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.
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
Kelly Basile
Assistant Professor of Management, Department of Business and Economics
Ph.D., London School of Economics; M.B.A., Babson College; M.S.W., Boston University; B.A. Sociology, Boston College
Catherine Simpson Bueker
Associate Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., M.A. Brown University; B.A., Cornell University
Liliana Busconi
Senior Lecturer of Biology
Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Monique-Adelle Callahan
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University; B.A., Wellesley College
Eric Camire
Lab Instructor, Department of Chemistry & Physics
M.A., Boston University; B.S. Chemistry, Emmanuel College
Patricia Clarke
Chair, Department of Business and 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
James Doherty
Assistant Professor of Accounting, Department of Business and Economics
M.S., Bentley College; B.A., Merrimack College
Erich Doubek
Chair, Department of Art; Associate 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
Mark A. Flynn
Assistant Professor of Communication & Media Studies, Department of English
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A., University of Rhode Island; B.A., Roger Williams University
Jeffrey Fortin
Chair, Department of History; Associate Professor of History
Ph.D., M.A., The University of New Hampshire; B.A., Boston University
Cynthia Fowler
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 Theater Arts; Director of Theater
M.A., Emerson College; B.A., Bridgewater State College
Aren Gerdon
Chair, Department of Chemistry and Physics; Associate Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, Vanderbilt University; B.A., Chemistry, Hanover College
Kelly Grant
Lecturer of Management, Department of Business and Economics
M.S., University of Colorado; B.S., St. John Fisher College
Carley Henderson
Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Physics
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; B.A., Connecticut College
Mary Hines
Professor of Theology, Department of Theology and Religious Studies
Ph.D., M.A., University of St. Michael's College, Toronto; B.A., Emmanuel College
Stephan Jacobs
Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art and Design; B.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute
Michael Jarvinen
Chair, Department of Psychology; Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Dartmouth College; M.S., Purdue University; B.A., University of Michigan
Shuyi Jiang
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Economics
Ph.D., Suffolk University; B.A., Tianjin Polytechnic University
Laurie Johnston
Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, Director of Fellowships and Scholarships
Ph.D., Boston College; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; B.A. with distinction, University of Virginia
Natalie Karagodsky
Assistant Professor of Biology
Sci.B., Brown University; Ph.D. Harvard University
Katrin Kriz
Chair, Department of Sociology; 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
Professor of Biology; Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer
Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Derek Lau
Lecturer in Residence, Department of Biology
Ph.D., Harvard University; B.S., University of Washington
Christine Leighton
Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., Boston University; M.Ed., George Washington University; B.S.LA., Georgetown University
William Leonard
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 of Psychology; Internship Capstone Coordinator
Ph.D., University at Albany, SUNY; B.A., University of Michigan
Linda Lin
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.
Associate Professor of Theology and 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 Biochemistry, Department of Biology
Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.Sc., Long Island University
Javier Marion
Associate Professor of History
Ph.D. History, B.A. Anthropology, University of New Mexico
Lenore Martin
Chair, Department of Political Science and International Studies; Professor of Political Science
Ph.D., M.A., University of Chicago; B.A., Brooklyn College
Andrea McDonnell
Assistant Professor of Communication and 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
Associate Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. Psychology, Life Span Concentration, West Virginia University 2008; MS Psychology, Life Span Concentration, West Virginia University 2006; MRes Education, University of Bath, UK 2006
Janice Bell Meisenhelder
Professor of Nursing
DNSc from Boston University; MS in Nursing from Boston University; BS in Nursing from Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Rebecca Moryl
Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Business and Economics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston; M.S., Suffolk University; B.A., Trinity College
Ryan Mott
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., M.A, University of Colorado, Boulder; M.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston; B.A., Wheaton College
Idoia Martinez-del Mozo
Lecturer of Spanish, Department of Modern Languages
B.A., Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao, Spain); M.A., University of Illinois
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, Department of Political Science and International Studies
Ph.D., M.A., Tufts University; J.D., Suffolk Law School; M.B.A., Sawyer School of Management
Isa Orvieto
Senior Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages
M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.A., University La Sapienza Rome, Italy
Ana Otero
Senior Lecturer of Biology; Animal Facility Director
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
Anne Marie Pasquale
Lecturer of Management, Department of Business and Economics
J.D., Suffolk University Law School; B.A., Boston College
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, Department of Chemistry & 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
Assistant Professor of Math Education
Ph.D., University at Albany, M.S., Radford University; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Faina Ryvkin
Associate Dean of Natural Sciences; Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Physics
Ph.D., M.A., Clark University; M.S., B.S., Pedagogical University, Moscow
Mustapha Sami
Lecturer, Department of Modern Languages
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
Lisa Schneier
Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., Ed.M., Harvard University; B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
R. Bryan Sears
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry & Physics
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 of Nursing, Department Chair and Professor of Nursing Practice
Ph.D. and B.S.N., Boston College; M.S.N., University of California at Los Angeles
Sheila Silva
Assistant Professor of Nursing
D.N.P., Regis College; M.S.N., B.S.N., University of Massachusetts Boston
Adam Silver
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and International Studies
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., B.A., State University of New York, Albany
Veniamin Slavitskiy
Lab Instructor, Department of Biology
B.S., M.S., University of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D., Boston College
Kimberly Smirles
Associate Professor of Psychology; Coordinator of the Gender & Women's Studies Program
Ph.D., M.A., University of New Hampshire; B.A., Boston College
Sr. Karen Hokanson, SND
Associate Dean of Education; Chair, Department of Education; Director, Carolyn A. Lynch Institute; Assistant Professor of Education
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Lowell; M.Ed., Boston University; B.S., Salem State College
Kathy Soles
Professor of Art; Wyant Professor
M.F.A., American University; B.A., Emmanuel College; Maryland Institute College of Art, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Lisa Stepanski
Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences; Professor of English
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire; M.A., B.A., Boston College
Brendan Sullivan
Lecturer, Department of 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
Chair, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, 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; Department of Political Science and International Studies
Ph.D., Boston University; M.A., Northeastern University; B.A., Suffolk University
Jaime Vidaurrazaga
Assistant Professor of Theology and 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.
Todd Williams
Chair, Department of Biology; Associate Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University; M.S., Northeastern University; B.S., Springfield College
Whitney Wilson
Coordinator of First Year Writing/Lecturer of English
M.A. English, Tufts University, MSLIS Simmons College
Jing Yang
Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing, Department of Business and Economics
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.S., National University of Singapore; B.Eng., Wuhan University
