Name: Dr. Monica Weis SSJ
Title: Professor of English; Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program
Credentials: Ph.D. in Language, Literature & Pedagogy (University of Virginia)
Areas of Expertise: American Literature (Colonial and 19th century); American Nature Writers; Thomas Merton, Rhetoric, and Composition Theory
Contact: mweis9@naz.edu ; (585) 389-2637; Office: G-496B

Dr. Weis has been actively involved in the Nazareth Community as a devoted teacher for 32 years. To her, Nazareth is a special place to work because of its strong community spirit and caring atmosphere. Dr. Weis also helped develop the English Education Program at Nazareth, in which she has inspired other teachers for 25 years. She is well known throughout the Rochester area and scholarly community for her recently published book, Thomas Merton's Gethsemani: Landscapes of Paradise (Univ Press of Kentucky, 2005).

Name: Dr. Deborah A. Dooley
Title: Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Credentials: B.A. English and Philosophy, Nazareth College; MA and Ph.D, English Language and Literature, University of Rochester; MS Counseling, University of Rochester
Areas of Expertise: Victorian Literature; Feminist Theory; Rhetoric; British Literature through the Modern Period
Contact:ddooley5@naz.edu; (585) 389-2641; Office: G-475

Teaching at Nazareth is a special experience for Dr. Dooley. She feels by returning to work and teach at her alma mater, she is giving back what the College has given to her. Like the plants in her garden, she enjoys watching how students "blossom" as they move from their freshman to senior year.

Name: Dr. Karen Trickey
Title: Professor of Art; Director, Art Education Programs
Credentials: Ed.D. University of Rochester; MSED. from Nazareth College; B.S. SUNY Buffalo
Areas of Expertise: AED Pre-services and Beginning Art Teacher Preparation
Contact: ktricke3@naz.edu; (585) 389-2537; Office: A-173

As director of the art education program at Nazareth, Dr. Trickey helped establish Saturday Art for Children, a learning lab in the pre-service program that has been successfully running for 22 years. She also played a role in creating the Art Education Mentor Network, which has enabled area art teachers to share concerns, knowledge, and expertise since 1992. A teacher at Nazareth for 25 years, Dr. Trickey feels the College is more than just a workplace: it's a "warm and caring environment with high academic standards" and a place "where we can all learn from each other."

Name: Dr. Mary C. Carlson
Title: Associate Professor, Director of Music Education
Credentials: Ph.D. from University of Missouri in Curriculum and Instruction with emphasis in Music Education, Wind Conducting, and Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Areas of Expertise: Music Education and Wind Conducting
Contact: mcarlso3@naz.edu; (585) 389-2697; Office: A-1F

Dr. Carlson has been a professor at Nazareth for seven years. Prior to this, she was a teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for 16 years. Dr. Carlson's favorite class is Curriculum Design in Music Education, and she finds that Nazareth has "great students and faculty." In her free time, Dr. Carlson enjoys caring for her Westie, "Robby."