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Department

Health and Human Services

Combine coursework and meaningful fieldwork as you pursue a health science or human services degree in preparation for a meaningful career or graduate-level studies.

Assumption University’s Health and Human Services Department with its majors, minor, and concentrations, provides a strong foundation for work in a variety of healthcare and human service-related fields such as organizations providing services to children, adolescents, adults and older adults. A distinctive aspect of the curriculum is its unique internship program. 

 If you would like to pursue a career to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, the bachelor’s degree in health science or human services is an excellent choice. Assumption’s program is unique in that it combines a strong liberal arts education with professional skills training that will enable you to serve a wide range of client populations with various behavioral, emotional, physical, and social needs. Our faculty will work closely with you to help you navigate your academic and career goals. 

 A significant distinction of Assumption’s Human Service’s curriculum is a required internship that enables students to develop and refine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for working as a human service professional. Students complete a 400-hour internship in a human service setting where they are supported and supervised by a faculty member as well as other personnel. Students in Health Science also complete a supported and supervised internship of 200 hours. 

 


Health and Human Services Faculty

Cinzia Pica, Ed.D.
Chair, Department of Health and Human Services Director of the Women’s Studies Program Professor, Human Services
Katherine Bakhuizen
Adjunct Faculty HSRS
Jennifer Baublitz, MA/ CAGS
Lecturer, Psychology Undergraduate Program, School Counseling and SMVF Graduate Programs
Dawn Breault
Lecturer, School Counseling and Transition Specialist Graduate Programs
Elizabeth Brennan BCBA, LABA
Lecturer, ABA Programs
Lea F. Christo, MSW, LICSW, BCPA
Associate Professor of Practice, Human Services & Rehab Studies School of Graduate Studies School Counseling Program; Coordinator of Resiliency in Helping Professions Program
Barbara Colombo-Adams, Ed.D.
Lecturer, School Counseling Graduate Program
Ashley DeRosa-Thompson
Adjunct Faculty HSRS
James Direda
Adjunct Faculty Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies
Shane Fuller
Adjunct Faculty Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies
Michael Law
Lecturer, Transition Specialist Graduate Program
Mark Leary
Adjunct Professor, Human Services
Philip McCue
Adjunct Faculty, Human Services
Katelyn McGowan
Lecturer, School Counseling Graduate Program
Hasnaa Mokhtar
Adjunct Faculty HSRS
Tammy Murray
Adjunct Faculty Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies
Alison J. Myette, MS, CCC-SLP
Associate Professor of Practice, Human Services
Christine North
Adjunct Faculty, HSRS-Health Advocacy Practicum
William Earl O'Neill II
Adjunct Faculty Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies
Ryan T. Paskins, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Practice, Rehabilitation Counseling Core Faculty Member in Rehabilitation Counseling
Mary Ann Reilly Mariani, Ph.D
Lecturer, Resiliency Graduate Program
Susan Sabelli
Clinical Coordinator, Human Services & Rehabilitation Studies
Susan Scully, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Services Director of School Counseling Core Faculty Member in Rehabilitation Counseling
Gary R Senecal, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Human Services
Temperence Staples
Adjunct Faculty, Human Services
Evan Tsoules
Visiting Assistant Professor
Alexandria Marie Vassallo
Adjunct Faculty, Human Services
Christian (Scannell) Williams, Ph.D., LMHC
Assistant Professor of Human Services
Jordan Patrick Young
Adjunct Faculty HSRS