Liberal Arts and Behavioral Sciences Division (LABSS)

Liberal Arts/Behavioral & Social Sciences Division

About LABSS

Liberal Arts/Behavioral & Social Sciences Division (LABSS)

Our 21st Century Global Society

The Liberal Arts/Behavioral & Social Sciences Division (LABSS) offers courses that help you acquire the communication, critical and creative thinking, collaboration, and global learning skills that prepare you for an entire lifetime of opportunities!

In addition to real world analysis that you’ll experience in the classroom, you'll explore your creative side in the visual arts, dance, music, and theater. We have two different kinds of theaters for the performing arts - a black box as well as a Broadway style theater, where you may participate on and offstage in plays, concerts, dance, and other media productions.

Our Faculty

Passionate about teaching and learning, our nationally-recognized LABSS faculty share the highest commitment and dedication to students. As published writers, professional artists, psychologists, social workers, police officers, and attorneys, their collective two centuries of experience provides a rich learning environment that you’ll find in few other places.

This is just the beginning!

Whether you want to take classes for personal enjoyment, add general education coursework to a professional-technical or workforce certificate, or transfer to a four-year college or university, the LABSS division offers a range of inspiring and challenging educational opportunities for you to meet your personal and professional learning goals. All our degree programs are designed to transfer to four-year schools like the University of Connecticut, the Connecticut State Universities, the University of Bridgeport, and many others. We can also help you find employment across the state through our cooperative education programs. 

Our mission

The mission of the Liberal Arts and Behavioral & Social Sciences Division is to prepare our students for academic and career success through a life of critical engagement and creative expression, and to inspire a personal commitment to social development through diverse and academically rigorous course offerings.

Our vision

The faculty and staff of the LABSS Division are committed to innovative and effective educational practices that create opportunities for students to gain a lifelong engagement with literature and the arts, a deeper understanding of the social dynamics, cultural aspects, psychology, history, and philosophies that created our past and modern cultures, a greater awareness of themselves and others, an increasing appreciation of our diverse world, and the skills to enter the workforce to help themselves and others achieve a meaningful life.

Division Contact Information
B.L. Baker
203-575-8002 (p)
203-596-8755 (f)
Room: K600c
750 Chase Parkway
Waterbury, CT 06708

LABSS Publications

LABSS Publications

Staff

Linda Ames
Secretary 1
Room K600 LABSS Division
203-596-8615 P
203-596-8755 F
lames@nvcc.commnet.edu

Karlene Ball
ESL Program Coordinator
Room E519 B
203-575-8156 P
203-596-8755 F
Kball@nvcc.commnet.edu

Faith Buckley
Office Assistant ECE
Room K400
203-575-8047 P
203-596-8755 F
fbuckley@nvcc.commnet.edu

Abbie Calo
CECE Director
Room K400A
203-596-8604 P
203-596-8755 F
acalo@nvcc.commnet.edu

Jonathan Curns
Theater Technician
Room A304
203-575-8184 P
203-596-8755 F
jcurns@nvcc.commnet.edu

Faculty


Alexander Bratt
Associate Professor THR, Chair Art
Room A301
203-575-8038 P
203-596-8755 F
abratt@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Christine Cocchiola
Professor Human Services/Soc.
Room K602
203-575-8284 P
203-596-8755 F
ccocchiola@nvcc.commnet.edu

Paul Collette
DARC Program Coordinator
Room K610B
203-596-8655 P
203-596-8755 F
pcollette@nvcc.commnet.edu

Margaret DiMauro
Professor, Communication
Room K607
203-596-2112 P
203-596-8755 F
mdimauro@nvcc.commnet.edu

Karla Ekquist-Lechner
Professor, History
Room K602
203-596-2101 P
203-596-8755 F
Kekquist-lechner@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Jeannie Evans-Boniecki
Professor, English
Room L308
203-596-2110 P
203-596-8755 F
JEvans-Boniecki@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Lori Gregory
Professor ECE/Lab Teacher Supervisor
Room K402B
203-596-8664 P
203-596-8755 F
lgregory@nvcc.commnet.edu

John Harding
Associate Professor, English
Room K604
203-596-8763 P
203 596-8755 F
Jharding@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Gilad Harel
Associate Professor, Music
Room A504
203-575-8039 P
203 596-8755 F
gharel@nvcc.commnet.edu

Amanda Lebel
Associate Professor, Art
Room S401C
203-575-8176 P
203-596-8755 F
alebel@nvcc.commnet.edu

Ray Leite
Professor, DAT Program Coord.
Room L305
203-575-8152 P
203-596-8755 F
rleite@nvcc.commnet.edu

Louis Lombard
Professor Eng. FYE Coord. Chair Humanities.
Room K606
203-575-8169 P
203-596-8755 F
llombard@nvcc.commnet.edu

Melanie Majeski
Professor, ESL
Room E520
203-596-2109 P
203-596-8744 F
mmajeski@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Nikki McGary
Professor, Sociology, Chair Psych, Soc, and Social Sciences
Room K600D
203-596-2103 P
203-596-8755 F
nmcgary@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Latisha Nielsen
Associate Professor, Sociology
Room K605
203-575-8238 P
203-596-8755 F
lnielsen@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Kim O’Donnell
Professor, Psychology
Room K601
203-575-8052 P
203-596-8755 F
kodonnell@nvcc.commnet.edu

Earl Ormond
Professor, CJS, Program Coordinator
Room K609
203-596-8605 P
203-596-8755 F
eormond@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Patricia Pallis
Professor English, Chair English and Developmental English
Room K603C
203-596-2115 P
203-596-8755 F
ppallis@nvcc.commnet.edu

Kate Pelletier
Associate Professor, English
Room K606
203-575-8233 P
203-596-8755 F
kpelletier@nvcc.commnet.edu

Sarah Perez
HSE Coordinator
Room K610 A
203-596-8705 P
203-596-8755 F
sperez@nvcc.commnet.edu

Julie Petitfrere
Assistant Professor, English
Room K606
203-575-8150 P
203-596-8755 F
jpetitfrere@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Ronald Picard
Professor, English
Room K602
203-596-8761 P
203-596-8755 F
rpicard@nvcc.commnet.edu

Christopher Rempfer
Professor, English, Program Coordinator Liberal Arts
203-575-8245 P
203-596-8755 F
crempfer@nvcc.commnet.edu

Amy Royal
Professor, Communication
Room K607
203-596-8614 P
203-596-8755 F
aroyal@nvcc.commnet.edu

Eleni Saltourides
ssociate Professor, ESL
Room E519A
203-575-8160 P
203-596-8755 F
esaltourides@nvcc.commnet.edu

Beth-Ann Scott
Professor, English
Room K603
203-596-2199 P
203-596-8755 F
bscott@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Lisa Shuchter
Professor, English
Room K610A
203-575-8222 P
203-596-8755 F
lshuchter@nvcc.commnet.edu

Wade Tarzia
Associate Professor, English
Room K604
203-596-8603 P
203-596-8755 F
wtarzia@nvcc.commnet.edu

Alan Teitleman
Professor, Communication
Room K607
203-596-8612 P
203-596-8755 F
ateitleman@nvcc.commnet.edu

Angela Tiru
Professor, Psychology
Room K617B
203-596-2194 P
203-596-8755 F
atiru@nvcc.commnet.edu

Dr. Pamela Tolbert-Bynum Rivers
Associate Professor, English
Room S401B
203-575-8037 P
203-596-8755 F
Ptolbert-bynumrivers@nvcc.commnet.edu

Lawrence Venuk
Professor, Psychology
Room E310
203-596-8643 P
203-596-8755 F
lvenuk@nvcc.commnet.edu

Beth Warriner
Professor, CJS
Room K601
203-596-8735 P
203-596-8755 F
bwarriner@nvcc.commnet.edu

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