Administration and Faculty

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

The Corporation of Providence College 2020-2021

Very Rev. Kenneth R. Letoile, O.P. ‘70*, Chair
Andre E. Owens, Esq. ‘85, Secretary
Rev. Francis Belanger, O.P. ‘99G
Robert J. Clark ‘80
Susan M. Esper ‘91
Rev. Edward M. Gorman, O.P. ‘86
Very Rev. Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P.
Dennis J. Langwell ‘80
Rev. Michael A. Mascari, O.P.
Christopher K. Reilly ‘84*
Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. ‘78
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D.*

Providence College Board of Trustees Members of 2020-2021

Christopher K. Reilly ‘84*, Chair
Susan M. Esper ‘91, Vice-Chair
Colleen M. Duffy ‘83, Secretary
Karl W. Anderson ‘88
Rev. Francis Belanger, O.P. ‘99G
Joseph M. Calabria, Jr. ‘65
John A. Cervione ‘87
Gregory S. Christenson ‘89
Robert C. Clark ‘80
William F. Concannon ‘77, ‘08P
Maureen Davenport Corcoran ‘79
Thomas P. Corcoran ‘80
John P. Dawley Jr ‘86
Sharon T. Driscoll ‘80
Henry C. Foley ‘77
Rev. Edward M. Gorman, O.P. ‘86
Richard E. Gotham ‘86
Very Rev. Aquinas Guilbeau
John J. Houlihan Jr. ‘77
Michael J. Joyce ‘84
Douglas A. Kingsley ‘16P
Dennis J. Langwell ‘80
Teresa A. Lavoie, Ph.D., J.D. ‘89
Very Rev. Kenneth R. Letoile, O.P. ‘70*
Ann Manchester-Molak ‘75
Rev. Michael A. Mascari, O.P.
John R. McCarthy ‘86
Andre E. Owens, Esq. ‘85
Kevin C. Phelan ‘66 & ‘15HON
John J. Powers ‘86
Kevin P. Quirk ‘87
Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. ‘78*
Megan C. Smith ‘91
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D.*
Christopher F. Virgulak ‘77
Mark T. Voll ‘77
Monica D. Womack, MBA ‘91

*Ex Officio

Officers of the College

Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P., Ph.D., President
Ann Manchester-Molak, M.A., Executive Vice President
Rev. Michael James Cuddy, O.P., S.T.L., Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Robert G. Driscoll Jr., M.S., Vice President for Athletics/Athletic Director
Christopher M. Neronha, J.D., Vice President/General Counsel/Risk Manager
Sean F. Reid, Ph.D., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Steven A. Sears, Ed.D., Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students
John M. Sweeney, M.B.A., Senior Vice President for Finance and Business/CFO
Gregory T. Waldron, M.B.A., Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Graduate Administration Staff

Academic Affairs

Lisa Lombardo, M.A., Director of Graduate Recruitment and Marketing
Brian M. McCadden, Ph.D., Assistant to the Provost for Graduate Programs

School of Arts and Sciences

Dean
Sheila Adamus Liotta, Ph.D.

Associate Deans
Joan R. Branham, Ph.D.
Maureen C. Outlaw, Ph.D.

School of Business

Dean
Sylvia Maxfield, Ph.D.

Associate Dean
Jacqueline Elcik, Ph.D.

School of Professional Studies

Interim Dean
Katherine Kranz, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean
Elizabeth Schaper Ed.D.

Faculty

Business 

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

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

Juan David Cortés Ortiz, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Iowa State University

Mark P. 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

Michael A. Grande, Practioner Faculty of Accountancy; M.Sc., Bryant University

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, Professor of Accountancy; M.B.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

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

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

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

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

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

John T. Schibler, Practitioner Faculty of 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, Associate 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

Diane DiSanto, Program Director of Graduate School Leadership; 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

Susan Grossman, Associate Professor of Social Work; Ph.D., Adelphi 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, Assistant to the Provost for Graduate Programs, 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

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

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

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

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

Robin J. Greene, Associate 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

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

Melissa A. Huber, Assistant Professor of History, Ph.D., Duke University

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, Program Director of Graduate History, Professor of History; M.A., Ph.D., Washington State University

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

Alyssa A. Lopez, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Michigan State University

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

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

Paul F. O’Malley, 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

Claire N. Roosien, Assistant Professor, M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

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

Osama R. Siddiqui, Assistant Professor of History, Ph.D., Cornell University

Steven C. Smith, Associate 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, Associate 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 Program Director of Graduate Theology, Associate 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, Associate 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., 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 Emeritus of Theology; Ph.D., St. Mary’s Seminary and University

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

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

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