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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


