2016 Affinity Group Meet &
Greet
APIE
Leigh Patel
lps@bc.edu
Associate Professor
LSOE
Pat Bando
bando@bc.edu
Associate VP
Auxiliary Services
Syed Khan
khans@bc.edu
Reference &
Instruction Librarian
Libraries
Josephine Xiong
xiongj@bc.edu
Assistant Director
Carroll School
Undergraduate Dean's
Office
Belle Liang
liangbe@bc.edu
Associate Professor
Counseling Psychology
Katherine Kim
kimoj@bc.edu
Instructor
English
Soomoy
moyso@bc.edu
Cashier
Bookstore
Sanchali Biswas
biswassb@bc.edu
Advisor
Communication
I am a professor in the Lynch School of Education, a board
member of the Education for Liberation network. I am a
staunch supporter of students exploring what justice means.
means..& visionary of non-tuition related revenue, enterprise
Leader
departments of BC: Dining, Catering, Concessions, Event
Management, Transportation & Parking, Bookstores, Eagle
Print, Connors Center & rental housing. Manages vast multicultural teams of 285 BC full time employees plus about 500
student (college & high school) employees. As a 3rd generation
Japanese American, Pat is a member of this AHANA
community of BC.
I am active with APIE; and with mentoring students for a long
time in programs such as Mays and CPP; also active with
diversity issues.
I've been at BC since 2007 and currently work in the Carroll
School of Management as an academic advisor. I can be a
resource in terms of CSOM curriculum, academic policies,
resources on campus, and Higher Education Administration
graduate programs.
Generation 1.5 American (parents from South Korea), previous
head of Grad AHANA
Students: I encourage you to meet with me for conversation and
dialogue regarding any topics that are important to you! Please
email me anytime at sanchali.biswas@bc.edu.
BFSAA
Thomas Harwell
harwellt@bc.edu
Assistant Director
Career Center
Kristina Hall-Michel
hallmich@bc.edu
Resident Director
Office of Residential
Life
Damita Davis
davisoz@bc.edu
Associate Director, Diversity
and Inclusion
Office for Institutional
Diversity
Beverley Sobers
sobersb@bc.edu
Monetta Edwards
edwardmh@bc.edu Asst. Director, Winston Center
CSOM
bellkh@bc.edu
Office of
Student
Involvement
Karl Bell
Senior HR Officer
Assistant Director
I am currently the Co-Chair of BFSAA;I finished my B.S. in
Biology and M.S. in Higher Ed, I'm graduating with my MBA.
I love discussing students' journey with them and how to best
navigate the many experiences that they're having at BC. Feel
free to reach out if you need anything.
Employment
I was born in Barbados, West Indies. I migrated to Boston in
the late 70’s. I am a Senior Human Resources Officer in
Human Resources/Employment for just over one year. Prior to
working at BC, I worked for more than 20 years in Human
Resources in Healthcare. I am member of BFSAA and Mays
Mentoring Program.
I am passionate about my work with students. I am happy to
meet for coffee/coke. My office is located in Carney (room
115)
Ruth McRoy
mcroy@bc.edu
Professor
Social Work
Howard McLendon
mclendon@bc.edu
Interfaith Campus Minister
Campus Ministry
Renee Gadsden
Tony Cadogan
gadsdeng@bc.edu
cadogana@bc.edu
Kenny Monteiro
monteike@bc.edu
Terry-Anne Roberts
richelie@bc.edu
Rig Noel
noelra@bc.edu
Sr. Assistant Director
Police Officer
Assistant Director
Undergraduate
Admission
BCPD
Urban Outreach
Initiatives
Since September 2009, Ruth G. McRoy has held the
Donahue and DiFelice Endowed Professorship at Boston
College School of Social Work. Prior to joining the Boston
College faculty, McRoy held the Ruby Lee Piester
Centennial Professorship at the University of Texas at
Austin School of Social Work. Her research has focused on
such topics as culturally competent service delivery, African
American families, racial disproportionality in child welfare,
openness in adoption, kinship care and guardianship,
adoptive family recruitment, racial identity development,
and transracial adoptions.
An ordained Baptist minister, I am also an alumnus, CSOM
‘75 with a degree in finance. As an undergraduate I was a
leader in the Black Talent Program. I currently serve the
University as Interfaith Campus Minister.
In my new role in Undergraduate Admission specific projects
I am apart of include AHANA recruitment team, OTE
selection process, and student group visits. My recruitment
territories include India, north shore region of MA, San Jose,
Nassau County Long Island NY, NE, IA, and ID.
As a newer member of the Boston College community, I am
continuously looking to connect with students to learn more
about their experience, find ways in which I can be a resource
to help with their growth and transition as well as identifying
ways in which we can collaborate to further support AHANA
recruitment initiatives at the institution.
Stay out of trouble
For the past 8 years, I served as the Program Director of the
FAM (Friends and Mentors) for Change Mentoring Program at
Bridgewater State University. Currently, I serve as the
Assistant Director of Urban Outreach Initiatives at Boston
College, and a Senior Instructor at Bridgewater State
University, teaching a course in Sociology, entitled,
“Mentoring and Leadership for Social Change.”
HRSC
Assist. Director
Career Development
10 years at BC working with graduate students. Also a mentor
to many students
L@BC
Julianna Gonzalez
Adalline Mirabal
Xaviera Flores
gonzaljl@bc.edu
mirabal@bc.edu
floresx@bc.edu
Frank Garcia-Ornelas garciaof@bc.edu
Marcela Norton
veizaga@bc.edu
Associate Director of Student
Services
Assistant Director
Archives Assistant
CSON
I attended Boston College for my undergraduate degree and
majored in Sociology (Class of 2007). I now work at the
Connell School of Nursing and I am also a part-time doctoral
student at the Lynch School of Education. I am open to talk
about the BC undergraduate experience and explore different
career tracks.
Learning to Learn
I have over 20 years of experience in working with firstgeneration college students (I am 1st G). I am available, and
enjoy, having conversations with students about their
experiences, about issues that are important to them, about
transitioning to BC, applying to graduate school...
Burns Library
Graduate Assistant
Montserrat Coalition
Employee Relations Officer
Human Resources
Dining Services
From Iowa, but have lived in South Dakota, Nebraska,
Massachusetts, and Arizona. I have a BA in Film Studies
and a MS in Library and Information Science.
I've been with the Montserrat Coalition for 3 years. I will be
graduating from Boston College Graduate School of Social
Work this year. The last two years my artwork has been on
display for the Black History Month Art Collaborative
Sanaz Mohseni
mohsenis@bc.edu
Resident Director
Res-Life
Sarah Gallenberg
gallenbe@bc.edu
Program Administrator/Counselor BAIC
Anna Marie Murphy
murphyqn@bc.edu
Deputy Editor
I support AHANA students be successful and foster dialogue
about race and identity for students. In the office, coordinate
the OTE program and the RIDE retreat. I am also a member of
the APIE planning group.
Boston College Magazine
Erika Kiyono
kiyono@bc.edu
Counselor
I was born in Japan and raised in Birmingham, AL. I graduated
from BC with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. (Class of
Learning to Learn Office 2009) The staff members and the resources of the Learning to
Learn Office and BAIC (OASP) were the foundation of my
success as an undergraduate student.
Catherine Wong
wongcx@bc.edu
Director
Urban Outreach
Initiatives, LSOE
Patricia Lowe
narcisse@bc.edu
Executive Director Office for
Institutional Diversity
Human Resources
Floyd Patterson
patterfl@bc.edu
Manager
Human Resource Service
Center
Patricia Birch
birchp@bc.edu
Field Education Specialist
Social Work
Catherine Wong, Director, Urban Outreach Initiatives, Lynch
School of Education, oversees the Donovan Urban Teaching
Scholars’ Program, an intensive one year M.Ed. cohort-based
program in teacher preparation, the College Bound-STEM
Program, a pre collegiate youth centered out of school time
program that uses scientific inquiry to address social and
environmental justice issues, as well as facilitates a series of
cross university, school and community collaborations. In her
work, Catherine leads teams of faculty, college students,
community activists, K-12th grade students and their families
to build innovative partnerships. Her approach involves
schools and community stakeholders working courageously
together at the boundaries of their disciplines. By integrating
multiple perspectives and knowledge that arise from their own
lives, cultural identity and educational underpinnings, these
teams effect change agency for themselves and for succeeding
generations. Catherine is also a cross-cultural consultant who
brings together interdisciplinary teams to enhance their
capacity to lead and learn from a culturally competent, social
justice and equity stance. Highlighted consultancies have
included; the Domestic Violence Unit-Massachusetts
Department of Social Services, WGBH-PBS Television, the
Human and Civil Rights Division-National Education
Association, the U.S-Middle East Partnership Initiative, and a
visiting professorship at the School of Education-Queen’s
University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Catherine is a former
school counselor and director, School Counseling Program at
the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Catherine earned her
graduate degree in Counseling Psychology with a
specialization in Cross Cultural Counseling from Boston
University. Catherine was raised on the island of Oah’u,
Hawai'i and grew up with the dramatic storytelling of her great
grandmothers and extended family. Their stories of bringing
disparate groups together despite prejudice and stereotypes
instilled in her the desire to become a cultural bridge builder.
Catherine honors her ancestors’ legacy, as she continues to
grow and refine her craft as a consultant and educator.
I am affiliated with L@BC and BFSAA.
Thanks
Patty