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Academic Program Coordinator
Summary Statement

Renee provides support to the academic advisor and is also responsible for coordinating graduate admissions, processing enrollment forms, final exams, SEEQ's, course substitutions, room reservations, and securing textbook information.

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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Associate Teaching Professor, HDFS World Campus program
Summary Statement

Joanna Bissell-Havran focuses on teaching adolescent development, research methods, and motivation in the HDFS World Campus program.

Department
  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Professor-in-Charge, Undergraduate Programs
Summary Statement

Bo Cleveland studies individual differences in substance use and misuse as well as how individuals’ characteristics modify the impact of experiences on substance use and addictive behaviors. His work focuses on person-context and person-experience interactions.

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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Assistant teaching professor
Director of HDFS World Campus internships
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Senior Academic Program Specialist
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Professor-in-Charge, Graduate Programs
Edna Bennett Pierce Professor of Compassion and Caring
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Assistant teaching professor
Internship director
Faculty liaison, HDFS APG
Summary Statement

Marc McCann's priority is to prepare undergraduate students for internships and careers in human services via coursework (455, 490, 495A, 495B) and connections with alumni and other professionals in the field.

Department
  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Teaching Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Scranton campus
Academic Adviser, Master of Social Work, World Campus
Summary Statement

Melnick is the academic adviser for the HDFS online Master of Social Work program. She is also a teaching professor at Penn State, Scranton campus.

Department
  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Associate Teaching Professor of Social Work, World Campus Master of Social Work program
Summary Statement

Ross is the director of the specialization in Children and Families for the online Master of Social Work program.

Department
  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Assistant Teaching Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies
Summary Statement

Taylor Porter focuses on teaching in the Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies Minor, inspiring advocates for children and families and serving as an advisor to the CMAS minor.

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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS
Academic Adviser
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  • Human Development and Family Studies - HDFS