Faculty and Administrators

Jacqueline Alsbrook (1997)
Departmental Secretary and Adjunct Faculty
B.A, Saint Peter’s College
M.A., Saint Peter’s College
jalsbrook@spc.edu  
201-761-6150        

I really enjoy teaching Sociology of Film because I can use timed pieces to show what was going on in society at that time. I am the mother of a beautiful daughter who teaches at Passaic County Community College as an English professor.    What I like most about SPC  are the students. I hope that the college continues to grow and flourish

 

 

 

Marilyn Cohen (2004)
Associate Professor and Director of Women's Studies
B.A., Hofstra
M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research.
mcohen@spc.edu  
201-761-6156        

My academic specializations are historical anthropology, gender, work, Ireland and England, sociology of sports. Her interests include cooking, hiking, baseball, 19th century literature. What she enjoys most about SPC is the diversity of students and the warm atmosphere in the department of Sociology/Urban studies.

 

Deirdre Conlon (2011) 201-761-6159      

My main areas of research and publication are critical geopolitics, governance, and social justice associated with global migration streams. My work looks asylum seekers, refugees, and ‘non-status’ migrant groups as well as organizations that support these communities. I am currently working on an ESRC-funded project examining activism and advocacy within this sector. At present I am working on a co-edited book titled Carceral Geographies: Mobility and Agency in Spaces of Imprisonment and Detention.

Fadia Joseph(1990)
Director of Public Policy
B.A., Saint Peter's College
MBA, Saint Peter's College
fjoseph@spc.edu
201-761-6182        

 

*Joseph McLaughlin (1987)
Professor
B.A., M.A., Saint Peter’s College,
Ed.D., Seton Hall University
jmclaughlin@spc.edu 
201-761-6156        

I specialize in urban architecture and landscape, the history of urban music and urban education. I live in Weehawken with my wife, Yolanda Cuomo and two children Gianni and Luca. I am a supporter of SPC athletics and a proud member of the SPC Athletic Hall of Fame. I enjoy learning from my students.

 

*Donal Malone (1998)
Associate Professor
B.A., City College of New York (CUNY);
Ph.D., Sociology. CUNY
201-761-6153        
Donal Malone's website

 

My interests are in community based learning as well as in urban issues relating to racial and ethnic integration, affordable housing and shared urban economic growth. What I like most about Saint Peter’s College is its small size which has allowed me to get to know the students and staff well. I also feel comfortable with our students and staff because, having grown up in the Bronx in an immigrant working class family, I can easily identify with many of them.

 

*Thomas M. Mansheim (1968)
Associate Professor
B.A. South Dakota
M.A, Detroit
M.S., Wisconsin
tmansheim@spc.edu 
201-761-6154        

I have academic backgrounds in history, mathematics, urban studies, media studies, communal studies, business, and computing. Most of my current teaching is in the area of urban studies. I love to have morning coffee curled up with my iPhone or iPad reading the news. I like to read poetry and computer manuals at night.

 

Alex  Trillo (2005)
Associate Professor and
Director of Latin American Studies
B.A., University of California, Irvine
M.A., Ph.D., SUNY at Stonybrook
atrillo@spc.edu
201-761-6157        

I focus on migration, homelessness and research methods. Besides teaching in Sociology, I am the Director of our Latin American and Latino Studies Program. I am currently working with my research methods and statistics students on the Immigrant Second Generation in New Jersey Project. I also run a variety of short-term travel courses that allow students to study globalization and everyday life in places like Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and southern Mexico. When time permits, you can find me on the dance floor, indulging in the On2 salsa scene or trying to imitate Bob Vila.