Liberal Arts Division

Meet the Faculty and Staff

Dr. Christopher Cruz Callari	Dean	609-570- 3829	LA119
Lyndsey Goehrig	Executive Assistant	609-570-3378	LA140
Jennifer Juran	Assistant to the Dean	609-570-3644	LA139
Vanessa Johnson	Administrative Specialist	609-570-3323	LA141

Kyle Anderson Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Edward Avery-Natale Associate Professor, Sociology averye@mccc.edu 609-570-3339 office: LA144 Ph.D. Sociology, Temple University B.A., Sociology and Philosophy, Bloomsburg University Dr. Edward Avery-Natale teaches introductory sociology courses as well as classes about race and racism. He has since published articles on topics such as racism, Black Lives Matter, identification formation, gender, religion, punk rock, Deleuzian approaches to sociology and identity, and more. Dr. Avery-Natale is looking forward to publishing several new books about punk after the success of his first, Ethics, Politics, and Anarcho-Punk Identifications: Punk and Anarchy in Philadelphia.
Alison Becker-Moses Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Carol Denise Bork Professor, English; Coordinator, Liberal Arts Studies borkc@mccc.edu 609-570-3890 office: LA111
Elizabeth Carr Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Craig Coenen Professor, History; Chair, Liberal Arts; Coordinator, History coenenc@mccc.edu 609-570-3533 office: LA149 Ph.D. History, Lehigh University M.A., History, Lehigh University B.A., History, University of Wisconsin at Green Bay
Dr. Daniel D'Arpa Professor, Spanish; Coordinator, Languages darpad@mccc.edu 607-570-3318 office: CM157 Ph.D. Spanish Sociolinguistics, Temple University, Philadelphia M.A., Spanish Literature and Linguistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee B.A., Sociology/Anthropology, Stockton University Dr. D'Arpa has experience in public education as a secondary Spanish teacher, university language professor, and department coordinator. His research is on Spanish dialects in contact with Caribbean English Creole. Dr. D'Arpa has taken student groups to study in Spain, Costa Rica and Cuba.
Jamie Beth Fleischner Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Padhraig Higgins Professor, History higginsp@mccc.edu 609-570-3495 office: LA149
Nicole Homer Professor, English homern@mccc.edu 609-570-3316 office: CM128B
Ken Howarth Professor, Philosophy; Coordinator, Philosophy, and Religious Studies howarthk@mccc.edu 609-570-3809 office: LA148 M.A., Contemporary Philosophy, Claremont Graduate University, CA M.A.E.C. Eastern (Asian) Classics, St. John's College, NM M.A.L.A. Liberal Arts (Classics), St. John's College, MD B.A., Political Science, Davidson College, NC Professor Howarth is the Philosophy, and Religious Studies Coordinator. He specializes in ethics, practical reasoning, and comparative and the history of philosophies, and lives to engage with family, Boston Terriers, whales and students.
Dr. Heather Jennings Professor, Psychology; Coordinator, Psychology jenningh@mccc.edu 609-570-3450 office: LA146 Ph.D., Educational Psychology-Temple University M.A., Clinical Psychology- Columbia University, Teacher's College B.A, Psychology- Rutgers University Dr. Jennings specializes in psychopathology and spent several years working as a clinician in psychiatric emergency screening services, home-based, shelter-based, and school-based therapy programs before joining the Mercer Faculty in 2004. Dr. Jennings' research interests include the psychological variables that impact academic success among community college students and every semester she learns something new and interesting from her students.
Holly Johnson Professor, English and Journalism johnsonh@mccc.edu 609-570-3594 office: LA114 M.F.A. Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts B.A. English with a minor in Creative Writing, Cornell University with Honors Professor Johnson teaches journalism as well as all levels of composition from developmental to Honors. She is the faculty adviser to the award-winning student newspaper, The College VOICE, and coordinator of both the credit and non-credit journalism programs.
Dr. Matthew J. Kochis Associate Professor, English; Coordinator, English kochism@mccc.edu 609-570-3852 office: LA109 Ph.D. in English Literature, University of Tulsa MA in English Literature, Seton Hall University BS in Secondary Education & English, University of Scranton
John Nadig Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Eirini Papafratzeskakou Associate Professor, Psychology; Coordinator, Psychology papafrae@mccc.edu 609-570-3557 office: ET114 Ph.D., Developmental Psychology- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University M.S., Developmental Psychology- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University B.S, Psychology- Old Dominion University
Dr. Daniel Rose Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Daniel Schermond Associate Professor, Sociology; Coordinator, Sociology schermod@mccc.edu 609-570-3345 office: ET110
Dr. Charlene Sharkey Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Jack Tabor Associate Professor, English; taborj@mccc.edu 609-570-3838 office: CM140B Ph.D., M.A., English. University of California, Santa Barbara B.A., English. University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Tabor teaches freshman composition as well as Introduction to the Novel; Literature of War and Conflict, The Holocaust; British Literature II; and beginning and intermediate ballet. He is also the co-coordinator of Mercer's Holocaust Study Abroad Program in Poland. Dr. Tabor is currently learning how to play the guitar.
Jacqueline Vogtman Professor, English; Coordinator, English vogtmanj@mccc.edu 609-570-3750 office: CM157 MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University BA, English, The College of New Jersey Professor Vogtman is a writer whose fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals, and her award-winning book of short stories, Girl Country, was published in 2023 by Dzanc Books. She is the editor of Kelsey Review, and she co-advises S.O.U.L., MCCC's student creative writing club.
Dr. Amy Vondrak Professor, English; Coordinator, Developmental Composition; Co-Coordinator, READY vondraka@mccc.edu office: KC 239 Ph.D. Syracuse University MA.., North Carolina State University BA.., University of Michigan Amy Vondrak is a creator of learning spaces and experiences that center our students, their experiences, and their lives in the creation of knowledge and pursuit of revolutionary equality. She is an instigator of utopia in the every day.
Douglas Wangombe Faculty, Mathematics
Dr. Wan-Ning Yeh Assistant Professor of ESL - Coordinator of ESL yehw@mccc.edu 609-570-3371 office: LA106 Ph.D. in Composition & TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania M.A. in TESOL, Indiana University of Pennsylvania B.A. in English Language, Literature and Linguistics, Providence University (Taiwan) Dr. Yeh teaches primarily ESL coursework, and also offers Chinese language courses. Her research interests include second language writing, autoethnography and art-based research. She also established and coordinates the Conversation Partners program.