
FACULTY AND STAFF
Administrative Faculty and Staff

William Talley, RhD, MRC, CRC
Chair / Professor / Affiliate Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling
Office: Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1113
Phone: 410.651.6262
Email: wbtalley@umes.edu

Mrs. Kristee Deal
Administrative Assistant
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1118
Phone: 410.651.6314
Email: kadeal@umes.edu
M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling

Héctor José Velázquez-González, PhD, MSS, CRC, B-CTP-II
Associate Professor / Graduate Program Coordinator / CACREP Accreditation Lead / Core Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1110
Phone: 410.651.7658
Email: hjvelazquezgonzalez@umes.edu

Leslie Santos-Román, PhD, MRC, LCPC, CRC
Associate Professor / Graduate Clinical Coordinator / CACREP Liaison / Core Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1115
Phone: 410.651.6004
Email: lsantos@umes.edu

Bryan Gere, PhD, MS, MBA, LCPC, CRC
Associate Professor / Core Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1067
Phone: 410.651.6379
Email: bogere@umes.edu

Veronica Umeasiegbu, PhD, MRC, LPC, CRC
Professor / Core Faculty MS in Rehabilitation Counseling
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1109
Phone: 410.651.6588
Email: viumeasiegbu@umes.edu
Undergraduate Programs

Lisa Zheng, PhD, MRC, CRC
Associate Professor
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1116
Phone: 410.621.3022
Email: lzheng@umes.edu

Kutresa Lankford-Purnell, MS, LCADC, CRC
Lecturer / Undergraduate Clinical Coordinator / Affiliate Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1112
Phone: 410.651.7166
Email: klankfordpurnell@umes.edu

Jonathan Blackmon, MS
Lecturer / Sign Language Interpreter
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 / Room 1114
Phone: 410.621.3372
Email: jcblackmon@umes.edu

Thelma Orr, MS
Adjunct Professor
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062
Phone: 410.651.6262
Email: tmorr@umes.edu

