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School of Professional Studies

Keystone College offers baccalaureate degrees for individuals seeking specialized careers in accounting, business, child and family studies, education, hospitality management, information technology, and sport and recreation management. Academic programs offered in Keystone’s School of Professional Studies address the education, competencies, and dispositions required to work in rapidly changing professional environments. Keystone’s curricula are career-focused and industry, agency, and school recognized. Learn from expert faculty, as well as leaders and practitioners in their respective fields. Acquire the innovative mind-sets that will allow for maintenance of a competitive edge in an advanced, global economy.

The School of Professional Studies includes the departments of:

Faculty in the School of Professional Studies

Karen Arcangelo, PhD, NCSP

Chair of the Education Department, Associate Professor and Program Director of Early Childhood Education/Special Education, and Faculty Coordinator of Adult and Online Learning

Kasey Chermak, MS

Instructor of Information Technology

Mariel H. Consagra, MS

Instructor of Education

Patricia Davis, PhD

Professor of Accounting and Program Director of Accounting and Financial Management

Michelle Dudley, PhD

Instructor of Education and Program Director for Secondary and Accelerated Programs

Jan Kaskey, MS

Professor of Education

Brenda Lidy, MS

Associate Professor and Program Director of Hospitality Business Management, Program Director of Business (BS) and Business Administration (AS), Program Director of Supply Chain Management

Robert Nardelli, DPS

Assistant Professor and Program Director of Computer Science and Information Technology

Jeanie Prall, MS

Instructor and Program Director of Middle & Secondary Education and Accelerated Programs

Elizabeth Schneider, MBA, JD

Associate Professor of Business

Heather Shanks-McElroy, PhD

Professor of Education, Program Director for ECE, Child and Family Studies and Graduate Program - ECE Leadership

Sandra R. Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor and Program Director of Sport and Recreation Management (BS) and Sport Leadership Management (MS)

Donald “Doc” Stacknick, MS

Instructor of Sport and Recreation

Chad Stevens, PhD

Associate Professor of Business, Program Director of MBA, and Chair of Business, Management & Technology

Maryellen Tharp, MS

Professor of Education

Kevin Vinson, MBA

Associate Professor of Accounting