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At Emmanuel, classes are small enough for your professor to know who you are and what's important to you. Read our faculty biographies below to find out who they are and what's important to them.

Full-Time Faculty

Giovanna Albertini
Special Instructor of Foreign Languages
B.A., Universita of Sapienza, Rome; M.A., cand. Ph.D., Boston University

Jose Alvarez-Fernandez
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Helen E. Ahearn, R.N., C.S.
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S., St. Joseph's College; M.S., Boston University

M. Diane Arathuzik, A.P.R.N., B.C.
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Boston College; M.S., Boston College; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Gouri Banerjee
Associate Professor of Information Technology
B.A., University of Delhi; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Joyce F. Benenson
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.S., Duke University; Ph.D., Harvard University

Jennifer Bortle
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., State University of West Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Duquesne University

Stace Budzko
Special Instructor of Writing
B.A., St. Michael's College; M.F.A., Emerson College

Catherine Simpson Bueker
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D. Brown University

Geraldine Chalykoff
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N, M.S.N, Boston College; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

Christopher Craig
Special Instructor of English
B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston; M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University

G. Douglas Crandall
Professor of Biology
B.A., Middlebury College; M.S., University of Vermont; Ph.D., Indiana University

Mirtha Crisóstomo
Associate Professor of Management
B.S., Salve Regina College; M.Ed., Boston College; M.B.A., Babson College; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Boston

Paige Curran
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.A., Suffolk University; Ph.D. candidate, Suffolk University

Daniel H. DeGooyer, Jr.
Assistant Professor of English
B.S., University of Utah, M.A., University of Montana; Ph.D., University of Iowa

Raymond J. Devettere
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., St. John's Seminary; Ph.L., Ph.D., University of Louvain

Deirdre Donovan
Special Instructor of Mathematics
B.S., Boston College; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Matthew Elliott
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Catholic University of America; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Timothy Evans
Special Instructor of Music/ Music Coordinator
B.A., Bryan College; M.M., Michigan State University

Lisa Falvey
Assistant Professor of English
B.S., Russell Sage College; M.A., William Patterson University; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jennifer Nepper Fiebig
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., California State University, Northridge; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., University of Munich (LMU)

Britta Fischer
Professor of Sociology
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis

Cynthia Fowler
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston; A.L.M, Harvard University Extension School; Ph.D., University of Delaware

Scott R. Gagnon
Co-Chair, Department of Performance Arts
Assistant Professor of Performance Arts
B.A., Bridgewater State College; M.A., Emerson College

Sister Ellen Glavin, SND
Professor of Art
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Marie E. Gurry
Assistant Professor of Information Technology
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.Mus., Hartt College of Music; M.Ed., Lesley College

Elizabeth Hale
Special Instructor of Education
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Columbia University's Teachers College

Ann Helwege
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo

Patricia Herlihy
Louise Doherty Wyant Professor
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Mary E. Hines
Professor of Theology
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.A., University of St. Michael's College; Ph.D., University of St. Michael's College

Sister Karen Hokanson, SND
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., Salem State College; M.Ed., Boston University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell

Christine H. Jaworek-Lopes
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Ph.D., Tufts University

Sister Mary Johnson, SND
Chair, Department of Sociology
Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies/Director of the Center for Mission and Spirituality
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Laura Johnston
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of Virginia; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Boston College

Maia Kelley
Special Instructor of Mathematics
B.A., St. Olaf College; M.S., Clemson University

E. Dean Kolbas
Special Instructor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., University of Kent at Canterbury; M.Phil, Ph.D., Cambridge University

Joel David Kowit
Professor of Biology
B.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Brandeis University

Josef M. Kurtz
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

Jonna Kwiatkowski
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Saint Mary's College; Ph.D., University of Maine

Reverend Thomas L. Leclerc, M.S.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Merrimack College; M.A. Washington Theological Union; Th.D., Harvard University

Joshua B. Lederman
Special Instructor of Writing
B.A., Clark University; M.F.A., Boston University

William C. Leonard
Chair, Departments of History and Political Science
Associate Professor of History
B.S., B.A., University of Massachusetts at Lowell; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Boston College

Linda Lin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., New York University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Brian Littlefield
Special Instructor of Art
B.F.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art

Michelle Maiese
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado

Paul March
Sciences Chair
Professor of Biochemistry
B.Sc., Long Island  University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Javier F. Marion
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Judith Marley
Associate Professor of Education; Dean of Graduate and Professional Programs
A.B. Boston College; M.Ed. University of Massachusetts; Ed.D. University of Massachusetts

Lenore G. Martin
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Kelly McGuire
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D. Brandeis University

Sharon McKechnie
Assistant Professor of Management
B.Sc. (Hons), Napier University; M.Sc. University of Manchester Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Boston College

Christine McKenna
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Bates College; M.A., St. Louis University; Ph.D., Syracuse University

Corinne Merritt
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston; M.Ed., Lesley University; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Boston; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Boston

Jennifer R. Michaels
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Melanie Murphy
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Simmons College; M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., Brandeis University

Megumi Naitoh|
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., San Diego State University; M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art

Marie D. Natoli
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Hunter College; J.D., Suffolk University, M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University; M.B.A., Suffolk University

Ana R. Otero
Special Biology Instructor
B.S., D.V.M., University of Leon, Spain; M.S. University of Leon; Ph.D., University of Leon

Rodica Neamtu
Special Instructor of Information Technology
M.S., University of Craiova, Romania

David Palumbo
Assistant Professor of English
B.M., Vanderbilt University; M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo; cand. Ph.D., Tufts University

Eustace A. Phillip, C.P.A.
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.S., Suffolk University; M.S.A., Bentley College

Sarah J. Pilkenton
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Virginia's College at Wyse; Ph.D., Purdue University

Caroline Reeves
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Harvard University; Diplome Superieur, University of Paris; Ph.D., Harvard University

Joan Riley, R.N.
Professor of Nursing
B.S., Boston College, M.S., Boston University, Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dawn Rose
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Emmanuel College; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University

Regina M. S. Rutter
Special Instructor of Management
B.S., Boston College; M.B.A., Suffolk University

Faina Ryvkin
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., M.S., Pedagogical University, Moscow; M.A., Ph.D., Clark University

Thomas Schnauber
Co-Chair, Department of Performance Arts
Assistant Professor of Performance Arts
B.Mus., University of Southern California; M.Mus., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Adv. Stud. Cert. SMPTV

Arlyn Sanchez Silva
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Kimberly Eretzian Smirles
Chair, Department of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Jonathan Paul Sydnor
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., University of Virginia; M.Div., Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston College

Kimberly Santucci Sofronas
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Kathleen A. Soles
Chair, Department of Art
Professor of Art
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.F.A., American University

Michael St. Clair
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Boston College; M.A., Trinity College; M.Th., Woodstock College; Ph.D., Boston University

Lisa M. Stepanski
Chair, Department of English
Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Diana Stork
Chair, Department of Management & Economics
Associate Professor of Management
A.B., Oberlin College; A.M., Oberlin College; M.B.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Columbia University

Cheryl Tano
Special Instructor of Foreign Languages
B.S., Salem State College; M.A., Boston College; cand. Ph.D., Boston University

Rosemary Barton Tobin
Professor of Education
B.A., Smith College; M.A.T., Harvard University; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Boston College

Matthew A. Tom
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University

Jeanne Trubek
Chair, Departments of Mathematics and Information Technology
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.S., Ph.D., Northeastern University

Petros Vamvakas
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Suffolk University; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Boston University

Jaime Vidaurrazaga
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Peru; Licencia en filosofia, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru; S.T.B., Centro de Estudos Superiores da Companhia de Jesus, Brazil; S.T.L., Weston Jesuit School of Theology; Ph.D., Boston College

Thomas F. Wall
Chair, Department of Philosophy
Professor of Philosophy
B.S., College of the Holy Cross; M.A., Ph.D., Boston College

Bette F. Weiss
Professor of Biology
B.S., Simmons College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ann K. Wetherilt
Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Seattle University; M.A., Episcopal Divinity School; M.Phil., Ph.D., Union Theological Seminary

Todd Williams
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Springfield College; M.S., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Florida State University

Part-Time Faculty

Mark Baard
Special Instructor of Journalism
B.S., Syracuse University

Stephan Jacobs
Special Instructor of Art
B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute; M.F.A, Massachusetts College of Art

Emily Parsons
Special Instructor of Art
B.A., Emmanuel College; M.A., The George Washington University

Emeriti

Richard Beauchesne, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies

Jerry Bernhard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of English

Philip Cash, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of History

Louise Gadbois Cash, M.Mus.
Professor Emeritus of Performance Arts

John Cusack, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of History

Sister Barbara Eaton, SND, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Henry P. Guertin-Ouellete, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Eugene J. Isotti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Carson C. Johnson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Pilar Latorre, M.A.
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Spanish

F. Donald Logan, M.S.D.
Professor Emeritus of History

Rose Irma Lynch, M.A.
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Chemistry

Sister Marietta Mahoney, SND, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies

Mary G. Mason, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of English

Patricia S. McNally, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Education

Sister Elizabeth Michaels, SND, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics

Theresa Monaco, M.F.A.
Professor Emeritus of Art

Sister Lillian Morris, SND, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of German

Sister Grace Pizzimenti, SND, Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish