Human Development and Family Studies

Renee provides support to the academic advisor and is also responsible for coordinating graduate admissions, processing enrollment forms, final exams, SEEQ's, course substitutions, room reservations, and securing textbook information.

Joanna Bissell-Havran focuses on teaching adolescent development, research methods, and motivation in the HDFS World Campus program.

Bo Cleveland studies individual differences in substance use and misuse as well as how individuals’ characteristics modify the impact of experiences on substance use and addictive behaviors. His work focuses on person-context and person-experience interactions.

Marc McCann's priority is to prepare undergraduate students for internships and careers in human services via coursework (455, 490, 495A, 495B) and connections with alumni and other professionals in the field.

Melnick is the academic adviser for the HDFS online Master of Social Work program. She is also a teaching professor at Penn State, Scranton campus.

Ross is the director of the specialization in Children and Families for the online Master of Social Work program.

Taylor Porter focuses on teaching in the Child Maltreatment and Advocacy Studies Minor, inspiring advocates for children and families and serving as an advisor to the CMAS minor.