Graduate Nursing

Faculty & Administration

Full-Time Faculty and Administration

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    Lauren E. O’Hare, Ed.D., R.N.

    Dean of Nursing
    BSN, Alfred University; MSN, Hunter-Bellvue School of Nursing; Ed.D, Saint John’s University
    Office: Pope Hall, Lower Level, Jersey City Campus
    Email: lohare@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6279

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    Patricia Ahearn

    Director of the RN-BSN Program
    BS, MSN, Saint Peter’s University
    Office: Pope Hall, Room 4
    Email: pahearn@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6268

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    Michelle Beckford

    Director of the Graduate Nursing Programs
    BSN, University of Rochester; MSN, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; DMH, Drew University
    Office: Pope Hall, Room 4
    Email: mbeckford@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6273

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    Lisa Garsman

    Director of BSN/Nursing
    BSN, Fairleigh Dickinson University; MS, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; FNP, APN, BC
    Office: Pope Hall, Room 8
    Email: lgarsman@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6274

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    Jamila Griffith-Jones

    Assistant Professor of Nursing
    DNP, APN, NP- C
    Email: jgriffith@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6266

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    Valera Hascup

    Assistant Professor of Nursing
    PhD, MSN, RN, CTN, CCES
    Email: vhascup@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6269

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    Sandra Horvat

    Associate Professor of Nursing
    MSN, APN-BC
    Office: Pope Hall, Room 8
    Email: shorvat@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6278

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    Irene McEachen

    Associate Professor of Nursing
    BSN, Fairleigh Dickinson University; MSN, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University; Med, EdD, Teachers College, Columbia University
    Office: Allison House, Englewood Cliffs Campus
    Email: imceachen@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-7493

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    Kathleen Motacki

    Clinical Professor
    BSN, MSN, Kean University; RN, BC
    Office: Pope Hall, Room 8
    Email: kmotacki@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6275

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    Michelle Romano

    Associate Professor of Nursing
    MSN, RNC-OB
    Email: mromano@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-7276

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    Devery Volpe

    Administrative Assistant of Nursing Department
    Email: dvolpe@saintpeters.edu
    Phone: (201) 761-6270

Adjunct Lecturers

  • Edwin Cabassa, DNP, FNP-BC

  • Barbara Crowley, BSN, MSN, NP, APN, BC

  • Maria DeBiase, MSN

  • Michele Gilbert, MSN, APN, ANP, C

  • Patricia Mazzola, MA, MSN, FNP-BC, CNM

  • Lynn Muller, JD, RN

  • Timothy Nguyen, Pharm.D, RPh

  • Cheryl Powers, MSN, RN

  • Rebecca Rigolosi, DNP

  • Hussein Tahan, DNSc

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