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2024-25 Undergraduate Academic Catalog | Academic Personnel Directory

Administrative Officers

President

RUPERT A. HAYLES JR., Ph.D., President, 1st Lieutenant, US Air Force, 1985-1990; B.S. Management Information Systems and Accounting, W. Paul Stillman School of Business, 1988; The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA Finance and Decision Sciences, 1994; Ph.D. Organizational Leadership School of Leadership, Regent University, 2021. At Roberts and Northeastern since 2023.

Administrative Officers

ELVERA B. BERRY, Ph.D., Dean, School of Arts and Humanities; Academic Director, Communication; Pro­fessor of Communication; B.A., Roberts Wesleyan University, 1963; M.A., University of Rochester, 1967; M.A., State University of New York College at Brockport, 1981; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buf­falo, 1986. At RWU since 1964.

MARLENE COLLINS-BLAIR, Ph.D., Assistant Chief Academic Officer; Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs; B.A., University of the West Indies, 1997; M.Phil., University of the West Indies, 2002; Ph.D., University of the West Indies, 2006. At RWU since 2023.

SIMAO DASILVA, M.B.A,Vice President for Operations and Business Development; M.B.A ., Cornell University, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management; B.A., Temple University, Fox School of Business. At RWU and NES since 2023.

LAURA L. FALCO, D.B.A., Dean, School of Business; Chair, Department of AGE Business; Director, Graduate Business Program; Professor of Marketing; B.S., Houghton University, 1998; M.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2001; D.B.A., Anderson University, 2006. At RWU since 2006.

ADAM HUCK, Ph.D., Director, M.Ed. IA/IC Program; Director; Adult and Graduate General Education; Associate Professor of Education; B.Ed., Slippery Rock University, 2002; M.Ed., The College at Brockport, 2005; Ph.D., University at Buffalo, 2018. At RWU since 2019.

ALEXANDER JONES, Ph.D., Vice President for Institutional Advancement; B.A., Wheaton College, 2013; M.A., Wheaton College, 2016; Ph.D., Azusa Pacific University, 2022. At RWU since 2021.

JASON R. TAYLOR, Ph.D., Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences; Chair, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences; Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Baldwin Wallace University, 1997; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2002. At RWU since 2003.

KIMBERLEY WIEDEFELD, M.A., Vice President for Enrollment Management; B.A., Azusa Pacific University, 2002; M.A., University of London, 2005. At RWU since 2016.

Academic Support - Administrative

Career Development
MARY F. FLAHERTY,
M.Ed., Di­rector of Career Development; Assistant Professor; B.A., Roberts Wesleyan University, 1990; M.Ed., Springfield College, 1992. At RWU since 1992.

Office of Spiritual Life
GERALD COLEMAN, 
B.S., Campus Pastor; B.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2002. At RWU since 2018.

Information Technology
JEFFREY OTTO, B.S,
Interim Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer; B.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2007. At RWU since 1998.
 
Institutional Research
PAUL W. KENNEDY,
Ph.D., Di­rector of Institutional Research and Assessment; Associate Professor; B.A., Wheaton College of Illinois, 1981; M.S., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1985; M.A., Fuller Seminary, 1985; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1993. At RWU since 2005.
 
Learning Center 

RHONDA L. LANNI, M.S., Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities; B.S., State University of New York, College at Brockport, 2000; M.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2012.  At RWU since 2012.

Library
STEPHANIE CICERO,
M.L.S, Interim Director; Research and Instruction Librarian; Assistant Professor; B.S. SUNY Fredonia, 2008; B.A., SUNY Fredonia, 2008. At RWU since 2023.

Pathway Program
JOY REBSTEIN,
M.S.L., Pathway Director; B.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2005; M.S., Kansas State University, 2018; At RWU since 2001.  

Registration Office

KAREN J. FRASIER, M.A., As­sociate Registrar for Advisement; B.S., Nazareth University, 1987; M.A., State University of New York College at Brockport, 2000. At RWU since 2003.
 
Student Life 
KATELYN LEE,
M.S., Dean of Students; Deputy Title IX Coordinator; B.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2008; M.S., University of Rochester, 2011. At RWU since 2017.

ROBERT SEGAVE, M.S., Director of Athletics; B.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2006; M.S., Roberts Wesleyan University, 2013. At RWU since 2007.