Faculty and Staff

 


Faculty

 

Dr. Nancy Giunta

Department Chair, Associate Professor

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Office: Framptom 206C
Phone: 301.687.4695
Email: nmgiunta@frostburg.edu

Degrees:

BA - University of MD, College Park
MA - San Francisco State University
MSW, PhD - University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Nancy Giunta (pronounced JOON-ta) is joining the FSU faculty this Fall as the Chair of the Social Work department. She is excited to re-build the department and shepherd it through the reaccreditation process with the Council of Social Work Education. Dr. Giunta comes to FSU after 15 years on the faculty of the City University of New York (CUNY). Within CUNY, her appointments were simultaneously in the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College and the Graduate Center (CUNY’s doctoral programs). At the Silberman School of Social Work, she directed Silberman Aging, a John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Diverse Aging, and served as Chair of the community organizing sequence of the MSW and BSW programs. She has split her time between Allegany County and New York for 15 years and is delighted to focus her energy more locally. Dr. Giunta is currently the President of the Board of Directors of Wholesome Harvest Food Co-op, Allegany County’s only community-owned grocery store. Under her leadership, Wholesome Harvest has received over $1.5 million in funding from the United States Department of Agriculture and other local small business initiatives. Her vision for the Social Work department aligns with her area of scholarship, which is to strengthen existing collaborations in the social service community and expand them to promote economic, food, and health security in the region. Joining the newly established School of Education, Health and Natural Sciences provides the social work department an excellent opportunity to build multi-disciplinary initiatives to train future generations of health and social service professionals.

 


 

Adjunct Professors

 

Charlene Platter

Adjunct Professor

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Office: 7 American Avenue
Phone: 301.687.7497
Email: cmplatter@frostburg.edu

I have been providing adjunct services for the Social Work and Sociology Departments for the past 15 or so years.  I graduated from Frostburg State when it was a College and completed my MSW program from WVU in 1990.  I have an old-fashioned LCSW.  My primary day job is as a Social Work Supervisor for the Allegany County Department of Social Services where I have worked since 1986.  Over the years I have had secondary employment as a Medical Social Worker for a Dialysis Center and a Mediator for the Allegany County Court system.  I have served on a number of Board of Directors, most notably the Western Maryland Foodbank. 

I have lived in Allegany County since coming to Frostburg for college after high school in Montgomery County Maryland where I grew up.  I enjoy riding my bike, travel and serving at my church.  I love social work for the diversity of opportunity and how well it fits with my life choices. 

 


Staff

 

Connie Capacchione

Administrative Assistant II

Connie Capacchione

Office: Framptom 206D
Phone: 301.687.7497
Email: ccapacchione@frostburg.edu

 

CONTACT

Dr. Nancy Giunta
Chair, Department of Social Work
Framptom 206C
301.687.4695
nmgiunta@frostburg.edu