Education Faculty
Education
BA, Fordham University
MA, New York University
PD, Hofstra University
Ph.D., Fordham University
Education
BA, Brooklyn College
MS, Brooklyn College
Ph.D., Fordham University
PD, Fordham University
Professor Giaquinto's scholarly work focuses in two distinct areas. The first is Educational Psychology. He has published an on-line supplementary guide for Robert Slavin's textbook entitled,
Educational Psychology, Theory and Practice 7th ed. Another supplementary guide appears on a CD that accompanies Anita Woolfolk's textbook entitled,
Educational Psychology, 9th ed. Dr. Giaquinto's other scholarly area of work involves Literacy Instruction. He has spoken at many conferences about the need to utilize and supplement print instruction with visual literacy in the form of studying and analyzing film as means to support the teaching of literary elements to students. He has worked for the
Department of Education in New York City for twenty-nine years and served as a Teacher, Teacher-Trainer, Administrator and Supervisor.
| John McNamara, Associate Professor
Education
MA & BPE, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Ph.D., Temple University
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Professor McNamara’s courses are not only aimed at turning
students into physical education teachers, but also to encourage each
participant to become more fit and healthy. When combined with the practical
aspects of a Sports Management education, students come away as well-rounded
graduates with variety of career options.
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Gerard Shaw, Associate Professor
Education
BA, Binghamton University
MA, Ed.D., Columbia University, Teachers College
Licensed Psychoanalyst, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
Maitre d’Armes (Fencing Master), Institut National des Sports, Paris, France
Professor Shaw’s background is in athletics and physical education. He earned both an Ed.D. in Sport Psychology and a masters degree in Exercise Physiology from Columbia University, Teacher's College. He is a fencing master, a degree he earned from the Institut National des Sports of France, and that he puts to use coaching the College's Women's Fencing Team. Professor Shaw teaches a variety of courses at St. Francis College including; Kinesiology, Introduction to Sport Management, Organization and Administration of Physical Education, Psychology of Sport and Physical Education for Students with Special Needs. He is also a licensed psychoanalyst.
Marilyn Verna, Associate Professor
Education
BA, St. John's University
MS, Brooklyn College
PD, College of Staten Island
MA, Adelphi University
Ed.D., St. John's University
Professor Verna's scholarly work focuses on the academic achievement of gifted children. She has numerous studies dealing with parental processes as it relates to the academic achievement of elementary through high school age students. She is the primary investigator of a team of international scholars who are researching the productivity of Math, Chemistry and Physics Olympians. Her articles have appeared in
The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, TEMPO, Gifted and Talented International, The Journal of Research in Education, SYSTEM, and TESL Canada Journal. She is currently researching the social factors that affect achievement in 4th grade students in New York City, Italy, and China. Dr. Verna has served as Chapter Counselor of Kappa Delta Pi, the Education Honor Society. Before joining the faculty of St. Francis College, Dr. Verna was an Administrator and Teacher in the NYC public school system.
