Faculty and Staff

Department Chair

Ginneh L. Akbar Headshot

Ginneh L. Akbar MSW, DSW, LSW
Program Director, Department Chair, Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 403A
610-738-0353
gakbar@wcupa.edu

 
Faculty

Page Buck Headshot

Page Walker Buck MSS, Phd, LSW
Graduate Coordinator and Assistant Department Chair- West Chester, Professor
Anderson Hall 449
610-436-3591
pbuck@wcupa.edu

Casey Bohrman Headshot

Casey Bohrman, MSW, PhD
Graduate Coordinator and Assistant Department Chair- Philadelphia Location, Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 436
610-436-2147
CBohrman@wcupa.edu

Wan-Yi Chen Headshot

Wan-Yi Chen MSW, MPhil, PhD
Professor
Anderson Hall 448
610-738-0332
wchen@wcupa.edu

Christina Chiarelli-Helminiak Headshot

Christina Chiarelli-Helminiak, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 427
610-436-3615
cchiarelli-helminiak@wcupa.edu

Pier Cicerelle Headshot

Pier Cicerelle, DSW, MSW, LSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 403
610-436-2664
PCicerelle@wcupa.edu

Meagan Corrado Headshot

Meagan Corrado
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 4th Floor
610-436-3568
MCorrado@wcupa.edu

Linda Ello Headshot

Linda Ello, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 453
610-738-3593
lello@wcupa.edu

Erin Hipple Headshot

Erin Hipple, MA, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 4th Floor
610-436-3517
ehipple@wcupa.edu

Angela Lavery Headshot

Angela Lavery, MSW, PhD, LCSW, FT
Professor and the Graduate Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
Anderson Hall 450
610-738-0341
alavery@wcupa.edu

Alison Neff Headshot

Alison Updyke Neff, MSW, DSW, LSW
Associate Professor
122 WCU Ave
610-436-3525
ANeff@wcupa.edu

Kerrie Ocasio Headshot

Kerrie Ocasio, MSW, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 446
610-436-3522
KOcasio@wcupa.edu

Julie Tennille Headshot

Julie Tennille, MSW, PhD, LSW
Associate Professor 
Anderson Hall 451
610-436-3549
jtennille@wcupa.edu

Todd Vanidestine Headshot

Todd Vanidestine, MSW, MHR, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 443
610-436-3543
tvanidestine@wcupa.edu

 
Temporary Faculty

Temporary Faculty Temporary Faculty

Layna Smith, MSS

Shenise Henderson
MBA, MSS, LCSW, RYT

Kenneth Johnson, MSW

Cornell Davis III, MSW, LSW

 
Staff

Melissa Dziedzic Headshot

Melissa Dziedzic, MSW
Director of Field Education, West Chester
Anderson Hall 407
610-436-3567
MDziedzic@wcupa.edu

Layna Smith Headshot

Layna Smith, MSW
Director of Field Education/Adjunct Professor, Philadelphia location
701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
610-436-3718
Lsmith3@wcupa.edu

Stacey Raker Headshot

Stacey Raker
Department Coordinator
Anderson Hall 403
610-436-2664
SRaker@wcupa.edu