Faculty
The education faculty at Keuka College are world-class teachers and scholars who get to know you on a personal level. They strive to help you fulfill your potential, so you can enter your own classroom fully prepared to teach students at the level of your choosing.
Faculty in the Division of Education
Dr. Carolyn Balzer
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Academic Credentials
- SUNY Upstate Medical University
- M.D.
Dr. Gordon Brown
Assistant Professor of Adolescent Education
Dr. Tiffany Coyle
Associate Professor of Education
Academic Credentials
- University of Rochester
- Ed.D. in Teaching and Curriculum
- Nazareth College
- M.S.Ed. in Literacy
- Nazareth College
- B.A. in Psychology, Inclusive Education
Joanne Jacobs
Administrative Assistant and Coordinator of Student Teacher Placements
Dr. Nicholas Koberstein
Professor of Psychology
Founding Professor of Child & Family Studies
Academic Credentials
- University of Connecticut
- Ph.D.
- University of Connecticut
- M.S.
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- B.S.
Dr. Klaudia Lorinczova
Division Chair
Professor of Educational Studies
Academic Credentials
- University of Oklahoma
- Ph.D.
- University of Constantine the Philosopher
- M.A. in Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- University of Constantine the Philosopher
- M.A. in Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language
Biography
Klaudia Lorinczova, a native of Slovakia, has been in the field of Education for several decades. Her career began as a secondary level English as a Foreign language teacher, teaching grades 8-12. She moved to United States in 2004 to pursue a degree in Literacy and Language Development adding elementary education to her experience, with focus on first grade. Working with teachers and teacher candidates has been a life-long dream and a very rewarding career. Classroom is an absolute comfort zone for her. She speaks six languages (Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, German, and English) and uses her linguistic knowledge in her courses with focus on Literacy and English Language Learners. Ask her junior/senior students about "lodka" and you will get a story about them having to sit through a lesson she teaches in her native Slovak language to demonstrate how ELLs feel in an English language classroom.
Dr. Kara Roop Miheretu
Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education
Academic Credentials
- Lasell College
- B.A. in Education
- Columbia University
- M.A. in International Education
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction
Dr. Susan Strickland
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Academic Credentials
- SUNY Potsdam
- B.A. in Sociology/Criminal Justice
- Syracuse University
- M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling
- Walden University
- Ph.D. in Psychology
Biography
Susan Strickland, Ph.D, earned a doctorate degree in Psychology, 2014. She also has a Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling, from Syracuse University. Susan Strickland is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, Certified Disability Management Specialist, and Certified Brain Health Coach.
Susan Strickland, Ph.D has been an Adjunct Faculty for Keuka College from 2012 to the present. She has taught various courses such as Statistics for the Social Sciences, Personality Theory, Forensic Psychology, Abnormal Psychology & Psychopathology Ethics for Criminal Justice Professionals, Deviance & Social Control, Ethnic Diversity, Critical Thinking, Integrative Studies 11: Crime & Justice, Elementary Statistics for Action Research, Introduction to Action Research and Action Research Project.
Professional Interests
Research interests are varied and include: Strickland, S. (2014) Predicting Depression and Psychosocial Adaptation in Post Traumatic Brain Injury with Memory and Executive Functions: Published Dissertation.
Additional research on Working Memory; Biological Assessment of Brain Injury; History of Cognitive Movement; Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Function; Brain Development and Adolescent Brain Injury; Mild Traumatic Brain Injury; Self Efficacy; Ethics in Testing & Assessment; Diagnosis of Depression following Traumatic Brain Injury; Pharmacological Approaches to Traumatic Brain Injury; Stress and Depression; TBI and Endocrine Disorders; Immunology and Depression, Changing Health Behaviors-Diabetes, Post-Partum Depression.
Susan Strickland has worked as a psychologist providing counseling and behavioral services for the New York State Department of Health Program, Medicaid Waiver for Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury and other chronic medical conditions from 1997 to the present.