7 LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Ling Chen B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University M.A., SUNY Albany M.B.A., SUNY Albany 13 years in education First year at Dominican Academy
Josephine Belcastro Mathematics Department Chairperson B.A., Pace University M.S., Pace University 10 years in education 8 years at Dominican Academy
Coleen Gowans B.A., St. John’s University M.A., Fordham University Ph.D., Fordham University 11 years in education Third year at Dominican Academy
Pia Gliatta B.A., College of New Rochelle M.A., University of Virginia 29 years in education 25 years at Dominican Academy
Michelle McGowan B.A., University of Scranton M.A., St. John’s University 7 years in education 5 years at Dominican Academy
Katherine Leo Theology Department Chairperson B.A., Fairfield University M.A., Fordham University 7 years in education 7 years at Dominican Academy
Vera Junkers B.A., Hunter College M.A., Hunter College Ph.D., City University of New York 47 years in education 28 years at Dominican Academy
Mark Surdyka B.S., St. John’s University M.A. candidate, St. John’s University 9 years in education First year at Dominican Academy
Roseann Perrone Language Department Chairperson B.A., Brooklyn College M.A., New York University 33 years in education 32 years at Dominican Academy
SCIENCE and COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS
Linda Woolf B.A., Witwatersrand University, South Africa Graduate Higher Education Diploma, Witwatersrand University, South Africa M.A., Hunter College 37 years in education 17 years at Dominican Academy
Benito Rosada Computer Administrator B.S., Western Instit. of Technology, Philippines MSCPE, University of Central Florida 17 years in education 16 years at Dominican Academy Lauren Serpagli Science Department Chairperson B.A., B.S., Syracuse University M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University 8 years in education 8 years at Dominican Academy Jerry Tomanelli B.A., Hunter College M.S., Queens College 29 years in education 19 years at Dominican Academy
Joseph Muller B.A., Fordham University M.A., St. John’s University 10 years in education First year at Dominican Academy Lindsay Sudeikis B.A., the Catholic University of America 4 years in education 4 years at Dominican Academy
MISSION STATEMENT Dominican Academy, a Catholic college preparatory high school in the tradition of Saint Dominic, challenges and empowers intelligent young women to become spiritual, intellectual, moral and socially responsible leaders in a global society.