Faculty & Staff
Let us introduce ourselves; we're the full-time faculty, adjunct instructors and staff with whom you'll be seeing, studying and learning. Summarized below are very brief biographies of full-time faculty. Please stop in to see us personally; our offices are in the Sarah Wells building.
Faculty e-mail is listed when provided.
Department Faculty
Paul Basinski - SW 103, 845-341-4828
pbasinsk@sunyorange.edu
Assistant Professor, Political Science
B.A., M.A.; SUNY Univ. at Buffalo
Stephen S. Coccia - SW 209, 845-341-4347
scoccia@sunyorange.edu
Professor, Psychology
B.A., SUNY Plattsburgh; M.A.C.T., S.C.T., Murray State University Kentucky
1989 SUNY Chancellor's Award Excellence in Teaching
Abdel Azziz Farah – SW 203, 845-341-4395
aafarah@sunyorange.edu
Instructor, Economics
M.A., Univ. of Leeds, United Kingdom
Ph.D., Colorado State Univ.
Patricia Guallini - SW 204, 845-341-4365
pguallin@sunyorange.edu
Associate Professor, Psychology
A.A., Orange County Community College; B.A., University of Florida;
M.S., Drake University
Lee M. Hunter - SW 208, 845-341-4346
lmhunter@sunyorange.edu
Associate Professor, Sociology
A.B., Georgia Southern Univ.; M.A., Univ. of West Georgia
Ed.D., Boston University
Edmund J. Irlbacher - SW 102, 845-341-4375
eirlbach@sunyorange.edu
Professor, History
B.A., Penn State Univ.; M.A., Univ. of Pittsburgh
Frank Kalesnik - SW 104, 845-341-4345
fkalesni@sunyorange.edu
Assistant Professor, History
B.A., Virginia Military Institute,
M.A., Ph.D., Florida State Univ.
Barry D. Kass - SW 202, 845-341-4364
bkass@sunyorange.edu
Professor, Anthropology
B.A., Harpur; M.A., SUNY Univ. at Binghamton
Demosthenes Kontos - SW 200, 845-341-4370
dkontos@sunyorange.edu
Professor, History
B.A., North Park; M.A., Southern Illinois;
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Vincent Odock - SW 100, 845-341-4371
vodock@sunyorange.edu
Associate Professor, Economics
B.A., University of Manitoba-Winnepeg;
M.A., M.B.A., SUNY Binghamton
P.D. St. Johns Univ.
John Pernice - SW 211, 845-341-4895
jjpernic@sunyorange.edu
Associate Professor, Psychology
A.A., Orange County Community College; B.S., SUNY Brockport;
M.A., Marist College
Douglas Sanders - SW 210, 845-341-4366
dsanders@sunyorange.edu
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., Marist College; M.A., Marist College;
M.A., St John's University; Ph.D., St. John's University
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Adjunct Faculty
Please call department, Senior Secretary Kim Baxter, ext. 4344, for contact information
Economics
Thomas Clarke, Patrick McCormick
Geography
Larry O'Brien, Thomas Dames
History
Henry Bierling, Feigue Cieplinski, Thomas Clarke, Robert Foglia, Michael Goodman, Donald Schwegler, Doug Terwilliger, David Traverzo
Political Science
Richard Eldridge, Janette McKay, Robert Sassi
Psychology
Robert Bender, Nolly Climes, Jeanette Davis, Neil Foley, Frank Gawors, James Giorgi, Syma Mikijanic , Gary Pavek, Deborah Powell, Robert Schwartz, Sheldon Schwartz, Sue Sheehan, Buzz Solomon, Rebecca Trinz
Sociology
Ronald Dobson, Thomas Harlach, Buzz Solomon, Paula Southwell-Wise, Kevin White
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Department Staff
Mrs. Kim Baxter, Senior Secretary
845-341-4344
Mrs. Lorraine Simmons, Typist I
845-341-4343
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Patricia Guallini, Chair
(845) 341-4365
pguallin@sunyorange.edu
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SUNY Orange
115 South Street
Middletown, NY 10940