Norwich faculty are known for taking a direct interest in their students’ educational, professional, and personal lives. As educators, we work hard to challenge your minds and provide you with the tools you will need to expand your thinking and communication skills so that you will be successful in your personal and professional life.

We know you personally. As advisors, we get to know our students very well, many times becoming life-long friends with them. We connect with you.

You are NOT one of three hundred students learning from a disinterested graduate student. You are learning from primarily PhDs in small classes that average about 15 students.

You are learning directly from experts. Most are PhDs. Those who are not have terminal degrees or professional certifications in their field.

We were all are hired because we care about students, take enormous pride in being great classroom teachers, and enjoy every minute of what we do.

Administration

  • Cathy Frey

    • Dean — Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Actuarial Science,
      Numerical Analysis, Number Theory
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 162
    • 802.485.2310
    • frey@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Penny Ritzer

  • Kimberly Healy

  • Robert Stockett

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Biology and Physical Education

  • Scott Page, PhD

    • Assoc. Dean, Chair — Associate Professor, Biology
    • Specialization: A&P, Primate Phylogenetics, Evolutionary Biology
    • Science, Room 248
    • 802.485.2313
    • spage@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • William Barnard, PhD

    • Professor, Biology
    • Specialization: Vertebrae anatomy,
      Ornithology
    • 802.485.2342
    • Science, Room 144
    • barnard@norwich.edu

  • Edward Carney, PhD

    • Professor, Biology
    • Specialization: Environmental Virology
    • Science, Room 250
    • 802.485.2343
    • carneye@norwich.edu

  • Barbara Fenner, PhD

  • Karen Hinkle, PhD

    • Associate Professor, Biology
    • Specialization: Physiology, Molecular Genetics & Physiology
    • Science, Room 148
    • 802.485.2341
    • khinkle@norwich.edu

  • Judith Howard

  • Lauren Howard, PhD

    • Professor, Biology
    • Specialization: Plant Taxonomy, Forest Ecology
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 266
    • 802.485.2345
    • howard@norwich.edu

  • Tamara Jones

  • Virginia Kunkel

  • Carol Martin

  • Thomas Roberge, MS

    • Assistant Professor, Physical Education
    • Specialization: Secondary PE, Coaching
    • Plumley Armory, Room 305
    • 802.485.2350
    • troberge@norwich.edu

  • Elizabeth Wuorinen, PhD

    • Assistant Professor, Physical Education
    • Specialization: Exercise Physiology, Exercise Endocrinology, Psychobiology of Appetite
    • Plumley Armory, Room 305
    • 802.485.2848
    • ewuorine@norwich.edu

  • Susan Yesalonia, MS

    • Assistant Professor, Physical Education
    • Specialization: Service Learning, Physical Education Teacher Preparation
    • Plumley Armory, Rooms 305/306
    • syesalon@norwich.edu

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Chemistry and Biochemistry

  • Mary Hoppe, MS

    • Chair — Professor, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry
    • Science, Room 236
    • 802.485.2353
    • hoppe@norwich.edu

  • Natalia Blank, PhD

    • Assistant Professor, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Organic/Organimetallic Chemistry
    • Science, Room 232
    • 802.485.2351
    • nblank@norwich.edu

  • Joseph Byrne, PhD

    • Professor, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry
    • Juckett, Room 310
    • 802.485.2312
    • byrne@norwich.edu

  • Alison Fisher, PhD

    • Associate Professor, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Plant Biochemistry
    • Science, Room 234
    • 802.485.2355
    • afisher@norwich.edu

  • Seth Frisbie, PhD

    • Lecturer, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Analytical Chemistry
    • Partridge, Room 132
    • 802.485.2614
    • sfrisbie@norwich.edu

  • Richard Milius, PhD

    • Adjunct Instructor, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Organic/Medicinal Chemistry
    • Science, Room 133
    • 802.485.2228
    • rmilius@norwich.edu

  • Joseph Rizzolo, PhD

    • Associative Professor, Chemistry
    • Specialization: Computational Chemistry
    • Science, Room 238
    • 802.485.2356
    • rizzolo@norwich.edu

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Geology & Environmental Science

  • Richard Dunn, PhD

    • Chair — Professor, Geology
    • Specialization: Coastal & Glacial Geology,
        Geoarchaeology
    • Cabot Science, Room 196
    • 802.485.2304
    • rdunn@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Anne Clift, PhD

  • Laurie Grigg, PhD

  • Paul Low, PhD

  • George Springston

  • David Westerman, PhD

    • Dana Professor, Geology
    • Specialization: Igneous Petrology,
        Regional Tectonics
    • Cabot Science, Room 095
    • 802.485.2337
    • westy@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

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Mathematics

  • Gerard LaVarnway, PhD

    • Chair — Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Almost-Periodic Functions, Ocean Surveillance, Classification Algorithms, Cryptology
    • Tompkins, Room 274
    • 802.485.2325
    • lavarnwa@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Sandra Desorda

    • Lecturer, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Mathematics Education
    • Cabot Science, Room 286/Partridge, Room 133
    • 802.485.2263
    • desorda@norwich.edu

  • Cathy Frey, MS

    • Professor, Mathematics
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 162
    • Specialization: Actuarial Science, Numerical Analysis, Number Theory
    • 802.485.2310
    • frey@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Edwin Marsden, PhD

    • Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Mathematics Education, Combinatorial Mathematics
    • Cabot Science, Room 288
    • 802.485.2326
    • marsden@norwich.edu

  • Elizabeth Mathai, PhD

    • Assistant Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Continuum Mechanics, Numerical Analysis
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 272
    • 802.485.2433
    • emathai@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Daniel McQuillan, PhD

  • Darlene Olsen, PhD

  • Jeffrey Olson, PhD

  • Robert Poodiack, PhD

    • Associate Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Analysis, technology in the math classroom
    • Cabot Science, Room 285
    • 802.485.2339
    • rpoodiac@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Waclaw Timoszyk, PhD

    • Associate Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Statistics, Analysis, Mathematical Models of Sleep
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 268
    • 802.485.2324
    • timoszyk@norwich.edu

  • Ernest True, PhD

    • Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Applied Mathematics, Differential Equations, Fluid Dynamics, Oceanography
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 278
    • 802.485.2329
    • true@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Stephen Wiitala, PhD

    • Professor, Mathematics
    • Specialization: Applied Statistics, Algebraic Structures, Discrete Mathematics
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 276
    • 802.485.2330
    • wiitala@norwich.edu

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Nursing

  • Valerie McCarthy, EdD, RN

  • Sherry Barnard, MSN, RN

    • Lecturer
    • Specialization: Adult Health Nursing
    • Bartoletto Hall, Room 049
    • 802.485.2939
    • sbarnars@norwich.edu

  • Emily Byrne, MSN, APRN-BC

    • Assistant Professor, Nursing
    • Specialization: Family Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care, Health Assessment
    • Bartoletto Hall, Room 048
    • 802.485.2602
    • ebyrne@norwich.edu

  • Janice Hansen, MA, MSN

    • Assoc. Professor, Nursing
    • Specialization: Adult Health Nursing
    • Bartoletto Hall, Room 050
    • 802.485.2611
    • jhansen@norwich.edu

  • David LaRocque, MSN, RN

  • Heather Martin, MSN, RN, CNRN

    • Lecturer, Nursing
    • Specialization: Adult Health Nursing, Neuroscience Nursing, Informatics, Simulated Learning
    • Bartoletto Hall, Room 054
    • 802.485.2612
    • hmartin@norwich.edu

  • Isabel Weinger Nielsen

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Physics

  • Rahmathullah Syed, PhD

    • Chair — Professor, Physics
    • Specialization: Materials Science
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 173
    • 802.485.2316
    • syed@norwich.edu

  • Richard Hyde, PhD

    • Associate Professor, Physics
    • Specialization: GeophysicalFluid Dynamics
    • Cabot Science, Room 188
    • 802.485.2314
    • hyde@norwich.edu

  • Gary Parker, PhD

    • Professor, Physics
    • Specialization: Astrophysics, Space Physics
    • Science, Room 175
    • 802.485.2315
    • parker@norwich.edu

  • Frederick Tallman, PhD

    • Professor, Physics
    • Specialization: Meterology
    • Cabot Science, Room 185
    • 802.485.2317
    • tallman@norwich.edu

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Sports Medicine

  • Todd Neuharth, MS, ATC, LAT

    • Chair — Asst. Professor, Sports Medicine
    • Specialization: General medicine in allied health care, program outcomes
      assessment
    • Andrews Gymnasium, Room 003
    • 802.485.2231
    • tnuehart@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Eduardo Hernandez, MA, M.Ed.

    • Professor, Sports Medicine
    • Specialization: Student-centered learning in Health Care
    • Tompkins Hall, Room 162/Andrews Gymnasium Room 003
    • 802.485.2733
    • ehernand@norwich.edu

  • Janine A. Osterman MS, ATC, CSCS, PES

    • Coordinator of Clinical Education and Lecturer
    • Andrews Gymnasium, Room 003
    • 802.485.2893
    • josterma@norwich.edu

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Professors Emeriti

  • Roy Bair

    • Biology

  • Roy Butler

  • Ann Carney

    • Nursing

  • Robert Detwyler

    • Biology

  • Joseph Heed

    • Mathematics

  • Fredrick Larsen

  • Doris Macdonald

    • Nursing

  • Hollis Mcbride

  • Martha Mcbride

  • Carlos Pinkham, PhD

    • Visiting Associate Professor, Biology
    • Specialization: Human A&P, Environmental Medicine, Evolutionary Biology
    • Science, Room 150
    • 802.485.2319
    • pinkhamc@norwich.edu
    • Personal site

  • Anita Ristau

    • Nursing

  • Jan Mccleery

    • Physical Education

  • Joan Mussmacher

    • Physical Education

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