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Faculty

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

Jacqueline Alfonso Barry
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.S., University of Central Florida; B.A., Florida International University

Benjamin Allen
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D, Boston University; M.A. Bryn Mawr College; B.A., Haverford College

Jose Ignacio Álvarez-Fernández
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Michigan State; M.A., B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

Mark Baard
Lecturer, English
B.S., Syracuse University

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

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

Lisa Krissoff Boehm
Senior Associate Dean; Professor of History
Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington; M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Northwestern University

Stace Budzko
Lecturer, English
M.F.A., Emerson College; B.A., St. Michael's College;

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

Liliana Busconi
Lecturer, Biology
Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.

Monique-Adelle Callahan
Assistant Professor of English & Global Studies
Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University; B.A. Wellesley College

Dane J. Cash
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Boston University (Fall 2011); M.A., Boston University; B.A., Ithaca College

Patricia Clarke
Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.B.A., University of Illinois; B.A., Lawrence University

David Andrew Corcoran
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., Univeristy of New Mexico; M.A., Salem State University; B.A., University of Southern Maine; B.S., Bentley University

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

Padraig Deighan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Rose De Luca
Lecturer, Sociology
Ph.D. candidate, Brandeis University; M.A., Boston College; B.A., LaSalle University

Nola Della-Monica
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., Boston College; M.S.N., California State University, Dominguez Hills; B.S., San Francisco State University; Diploma, Mercy Hospital School of Nursing

Yulia Dementieva
Chair, Departments of Mathematics and Information Technology
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., St. Petersburg State University, Russia

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

Chad Diehl
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Montana State University

Jim Doherty
Assistant Professor of Accounting
M.S., Bentley College; B.A., Merrimack College

Deirdre Donovan
Lecturer, Mathematics
Ph.D., candidate, M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Lowell; B.S., Boston College

Erich Doubek
Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art and Design; B.F.A., University of Connecticut

Matthew Elliott
Chair, Department of English
Associate Professor of English
Coordinator of American Studies
Ph.D., M.A., University of Maryland, College Park; B.A., Catholic University of America

Fathi El-Shihibi
Visiting Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A. Northeastern University; B.A. Benghazi University

Timothy Evans
Lecturer, Performing Arts
M.M., Michigan State University; B.A., Bryan College

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

Jeffrey Fortin
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., M.A., The University of New Hampshire; B.A., Boston University

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

Janese Free
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A., Northeastern University; B.A., Gettysburg College

Scott R. Gagnon
Assistant Professor of Performing Arts
M.A., Emerson College; B.A., Bridgewater State College

Aren Gerdon
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Hanover College 

Emily Parsons Gould
Lecturer, Art
M.A., George Washington University; B.A., Emmanuel College

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

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

Fiona Hughes-McDonnell 
Associate Professor of Science Education
Director, Center for Science Education 
Ed.D., Harvard University; M.A., Tufts University; B.A., University of New Hampshire

Janice Bell Meisenhelder
Professor of Nursing
DNSc, Boston University; MS, Medical-Surgical Nursing, Boston University; BS, Nursing, Wagner College

Terri Jabaley
Instructor of Nursing
Ph.D. candidate at University of Massachusetts, Lowell; M.S.N., Emory University; B.S.N., University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Stephan Jacobs
Lecturer, Art
M.F.A, Massachusetts College of Art and Design; B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute

Michael Jarvinen
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Dartmouth College; M.S., Purdue University; B.A., University of Michigan

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

Shuyi Jiang
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Suffolk University; B.A., Tianjin Polytechnic University

Laurie Johnston
 Assistant Professor of Theology & Religious Studies
Director, Scholarships and Fellowships Program
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; B.A., University of Virginia

Zachary Kaiser
Lecturer of Art
M.F.A. (expected May 2013), Massachusetts College of Art and Design; B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kelly Kasic
Lecturer of Management & Economics
M.A., University of Colorado; B.S,  St. John Fisher College

Maia Kelley
 Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., Clemson University; B.A., St. Olaf College, A.A.S., Illinois Central College

E. Dean Kolbas
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., M.Phil., Cambridge University (England); M.A., University of Kent at Canterbury (England); B.A., University of Southern California

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

Katrin Kriz
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director, College Honors Program
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Clark University; B.A., University of Vienna, Austria

Jason Kuehner
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., Cornell College

Christina Kulich-Vamvakas
Lecturer, Political Science
Ph.D., Brandeis University; B.A., Johns Hopkins University

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

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

Christine Leighton
Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., George Washington University; B.S.LA, Georgetown University

William C. Leonard
Dean, Arts & Sciences
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Boston College; M.A., Northeastern University; B.S., B.A., University of Massachusetts at Lowell

Melanie Leussis
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Boston College; B.S. University of Ottawa and Dalhousie University

Timothy Lewandowski
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.A., Washington University; B.A., Macalester College

Katie Liesener
Special Instructor of Writing
M.S., Boston University; B.A., Millikin University

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

Yan Lin
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder; M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences; B.E., Tsinghua University (China)

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

Michelle Maiese
 Associate Professor of Philosophy
Coordinator of Gender & Women's Studies
Ph.D., M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., Northwestern University

Helen MacDonald
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.A., Boston University; B.A. Wellesley College

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

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

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

Andrea McDonnell
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Michigan; B.A. Vassar College

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

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

Clare Mehta
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.S., West Virginia University; M.A., University of Bath, England; B.A., Suffolk University;

Rebecca Moryl
Interim Chair, Department of Management & Economics
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts - Boston; M.S., Suffolk University; B.A., Trinity College

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

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

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

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

Lindsay Oberman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.A., University of California, San Diego; B.S., Emory University

Isa Orvieto
Lecturer, Foreign Languages; Italian Program Coordinator
M.A., University of Massachusetts - Amherst; M.A., University of La Sapienza

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

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

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

Mary Elizabeth Pope
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., B.S., Central Michigan University

Allen Price
Associate Professor of Physics
Ph.D., M.S., University of Washington; B.S., California Institute of Technology

Regina M. S. Rutter
Lecturer, Management
M.B.A., Suffolk University; B.S., Boston College

Faina Ryvkin
Chair, Department of Chemistry & Physics
Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., M.A., Clark University; M.S., B.S., Pedagogical University, Moscow

Christine Sample
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., M.S., Northwestern University; B.A., Boston College

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

Tom Schnauber
Chair, Department of Performing Arts
Associate Professor of Performing Arts
Ph.D., M.Mus., University of Michigan; B.Mus., University of Southern California; Adv. Stud. Cert. SMPTV

Lisa Schneier
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D, M.A. Harvard University; B.A. Franklin and Marshall College

R. Bryan Sears
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., The Ohio State University; B.S. Georgia Southern University

Anupama Seshan
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A., Cornell University

Adam Silver
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., B.A., State University of New York, Albany

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

Katherine Smith
Lecturer, Foreign Languages
M.A., Simmons College en Cordoba, Spain;  B.A., St. Lawrence University

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

Kathy Soles
Professor of Art
M.F.A., American University; B.A., Emmanuel College

Lisa M. Stepanski
 Professor of English
Coordinator, First Year Seminars and Writing Program
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; M.A., B.A.,Boston College

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

Cheryl Tano
Lecturer, Foreign Languages 
Ph.D., candidate, Boston University; M.A., Boston College; B.S., Salem State College; Certificat de la Langue Française Université de Caen, France

Petros Vamvakas
Chair, Political Science
Associate Professor of Political Science
Coordinator, Global Studies & International Affairs
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Northeastern University; B.A., Suffolk University

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

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

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

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

Xiaowei Zhao
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., B.S., Nankai University, China

Deborah Zorn
Lecturer, Chemistry
Ph.D., Iowa State University ; B.S., Buena Vista University

Adjunct Faculty

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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

G. Douglas Crandall, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Biology

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

Judith Dwyer, M.A.
Assistant Professor Emeritus of Psychology

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

Britta Fischer, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology

Sister Ellen Glavin, SND, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Art

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

Patricia Herlihy, Ph.D.
Honorary Professor Emeritus

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

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

Claire Larracey Lang, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Sociology

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

Joan Riley, R.N.
Professor Emeritus of Nursing

Michael St. Clair, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology

Rosemary Barton Tobin
Professor Emeritus of Education

Ursula B. Van Ryzin, R.N.
Associate Professor Emeritus of Nursing

Ann K. Wetherilt, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies