2019-2020 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Faculty

Joshua Baldwin, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SOCIAL WORK; BS, University of Alabama - Birmingham; MSW, PhD, University of Alabama

Geoffrey Barnes, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY; BA, Amherst College; MA, Antioch University; PhD. Lesley University

Katherine Barone, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY; BS, St. Lawrence University; PhD, SUNY-Buffalo

William Barowy, Associate Professor. Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Brian Becker, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; BA, Salve Regina University; MA, Fuller Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology

Steven R. Benson, PROFESSOR; MATHEMATICS; BS, University of Texas at Austin; MS, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Pamela Bourke, SENIOR LECTURER, EDUCATION; BA, Emmanuel College; MA, Boston College

Linda Brion-Meisels, PROFESSOR EMERITA, EDUCATION/PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Grinnell College; MSEd, Wheelock College; PhD, Boston College

Leah Fisher, SENIOR LECTURER, EDUCATION; BA, MA, Lesley University

Nancy Jo Cardillo, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY; BA, SUNY-Brockport; MEd, Lesley University; PhD, Lesley University

Claire Carroll, INSTRUCTOR, SOCIAL SCIENCES; BA, Pace University; MALD, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University

Summer Ray Clark, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, EDUCATION / LITERACY; BA, Covenant College; MEd, University of Mississippi; EdS, University of Georgia; PhD, University of Maryland, College Park

Liv Cummins, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, THEATRE; BS, Skidmore; MFA, New York University

Adrian Cruz, INSTRUCTOR, SOCIAL SCIENCES; BA, MS, University of Texas-Pan American; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tatiana Cruz, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, HISTORY; BA, Williams College; MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Linda Dacey, PROFESSOR EMERITA, EDUCATION/MATHEMATICS; BA, Boston College; EdM, Lesley College; EdD, Boston University

Arlene Dallalfar, PROFESSOR EMERITA, SOCIOLOGY; BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, University of California at Los Angeles

Frank Daniello, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; BS, University of Vermont; MEd, PhD, Boston College

Diana Direiter, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Stephen F. Austin State University; PhD, University of North Texas

Mary Dockray-Miller, PROFESSOR, ENGLISH; BA, Vassar College; MAT, Boston University; MA, PhD, Loyola University, Chicago

J. Barry Dolan, SENIOR LECTURER, COMMUNICATIONS; BA, Assumption College; MS, Boston University

Brooke Eisenbach, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION; BA, MEd, PhD, University of South Florida

Christine A. Evans, PROFESSOR, COMPARATIVE LITERATURE; BA, MA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Harvard University

Grace Ferris, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BA, Mount Holyoke College; PhD, Boston College

Paul A. Fideler, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HISTORY AND HUMANITIES; BA, St. Lawrence University; MA, PhD, Brandeis University; American Council of Learned Societies Fellow.

Rosalie Fink, PROFESSOR EMERITA, ENGLISH/LITERACY; BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MS, SUNY, Cortland; EdD, Harvard University

Ronald Fionte, SENIOR LECTURER, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BA, Merrimack College; MBA, Suffolk University

Lisa Fiore, PROFESSOR, EDUCATION; BA, Brandeis University; MAT, Tufts University; PhD, Boston College

Jason Frydman, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BFA, Syracuse University; MA, New York University; PhD, Fordham University

Roser Giné, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, EDUCATION; BA, Dartmouth College; MEd, Harvard University Graduate School of Education; EdD, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Amy Gooden, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, EDUCATION; BA, Emerson College; EdM, Harvard University; EdD, Boston University

Cheryl Haberman, SENIOR LECTURER, EDUCATION; BS, University of Maryland; EdM, Harvard University

Donna Halper, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HUMANITIES; BA, MA, MEd, Northeastern University; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Stephen Haven, PROFESSOR, CREATIVE WRITING; BA, Amherst College; MA, MFA, University of Iowa; PhD, New York University

Jeremy Holman, SENIOR LECTURER, GEOGRAPHY; BA, BS, Ohio University; MA, PhD, Clark University

Michael J. Illuzzi, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE; BS, Georgetown University; PhD, University of Minnesota

Jonathan Jefferson, PROFESSOR, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BS, Morehouse; MEng, Cornell; MS, Capella; DMgt, Colorado Technical University

Ingrid Johnston, PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BS, Quinnipiac College; MA, Connecticut College; PhD, University of Rhode Island

John Kim, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota

Neal Klein, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Dickinson College; EdM, EdD, Boston University

Rose Marie Knickles, SENIOR LECTURER, HEALTH EdD, Boston University

Erika Knuth, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; MA, Fuller Theological Seminary; MA, PhD, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology

Kazuyo Kubo, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SOCIOLOGY & SOCIAL CHANGE/ CHILDREN, YOUTH, & FAMILY STUDIES; BA, University of Minnesota; PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ronald M. Lamothe, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, HISTORY; BA, Tufts University; MA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, Boston University

Diane Larochelle, LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; BS, Wheelock College; CAGS, MA, Lesley University

Mary Beth Lawton, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EDUCATION; BS, Colby College; MS, Wheelock College; CAGS, University of Vermont; EdD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Yihsing, Liu-Constant, ASSOCIATE PROCESSOR, EDUCATION; BS, National Taiwan University; MA, PhD, Tufts University

Lauren Leone, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ART THERAPY; BA, Tufts University, BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts; MA, Lesley University; DAT, Mount Mary University

Kimberley A. Lowe Frank, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MODERN HISTORY; BA, Pepperdine University; MA, MPhil, Yale University; PhD, Yale University

Janel L. Lucas, PROFESSOR EMERITA, SOCIAL WORK & HUMAN SERVICES; BA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MSW, PhD, Simmons College

Heather MacDonald, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Chapman University; MA, Seattle University; PsyD, Pacific University

Susan McFarland, SENIOR LECTURER, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & PSYCHOLOGY; BA, College of St. Rose; MBA, Anna Maria College

James Mason, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BA, Thomas Edison State University; MBA, Cornell University; Ph. D., Stevens Institute of Technology

Robert McGrath, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BA, Boston College; MBA, Boston College; PhD, Lesley University

Margaret Materazzo, SENIOR LECTURER, EDUCATION, BA, MEd, Boston State College

Michael Matvichuk, SENIOR LECTURER, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BS, University of Massachusetts Lowell; MSM, Lesley University

Susan Merrifield, PROFESSOR EMERITA, ENGLISH/EDUCATION; BA, University of Massachusetts; MA, Goddard College; MEd, University of Maine; EdD, Harvard University

Amy Mertl, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BIOLOGY; BS, University of Minnesota; PhD, Boston University

Elyssa Miller, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; BS, Boston University; MA, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Uma Chandrika Millner, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY/HOLISTIC PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Fergusson College; MA, University of Pune; MA, PhD, Boston College

Mary Mindess, PROFESSOR EMERITA, EDUCATION; BS, Simmons College; EdM, Boston University

David Morimoto, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, BIOLOGY; BS, Stonehill College; MA, PhD, Boston University

Beth J. Noël, SENIOR LECTURER, COMMUNICATIONS; BA, Simmons College; MA, Lesley University

James J. O'Keefe, PROFESSOR, MATHEMATICS; BA, Boston College; MEd, Harvard University; PhD, Boston College

Michelle Pate, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, ART THERAPY; BA, Marygrove College; MA, Wayne State University; DAT, Mount Mary College

Sonia Pérez-Villanueva, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SPANISH; BA, MA, University of the Basque Country, Spain; PhD, University of Birmingham

Jeffrey Perrin, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Trinity College; MA, University of Michigan; MA, PhD, University of New Hampshire

Nicholas Pietrowski, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, University of Illinois, Chicago; MS, Erickson Institute

Anne Pluto, PROFESSOR, THEATRE AND LITERATURE; BA, MA, PhD, SUNY-Buffalo

Ayelet Pravda, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; BS, University of Darby; MA, Lesley University

Elizabeth Raggi, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, Adelphi University; MA, Lesley University

Christopher Richardson, SENIOR LECTURER, BIOLOGY PhD, Boston University

Jane Ferris Richardson, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ART THERAPY; BA, Bennington College; MSEd, Bank Street College of Education; MEd, Lesley College; EdD, Boston University

Maureen Riley, PROFESSOR EMERITA, EDUCATION; BS, Boston College; MEd, Harvard University

Sarah Romano, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, POLITICAL SCIENCE AND GLOBAL STUDIES; BA, University of Puget Sound; PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz  

Clara E. Ronderos, PROFESSOR, SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE; BA, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia; MA, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Kimberly Ruegger, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BA, Tufts University; MBA, Northeastern University

Amy E. Rutstein-Riley, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SOCIOLOGY; BA, Simmons College; MPH, Boston University School of Public Health, School of Medicine; PhD, Lesley University

Janet Story Sauer, PROFESSOR, SPECIAL EDUCATION; BA, Emerson College; MEd, Ohio University; EdD, University of Northern Iowa

Walter Schnyder, SENIOR LECTURER, MATHEMATICS, PhD, ETH Zürich

Steven S. Shapiro, PROFESSOR, PHYSICS; BA, Colby College; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  

Julie Shoemaker, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, EARTH SCIENCE, PhD, Harvard University

Daniel Shoreman, SENIOR LECTURER, EDUCATION; BA, MEd, Northeastern University; EdD, Boston University

Aaron Ray Smith, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CREATIVE WRITING; BA, West Virginia Wesleyan; MFA, University of Pittsburgh

Danielle Speakman, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY; PhD, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology

Flavia Stanley, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK AND HUMAN SERVICES; BA, Barnard College; MSW, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Carol Streit, PROFESSOR EMERITA, PSYCHOLOGY; BS, Ohio State University; MEd, PhD, Boston College

Joanne M. Szamreta, PROFESSOR EMERITA, EDUCATION; BA, Smith College; MEd, Erikson Institute; PhD, Boston College

Leela K. Tanikella, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL STUDIES; BA, Haverford College; MA, PhD, University of Texas, Austin

Nafisa Tanjeem, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, GLOBAL STUDIES; BA, University of Dhaka; MA, University of Toronto; PhD, Rutgers University

Frank Trocco, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SOCIAL STUDY OF SCIENCE; BA, State University of New York; MA, Clayton University; PhD, Union Institute

Leah Valley, SENIOR LECTURER, EDUCATION; BA, MS, Lesley University 

Dan Walker, SENIOR LECTURER, PSYCHOLOGY/APPLIED THERAPIES; BA, Stonehill College; MS, Northeastern University

Jan Wall, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BS, Keene State College; MS, University of MA, Amherst; MA, Atlantic University; PhD, Lesley University

Robert Wauhkonen, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ENGLISH; BA, University of Denver; MA, Northeastern University; EdD, Boston University

Nicole Weber,  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCIENCE; BS, University of Minnesota, St. Paul; MFA, Lesley University; PhD, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Marjorie E. Wechsler, PROFESSOR EMERITA, HISTORY; BA, Barnard College; MA (English), MA (History), Harvard University

Richard Weissman, SENIOR LECTURER, BUSINESS MANAGEMENT; BA, Rutgers University; MSM, Lesley University

CLAS Social Work Field Placement

Megan Crowe-Rothstein, BSW FIELD DIRECTOR, SOCIAL SCIENCES; BA, Wesleyan University; MSW, Columbia University

CLAS Education Field Placement

Cheryl Haberman, DIRECTOR, FIELD PLACEMENT, EDUCATION; BS, University of Maryland; EdM, Harvard University

Julie Patel, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, FIELD PLACEMENT, EDUCATION; B.A. Bridgewater State University; M.Ed. Lesley University

Mark Donohue, PROGRAM COORDINATOR; B.A. Emerson College

CLAS Internship Office

Dan Walker, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNSHIP OFFICE; BA, Stonehill College; MS, Northeastern University

CLAS Advising

Academic Advising Center

James Eddy, ACADEMIC ADVISOR, STUDENT-ATHLETE SPECIALIST; BA, MS, Northeastern University

Tara Fitzpatrick, PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC ADVISOR; BA, University of MA, Amherst; MA, Boston College

Jackie Iannone, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of ADVISING; BS, Lesley University; M.Ed., Suffolk University

Ren McEachern, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR; BFA, Lesley University

Khue Nguyen, PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIC ADVISOR; BA, M.Ed., Harvard University

 

Center for the Adult Leaner

Farrah Bruny-Brown, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVISOR; BA, University of MA, Boston; M.Ed, Merrimack College

Julianne Corey, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADVISING/ PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT COORDINATOR; BA, Merrimack College; MFA, Emerson College

Eugene Ferraro, SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADVISING; BA, Salem State College; M.Ed, Boston State College

Esther Takor, ADMIN ASSISTANT II/TRANSFER CREDIT SPECIALIST

Jennine Tambio, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS AND ADVISING; BA, Harvard University; M.Ed, University of Hawaii