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Newark Academy is guided by a talented and experienced group of educators. The Administrative leadership team is charged with implementing Newark Academy's mission through intentional and fiscally prudent direction of twenty-four hour period-to-day operations. Bookish Department Chairs, who are also members of the faculty, work closely with authoritative leaders to develop and execute NA'southward curriculum which provides students with both content mastery and essential skills acquisition. Working collaboratively, both leadership groups rely on the expertise of Newark University's masterful faculty who form deep intellectual and supportive connections with our students.

Members of the NA faculty members are lifelong learners, modeling a depth of intellectual curiosity for their students. Averaging sixteen years of educational activity feel, NA kinesthesia members possess mastery of their subject affair, conventionalities in pupil dialogue every bit a tool for intellectual discovery and commitment to helping each student explore his or her potential. To learn more than, view the list of NA faculty and staff.

Administrative Leadership Team

Listing of 21 members.

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  Donald Austin

  Head of Schoolhouse

  Georgetown University - A.B.
  New York University - M.A.
  New York University - M.Phil.

  Bio

  Donald Austin was appointed Head of School for Newark Academy in 2007. In this role, Mr. Austin works with the Board of Trustees and the administrative leadership team to fulfill NA'south mission and comprise the school's values into decision-making processes.

  Major initiatives launched nether Mr. Austin's leadership include the Immersion Experience requirement, Center School Capstone Experiences, June Term and the Newark Scholars Programme. Other highlights of Mr. Austin's leadership, to date, include a reorganized and invigorated community service plan, the initiation of a Stalk Experiences program and the successful completion of Ascension & Flourish: The Campaign for Newark Academy, which funded structure of four major majuscule improvement projects and substantial growth of the NA endowment.

  Across Newark Academy, Mr. Austin served equally President of the New Jersey Association of Contained Schools from 2012-2014 and is currently a fellow member of the national Country Day Schools Headmasters' Association.

  Prior to joining Newark Academy, Mr. Austin served as Resident Director of the Schoolhouse Year Abroad in Rennes, French republic. From 1985-2000, Mr. Austin held a variety of teaching and administrative posts at the Collegiate Schoolhouse in New York, including service as Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages, Dean of Students, Coordinator of International Programs and Chair of Collegiate'southward Accolade Committee.

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  Tom Ashburn

  Centre School Principal, Assistant Director of Summer Programs

  Marist College - B.A.
  Higher of Saint Elizabeth - One thousand.A.

  Bio

  Tom Ashburn joined Newark Academy in 1999 equally a fellow member of the English kinesthesia and was named Chief of the Center Schoolhouse in 2007. Nether Mr. Ashburn's guidance, NA'southward Middle School has become a identify designed, in every way, to run across the unique learning needs of young adolescents. Highlights of his leadership in the Middle Schoolhouse include the improver of student portfolios as an assessment tool, the Middle Schoolhouse Skills Tree and the deliberate pattern of the Wilf Center Schoolhouse.

  Mr. Ashburn remains active in the classroom, teaching a Written report Skills class to sixth grade students and leading the annual seventh grade Capstone trip to Boston.

  He is a past recipient of the Head of School Award for Excellence in Educational activity and the Allsop Award for changing the course of his students' lives. Mr. Ashburn also serves every bit Assistant Director of Newark University'due south Summer Session, and he is on the coaching staff for Eye School Minuteman Baseball.

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  Liz Bona-Beach

  Interim Director of Athletics, Girls' Varsity Basketball Caput Charabanc

  Allegheny Higher - B.South.

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  Nancy Celente

  Director of Summer Programs

  Delaware Valley Higher - B.S.
  College of St. Elizabeth - M.A.

  Bio

  Nancy Celente joined the Newark University faculty in 1987 every bit a member of the Science Section. Ms. Celente has taught Heart School scientific discipline, biology, anatomy and physiology and currently teaches IB Biology. Her educational philosophy of student-centered pedagogy, experiential learning and establishing a positive classroom environs have been the hallmark of her science classes for more three decades. Ms. Celente served as Chair of the Science Department from 2005-2017. Under her leadership, the section expanded their serial of electives, committed to IB scientific discipline instruction and focused on lab experiences for all levels of classes. She helped to design and aggrandize the science laboratories on campus with state-of-the-art equipment and large spaces for individual experimentation.

  Ms. Celente served as the STEM Coordinator at the schoolhouse, seeking out and connecting Newark Academy students to guest speakers, field trips and summer internships to nurture their interest in all Stalk related fields. In this function, Ms. Celente encouraged and advised students equally they published the inaugural edition of Newark University'due south Stalk journal, Wavelengths.

  Ms. Celente has likewise served as a class coordinator, advisor and fellow member of the Laurels Council, connecting with students in all areas of school life. She was recognized with the Lynham Chair Laurels for exemplary teaching and interest in the personal development of her students. She is the advisor of multiple clubs on campus. They include: Supporting Women in STEM, Newark Anatomy and STEM Periodical. In add-on, Ms. Celente is a member of the Cum Laude society.

  After serving every bit an Assistant Manager of Summertime Session for many years, Ms. Celente stepped into the role of Director of Summer Programs in 2020. She works closely with the authoritative team to support and mentor more than than 70 faculty members and offer innovative and inspiring programs for more than than 1,000 students.

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  Richard DiBianca

  Upper School Primary

  Colgate University - B.A.
  St. John's College (MD) - One thousand.A.
  Academy of Chicago - Ph.D.

  Bio

  Richard DiBianca has worked in independent schools since 1985, educational activity in the fields of science, mathematics and humanities in schools in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Maryland. He joined Newark University in 1998 as Principal of the Upper Schoolhouse and continues to teach courses including IB Philosophy and Theory of Knowledge.

  A tireless advocate for dialetic instruction and the high-quality pupil appointment it fosters, Dr. DiBianca's leadership of the Upper School includes championing the process-oriented and scholarly-minded International Baccalaureate (IB) programme. His doctoral work, which focused on the degree to which various instructional formats contribute to the classroom appointment of loftier schoolhouse students, continues to inform his leadership and educational vision. Dr DiBianca is likewise responsible for incorporating experiential learning through NA's Off-Campus Written report programme and June Term.

  Beyond academics, Dr. DiBianca is a passionate member of the NA able-bodied coaching staff. Currently, he is the caput motorcoach for the boys' Eye Schoolhouse tennis team, which has a record of 131-5 in 13 years. Dr. DiBianca besides serves as the unofficial historian of Newark Academy'south varsity tennis program which includes sixty New Bailiwick of jersey state championships (boys' and girls' teams) and 21 New Jersey Tournament of Champions titles.

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  Rochelle Edwards

  Managing director of Equity & Inclusion

  Rice University - B.A.
  Ohio Northern University - J.D. with distinction
  University of Due south Carolina - Ph.D. (ABD)

  Bio

  Bringing with her over 25 years of experience in a wide variety of fields, including law, business and non-profit direction, and pedagogy, Rochelle Edwards joined NA in 2018. She stepped into the function of Humanities Department Chair in 2019 and Upper Schoolhouse Equity Inclusion Coordinator in 2020. In addition to these roles, Rochelle is a faculty counselor to the School Council and Black Pupil Union.

  Prior to joining NA, Rochelle worked as a general litigation and labor and employment attorney for a major international law business firm in Chicago, IL. Wanting to renew her passion for teaching and learning, Rochelle left legal practice in 2010 to pursue her doctoral degree. While attending graduate school at the University of South Carolina, Rochelle served on the policy council of Vital Connections of the Midlands, a local not-turn a profit agency, and afterward became the organization's Family unit Abet/ERSEA/Male Involvement Manager. In 2016, she was awarded a Bridge Humanities Fellowship at the Academy South Carolina where she taught a grade on the connections between ethical theory, social advocacy and ceremonious soapbox called Social Advocacy and Ethical Life. In 2017, she was named the Ann Plato Fellow in Police and Public Policy at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. While at Trinity, Rochelle connected to teach Social Advancement and Ethical Life, besides as a course on poverty law.

  Rochelle holds a B.A. in history from Rice University, a J.D. from Ohio Northern University, and is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of South Carolina. She is working to consummate her dissertation, which explores the legal and social structure of race in 19th century South Carolina. She currently teaches A.P. U.S History, Modern Earth History, Social Advancement and Upstanding Leadership, and Sociology of Race.

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  Keith Fischer

  Manager of Admission and Enrollment Management, Varsity Football Caput Coach

  Dickinson Higher - B.A.

  Bio

  A seasoned access professional, Keith Fischer joined Newark Academy in 2018 after serving as the Associate Director of Admission at Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA) for five years. Mr. Fischer began his career at Dickinson in 2011 every bit the Assistant Director of Admissions.

  Prior to his work as an admission professional, he worked for nine years for the Philadelphia Eagles and the National Football League. In addition to his leadership function for the Office of Admission and Enrollment Management, Mr. Fischer serves as head coach of the Minuteman football team and varsity assistant omnibus for NA boys' basketball team.

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  Pegeen Galvin-Scott

  Dean of Students

  Williams College - B.A.
  Middlebury College - M.A.

  Bio

  One of the nearly senior members of the NA faculty and assistants, Pegeen Galvin-Scott serves as the Dean of Students, as she has since 1993, maintaining a vibrant, inclusive, welcoming and generous school culture.

  Working with administrative and faculty colleagues, Ms. Galvin develops, coordinates and supports programs involving student regime, educatee leadership development, clubs and activities, field trips, the Global Speakers' Series, the Immersion Experience program and community service. She is credited with the creation of numerous NA events including the Freshman Lock-in, the infamous chocolate slide as a rite-of-passage for members of the senior class and the well-known pre-trip meetings that students and parents are required to nourish earlier traveling off campus.

  Starting equally an English teacher at NA in 1981, Ms. Galvin has taught or guest-taught at every class level. Thank you to her expertise, Newark Academy added art history every bit a subject in 1989, a course which she has consistently taught along with Advanced Placement (AP) Art History well-nigh every year. During her career at NA, Ms. Galvin has been recognized with the Ripps Educational activity Accolade for encouragement of students' personal and academic growth.

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  Sam Goldfischer

  Director of Business and Finance

  Rutgers University - B.A.

  Bio

  Sam Goldfischer has been the Director of Business & Finance at Newark Academy since 1992. Guiding the daily direction of the NA operating budget and ongoing stewardship of the endowment, Mr. Goldfischer leads the schoolhouse's delivery to strong and prudent fiscal policies. In add-on, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the management of the physical constitute and has been instrumental in the development and execution of NA's Campus Chief Planning procedure.

  Mr. Goldfischer has supervised every campus structure project in the past 26 years, including: the Elizabeth B. McGraw Arts Centre, the William E. & Ballad K. Simon Family Field House, the Petrello Upper Schoolhouse Academic Center, Kacur Field, the Wilf Middle School and the Coraci Performance Hall.

  In improver to his duties in business organisation and finance, Mr. Goldfischer teaches a senior-level elective series in Holocaust/Genocide Studies and Economics/Personal Finance, and is liaison and facilitator to the Educatee Endowment Committee. He is a past board member of National Business organisation Officers Association (NBOA) and is an agile member of the New Jersey Clan of Independent Schools (NJAIS), serving on the NJAIS Audit Commission and on numerous NJAIS accreditation committees. He is also a recipient of the 2015 Will Hancock Unsung Hero Laurels, which is given to business officers who accept fabricated boggling contributions to their schools.

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  Sarah Guelich

  Manager of Human Resource, Asst. Manager of Business & Finance, Varsity Cross Country Head Coach

  Rowan Academy - B.A.
  Kean Universtiy - Chiliad.A.

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  David Kapferer

  Managing director of Technology and Media Services

  Lehigh University - B.A.
  Wilkes Academy - M.S.

  Bio

  Dave Kapferer joined the Newark Academy administrative team in 2014 afterwards serving 13 years as an educational technology professional person at Lancaster (PA) Country Solar day School.

  Mr. Kapferer is responsible for coordinating all technology initiatives throughout the campus including website functionality, CANVAS – NA's online academic platform, all database systems and the acquisition and maintenance of all applied science hardware. He as well has taught various Stalk (science, applied science, applied science, math) courses and programs and has a particular expertise in digital filmmaking.

  Beyond his Director of Technology part, Mr. Kapferer is an Upper School advisor and has coached several athletic teams including varsity baseball, varsity cross country and Eye Schoolhouse cross country.

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  Rose McSween

  Chief Advancement Officer

  Dartmouth College - B.A.
  NYU Stern School of Business - MBA
  NYU Steinhardt School of Education - Thou.A.
  Fordham Academy - Ed.D

  Bio

  As Principal Advancement Officer, Rose Byron McSween, Ed.D. leads the Office of Institutional Advancement and Newark Academy's upcoming capital campaign.

  Rose previously held the position of Executive Director of Development and Centennial Campaign Manager at Fordham Academy's Gabelli School of Business. While at Fordham University, Rose served on the business organization school and evolution leadership teams, steered the school'southward $75 million Centennial Campaign, and helped the rankings and almanac fund participation rate to steadily rise. Rose has also held a number of positions at contained schools, including a role at the start of her career equally kinesthesia member and coach at Dwight-Englewood School.

  She has a Available of Arts from Dartmouth College, Chief in Business organization Administration from New York University, Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Technology from New York University, and Doctorate in Educational Administration and Leadership from Fordham University.

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  Kirsti Morin

  Middle School Counselor

  Mary Washington Higher - B.A. in Humanities and Education
  Seton Hall - Masters in Schoolhouse Counseling
  Drew University - G.Lit

  Bio

  Kirsti Morin has taken on many roles at Newark Academy since joining the community in 2002. Initially a faculty fellow member in the Humanities Department, Ms. Morin became Heart Schoolhouse Counselor in 2017. In this role, she works collaboratively with Middle School Master Tom Ashburn to back up the social, emotional, mental and academic development of 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. She is responsible for the Middle School advisory programme and regularly delivers parent didactics programs on topics pertinent to early on adolescents.

  As a classroom teacher, Ms. Morin has taught Center School American history, Upper Schoolhouse world and American history, IB history, and the Theory of Knowledge class. She has likewise served equally advisor to the Minuteman (student paper) staff and an IB CAS Coordinator. Ms. Morin was Chair of the Design Committee for the Wilf Middle School and has been a member of other key school committees including the Honor Council and the Technology Committee.

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  Lisa Mulligan

  Manager of Development

  Upsala College - B.A.

  Bio

  Lisa Mulligan was promoted to the Manager of Development position in 2019, after serving for six years equally the Managing director of Annual Giving and Parent Relations.

  Responsible for engaging all constituents in supporting Newark Academy, Mrs. Mulligan has helped garner more $1 one thousand thousand for the NA Annual Fund for 11 consecutive years, which has included 100 percent of the NA faculty and staff making gifts for the past seven years. Mrs. Mulligan also plans and executes a number of annual events including the Ad Lumen Appreciation upshot, Offset Year Families Reception with Head of School Donald 1000. Austin and NA'southward Annual Twenty-four hours of Giving, a customs-broad event that inspired alumni, parents, faculty/staff and friends of the University to contribute more than $262,000 in 2020.

  Mrs. Mulligan began her career at Newark Academy as Function Manager for the Office of Institutional Advocacy. She currently serves as head coach for the boys' Middle School basketball game team and was previously as assistant passenger vehicle for the girls' varsity basketball game squad and the boys' Middle School lawn tennis squad. She frequently chaperones school trips, including the eighth grade Capstone trip to Washington, D.C.

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  Traci Osterhagen Brock

  Dean of Kinesthesia

  University of Florida - B.A.
  Academy of Florida - M.Ed.
  Lewis & Clark College - ABD

  Bio

  Traci Osterhagen Brock serves every bit the Dean of Faculty, working to create a positive professional culture among faculty. Her responsibilities include the recruitment and retention of kinesthesia, evaluation and professional person evolution processes, and working with Academic and Administrative Staffs, Department Chairs, and various committees to foster communication and align efforts amid these groups.

  For the by four years, Traci has served every bit the Centre Schoolhouse Director at St. George's Contained School in Collierville, TN.

  Prior to this, Traci was the Managing director of Teaching and Learning, PK-12, at Korea International Schoolhouse (2013-2016), and Assistant Principal at Laurelhurst K-viii School (2010-2013) in Portland, OR, and she has worked in teacher professional person development and every bit a classroom teacher.

  Traci is besides working to complete her Doctorate in Instruction Leadership (ABD) from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.

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  Lou Scerra

  Senior Managing director of External Affairs and Strategy, Varsity Lawn tennis Motorcoach

  Duke Academy - Fuqua School of Business - M.B.A.
  Dartmouth Higher - A.B.
  Fordham Academy - M.A.
  Emerson College - Thousand.F.A.

  Bio

  Every bit Newark Academy's Senior Director of External Diplomacy and Strategy, Lou Scerra coordinates and oversees the work of External Affairs offices (Access, Advancement, Athletics, Auxiliary Services, and Communications & Marketing). He also leads school-wide strategic initiatives and serves as a liaison to Newark Academy's Board of Trustees.

  A fellow member of the NA faculty for more 12 years, Lou has previously served as Managing director of Institutional Enquiry and Strategy, Chair of the Professional Evolution Committee, and Chair of the English Department. Lou currently teaches Theory of Cognition, a course on epistemology that forms part of the cadre of the International Baccalaureate diploma program.

  Outside the classroom, Lou serves every bit head motorbus of the varsity boys' and girls' tennis teams. During his years at Newark University he has likewise served a number of other roles, including faculty advisor to the schoolhouse's a cappella group and an advisor for 11 years.

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  Ballad Spooner

  Upper Schoolhouse Counselor

  Ursinus College - B.A.
  Acadia College - G.Ed.
  Chestnut Hill Higher - Grand.S. in Counseling Psychology

  Bio

  Carol Spooner joined Newark Academy in 1992 every bit Managing director of School Counseling and Chair of the Wellness Instruction Department. As Upper Schoolhouse Counselor, she works collaboratively with the Upper Schoolhouse Main and Dean of Students to support the social, emotional, mental and academic development of students in grades nine through 12. Additionally, Ms. Spooner is responsible for the management of the Upper School advisory programme and directs the Peer Leadership program.

  Prior to Newark University, Ms. Spooner taught in a coeducational public schoolhouse and a single gender contained school in Pennsylvania. A business firm believer in the value of team experiences, Ms. Spooner has served in a number of position on the Minuteman coaching staff including, head coach of the girls' varsity volleyball team, head coach for girls' varsity lacrosse, and head and assistant autobus for Middle Schoolhouse boys' tennis and Eye Schoolhouse girls' field hockey. Currently, she serves as head coach of the Middle School girls' volleyball team.

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  Brian Stephenson

  Director of Operations

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  Jeffrey Vinikoor

  Director of Studies; Dean, Form of 2024

  Princeton University - B.A.
  Columbia University - Grand.A.

  Bio

  A fellow member of the NA faculty since 2008, Jeff Vinikoor was named Director of Studies in 2018. In this position, Jeff is the senior academic leader charged with oversight of the curriculum, development and implementation of bookish policies, and leadership of faculty on educational activity and classroom practices.

  Jeff also serves as Director of NA's June Term plan, which provides Upper School students in Grades 9-11 with a single intensive and experiential learning class during the last two weeks of the Spring semester. In addition, he is the Dean of the Form of 2024, and in this capacity helps shepherd members of this course through the Upper School. He also teaches IB Theory of Knowledge. From 2011 to 2018, Jeff served every bit Chair of the NA Humanities Department, and he has previously coached soccer and led wilderness and linguistic immersion trips.

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  Renee Walker

  Director of Communications and Marketing

  Rutgers University - B.A.
  Columbia University - M.S.
  Rutgers University - Ed.D.

  Bio

  Dr. Renée A. Walker joined the Newark University community as the Director of Communication and Marketing in 2020. She brings more than eighteen years of experience in education, entrepreneurship, and marketing communications.

  Prior to NA, Dr. Walker served as a Director of Marketing and Communication at Rutgers University as well as a consultant to entrepreneurs across an array of industries. She has too held marketing and communication leadership roles at Columbia University and The Pingry School. In addition to her seasoned authoritative background, Dr. Walker has served equally an adjunct professor in marketing and communications at Rutgers and Columbia.

  Dr. Walker holds a B.A. from Rutgers University, M.Due south. from Columbia Academy, and an Ed.D. from Rutgers University.

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  Kerry Winiarski

  Director of College Counseling

  Duke Academy - AM
  Ohio Country Academy - M.Due south.

  Bio

  Kerry Winiarski has served as the Manager of College Counseling since 2 014 . In this role, Mrs.  Winiarski is responsible for leading the four-person staff charged with guiding Newark Academy seniors and juniors, and their parents, through the college search and admission process.

  She began her service to Newark Academy in

  1994 , joining the school community as Director of Higher Counseling, merely then took a step back to the Acquaintance Director position for a number of years. Prior to her service to Newark Academy, Mrs. Winiarski held positions in the Office of Student and Judicial Affairs at Ohio State University and in Undergraduate Admissions at Duke University.

  Mrs. Winiarski is involved in many aspects of community life at Newark Academy, including Peer Leadership Advisor, and has traveled to India as a chaperone for an Immersion Feel trip. She has too served as a guest kinesthesia member at Layette Higher and at Duke Academy.

Bookish Department Chairs

List of 7 members.

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  Caitlin Ciampaglio

  Chair, Science Department

  Montclair Country Academy - M.S.
  Montclair State Academy - B.South.

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  Diana Fernandes

  Chair, Health Department

  Montclair Country University - B.A.

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  Viraj Lal

  Chair, Arts Department

  Rutgers University - B.M.
  Florida State University - Thou.Chiliad.E.

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  Mary Lysinger

  Chair, Linguistic communication Department

  Academy of Pittsburgh - B.A.
  University of Pennsylvania - M.A.
  Université de Bordeaux 3 - 1000.A., D.Eastward.A
  Seton Hall University - MA/EdS

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  Tim McCall

  Chair, Humanities Section, Boys' and Girls' Varsity Rail & Field Head Coach

  Bates College - B.A.
  University of Connecticut - Thou.A.

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  Daniel Reed

  Chair, English Section

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  Michael Thayer

  Chair, Math Department

  Rutgers Academy - B.A.
  University of Chicago - Ph.D.

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