Linda Best, Ph.D.

Dr. Best's research is focused on the composing process, specifically the cognitive subprocesses writing involves. She is also interested in the process involved in writing across contexts, levels, and disciplines and the retention and application of knowledge and skills. Dr. Best is Chair of the English Department and the Director of the National Writing Project site at Kean University. (More)

Barry Mascari, Ph.D.

Dr. Mascari is Project Director for The New Jersey Center for the Advancement of School Counseling, funded by the 3-year Systemic Reform of School Guidance & Counseling grant from New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE), to help reinvent school counseling. Data collection will begin on school counseling programs in New Jersey later this year. A study of the Intervention and Referral Services (I&RS) program, also funded by the NJDOE, designed to help students succeed through classroom interventions has been completed. Other research areas include patterns of counselor licensing violations as they relate to training and standards; treating disaster and trauma, especially using alternative treatments, and pandemic response, some of which appear in Webber & Mascari (2009), Terrorism, trauma, tragedy and crisis: A counselors guide to preparing and responding.  (More)

Matthew Mongelli , Ph.D.

Metal complexes that bind and cleave DNA have become increasingly important in the field of cancer research. Dr. Matthew Mongelli’s research group is currently conducting research on the synthesis and characterization of asymmetric bimetallic complexes to understand their physical properties and their bioactivity. (More)

Patricia Morreale, Ph.D.

Dr Morreale's research interests include network management and design, real-time system reliability, and service delivery. Dr. Morreale was recently award a grant from the National Science Foundation for Project ASK, which is aimed at increasing the number of academically talented, financially needy students graduating with undergraduate degrees in Computer Science. The acronym, "ASK", refers to the use of shared student insight into problem-solving, teamwork, and leadership. Upon acceptance into the project, 100% of the ASK Scholars are paired with faculty mentors who are active researchers in their field and/or have substantial professional experience. (More)

Angela Porta, Ph.D.

Dr. Porta’s research focuses on the characterization and function of calcium binding proteins using biochemical and molecular biology techniques.  Studies involve both primary laboratory research as well as incorporating such research projects into undergraduate teaching laboratories.  Calbindin-D9K and calbindin-D28K are intracellular calcium binding proteins that are present in many different tissues, are regulated by vitamin D and affect signal transduction pathways.  Understanding their function and activities may lead to therapeutic intervention in disorders of calcium metabolism and bone development. (More) 

Cheryl Krause-Parello , Ph.D.

Dr. Krause-Parello's research interests focus generally on stress, coping and adaptation in vulnerable populations as well as on community health nursing and school nursing.  Her current research addresses the gaps in our knowledge about the relationships between Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, coping, and health. The long-term aims of her current research program are to investigate nursing interventions that could ultimately reduce stress and promote health in vulnerable populations.  (More)

Feng Qi , Ph.D.

Dr. Qi’s research interests are Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geo-visualization, and Spatial Data Mining, and their applications in environmental modeling. Her recent research involves the development of data mining methods for classifying geographic entities with indeterminate boundaries and spatio-temporal modeling of urban air quality through geo-visualization.
Dr. Qi teaches GIS, world geography, and earth science at Kean University. (More)

Dil Ramanathan, Ph.D.

A recent US Geological Survey study involving about 850,000 North Jersey residents found a variety of pharmaceuticals in the drinking water supplies. The long-term toxicological effects of pharmaceuticals in water to both human health and marine life are unknown. Dr. Ramanathan's research involves utilization of advanced analytical techniques (mass spectrometry) to detect pharmaceuticals present at trace levels at the watershed scale and in tissues of lake/river marine life. (More)

Daniela Shebitz , Ph.D.

Dr. Shebitz’s research interests are centered on plant ecology and the influence of human activity on plant community structure; and, on developing a methodology for quantifying the carbon sequestration rates of intact, disturbed, and mitigated wetlands in New Jersey. (More)

Brian Teasdale, Ph.D.

Dr. Teasdale’s research interests are centered on the molecular ecology and biosystematics of the economically important marine red algae. His current research focuses on the genus Porphyra, which has been cultivated extensively as edible seaweed in many Asian countries.  It grows in the intertidal zone, an area that is exposed to air at low tide and is underwater at high tide. (More)

Jeffrey Toney , Ph.D.

Dr. Toney’s research group at Kean University is focused on drug discovery using a multi-disciplinary approach, particularly to enhance student learning. Recent therapeutic targets have included antibiotic resistance and type 2 diabetes. Research tools include enzymology, cloning, expression and purification of recombinant proteins, high-throughput assay development, cell biology, and computer modeling of known protein three-dimensional structures for drug design. Each of these projects relies upon key collaborations with Kean U faculty as well as outside the University. (More)

Larry Tung , M.F.A.

Professor Tung's interest is in documentary filmmaking that displays social changes and examines societal issues through personal narratives. Among other topics, his work includes documentaries on the gentrification of Chinatown and the lives of victims of domestic violence. (More)

Evros Vassiliou, Ph.D

Dr. Vassiliou’s research is in poly/mono unsaturated fatty acids and their role in immune regulation. An increasing number of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Crohn’s and Rheumatoid Arthritis have an inflammatory etiology. These fatty acids are found in plant and fish oils and have the potential to regulate inflammation and ultimately pathogenesis. The concept of food’s therapeutic properties dates back to Hippocrates: “Your food is your medicine and your medicine is your food…Hippocrates, 460 BC.” (More)

Gail Verdi, Ph.D

Dr. Verdi's research focuses on how language mediates learning and school success for females growing up in working-class communities.  Her current research project builds on interview data collected, transcribed, and crafted into narratives and explores the impact race, class, and gender had on the acquisition of multiple forms of literacy by four working-class women academics.  The stories told by participants reveal the literate practices of working-class families, and the influence literacy events in schools had on academic success.  Dr. Verdi’s goal is to develop strategies for assisting working-class females to thrive in schools and ultimately in college. (More)

Joanne Walsh , Ph.D.

Dr. Walsh's research interest is in the area of positive psychology. Currently, Dr. Walsh is extending the research of positive psychology by identifying practical methods students might employ to get the most out of their college experience. Specifically, her research is aimed at assisting students in finding their character strengths and applying those strengths to enhance positive feelings and to achieve enduring positive outcomes.. (More)

Mia Zamora, Ph.D

Dr. Zamora's research interests in Comparative Literature, U.S. Postcolonial Literature, nationalism, and cultural studies are combined in her recently published book entitled Nation, Race, History in Asian American Literature: Re-membering the Body.  Nominated for the national Literary Studies Prize by the Association of Asian American Studies, her book examines the symbolic processes through which the United States constitutes its subjects as citizens, and connects those processes to the global dynamics of empire building and a suppressed history of American imperialism. Dr. Zamora is Coordinator of the World Literature Program at Kean and recently received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for the "Big Read" program, designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. (. (More)

Bin Zhou, Ph.D

Dr. Zhou's research interests include supply chain management and transportation, logistics and distribution (TLD). His current research activities focus on supply chain-IT interface, production/inventory control and design, revenue management and dynamic pricing. (More)