Old Westbury Faculty Profiles
Melinda Blitzer
- mentor in human development
- B.A., M.A. (political science), University at Albany; Ph.D. (clinical psychology), Adelphi University
Kevin Brown
- mentor in business, management and economics
- B.B.A., MBA (marketing, management), Pace University; M.S.Ed. (special education), Long Island University; Ph.D. (education administration), CUNY Queens College
Silvia Chelala
- mentor in cultural studies, New York City, Old Westbury and International Programs
- B.A., University of Tucuman; M.A., Ph.D. (applied linguistics), New York University
Bert Jablon
- mentor in community and human services (health care administration)
- B.A. M.A., University at Albany
- University at Albany Alumni Association Excellence in Public Service Award, 2007
Barbara Kantz
- mentor in community and human services and historical studies
- B.A., M.A. (history), MSW (social welfare), Ph.D. (Latin American history), Stony Brook University
- Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2005
Mike Krolick
- mentor in business, management and economics
- B.B.A., MBA, Adelphi University; CAS (educational administration), Hofstra University
Judith Kugel
- mentor in educational studies
- B.A. (early childhood education), Brooklyn College; M.S. (reading/language arts), University of Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Lambe
- mentor in social theory, social structure and change
- B.S. (environmental policy), Cook College, Rutgers University; M.P.S. (community and rural development), Cornell University; Ph.D. (indigenous studies), Trent University
Donald Nicosia
- mentor in science, mathematics and technology, Old Westbury and Hauppauge
- B.S., SUNY at Stony Brook; M.S. (physics), Polytechnic Institute of New York
Leah Perry
- mentor in cultural studies
- B.A. (English and world religions), Manhattanville College; M.A.R. (religion and the arts), Yale University Divinity School; M.A. (humanities and social thought), New York University; Ph.D. (cultural studies), George Mason University
David Quay
- mentor in social theory, social structure and change, Old Westbury and Hauppauge
- B.A., M.A., Queens College; Ph.D. (sociology), Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Ian Reifowitz
- mentor in historical studies
- B.A. (history), Brown University; M.A., Ph.D. (history), Georgetown University
- Susan H. Turben Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 2009
Barbarie Rothstein
- mentor in the arts
- B.A. (liberal arts), Sarah Lawrence College; M.F.A. (sculpture), University of Wisconsin
- Award for Excellence in Scholarship, 1987
Matt Schmidt
- mentor in science, mathematics and technology, Hauppauge and Old Westbury
- B.S. (environmental and forest biology), SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Syracuse University; Ph.D. (molecular genetics), Stony Brook University
- Award for Excellence in Part-time Mentoring, 2000
Michael Spitzer
- dean and mentor in cultural studies
- B.A. (English), Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D. (American civilization), New York University
- Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, 1999
Jeff Sussman
- mentor in business, management and economics and science, mathematics and technology
- B.A., City College of New York; MBA, Bernard M. Baruch College; Ph.D. (economics), City University of New York
Amy Ruth Tobol
- associate dean and mentor in public affairs and social theory, social structure and change
- B.A. (French), J.D., Ph.D. (American studies), University at Buffalo
