First-Generation Graduates and Advocates
Welcome to the first-generation graduate and advocate directory!
This resource is designed to connect first-generation Scranton students with first-generation faculty and staff members on our campus. For your convenience, our graduates and advocates have listed their area(s) of expertise below. Please click on any of the entries below to learn more about any of our graduates or advocates.
If you are a current University faculty or staff member and would like to serve as a first-generation student advocate, please fill out an information form here. We encourage advocates to tell us about their interactions with students here, so that we can continue to address our students' concerns.
Susan Bowen
Associate Vice President for Information Technology/CIO
Academics, Career Readiness, Health and Wellness, Graduate School, Student Involvement, Volunteering/Service, Leadership, Time Management, Public Speaking, Interpersonal Relationships, Communications, School/Work Life Balance
George Aulisio
Associate Professor; Department Chair; Research & Scholarly Services Coordinator
Academics, Academic Research, Graduate School, Travel/Study Abroad
Colleen Farry
Assistant Professor; Digital Services Librarian
Academics; Academic Research; Graduate School; Travel/Study Abroad
Marleen Cloutier, '14
Assistant Professor; Cataloging and Metadata Librarian
Academic Research, Graduate School, Travel/Study Abroad, Working While in School, Online Education Experience
Darla Germeroth
Professor of Communication and Media
Academics, Academic Research, Health and Wellness, Travel/Study Abroad
Elizabeth Garcia
Executive Director, Office of Equity and Diversity; Title IX Coordinator
Academics, Graduate School, Travel/Study Abroad, Volunteering/Service
Lisa Hall Zielinski
Director, Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Academics, Career Readiness, Graduate School, Student Involvement, Entrepreneurship/Small Business, Leadership, Goal-Setting, Public Speaking
Frank Gilmartin, '82
Assistant Director, Center for Career Development; Career Coach
Academics; Career Readiness
Barry Kuhle
Associate Professor of Psychology
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Graduate School, Student Involvement
Tara Hamilton-Fay
Faculty Specialist, Biology
Academics; Health and Wellness; Housing; Graduate School; GLBT-related Concerns
Aiala Levy, '07
Assistant Professor of History
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Graduate School, Travel/Study Abroad
Julia Leighow
Assistant Director, Off Campus and Commuter Student Life
Student Involvement; Housing; Relationships
Maria Marinucci
Director, Cross Cultural Centers
Academics, Health and Wellness, Housing, Graduate School, Student Involvement, Travel/Study Abroad, Volunteering/Service
Amanda Marcy, '10
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Graduate School, Volunteering/Service
Robert McGowan, '19
THR1VE Program Coordinator
Academics, Career Readiness, Student Involvement, General Transition Challenges, Special Jesuit Liberal Arts (SJLA) Program, Leadership, Public Speaking, Mindfulness
Bonnie Markowski
Faculty Specialist, English and Theatre
Academics
Shannon Murphy Fennie, '99
Assistant Dean of Students
Academics, Career Readiness, Health and Wellness, Graduate School, Student Involvement, General Transition Challenges
Julee Meketa
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Graduate School
John Norcross
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Health and Wellness, Graduate School, Travel/Study Abroad, Volunteering/Service
Jessica Nolan
Associate Professor of Psychology
Academics; Academic Research; Graduate School; Volunteering/Service
Catherine Seymour, '90
Campus Minister for Social Justice
Academics, Health and Wellness, Student Involvement, Travel/Study Abroad, Volunteering/Service
Paul Pearson, '14
Faculty Specialist, Physics & Engineering
Academics, Career Readiness, Volunteering/Service
Billie Tadros
Assistant Professor of English and Theatre
Academics, Career Readiness, Health and Wellness, Graduate School
Casey Steiner
Assistant Director, Center for Student Engagement
Health and Wellness; Housing; Graduate School; Student Involvement; Career Readiness
Traci Vennie, '19
Records Analyst
Academics, Health and Wellness, Graduate School, Volunteering/Service
Elisa Tuffy, '13
Human Resources Specialist
Academics, Career Readiness, Health and Wellness, Student Involvement, Volunteering/Service
Helen Wolf
Director, Campus Ministries
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Graduate School, Student Involvement, Volunteering/Service, Travel/Study Abroad, Religions
Chris Whitney, '06
Director, Career Development
Career Readiness, Graduate School, Student Involvement
Stan Zygmunt
Director, News and Media Relations
Academics, Academic Research, Career Readiness, Graduate School, Student Involvement, Volunteering/Service, Medical School Application Process, Special Jesuit Liberal Arts Program (SJLA), Honors Program
