FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

VALERIE ARONOV-SCHWARTZ, Director of Health Services, was presented the 2021 Employee of the Year Award for her COVID-19 mitigation and pandemic management efforts. She organized two on-campus vaccine clinics. She researched the latest developments of the virus and interfaced with local health officials, tracked all of Harcum’s COVID-19 cases, coordinated quarantine arrangements, and arranged meal deliveries for resident students—all of which helped contain the spread of the virus on the Bryn Mawr campus.

DR. PHILIP GIARRAPUTO, Supervising Dentist, received the 2021 Philip Klein Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has served in that capacity since 2006, and was nominated for his focus on providing dental students with outstanding clinical and educational experiences that enable them to reach their highest potential. He was instrumental in the development of dental anesthesia courses and has crafted home-made elaborate models used for local anesthesia demonstrations.

TAMARA ANDERSON, adjunct instructor, co-authored an article for the an journal of critical education policy studies at Swarthmore College. “The Erasure of Black Women” examines the intersection of patriarchy and white supremacy via scholarship, visual art, and poetry.

HUNT BARTINE, Associate VP Human Resources/ CHRO, was elected to a three-year term as Board of Trustee member for PAISBOA’s Health Benefit Trust, which oversees the self-funded medical plans covering over 100 secondary and post secondary schools in Eastern Pennsylvania.

SUSAN DOEBLING, an adjunct faculty member and Harcum alumna, retired at the end of the 2021 academic year. She was a member of the first Dental Hygiene graduating class at Harcum College, the class of 1992. In 2012, she was awarded Harcum Outstanding Alumna honor from the Office of Institutional Advancement.

DR. TANYA JOHNSON-COLEMAN was named the new Nursing Program Director. She has considerable experience teaching nursing at the university level and 20 years of nursing experience. She holds a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from LaSalle University, a Master’s in Health Administration and Education from Saint Joseph University, a Bachelor’s of Nursing Science from Temple University, and is also a registered nurse.

JACKI KOPACK, PTA Program Director, was selected for a virtual poster presentation at APTA CSM called The Impact of COVID-19 on Physical Therapist Assistant “Educational Programs: A National Survey.”

GALE MARTIN, Communications & Marketing, had a creative essay “The Year of Cortisol” published in the American Writers Review, a literary journal, in the “Turmoil and Recovery” issue, relating to the pandemic.

NIASHIA MAZA was appointed Criminal Justice Program Director for both the Bryn Mawr Campus and Partnership Sites Criminal Justice programs. She holds an M.S. in Criminal Justice from Walden University, a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Temple University, and a post bachelor of science in Paralegal Studies from Peirce College.

DR. JOANNE RICEVUTO, Assistant Vice President for Instructional Success, published two articles: one in Faculty Focus called “Assessments in a Virtual Environment: You Won’t Need that Lockdown Browser!” and the other by the Informing Science Institute containing researchfrom Harcum faculty about virtual instruction support.

FRAN SCHUDA retired in 2021 as Nursing Program Director. She received the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2020 for outstanding program outcomes.