Adjunct Faculty
The quality of the courses and internships offered at the Warner School is further enhanced by the participation of a number of expert practitioners and faculty from other institutions in the roles of instructor or co-instructor for specific courses or internship supervisors.

These adjunct faculty members are selected to complement the expertise of the tenure-track and clinical-track faculty for the benefit of Warner students.

The following list includes only a subset of the people who will be serving as adjunct faculty.

Norman Burnett
M.A., Northern Michigan University
Norman Burnett teaches courses in the higher
education program related to minority student
affairs administration. He serves as assistant
dean of the College and director of the Office
of Minority Student Affairs and the Higher Education
Opportunity Program at the University
of Rochester.

Mary-Beth A. Cooper
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Mary-Beth Cooper teaches courses in administration
of student affairs and theories of student development
in higher education. Cooper has extensive
experience as an administrator in higher
education and is the vice president for student
affairs at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Kathy Conezio
Ed.D. candidate, University of Rochester
Kathy Conezio teaches courses and supervises
student teachers in the early childhood teacher
preparation program. Conezio is an experienced
preschool teacher who has implemented the ScienceStart!
curriculum in her classes. Since 2001,
she has worked in various capacities on several
externally funded projects that refined, tested,
and provided professional development for the
ScienceStart! curriculum. Conezio is also a
doctoral student at Warner.

Rick Crummins
J.D., Fordham University
Rick Crummins teaches courses in the higher
education program related to higher education
law. He serves as senior counsel in the Office
of University Counsel at the University of
Rochester.

Lynn Gatto
Ph.D. candidate, University of Rochester
Lynn Gatto teaches methods courses in literacy
and science in Warner’s elementary education
program. She has taught for nearly 30 years in
the Rochester City School District, and in 2004
she was named New York State Teacher of the
Year. Gatto is also a doctoral student at Warner.

Richard Gatto
M.A., Pepperdine University
Dick Gatto has been supervising student teachers
in secondary science since 2003. A biology
teacher in the Rochester City School District,
he has recently retired but continues to work
with secondary science students.

Susan Gray
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Susan Gray teaches courses in counselor education.
She is a New York State certified school
psychologist and New York State licensed psychologist.
She is the former superintendent of
the Penfield Central School District.

Verna Hazen
M.Ed., Oregon State University
M.B.A., Rochester Institute of Technology
Verna Hazen teaches courses in the higher education
program related to financial aid administration.
She serves as assistant vice president
for enrollment management and director of the
Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships at
Rochester Institute of Technology.

Marla Iverson
Ed.D. candidate, University of Rochester
Marla Iverson is the assistant superintendent
for school improvement at Wayne-Finger Lakes
BOCES. She teaches courses related to data
analysis and school improvement.

Sylvia Kless
M.S., University of Rochester
Sylvia Kless is the associate director for student
services and senior international student advisor
at the University of Rochester. She is responsible
for administering the University’s F-1
and J-1 student visa programs for more than
1,200 international students and their dependents
from more than 90 countries.

Marcy Kraus
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire
Marcy Kraus teaches courses in the higher education
program related to academic support
services administration. She serves as senior associate
director of the College Center for Academic
Support and is the dean of freshman at
the University of Rochester.

Drema Lipscomb
Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Drema Lipscomb teaches courses in the higher
education program related to minority student
affairs administration. She has served in faculty
and administrative positions at the University
of Rochester, St. John Fisher College, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, and others.

Joy Moss
M.S., University of Rochester
Joy Moss teaches courses in children’s literature
at the Warner School. A literacy specialist at the
Harley School in Brighton, N.Y., Moss has published
several books on literacy learning.

Dennis Mozingo
Ph.D., The Florida State University
Dennis Mozingo coordinates the Autism Spectrum
Disorders and Applied Behavior Analysis
program offered jointly by the Warner School
and Strong Center for Developmental Disabilities.
He teaches courses in applied behavior
analysis and supervises students in practica in
applied behavior analysis and autism. He also
provides clinical consultation to classrooms
and education professionals serving children
from the preschool to high school years.
Mozingo is an assistant professor in Strong
Center for Developmental Disabilities.

Charles Murphy
M.B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Chuck Murphy is the associate vice president for
Human Resources at the University of Rochester.
In this role, he acts as the senior HR executive
for the University, including Strong Memorial
Hospital and the Strong Health System.

Marian Nicoletti
M.S., Rochester Institute of Technology
Marian Nicoletti teaches courses in the higher
education program related to admissions administration.
She serves as senior associate director of
admissions and director of transfer admissions at
Rochester Institute of Technology.

Dan Osborn
Ed.D. candidate, University of Rochester
Dan Osborn has taught courses on inclusive education
at Warner since 1999. A veteran elementary
and special education teacher, he brings to
his courses his personal experience teaching
multigrade classes that include students with
very different abilities. Osborn is also a doctoral
student at Warner.

Sue Stewart
J.D., Georgetown Law School
Sue Stewart teaches courses in the higher education
program related to higher education law.
She serves as senior vice president and general
counsel for the University of Rochester.

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