Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty of English

Laura Leigh Abby
Instructor
M.A., Creative Writing, The New School
B.A., Emerson College

Juan Arteaga
Instructor
M.A., Secondary Education, New York University
B.A., English, Saint Joseph's University

Jenny Binnie
Assistant Professor
M.A., English, SUNY New Paltz
B.A., English, SUNY New Paltz

Melissa Browne
Assistant Professor

Kathleen Castore
Instructor

Cecilia Dos Santos
Associate Professor

Samantha Montagna Dunn (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Certificate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, SUNY Professional Development
M.A., English, SUNY New Paltz
B.A., English, SUNY New Paltz
A.A., Secondary Education (English), SUNY Orange

Stephanie Gleeson
Instructor
M.A., English, SUNY New Paltz
B.S., Secondary Education, SUNY New Paltz
A.A., Secondary Education - English, SUNY Orange

Richard Goff
Instructor
M.A., Creative Writing, Southern New Hampshire University
M.A., English, Southern New Hampshire University
B.A., English Language and Literature, Southern New Hampshire University

Philip Goldman
Assistant Professor
M.P.S., Psychology and English, SUNY New Paltz

Ally Gutierrez (she/her)
Instructor
M.A., English/Education, St. John's University
B.F.A., New York University

Nick Iacovitti
Instructor
M.S., Teaching of English, Lehman College
B.A., English, Lehman College

Kurt Karlson
Instructor

Sue Kohler
Assistant Professor

Scott Lyons
Associate Professor

Marybeth McDonough (she/her)
Instructor
M.A., English, William Paterson University
B.A., Communications, College of Mount Saint Vincent

Kimberly Messer
Instructor

Ted Millar
Instructor

Samuel Nicolosi
Instructor

Tanya Parker-Hughes (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Certificate, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, SUNY Professional Development
Ph.D. candidate, Humanities, Salve Regina University
M.A., English, Mercy College
B.A., Journalism, SUNY New Paltz
A.A., Liberal Arts, SUNY Orange

Lisa Raggo-Ferraro
Instructor

Christopher Ruchdeschel
Instructor
M.A., Classical Studies (in progress), Villanova University (May 2025)
M.S., Education, Mount Saint Mary College
B.A., Secondary Education English, SUNY New Paltz
B.A., Psychology, SUNY New Paltz

Holly Spinelli
Assistant Professor
Advanced Certificate, Gifted and Talented Education, CUNY Lehman College
M.A., English, Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College
M.A., Teaching English (Grades 7-12), New York University
B.A., English and Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University

Dr. Richard Tayson
Instructor
Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York
M.A., New York University
B.A., Colorado State University

Elizabeth Wastie-Reilly
Instructor

Mary Warrener 
Professor
A.B.D., English, University at Buffalo
M.A., English, University at Buffalo
B.A., English, Mount Saint Mary College

Deborah Wenner
Assistant Professor