Administration and Faculty

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

The Corporation of Providence College 2024-2025

Very Rev. Allen Moran, O.P., Ph.D., Chair*
Andre E. Owens ‘85, Secretary
Very Rev. Francis Belanger, O.P. ‘99G
Robert J. Clark ‘80
Susan M. Esper ‘91, ‘19P, ‘22P*
Most Rev. Richard Henning, S.T.D.*
Dennis J. Langwell ‘80
Rev. Michael Mascari, O.P., Ph.D.
Very Rev. Thomas Petri, O.P., S.T.D.
Christopher K. Reilly ‘84*
Very Rev. Jordan Schmidt, O.P., Ph.D.
Rev. Kenneth Sicard, O.P., Ph.D. ‘78, ‘82G*

*Ex Officio

Providence College Board of Trustees Members of 2024-2025

Christopher K. Reilly ‘84, Chair*
Susan M. Esper ‘91, ‘19P, ‘22P, Vice-Chair
Duane M. Bouligny ‘94, ‘21Hon., Secretary
Very Rev. Francis Belanger, O.P. ‘99G
Joseph M. Calabria Jr. ‘65, ‘93P, ‘27GP
Kenneth D. Canestrari ‘84, ‘20P
John A. Cervione ‘87
James M. Chirico Jr. ‘80
Gregory S. Christenson ‘89
Robert J. Clark ‘80
Rudolph A. Cline-Thomas ‘00
William F. Concannon ‘77, ‘08P
Maureen Davenport Corcoran ‘79
Thomas P. Corcoran III ‘80
John P. Dawley Jr. ‘86
Colleen M. Duffy ‘83
Henry C. Foley, Ph.D. ‘77, ‘15Hon.
Stephen E. Gallucci ‘89, ‘26P
Most Rev. Richard Henning, S.T.D.*
John J. Houlihan Jr., Esq. ‘77, ‘08P
Dennis J. Langwell ‘80
Teresa A. Lavoie, Ph.D., J.D., ‘89
Meghan C. Lyon ‘89
Ann Manchester-Molak ‘75, ‘11P
Marta V. Martínez ‘79, ‘19Hon.
Rev. Michael Mascari, O.P., Ph.D.
John R. McCarthy ‘86, ‘22P, ‘23P
Very Rev. Allen Moran, O.P., Ph.D.*
Andre E. Owens ‘85
Very Rev. Thomas Petri, O.P., S.T.D.
Kevin P. Quirk ‘87
Very Rev. Jordan Schmidt, O.P., Ph.D.
Jill M. Shah ‘91
Rev. Kenneth Sicard, O.P., Ph.D. ‘78, ‘82G*
Megan C. Smith ‘91
Shannon L. Sullivan ‘00
Michael J. Tucker ‘93
Christopher F. Virgulak, C.P.A. ‘77
Mark T. Voll ‘77
Christopher J. Walker ‘86, ‘20P, ‘23P
Monica D. Womack, M.B.A. ‘91

*Ex Officio

Board Secretariat

Christine E. Roberti ‘01G

Officers of the College

Fr. Kenneth Sicard, O.P., Ph.D., President
Rev. Thomas More Garrett, O.P., J.D., S.T.L., Executive Vice President for Mission/Chief Operating Officer
Quincy A. Bevely, Ph.D., Vice President for Institutional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Kyle J. McInnis, Sc.D., Founding Dean for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Planning
Steven R. Napolillo, Vice President / Director of Athletics
Christopher M. Neronha, Esq., Vice President / General Counsel / Risk Manager
Steven A. Sears, Ed.D., Senior Vice President for Student Affairs / Dean of Students
Thomas Smith, Ph.D, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
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

Diana Gingles, M.Ed., Director of Graduate Admission
Daniela Volkovinsky, D.M.A., Assistant Director of Graduate Admission, Marketing and Recruitment

School of Arts and Sciences

Dean
Margaret A. Watkins, Ph.D.

Associate Deans
Elisabeth Arévalo, Ph.D.
Denise Anne Godin, M.S.
Madeleine Metzler, M.S.
Maureen C. Outlaw, Ph.D.

School of Business

Dean
Sylvia Maxfield, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Dean
Joseph Gemma, M.S.

School of Education and Social Work

Dean
Yune Kim Tran, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean
Jill E. Souza

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

Wen Chen, Associate Professor of Finance; Ph.D., Rutgers University

Juan David Cortés Ortiz, Associate 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, Practitioner Faculty of Accountancy; M.Sc., Bryant University

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

Mona Jabbari., Assistant Professor of Finance; M.S., BU-Ali Sina University, Ph.D., University of Oregon

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

Mona Jabbari, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., University of Oregon

Arati Devendra Kale, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

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

Nea S. North, Assistant Professor of Marketing; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

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

Adam H. Villa, Associate Professor of Computer Science; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

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

David A. Zalewski, Professor Emeritus 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 Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Associate Professor of Education, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin and University of California at Davis

Bret D. Cormier, Associate Professor of Elementary/Special Education; Ed.D., University of Kentucky

Sr. Matthew Marie Cummings, O.P., Clinical Professor of Education; Ed.D

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

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

Christopher W. Keavy, Director of PACT; M.A., Ursuline College

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

Brian M. McCadden, Associate Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Christine McMahon, Program Director of the Teacher Certification Program, M.Ed., Cambridge College

Keith W. Morton, Professor Emeritus 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 Graduate Higher Education, Assistant Professor of Education; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

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

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

Yune Kim Tran,  Dean of School of Education and Social Work, Professor of Elementary/Special Education; Ph.D.; University of Texas at Austin

Lin Zhang, Professor of Elementary/Special Education; Ph.D.; Boston College

Marcy Zipke, Program Director of Graduate Special Education, Professor of Elementary/Special Education; Ph.D.; City University of New York

History

Edward E. Andrews, Professor of History; Ph.D., University of New Hampshire

Jessica Blum-Sorensen, Assistant Professor of Classics; Ph.D., Yale University

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

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

Vefa Erginbas, Associate Professor of History; Ph.D., The Ohio State University

Robin J. Greene, Associate Professor of History; Ph.D., University of Washington

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

Karen A. Holland, Assistant Professor of History; 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; Ph.D., Columbia University

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

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

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

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

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

Rev. David T. Orique, O.P., Professor of History; Ph.D., University of Oregon

Rene A. Orquiza, Associate Professor of History; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Constance M. Rousseau, Professor of History; Ph.D., University of Toronto

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; S.T.D., University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), Rome

Adrian C. Weimer, Professor of History; Ph.D., Harvard University

Mathematics 

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

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, 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, Program Director of Graduate Theology, Associate Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Ian C. Levy, 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

Rev. Augustine M. Reisenauer, O.P., Assistant Professor of Theology; S.T.L., Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC

Rev. Bruno M. Shah, O.P., Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Francesca Silano, Assistant Professor of History; Ph.D., University of Toronto

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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