Faculty & Staff Roster
Office of the Dean |
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| Dr. Dwane Jones | Dean and Director of Land-Grant Programs | 71/5243 | 202.274.7182 | dwane.jones@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Urban Sustainability, Urban Stormwater Management, Environmental Policy, Urban Design, Public Health | ||||
| Dr. Ricardo Brown | Associate Dean for Academic Programs/ Founding Director, School of Health and Clinical Sciences |
71/5244 | 202.274.7137 | ricardo.brown1@udc.edu |
| Dr. Rochelle Rush | Assistant Dean for Programs and Administration | 71/5245 | 202.274.6507 | rochelle.rush@udc.edu |
| Coretta Troxler | Marketing and Communications Assistant | 71/5240A | 202.274.7123 | coretta.troxler@udc.edu |
| Marshelle Hailstock | Project Coordinator, Outreach and Recruitment | 71/5240B | 202.274.7135 | mhailstock@udc.edu |
| Monica Wiggins | Contracts and Grants Associate | 71/5321 | 202.274.7118 | mwiggins@udc.edu |
| Donta Thornton | Staff Assistant/IT Liaison | 32/104 | 202.274.7167/202.594.7796 | donta.thornton@udc.edu |
Land-grant Programs
Office of the Associate Dean |
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| William Hare | Associate Dean for Land-grant Programs | 71/5221 | 202.274.7133 | whare@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Soil Nutrients, Water Resources Management, Ethnic and Specialty Crops | ||||
| Roy Lycorish | Research and Logistics Associate | Firebird Farm | 301.937.6715 | rlycorish@udc.edu |
| Rebecca Bankhead | Manager for Youth Education and Resource Development | 71/5315 | 202.274.7081 | rbankhead@udc.edu |
Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education |
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| Mchezaji Axum | Director, Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education | 71/5137 | 202.274.6691 | mchezaji.axum@udc.edu |
| Research Speciality: Soil Nutrition, High-Intensity Urban Farming, Agroecology | ||||
| Dr. Mamatha Hanumappa | Project Specialist, Ethnic and Specialty Crops | 71/5133 | 202.274.5499 | mamatha.hanumappa@udc.edu |
| Thomas Wheet | Research and Logistics Coordinator | 71/5210J | 202.274.5419 | thomas.wheet@udc.edu |
| Caitlin Arlotta | Research Associate, Urban Agriculture | caitlin.arlotta@udc.edu | ||
| Dr. Caroline Staub | Project Specialist | 71/5131 | 202.274.6691 | caroline.staub@udc.edu |
| Diego Lahaye | 4H Program Associate | 71/5420C | dlahaye@udc.edu | |
Center for Sustainable Development and Resilience |
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| Dr. Kamran Zendehdel | Acting Director, Sustainability Education | 71/5118 | 202.274.7161 | kamran.zendehdel@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Urban Sustainability, Environmental Policy, Experimental Design, Community Engagement, Group Decision Making | ||||
| Harris Trobman | Project Specialist, Green Infrastructure | 71/5115 | 202.274.6682 | harris.trobman@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Restoration of urban systems, with a particular interest in diverse and complex systems, and his skills include socially responsive design, community engagement, landscape architecture, urban design, and horticulture | ||||
| Dr. Parnali Chowdhury | Project Specialist, Urban Ecology | 71/5112 | 202.274.7139 | parnali.chowdhury@udc.edu |
| Danyal Eisenbrandt | Staff Assistant | 71/5112 | 202.274.7139 | danyal.eisenbrandt@udc.edu |
| Elizabeth Gearin | Project Specialist, Urban Planning | 71/5110 | 202.274.7128 | elizabeth.gearin@udc.edu |
Center for Urban Research, Engagement, and Scholarship |
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| Dr. Matthew Richardson | Acting Director, Center for Urban Research, Engagement, and Scholarship | 71/5135 | 202.274.5947 | matthew.richardson@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Understanding plant-insect relationships in human-managed, disturbed, and restored habitats. | ||||
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Dr. Mamatha Hanumappa
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Project Specialist, Ethnic and Specialty Crops | 71/5133 | 202.274.5499 | mamatha.hanumappa@udc.edu |
| Caitlin Arlotta | Research Associate, Urban Agriculture | 202.754.1984 | caitlin.arlotta@udc.edu | |
Water Resources Research Institute |
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| Dr. Tolessa Deksissa | Director, Water Resources Research Institute | 71/5111 | 202.274.5273 | tdeksissa@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Water quality assessment and modeling; emerging contaminants; GIS-based modeling of green infrastructure; trace metal analysis and speciation with ICP-MS; analysis of pesticide, PCBs, and emerging contaminants with GC-MS, analysis of pharmaceutical and personal care products using TOF-MS with DSA; fate and transport of organic contaminants in soil and water; modeling integrated urban wastewater system; adaptive water resources management; and fostering significant learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics | ||||
| Sebhat Tefera | Project Specialist, Environmental Testing | 42/110 | 202.274.6091 | stefera@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Perchlorate analyses in drinking and groundwater contaminants, vegetables, fruits, and milk by LC/MS/MS (Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry), sodium in low sodium food products by ICP/MS (Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry), and detection of the adulteration of cereal flours with melamine and related triazine byproducts of ammeline, ammelide, and cyanuric acid by HPLC/DAD (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Diode-Array Detection) | ||||
| Sania Rose | Project Assistant, Environmental Testing Sciences | 42/110 | sania.rose@udc.edu | |
Academic Programs
Center for Nutrition, Diet & Health |
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| Dr. Lillie Monroe-Lord | Director, Center for Nutrition, Diet & Health | 71/5416 | 202.274.7125 | lmonroelord@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Inner City Childhood Obesity Prevention, Food Security, Health Literacy and Geriatrics | ||||
| Dr. Amy Schweitzer | Project Specialist, Community Educator Nutrition and Health | 71/5414 | 202.274.6596 | amy.schweitzer@udc.edu |
| Dr. Tiffany Johnson-Largen | Project Specialist, Health and Wellness | 71/5415 | 202.274.6708 | tiffany.johnsonlarge@udc.edu |
| Paul Brown, Jr. | Food Safety Coordinator | 71/5410E | 202.274.6490 | pbrown@udc.edu |
| Gregory Cooper | Project Coordinator, EFNEP | 71/5410A | 202.274.7172 | gregory.cooper@udc.edu |
| Herbert Holden | Extension Agent I | 71/5410C | 202.274.5755 | hholden@udc.edu |
| Dr. Carlton Crocket | Sr. Program Coordinator Food Systems | 71/5411 | 202.274.6639 | carlton.crocket@udc.edu |
| Pamela Williams | Project Assistant | 71/5310K | 202.274.6602 | pmwilliams@udc.edu |
| Miranda Desmarais | Project Coordinator, SNAP-Ed | 71/5410D | 202.274.6783 | miranda.desmarais@udc.edu |
| Cassidy Weitman | Project Coordinator, SNAP-Ed | 71/5410F | 202.274.6783 | cassidy.weitman@udc.edu |
| Banafsheh Dehdashtizadeh | Senior Project Coordinator, EFNEP | 71/5413 | 202.274.6647 | banafsheh.dehdashtizadeh@udc.edu |
Institute of Gerontology |
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| James Lee | Volunteer Program Coordinator | 71/5310B | 202.274.6658 | jlee@udc.edu |
| Pamela Williams | Project Assistant | 71/5310K | 202.274.6602 | pmwilliams@udc.edu |
Office of the Associate Dean |
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| Dr. Ricardo Brown | Associate Dean for Academic Programs/ Founding Director, School of Health and Clinical Sciences |
71/5244 | 202.274.7137 | ricardo.brown@udc.edu |
| Teresa Merz | Staff Assistant, Associate Dean of Academics | 71/5240E | 202.274.7129/202.738.0799 | teresa.merz@udc.edu |
| Donta Thornton | Staff Assistant/IT Liaison | 32/104 | 202.274.7167/202.594.7796 | donta.thornton@udc.edu |
Architecture and Urban Sustainability |
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| Dr. Anna Franz | Acting Chair/Associate Professor | 32/104B | 202.274.3249 | anna.franz@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Preservation Rehabilitation | ||||
| Dr. Sabine O’Hara | Professor/PhD Urban Leadership | 71/5111 | 202.274.7011 | sabine.ohara@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Sustainable Economic Development, Community based approaches to Economic Development, Ecological and Agricultural Economics, stakeholder-based assessment, Discourse Based Valuation, Economic Development, and it’s Social/Cultural and Environmental Context. | ||||
| Ralph Belton | Assistant Professor | 32/104C | 202.274. 5043 | rbelton@udc.edu |
| Vacant | Associate Professor | |||
| Kathy Denise Dixon | Assistant Professor | 32/104G | 202.274.66537446 | kimberly.tuttle@udc.edu |
| Kimberly Tuttle | Adjunct Professor | 202.274.7446 | kdixon@udc.edu | |
| Research Specialty: Urban Planning, LEED buildings | ||||
| James Killette | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/C03 | 202.274.5056 | jkillette@udc.edu |
| Dr. Brian Bramel | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104B | 202.274.3249 | brian.bramel@udc.edu |
| Tara Pase | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104B | 202.274.3249 | tara.pase@udc.edu |
| Howard Gibbs | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104B | 202.274.3249 | hcgibbs06@gmail.com |
| Wanda Briscoe | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | wanda.briscoe@udc.edu |
| Stanford Britt | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | stanford.britt@udc.edu |
| Hyon Rah | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | hyon.rah@udc.edu |
| Kenneth Filler | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | kenneth.filler@udc.edu |
| Gina Fernandes | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | gina.fernandes@udc.edu |
| Davide Prete | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | davide.prete@udc.edu |
| Mohammad Kamal | Adjunct Professor Architecture | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | mohammad.kamal@udc.edu |
| Dr. Maros Ivanic | Adjunct Professor PhD Urban Leadership | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | maros.ivanic@udc.edu |
| Tamrat Bedane | Adjunct Professor: Environmental Sustainability | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | tamrat.bedane@udc.edu |
| Niquinn Fowler | Adjunct Professor: Environmental Sustainability/PSM | 32/104 | 202.274.7167 | niquiin.fowler@udc.edu |
| Dr. Matthew Richardson | PSM Coordinator, Urban Agriculture | 71/5135 | 202.274.5947 | Matthew.richardson@udc.edu |
| Dr. Tolessa Deksissa | PSM Coordinator, Water Resources Management | 71/5111 | 202.274.5273 | tdeksissa@udc.edu |
Health, Nursing & Nutrition |
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| Dr. Ricardo Brown | Associate Dean for Academic Programs/Founding Director, School of Health and Clinical Sciences | 71/5244 | 202.274.7137 | ricardo.brown1@udc.edu |
| Dr. Tia Jeffery | Assistant Professor, Nutrition | 71/5235 | 202.274.7142 | tia.jeffery@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Urban Health Disparities, positive youth development via nutrition education and fitness, and Senior Wellness | ||||
| Dr. B. Michelle Harris | Program Director of Nutrition and Dietetics | 71/5237 | 202.274.5739 | bharris@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Minority health issues and reducing health disparities | ||||
| Raeleena Collington | Visiting Assistant Professor | 202.274.5379 | raeleena.collington@udc.edu | |
| Dr. Phronie Jackson | Assistant Professor, Health | 71/5232 | 202.274.5932/202.963.8703 | phronie.jackson@udc.edu |
| Bessie Stockard | Associate Professor, Health | 71/5241 | 202.274.5076 | bstockard@udc.edu |
| Dr. Pier A. Broadnax | Program Director for Nursing/Associate Professor | 71/5242 | 202.274.5916/202.963.8702 | pbroadnax@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Leadership Development, Breast Cancer in Minority Women, Childhood Obesity | ||||
| Dr. Elmira Asongwed | Associate Professor, Nursing | 71/5233 | 202.274.5909 | easongwe@udc.edu |
| Research Specialty: Secondary prevention with ankle-brachial index measurements to identify peripheral artery disease and evidence-based education interventions for adult learners | ||||
| Linda Hinnant | Adjunct Professor Nursing | 71/5240E | 202.274.7129 | lhinnant@udc.edu |
| Dr. Clarence Stewart | Adjunct Professor Health Education | 71/5240E | 202.274.7129 | cmstewart@udc.edu |
| Charmaine Jones | Adjunct Professor Nutrition | 71/5240E | 202.274.7129 | charmaine.jones@udc.edu |
Professional Science Master’s Program (PSM) |
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| Dr. Tolessa Deksissa | Director of PSM Program and Coordinator in Water Resources Management | 42/215C | 202.274.5273 | tdeksissa@udc.edu |
| Dr. Kamran Zendehdel | Coordinator of PSM in Urban Sustainability | 71/5118 | 202.274.7161 | kamran.zendehdel@udc.edu |
| Dr, Mamatha Hanumappa | Coordinator of PSM in Urban Sustainability | 71/5133 | 202.274.5499 | mamatha.hanumappa@udc.edu |
| Tamirat Bedane | Adjunct Professor | 42/215C | 202.274.5273 | tamirat.bedane@udc.edu |