Our Faculty

Our distinguished faculty publish, exhibit and research. Present, compose and chair. Inspire and collaborate.

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.

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Helen Ahearn

Assistant Professor of Nursing
M.S., Boston University; B.S., St. Joseph's College; Diploma, Catherine Laboure School of Nursing

Benjamin Allen

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

Jose Alvarez-Fernandez

Associate Professor of Foreign Languages
Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Diane Arathuzik

Associate Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America; M.S., B.S.N., Boston College, ACNS-BS, CNE

Gouri Banerjee

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

Katherine Smith Barry

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

Jacqueline Alfonso Barry

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

Joyce Benenson

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

Lisa Krissoff Boehm

Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; 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

Todd Burus

Lecturer, Mathematics
B.S., Mathematics, B.S., Linguistics, M.S., Mathematics, Certificate, Cognitive Science, University of Kentucky; M.Div, Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Liliana Busconi

Lecturer in Biology
Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Monique-Adelle Callahan

Assistant Professor of English and Global Studies
Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University; B.A., Wellesley College

Patricia Clarke

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

David Corcoran

Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University 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

Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A. (mod), 1997, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Ph.D., 2001, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

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, Department of Mathematics; Associate Professor of Mathematics; Chair of the Biostatistics Program
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Emory University; M.S. in Mathematics/Statistics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Yulia Dementieva

Raymond 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

James Doherty

Assistant Professor, Accounting
M.S., Bentley College; B.A., Merrimack 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
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 in Performing Arts
M.M., Michigan State University; B.A., Bryan College

Jeffrey Fortin

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

Cynthia Fowler

Chair, Department of Art; Associate Professor of Art
Ph.D., University of Delaware; A.L.M, Harvard University; B.A., University of Massachusetts Boston

Janese Free

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

Scott Gagnon

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

Aren Gerdon

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

Emily Gould

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

Kelly Grant

Lecturer of Economics and Business Management
M.S., University of Colorado; B.S., St. John Fisher College

Mary Hines

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

Fiona Hughes-McDonnell

Chair, Department of Education; Associate Professor of Science Education; Director of the Center for Science Education
Ed. D, Harvard Graduate School of Education; M.A., Tufts University; B.A., University of New Hampshire

Terri Jabaley

Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D., 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 Jaworek-Lopes

Chair, Department of Chemistry + Physics; 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 of Fellowships
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; B.A. with distinction, University of Virginia

Dean Kolbas

Instructor, Philosophy
Ph.D., M.Phil, Cambridge University (England); M.A., University of Kent at Canterbury (England); B.A., University of Southern California

Joel Kowit

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

Katrin Kriz

Associate Professor of Sociology; Director of the 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 Kurtz

Chair, Department of Biology; Associate Professor of Biology; Chair of the Biochemistry Program
Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Josef Kurtz

Chair, Department of Biology; Associate Professor of Biology; Chair of the Biochemistry Program
Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Christine Leighton

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

William Leonard

Dean of Arts and 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

Linda Lin

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

Brian Littlefield

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

Rose De Luca

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

Rev. Thomas 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

Helen MacDonald

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

Michelle Maiese

Chair, Department of Philosophy; Associate Professor of Philosophy; Coordinator of the Gender + Women's Studies Program
Ph.D., M.A., University of Colorado; B.A., Northwestern University

Paul March

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

Javier Marion

Chair, Department of History; Associate Professor of History
B.A., Anthropology, University of New Mexico; Ph.D., History, University of New Mexico

Lenore Martin

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

Andrea McDonnell

Visiting 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; Chair of the Leadership Studies Program
Ph.D., M.Sc., Boston College; M.Sc., University of Manchester Institute of Technology; B.Sc., Napier University, Edinburgh

Sharon McKechnie

Associate Professor of Management; Chair of the Leadership Studies Program
Ph.D., M.Sc., Boston College; M.Sc., University of Manchester Institute of Technology; B.Sc., Napier University, Edinburgh

Clare Mehta

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

Janice Bell Meisenhelder

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

Rebecca Moryl

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

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

Marie Natoli

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

Isa Orvieto

Lecturer, Foreign Languages; Italian Program Coordinator
M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.A., University La Sapienza Rome, Italy

Ana Otero

Lecturer, Biology; Coordinator, ecPULSE
Ph.D., M.S., 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 Phillip

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; Interdisciplinary Post-Graduate Diploma in African Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Allen Price

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

Regina Rutter

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

Faina Ryvkin

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. in Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University; B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science, Boston College

Thomas 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 in Education
Ed.D., Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Franklin and Marshall College

R. Bryan Sears

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, The Ohio State University, B.S. in Chemistry, Georgia Southern University

Anupama Seshan

Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.A., Cornell University; Post-doctoral work (research), UCSF; Post-doctoral work (teaching), Harvard Medical School

Arlyn Sanchez Silva

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

Adam Silver

Assistant Professor of Political Science; Coordinator of the American Studies Program
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., B.A., State University of New York, Albany

Adam Silver

Assistant Professor of Political Science; Coordinator of the American Studies Program
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., B.A., State University of New York, Albany

Kimberly Smirles

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

Sr. Karen Hokanson, SND

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

Kimberly 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; Maryland Institute College of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Lisa Stepanski

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

Brendan Sullivan

Lecturer, Mathematics
D.A., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013; M.S., Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010; B.A., Mathematics & Physics, Hamilton College, 2007

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, Department of Political Science; Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of the Latin American Studies, Middle East Studies and Peace Studies Programs
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Northeastern University; B.A., Suffolk University

Petros Vamvakas

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; Lic. Phil., Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru; B.A., E.S.P.F.L. Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, Peru.