Biology Department

Professor

Ann Billetz: cell biology, microbiology, parasitology
B.S., Walsh College
M.S., Cleveland State University
Ph.D., Cleveland State University

Justin Golub: animal behavior, developmental biology, evolution, biostatistics
B.S., Union College
M.S., Concordia University
Ph.D., Clark University

Anne Goodwin: zoology, animal physiology, marine biology, nutrition
B.A., Albion College
Ph.D., Harvard University

Peter Hoyt: sports medicine, exercise, injury prevention and care
B.S., Mercyhurst College
M.S., Old Dominion University
Ph.D., Rocky Mountain University

Jerry Smosky: immunology, evolution, neurobiology
B.S., Appalachian State Teachers College
M.S., University of South Carolina
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Associate Professor

George Hamaoui: environmental microbiology, molecular genetics
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Nicole Porther: community health education, public health, human biology, toxicology
B.S., Howard University
M.P.H., Florida International University
Ph.D., Florida International University

Assistant Professor

Normadeane Armstrong: global health, infectious disease, medical history
B.S., Molloy College, New York
M.S., Molloy College, New York
A.N.P., SUNY at Stony Brook
Ph.D., Touro University International

Andrew Best: anatomy and physiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics
B.S., Saint Michael's College
M.A., Quinnipiac University
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Rebecca Relyea: radiologic technology, positioning lab, advanced imaging
RT (R)
B.S., College of Saint Rose
A.S., Ogeechee Technical College
M.S., Excelsior College

Julie Walsh: positioning, advanced imaging, radiographic critique, computed tomography
RT (R) (M) (CT)
B.S., University of Connecticut
A.S., Gateway Community College
M.Ed., Park University

Visiting Assistant Professor

Laura Hancock: botany, plant/animal interactions, conservation biology, bat biology
B.S., Christopher Newport University
M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Doctoral Candidate, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Instructor

Jonathan Clinger: general biology, herpetology, animal physiology
B.S., Wittenberg University
M.S., Austin Peay State University

Kara Corlew: radiologic technologist
A.A., SUNY Adirondack
B.S., SUNY Plattsburgh
B.S., Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Business Administration and Economics Department

Professor

James S. Moriarty: accounting, finance
B.S., American International College
M.B.A., American International College

Thomas Whalen: management, marketing, leadership, culture studies
B.S., U.S. Naval Academy
M.S., Troy University
Ph.D., Gonzaga University

Associate Professor

Tara J. Barboza: accounting
B.S., University of Phoenix
M.B.A., Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

Assistant Professor

Omotara Adeeko: economics
B.S., Redeemer's University
M.A., Eastern Illinois University
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Amir Mohsen Danesh Yazdi: finance
B.S., Baruch College-Zicklin School of Business
M.B.A., Pace University
M.S.F., SUNY at Buffalo
Doctoral Candidate, Indiana University-Kelley School of Business

Visiting Assistant Professor

Amy Shapiro: small business entrepreneurship and lending
B.A., Evergreen State College
M.A., University of UMass Amherst

Chemistry Department

Professor

Associate Professor

Robert Harris: organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, forensic chemistry
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D., Boston College

Assistant Professor

Yavuz Ceylan: inorganic chemistry, analytical chemistry, computational chemistry
B.S., Gaziosmanpasa University
Ph.D., University of North Texas

Communications, Interdisciplinary Studies, and Modern Languages Department

Communications

Professor

Michael Birch: digital media production, media and cultural studies, applied theater
B.A., King Alfred’s College
M.A., University of Lancaster
Ph.D., University of Liverpool

Visiting Assistant Professor

Darren Johnson: journalism, communications, publications
B.A., Southampton College of Long Island University
M.F.A., Southampton College of Long Island University

Interdisciplinary Studies

Professor

Rita Nnodim: cross-cultural and transnational studies, African and South Asian studies, literature and film
M.A., Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Ph.D., University of Birmingham, England

Hannah Haynes: critical ethnic studies, US immigration history, American studies
B.A., Williams College
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Modern Languages

Professor

Graziana Ramsden: contemporary Hispanic novel and film, gender theory, second language acquisition
M.A., University of Venice
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Mariana Bolívar Rubín: Spanish, 20th and 21st centuries Latin American/Caribbean literature, gender and film theory
B.A., Colorado State University, Fort Collins.
M.A., Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

Computer Science Department

Associate Professor

David Eve: hardware, networking, information systems, entrepreneurship
B.A., College of Wooster
M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Guodong Wang: performance optimization on high-speed networks; security and communications on smart grid; control, management, and services on SDN and IoTs
B.S., Henan Polytechnic University
M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Science
Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Science

Education Department

Professor

Nicholas Stroud: student and teacher attitudes toward science, science pedagogy in and out of classrooms and for communities
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A., Stonybrook University
Ph.D., Teachers College Columbia University

Associate Professor

Lisa Arrastia: oral history, racial capitalism, the pedagogies of culture, and the intersections of race, masculinity, social class, place, and school
B.S., SUNY Empire State College
M.A., Antioch University
M.Ed., National Louis University
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Margaret Clark: early childhood education, curriculum and theory, early literacy development
B.A., Williams College
M.A., Sonoma State University
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Assistant Professor

Clio Stearns: education, childhood studies, curriculum theory, elementary teacher education
A.B., Bryn Mawr College
M.S. Ed., Bank Street College of Education
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

English & Philosophy Department

Professor

Amber Engelson: writing studies; global literacies; feminist rhetorics; writing across curriculum
A.B., Occidental College
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Zachary Finch: American literature, creative writing, contemporary poetry, and poetics
B.A., Dartmouth College
M.F.A., Warren Wilson College
Ph.D., University of Buffalo

Jenna Sciuto: global anglophone literature, U.S. southern literature, African American and African diasporic literatures, postcolonial theory
B.A., Brown University
M.A., Boston University
Ph.D., Northeastern University

Associate Professor

Victoria Papa: 20th-century and contemporary literatures, modernism, gender and sexuality studies, visual culture, and new media
B.A., St. Anselm College
M.A., University of Albany, SUNY
Ph.D., Northeastern University

Assistant Professor

J. Antonio Templanza: 17th-century English literature, history of science and philosophy, literary criticism and theory
B.A., University of California at Berkeley
M.A., Yale University
M.Phil., Yale University
Ph.D., Yale University

Philosophy

Professor

David Braden-Johnson: epistemology and metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics
B.A., Georgetown University
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Paul Nnodim: social and political philosophy, continental philosophy, and African philosophy.
B. Phil., Pontifical Urbanian University, Rome
M.A., Middlesex University, London, England
Ph.D., Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany

Environmental Studies Department

Professor

Daniel Shustack: wildlife biology
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.S., University of Vermont
Ph.D., Ohio State University

Elena Traister: stream ecology, campus sustainability
B.A., Williams College
M.E.Sc., Yale School of the Environment
Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Fine and Performing Arts Department

Art

Professor

Melanie Mowinski: visual art, books arts, printmaking, design
B.S., Case Western Reserve University
M.A., Yale University
M.F.A., University of the Arts, Philadelphia

Gregory Scheckler: drawing, painting, digital photography
B.A., University of Notre Dame
B.F.A., Washington University
M.F.A., Utah State University

Arts Management

Professor

Lisa Donovan: arts management, arts education, arts integration, arts-based research
B.A., SUNY Oneonta
M.S., Boston University
Ph.D., Lesley University

Jerome Socolof: performing arts management and arts policy
B.M., SUNY Potsdam
M.A., The Ohio State University
Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Communications

Professor

Paul E. LeSage: journalism, business writing, literature
B.A., Norwich University
M.A., Idaho State University
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Music

Professor

Christine Condaris: vocal ensembles, ethnomusicology, musicology
B.A., Wesleyan University
M.A., New York University
Ph.D., Wesleyan University

Michael Dilthey: music theory/composition
B.M., Southern Illinois University
M.M., University of Missouri-Kansas City
M.M., Northwestern University
D.Mus., Northwestern University

Theatre

Professor

Laura Standley: acting, directing, play analysis
B.A., University of Central Oklahoma
M.F.A., University of California, Irvine

Jeremy Winchester: theater, scenic, and lighting
B.F.A., University of Oklahoma
M.F.A., University of Washington

Associate Professor

Michaela Petrovich: theatre, costume design, and technologies
B.A., University of Redlands, Johnston Center for Integrative Studies
M.F.A., University of Washington

Freel Library

Librarian

Pamela Contakos
B.A., Marlboro College
M.L.S., Syracuse University
M.Ed., University of Massachusetts, Boston

Associate Librarian

Kate Flower
B.A., DePaul University
M.A., University of Arizona

History and Political Science Department

History

Professor

Anthony Daly: European history, world civilization
B.A., University of Toronto
M.A., Boston College
Ph.D., Boston College

Kailai Huang: Asian history, world civilization
B.A., Hebei University, Baoding, China
M.A., Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Ph.D., Binghamton University

Ely Janis: Post-Civil War United States history, immigration, and ethnicity
B.A., University of Oregon
M.A., Boston College
Ph.D., Boston College

Assistant Professor

Mariah Hepworth: Modern U.S., war, popular culture, gender, race & ethnicity
B.A., Seattle University
M.A., Northwestern University
Ph.D., Northwestern University

Political Science

Associate Professor

David Cupery: Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, international relations, political and economic development, political economy, civil conflict
B.A., Centre College
Masters in International Sciences and Diplomacy, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador
M.A., University of Colorado, Boulder
Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder

Samantha Pettey: American politics; women and politics; state and local politics; research methods
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
M.A., University of Rhode Island
Ph.D., University of North Texas

Mathematics Department

Professor

Fredricka Bennett: graph theory, history of mathematics, probability theory
B.A., Drew University
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Elizabeth Hartung: chemical graph theory, planar graphs, combinatorial generation
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Syracuse University
Ph.D., Syracuse University

Christopher L. Thomas: geometric group theory
B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Ph.D., Tufts University

Associate Professor

Erin Kiley: applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, computational electromagnetics
B.S., University of New Hampshire
M.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Physics Department

Professor

Emily Maher: experimental particle physics
B.A., Hendrix College
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Associate Professor

Kebra Ward: experimental optics, physics education research
B.S., University of Southern California
M.S., Lehigh University
Ph.D., Lehigh University

Assistant Professor

Thomas Burton: materials science/condensed matter physics
B.E., Virginia Polytech Institute and State University
Ph.D., University of Alabama

Psychology Department

Professor

Thomas Byrne: behavior analysis, biological psychology, drugs, and human behavior
B.A., University of Florida
M.A., Western Michigan University
Ph.D., Western Michigan University

Sharon Claffey: social support in married and cohabiting couples, division of household labor, academic motivation, and achievement
B.A., College of the Holy Cross
M.A., Monmouth University
Ph.D., Kent State University

Associate Professor

Ruby Vega: learning and motivation, socially shared regulation of learning in small group formats
B.A., University of Arizona
M.A., University of Arizona
Ph.D., University of Arizona

Sara Steele: technology and cognition, sex differences in spatial ability
B.S., Kutztown University
M.A., The University of Alabama
Ph.D., The University of Alabama

Assistant Professor

Samuel Bruun: gender development and expression, sexual minority parenthood, social anxiety, stereotype development
B.S., University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
M.S., University of Kentucky
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Carter Carter: psychoanalysis; clinical social work; racism, White Supremacy, and discrimination; personality pathology; case-based qualitative methods
B.A., New York University
M.S.W., Simmons University
Ph.D., Smith College School for Social Work

Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Department

Anthropology

Associate Professor

Anna Jaysane-Darr: community and global health, anthropology of refugees, gender roles and culture
B.A., New York University
M.A., University of London
Ph.D., Brandeis University

Mohamad Junaid: political anthropology, social movements, visual anthropology, South Asia
B.A., Aligarh Muslim University, India
M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Ph.D., City University of New York, Graduate Center

Sociology

Professor

Ingrid Castro: children and youth, race, gender, and class, education, cinema studies, qualitative methods
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., Northeastern University
Ph.D., Northeastern University

Jennifer Zoltanski: social inequality, criminology, genocide, sociology of happiness
B.A., University of Denver
M.S., Portland State University
M.A., Brandeis University
Ph.D., Brandeis University

Associate Professor

​Travis Beaver: sociology of gender, men and masculinities, sexualities, social theory
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Social Work

Professor

Kerri Leyda Nicoll: poverty, inequality, social policy, community, and civic engagement
B.A., Connecticut College
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary
M.S.W., University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Assistant Professor

Whitney Gecker: community and place, youth civic engagement, reconciliation, ethnography
B.A., George Mason University
M.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston
Ph.D., Boston University