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. Brian M. Mulcahy, O.P., Chair*
Sr. Kathleen Cannon, O.P., Secretary
Maureen Davenport Corcoran
Rev. Giles R. Dimock, O.P.
Rev. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
John F. Killian*
Very Rev. John A. Langlois, O.P.
Kevin C. Phelan
Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P.
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. *
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D. *

* Ex Officio

Providence College Board of Trustees

John F. Killian, Chair*
David J. Aldrich
J. Peter Benzie
Catherine Little Bert
Duane M. Bouligny
Thomas C. Boyan, Jr.
M. Joseph Canavan
Sr. Kathleen Cannon, O.P.
Sandra L. Coletta
Maureen Davenport Corcoran, Secretary*
Thomas P. Corcoran
Very Rev. Giles R. Dimock, O.P.
Sharon T. Driscoll
Paul R. Galietto
John J. Glier
Robert T. Gorman
Rev. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
Thomas J. Keegan, Jr.
Heidi M. Kenny
Rev. John A. Langlois, O.P.
The Hon. William C. Leary
Paul G. Maguire
Very Rev. Brian M. Mulcahy, O.P.*
John G. O’Hurley, Jr.
Robert J. Palmisano
Kevin C. Phelan
Christopher K. Reilly, Vice Chair
Mary-Ellen Sposato Rogers
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P.*
Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P.*
James J. Skeffington, Esq.
Edward M. Sullivan
Peter Q. Thompson
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.
Vice President for Mission and Ministry

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

TBA
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.

Business Administration

Faculty Director
Patrick T. Kelly, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean for Graduate Program
Jaqueline Elcik, M.A.

School of Professional Studies

Dean
Brian M. McCadden, Ph.D.

Faculty

Business 

Deirdre Bird, Assistant Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., Purdue University 

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, Assistant 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

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

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

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

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

Gregory Lu Light, Professor of Management; M.B.A., University of Illinois; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

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

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

Br. Patrick S. Carey, cfc, Director of PACT; Special Lecturer in Education; Ph.D., Boston College

Alexander  Freda, Program Director of Graduate Counseling; Special Lecturer in Education; M.Ed., Rhode Island College; CAGS, University of Connecticut

Nuria Alonso García, 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

Laura Boynton Hauerwas, Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., Northwestern University

John T. Hogan, Executive Director of Personal Counseling Center; Special Lecturer in Education; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

Catherine L. Keating, Assistant Professor of Special Education; M.Ed., Boston State College; C.A.E.A., Boston College; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Jacqueline Kiernan MacKay, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies; Special Lecturer in Education; M.A., Assumption College

Francis J. Leary, Program Director of Graduate Administration; Special Lecturer in Education; M.Ed., St Michael’s College

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

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

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

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

Cornelius H. Riordan, Professor of Sociology; Special Lecturer in Education; Ph.D., Syracuse University

Carmen A. Rolon, Program Director of Secondary Education; 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; Special Lecturer in Education; M.Ed., Providence College

History

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

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

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

Fred K. Drogula, Associate 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 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

Rev. Robert W. Hayman, 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, Assistant Professor of History; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

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

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

John M. Lawless, Assistant Professor of Classics; Special Lecturer 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

Donna T. McCaffrey, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D. (History), Providence College; M.A. (Religious Studies), Providence College

James H. McGovern, Associate Professor of Humanities in History; M.A., Providence College; Ph.D., Boston College

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

Sharon Ann Murphy, Associate 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

Paul D. Quinlan, Professor 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, Instructor of History; M.A., Ph.D. candidate, 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, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Harvard University

Mathematics 

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

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

Richard B. Goldstein, Professor of Mathematics; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University

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

Su-Jeong Kang, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Ph.D., Purdue University 

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

Theology

Robert J. Barry, Program Director of Graduate Theology, 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

Rev. Terence J. Keegan, O.P., Professor of Theology; S.T.D., University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), Rome

Ian C. Levy, Associate 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, Assistant 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., Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Brown University

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