Faculty

From core fundamentals to advanced artistry, our faculty equips students with the skills, confidence, and industry insight needed to succeed.

Faculty Directory

Joan Reilly

Executive Assistant

Our Institute Directors provide the leadership and vision that shape the student experience from day one. With extensive industry and educational backgrounds, they uphold the highest standards in technical training, professionalism, and guest service. They help create an environment where students feel supported, challenged, and prepared for real-world success in the beauty industry.

Jill Fischetti

Senior Institute Director                University City + Neshaminy Mall

Our Institute Directors provide the leadership and vision that shape the student experience from day one. With extensive industry and educational backgrounds, they uphold the highest standards in technical training, professionalism, and guest service. They help create an environment where students feel supported, challenged, and prepared for real-world success in the beauty industry.

Deena Gabel

Institute Director                                    Queen Village

Our Director of Financial Aid & Student Services is dedicated to helping students navigate the practical side of their education with clarity and confidence. From understanding financial aid options to supporting student resources, they ensure each student feels informed, supported, and empowered throughout their journey. With a commitment to transparency, guidance, and personalized support, they play a key role in removing barriers and helping students stay focused on what matters most, building their future in the beauty industry.

Melissa Crowley

Director of Financial Aid &                Student Services

Our Assistant Institute Directors play a vital role in supporting the leadership and vision that shape the student experience from day one. With strong industry and educational backgrounds, they help uphold the highest standards in technical training, professionalism, and guest service. Working closely with faculty and leadership, they foster an environment where students feel supported, motivated, and fully prepared for real-world success in the beauty industry.

Gabbi Zampirri

Assistant Institute Director          University City

Our Assistant Institute Directors play a vital role in supporting the leadership and vision that shape the student experience from day one. With strong industry and educational backgrounds, they help uphold the highest standards in technical training, professionalism, and guest service. Working closely with faculty and leadership, they foster an environment where students feel supported, motivated, and fully prepared for real-world success in the beauty industry.

Alyssa Mellon

Assistant Institute Director          Neshaminy Mall

Jessica Ponzo

Director of Admissions

Our Admissions Representatives are often the first friendly faces you’ll meet on your journey into the beauty industry. We are here to answer your questions, walk you through our programs, and help you explore whether a career in beauty is the right fit for you. Our team is committed to making the enrollment process simple, supportive, and exciting. Your dream career starts with a conversation, and we're ready to have it with you.
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Miranda Torrance

Admissions Representative        Neshaminy Mall

Our Admissions Representatives are often the first friendly faces you’ll meet on your journey into the beauty industry. We are here to answer your questions, walk you through our programs, and help you explore whether a career in beauty is the right fit for you. Our team is committed to making the enrollment process simple, supportive, and exciting. Your dream career starts with a conversation, and we're ready to have it with you.
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Sydney Paneth

Admissions Representative                Queen Village

Our Admissions Representatives are often the first friendly faces you’ll meet on your journey into the beauty industry. We are here to answer your questions, walk you through our programs, and help you explore whether a career in beauty is the right fit for you. Our team is committed to making the enrollment process simple, supportive, and exciting. Your dream career starts with a conversation, and we're ready to have it with you.
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Rachel Carpino

Admissions Inquiry Representative University City

Our Admissions Representatives are often the first friendly faces you’ll meet on your journey into the beauty industry. We are here to answer your questions, walk you through our programs, and help you explore whether a career in beauty is the right fit for you. Our team is committed to making the enrollment process simple, supportive, and exciting. Your dream career starts with a conversation, and we're ready to have it with you.
Apply Now!

Katie Benner

Admissions Representative          University City

Our Admissions Representatives are often the first friendly faces you’ll meet on your journey into the beauty industry. We are here to answer your questions, walk you through our programs, and help you explore whether a career in beauty is the right fit for you. Our team is committed to making the enrollment process simple, supportive, and exciting. Your dream career starts with a conversation, and we're ready to have it with you.
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Bianca Caldwell

Admissions Representative 

After graduating from Estudiar University with a MA in Communications, Rachel Gomez served as the director of Freshman and Transfer Programs before becoming the Vice President for Student Affairs. Holding both a BA and MA degree in Communications from Estudiar University, Rachel Gomez has spent much of her professional life at the College.

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Rachel Gomez

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Franklin Doyle is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Behavioral Psychology Research, the premier honorary organization for scientists working at the interface of behavior and medicine, and he has been appointed to serve on two consensus committees at the Estudiar Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Outside of the academy, Doyle’s research has been cited in several amicus curiae briefs.

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Franklin Doyle

Assistant Professor of History

Rodney Estrada is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Estudiar University. She has published over 125 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, which have appeared in leading journals.Before coming to Estudiar, Rodney earned a B.A. from Carleton College (2006), an M.F.A. in philosophy from New York University (2010), and a Ph.D. in Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015).

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Rodney Estrada

Lecturer in Philosophy

Calvin Foster is BA Journalism course leader and I teaches on the BA and the MA Magazine and MA journalism courses. He currently leads four modules – level 6 International Journalism Special Study, level 5 Journalism Research Paper, level 4 Journalism and the Wider World and MA Feature Writing. I also teach MA ethics and on a foundation module. Before joining Estudiar, he spent two decades working full time as a journalist including ten years at the Independent newspaper.

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Calvin Foster

Lecturer in Journalism

Professor Eva Willis received her Ph.D. from Cornell in 2005 and began teaching at Princeton, coming to Estudiar in 2009. Her interests include philosophy of mind and moral psychology, the nature of testimony, aesthetics and the philosophy of literature, and the later Wittgenstein. Eva Willis has recently taught courses on the above topics, and on speech-acts, philosophy of action, self-consciousness and intersubjectivity, and Marcel Proust.

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Eva Willis

Assistant Professor of Science and Philosophy

Hester Cox received her PhD from the University of Wisconsin, after which she taught at Illinois State University for three years before coming to Estudiar. Her research interests are in the areas of social and political philosophy and ethics. Her most sustained research projects concern political liberalism and political legitimacy, educational justice, and the gendered division of labor.

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Hester Cox

Professor of Politics

Cordelia Nichols is the Chair and Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Estudiar and a Professorial Fellow at University College. Before that she was a professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States. She has held visiting positions at the University of California, Los Angeles philosophy department and at the University of Chicago Law School. 

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Cordelia Nichols

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Luke Robertson is an intellectual historian specializing in twentieth-century Europe. He earned his BA in Mathematics and History at the University of Cambridge, and his PhD at Harvard University. Before coming to Estudiar, he taught for a decade at Drew University. Baring has held fellowships from the National Endowment of the Humanities, the ACLS, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. At Estudiar he holds a joint appointment with the University Center for Human Values.

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Luke Robertson

Assistant Professor of History

Eleanor Parsons is a Professor in the Philosophy Department at Estudiar University. Her research interests include decision theory, social choice theory, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Her book Risk and Rationality (2013) concerns how an individual ought to take risk into account when making decisions. It vindicates the ordinary decision-maker from the point of view of even ideal rationality.

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Eleanor Parsons

Lecturer in Philosophy

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