2023-2024 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, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; MS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; BS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 

Brian Becker, 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

Nathan Braccio, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, US HISTORY; BA, American University; MA, American University; PhD, University of Connecticut

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

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

Jina Chang, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SOCIAL WORK; BS, George Washington University; MSW, Columbia University; PhD, Boston 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

Jean Clarke-Mitchell, ASSISTANT REGISTRAR, SOCIAL WORK; BS, University of Massachusetts, Lowell; BA, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; MSW, Smith College; PhD, Smith College

Megan Crowe-Rothstein, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, SOCIAL SCIENCES; BA, Wesleyan University; MSW, Columbia University

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

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, Steven 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

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

Christine A. Evans, PROFESSOR EMERITUS, HUMANITIES; BA, MA, Stanford University; MA, PhD, Harvard University 

Grace Ferris, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CHEMISTRY; 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

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

Laura Fokkena, SENIOR LECTURER; MEd, Harvard University; PhD, Lesley University

Elaine Gatewood, INSTRUCTOR, SOCIAL WORK; BSW, St. Joseph University; MSW, Fordham University

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

James Haag, SENIOR LECTURER; BA, Augustana College; MA and ThM, Lutheran School of Theology; PhD, Graduate Theological Union

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

Ann-Charlotte Hogstadius, SENIOR LECTURER, BS, Lesley University; MEd, Harvard University

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

Lisa Jennings, TEMPORARY INSTRUCTOR, SOCIAL WORK; BBA, Faulkner University; MSW, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa; PhD, University of Alabama

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

Perah Kessman, SENIOR LECTURER; BS/MA and PhD, Lesley University

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

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

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

Kenji Yoshida Kozai, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MATHEMATICS; BS, Harvey Mudd College; PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Kazuyo Kubo, 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

Raquel Lopez, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR; BA, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil; MBA, Everest University; EdD, Nova Southeastern University

Kimberley A. Lowe, ASSOCIATE 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

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; PhD, Stevens Institute of Technology

Patricia Mason, SENIOR LECTURER; BA, Emmanuel College; MEd and PhD, Boston College

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

C. Catherine Mellor, VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BS, Lesley University; MEd, Lesley University; MA, Pacifica Graduate Institute; PhD, Pacifica Graduate Institute

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

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

Romana Mohiuddin, TEMPORARY INSTRUCTOR, EDUCATION; BS, Boston University; EdM, Boston College; EdM, Harvard University

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

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

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

Sonia PĂ©rez-Villanueva, PROFESSOR, SPANISH STUDIES AND LITERATURE; BA, MA, University of the Basque Country, Spain; PhD, University of Birmingham

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

Jean-Baptiste Quillien, VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, PSYCHOLOGY; BA, University of Minnesota Duluth; BAS, University of Minnesota Duluth; MA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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

Andrew Richman, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MATH EDUCATION; BA, Harvard University; MEd, Loyola University; EdD, Boston University

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

Phoebe Roberts, VISITING INSTRUCTOR, COMPOSITION AND WRITING; BA, Brandeis University; MFA, Lesley University

Adid Roman, VISITING FACULTY, ART THERAPY; BE, Cambridge College; MS, Springfield College 

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

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

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

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

Julie Shoemaker, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, EARTH SCIENCE; BA, Princeton; PhD, Harvard University

Rebecca Silverman, SENIOR LECTURER; BA, Bryn Mawr College; MA, University of Maine

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

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

Michael Thibodeau, SENIOR LECTURER; BA, University of Maine Presque Isle; MS, University of Oklahoma

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

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

Erika Weberg-Vina, SENIOR LECTURER; MEd and PhD, Lesley University