Our Faculty

Background

Mary Muscari is a Bartle Professor in the Division of Nursing at Binghamton University's Decker College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She retired from regular faculty service in 2024, at the rank of associate professor, after 16 years with the University. 

Muscari holds a diploma as a registered nurse from Cochran School of Nursing. She also completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Pace University along with a master’s degree in pediatric nursing from Columbia University, a master’s degree in criminology from Regis University, a post-masters certificate in psychiatric nursing from Adelphi University and a post-masters certificate in forensic nursing from Duquesne University. She also holds a doctorate in nursing from Adelphi.

Muscari is nationally recognized as a pediatric nurse practitioner, psychiatric clinical specialist and forensic nursing clinical specialist. She has over 40 years of experience working with forensic clients, including adult and pediatric victims and perpetrators. Additionally, she has been a consulting criminologist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for more than 18 years.

At Decker College, Muscari coordinated the undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs in forensic health and taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Muscari has published over 150 publications, including books like “Everything Parents Guide to Raising Adolescent Girls,” “Everything Parents Guide to Raising Adolescent Boys,” “Let Kids be Kids: Rescuing Childhood,” “Not My Kid: 21 Steps to Raising a Non-Violent Kid” and “Not My Kid 2: Protecting Your Children from the 21 Threats of the 21st Century.”

She has also authored articles in Pediatric Nursing Review, “Quick Reference to Child and Adolescent Forensics,” “Quick Reference to Adult and Older Adult Forensics” (an AJN Book of the Year Winner) and “Child Behavioral and Parenting Challenges for Advanced Practice Nurses.”

Education

• PhD in nursing, Adelphi University
• MS in pediatric nursing, Columbia University
• MS in criminology, Regis University
• Post-masters certificate in psychiatric nursing, Adelphi University
• Post-masters certificate in forensic nursing, Duquesne University
• BS in nursing, Pace University
• RN, Cochran School of Nursing

Research Interests

• Children and adolescents as victims/perpetrators of violence
• Sexual offending
• Mass violence

Clinical Interests

• Children and adolescents as victims/perpetrators of violence
• Sexual offending

Teaching Interests

• Advanced practice psychiatric nursing
• Forensic pediatrics
• Victimology
• Criminal psychopathology
• Sexual offending and victimization