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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.
Benjamin Allen
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; B.A., Haverford College
Jose Alvarez-Fernandez
Chair, Department of Modern Languages; Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Ph.D., Michigan State University; M.A., B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Katherine Smith Barry
Lecturer, Modern Languages
M.A., Simmons College en Córdoba, Spain; B.A., St. Lawrence University
Catherine Simpson Bueker
Chair, Department of Sociology; Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A. Brown University; B.A., Cornell University
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
Chair, Department of Business + Economics; Associate Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.B.A., University of Illinois; B.A., Lawrence University
Yulia Dementieva
Chair, Department of Mathematics; 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
Chair, Department of Mathematics; Professor of Mathematics; Chair of the Biostatistics Program
Ph.D. in Mathematics, Emory University; M.S. in Mathematics/Statistics, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Raymond Devettere
Professor of Philosophy; Director of Values-Based Education; Wyant Professor
Ph.L., Ph.D., University of Louvain; M.A., B.A., St. John's Seminary
Erich Doubek
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art and Design; B.F.A., University of Connecticut
Matthew Elliott
Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A., University of Maryland, College Park; B.A., Catholic University of America
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; 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
Chair, Department of Performing Arts; Assistant Professor of Performing Arts
M.A., Emerson College; B.A., Bridgewater State College
Aren Gerdon
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Vanderbilt University; B.A., Chemistry, Hanover College
Kelly Grant
Lecturer of Economics and Business Management
M.S., University of Colorado; B.S., St. John Fisher College
Carley Henderson
Lecturer of Chemistry
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; B.A., Connecticut College
Mary Hines
Professor of Theology
Ph.D., M.A., University of St. Michael's College Toronto; B.A., Emmanuel College
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
Assistant Professor of 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
Shuyi Jiang
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., Suffolk University; B.A., Tianjin Polytechnic University
Laurie Johnston
Associate Professor of Theology + Religious Studies, Director of Fellowships
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; B.A. with distinction, University of Virginia
Katrin Kriz
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Clark University; Mag. phil., University of Vienna, Austria
Katrin Kriz
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Clark University; Mag. phil., University of Vienna, Austria
Ivy Krull
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., MPH, MSW, Boston University; ALB, Harvard University
Jason Kuehner
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; B.A., Cornell College
Josef Kurtz
Associate Dean of Natural Sciences; Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Josef Kurtz
Associate Dean of Natural Sciences; Associate Professor of Biology
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
Meryl Levin
Lecturer in Psychology; Internship Capstone Coordinator
Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY; B.A., University of Michigan
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
Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art; B.F.A., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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
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
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
Chair, Department of Political Science; Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Brooklyn College
Lenore Martin
Chair, Department of Political Science; Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Brooklyn College
Andrea McDonnell
Assistant Professor of Communication + Media Studies, Department 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
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
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston; M.S., Suffolk University; B.A., Trinity College
Rebecca Moryl
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston; M.S., Suffolk University; B.A., Trinity College
Ryan Mott
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., M.A, University of Colorado, Boulder; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston; B.A., Wheaton College
Melanie Murphy
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., Brandeis University; A.M., Boston College; B.A., Simmons 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, Modern Languages; Italian Program Coordinator
M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.A., University La Sapienza Rome, Italy
Ana Otero
Lecturer of Biology; Animal Facility Director
Ph.D., M.S., B.S., D.V.M., University of Leon, Spain
David Palumbo
Chair, Department of English; Associate Professor of English
Ph.D., Tufts University; M.A., State University of New York, Buffalo; B.M., Vanderbilt University
Mary Elizabeth Pope
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
Violetta Ravagnoli
Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.A., University of Rome
Patterson Rogers
Lecturer, Mathematics
M.S., Radford University; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Faina Ryvkin
Acting Chair, Department of Chemistry + Physics; Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., M.A., Clark University; M.S., B.S., Pedagogical University, Moscow
Mustapha Sami
Lecturer, Modern Languages Department; French + Arabic Coordinator
Ph.D., University of Florida; M.A., University of South Florida; B.A., Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
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
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., 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
Diane Shea
Associate Dean and Professor of Nursing Practice
Ph.D. and B.S.N., Boston College; M.S.N., University of California at Los Angeles
Sheila Silva
Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing
D.N.P., M.S.M., B.S.N., University of Massachusetts Boston
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
Chair, Department of Education; 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
Petros Vamvakas
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
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
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
Jaime Vidaurrazaga
Assistant Professor of Theology + Religious Studies; Director of Honors Program
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.
Bette Weiss
Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S., Simmons College
Todd Williams
Chair, Department of Biology; Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University; M.S., Northeastern University; B.S., Springfield College
Jing Yang
Assistant Professor of Management
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S., National University of Singapore; B.Eng., Wuhan University
