Faculty Directory

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ANIMATION

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SARAH HANSON
Animation Program Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961-1858
Email: hansons@villa.edu



BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

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HEATHER HARRIS
Business Management Program Coordinator
Instructor
Phone: 961-2856
Email: harrish@villa.edu

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MOLLIE WARD-CRESENTE
Business/Instructor
Phone: 961-2857
Email: mcrescente@villa.edu

Mark Komanski
Lecturer/Business Management

Jennifer Basile
Lecture/Computer Science


EDUCATION STUDIES / EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION


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LEANNA MANNA
Associate Professor/Education/Education Studies
Phone: (716) 961-1839
Email: LMannaVMC@aol.com


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JUDITH PISKUN
Education Program Coordinator
Assistant Professor/Early Childhood Education/Education
Cooperative Education Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961-1842
Email: jpiskun@villa.edu

Michael Watz
Lecturer/Education


FASHION DESIGN AND MERCHANDISING


Jim Siewert
Program Coordinator
Phone: 961-1856
Email: Siewertj@villa.edu


FINE ARTS


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BRIAN DUFFY
Professor/Fine Arts
Phone: (716) 961-1833
Email: duffyb@villa.edu

Francisco Amaya
Lecturer/Fine Art
Email: FrnAmaya@aol.com

Michael Doig
Lecturer/Fine Art
Email: doigm@villa.edu

Maria Pabico
Lecturer/Fine Art

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ADAM WEEKLEY
Instructor/Fine Art
Email: aweekley@villa.edu


GRAPHIC DESIGN


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ROBERT GRIZANTI
Instructor/Graphic Design
Graphic Design Program Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961- 1881
Email: bgrizanti@villa.edu

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JULIE ZACK
Graphic Design/Instructor
Phone: (716) 961-1830
Email: zackj@villa.edu



NATURAL SCIENCES


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TODD BAKER
Associate Professor/ Natural Sciences
Phone: (716) 961-1827
Email: bakert@villa.edu

Janet Benjamins
Lecturer
Email: jbenjamins@villa.edu

SM Felicia Golembiewski-Dove
Lecturer
Email: dovef@villa.edu


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CRAIG HORNER, DC
Lecturer
Email: drchoner@villa.edu

Mark Siena
Lecturer
Email: sienama@villa.edu


INTERIOR DESIGN (Associate and Bachelor Degree Programs)


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SANDRA REICIS
Interior Design Program Coordinator
Email: reicis@villa.edu

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JAIME LORENZ
Instructor/Interior Design
NCIDQ Certificate # 24738
Email: jlorenz@villa.edu

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SARA ANDERSON
Instructor/Interior Design
Email: sanderson@villa.edu

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NATALIA ALBUL
Instructor/Interior Design

Adjunct Faculty

Paul Battaglia,
Instructor

Doris Collins
Lecturer

Brian Cook,
Lecturer

Geraldine Liquidano
Instructor

Thomas Pafk
Lecturer

John Sisti,
Lecturer

Robert Szudzik
Instructor

Jill Wisz,
Instructor


JAZZ


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JAMES KURZDORFER
Associate Professor/Music/Bass
Phone: (716) 961-1838
Email: kurzdorferj@villa.edu

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CARMEN JUDE AQUILA
Instructor/Music/Music Business
Music & Jazz Program Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961-1882
Email: aquila@villa.edu

John Bacon
Lecturer/Jazz


LIBERAL ARTS


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SHAKORA BANKS, Ph.D.
Liberal Arts
Phone: (716) 961-1854
Email: Sbanks@villa.edu


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JOYCE KESSEL
Associate Professor/English
Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Phone: (716) 961-1836
Email: jkesselvmc@aol.com

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DONALD MONNIN, D. Min.
Professor/Philosophy/Religious Studies
Phone: (716) 961-1840
Email: monnind@villa.edu

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JAMES NYE
Assistant Professor/Social Science
Phone: (716) 961-1841
Email: nye@villa.edu

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SISTER MARCELLA ANNE WENDZIKOWSKI
Assistant Professor/English/Spanish
Liberal Arts/General Studies
Humanities/Social Sciences Program Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961-1847
Email: mwendzikowski@villa.edu

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MATTHEW GIORDANO, PH.D.
Matthew Giordano, Ph.D.
Instructor/English
Phone: (716) 961-2851
Email: giordano@villa.edu

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ELIZABETH BATTAGLIA
Instructor/English
Email: kirchmeyerea@villa.edu

Sister Jean Thompson
Lecturer/Liberal Arts/Philosophy
Email: thompsonjm@villa.edu

Janet Benjamin
Lecturer/Mathematics

John Clark
Lecturer/English/Social Sciences

Victoria Cooke
Lecturer/Liberal Arts/Social Sciences

Deborah Gleico
Lecturer/Liberal Arts/English

Barry Smith, Ph.D.
Lecturer/Philosophy

Henry Stahe
Lecturer/Economics

SM Felicity Wardzinski, Ph.D.
Lecturer/Philosophy

Paul Runfola
Lecturer/English



MUSIC / MUSIC BUSINESS


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JAMES KURZDORFER
Associate Professor/Music/Bass
Phone: (716) 961-1838
Email: kurzdorferj@villa.edu

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CARMEN JUDE AQUILA
Instructor/Music/Music Business
Music & Jazz Program Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961-1882
Email: aquila@villa.edu

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SM BARBARA AMROZOWICZ
Assistant Professor/Music/Music Business
Phone: (716) 961-1826
Email: amrozowicz@villa.edu

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ANTHONY CASUCCIO
Lecturer/Music Business
Email: acasuccio@villa.edu

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SYLVIA GRMELA
Instructor/Music
Phone: (716) 961-2861
Email: grmela@villa.edu

Adjunct Music Faculty
John Bacon - Percussion
Judith Barone - Piano
Bryan Eckenrode - Cello Email: eckenrode@villa.edu or musiconamherst@yahoo.com
Barbara Powrie - Applied Piano Email: babarapowrie@mac.com
Gary Rutkowski - Percussion
David Schiavone - Woodwinds
William Siedler - Trumpet
Jeremy Sparks - Guitar
Richard Strauss - Guitar
Adrienne Tworek-Gryta - Voice
James Flood - Piano
Florence Myers - Oboe


PHOTOGRAPHY


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LAURA SNYDER
Professor/Photography
Phone: (716) 961-1845
Email: snyderl@villa.edu

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MICHAEL BOSWORTH
Professor / Program Coordinator, Photography
Phone: (716) 961-1829


Eric Jensen
Lecturer/Photography

Jan Nagle
Lecturer/Photography

David Mitchell
Lecturer/Photography


PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT


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JAMES KELLEY
Assistant Professor/Physical Therapist Assistant
Physical Therapist Assistant Program Coordinator
Phone: (716) 961-1835
Email: jkelley@villa.edu

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KIM KOTZ
Associate Professor/Physical Therapist Assistant
Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education
Phone: (716) 961-1837
Email: kkotz@villa.edu

Kimberly Peters
Lecturer/Physical Therapist Assistant

Louise Heubusch
Lecturer/Physical Therapist Assistant

Jill Graney, PT

Jodi Nosbisch, PT

Louise Heubusch, PT