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Social Work Faculty Directory


All the professors have great experience in the field. I love that they all have different backgrounds.
A.V., Class of 2018

Full-Time Faculty


Dr. Janet Acker

Professor of Social Work
Office: 404 Sibley Hall
Phone: 518-564-4068 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Janet Acker

Chenique Boutelle, M.S.W., LCSW

Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6039 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Chenique Boutelle

No portrait availableKim McCoy Coleman, LMSW-ATR

Associate Professor
Office: 112A Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-2163
Email: [email protected]

Heather Fronckowiak, M.S.W., LCSW

Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6042 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Heather Fronckowiak

Penny McQuinn, M.S.W., LCSW

Lecturer & Director of Field Education
Office: 112C Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-4250
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Penny McQuinn

Dr. Julie Piepenbring

M.S.W. Program Director
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6041 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Julie Piepenbring

Dr. Julie Richards, Chair

Associate Professor
Office: 112D Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-4181
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Julie Richards

Maureen Rotondi, M.S.W., LCSW-R

B.S.W. Program Director
Associate Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6036 
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Joseph Twumasi-Ankrah

Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6040 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Joseph Twumasi-Ankrah

Dr. Donna Van Alst

Associate Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6037 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Donna Van Alst

Dr. Patricia Weldon

Assistant Professor of Social Work
Office: Branch Campus at Queensbury
Phone: 518-564-6038 
Email: [email protected]
Learn more about Tricia Weldon

Part-Time Faculty


Dr. Annah Amani, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 109 Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-2164
Email: [email protected]

Jami Ganter, M.S.W.

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 105 Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-4174
Email: [email protected]

Sarita Green-Pesante, LMSW

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 105 Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-4174
Email: [email protected]

Jacqueline Jones, LCSW-R, M.S.T.

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 109 Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-2164
Email: [email protected]

Dr. Orval Jewett, D.S.W., LCSW

Adjunct Lecturer
Phone: 518-564-2164
Email: [email protected]

Kira Krier, LICSW

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 109 Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-2164
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth Lyons, LICSW

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 109 Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-2164
Email: [email protected]

Alyssa Whitney, M.S.W., LICSW

Adjunct Lecturer
Office: 112E Ward Hall
Phone: 518-564-4164
Email: [email protected]

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