Faculty and Staff
Peter Buffington, PT, DPT, SCS
Clinic Director
Physical Therapy
Location: Health Center & Pharmacy
Room: 114
E-mail: Peter.Buffington@ucf.edu
Amy Buford, MEd
Senior Academic Success Coach
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Location: HS II
Room: 101H
E-mail: amy.buford@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-4814
Steven Burroughs, MS, RDN, LDN, CDN
Instructor
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
E-mail: Steven.Burroughs@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Critical Care Nutrition Support
- Energy and Protein Metabolism and Regulation
- Nutritional Management of Chronic Diseases
Felicia Bussie
Administrative Assistant I
Communication Disorders Clinic, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Location: Innovative Center
Suite: 500
E-mail: felicia.bussie@ucf.edu
Lima Caban
Assistant Director of Academic Success Coaching
Dean's Office
Location: HS II
E-mail: brenda.caban@ucf.edu
Phone: 407-823-0010
Cheryl Cavaliere, Ph.D., MS, RDN, LDN, DipACLM
Lecturer
Health Sciences
Location: HS II
Room: 210D
E-mail: Cheryl.Cavaliere@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Nutrition for Prenatal and Lactating Women
- Nutrition for Children and Infants
- Plant-Based Nutrition for Chronic Disease Prevention
- Stress and Emotional Eating
- Strategies for Resolving Food Insecurity
- Food and Exercise as Medicine
Reshawna Chapple, Ph.D., MSW, LCSW
Associate Professor
Social Work
Location: HS I
Room: 252
E-mail: rchapple@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-2958
Areas of Specialty:
- Critical Deaf Studies
- Critical Race Feminism and Intersectionality
- Culturally Responsive Mental Health Treatment and Access to Services
- Intimate Partner Violence and Trauma Recovery
- Qualitative Methods
- Telemental Health
- Informed Care
Meredith Chaput, Ph.D., PT, DPT, SCS
Assistant Professor
Exercise Physiology & Rehabilitation Science, Physical Therapy
Location: HS I
Room: 255A
E-mail: meredith.chaput@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Neuroplasticity from musculoskeletal injury
- Visual-cognition and attention
- Sport performance
Summer Chen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Social Work
E-mail: chen.xiayu@ucf.edu
Areas of Specialty:
- Cognitive Health and Caregiving
- Health Disparities among racial and ethnic minority older adults
- Digital Intervention
- Digital Equity
