Cheryl Desmond, PhD

Cheryl T. Desmond, PhD, is a Democratic member of the Lancaster Board of Directors in Pennsylvania, having won the general election on November 3, 2015.

Dr. Desmond obtained her bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College. She went on to earn her master’s degree and her doctorate degree from Syracuse University. She is currently a professor emerita from Educational Foundations at Millersville University.

She recently co-wrote Wellness Works in Schools: The practice and research of a mindfulness program in urban middle schools, which is a chapter in the “Handbook of Mindfulness-Based Programmes.”