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Elms College Welcomes New Faculty Elms College has added new faculty members in fields such as education, social and biomedical sciences, and nursing this year, boosting an already impressive academic community with an influx of new talent: Andrea Bertheaud ’15, MSN ’18, RN-BC, will serve as an assistant clinical professor of nursing. Bertheaud, who holds a master of science in nursing from Elms, has served as a clinical nurse educator at the college and as an adult inpatient psychiatric nurse at Baystate Health Systems since 2016. She previously worked as an adult inpatient mental health nurse at Providence Behavioral Health Hospital in Holyoke, MA. Meredith Bertrand, Ed.D., the new chair of the Education Division and an associate professor, comes to Elms from high-level administrative positions at Bay Path College and American International College. She earned her doctorate and a certificate of advanced graduate study at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and her master of education at Smith College. Bertrand is also an experienced elementary/middle school teacher. Jeanne Betourney-Gamelli, DNP ’17, AGACNP-BC, CCRN, MSN ’12, has joined Elms as assistant professor of nursing. Since 1985, Betourney-Gamelli has worked as a registered nurse at Noble Hospital, serving as a clinical nurse manager from 2003 to 2005; prior to that, she worked as an RN at Baystate Medical Center from 19801985. She has been an adjunct at Elms since 2007, both as a classroom instructor and a clinical instructor. She earned her doctor of nursing practice degree at Elms in 2017 and her MSN at Elms in 2012. Yeukai Imeh, Ph.D., MBA, has joined the college as an assistant professor of education. Imeh earned her doctorate at Simmons College in Boston, her MBA at Southern Connecticut State University; and holds a master of math adolescent education from Pace University in New York. She has been an adjunct professor at several local colleges, including Elms, and she also supervised Elms student teachers last spring. She is an experienced teacher in mathematics at the middle/high-school levels and in urban settings. Imeh will also advise middle/secondary licensure candidates.
Danielle Maurice ’00, Ph.D., has joined Elms as an assistant professor of psychology. Maurice holds a Ph.D. in social and developmental psychology, as well as a master’s in psychology, from Brandeis University and has worked as an instructor at Assumption College, George Washington University, and Elms College, as well as a special education teacher at Sabis International Charter School in Springfield, MA, and Chicopee Public Schools. She also has experience working with state agencies on public health program research and evaluation. Michael McGravey, Ph.D., will serve as an assistant professor of religious studies. McGravey earned his Ph.D. in theology at Duquesne University, and his master of arts in theology and religious studies at Villanova University. He has taught theology as an instructor at Duquesne, and as a teacher in the department of religious studies at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia. Jacqueline Ramsey-Rosenhein ’09, DNP ’18, APRN, FNP-BC, MHA, MSN, has been hired as an assistant clinical professor of nursing. RamseyRosenheim earned a doctor of nursing practice degree from Elms in 2018, and also holds a master of science in healthcare administration and a master of science in nursing from the University of Phoenix in Arizona. She has served in a variety of nursing roles throughout her career, including as director of nursing at Springside of Pittsfield, MA; a clinical liaison at Berkshire Healthcare Systems; a clinical nurse consultant for Adlib; and a case manager at Berkshire Medical Center. Sudad Saman, Ph.D., will serve as a lecturer in biomedical sciences. He earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering and biotechnology at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, an M.S. in bioinformatics at New York University’s Polytechnic Institute, and a master of education at Cambridge College in Massachusetts. He has worked as an instructor at Bristol Community College and Elms College, as research faculty at UMass Lowell, as a senior visiting lecturer at Bridgewater State University, and as an adjunct assistant professor at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science in Boston.