7 LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT Ling Chen B.A., Beijing Foreign Studies University M.A., SUNY Albany M.B.A., SUNY Albany 15 years in education 3 years at Dominican Academy Pia Gliatta B.A., College of New Rochelle M.A., University of Virginia 31 years in education 27 years at Dominican Academy Vera Junkers B.A., Hunter College M.A., Hunter College Ph.D., City University of New York 49 years in education 30 years at Dominican Academy Roseann Perrone Language Department Chairperson B.A., Brooklyn College M.A., New York University 35 years in education 34 years at Dominican Academy Linda Woolf B.A., Witwatersrand University, South Africa Graduate Higher Education Diploma, Witwatersrand University, South Africa M.A., Hunter College 39 years in education 9 years at Dominican Academy
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Josephine Belcastro Mathematics Department Chairperson B.A., Pace University M.S., Pace University M.S. candidate, Touro College 12 years in education 10 years at Dominican Academy
Darragh Leddy D.A. Alumna B.A., Barnard College First year in education First year at Dominican Academy
Maggi VanDorn B.A., Santa Clara University M.Div., Harvard Divinity School Two years in education Second year at Dominican Academy
Jerry Tomanelli B.A., Hunter College M.S., Queens College 31 years in education 21 years at Dominican Academy
SCIENCE and COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS
THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT Coleen Gowans B.A., St. John’s University M.A., Fordham University Ph.D., Fordham University 12 years in education 5 years at Dominican Academy Katherine Leo Theology Department Chairperson B.A., Fairfield University M.A., Fordham University 9 years in education 9 years at Dominican Academy Katie McCann B.A., Providence College First year in education First year at Dominican Academy Cecilia Rougier B.A., Urban Univ., Rome, Italy M.A., Univ. of St. Thomas M.S., Fordham University Grenada Certificate in Counseling, Univ. Of West Indies Ph.D., Columbia University Licensed Psychologist, (NY State) 30 years in education 13 years at Dominican Academy
Sister Patricia Connick, O.P. B.A., Ohio Dominican University M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ph.D., University of Notre Dame 25 years in education 6 years at Dominican Academy Benito Rosada B.S., Western Instit. of Technology, Philippines MSCPE, University of Central Florida 19 years in education 18 years at Dominican Academy Lauren Serpagli Science Department Chairperson B.A., B.S., Syracuse University M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University Ed.M. candidate, Teachers College, Columbia University 10 years in education 10 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.