Faculty & Staff

Bryan and his wife Kim are proud of their four daughters, all alumnae of Westminster: Olivia ’15, Sophia ’17, Alayna ’19 and Isabella ’22. Bryan enjoys spending time with his family, reading, writing, watching movies, all things Batman-related, and playing squash and pickup basketball. He also coaches junior varsity baseball. Bryan and Kim live in a faculty home on campus.

After graduating from Suffield Academy, Matt earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at the University of Hartford, where he graduated summa cum laude and earned distinction for his work within the sociology department. As a native of West Hartford, Conn., he worked as a community organizer throughout college, mentoring students at St. Timothy Middle School and in the greater Hartford area.

 

Before Westminster, Matt served three years at Hamden Hall Country Day School as a humanities teacher and coach. He has a passion for curriculum development and created a signature course, Human Rights and Equity, before redesigning the U.S. History Honors curriculum. While at Hamden Hall, he was awarded a grant for graduate work in education at Fordham University and Harvard Business School.

 

At Westminster, Matt teaches humanities in the history department. He also coaches and is a dorm parent in Squibb Hall. His interests include rooting for Notre Dame football, watching movies, reading, and spending time with his family throughout the year.

Rebeccah brings experience serving eight years as an adjunct professor of architecture at the University of Hartford to her teaching responsibilities at Westminster. While at the University of Hartford, she founded the Department of Architecture’s design/build program; expanded and managed the 3D printing, digital fabrication and laser lab; and curated accreditation gallery exhibits. In 2013, she received the university’s Sustained Excellence in Teaching Award. She has also been the managing partner of Rebeccah Tuscano-Moss Design/Build in East Haddam, Conn., for 20 years, where she is responsible for the design and production of custom housing projects. Prior to that, she was the managing partner with Tuscano-Moss and Abate LLC in New Britain, Conn., for three years, where she managed the design and production of custom-designed projects. She has served as job captain with Barry Svigals and Associates, Herbert Newman and Partners, both of New Haven, Conn., and the Maguire Group of New Britain. 
 
In the last several years, Rebeccah has traveled extensively, delivering papers and lecturing on her continued research and writing in the areas of “beginning design,” the pedagogy of how young architecture students process artistic concepts and the significance of “design build” education in the architectural studio.