Faculty
 Jannie Cobb
Jannie is the librarian for the George Meany Memorial Archives Library as well as a full-time faculty member. She holds a BA in Political Science from Howard University and an MS in Library Science from The Catholic University of America. Jannie has been with the library since 1991.
Phone: 301-431-5447
Email: jcobb@nlc.edu
 Director of the Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program
Regina (Jean) M. Dearden
Jean is the Director of the Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Program and the Chair of the Faculty Senate. She holds a master's degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in Instructional Systems Development, a BA in Communications/Journalism from Shippensburg University, and a certificate in Online Teaching from the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA Extension. She specializes in the development and design of effective training and adult learning. She has taught union leaders and members internationally in Egypt, Jordan, and South Africa.
Phone: 301-431-5430
Email: jdearden@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Instructional Systems Design; The Adult Learner
 Lynda DeLoach
Lynda is an archivist with The George Meany Memorial Archives. She holds a BA in English from Carleton College and an MA in History from New York University.
Phone: 301-431-5441
Email: ldeloach@nlc.edu
 Patricia A. Greenfield
Patricia is the former Vice President and provost of the NLC, and Graduate Program Director of the Labor Relations and Research Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations from Cornell University, a J.D. from the Washington University School of Law, and a B.A. degree in political science from the University of Rochester. She has been a local union president, executive board member, steward, and an international union staff member.
Phone: 301-431-5402
Email: pgreenfield@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Introduction to Labor Studies; BTPS Capstone
 Director of Learning Assessment
Jennifer M. Harrison
Jennifer specializes in composition and literature, teaching Reading & Writing Critically, American Labor Literature, Writing about Labor and Literature, Effective Writing, and Creative Writing, in addition to managing the prior learning assessment program, NLC student learning assessment, and the writing lab. She holds an MA in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park and a BA in English from Washington College. Harrison has taught at Montgomery College and Anne Arundel Community College; before becoming a faculty member, she directed marketing, communications, and publication development in higher education association publishing. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in language, literacy, and culture and a graduate certificate in women's studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Research interests include the social action of narrative, radical literature, feminist theory, Africana studies, and rhetoric.
Phone: 301-628-4865
Email: jharrison@nlc.edu
Degree courses: American Labor Literature; Creative Writing; Effective Writing; Independent Studies; Social Justice and Activist Writing
Union Skills courses: Advanced Teaching Methods; Reading and Writing Critically; Teaching Techniques
 Director of the Center for Excellence in Health and Safety
Henry Jajuga
Henry is a Professor for Health and Safety and Director of the College's Rail Workers Hazmat Training Program and the National Resource Center for OSHA training. Henry has participated in the Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program at NLC since 1999 and worked as a Rail Road Maintenance of Way crane operator since 1983 traveling extensively in the Western United States until 2008 when he became a faculty member at NLC. Henry also has held several union positions for BMWED Local 227 including President and District Chairperson. He holds a B.A. in Health and Safety from the NLC, and an M.A. from the University of Baltimore/NLC partner program in Legal and Ethical Studies.
Phone: 301-628-4856
Email: hjajuga@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Workplace Hazards and the Law
Union Skills courses: HazMat C/ER
OSHA courses: #500, #501, #502, #503, #510, #511, #2015, #2045, #2225, #5600, #6000
 Thomas J. Kriger, Ph.D.
Thom has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the City University Graduate Center (New York). He has taught at Hunter College, Brooklyn College, Saint Lawrence University, Providence College and the University of Northern Colorado. From 1998 to 2007, Kriger served as Director of Research and Legislation and Assistant to the President at the United University Professions (UUP), AFT Local #2190. From 2008 to 2009 Kriger held the position of Associate Budget Director for Research and Policy at the State University of New York Central Administration. Kriger is the author of numerous scholarly articles and professional publications, and is co-editor of the recently released Transforming Higher Education: Economy, Democracy and the University (Lexington Books, 2010). He serves on the editorial board of Working USA, Collective Bargaining in the Academy and Poverty and Public Policy.
Phone: 301 431-5402
Email: tkriger@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Comparative Research Methods; Senior Project; Senior Seminar
 Stephen J. Krone, DSc, PE
Stephen is the head of the Construction Management degree program for the National Labor College. He previously taught Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology at the University of Toledo, Construction Management at Bowling Green State University, and Engineering Management at the George Washington University. He has worked for the USDA's Rural Electrification Department, the University of Maryland's Engineering and Architecture Department, and on numerous international and industrial construction projects. He has served on committees and accreditation visiting teams for the American Council of Construction Education and authored articles for the Project Management Journal and the Engineering Management Journal. He has a DSc in Engineering Management from the George Washington University and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland.
Phone: 301 431-5422
Email: skrone@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Digital Learning; Fundamentals of the Construction Industry I-II
 Director of Academic Advising
Julie Ann Mendez-de Leon
Julie Ann has worked at the National Labor College since 1997. She teaches Methods that Motivate and Images of Labor in Art. In addition to teaching and advising students, she serves on various faculty governance committees and is the program chair for the BA program in Labor Studies. She holds an MA in Education from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Phone: 301-431-5426
Email: jm-deleon@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Independent Studies
Union Skills courses: Methods that Motivate
 Director of Excellence in Teaching
Robert Morriss
Robert is a faculty member at the National Labor College. He teaches courses on Distance Learning, Instructional Technology, History of Communication, Web 2.0 Collaboration, Digital Storytelling, Multimedia Technology and Microsoft Office. He holds a BA in History and Psychology from Drury University, a BS in Mathematics/Computer Science from Towson University and a MA in Instructional Systems Development from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Phone: 301-628-4851
Email: rmorriss@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Computer Skills for Trade Unionists; Distance Learning for Labor Education; History of Communication, Culture and Technology; Instructional Technology
 Julia Offiong
Julia is a librarian with the George Meany Memorial Archives Library of the National Labor College. She holds a BA in Political Science and a master's degree in Library Science both from the University of Pittsburgh.
Phone: 301-431-5446
Email: joffiong@nlc.edu
 Melanye Smith, Ph.D.
Melanye has enjoyed a twenty-five year career as a law enforcement officer, manager and administrator in the nation's Capital. During that time, she's held numerous leadership positions in law enforcement as well as teaching and training in some form for over twenty years. Examples of courses include leadership, management, ethics, criminal procedures and NCIS-type computer forensics. Dr. Smith began her undergraduate studies at Howard University and received her undergraduate degree in Organizational Psychology from Washington Adventist University, her masters in Organizational Development from the University of Phoenix, and her Doctorate in Organization & Management from Capella University.
Phone: 301-431-5416
Email: msmith@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Digital Learning; Fundamentals of Emergency Readiness and Response Management
 Sarah Springer
Sarah is an archivist with the George Meany Memorial Archives. She holds a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Social Science from Johns Hopkins University and a Master's in Library and Information Sciences from the University of Pittsburgh.
Phone: 301-628-4854
Email: sspringer@nlc.edu
 Andrew R. Timming, Ph.D.
Dr. Timming is Professor of Business Administration at the National Labor College.He is Professor of Management and Labor and Head of the Business Administration program at the National Labor College. He has previously lectured at the University of Manchester and the University of Cambridge in England. He holds a Ph.D. in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. His doctoral dissertation was a study of comparative industrial relations systems in Europe.
He also holds a B.A. ( summa cum laude) in Sociology and Latin American Studies and an M.A. in Sociology, both awarded from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. During his undergraduate years, he studied abroad in Chile and Argentina. Download more about Dr. Timming.
Phone: 301-628-5618
Email: atimming@nlc.edu
Degree courses: Digital Learning; Management & Labor in the 21st Century |
