Stephanie Jacobson’s academic career spans 11 years as a professor of social work at Quinnipiac. Her extensive faculty leadership, dedication to faculty development and commitment to fostering an inclusive academic community made her an exemplary choice for this pivotal role.
 
As Associate Provost, Jacobson is a vital member of the Academic Affairs senior leadership team. She oversees strategic initiatives that support professional growth, teaching, scholarly excellence and innovation and the well-being of our faculty. She also spearheads our community-building and inclusive excellence programs. Furthermore, Jacobson plays a crucial role in ensuring effective shared governance and communication with the faculty, working closely with the Faculty Senate.
 
Jacobson brings a wealth of experience, having served in various leadership roles in the School of Health Sciences, including interim chair (twice) of the Social Work Department. She successfully managed the Council on Social Work Education reaffirmation process, leading to the program's successful reaccreditation.
 
Jacobson's administrative prowess is evident from her service to the University, including two terms as Faculty Senate chair and six years on the Academic Programs and Policies Committee, serving as both vice chair and chair. This experience has given her deep insight into faculty needs, making her an ideal candidate for this role.

Jacobson earned her doctorate in social work from the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, her MSW from New York University School of Social Work and a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She also completed the management development program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education last year.

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Terri Johnson began her career at Quinnipiac within Student Affairs and served for over a decade as a clinical therapist in the Health and Wellness Center. As a part-time faculty member, she has instructed campus-based classes as well as numerous faculty-led sections with a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability and service learning to Costa Rica, the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Galapagos Islands. Her move to academic affairs was in the role of director of academic affairs, which encompassed working closely with the provost to plan and implement major initiatives and oversee diverse administrative duties for the division. Her portfolio has included serving as the Title IX deputy for faculty before serving as the University Title IX coordinator, serving on the Senate Policies Committee, chairing the Sabbatical Leave Committee, overseeing the Review, Promotion and Tenure process, serving on the commencement committee and overseeing the academic catalog and its transition to an online resource.

In her current role as Associate VP of Student Personal and Professional Development, she oversees the Office of Career Development and Experiential Learning, Global Engagement and focuses on bolstering university-wide collaboration with the goal of providing the holistic delivery of key functions and developmental opportunities that support students in their journey towards rewarding lives and careers.

Johnson holds her bachelor’s degree in finance from Lehigh University and her master’s and CT State License as LMFT in therapy. She is certified from the Teachers College, Columbia University in nutritional counseling, in Jungian psychology from the Ireland Jung Center, in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction from Yale and in Mindfulness Counseling from Copper Beech Institute. Prior to joining Quinnipiac University, Johnson worked as a financial analyst in Budapest for General Electric and as a project manager of strategic planning at Meridian Bancorp.

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Adam Nemeroff oversees the Office of Learning Design and Technology at Quinnipiac University, leading a dedicated team of learning designers, technologists and media producers. With over a decade of experience in higher education learning technology, learning design, online learning and faculty development, Nemeroff has held significant roles at both Dartmouth College and the University of Connecticut. Adding to his diverse professional background, Adam also has hands-on experience teaching courses online.

Nemeroff earned his MA in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Connecticut and holds a BA in History and a BS in Secondary History and Social Studies Education. Committed to promoting accessible and inclusive education, Nemeroff is deeply interested in understanding how AI and emerging technologies can reshape and enhance learning experiences for future-ready college students.

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Alison Witherspoon serves as Director of Lifelong Learning, providing leadership and direction to advance Quinnipiac’s efforts to develop and deliver flexible and effective learning solutions to a wide range of non-traditional learners through programs focused on executive education, professional workforce development, industry certifications and pre-college youth experiences. Alison has served as a higher education leader for the past 20 years, including experience in strategic program planning, online learning, institutional research, accreditation and academic policy development.

Witherspoon has a track record of partnering with faculty and administration to advance enrollment and other growth initiatives. Her research centers on learning, innovation, leadership and team processes. Witherspoon holds a EdD in Leadership and Innovation from Arizona State University, a Master’s in Public Service Management from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Southern Illinois University.

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Annalisa Zinn has served as the Vice President for Academic Innovation and Effectiveness since July 2015. In this role, she provides leadership to academic and strategic planning initiatives as well as guidance on academic policy matters. Over the course of her 10+ years in the Office of the Provost, she has overseen many of the divisions of academic affairs. Zinn also serves as the accreditation liaison officer with the New England Commission of Higher Education and the Connecticut Office of Higher Education.

Zinn earned a PhD in political science and a bachelor’s degree in ethics, politics and economics from Yale University. She also earned an MBA from Quinnipiac. Her areas of teaching and scholarship include international human rights, ethics of war and peace, public policy and international relations.

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Dr. Phillip Boiselle earned his bachelor of arts in chemistry and communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MD from the Duke University School of Medicine, followed by residency training at Yale University and a thoracic imaging fellowship from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

Boiselle served on the faculty at Harvard Medical School from 1999 to 2016, during which time he held a variety of clinical and educational leadership roles while also serving as an NIH-funded researcher. He also was a professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School and served as its associate dean for academic and clinical affairs from 2012-16. In this role, he provided strategic oversight of the school’s educational and research centers and the implementation of a broad array of faculty development and diversity initiatives.

As dean of the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University from 2017-21, Boiselle enhanced the diversity of its medical student and graduate student populations, expanded graduate medical education programs, established FAU Medicine®, the college’s first faculty clinical practice plan, and launched the Marcus Institute for Integrative Health at FAU Medicine®. He was named dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine in 2021.

Boiselle is recognized as an international expert in the field of thoracic imaging. His scholarship includes more than 250 research articles, review articles, editorials, book chapters and books. He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Thoracic Imaging from 2009-18.

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Nadine Barnett Cosby earned her bachelor’s degree in mass communications from The City University of New York, Lehman College; her master’s degrees in media studies from The New School for Public Engagement, and public relations from Iona University; and her doctoral degree in communication from Regent University. In addition, she has a certificate in executive leadership development from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Higher Education Management Development Program.
 
Cosby became dean of the School of Communications and professor in the department of film, television and media arts at Quinnipiac in June 2024.
 
She is a seasoned academic leader with a passion for fostering student success, faculty engagement and advancing the academic mission of higher education.
 
Cosby came to Quinnipiac from Iona University, where she was the associate vice provost for academic affairs and a faculty member in the media and strategic communication department. She taught courses in broadcasting and production, writing for television, TV aesthetics and criticism, race and gender in the media, digital activism, converged technology for public relations, and applied communications research. She also served as the faculty adviser for ICTV, the university’s television club.
 
Her research interests are in the areas of media, communication and culture, with a focus on digital activism and media representation of marginalized populations.
 
Before joining Iona in 2012, she worked as a writer, producer and director whose works are heavily rooted in the exploration of racial, cultural and gender representation, and span across various media including film, television and new media.
 
She has more than 20 years of industry experience, working in several capacities at notable media outlets including MSG, Fox 5, Lifetime Television Networks and Disney/ABC.

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Anne Dichele earned her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Northeastern University, her master of education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her PhD from the University of Connecticut.

Dichele has worked as a public school reading clinician and instructional consultant, taught at the University of Bridgeport, Fairfield University and the University of New Haven, and served as director of academic development at Albertus Magnus College. She joined the Quinnipiac faculty in 1999 and was named director of the Master of Arts in Teaching program for elementary education in 2000. In 2013, Dichele was named full director of the MAT program, overseeing all aspects of the elementary and secondary education program. She was appointed interim dean of the School of Education in 2016 and then dean in 2017.

Dichele is the founder of Side By Side Charter School, one of Connecticut's first state-funded charter schools, where she serves as chairperson of the board of directors. Her scholarship has appeared in numerous journals and publications. Her first book of original poetry, “Ankle Deep and Drowning,” was published in 2015.

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Brian Gallini earned his bachelor of arts degree from College of the Holy Cross, his master of laws degree from Temple University Beasley School of Law and his juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.

Gallini joined the Quinnipiac University School of Law as dean and professor of law in July 2024. Prior to Quinnipiac, Gallini served as dean and professor of law at Willamette University College of Law. During his four-year tenure as dean, he recruited the largest and most academically well-credentialed 1L class in more than a decade, secured the second largest gift in the Willamette University College of Law’s history, posted the highest 10-month gold standard employment numbers on the West Coast, and critically evaluated its approach to diversity, equity and inclusion. Through his service on Oregon’s Alternatives to Bar Exam Task Force, he appeared several times before the Oregon Supreme Court prior to the court’s historic vote in November 2023 to approve a new pathway to attorney licensure.

Gallini previously served in a variety of administrative roles while on the faculty at the University of Arkansas School of Law teaching courses in criminal law and procedure. Among his administrative leadership appointments, he served as director of distance learning initiatives, senior associate dean for faculty and associate dean for research and faculty development.

Gallini is a leading scholar in criminal law and has developed seminars, taught overseas, and is regularly interviewed by local, state, national and international media outlets to provide expert legal commentary. His scholarship focuses on law enforcement discretion issues in the context of interrogation methods, consent searches and profiling. He is also the two-time winner of the Southeastern Association of Law Schools Call-for-Papers competition and, in 2017, was named the Southeastern Conference Faculty Achievement Award Winner.

Gallini serves on ABA site-inspection teams, as an AccessLex liaison regarding student service initiatives, and remains active in a number of Association of American Law Schools and Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SEALS) committees.

Outside of academia, Gallini served for more than a decade as the head coach for two men’s college ice hockey teams, compiling more than 200 wins during separate tenures with the University of Pennsylvania and Arkansas. While coaching at Arkansas, he amassed five conference titles, three appearances at the Division III National Tournament and was voted the 2013-14 SECHC Coach of the Year.

Taskin Kocak earned his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from Duke University.

Kocak previously served as dean of the Dr. Robert A. Savoie College of Engineering and a professor in computer and electrical engineering at the University of New Orleans. Prior to his time at the University of New Orleans, Taskin was a professor, department chair and dean of the College of Engineering and Natural Sciences at Bahcesehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. He has previously worked at Duke, the University of Bristol in England, and the University of Central Florida. Before entering higher education, he worked as a design engineer at Mitsubishi Electronic America’s Semiconductor Division in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

His broad research interests and expertise span the areas of machine learning, computer networks and high-performance computing. He has over 130 peer-reviewed publications, including 46 journal papers. He served as an associate editor for the Computer Journal published by Oxford University Press as well as the sole guest editor for a special issue of this journal. He also served as the lead guest editor for a special issue of the Association for Computing Machinery Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems.

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Jeff McCubbin earned a bachelor's degree in physical education from East Stroudsburg State College, a master’s degree in special physical education from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in exercise science/special populations from the University of Virginia.
 
He became interim dean of the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac in July 2024.
 
Previously, McCubbin served as dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Colorado State University from 2011-2019. Prior to his deanship at Colorado State University, he was a university distinguished professor of exercise science and executive associate dean in the College of Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University. He also directed an internationally recognized graduate program in movement studies in disability at Oregon State University.
 
Since retirement from his full-time dean’s role at Colorado State University, he has served as academic dean of the Semester at Sea during the Fall 2023 voyage, been active in his discipline via various consulting roles with universities and reviewing manuscripts and grants in his area of professional expertise. He and his wife Debbie love travel, being physically active, and visiting his five grandchildren.

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Holly J. Raider became the dean of the Quinnipiac School of Business on July 1, 2021. Dean Raider is an expert in strategy, leadership change, business transitions and stakeholder engagement in high-stakes, turn-around situations.

At Quinnipiac, Dean Raider is leading the pathway to distinction in holistic business education that prepares learners for meaningful careers and lives in dynamic, interdependent global environments through excellence in teaching, research, and real-world experiential learning. Dean Raider is leading the School of Business in planning a state-of-the-art new building, launching new and innovative programs such as Fintech and Sport and Entertainment Management, leading the capital campaign for the school, expanding the faculty and developing strategic capabilities, including executive education, business alumni engagement and research centers. She serves on the executive committee of the partnership between Quinnipiac and Hartford HealthCare.

An award-winning educator, Dean Raider has spearheaded educational innovation and advanced the access, quality and impact of business education in a career spanning several distinguished business schools, including the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Dean Raider has more than 25 years of experience as an educator and leader of collaborative global partnerships with corporations, government, healthcare systems, professional sports organizations and international universities.

Dean Raider is a member of the AACSB Business Practices Council.

Before joining Quinnipiac, Dean Raider was Clinical Professor of Management at the Kellogg School of Management, where she served as a managing director of executive education from 2014-21 and as associate dean of academic and faculty initiatives from 2016-18. She led the collaborative implementation of Kellogg’s first fully online, non-degree programs, spearheaded faculty development, created Kellogg’s Advanced Management Program and created SPARK, an innovative teaching incubator that brought together experts from wide-ranging fields. She oversaw both Kellogg's AACSB accreditation review and Kellogg's participation in Northwestern's 10-year program review.

Dean Raider earned her BA from Barnard College and her PhD in sociology from Columbia University. Her research includes the areas of career development, networks and knowledge transfer. Her current work focuses on preparing young professionals for the workplace of the future. Dean Raider’s article, "How to Strengthen Your Network When You are Just Starting Out," was recently featured in HBR’s special issue on the New Rules of Networking. Dean Raider was honored with a teaching award from Northwestern’s Business Institutions Program and with a Northwestern Wildcat Excellence Award.

Adam David Roth’s expertise spans rhetorical theory and criticism, persuasion and society, communication studies, and rhetoric of science. He has earned several prestigious honors, including the Douglas Ehninger Award for Teaching. His research on the central role of rhetoric in the evolution of Western medicine has been well received in the United States, Greece, Cyprus, Russia and China.

Throughout his career, Roth has developed and launched numerous interdisciplinary programs and collaborative strategic initiatives, beginning as director of the Communication Across the Curriculum program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh from 2006-07. From 2007-21, he held a range of administrative positions at the University of Rhode Island, including communication course director for the general education program from 2007-14, interim director and director of the Harrington School of Communication and Media from 2014-20, and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2017-20. Roth was named Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Quinnipiac in 2021.

Roth graduated from the University of Pittsburgh’s business dual-major program with a bachelor’s degree in communication and rhetoric, and business administration. He pursued his graduate studies at the University of Iowa, where he earned his master’s degree and PhD in communication studies and rhetoric, and a graduate certificate in interdisciplinary inquiry. He also completed the management development program at Harvard University’s Institutes for Higher Education.

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Larry Slater earned his bachelor’s degree and PhD in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing, where he completed his post-doctoral training examining social support, health and quality of life in older adults living with HIV/AIDS. He also earned a master’s degree from the Collat School of Business at Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.
He has extensive expertise in the design and implementation of active, learner-driven strategies in nursing education; curriculum development, improvement and assessment with a focus on technology-enhanced education; program outcomes assessment and accreditation; and faculty/staff governance in academia.

Prior to Quinnipiac, Slater served as associate dean for academic programs and a clinical professor at the University of Memphis Loewenberg College of Nursing. He also served as interim dean from 2021-22.

Slater is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a certified nurse educator through the National League for Nursing and a board-certified registered gerontological nurse through the American Nurses Credentialing Center.