University Expert Witnesses in Massachusetts

This expert received his B.S in Psychology and his M.S. in Special Education and Mental Retardation, and a PhD in Special Education from Yeshiva University in 1980. In 2006 he was awarded a position as a Fulbright Senior Specialist and in 2007 was granted the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award. His research includes: special education instructional programming, shaping special education policy, preparation of teachers in special education, and integration of general and special education practices. He has contributed to numerous published works on teaching and special education, and has taught several special education centered study abroad courses.

This qualified expert has extensive experience with residential treatment centers, group homes, and the administration of non-profit behavioral health organizations. He earned his BA from Brown University before earning his MEd in teaching and counseling methods from Newton College and his EdD from the Harvard University. This expert began his career as the director of the Full Circle School, an alternative school serving delinquents and the socially disadvantaged. He then was the assistant principal of the Groton-Dunstable Regional Secondary School before he joined Germaine Lawrence Incorporated, where he spent over 30 years. As the executive director of a non-profit residential school and treatment center for adolescent girls, this expert gained extensive experience in the field of special education and mental health services. Currently, he serves as a consultant with a private consulting group in Vermont.

This highly qualified expert is an accomplished higher education executive with extensive experience in supporting academic accountability in a growing community college environment. She is certified in management and leadership education by Harvard University and in distance learning pedagogy by the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium. She is a member of multiple academic associations, has experience as an accreditation reviewer and served as the chair of the Connecticut Community Colleges Council of Academic Deans. She is the former director of the associate degree nursing program and a former professor of nursing at a major community college in Connecticut. She served as chief academic officer and dean at the same institution, which has honored her twice for her exemplary service. Currently, she serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at a small, private, independent college with undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.

This educator is a scholar of human social interaction and American history. At Harvard, he wrote his PhD dissertation on the sexual revolution of the 1960's; he later adapted this scholarly work into a popular book. He has been featured as an expert on a CNN series, a the History Channel program , and a VH1 documentary.