CCSJ Staff

The Center for Community Service and Justice staff oversees all aspects of service-related activities on campus including community service opportunities, service-learning, Community Service Council (CSC), immersion programs and post-college service.

Robin Crews, Ph.D.
Director, Service-Learning
Contact: 410-617 2112 or rcrews@loyola.edu

Education: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder; B.A. in English, University of California at Berkeley
Work Experience: Extensive professional experience in peace studies both domestically and internationally; taught at Goucher College, University of Colorado at Boulder, Haverford College and Bethel College; directed service-learning at University of Colorado at Boulder; managed the first web sites and discussion groups for peace studies and service-learning; published two books on service-learning
Interests: Nonviolent social change, writing, working with my hands, music, travel and being outside in nature

Carol Cyphers
Office Manager
Contact: 410-617 2489 or ccyphers@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Business Administration, College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Work Experience: Consumer banking, raising a family of four
Interests: Reading, family and healthy living

Margarita Dubocq
Assistant Director, Poverty Concerns and Faith Connections
Contact: 410-617 5352 or mdubocq@loyola.edu

Education: M.S. in Counseling in College Student Affairs, Creighton University; B.S.B.A. in Marketing, Finance and International Business, Creighton University
Work Experience: Coordinated international service-learning and immersion programs in the Dominican Republic; worked in various Student Affairs departments as an undergraduate and graduate student
Interests: Working with college students, service, Ignatian spirituality, Latin dancing and spending time with friends and family

Malia Lien
Program Coordinator, Communications
Contact: 410-617 2072 or clien@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Business Administration, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan; M.A. in Human Resources Management, The University of Hull, Hull, UK; M.A. in Spiritual and Pastoral Care, Loyola College in Maryland, Maryland, USA
Work Experience: Management consulting; pastoral service for mentally challenged people; hospital chaplaincy
Interests: Traveling, spending time with my family, service and spirituality, singing and listening to music

Megan Linz Dickinson
Assistant Director, Service-Learning
Contact: 410-617 2092 or mlinz@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Writing and Studio Art, Loyola College in Maryland; M.S. in Sociology, Clemson University
Work Experience: Coordinated homeless children's program as a Jesuit Volunteer; advocated around health care and homelessness policy in Baltimore and D.C.; experience with urban and rural poverty in Baltimore, Oregon and South Carolina
Interests: Social change, family, creating art, writing, swimming, traveling and learning new things

(Mary) Andrea Goicochea
Assistant Director, International Immersions and Justice Education
Contact: 410-617 5823 or mgoicochea@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Social Welfare, Morgan State University
Work Experience: 2 years in Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic; 15 years with Maryknoll Lay Missioners; 6 years  in Venezuela with Maryknoll
Interests: Human rights, global and local justice, urban/rural poverty, international folkdance and arts and crafts

Sr. Catherine (Missy) Gugerty, SSND
Director
Contact: 410-617 2380 or cgugerty@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Sociology, College of Notre Dame of Maryland; M.S. in Pastoral Counseling, Loyola College in Maryland; Certificate in Non-Profit Management
Work Experience: 10+ years with persons who were poor and/or homeless (meal and shelter programs, counseling); 12+ years working in college community service program
Interests: Poverty, homelessness and mental health, Maine, Ireland and Irish things, kayaking, biking and spending time with niece and nephews

Christina Harrison
Associate Director, Immersion Programs and Education
Contact: 410-617 2771 or csharrison@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Anthropology, Latin American Studies, Secondary Education, Western Michigan University; M.S.W. in Community Organizing, University of Michigan
Work Experience: Services for adults with developmental disabilities; international education (university-level study abroad); rural health education and migrant issues
Interests: Social change, Latino issues, hiking/backpacking, biking and playing with my family

Marya Howell
Associate Director, Administration & Ongoing Service
Contact: 410-617 2638 or mhowell@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in English, Davidson College; M.A. in Higher Education, Stanford University
Work experience: 1 year in Ecuador teaching English; taught high school government and history in D.C.; directed Women’s Center, Stanford U; residential life at university level; Latino issues through an information and referral service for immigrants
Interests: Singing, dancing, hiking/backpacking and being a mother

Dennis McCunney
Assistant Director, Student Staff Development
Contact: 410-617 2909 or dmccunney@loyola.edu

Education: B.A. in Philosophy, Loyola College in Maryland; M.Div., Weston Jesuit School of Theology
Work Experience: Taught high school biology for 1 year in Milwaukee as a Capuchin volunteer; worked in public relations at Lutheran World Relief; served as a campus minister for 2 years at Canisius College in Buffalo
Interests: Spending time with my family, motorcycles, outdoor activities, environmental issues, writing, service and spirituality and baseball

Graduate Assistant

The Center for Community Service and Justice (CCSJ) hires four Graduate Assistants each year who work within the context of CCSJ, which engages students and the broader Loyola community in education through service for a just and equitable world. Each position provides support to specific programs and complements the work of the Center.

• Nathalie Savell - One-time Programs - ext. 5632
• Emily Dewlin - Service-Learning - ext. 5522
• Francis A. Bonadio - International Outreach - ext. 5650
• Elizabeth Waters - Spring Break Outreach - ext. 5632

CCSJ Student Staff 2009 - 2010

The student staff in the Center for Community Service and Justice is an essential part of the office and acts as the “hands and feet” of all the community service programming, coordination, recruiting and education for members of the Loyola community. There are four types of student positions with differing responsibilities:

• Service Coordinator
• Student Program Assistant
• Creative Assistant
• Student Assistant

Service Coordinator (SC)

Service Coordinators are part-time paid staff who help students connect with a service opportunity. They also organize training and orientation sessions, facilitate reflection about service experiences and help make transportation arrangements.

Student Program Assistant (SPA)

These students serve in a leadership role within a specific CCSJ-affiliated service program or overall programs. Student Program Assistants provide the necessary support to volunteers to ensure that they have a meaningful learning experience. This includes communicating with the agency, facilitating the placement and transportation of volunteers and helping volunteers to reflect on their experiences by thinking about the broader social justice issues inherent at their site. Student Program Assistants are also expected to participate in full staff and supervisory meetings when appropriate throughout the academic year.

Creative Assistant (CA)
ccsjpub@loyola.edu

These students' primary roles are generating, revising and further enhancing publicity materials of the Center as necessary.  This includes maintaining an adequate stock of publicity materials, and being assigned to specific project tasks by the fulltime staff and service coordinators. The main goal is to support CCSJ in striving to establish an identity of commitment to service in the Loyola community.

• Ayla Badell (Spring)
• Julie-Anne Sayo (Fall)
• Lauren Webster
  

Student Assistant (SA)
ccsjsa@loyola.edu

Student Assistants offer both hospitality and guidance to all who visit the office and support the work of CCSJ full-time and student colleagues. They work closely with Program Coordinators to make sure the office is running smoothly and effectively.

• Samantha (Sammy Jo) Baker
• Jaclyn Departo
• Eugenio Esquivel
• Virginia Gordon
• Alexander McDowell
• Marie McSweeney
• Christina Mozeleski
• Megan Murphy
• Kylee Piper
• Silvana (Sissy) Pedra Nobre
• Jillian Shropshire (Fall)
• Mary Beth Walsh

Drop by Cohn Hall or call ext. 2380 for information, guidance, support and assistance.