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FACULTY AND STAFF<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Administrative Faculty and Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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William Talley, RhD, MRC, CRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chair \/ Professor \/ Affiliate Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling<\/strong>
Office: Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1113
Phone: 410.651.6262
Email: wbtalley@umes.edu <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mrs. Kristee Deal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Administrative Assistant<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1118
Phone: 410.651.6314
Email: kadeal@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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H\u00e9ctor Jos\u00e9 Vel\u00e1zquez-Gonz\u00e1lez, PhD, MSS, CRC, B-CTP-II<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor \/ Graduate Program Coordinator \/ CACREP Accreditation Lead \/ Core Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1110
Phone: 410.651.7658
Email: hjvelazquezgonzalez@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leslie Santos-Rom\u00e1n, PhD, MRC, LCPC, CRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor \/ Graduate Clinical Coordinator \/ CACREP Liaison \/ Core Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1115
Phone: 410.651.6004
Email: lsantos@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bryan Gere, PhD, MS, MBA, LCPC, CRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor \/ Core Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1067
Phone: 410.651.6379
Email: bogere@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Veronica Umeasiegbu, PhD, MRC, LPC, CRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor \/ Core Faculty MS in Rehabilitation Counseling<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1109
Phone: 410.651.6588
Email: viumeasiegbu@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Lisa Zheng, PhD, MRC, CRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1116
Phone: 410.621.3022
Email: lzheng@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kutresa Lankford-Purnell, MS, LCADC, CRC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer \/ Undergraduate Clinical Coordinator<\/strong> \/ Affiliate Faculty Rehabilitation Counseling<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1112
Phone: 410.651.7166
Email: klankfordpurnell@umes.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jonathan Blackmon, MS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lecturer \/ Sign Language Interpreter <\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1114
Phone: 410.621.3372
Email: jcblackmon@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thelma Orr, MS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Adjunct Professor<\/strong>
Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062
Phone: 410.651.6262
Email: tmorr@umes.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Administrative Faculty and Staff William Talley, RhD, MRC, CRC Chair \/ Professor \/ Affiliate Faculty Rehabilitation CounselingOffice: Richard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1113Phone: 410.651.6262Email: wbtalley@umes.edu Mrs. Kristee Deal Administrative AssistantRichard Hazel Hall Suite 1062 \/ Room 1118Phone: 410.651.6314Email: kadeal@umes.edu M.S. Rehabilitation Counseling Undergraduate Programs…Read more Faculty<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1272,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-3027","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1272"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/rehab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=3027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}