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Campus Contacts


Officers of the Board of Trustees

  Janet Lindholm Lebovitz ‘72, A.B., M.B.A.

Chair

New Canaan, Connecticut

 

Kirk D. Kolenbrander, B.A., Ph.D.

Vice Chair

Belmont, Massachusetts

 

Roger Stackpoole, B.S., M.B.A

Treasurer

Norton, Massachusetts

 

Pamela Vaz

Secretary

Berkley, Massachusetts

 

Board of Trustees

Ken Babby ‘02, A.B., M.B.A.

Jacksonville, Florida 

 

  Barbara Brittingham, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

  Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Priscilla Brown Carey ‘74, A.B. 

Arlington, Virginia 

 

Nancy Beth Carlson ‘77, A.B.

Naples, Florida

 

Maryann E. Carroll ‘79, A.B., M.B.A.

Hingham, Massachusetts

 

Sue M. Curran ‘79, A.B.

Centerville, Massachusetts

 

Kymberlee Burrows Dwinell ‘76, A.B.

Fairfax Station, Virginia

 

Henrietta Gates ‘72, A.B.

Hamilton, Massachusetts

 

Matthew Gold P’20, B.A., J.D.

New York, New York

 

Cecilia “Cee” Greene ‘82, A.B.

Westerly, Rhode Island

 

Indira Henard ‘03, A.B., M.S.W., D.S.W.

Washington, D.C.

 

  Cheryl Keamy ‘76, A.B., M.A.

  Vienna, Virginia

 

  Tony Laing ‘96, A.B., M.P.A., Ph.D.

Dorchester Center, Massachusetts

 

  Paula Laliberte ‘86, A.B., M.B.A.

New York, New York

 

Kevin Lam ‘92, A.B., M.B.A.

Hong Kong, S.A.R

 

Ryan Onell A. Letada ‘08, A.B.

Cardiff, California

 

Andrew D. Lounder ‘05, A.B., M.S.Ed., Ph.D.

Washington, D.C.

 

  Kendra Malloy P’22, B.A.

  Miami, Florida

 

Christopher B. Paquet ‘03, A.B., M.P.A.

Bronx, New York

 

Keith J. Peden, B.A., M.A.

Medway, Massachusetts

 

Karen L. Pfeil ‘98, A.B., M.S., M.B.A.

North Andover, Massachusetts

 

  Marcus Relthford ‘97, A.B., M.S., M.B.A.

  Terrace Park, Ohio

 

Katie Leiby Schneider ‘06, A.B., M.S., ex-officio

Maplewood, New Jersey

 

Austin Peter Simko ‘09, A.B., J.D.

Andover, Massachusetts

 

Brian R. Smiley, P’17, B.S., B.A., M.S.C.E.P., M.B.A.

Palo Alto, California

 

John C. Talanian, Jr., ‘93, A.B.

Edgartown, Massachusetts

 

Eric Tomasini ‘97, A.B., M.B.A.

Melrose, Massachusetts

 

Cornelia “Lee” Clifford Wareham ‘74, A.B., M.Ed.

New York, New York

 

Michaele Whelan, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., ex-officio

Norton, Massachusetts

 

Benjamin Clark White ‘12, A.B.

Riverside, Rhode Island

 

Elena Wong ‘07, A.B., M.Ed.

San Francisco, California

 

Life Trustees

Anson M. Beard, Jr., B.A., L.L.D.

Palm Beach, Florida

 

Patricia A. King ‘63, A.B., J.D., L.L.D.

Washington, D.C.

 

Adrienne Bevis Mars ‘58, A.B., L.L.D.

Jackson, Wyoming

 

Diana Davis Spencer ‘60, A.B., L.H.D

Washington, D.C.

 

Trustees Emeritae/i

Patricia Higgins Arnold ‘66, A.B., L.L.D.

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts

 

Lawrence S. Bacow, B.S., J.D., Ph.D.

Brookline, Massachusetts

 

Monique Lee Bahadur ‘80, A.B., M.B.A.

London, United Kingdom

 

Mary “Polly” Bartlett Bryson ‘79, A.B.

East Orleans, Massachusetts

 

Wayne A. Budd, A.B., J.D.

Boston Massachusetts

 

Richard Chait, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Belmont, Massachusetts

 

Deborah Haigh Dluhy ‘62, A.B., Ph.D., D.F.A.

Cape Elizabeth, Maine

 

Caroline Campbell Edwards ‘70, P’07, A.B.

Wellesley, Massachusetts

 

Debra Kent Glidden ‘68, A.B., M.B.A.

Atlanta, Georgia

 

Thomas J. Hollister, B.A., M.B.A.

Boston, Massachusetts

 

James S. Hoyte, B.A., J.D., P.M.D.

Lexington, Massachusetts

 

James B. Karman P’01, B.A.

Sudbury, Massachusetts

 

Robert E. Keiter, P’95, A.B., M.B.A.

Lakeville, Connecticut

 

Sandra Ohrn Moose ‘63, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Litt.D.

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

 

Anne J. Neilson ‘49, A.B., Sc.D.

Peabody, Massachusetts

 

Diane C. Nordin ‘80, A.B.

Concord, Massachusetts

 

  Keith J. Peden, B.A., M.A.

  Medway, Massachusetts

 

Hope Hamilton Pettegrew ‘61, P’87, P’89, A.B., L.H.D.

Peterborough, New Hampshire

 

Leonard A. Schlesinger, B.A., M.B.A.,

Ph.D., L.L.D. Dover, Massachusetts

 

Mary Zygala Schleyer ‘74, A.B.

Rye Beach, New Hampshire

 

Alison Grant Small ‘66, A.B.

Concord, Massachusetts

 

Margaret Dunn Smith ‘73, A.B.

Morris, Connecticut

 

Lesley R. Stahl ‘63, A.B., L.L.D.

New York, New York

 

Cheryl A. Vedoe ‘74, A.B., M.B.A.

York, Maine

 

David L. Wagner, B.A., M.B.A., L.L.D.

Vero Beach, Florida

 

Sukey Nichols Wagner ‘56, A.B., M.A.

Norfolk, Connecticut

 

Officers of the College

Michaele Whelan, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

President

 

Suzi Robinson

Vice President for Marketing and Communications

 

Walter Caffey, B.A., M.P.A.

Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admission & Student Aid

 

Merritt Crowley, B.A.

Vice President for College Advancement

 

Touba Ghadessi, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Interim Provost

 

Luis F. Paredes, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Institutional Equity and Belonging

 

Darnell T. Parker, M.S.W., B.S.W., Ed.D.

Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

 

Roger Stackpoole, B.S., M.B.A.

Vice President for Finance and Administration

 

Gavin Viano, B.A., M.S.

Associate Vice President for Athletics & Strategic Programs

 

Faculty

 

Shari Ackerman-Morris

Senior Professor of the Practice of Biology

M.S., Northeastern University

 

Matthew Allen

Professor of Music, Emeritus

Ph.D., Wesleyan University

 

Leslie Amper

Professor of Music

M.M., New England Conservatory

 

Kirk R. Anderson

Professor of French Studies, Emeritus

Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Lord Andzie-Quainoo

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

 

Timothy Barker

Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

Susan Barrett

Senior Professor of the Practice of Biology

M.S. Marine Biology, UMass Dartmouth

 

Vicki L. Bartolini

Williams Professor of Education

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Hope Bastian

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Ph.D., Anthropology, American University

 

Janina M. Benoit

Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

 

Jandlyn Bentley

Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

M.S., Bridgewater State University

 

Michael B. Berg

Associate Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

John Bezis-Selfa

Associate Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

 

Alberto Bianchi

Associate Professor of Italian Studies

Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Bradford H. Bishop

Associate Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., Duke University

 

William G. Bloch

Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University California, Berkeley

 

Alexander Bloom

Professor of History, Emeritus

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Darlene L. Boroviak

Professor of Political Science, Emerita

Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis

 

Laura Bohn Case

Senior Professor of the Practice of German

Ph.D., M.A., Yale University

 

Darlene L. Boroviak

Professor of Political Science, Emerita

Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis

 

Primrose Boynton

Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Kenneth A. Bray

Visiting Instructor of Business and Management

M.B.A., Johnson & Wales University

 

Jonathan D Brumberg-Kraus

Professor of Religion

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

 

Deyonne T. Bryant

Samuel Valentine Cole Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Houston

 

Claire E. Buck

Professor of English, Emeritus

Ph.D., University of Kent

 

Maria T. Buthelezi

Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University of Florida

 

James P. Byrne

Senior Professor of the Practice of English

Ph.D., University College Cork, Ireland

 

Delvyn Case

Professor, Music

Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

 

Dolita D. Cathcart

Associate Professor of History

Ph.D., Boston College

M.A, University of Massachusetts, Boston

 

Anni P. Cecil

Professor of History

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Maria Teresa Celada

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Phoebe Chan

Associate Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Vipan Chandra

Professor of History, Emeritus

Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Charles Chapman

Professor of the Practice of Business and Management

A.B., Bentley University

 

Xuesheng Chen

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Jonathan Chow

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University California, Berkeley

 

Samuel C. Coale V

Professor of English, Emeritus

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Geoffrey Clark Collins

Professor of Geology

Ph.D., Brown University

 

John M. Collins

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Raluca Craciun

Professor of the Practice of Chemistry

Ph.D., Computational University of Alabama

 

Stephanie B. Daniels ‘97

Professor of Theater

M.F.A., Rhode Island College

 

Barbara Darling-Smith

Senior Professor of the Practice of Religion

Ph.D., Boston University

 

Andrew Davinack

Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Stellenbosch University

 

Rachelle C. DeCoste

Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Donna Lynne L. Demanarig

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., Alliant International University

 

Thomas W. Dolack

Professor of the Practice of Russian

Ph.D., University of Oregon

 

Sara W Donaldson

Assistant Professor of Education

Ed.D., Johns Hopkins University

 

Nick Dorzweiler

Professor of the Practice of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies

M.A., Northwestern University

 

Michael D.C. Drout

Professor of English

Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago

 

Betsey Dexter Dyer

Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Ph.D., Boston University

 

Leah Dyjak

Assistant Professor of Photography

M.F.A., University of Texas, Austin

 

Linda Eisenmann

Professor of History, Professor of Education

Ed.D., Harvard University

 

Laura Ekstrom

Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University

 

A. Rahim Emhan

Visiting Assistant Professor of Business and Management

Ph.D., Selçuk University

 

Katherine E. Eskine

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., City University of New York

 

Talitha C. Espiritu-Charara

Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., New York University

 

Matthew J. Evans

Professor of Environmental Science

Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Nancy A. Evans

Professor of Greek Latin and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Ph.D., Brown University

 

R. Tripp Evans

Mary Heuser Professor of Art/Art History

Ph.D., Yale University

 

Francisco Fernandez de Alba

Professor of Hispanic Studies

Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Claudia R. Fieo

Professor of Art

M.F.A., Studio Art Centers International

 

Ruth E. Foley

Senior Professor of the Practice in English

M.F.A., University of Southern Maine

 

James A. Freeman

Associate Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Florida State University

 

Tommasina Gabriele

Professor of Italian Studies

Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Martin Gagne

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Ph.D., University California, Davis

 

Hilary Magruder Gaudet ‘09

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Scott M. Gelber

Professor of Education

Ph.D., M.A., Harvard University

 

John Gildea

Professor of Economics

Ph.D., Duke University

 

Matthew Gingo

Associate Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., M.A., University California, Berkeley

 

Kelly Goff

Associate Professor of Art

M.F.A., Rhode Island School Of Design

 

Jason C. Goodman

Associate Professor of Physics

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

Michael B. Gousie

Professor of Computer Science

Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

 

John Grady

Professor of Sociology, Emeritus

Ph.D., Brandeis University

 

Mary Lee Prescott Griffin

Professor of Education, Emerita

Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

 

Bláithín Haddad

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

MFA, Rhode Island School of Design

 

Wanda S. Henry

Visiting Assistant Professor in History

M.A., Brown University

 

Anthony Houser

Visiting Instructor of Physics

M.S., Walden University

 

James Gerard Huiskamp

Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Dana Idelbi

Visiting Instructor of Asian Languages

M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

Wesley Jacques

Assistant Professor of English

Ph.D., Illinois State University

 

Fatima Jebari

Assistant Professor of Business and Management

Ph.D., University of New Orleans

 

Patrick H. Johnson

Associate Professor of Filmmaking

M.F.A., Boston University

 

Michael J. Kahn

Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Christopher S. Kalberg

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., Duke University

 

Dennis Kalob

Professor of the Practice of Criminal Justice, Restorative Justice, and Criminology

Ph.D., Union Institute

 

Nancy E. Kendrick

Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

 

Donna O. Kerner

Professor of Anthropology, Emerita

Ph.D., City University of New York

 

 Karen Knighton

Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Art

MFA, California Institute of the Arts

 

Jessie Knowlton

Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., SUNY At Stony Brook

 

Christopher M. Kotyk

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ph.D., University California, Irvine

 

John Kricher

Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Sam Kwachie

Professor of the Practice of Finance

M.Sc., City, University of London

MA, Kingston University (London)

 

Aaron Landau

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Jennifer S. Lanni

Associate Professor Biology

Ph.D., Mass. Institute of Technology

 

Leanna Lawter

Associate Professor and Chair of Business and Management

Ph.D., CUNY, Baruch College

 

Mark D. LeBlanc

Professor of Computer Science

Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

 

Lisa T. Lebduska

Professor of English, Director of College Writing

Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

 

Domingo A. Ledezma

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Tessa Chi Hyung Lee

Associate Professor of German

Ph.D., Yale University

 

Rochelle Leibowitz

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita

Ph.D., Rutgers University

 

Chris Leishman

Professor of the Practice of Chemistry

Ph.D., Washington State University

 

Sarah Leventer

Professor of the Practice of Film and New Media

Ph.D., Boston University

 

Linette G. Liebling

Visiting Instructor of Psychology

M.S.P.H, University of Massachusetts

 

Juvenal Lopez

Assistant Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis

 

Rob LoPiccolo

Visiting Instructor of Education

M.Ed., National Louis University

 

Alexandra Lutkevich

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music in Performance

M.M., New England Conservatory

 

Joshua MacLeod

Professor of the Practice of Anthropology

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Jennifer A. Madden

Professor of the Practice of Theater

M.A., Brown University

B.A., Bridgewater State College

 

Dipankar Maitra

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Ph.D., Yale University

 

Zachary Martin

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

 

Katherine A Mason

Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University California, Berkeley

 

William Mason

Associate Professor of Music

Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Ellen M. McBreen

Professor of Art History

Ph.D., New York University

 

S. Shawn McCafferty

Associate Professor of Biology

Ph.D., SUNY At Stony Brook

 

Karen M. McCormack

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Charlotte A. Meehan

Professor of English, Playwright-in-Residence

Ph.D., Brown University

 

John Miller

Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

 

Kimberly A. Miller

Professor of the History of Art

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Ursula Moffitt

Assistant Professor of Psychology

PhD in Psychology, University of Potsdam

 

Kathleen N. Morgan

Associate Professor of Psychology (Psychobiology)

Ph.D., University California, Davis

 

Robert Linder Morris

Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Cheryl Mrozowski

Professor of Dance, Director of Dance

M.A., American University

 

Bianca Cody Murphy

Professor of Psychology, Emerita

Ed.D., Boston University

 

Rolf A. Nelson

Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Ted Nesi

Visiting Instructor of English

B.A., Political Science, Wheaton College

 

KimVy Nguyen

Visiting Assistant Professor of Education

Ed.D., Northeastern University

 

Leah N. Niederstadt

Associate Professor of Museum Studies, Art History

Ph.D., Oxford University

 

Clinton E. O’Dell

Associate Professor of Theater/Dance

M.F.A., University Tennessee Knoxville

 

Lindsay Orchowski

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., Ohio University

 

Bruce M. Owens

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus

Ph.D., Columbia University

 

John K. Partridge

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

 

Montserrat I. Perez-Toribio

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies

Ph.D., University of Illinois

 

Kristina Piasecki

Professor of the Practice of Business

M. Professional Accountancy, Bryant University

 

Dana M. Polanichka

Professor of History

Ph.D., M.A., University California, Los Angeles

 

Yi-Ting Pomfred

Visiting Instructor of Chinese

M.A.,National Taiwan University 

 

Max Ponticelli

Professor of Practice of Technical Theatre

MBA, University of Rhode Island

 

Earl Raney, Jr.

Associate Professor of Music

B.Mus., Boston University

 

Thomas C. Ratliff

Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Joel C. Relihan

Professor of Greek Latin and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Christina J. Reppucci

Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Ph.D., M.A., Boston College

 

Christina L. Riggs Romaine

Associate Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., Drexel University

 

Francoise Rosset

Associate Professor of Russian

Ph.D., Yale University

 

Gail K. Sahar

Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., University California, Los Angeles

 

Angie Sarhan Salvatore

Senior Professor of the Practice of English

M.F.A., Emerson College

 

Justin L Schupp

Associate Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Ohio State University

 

Julie A. Searles

Senior Professor of the Practice of Music

M.A., Wesleyan University

 

Elizabeth Ann Sears

Professor of Music

Ph.D., Catholic University America

 

Christhian Diaz Silva

Professor of the Practice of Painting and Foundations

MFA, Rutgers University

 

Tania Schlatter

Professor of the Practice of Design

M.Des., Illinois Institute of Technology

 

Kent Shaw

Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Houston

 

Walter W. Shaw

Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

 

Alireza Shomali

Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., M.A., Syracuse University

 

Srijana Shrestha

Associate Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

 

Scott W. Shumway

Professor of Biology

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Janice Carol Sklensky-Ratliff

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Sabrina Speights

Assistant Professor of Business and Management

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Charlotte

 

Evelyn R. Staudinger

Professor of the History of Art, Emerita

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Josh A. Stenger

Professor of Film and New Media

Ph.D., Syracuse University

 

J Sterphone

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

Patricia Stone

Associate Professor of Art, Emerita

M.F.A., Yale University

 

Ada McKenzie Thomas

Assistant Professor of English

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Mary Beth Tierney-Tello

Professor of Hispanic Studies

Ph.D., Brown University

 

Robin Tierney

Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese

Ph.D., University of Iowa

 

Jeffrey R. Timm

Professor of Religion

Ph.D., Temple University

 

Kathryn Ann Tomasek

Professor of History

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Zhou Tong

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Ph.D., Florida State University

 

M. Gabriela Torres

Professor of Anthropology

Ph.D., York University

 

A. Javier Trevino

Professor of Sociology

Ph.D., Boston College

 

Taneisha Vilma

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., M.A., Northern Illinois University

 

Katie Volk

Visiting Instructor of Education

M.A., Tufts University

 

Jonathan D. Walsh, Deceased

Professor of French Studies

Ph.D., University California, Santa Barbara

 

Alessandra E. Ward

Assistant Professor of Education

Ed.D., Boston University

 

George A. Watson

Visiting Instructor of Hispanic Studies

M.A., Middlebury College

 

Winter Jade Werner

Associate Professor of English

Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Aubrey Westfall

Associate Professor of Political Science

Ph.D., University Colorado, Boulder

 

Marianne Williams

Professor of the Practice of Nursing

MSN, Northeastern University

 

Russell E. Williams

Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Jeanne Wilson

Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of Russian Studies, Emerita

Ph.D., M.A., Indiana University

 

Brenda Wyss

Professor of Economics

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Miranda Yaver

Assistant Professor of Political Science

P.h.D., Columbia University 

 

Kersti Alice Yllo

Professor of Sociology, Emerita

Ph.D., M.A., Sociology, University of New Hampshire