University Faculty 1
UNIVERSITY FACULTY
David B. Casten, Executive in Residence, Accounting, B.S. Queens
College; J.D., L.L.M. Boston University School of Law
Tenure and Tenure Track Faculty
Tom Chandler, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. University of
New Hampshire; M.F.A. Brown University
Roger L. Anderson, Professor, Management, B.S. Augustana College;
M.B.A. University of Wyoming; Ph.D. University of Oregon
Madan Annavarjula, Professor, Management, B.S. Gulbarga University,
India; M.B.A. Karnatak University, India; Ph.D. Temple University
Kwadwo N. Asare, Associate Professor, Accounting, B.S. St. Francis
College; M.B.A. Cornell University; M.S. McCullum Graduate School of
Business; Ph.D. Bentley University
Asli Ascioglu, Professor, Finance, B.S. Middle East Technical University;
M.S. Texas Tech University; Ph.D. University of Memphis
Sharmin Attaran, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.A. University of
California Los Angeles; M.B.A. California State University Bakersfield;
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Chicago
Stanley J. Baran, Professor, Communication, B.A., Ph.D. University of
Massachusetts; M.A. Pennsylvania State University
Laurie Bates, Professor, Economics, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of
Connecticut
Laura Beaudin, Assistant Professor, Economics, Ph.D., M.A., University of
New Hampshire; B.A., St. Michael’s College,
David Beausejour, Professor, Accounting, B.S., M.S.T. Bryant University;
J.D., Suffolk University; C.P.A.
Aziz Berdiev, Assistant Professor, Economics, B.A. Berea College; M.S.,
Ph.D. University of Kentucky
Kristen M. Berkos, Associate Professor, Communication, B.A., M.A.
California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D. Louisiana State University
Abhijit Chaudhury, Professor, Computer Information Systems, B.Tech.,
M.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology; Ph.D. Purdue University
Lori Ann Coakley, Professor, Management, B.A. University of
California, Santa Cruz; M.B.A. University of Lowell; Ph.D. University of
Massachusetts
Maura Coughlin, Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A.
University of Massachusetts; M.A. Tufts University; Ph.D. Institute of Fine
Arts, New York University
Charles P. Cullinan, Professor, Accounting, B.S. Suffolk University; M.S.
State University of New York; Ph.D. University of Kentucky; C.P.A.; C.M.A.;
C.I.A.
Diya Das, Associate Professor, Management, B.A. University of Calcutta;
M.S. University of Delhi; Ph.D. Syracuse University
Amber Day, Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. McGill
University; M.A., Ph.D. Northwestern University
Cileine I. de Lourenco, Professor, English and Cultural Studies and
Modern Languages, B.A. Austin Peay State University; M.A., Ph.D. Ohio
State University
Janet E. Dean, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. Colby College;
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Columbia University
Ronald J. Deluga, Professor, Applied Psychology, B.S. Bowling Green
State University; M.S. Miami (of Ohio) University; M.B.A. Xavier
University; Ed.D. University of Cincinnati
James Bishop, Professor, Mathematics, B.A., M.A. State University of
New York; Ph.D. Northeastern University
Carol DeMoranville, Professor, Marketing, B.S. The College of William and
Mary; M.B.A. Appalachian State University; Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University
Brian Blais, Associate Professor, Science and Technology, B.A. Wesleyan
University; Sc.M., Ph.D. Brown University
John W. Dietrich, Professor, Political Science, B.A. University of
Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University
Dennis M. Bline, Professor, Accounting, B.S.B.A. Indiana University
Southeast; M.B.A., Ph.D. University of Arkansas
Sandra Enos, Associate Professor, Sociology, B.A. Rhode Island College;
M.A. Brown University; Ph.D.University of Connecticut
Andrea Boggio, Associate Professor, Legal Studies, B.A. Universita
Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy; J.S.M., J.S.D. Stanford Law School
James R. Estey, Associate Professor, History, B.A. Cornell University;
M.A.T. Brown University
Stefanie Boyer, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
University of South Florida
Robert Farrar, Associate Professor, Accounting, B.S., M.B.A. Northeastern
University; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
Michael S. Bryant, Professor, Legal Studies, M.S., J.D. Emory University;
MA., Ph.D. Ohio State University
Lookman Buky Folami, Professor, Accounting, B.S. Robert Morris
University M.S., Ph.D. Georgia State University
Allison Butler, Associate Professor, Applied Psychology, B.S. The College
of William Mary; M.Ed. University of Virginia; Ph.D. Boston College
Nicole Freiner, Associate Professor, Political Science, B.A. Alfred
University; M.A., Ph.D. Colorado State University
Jeffrey Cabusao, Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A.
Oberlin College; M.A. University of California; Ph.D. University of Michigan
Richard Glass, Professor, Computer Information Systems, B.A. University
of Manitoba; M.B.A. University of Western Ontario; Ph.D. Concordia
University
Gregg Lee Carter, Professor, Sociology, B.A. University of Nevada Las
Vegas; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Columbia University
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William Graves III, Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A.
University of Maryland; M.A. (Anthropology), M.A. (Linguistics), Ph.D.
Indiana University
Michael J. Gravier, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.A. Washington
University St. Louis; M.S. Air Force Institute of Technology; Ph.D.
University of North Texas
Terri Hasseler, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. St. Norbert
College; M.A. Marquette University; Ph.D. University of Washington
Kirsten Hokeness, Associate Professor, Science and Technology, B.S.
University of New Hampshire; Ph.D. Brown University
Richard G. Holtzman, Associate Professor, Political Science, B.A.
University of California San Diego; Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Hsi C. Li, Professor, Finance, B.A. Tunghai University; M.A. Clark
University; Ph.D. University of Massachusetts
Suhong Li, Professor, Computer Information Systems, B.E., M.E. Tianjin
University; Ph.D. University of Toledo
Judy Barrett Litoff, Professor, History, B.A., M.A. Emory University; Ph.D.
University of Maine
Paul Lokken, Associate Professor, History, B.A., M.A. University of
Saskatchewan; Ph.D. University of Florida
David Louton, Professor, Finance, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D. Michigan State
University
Harsh K. Luthar, Professor, Management, B.A. Beloit College; M.B.A.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Tony Houston, Associate Professor, Modern Languages, B.A., M.A.
University of Kentucky; Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
David S. Lux, Professor, History, A.B., A.M., Ph.D. University of Michigan
Joseph A. Ilacqua, Professor, Economics, A.B. Stonehill College; M.A.
Clark University; Ed.D. Boston University
Michael F. Lynch, Professor, Accounting, B.S. University of Rhode Island;
M.S.T. Bentley College; J.D. New England School of Law; C.P.A.
A. Can Inci, Professor, Finance, B.S. Bogazici University; M.S. University
of London; M.B.A. Ohio State University; Ph.D. University of Michigan
Mary P. Lyons, Professor, Communication, B.S. Simmons College; M.B.A.
Bryant University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Crystal Jiang, Associate Professor, Management, B.A. Shandong Normal
University China; M.B.A. University of Maine; Ph.D. Temple University
Bradford D. Martin, Professor, History, B.A. Yale University; M.A.
University of Massachusetts/Boston; Ph.D. Boston University
Antoine Joseph, Professor, History, B.A. Swarthmore College; Ph.D.
University of Chicago
Joseph McCarthy, Professor, Finance, B.S. SUNY at Albany; M.B.A.
University of Oregon; D.B.A. University of Colorado
Kristin T. Kennedy, Professor, Mathematics, B.A. Manhattanville College;
M.S. Georgia Southern College; M.S. Brown University; Ph.D. University of
Rhode Island
Teresa McCarthy, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.S. University of
Massachusetts; M.S. University of Rhode Island; Ph.D. University of
Tennessee
David Ketcham, Associate Professor, Finance, B.S. University of Vermont;
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
Judith McDonnell, Professor, Sociology, A.B. Cornell University; A.M.,
Ph.D. Brown University
Jongsung Kim, Professor, Economics, B.A., M.A. Kyung Hee University;
M.A., Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University
Jane McKay-Nesbitt, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.H.Ec., M.Sc.,
Ph.D. University of Manitoba
Kai K. Kim, Assistant Professor, Management, Ph.D. Candidate University
of Nebraska; M.S. Northern Illinois University; B.A. University of Utah
Dan L. McNally, Associate Professor, Science and Technology, B.S.
University of Detroit; M.A. (Architecture) M.A. (Business Administration)
Webster University; M.S., Ph.D. Michigan Technological University
Stanley J. Kozikowski, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.S.
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; M.A., Ph.D. University of
Massachusetts Amherst
Kevin D. Mentzer, Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems,
B.S.B.A. Bryant University; MSIT, Ph.D. Candidate Bentley University
Timothy Krumwiede, Professor, Accounting, B.B.A. Cleveland State
University; M.S.A., Ph.D. Texas Tech University; C.P.A.
Sam Mirmirani, Professor, Economics, B.S. National University of Iran;
M.S. University of Dallas; M.A., Ph.D. Clark University
Martha Kuhlman, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
New York University
Ramesh Mohan, Professor, Economics, B.S., M.S. University of Malaya;
Ph.D. Kansas State University
Eileen Kwesiga, Associate Professor, Management, B.A., M.A. Cleveland
State; Ph.D. University of Texas at Arlington
Chris R. Morse, Associate Professor, Communication, B.A., Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University; M.A. Illinois State University
Heather Pond Lacey, Associate Professor, Applied Psychology, B.A.
California State University M.A., Ph.D. University of Michigan
Robert Muksian, Professor, Mathematics, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. University of
Rhode Island
Gaytha A. Langlois, Professor, Science and Technology, B.A. Eastern
Nazarene College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Keith Murray, Professor, Marketing, B.A. Columbia Union College; M.A.
Pepperdine University; M.B.A. Boston University; Ph.D. Arizona State
University
Qin Leng, Professor, Science and Technology, B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Chinese
Academy of Sciences
Son Nguyen, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, B.S. Military Technical
Academy, Vietnam; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio University
University Faculty 3
Peter J. Nigro, Sarkisian Chair and Professor, Finance, B.A. College of the
Holy Cross; M.A. University of Southern California; Ph.D. Boston College
of St. Andrews; Ph.D. Oregon State University; Ph.D. Old Dominion
University
Elaine-Marie Notarantonio, Professor, Marketing, B.S. Bryant University;
M.B.A. Suffolk University; Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Wendy Samter, Professor, Communication, B.A. LaSalle University; M.A.,
Ph.D. Purdue University
Alan D. Olinsky, Professor, Mathematics and Computer Information
Systems, B.S., M.S. Hofstra University; Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Hakan Saraoglu, Professor, Finance, B.Sc., M.B.A. Bogazici University;
Ph.D. Michigan State
Kevin Pearce, Associate Professor, Communication, B.A. San Jose State
University; M.A. San Diego State University; Ph.D. Kent State University
Phyllis Schumacher, Professor, Mathematics, B.A., M.S. University of
Rhode Island; Ph.D. University of Connecticut
Alex Perullo, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. University of
New Hampshire; M.A., Ph.D. Indiana University
James Segovis, Associate Professor, Management; Director, Honors
Program, B.A. State University of New York at Cortland; M.B.A. Southern
Methodist University; Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas
Chester Piascik, Professor, Mathematics, B.Ed. Rhode Island College;
M.S. University of Rhode Island
Elena Precourt, Assistant Professor, Accounting, Ph.D. Candidate
University of Rhode Island; G.D.P.A Accounting Suffolk University; B.A.,
M.B.A. University of Maine
Mary Prescott, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. University of
Vermont; Ph.D. Brown University
Janet Prichard, Professor, Computer Information Systems, B.A.
Providence College; M.S., Ph.D. University of Rhode Island
Dirk Primus, Assistant Professor, Management, M.B.A. University Berlin,
Business College St. Gallen, DePaul University Chicago, Kelly School of
Business, Indiana University; M.Sc. Nuremberg Institute of Technology;
Ph.D. Bentley University
Charles Quigley, Professor, Marketing, B.S. University of Vermont; M.B.A.,
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University
John T. Quinn, Professor, Mathematics, Sc.B. Brown University; S.M.,
Ph.D. Harvard University
Andres Ramirez, Associate Professor, Finance, M.B.A. University of Texas
Pan American Ph.D. University of South Carolina
Harold Records, Professor, Computer Information Systems, B.S. Cornell
University; M.B.A. University of Rhode Island; Ph.D. Cornell University
Christopher Reid, Associate Professor, Science and Technology, B.Sc.
Laurentian University; M.Sc. University of Waterloo; Ph.D. University of
Guelph
Joseph Shaanan, Professor, Economics, B.A. Temple University; M.A.,
Ph.D. Cornell University
Kathleen Simons, Professor, Accounting, B.S. Edinboro State College;
M.S. Eastern Connecticut State University; M.S.T. Bryant University;
D.B.A. Boston University; C.P.A.
Richard M. Smith, Professor, Mathematics, B.A. Queens College; M.A.,
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Kenneth J. Sousa, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems,
B.S. Roger Williams College; M.B.A. Bryant University; Ph.D. University of
Rhode Island
Edinaldo Tebaldi, Associate Professor, Economics, B.A. State University
of Maringá Brazil; M.A. Federal University of Ceará Brazil; M.A., Ph.D.
University of New Hampshire
Jack Trifts, Professor, Finance, B.B.A. University of New Brunswick;
M.B.A. Dalhousie University; Ph.D. University of Florida
Joseph J. Trunzo, Professor, Applied Psychology, B.S. Marywood College;
M.A., Ph.D. MCP Hahnemann University
V.K. Unni, Distinguished Professor, Management, B.Com., M.Com., M.B.A.
Atlanta University; D.B.A. Louisiana Tech University
John K. Visich, Professor, Management, B.A. Widener University; M.B.A.
Goldey-Beacon College; Ph.D. University of Houston
Julie E. Volkman, Assistant Professor, Communication, B.A., Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University; M.A. Michigan State University
Thomas J. Roach, Associate Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A.
Boston College; M.A., Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Elizabeth Walden, Professor, English and Cultural Studies, B.A. Hamline
University; M.A. University of Virginia; Ph.D. University of Minnesota
Michael Roberto, Professor, Trustee Professor of Management, A.B.,
M.B.A., D.B.A. Harvard University
Nanci Weinberger, Professor, Applied Psychology, B.S. Lesley College;
M.S., Ph.D. Tufts University
Christopher J. Roethlein, Professor, Management, M.A. Western
New England College; M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D.
University of Rhode Island
Angela Wicks, Associate Professor, Management, B.B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.
University of Houston
Saeed Roohani, Professor, Accounting, B.A. Institute of Advanced
Accounting; M.B.A. Sol Ross State University; M.S. Louisiana State
University; D.B.A. Mississippi State University
Elzotbek Rustambekov, Assistant Professor, Management, B.A. Tashkent
State Technical University; M.B.A. Hofstra University; M.S. University
Shirley A. Wilson, Professor, Management, B.S. Syracuse University; M.A.
University of Akron; Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University
Lawrence H. Witner, Associate Professor, Accounting, B.A. Kenyon
College; J.D. University of Akron School of Law; L.L.M. George
Washington University; C.P.A.
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Yun Xiao, Professor, Modern Languages, B.A. Jiangxi Province Teacher
University China; M.A., Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa
Steven Jablow, Lecturer, English and Cultural Studies, MAJS, B.J.Ed. The
Rabbinical School of Hebrew College
Hong Yang, Professor, Science and Technology, B.S. Wuhan College (PR
China); M.S. China University of Geosciences; Ph.D. University of Idaho
Allison Kaminaga, Lecturer, Economics, B.S. Stonehill College; M.A., Ph.D.
Clark University
Elizabeth Yobaccio, Professor, Finance, B.S. Bentley College; M.B.A.,
D.B.A. Boston University
Jeffrey S. Koplik, Lecturer, Finance, B.S. Cornell University; MSc. Brown
University; MBA University of Rhode Island; MSF Boston College
Sukki Yoon, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.A. Konkuk University;
M.A. Michigan State University; Ph.D. University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Craig Krebsbach, Lecturer, Mathematics, B.A. University of Wisconsin;
M.A. University of Rhode Island
Srdan Zdravkovic, Associate Professor, Marketing, B.S. University
of Evansville; M.B.A. University of Southern Indiana; Ph.D. St. Louis
University
Chen Zhang, Associate Professor, Computer Information Systems, B.S.
Tsinghua University; Ph.D. University of Alabama
Xiaochuan Zheng, Associate Professor, Accounting, B.S. Renmin
University of China; M.S. Graduate School of People’s Bank of China; M.S.
University of Mississippi; Ph.D. Drexel University
Term Faculty
Susan R. Baran, Lecturer, Communication, B.A. Rhode Island College;
M.A. Norwich University
Nancy I. Beausoleil, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics, M.S. University of
Massachusetts; B.S. Rhode Island College
Joseph A. Capalbo, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics, B.A. Providence
College; M.A. Rhode Island College
David J. Ciliberto, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, B.A. Rhode Island College;
M.A., Ph.D. Northeastern University
Emily C. Copeland, Senior Lecturer, Political Science, B.A. Lawrence
University; M.A., Ph.D. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Julia Crowley-Parmentier, Lecturer, Science and Technology, Sc.M., Ph.D.
Brown University
Mara Derderian, Lecturer, Finance, B.S. Bryant University; M.B.A. Bentley
University
Thomas Dooley, Lecturer, Communication, B.A. University of Notre Dame;
M.F.A. Columbia University
Maura Dowling, Lecturer, Finance, B.A. Potsdam College (SUNY); M.A.
Brown University
William J. Lynch, Lecturer, Accounting, B.A., B.S. Providence College;
M.S.T. Bryant University
Kevin J. Maloney, Lecturer, Finance, B.A. Trinity College; M.A., Ph.D.
Washington University
Lou Mazzucchelli, Lecturer, Management; Coordinator, Entrepreneurship
Program, B.A. Brown University; A.M.P. Harvard University Graduate
School of Business
Elisabetta Misuraca, Lecturer, Modern Languages, M.A. Boston College;
B.A. University of Rhode Island
Heather M. Moon, Lecturer, Modern Languages; Coordinator, Romance
Languages, M.A. Middlebury College; A.B. Mount Holyoke College
Stephanie Mott, Lecturer, Science and Technology, Sc.M. University of
Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Consolata Mutua, Lecturer, Communication, B.A. Moi University; M.A.
Kean University; A.B.D. University of New Mexico
Angelyn M. Phillips, Lecturer, Science and Technology, M.S., B.S.
University of Rhode Island; Ph.D. Boston College
Karen A. Pitts, Lecturer, Mathematics, B.S., M.S.T. Bryant University
Alexandra Place, Lecturer, Modern Language, M.A.; B.A. Institut Charles V,
University of Paris VII,France
John Poirier, Senior Lecturer, Management, B.S., M.B.A. Bryant University;
M.S. American University
Sandra Potter, Lecturer, Marketing, B.S., M.B.A. Bryant University; M.E.
Cambridge College; M.A., Ph.D. Fielding Graduate University
Christopher Ratcliffe, Lecturer, Management, A.A. Community College
of Rhode Island; B.A. Rhode Island College; M.B.A. University of Rhode
Island
Mary E. Gainor, Senior Lecturer, Accounting, B.S., M.B.A. Bryant University
Adam Rubin, Senior Lecturer, Management, B.S. Bryant University; M.B.A.
Northeastern University
Patricia Gomez, Lecturer, Modern Languages, B.A., M.A. The University of
Texas Pan American
Michael E. Salzillo, Lecturer, Mathematics, M.S. University of Rhode
Island
Colten W. Hall, Lecturer, Legal Studies, B.A. University of California;
M.A. American University School of International Service; J.D. American
University Washington College of Law
Shawn P. Scott, Lecturer, Marketing, B.S.B.A. Bryant University; MBA
Bryant University
Louise M. Hasenfus, Lecturer, Mathematics, B.A., M.A.T. Rhode Island
College
Harry J. Hubbard, Senior Lecturer, History, B.A. College of the Holy Cross;
M.A., Ph.D. University of Rochester
Mark A. Vozella, Lecturer, Management, B.S. Salem State College; M.S.
Lesley College
Ronald S. Washburn, Senior Lecturer, Legal Studies, B.A. Mount Saint
Mary College; J.D. New England School of Law
University Faculty 5
Dania E. Whitaker, Lecturer, Science and Technology, M.S., B.S. University
of Rhode Island
Thomas Zammarelli, Lecturer, Communication, B.S. Syracuse University;
M.A. Harvard University
Joan Zaretti, Lecturer, English and Cultural Studies, B.M University of
Michigan; M.A., Ph.D. Indiana University
Zenan Zhao, Lecturer, Modern Languages, B.A. Nankai University; M.A.
University of Iowa
William H. Zywiak, Lecturer, Mathematics, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. University of
Buffalo