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 Mulcahy, O.P., Chair *
Sr. Kathleen Cannon, O.P., Secretary
Maureen Davenport Corcoran
Rev. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
John F. Killian
Kevin C. Phelan
Michael A. Ruane *
Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. *
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, D.D. *

Providence College Board of Trustees

Michael A. Ruane, Chair *
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
Very Rev. Giles R. Dimock, O.P.
Paul R. Galietto
John J. Glier
Robert T. Gorman, Jr.
Rev. Andrew Hofer, O.P.
Thomas J. Keegan, Jr.
John F. Killian, Vice Chair
Rev. John A. Langlois, O.P.
William C. Leary
Paul G. Maguire
Very Rev. Brian Mulcahy, O.P. *
Edward W. O’Donnell
John G. O’Hurley, Jr.
Robert J. Palmisano
Kevin C. Phelan
Christopher K. Reilly
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
Marifrances McGinn, J.D.
Vice President/General Counsel/Risk Manager
David Wegrzyn, M.A.
Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Rev. Joseph J. Guido, O.P., Ed.D.
Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Steven Sears, Ed.D.
Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Administration

Graduate Administration Staff

School of Arts & Sciences

Dean
Sheila Adamus Liotta, Ph.D.

School of Business

Interim Dean
MaryJane Lenon, Ph.D.

Interim Program Director
Business                     Catherine Pastille, Ph.D.

School of Professional Studies

Dean
Brian M. McCadden, Ph.D.

Faculty

Business

Andrew Arnette, Assistant Professor of Management; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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

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

MaryJane Lenon, Associate Professor in Economics; 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, Assistant 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, Associate Professor of Finance; M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island 

Ekkachai Saenyasiri, Assistant Professor of Finance; Ph.D., City University of New York

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

Karen S. Whelan-Berry, Associate Professor of Management; Ph.D., Boston College

Education

Anne Coleman, Special Lecturer in Education; Ph.D., California Graduate Institute

Patrick S. Carey, cfc, Special Lecturer in Education; Ph.D., Boston College

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, 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, Special Lecturer in Education; M.A., Assumption College

Brian M. McCadden, 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; Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Cornelius H. Riordan, Professor of Sociology; Ph.D., Syracuse University

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

History

Rev. Jon A. Alexander, O.P., Associate Professor of History; M.Div., Aquinas Institute of Theology; Ph.D.,Temple University

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

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

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

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

Robert E. McCarthy, Professor of History; M.A., Providence College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

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, Assistant Professor of History; M.A., University of Rhode Island; Ph.D., Boston University

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

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

Mathematics 

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

Richard H. Connelly, Assistant Professor of Computer Science; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse 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, 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

Rev. John E. Allard, O.P., Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

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

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

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., 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. David L. Stokes, Assistant Professor of Theology; Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

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

Rev. John C.Vidmar, O.P., Associate Professor of History; Special Lecturer in Theology; S.T.D., University of St. Thomas (Angelicum), Rome

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