Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work Faculty Full Time

Most of our courses are taught by full-time, tenure-track faculty who are experts and scholars in their field. High-level practitioner experts and interdisciplinary faculty from across the University and other institutions also teach some of our courses or course modules, serve as guest speakers and join dissertation committees.

Chris Heasley, EdD
Chris Heasley, EdD

Associate Professor and Chair of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work

Director of IDEPEL

Merion 263
610-660-2914
Esther Benoit
Esther Benoit, PhD
Associate Professor of Practice, School of Education and Hum: Educational Leadership
CACREP Accreditation Coordinator: Educational Leadership
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Matthew DeCarlo, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Counseling
Program Director, Master of Social Work 

MH 375
610-660-2917
Ivania Delgado
Ivania Delgado, MS, MSW, Psy.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Master of Social Work Program: Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work
Adjunct - Social Work: Social Work
Coordinator, SHSE: Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work
Shoshanna Edwards-Alexander
Shoshanna Edwards-Alexander
Clinical Assistant Professor, Master of Social Work Program: Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work
MH 374
610-660-3438
Shenika Jones, PhD
Shenika Jones, PhD

Clinical Associate Professor and Program Director of Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Encarna Rodriguez, PhD

Professor of Educational Leadership

Merion 373
610-660-3348
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Shalyssa Smith
Assistant Professor of Practice, School of Education and Hum: Educational Leadership
MH 264
610-660-1274
Katharine Sperandio
Katharine Sperandio, PhD

Assistant Professor, Graduate Clinical Mental Health Counseling and ACREP-accreditation coordinator

Merion 262
610-660-3482
Aimee Terosky, EdD

Associate Dean of the School of Education and Human Development and Professor of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Social Work

Merion 222 
610-660-3488