Faculty Advisors

Faculty advisors work with students on career and professional issues, and offer academic support and guidance. Students are assigned a faculty advisor during the first semester of their program. On-campus students are emailed a letter that states the names and contact information of their faculty advisor and assistant director; off-campus students receive a program schedule from their site coordinator, with this information at the top.  Educational Studies PhD students are notified of their senior advisor prior to the start of their first semester. All students may also access their advisor's name by logging onto the Lesley Online Information System (LOIS) student page, under Academic Profile, and clicking "personal and academic profile."

Below is a list of programs and the faculty who advise for them.

Arts, Community, and Education

• Prilly Sanville, Associate Professor 617.349.8445 sanville@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Union Institute, M.A., Lesley University, B.A., University of Denver
• Sam Smiley, Assistant Professor 617.349.8596 ssmiley@lesley.edu
  M.F.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art
• Danielle Georges, Associate Professor 617.349.8332 dgeorges@Lesley.edu
  MFA, New York University; B.S.S.P. Communication Studies, Emerson College
• Aziza Bey, Associate Professor 617.349.8291 abey@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Union Institute; M.A., Fashion Institute of Technology; B.F.A., Pratt Institute of Technology

Collaborative Internships

• Mary C. McMackin, Professor 617.349.8407 mcmackin@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., University of Massachusetts-Lowell; M.Ed., Boston State College; B.S., Boston State College
• Barbara L. Govendo, Associate Professor 617.349.8154 govendb1@lesley.edu 
  Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.Ed., State University of New York, Buffalo (for Brookline Public Schools)
• Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Assistant Professor 617.349.8206 estringe@lesley.edu
  M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst (for Severe Disabilities program)

Curriculum and Instruction

• Abraham Abadi, Assistant Professor 617.349.8527 aabadi@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Boston University; Ed.M., Boston University; B.A., Boston University
• Mary Ann Cappiello, Assistant Professor 617.349.8603 mcappiel@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.M., Teachers College Columbia University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; B.A., Haverford College 
• Judy Conley, Senior Adjunct Professor 617.349.8144 jconley@lesley.edu
  PhD, Boston College, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Boston; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Erika Thulin Dawes, Associate Professor 617.349.8712 ethulind@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Columbia University Teachers College; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst 
• Lorraine Greenfield, Assistant Professor 617.349.8574 lgreenfi@lesley.edu
  Ed.D. Boston University; C.A.G.S., Bridgewater State College; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S. in Secondary English Education, Boston University
• Solange de Azambuja Lira, Professor 617.349.8461 slira@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Delaware; B.A., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 
• Maria de Lourdes B. Serpa, Professor 617.349.8403 mserpa@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Boston University, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Boston, B.S., Boston State College and Magisterie Primario, Portugal  
• Barbara Steckel, Assistant Professor 617.349.8879 bstecke2@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Boston University; M.S., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York; A.B., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York

Early Childhood 

• Constantina Comnenou, Associate Professor 617.349.8415 comnenou@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Goucher College
• Harriet Deane, Assistant Dean, Assistant Professor 617.349.8377 hdeane@lesley.edu
  M.B.A., Simmons College; M.Ed., Boston University; B.A., Washington University
• Lisa Fiore, Assistant Professor 617.349.8662 lfiore@lesley.edu 
  Ph.D., Boston College; M.A.T., Tufts University; B.A., Brandeis University
• Ben Mardell, Associate Professor 617.349.8281 bmardell@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Tufts University; M.S., Wheelock College; A.B., Brown University 

Early Childhood and Creative Arts in Learning

• Kate Austin, Assistant Professor
  617.349.8597 kaustin@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Union Institute; M.Ed., Lesley University
• Lisa Donovan, Associate Professor
  617.349.8446 ldonovan@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Lesley University; M.S., Boston University; B.A., State University of New York, Oneonta
• Karen Frostig, Associate Professor
  617.349.8731 kfrostig@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Union Institute and University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art
• Michael Kemeh, Assistant Professor Early Childhood and Creative Arts in Learning, Elementary and Creative Arts in Learning
  617.349.8994 mkemeh@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Kansas State University; M.A., Kansas State University; Teacher's Certificate, Ghana

Educational Studies PhD: Adult Learning, Educational Leadership, Individually Designed

Senior advisors to the PhD program are listed on the PhD page. Please contact Karen Shea for PhD advisor information.

Elementary Education

• Vivian Carlo, Associate Professor 617.349.8495 vcarlo@lesley.edu 
  Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College 
• Judy Conley, Senior Adjunct Professor 617.349.8144 jconley@lesley.edu
  PhD, Boston College, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Boston; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Harriet Deane, Assistant Professor 617.349.8377 hdeane@lesley.edu
  M.B.A., Simmons College; M.Ed., Boston University; B.A., Washington University
• Rita Gordon, Instructor 617.349.8642 rgordon3@lesley.edu
  C.A.G.S., State College at Boston; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S., Boston University
• Michael Pabian, Instructor M.Ed., Boston State College, B.A., Boston College 617.349.8171 mpabian@lesley.edu
• Susan Rauchwerk, Assistant Professor 617.349.8652 srauchwe@lesley.edu 
  Ed.D., Harvard University; M.Ed., Harvard University; B.S., Rutgers--The State University of New Jersey 
• Nancy Roberts, Professor. Ed.D., Boston University Ed.M., Boston University, A.B., Boston University 617.349.8419 nroberts@lesley.edu

• Robert Thomas, Assistant Professor 617.349.8282 rthomas4@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Harvard University; MAT, School for International Training; B.A., Boston University 

Elementary Education and Creative Arts in Learning

• Kate Austin, Assistant Professor
  617.349.8597 kaustin@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Union Institute; M.Ed., Lesley University
• Lisa Donovan, Associate Professor
  617.349.8446 ldonovan@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Lesley University; M.S., Boston University; B.A., State University of New York, Oneonta
• Karen Frostig, Associate Professor
  617.349.8731 kfrostig@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Union Institute and University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art
• Michael Kemeh, Assistant Professor Early Childhood and Creative Arts in Learning, Elementary and Creative Arts in Learning
  617.349.8994 mkemeh@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Kansas State University; M.A., Kansas State University; Teacher's Certificate, Ghana

Educational Specialist/CAGS in Integrated Teaching Through the Arts

• Celia Morris, Faculty Academic Advisor 617.349.8288 cmorris3@lesley.edu

High School Education

• Barbara R. Francis, Associate Professor 617.349.8957 bfranci2@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., University of Rochester; M.A., University of Rochester; Dickinson Program at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bologna, Italy, B.A., University of Rochester
• Paul Jablon, Associate Professor 617.349.8656 pjablon@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., New York University; B.S. Manhattan College 
  
• Robert Thomas, Assistant Professor 617.349.8282 rthomas4@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Harvard University; M.A.T., School for International Training; B.A., Boston University 

Integrated Teaching Through the Arts

• Marianne Adams, Faculty Academic Advisor
  617.349.8297 madams@lesley.edu
  M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Susan J. Fisher, Faculty Academic Advisor, National Faculty
  617.349.8492 sfisher@lesley.edu
  M.Ed., Clark University (Art Education), B.A., Clark University (Studio Art)
• Celia Morris, Faculty Academic Advisor
  617.349.8288 cmorris3@lesley.edu
• Louise Pascale, Associate Professor
  617.349.8992 lpascale@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Lesley University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of California

Mathematics Education

• Anne Collins, Assistant Professor 617.349.8853 collins2@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Boston College; C.A.G.S., Harvard University; M.A., Cambridge College; B.A., Westfield State College; B.S., Framingham State College 

Middle School Education

• Barbara R. Francis, Associate Professor 617.349.8957 bfranci2@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., University of Rochester; M.A., University of Rochester; Dickinson Program at Johns Hopkins SAIS, Bologna, Italy, B.A., University of Rochester
• Paul Jablon, Associate Professor 617.349.8656 pjablon@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., New York University; B.S. Manhattan College 
• Robert Thomas, Assistant Professor 617.349.8282 rthomas4@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Harvard University; M.A.T., School for International Training; B.A., Boston University 

Reading Specialist/TESOL

• Grace Enriquez, Assistant Professor. 617.349.8417 genrique@lesley.edu 
  M.S.Ed., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Boston College  
• Margery Staman Miller, Professor 617.349.8199 mmiller@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania, M.S., University of Pennsylvania, B.A., Simmons College
• Stephanie Spadorcia, Associate Professor 617.349.8812 sspadorc@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S., Lesley College
• Barbara Steckel, Assistant Professor 617.349.8879 bstecke2@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Boston University; M.S., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York; A.B., Herbert H. Lehman College of the City University of New York

Science in Education

• Michael Thibodeau, Assistant Professor mthibode@lesley.edu

Special Education

• Marcia Bromfield, Professor 617.349.8396 mbromfie@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.Ed., Syracuse University; B.A., Tufts University
• Barbara P. Gibson, Assistant Professor 617.349.8153  bgibson@lesley.edu
  C.A.G.S., Lesley College; M.Ed., Temple University; B.A., Bucknell University 
• Barbara L. Govendo, Associate Professor 617.349.8154 bgovendo@lesley.edu 
  Ph.D., Boston College; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.Ed., State University of New York, Buffalo 
• James Keefe, Assistant Professor 617.349.8456 jkeefe@lesley.edu Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst 
• Arlyn Roffman, Professor 617.349.8995 aroffman@lesley.edu Ph.D., Boston College, M.Ed., Lesley College, B.A., Connecticut College 
• Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Assistant Professor 617.349.8206 estringe@lesley.edu
  M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

• Nancy Wolf, Assistant Professor 866.396.6902 nwolf@lesley.edu
  Ph.D, University of Nebraska; M.A., Ball State University; B.A., Miami University

Teacher of Visual Art (PreK-8) and (5-12)

• Vivian Poey, Associate Professor
  617.349.8688 vpoey@lesley.edu
  Ed.M., Harvard University; M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; B.A., University of Southern Florida
• Robert Shreefter, Associate Professor
  617.349.8590 rshreeft@lesley.edu
  M.F.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., City College of the City University of New York
• Maureen Creegan Quinquis, Assistant Professor
  617.349.8233 mcreegan@lesley.edu
  PhD Candidate, Lesley University; M.F.A., Tufts University; M.Ed., Endicott College; Studio Arts Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Technology in Education

• William Barowy, Associate Professor 617.349.8168 barowy@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst. M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• George Blakeslee, Professor 617.349.8488 gblakesl@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S., Miami University
• Richard Carter, Associate Professor 617.349.8156 rcarter@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., Vassar College 
• Stephan Cohen, Assistant Professor 617.349.8151 slcohen@lesley.edu Ed.D. Harvard University; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., Hampshire College 
• Judy Conley, Senior Adjunct Professor 617.349.8144 jconley@lesley.edu
  PhD, Boston College, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Boston; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Jo-Ann Hart, Professor 617.349.8418 hart@lesley.edu 
  Ph.D., New York University; M.A., New York University, B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
• Brenda Matthis, Associate Professor 617.349.8494 bmatthis@lesley.edu Ed.D., Harvard University; Ed.M., Harvard University; B.B.A., University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee  
• Linda Mensing Triplett, Associate Professor 617.349.8946 triplett@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, M.S.Ed. University of Wisconsin, B.A. University of Minnesota
• Joan Thormann, Professor 617.349.8387 thorman@lesley.edu
  Ph.D., University of Oregon; M.A., Boston College, B.S.; University of Wisconsin 

• Maureen Brown Yoder, Professor 617.349.8421 myoder@lesley.edu
  Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., Lesley College; B.A., George Washington University