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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
Jacqueline Alfonso
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.S., University of Central Florida; B.A., Florida International University
Jose Alvarez-Fernandez
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.A., B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Helen E. Ahearn, R.N., C.S.
Assistant Professor of Nursing
M.S., Boston University; B.S., St. Joseph's College
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
Gouri Banerjee
Associate Professor of Information Technology
Ph.D., M.A., Boston University; B.A., University of Delhi
Joyce F. Benenson
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Harvard University; B.S., Duke University;
Stace Budzko
Special Instructor of Writing
M.F.A., Emerson College; B.A., St. Michael's College;
Catherine Simpson Bueker
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A., Brown University; B.A., Cornell University
William Carlson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Clark University; M.S., B.S.E.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Geraldine Chalykoff
Associate Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; B.S.N, M.S.N, Boston College
Patricia Clarke
Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.B.A., University of Illinois; B.A., Lawrence University
Christopher Craig
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A.,Tufts University; B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston;
Douglas Crandall
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Indiana University; M.S., University of Vermont; B.A., Middlebury College
Mary Crawford
Visiting Assistant Professor
M.S. in Nursing, Boston College
Mirtha Crisóstomo
Associate Professor of Management
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Boston; Boston College; M.B.A., Babson College; B.S., Salve Regina College; M.Ed.
Paige Curran
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. candidate, Suffolk University; M.A., Suffolk University; B.A., Emmanuel College
Daniel H. DeGooyer, Jr.
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Montana; B.S., University of Utah
Raymond J. Devettere
Professor of Philosophy
Ph.L., Ph.D., University of Louvain; M.A.,B.A., St. John's Seminary
Deirdre Donovan
Special Instructor of Mathematics
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.A., University of Connecticut
Matthew Elliott
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A., University of Maryland, College Park; B.A., Catholic University of America
Timothy Evans
Special Instructor of Music/ Music Coordinator
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
Jennifer Nepper Fiebig
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Munich (LMU); M.A., Pepperdine University; B.S., California State University, Northridge
Cynthia Fowler
Associate Professor of Art
Ph.D., University of Delaware; A.L.M, Harvard University Extension School; B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston
Scott R. Gagnon
Co-Chair, Department of Performance Arts
Assistant Professor of Performance Arts
M.A., Emerson College; B.A., Bridgewater State College
Aren Gerdon
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; B.A., Hanover College
Marie E. Gurry
Assistant Professor of Information Technology
M.Ed., Lesley College; M.Mus., Hartt College of Music; B.A., Emmanuel College
Mary E. Hines
Professor of Theology
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., University of Massachusetts Lowell; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S., Salem State College
Michael Jarvinen
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Dartmouth College; M.S., Purdue University; B.A., University of Michigan
Christine H. Jaworek-Lopes
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., B.S., Tufts University
Sister Mary Johnson, SND
Chair, Department of Sociology
Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies/Director of the Center for Mission and Spirituality
Ph.D., M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; B.A., Emmanuel College
Laurie Johnston
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; B.A., University of Virginia
Regine Joseph
Visiting Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
Ph.D., M.A., New York University; A.B., Harvard University
Maia Kelley
Special Instructor of Mathematics
M.S., Clemson University; B.A., St. Olaf College
Joel David Kowit
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Brandeis University; B.S., Columbia University
Katrin Kriz
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; B.A., University of Vienna, Austria
Josef M. Kurtz
Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jonna Kwiatkowski
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of Maine; B.A., Saint Mary's College
Reverend Thomas L. Leclerc, M.S.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Th.D., Harvard University; M.A. Washington Theological Union; B.A., Merrimack College;
William C. Leonard
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Boston College; M.A., Northeastern University; B.S., B.A., University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Tim Lewandowski
Special Instructor of Mathematics
M.A., Washington University; B.A., Macalester College
Linda Lin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst; B.A., New York University
Michelle Maiese
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., Northwestern University
Paul March
Sciences Chair
Professor of Biochemistry
Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.Sc., Long Island University
Javier F. Marion
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., M.A.,B.A., University of New Mexico
Associate Professor of Education
Ed.D., M.Ed. University of Massachusetts, Lowell; A.B. Boston College
Lenore G. Martin
Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Brooklyn College
Kelly McGuire
Chair, Department of English
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; B.A., University of New Mexico
Sharon McKechnie
Assistant Professor of Management
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Sc. University of Manchester Institute of Technology; B.Sc. (Hons), Napier University
Christine McKenna
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Syracuse University; M.A., St. Louis University; B.A., Bates College
Corinne Merritt
Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Boston; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts Boston; M.Ed., Lesley University; B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston
Rebecca Moryl
Special Instructor of Economics
M.S., University of Massachusetts - Boston; M.S., Suffolk University; B.A., Trinity College
Melanie Murphy
Chair, Departments of History and Political Science
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Brandeis University; M.A., Boston College; B.A., Simmons College
Megumi Naitoh
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art; B.F.A., 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
Special Instructor of Information Technology
M.S., University of Craiova, Romania
Ana R. Otero
Special Biology Instructor
Ph.D., University of Leon; M.S. University of Leon; B.S., D.V.M., University of Leon, Spain
David Palumbo
Assistant Professor of English
cand. Ph.D., Tufts University; M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo; B.M., Vanderbilt University
Mary Elizabeth Pope
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., B.S., Central Michigan University
Eustace A. Phillip, C.P.A.
Associate Professor of Accounting
M.S.A., Bentley College; B.S., Suffolk University
Allen Price
Assistant Professor of Physics
Ph.D., M.S., University of Washington; B.S., California Institute of Technology
Caroline Reeves
Assistant Professor of History
Diplome Superieur, University of Paris; B.A., Harvard University
Joan Riley, R.N.
Professor of Nursing
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S., Boston University; B.S., Boston College
Regina M. S. Rutter
Special Instructor of Management
M.B.A., Suffolk University; B.S., Boston College
Faina Ryvkin
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., M.A., Clark University; M.S., B.S., Pedagogical University, Moscow
Thomas Schnauber
Co-Chair, Department of Performance Arts
Assistant Professor of Performance Arts
Ph.D., M.Mus., University of Michigan; B.Mus., University of Southern California; Adv. Stud. Cert. SMPTV
Arlyn Sanchez Silva
Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
Associate Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University; B.A., University of Puerto Rico
Kimberly Eretzian Smirles
Chair, Department of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., M.A., University of New Hampshire; B.A., Boston College
Katherine Smith
Special Instructor of Foreign Languages
Kimberly Santucci Sofronas
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Ph.D., M.A., B.A.,University of Connecticut
Kathleen A. Soles
Chair, Department of Art
Professor of Art
M.F.A., American University; B.A., Emmanuel College
Michael St. Clair
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Boston University; M.Th., Woodstock College; M.A., Trinity College; M.A., B.A., Boston College
Lisa M. Stepanski
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; M.A., B.A.,Boston College
Diana Stork
Chair, Department of Management & Economics
Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D., Columbia University; M.B.A., Boston University; A.M., Oberlin College; A.B., Oberlin College
Elizabeth Suda
Special Instructor of Chemistry
Jonathan Paul Sydnor
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; B.A., University of Virginia
Cheryl Tano
Special Instructor of Foreign Languages
cand. Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Boston College; B.S., Salem State College
Rosemary Barton Tobin
Professor of Education
Ph.D., Boston College; M.A., Tufts University; M.A.T., Harvard University; B.A., Smith College
Matthew A. Tom
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., M.S., Cornell University; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeanne Trubek
Chair, Departments of Mathematics and Information Technology
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., M.S., Northeastern University; B.A., Bryn Mawr College
Petros Vamvakas
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Northeastern University; B.A., Suffolk University
Jaime Vidaurrazaga
Assistant Professor of 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
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University; M.S., Northeastern University; B.S., Springfield College
Part-Time Faculty
Mark Baard
Special Instructor of Journalism
B.S., Syracuse University
Stephan Jacobs
Special Instructor of Art
M.F.A, Massachusetts College of Art; B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
Emily Parsons
Special Instructor of Art
M.A., The George Washington University; B.A., Emmanuel College
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