Faculty and Staff
Bernice A. Mills
Dental Hygiene Program Director
Coleman 118
Phone: 207-221-4314
Fax: 207-221-4889
Email: bmills@une.edu
Expertise
Interest in identifying predictors of success for dental hygiene students.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Predicting Student Success in a Three Year Degree Dental Hygiene Program Using a Practical Programmatic Model.
Mary Aube
Phone: 207-221-4319
Email: maube@une.edu
Ruth Collard
Phone: 207 221-4317
Email: rcollard@une.edu
Jeff Doss
Adjunct Professor
Phone: 207-221-4277/4278
Email: jdoss@une.edu
Lisa A. Dufour
Professor
Hersey Hall 321
Phone: 207-221-4313
Email: ldufour@une.edu
Expertise
Periodontology: theory and non-surgical therapy; bi-directional relationships between chronic periodontal infection and systemic diseases; oral hygiene management of the medically compromised individual.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Reviewing the link between periodontal infection and systemic illnesses; non-surgical periodontal therapy; oral hygiene and clinical management of the medically compromised individual; early childhood caries.
Eileen Dunfey
Clinical Instructor
Coleman 102
Phone: 207-221-4470
Email: edunfey@une.edu
Marji Harmer-Beem
Associate Professor
Hersey Hall 324
Phone: 207-221-4315
Email: mharmerbeem@une.edu
Expertise
Advanced clinical dental hygiene practice and clincal periodontology, health ethics, and the legal, ethical, and prevention aspects of child abuse, elder abuse, and family violence; herbal medicines.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Ethics and critical thinking education, ethics course creation through development methodology, model development, and interdisciplinary collaboration; legal, ethical, and prevention aspects of child abuse, elder abuse and family violence; 2002 UNE Faculty Grant to investigate the use of herbal/ alternative medicines in the dental hygiene clinic. Predicting success on the NBDHE using early course grades in the major.
Laura Krause
Associate Professor
Coleman
Phone: 207-221-4470
Email: lkrause@une.edu
Lionel Vachon
Clinical Assistant Professor
Phone: 207-221-4249
Email: lvachon@une.edu
Jane Walsh
Assistant Professor
Coleman 103
Phone: 207-221-4318
Email: jwalsh@une.edu
Expertise
I have practiced and continue to practice dental hygiene in a generall practice setting. My teaching experience includes dental radiology and dental materials as well as hygiene theory classes for the sophomore class.
Patty Farrar
Coleman 109
Phone: 207-221-4277
Fax: 207-221-4889
Email: pfarrar@une.edu
Charlene Hebert
Coleman 110
Phone: 207-221-4278
Fax: 207-221-4889
Email: chebert@une.edu
Janet Lefebvre
Phone: 207-221-4471
Email: jlefebvre2@une.edu
Barbara Norton
Phone: 207-221-4471
Email: bnorton@une.edu
