Jessica Akey, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Jessica received her PhD from the University at Buffalo. She teaches Communication Studies courses within the Communication department here at Fredonia. Her classes include Fundamentals of Communication, Group Communication, Persuasion, and Health Communication. Marissa Cope, Assistant Director, Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment 
Marissa serves as a resource to various units for further development and implementation of assessment efforts. Prior to coming to SUNY Fredonia, she was employed as an assessment consultant to over 40 institutions and spent a significant amount of time working with individual departments, faculty and staff on developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment. She has a master's degree in psychology and higher education from Iowa State University. Jason Dilworth, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual Arts and New Media  Dr. Kathleen Gradel, Ed. D., Professor, College of Education, Department of Language, Learning & Leadership 
Kathleen is a College of Ed faculty member who loves to figure out tech use that makes sense in our courses, projects, and lives. She has a long history of collaborating with and teaching tech users of all ages. She is a certified iNACOL online instructor; she teaches FSU f2f and online courses, trains and publishes, and consults with other universities on this “stuff.” Mary Hills, Assistant Director, International Education Center  Mary works with all students interested in studying abroad as well as with faculty interested in leading short-term courses abroad. She is a 2004 graduate of SUNY Fredonia. Studying abroad in Wellington, New Zealand during her Junior year was the highlight of her college career. Mary received her Master's from the University at Buffalo in 2006 and started working in a Study Abroad Office shortly thereafter. Mary has five years of experience working in the SUNY Study Abroad arena and is continually working to increase the number of Fredonia students going abroad. Dr. Ellen Litwicki, Ph. D., Professor, Department of History Ellen earned her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Her research and teaching interests focus on American cultural history, consumer culture, and public history. She has published works on American holidays and on gift giving customs and rituals. Dr. Adrienne McCormick, Ph. D., Professor and Chair, Department of English 
Adrienne served as Director of the Women’s Studies Program at SUNY Fredonia from 2000-2005. Her publications focus on theorizing difference and identity in contemporary American poetry, reading race in contemporary American literature, and on experimental feminist film. She has published in journals such as MELUS, Callaloo, and Hitting Critical Mass, and in several edited collections. She is currently a participant in the HERS Leadership Institute, for which she is researching instructional technologies and learning outcomes. Dr. Guangyu Tan, Ph. D., Assistant Professor, College of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction 
Guangyu earned her Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education at Kent State University in May 2009. She has taught as a Diversity Teaching Fellow in the Department of Adolescence Education at Canisius College from 2007 to 2010. Currently, Dr. Tan is an assistant professor at Curriculum & Instruction Department at State University of New York-Fredonia. Before she came to the United States, Dr. Tan taught English at Xi Hua University in China for three years. Dr. Tan's primary research interest is equity in education, e.g. migrant children's education, and girls' education in China. As a first generation Chinese American, Dr. Tan is also interested in ethnic identity formation of immigrant children; international/intercultural education; and comparative education. In addition, Dr. Tan has teaching interests in philosophical and social foundations of education, multicultural education, and comparative education. Dr. Dale Tuggy, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy 
Dale earned his PhD in Philosophy from Brown University in 2000, and has been teaching at SUNY Fredonia since then. He specializes in philosophy of religion and the history of philosophy, and oversees our interdisciplinary minor in Religious Studies. He has published articles in various philosophy of religion journals, and has done academic blogging since 2006.
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