St. John's Welcomes 42 New Faculty Members

August 23, 2018

Faculty Excellence:  Ensuring Student Success

With the new academic year officially starting on Wednesday, September 5,  we are happy to welcome 42 new faculty members to St. John's University. Our new faculty come to St. John's with a wealth of experience and educational backrounds. 

St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Carolyn Abott, Ph.D.
Catina Bacote, M.F.A.
Murali Devi, Ph.D.
Tamara Issak, Ph.D.
Allison J. Jaeger, Ph.D.
Sakina Jangbar, Ph.D.
Zhuoyao (Peter) Li, Ph.D.
Chamara Senevirathne, Ph.D.
Mary Townsend, Ph.D.

The School of Education

Erin Fahle, Ph.D.
Robert M. Mangione, Ed.D.
Seung Eun McDevitt, Ed.D.
Maria Paula Mello, Ph.D.
Ceceilia Parnther, Ph.D.
Olivia G. Stewart, Ph.D.

The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Yanni Ping, Ph.D.
Roy Weissman, M.B.A.

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Saurabh Agarwal, Ph.D.Teresa M. Miller, Ph.D.
Carlos Alberto Sanhueza-Chávez, Ph.D.
Afolarin Joshua Aiyedun, Ed.D.
Jennifer S. Bhuiyan, Pharm.D.
Nicole Bradley, Pharm.D.
Tina Caliendo, Pharm.D.
Elsen Jacob, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP, CPPS
Nitesh K. Kunda, Ph.D.

College of Professional Studies

Edrex Fontanilla, M.F.A.
Brian K. Harte, Ph.D.
Luca Iandoli, Ph.D.
Sungwon Kim, Ph.D. 
Ipshita Pal, Ph.D.
Anthony Palomba, Ph.D.
April Rogers, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Robert J. Romano, J.D., LL.M.  
Jie Xu, Ph.D.
Jin Zhi, D.Des.

School of Law

Sheldon A. Evans, J.D.
Kate Klonick, Ph.D., J.D.
Anna Roberts, J.D.
Kayonia Whetstone, J.D.

University Libraries

Lusiella Fazzino, J.D., M.S.

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