Faculty and Staff
Department Chair
Casey Bohrman, MSW, PhD
Chairperson
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 436
610-436-2147
CBohrman@wcupa.edu
Faculty
Ginneh L. Akbar MSW, DSW, LSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 403A
610-738-0353
gakbar@wcupa.edu
Page Walker Buck MSS, Phd, LSW
Professor
Anderson Hall 449
610-436-3591
pbuck@wcupa.edu
Wan-Yi Chen MSW, MPhil, PhD
Professor
Anderson Hall 448
610-738-0332
wchen@wcupa.edu
Christina Chiarelli-Helminiak, MSW, PhD
Professor
Anderson Hall 427
610-436-3615
cchiarelli-helminiak@wcupa.edu
Pier Cicerelle, DSW, MSW, LSW
Assistant Chairperson
Assistant Professor
Anderson Hall 403
610-436-2664
PCicerelle@wcupa.edu
Meagan Corrado
Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator for the Graduate Certificate in School
Social Work
Anderson Hall 4th Floor
610-436-3568
MCorrado@wcupa.edu
Linda Ello, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 453
610-738-3593
lello@wcupa.edu
Erin Hipple, MA, MSW, PhD, LCSW
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 4th Floor
610-436-3517
ehipple@wcupa.edu
Angela Lavery, MSW, PhD, LCSW, FT
Professor and the Graduate Coordinator of the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
Anderson Hall 450
610-738-0341
alavery@wcupa.edu
Alison Updyke Neff, MSW, DSW, LSW
Associate Professor
122 WCU Ave
610-436-3525
ANeff@wcupa.edu
Kerrie Ocasio, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 446
610-436-3522
KOcasio@wcupa.edu
Todd Vanidestine, MSW, MHR, PhD
Graduate Coordinator for West Chester and Philadelphia Campus
Associate Professor
Anderson Hall 443
610-436-3543
tvanidestine@wcupa.edu
Temporary Faculty
Staff
Cornell Davis III, MSW LSW
Practicum Director
701 Market St., Concourse Level, Philadelphia, PA 19106
610-436-2791
CDavis2@wcupa.edu
Gina Piombino, DSW, LSW, C-SSWS
Practicum Director
Anderson Hall 407
610-436-3567
GPiombino310@wcupa.edu
Beth Shearn
Social Work Program Coordinator
Anderson Hall 406
bshearn@wcupa.edu
Layna Smith, MSW
Practicum Director
701 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19106
610-436-3718
Lsmith3@wcupa.edu
Stacey Raker
Department Coordinator
Anderson Hall 403
610-436-2664
SRaker@wcupa.edu
Mollie Zenz
Assistant Director of Data & Program Administration
Anderson Hall 431
610-436-3366
mzenz@wcupa.edu