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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

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
Special Instructor of Journalism
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;

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

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

Liliana Busconi
Special Instructor of Biology
Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sally Dias
Chair, Department of Education
Vice President for Programs and Partnerships in Education
Director of the Carolyn A. Lynch Institute
Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed, Northeastern University; A.B., Emmanuel College

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

Deirdre Donovan
Special Instructor of 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.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

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

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

Mikal Gaines
Dissertation Fellow, English
Ph.D. candidate, M.A., The College of William and Mary; B.A., Hampton University

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

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

Thomas Hall
Special Instructor of Management
M.B.A., Georgetown University; B.A., Cornell University

Korie Handwerger
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder.

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

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

Michael Jarvinen
Assistant 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

Sister Mary Johnson, SND
 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 Theology & Religious Studies
Director, Scholarships and Fellowships Program
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; B.A., University of Virginia

Régine Joseph
Assistant Professor of Foreign Languages
Coordinator, ecPULSE
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, 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
Co-Chair, Department of Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Director, College Honors Program
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Clark University; B.A., University of Vienna, Austria

Christina Kulich-Vamvakas
Special Instructor of 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;

Yoo-Taek Lee
Associate Professor of Management
D.B.A., M.B.A, M.A., Boston University School of Business; B.A., Hong-Ik University (Korea)

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

Timothy Lewandowski
Special Instructor of 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
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

Paul March
Professor of Biochemistry
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 

Judith Marley
Dean, Graduate & Professional Programs
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

Andrew Mazurkie
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Boston University School of Medicine

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

Michael McGuire
Special Instructor of History
A.B.D., Boston University; B.A., Vassar College

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

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

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
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
Special Instructor of 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
Special Instructor of Foreign Languages
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
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor of Physics
Ph.D., M.S., University of Washington; B.S., California Institute of Technology

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

Regina M. S. Rutter
Special Instructor of 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
Visiting 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

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

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

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 Spanish
M.A., Simmons College en Cordoba, Spain;  B.A., St. Lawrence University

Kimberly Santucci Sofronas
Assistant 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

F. Lee Stevens
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Tennessee State University; M.S., University at Albany; B.S., Union College

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

Cheryl Tano
Special Instructor of French and Spanish
Ph.D., candidate, Boston University; M.A., Boston College; B.S., Salem State College; Certificat de la Langue Française Université de Caen, France

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

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
Special Instructor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Iowa State University ; B.S., Buena Vista 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

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