Administration and Faculty

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• Providence College Corporation
• Providence College Board of Trustees
• Officers of the College
• Graduate Administration Staff
• Faculty

Providence College Corporation

Very Rev. Kenneth R. Letoile, O.P. ‘70*, Chair
Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. ‘78, Secretary
Rev. James Cuddy, O.P. ‘98
Susan M. Esper ‘91
Rev. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
Heidi M. Kenny ‘76
John F. Killian ‘77*
Very Rev. John A. Langlois, O.P. ‘85
Christopher K. Reilly ‘84
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ‘80*
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D.

* Ex Officio

Providence College Board of Trustees

John F. Killian ‘77, Chair
Christopher K. Reilly ‘84, Vice Chair
Rev. James Cuddy, O.P. ‘98, Secretary
David J. Aldrich’79
Karl W. Anderson ‘88
J. Peter Benzie ‘70
Duane M. Bouligny ‘94
Doris Burke
Joseph M. Calabria, Jr. ‘65
John A. Cervione ‘87
Robert C. Clark ‘80
Sandra L. Coletta ‘80
Thomas P. Corcoran ‘80
Sharon T. Driscoll ‘80
Colleen M. Duffy ‘83
Susan M. Esper ‘91
Henry C. Foley ‘77
Paul R. Galietto ‘78
Robert T. Gorman ‘78
Richard E. Gotham ‘86
Rev. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
Michael J. Joyce ‘84
Heidi M. Kenny ‘76
Douglas A. Kingsley ‘P16
Very Rev. John A. Langlois, O.P. ‘85
Dennis J. Langwell ‘80
William C. Leary ‘60
Very Rev. Kenneth R. Letoile, O.P. ‘70*
Meg McCarthy ‘75
John G. O’Hurley ‘76
Andre E. Owens, Esq. ‘85
Robert J. Palmisano ‘66
Kevin C. Phelan ‘66
John J. Powers ‘86
Kevin P. Quirk ‘87
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ‘80*
Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. ‘78*
Peter Q. Thompson ‘90
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D.*

* Ex Officio

Officers of the College

Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Ph.D.
President

Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P., Ph.D.
Executive Vice President/Treasurer

Hugh F. Lena, Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

John M. Sweeney, M.B.A.
Senior Vice President for Finance and Business/CFO

Kristine C. Goodwin, M.Ed.
Vice President for Student Affairs

Rev. R. Gabriel Pivarnik, O.P., S.T.D.
Vice President for Mission and Ministry

Marifrances K. McGinn, J.D.
Vice President/General Counsel/Risk Manager

Gregory T. Waldron, M.B.A.
Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Graduate Administration Staff

School of Arts & Sciences

Dean
Sheila Adamus Liotta, Ph.D.

School of Business

Dean
Sylvia Maxfield, Ph.D.

Associate Dean
Jacqueline Elcik, Ph.D.

School of Professional Studies

Dean
Jennifer E. Swanberg, Ph.D.

Faculty

Business 

Helen M. Caldwell, Assistant Professor of Marketing; M.B.A., Boston College; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Julia M. Camp, Assistant Professor of Accountancy; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Mark DeFanti, Associate Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., Texas A&M University

Christine E. Earley, Professor of Accountancy; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Matthew Eriksen, Professor of Management; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

John H. Fellingham, Practitioner Faculty in Finance; M.B.A., Fordham University

Sonia Gantman, Assistant Professor of Accountancy; M.S., Ph.D., Bentley University

Carol Hartley, C.P.A., Assistant Professor of Accountancy; M.B.A., University of Rhode Island

Daniel R. Horne, Associate Dean and Professor of Marketing; M.B.A., Saginaw Valley State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Jonathan E. Jackson Jr., Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Washington State University

Matthew J. Keane, Associate Professor of Accountancy; Ph.D., Syracuse University

Patrick T. Kelly, Associate Professor of Accountancy; M.B.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Michael L. Kraten, Associate Professor of Accountancy; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Marcin W. Krolikowski, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., University of South Florida

Brian Lamoureux, Practitioner Faculty in Management; J.D., Syracuse University

Christopher J. Lyddy, Assistant Professor of Management; Ph.D., Case Western University

David P. McIntyre, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Alli Nathan, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Queen’s University (Canada)

Francine Newth, Associate Professor of Management; M.B.A., Providence College; Certificate in International Management, University of Southern California; D.B.A., Nova Southeastern University

Vivian O. Okere, Professor of Finance; M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

John T. Schibler, Practitioner Faculty in Management; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

Deirdre G. Snyder, Assistant Professor of Management; M.I.B., University of South Carolina; Ph.D., University of North Carolina

Arati Srinivasan, Assistant Professor of Management; M.B.A., M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; D.B.A., Boston University

Liu Wang, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Old Dominion University

David A. Zalewski, Professor of Finance; M.B.A., Nichols College; M.A., Ph.D., Clark University

Education

Heather C. Allcock, Assistant Professor of Education, Ph.D., University of Maryland

Comfort M. Ateh, Associate Professor of Education, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin and University of California at Davis

Br. Patrick S. Carey, cfc, Director of PACT Program; Ph.D., Boston College

Diane DiSanto, Program Director of Graduate Administration; Ed.D., Boston University

Nuria Alonso García, Program Director of Graduate Urban Teaching, Associate Professor of Spanish; M.A., Ph.D., Universidad de Educación a Distancia (U.N.E.D) Madrid, Spain

Laurie L. Grupp, Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., New Mexico State University

Katherine L. Hibbard, Program Director of the Teacher Certification Program, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Nicholas V. Longo, Professor of Public and Community Service Studies, Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Brian M. McCadden, Dean of the School of Professional Studies, Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Keith W. Morton, Associate Director of the Feinstein Institute for Public Service, Professor of Public and Community Service Studies, Ph.D., University of Missouri

Patricia Nailor, Program Director of Graduate Counseling; Ed.D., Johnson and Wales University

Kevin J. O’Connor, Program Director of Secondary Education, Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Mary K. O’Keeffe, Associate Professor of Psychology; Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Beverly A. Paesano, Program Director of Graduate Literacy; Ph.D., Rhode Island College/University of Rhode Island

Anthony M. Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Education, Ph.D., University of New Mexico

Carmen A. Rolon, Associate Professor of Education and Women’s Studies; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Susan F. Skawinski, Associate Professor of Education; Ed.D., Boston University

Barbara M. Vigeant, Program Director of Graduate Special Education; M.Ed., Providence College

History

Edward E. Andrews, Associate Professor of History; M.A., The American University; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Patrick H. Breen, Associate Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Mario R. DiNunzio, Professor Emeritus of History; M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., Clark University

Matthew J. Dowling, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Fred K. Drogula, Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Vefa Erginbas, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Sabanci University (Turkey); Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Richard J. Grace, Professor Emeritus of History; M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

Robin J. Greene, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

Thomas W. Grzebien, III, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Tobias J. Harper, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Columbia University; M.A., University of Auckland; Ph.D., Columbia University

Rev. Robert W. Hayman, Retired Associate Professor of History; M.A., Louvain University (Belgium); M.A., Ph.D., Providence College

Karen A. Holland, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., Providence College

Jennifer G. Illuzzi, Associate Professor of History; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

D. Colin Jaundrill, Associate Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Jeffrey A. Johnson, Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University

John M. Lawless, Assistant Professor of Classics in History; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Brown University

Margaret M. Manchester, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Providence College; Ph.D., Clark University

Darra D. Mulderry, Visiting Assistant Professor of History; M.A., New School for Social Research; Ph.D., Brandeis University

Sharon Ann Murphy, Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Paul F. O’Malley, Program Director of Graduate History, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., University of Rhode Island; Ph.D., Boston University

Rev. David T. Orique, O.P., Assistant Professor of History; M.A., M.Div., Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology, Graduate Theological Union; M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

Rene A. Orquiza, Assistant Professor of History; M.Sc., University of Edinburgh; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Paul D. Quinlan, Professor Emeritus of History; M.A., Villanova University; Ph.D., Boston College

Constance M. Rousseau, Professor of History; M.A., University of Notre Dame; M.S.L., Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toronto

Raymond L. Sickinger, Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Steven C. Smith, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., University of Missouri

Rev. John C. Vidmar, O.P., Associate Professor of History; M.Phil., New College, University of Edinburgh; S.T.D., University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), Rome

Adrian C. Weimer, Associate Professor of History; M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Harvard University

Mathematics 

Lynette J. Boos, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Francis P. Ford, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; M.A., University of Kansas

Jeffrey T. Hoag, Associate Professor of Mathematics; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rhode Island

Wataru Ishizuka, Program Director of Graduate Mathematics, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Cayla D. McBee, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; M.S., Ph.D., Colorado State University

Asta Shomberg, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Joseph L. Shomberg, Associate Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Theology

Robert J. Barry, Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Boston College

William Bonney, Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Fordham University

Holly Taylor Coolman, Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Duke University

Gary M. Culpepper, Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Dana Dillon, Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Duke University

Paul L. Gondreau, Professor of Theology; S.T.D., University of Fribourg

Aurelie A. Hagstrom, Associate Professor of Theology; S.T.D., University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), Rome

James F. Keating, Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Sandra T. Keating, Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Ian C. Levy, Program Director of Graduate Theology, Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Marquette University

Rev. Thomas P. McCreesh, O.P., Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Terence A. McGoldrick, Associate Professor of Theology; S.T.D., University of Fribourg

Rev. R. Gabriel Pivarnik, O.P., Vice President for Mission and Ministry, Director of the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies, Assistant Professor of Theology; S.T.L., Dominican House of Studies; S.T.D., The Catholic University of America

Despina D. Prassas, Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Patrick V. Reid, Professor of Theology; Ph.D., St. Mary’s Seminary and University

Rev. James Sabak, Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Daria Spezzano, Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Arthur P. Urbano, Jr., Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Brown University

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