115
Dr. Maureen Santelli 703.878.8678 msantelli@nvcc.edu E 101-13
Susan Thompson 703.878.5632 sgthompson@nvcc.edu E 106

Photography

Name Phone Email Office
Elizabeth (Liz) Donadio 703.878.5776 edonadio@nvcc.edu WAS 104

Psychology

Name Phone Email Office
Margaret (Megan) Davies 703.878.5638 mdavies@nvcc.edu E 101-15
Dr. Alicia Grodsky 703.878.5636 agrodsky@nvcc.edu E 111
Dr. Cedric Wilson 703.878.5869 cmwilson@nvcc.edu E 111

Sociology

Name Phone Email Office
Lisa Riggleman-Gross 703.878.5642

lriggleman@nvcc.edu

E 106

Spanish

Name Phone Email Office
Donna Clark 703.878.5671 dclark@nvcc.edu E 110

Theater and Communication Studies

Name Phone Email Office
David Tyson 703.878.6114 dtyson@nvcc.edu WAS 137