Administration

Richard Greenwald, PhD
Dean

Olivia Harriott, PhD
Associate Dean

Jason Smith, PhD
Associate Dean

Nancy Dallavalle, PhD
Special Assistant to the Dean

Dawn DeBiase, MSW
Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs

Colby Lemieux, MA
Senior Assistant Dean

Amanda McKenzie, MSC
Assistant Dean

Jean Daniele
CAS Director of Operations and Budget Manager

Anita Fernandez, PhD
​Director of the Magis Core

Department Chairs and Program Directors

Lydia Willsky-Ciollo
Director, American Studies

Marice Rose
Director, Art History

Sunil Purushotham
Director, Asian Studies

Shannon Gerry
Chair, Biology

Shannon King
Director, Black Studies

Amanda Harper-Leatherman
Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry

Giovanni Ruffini
Director, Ancient Mediterranean Studies

Sean Horan
Chair, Communication (BA)

Carol Ann Davis
Director, Creative Writing (MFA)

L. Kraig Steffen
Director, Environmental Studies

Nels Pearson
Chair, English

Patrick Brooks
Director, Film, Television, and Media Arts

Lynne Porter
Director, Graphic Design

Patrick Kelley
Director, Health Studies

Patricia Behre
Chair, History​

Julie Mughal
Director, Humanitarian Action

Julie Mughal
Associate Director, Humanitarian Action

Alfred Babo
Director, International Studies

William Abbott and Marion White
Co-Directors, Irish Studies

Sylvia Marsans-Sakly
Director, Islamic World Studies

Mary Ann Carolan
Director, Italian Studies

Glenn Dynner
Director, Judaic Studies

Niall Brennan
Director, Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Mark Demers
Chair, Mathematics 

Sergio Adrada-Rafael
Chair, Modern Languages and Literatures

Michael Ciavaglia
Director, Music

Melissa Quan 
Director, Peace and Justice Studies
Dennis Keenan
Chair (interim), Philosophy

Angela Biselli
Chair, Physics

Gwendoline Alphonso
Chair, Politics

Shannon Harding
Chair, Psychological and Brain Sciences

Sean Horan
Director, Public Relations

John Slotemaker
Chair, Religious Studies

David McFadden
Director, Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies

David Crawford
Chair, Sociology and Anthropology

Adam Rugg 
​Director, Sports Media

Marice Rose
Director, Studio Art

Lynne Porter
Director, Theatre

Marice Rose
Chair, Visual and Performing Arts

Shannon Kelley
Director, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Faculty

William M. Abbott
Associate Professor of History
BA, University of California, Berkeley
DPhil, Oxford University, England

Jennifer Adair
Associate Professor of History
BA, Vassar College
MA, PhD, New York University

Sergio Adrada-Rafael
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, University of Zaragoza, Spain
BA, University of Valladolid, Spain
MA, San Diego State University
MS, PhD, Georgetown University

Evan Aguirre
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
BS, The Citadel
PhD, West Virginia University

Mark Aherns
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BBA, James Madison University
MMR, University of Georgia

Visar Ajeti
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
BS, Boston University
PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Gayle Alberda
Associate Professor of Politics
BS, MPA, Central Michigan University
PhD, Wayne State University

David Albright
Instructor of the Practice of Digital Journalism
BA, Northern Illinois University
MSC, Arizona State University

Nicholas Allred
Assistant Professor of English
BA, Swarthmore College
MSt, Balliol College, University of Oxford
MA, PhD, Rutgers

Gwendolyn Alphonso
Professor of Politics
BA, LL.B, National Law School of India University
BCL, Oxford University - Lincoln College
JSD, Cornell University Law School
PhD, Cornell University

Michael Andreychik
Professor of Psychology
BA, MS, PhD, Lehigh University

Carolina Anon Suarez
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
BA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
MA, PhD, University of Minnesota

M. Covadonga Arango-Martín
Instructor of the Practice of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
MA, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Jonathan Awtrey
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
BS, MA, University of West Georgia
PhD, Louisiana State University

Alfred Babo
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, MA, PhD, University of Bouaké, Ivory Coast

Paul Baginski
Associate Professor of Mathematics
BS, MS, Carnegie Mellon University
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Kimberly Barba
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, Fairfield University
MS, King's College London, UK
PhD, Columbia University

Karla Barguiarena
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Communication
BA, Texas A & M University
MS, Boston University

Peter Bayers
Professor of English
BA, Villanova University
MA, New York University
PhD, University of Rhode Island

Steven M. Bayne
Associate Professor of Philosophy
BA, Evangel College
MA, PhD, The Ohio State University

Patricia E. Behre
Associate Professor of History
BA, MA, PhD, Yale University

Aaron Bentley
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, University of California, Davis
MA, San Francisco State University
PhD, City University of New York 

Zhanar Berikkyzy
​Associate Professor of Mathematics
BS, Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan
MA, University of Northern Iowa
PhD, Iowa State University

James E. Biardi
Associate Professor of Biology
BS, University of California, Irvine
PhD, University of California, Davis

Angela Biselli
Professor of Physics
BS, Università di Genova
MS, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Sayid Bnefsi
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, Berea College
MA, Northern Illinois University

Elizabeth H. Boquet
Professor of English
BA, Nicholls State University
MA, University of Southern Mississippi
PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Betsy A. Bowen
Professor of English
BA, Colby College
MA, Middlebury College
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

Elisa Bragard
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
BS, University of Bristol
MA, Emerson College
MA, CUNY Graduate Center
MA, PhD, Fordham University

Niall Brennan
Associate Professor of Communication
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz
MA, The New School for Social Research, NY
PhD, London School of Economics and Political Science

Lindy E. Briggette
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
BA, MS, University of Southern Maine
MA, University of Massachusetts, Boston
PhD, University of Rhode Island

Sara Brill
Professor of Philosophy
BA, Trinity University
PhD, The Pennsylvania State University

Patrick Brooks
Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Media
BA, University of Chicago
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles

Rachelle Brunn-Bevel
Associate Professor of Sociology
BA, University of Delaware
MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Ashley (Soyong) Byun
Associate Professor of Biology
BSc, York University
PhD, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Mehmet Cansoy
Assistant Professor of Sociology
BA, Boğaziçi University
MA, Koç University
PhD, Boston College

Christopher Carbone
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, MAT, Sacred Heart University
MS, Fairfield University

Mary Ann M. Carolan
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Dartmouth College
MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Christopher Casement
Associate Professor of Mathematics
BA, Skidmore College
MA, Wake Forest University
MS, Virginia Tech
PhD, Baylor University

Suzanne Chamlin-Richer
Associate Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Barnard College
MFA, Yale University​

Joanna Chang
Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BM, BA, MM, University of Maryland, College Park
DMA, University of Miami
PhD, Duke University

Geoffrey A. Church
Health Professions Advisor
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology
BS, Clarkson University
MS, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Michael Ciavaglia
Professor of the Practice of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Fairfield University
MM, Temple University
PhD, University of Cincinnati

Jennifer Cook
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, University of New Hampshire
MA, PhD, University of Connecticut

Hadley Cooney
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, Marymount Manhattan College
MA, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Luis Alberto Rodríguez Cortés
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Universidad Veracruzana Xalapa, Mexico
MA, Marquette University
PhD, University of Kansas

David L. Crawford
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, California State University, Fullerton
MA, PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara

Megan Crognale
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BM, MA, Northwestern University
MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Patricia Cunningham
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, Brown University
MS, Fairfield University
MS, New York University
JD, Harvard University

Lisanne D'Andrea-Winslow
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, Rutgers University

Nancy A. Dallavalle
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
BMus, Benedictine College
MA, St. John's University
PhD, University of Notre Dame

Sonal Date
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, University of Mumbai

Daniel Davenport
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, Georgia Southern University
MA, Boston College
MLA, St. John’s College
PhD, Tulane University

Carol Ann Davis
Professor of English
BA, Vassar College
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Anthony J. DeCristofaro
Instructor of the Practice of Biology
BS, Union College
MS, Southern Connecticut State University

Peggy Delfino
Instructor of the Practice of Sociology & Anthropology 
BA, Mount Holyoke College
MS, Southern Connecticut State University p

Joseph DeLuca
Assistant Professor of Psychology
BA, City University of New York
MA, City University of New York
PhD, The Graduate Center at the City University of New York

Mark F. Demers
Professor of Mathematics
BA, Amherst College
MS, PhD, Courant Institute, New York University

Sara E. Diaz
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, MA, PhD, New York University

Christopher J. DiBiase
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
BA, Fairfield University
MA, Boston College
PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Michelle DiMarzo
Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Fairfield University
MA, PhD, Temple University

Rebecca Dimyan
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
BA, Boston University
MFA, Fairfield University

David L. Downie
Associate Professor of Politics and Environmental Studies
BA, Duke University
MA, PhD, University of North Carolina

Ryan Drake
Associate Professor of Philosophy
BA, University of Oregon
PhD, Pennsylvania State University

Laura Dumitrescu
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, University of Bucharest
MS, University of Bucharest
PhD, University of Ottawa

Upasana Dutta
Assistant Professor of English
BA, MA Jadavpur University
PhD, University of Chicago

Glenn Dynner
Professor of Religious Studies
BA, Brandeis University
MA, McGill University
PhD, Brandeis University

Christine Earls
Instructor of the Practice of Biology
BS, Fairfield University
MS, University of Bridgeport

Sean Edgecomb
Associate Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, University of Maine
MA, Emerson College
PhD, Tufts University

Philip I. Eliasoph
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Adelphi University
MA, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton

Robert Epstein
Professor of English
BA, University of Pennsylvania
MA, PhD, Princeton University

Zoe Erotopoulos
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, College of New Rochelle
MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University

William Angelo Espiritu
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
BA, La Consolacion University, Philippines
MTS, Ateneo de Manila University
MA, PhD, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Michelle L. Farrell
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Colby College
MS, PhD, Georgetown University

Anita Fernandez
Associate Professor of Biology
BS, University of Michigan
MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin

José Luis Fernandez
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Philosophy
BA, Purchase College, State University of New York
MA, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
PhD, Temple University

Lindsay Ferrara
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
BA, Connecticut College
MFA, Fairfield University

Lawrence Fitzgerald
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Psychological and Brain Sciences
BA, Fairfield University
MBA, University of Michigan
MS, PhD, Albany Medical College

Frances L. Forrest
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, Queens College, City University of New York
MPHIL, City University of New York, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology
PhD, City University of New York, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology

Ana Laura Funes Maderey
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, MA, National Autonomous University of Mexico
PhD, University of Hawaii at Mānoa

Lucrecia Garcia Iommi
Associate Professor of Politics
BA, Universidad de San Andrés
MA, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
MA, PhD, University of Notre Dame

Johanna X. K. Garvey
Associate Professor of English
BA, Pomona College
MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Laura Gasca Jiménez
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
MA, Kent State University
PhD, University of Houston

Darly George
Visiting Instructor of Biology
BS, Pune University
MSC, Periyar University

Shannon Gerry
Professor of Biology
BS, Bucknell University
PhD, University of Rhode Island

Hadi Gharabaghi
Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, University of Maryland Baltimore County
MA, PhD, New York University

Pauline Goger
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
PhD, San Diego State University/University of California

Joel D. Goldfield
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Dartmouth College
MA, Brandeis University
PhD, PhD, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III

Adrian Gozar
Assistant Professor of Physics
BS, University of Bucharest
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Richard Greenwald
Dean
Professor of History
BA, Queens College, City University of New York
PhD, New York University

Samuel Grimes
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
BA, Virginia Commonwealth University 
MA, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa 
MPHL, Wolfson College, Oxford University
PhD, University of Virginia 

Kimberly K. Gunter
Associate Professor of English and Director of Core Writing
BA, MA, Middle Tennessee State University
PhD, University of Illinois

Amanda Haber
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
MS, University of Pennsylvania
BS, PhD, Boston University

Shannon Harding
Professor of Psychology
BA, College of the Holy Cross
MS, University of Connecticut
PhD, New York University

Clarence E. Hardy, III
Associate Professor of the Practice of Religious Studies
AB, Princeton University
MDiv, PhD, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

Ryan Harper
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Religious Studies
BS, MA, Southeast Missouri State University
MTS, Duke University
PhD, Princeton University

Amanda S. Harper-Leatherman
Professor of Chemistry
BA, St. Olaf College
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Olivia Harriott
Associate Professor of Biology
BS, PhD, University of Connecticut

Austin Henke
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, Truman State University
MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Linda A. Henkel
Professor of Psychology
BA, Friends World College
MA, PhD, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Elizabeth Hohl
Assistant Professor of the Practice of History
BA, Stonehill College
MA, Sarah Lawrence College
PhD, Union College

Mary Kate Holman
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
BA, Georgetown University
MTS, Boston College
PhD, Fordham University

Neha Hooda
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Mathematics
BS, Sir Venkateswara College
MSC, Indian Institute of Technology
PhD, Indian Statistical Institute

Sean Horan
Professor of Communication
BA, MA, Texas State University
PhD, West Virginia University

Sonya Huber
Professor of English
BA, Carleton College
MA, MFA, Ohio State University

Erin Hughes
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
BA, Monmouth University
MS, Villanova University
PhD, Northwestern University

Annemarie Iddins
Associate Professor of Communication
BA, University of St. Thomas
MA, University of Minnesota
PhD, University of Michigan

Jerelyn Johnson
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, University of California at Santa Barbara
MA, Middlebury College
MA, PhD, Brown University

Nalini Jones
Assistant Professor of English
BA, Amherst College
MFA, Columbia University

Laurence Jurdem
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
BA, Syracuse University
MA, University of Louisville
PhD, Fordham University

Maryam Kamali
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
BA, MA, Isfahan University
MA, PhD, Tehran University

Nicholas Kapoor
Instructor of the Practice of Mathematics
MS, Fairfield University
MBA, Sacred Heart University

Jessica Karanian
Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
BA, Fairfield University
MA, Boston College
PhD, Boston College

Dennis K. Keenan
Professor of Philosophy
BA, St. John's University
MA, PhD, Loyola University of Chicago

Patrick Kelley
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
BS, Fairfield University
MPH, PhD, John Hopkins University

Shannon E. Kelley
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Louisville
PhD, Duke University

Maryam Khalili
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
PhD, University of Connecticut

Shannon King
Associate Professor of History
BA, MA, North Carolina Central University
PhD, Binghamton University (SUNY)

Phil Klay
Associate Professor of the Practice in English
BA, Dartmouth College
MFA, Hunter College of The City University of New York

Jennifer L. Klug
Professor of Biology
BS, Indiana University
MS, PhD, University of Wisconsin

Matthew A. Kubasik
Professor of Chemistry
BA, Swarthmore College
MA, PhD, Cornell University

Maggie Labinski
Associate Professor of Philosophy
BA, Mount Mary University
MA, Boston College
PhD, Loyola University Chicago

Scott Lacy
Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, Otterbein College
MA, PhD, University of California

Karen Langton
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
BM, University of North Texas
BA, Texas Woman's University
MA, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
PhD, University of Birmingham

Mary Laughlin
Assistant Professor of the Practice in English
BA, College of the Holy Cross
MFA, Minnesota State University
PhD, North Dakota State University

Anna Lawrence
Associate Professor of History
BA, Carleton College
MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Janie Leatherman
Professor of Politics
BA, Macalester College
MA, PhD, University of Denver

Danke Li
Professor of History
BA, Sichuan University, China
MA, Michigan State University
PhD, University of Michigan

Daniel Libatique
Assistant Professor of Classical Literature
BA, College of the Holy Cross
MA, New York University
PhD, New York University

Chia-Hua Lin
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, Soochow University
MA, National Yang-Ming University, Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition
PhD, University of South Carolina

Merrisa Lin
Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
BSS, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
MS, PhD, University of Connecticut
PhD, University of Rhode Island

Kevin Lord
Assistant Professor of the Practice of History
AA, Community College of Aurora
BA, University of Colorado, Denver
MA, University of Colorado, Boulder
PhD, Yale University

Vincent Madera
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
BA, University of Connecticut
MS, Fairfield University

Anna Laura Funes Maderey
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA, MA, University of Mexico
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Silvia Marsans-Sakly
Associate Professor of the Practice of History
BA University of Chicago
MA, PhD, New York University

Navin Maswood
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology
BS, University of Dhaka
MS, Texas Woman's University
PhD, Texas Woman's University

Margaret McNamara McClure
Professor of Psychology
BS, MA, PhD, Fordham University

David W. McFadden
Professor of History
BA, University of Denver
MA, PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Laura A. McSweeney
Associate Professor of Mathematics
BS, Bridgewater State College
MS, PhD, University of New Hampshire

John Miecznikowski
Professor of Chemistry
BS, Trinity College
MS, PhD, Yale University

Eric H. Mielants
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, MA, State University of Ghent
PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton

Lisa Naples
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, Fairfield University
PhD, University of Connecticut

Robert Nazarian
Associate Professor of Physics
BA, The College of the Holy Cross
MA, PhD, Princeton University

D’Arcee Neal
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
BA, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
MA, University of Maryland, College Park
MA, Roehampton University, London
PhD, The Ohio State University

Mark R. Nemec
President
Professor of Politics
BA, Yale University
MA, PhD, University of Michigan

Martin T. Nguyen
Professor of Religious Studies
BA, University of Virginia
MTS, Harvard Divinity School
PhD, Harvard University

Olivier J. Nicaise
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BS, MS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie/Paris VI, Paris, France
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

Meryl O'Connor
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Film, Television and Media
BS, New York University
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles

Emily Orlando
Professor of English
BA, St. Anselm College
MA, PhD, University of Maryland

Tod L. Osier
Associate Professor of Biology
BS, State University of New York at Binghamton
PhD, University of Wisconsin

Michael Pagano
Professor of Communication
BA, MS, PhD, University of Oklahoma

Nels Pearson
Professor of English
BA, MA, James Madison University
PhD, University of Maryland

Jean Peloso
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
BA, Georgetown University
MA, MEd, PhD, Boston College

Sebastian Perez
Assistant Professor of English
BA, MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Elizabeth A. Petrino
Professor of English
BA, State University of New York at Buffalo
MA, PhD, Cornell University

Shelley A. Phelan
Professor of Biology
BA, Wellesley College
PhD, Harvard University

Lynne K. Porter
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Western State College of Colorado
MFA, Indiana University

Sunil Purushotham
Associate Professor of History
BA, Tufts University
PhD, University of Cambridge

Shawn Rafalski
Associate Professor of Mathematics
BS, Eastern Michigan University
MS, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago

Susan Rakowitz
Assistant Professor of Psychology
BA, Yale University
MA, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Walter Rankin
Vice Provost for Graduate, Continuing, and Professional Studies
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Christopher Newport College
PhD, Georgetown University

Paul Riccio
Assistant Professor of Biology
BA, Swarthmore College
MPHIL, PhD, Columbia University

Viviana Rigo de Alonso
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Modern Languages
PhD, McGill University

Rachel Robinson-Zetzer
Assistant Professor of the Practice of  English
BA, Middle Tennessee State University
MA, Middle Tennessee State University
PhD, Michigan State University

Rose P. Rodrigues
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology
BA, Southern Illinois University
MA, PhD, New School for Social Research

Christine Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biology
BS, Benedictine University
PhD, Harvard University

Luis Alberto Rodríguez-Cortés
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Modern Languages
BA, Universidad Veracruzana
MA, Marquette University
PhD, The University of Kansas

Marice Rose
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Fairfield University
MA, PhD, Rutgers University

Gavriel D. Rosenfeld
Professor of History
BA, Brown University
MA, PhD, University of California

Matthew Rowley
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
PhD, University of Leicester

Giovanni Ruffini
Professor of History
BA, University of Chicago
MA, San Francisco State University
PhD, Columbia University

Adam Rugg
Associate Professor of Communication
BA, University of Florida
MA, University of South Florida
PhD, University of Iowa

Nick Rutter
Assistant Professor of the Practice of History
BA, Brown University
MA, PhD, Yale University

M. Sallyanne Ryan
Assistant Professor of Communication
BA, University of Connecticut
MA, PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Christina Sanlnocencio
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication
BFA, Long Island University, CW Post
MS, City University of New York, Brooklyn College
PhD, University of Maryland, College Park

Tina Santiago
Instructor of the Practice of Biology
AS, Housatonic Community College
BS, Quinnipiac University
MS, University of Saint Joseph

Glenn R. Sauer
Donald J. Ross Sr. Chair of Biology and Biochemistry
Associate Professor of Biology
BS, Pennsylvania State University
MS, PhD, University of South Carolina

Stephen F. Sawin
Professor of Mathematics
BA, Princeton University
PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Karl Schmidt
Assistant Professor of Psychology
BS, Davidson College
PhD, Emory University

Thomas Schmidt
​​Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
BA, Hamilton College
MS, Syracuse University
MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

Liam Sharp
Assistant Professor of Physics
BS, Juniata College
MS, PhD, Rutgers University, Camden

John T. Slotemaker
Professor of Religious Studies
BA, University of Washington
MAT, Fuller Theological Seminary
ThM, Duke University
PhD, Boston College

Jillian E. Smith-Carpenter
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BS, East Stroudsbury University
PhD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Jason A. Smith
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Philosophy
BA, Assumption College
MA, University of Connecticut
MA, MAR, MPhil, PhD, Yale University

P. Christopher Staecker
Professor of Mathematics
BS, Bates College
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles

L. Kraig Steffen
Associate Professor of Chemistry
BS, Houghton College
PhD, University of Arizona
Morinade Jayla Stevenson
BA, Wellesley College
MA, PhD, Emory University

Elizabeth Stone
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
BA, Connecticut College
PhD, Yale University

Jonathan Stott, S.J.
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Physics
BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Janet Striuli
Professor of Mathematics
Laurea, Università degli studi di Trieste (Italy)
MS, PhD, University of Kansas

Lembe Tiky
Assistant Professor of Politics
BA, University of Yaoundé
MA, American University
MA, University of North Texas
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas

Kathleen Tomlin
Associate Professor of the Practice of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
BA, Rutgers College
MA, PhD, Princeton University

Brian Q. Torff
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BES, MS, University of Bridgeport

Susan Trolle
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, Manhattanville College
MS, Fairfield University
PhD, University of Rhode Island

Aaron Van Dyke
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
BS, Seattle University
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniel W. van Wyk
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS, MS, University of Pretoria
PhD, University of Otago

Trace Verdsveen
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences
BFA, MA, JD, PhD, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
MA, University of Oxford

Brian G. Walker
Professor of Biology
BA, Drake University
MS, Dalhousie University (Canada)
PhD, University of Washington

Andrew Ward
Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
PhD, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Scott Weatherbee
Associate Professor of Biology
BA, State University of New York, Oswego
PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Aaron Quinn Weinstein
Assistant Professor of Politics
AB, Cornell University
MA, PhD, Brown University

Tiffany Wilgar
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
BA, MA, University of Nevada
PhD, University of South Florida

Eileen M. Wilkinson
Assistant Professor of the Practice of Modern Languages and Literatures
BA, Fairfield University
MA, New York University
PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Sara Williams
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
BA, Moody Bible Institute
MSW, University of Georgia
MA, Yale University
PhD, Emory University

Lydia Willsky-Ciollo
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
BA, Connecticut College
MTS, Harvard Divinity School
PhD, Vanderbilt University

David R. Winn
Professor of Physics
BA, Cornell University
PhD, University of Wisconsin

Jiwei Xiao
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BA, Beijing Foreign Studies University
MA, PhD, Rutgers University

Lei Xie
Associate Professor of English
BA, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
MA, PhD, Southern Illinois University

Kathryn Jo Yarrington
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts
BFA, BAE, MFA, The Ohio State University

Bora Yook
Assistant Professor of Communication
BS, Sookmyung Women's University (Korea)
MS, Boston University
PhD, University of Miami

Nadia F. Zamin
Assistant Professor of the Practice of English
BA, MA, Kent State University
PhD, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Boyuan Zhang
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BS, Fudan University
PhD, Columbia University

Qin Zhang
Professor of Communication
BA, MA, Central China Normal University
PhD, University of New Mexico

Zhu Zhang
Assistant Professor of Politics
BA, Shanghai Normal University
MA, The Pennsylvania State University
PhD, Tulane University

Wen Zhao
Associate Professor of Communication
BA, Beijing International Studies University (China)
MS, Florida State University
PhD, Washington State University

Faculty Emeriti

Alfred F. Benney
Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus

Christopher Bernhardt
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Joseph E. Boggio
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

Dorothea D. Braginsky
Professor of Psychology, Emerita

Phyllis C. Braun
Professor of Biology, Emerita

Diane J. Brousseau
Professor of Biology, Emerita

Cecelia Bucki
Professor of History, Emerita

Javier F. Campos
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, Emeritus

Kevin J. Cassidy
Professor of Politics, Emeritus

Matthew P. Coleman
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Ralph M. Coury
Professor of History, Emeritus

Ronald M. Davidson
Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus

Richard C. DeAngelis
Associate Professor of History, Emeritus

Joseph B. Dennin
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

W. Richard DeWitt
Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Elizabeth A. Dreyer
Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita

John W. Elder, S.J.
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

James F. Farnham
Professor of English, Emeritus

Leo F. Fay
Associate Professor of Sociology, Emeritus

Cinthia Gannett
Associate Professor of English, Emerita

Consolación García-Devesa
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, Emerita

Elizabeth B. Gardner
Professor of Psychology, Emerita

Donald W. Greenberg
Associate Professor of Politics, Emeritus

Orin Grossman
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Emeritus

Ann Harris
Charlottesville, VA

W. Nickerson Hill
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, Emeritus

Virginia H. Hodgkinson
Associate Professor of Biology, Emerita

Hugh M. Humphrey
Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus

Patricia M. Jenkins
Associate Professor of English, Emerita

Alan N. Katz
Professor of Politics, Emeritus

Lawrence J. H. Kazura
Assistant Professor of History, Emeritus

Paul Lakeland
Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus

Martha LoMonaco
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Emerita

R. James Long
Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Mary Frances A.H. Malone
Assistant Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Emerita

Diane Menagh
Assistant Professor of English, Emerita

Irene Mulvey
Professor of Mathematics, Emerita

Curtis R. Naser
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Jiri Nedela
Assistant Professor of Communication, Emeritus

Lisa Newton
Professor of Philosophy, Emerita

Edmond J. O'Connell, Jr.
Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

Sally E. O'Driscoll
Professor of English, Emerita

Marcie J. Patton
Professor of Politics, Emerita

Walter J. Petry Jr.
Assistant Professor of History, Emeritus

Raymond M. Poincelot
Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Judith Primavera
Professor of Psychology, Emerita

Gita Rajan
Professor of English, Emerita

Mariann S. Regan
Professor of English, Emerita

W. Ronald Salafia
Professor of Psychology, Emeritus

Kurt C. Schlichting
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Emeritus

Katherine A. Schwab
Professor of Visual and Performing Arts, Emerita
Marie Agnes Sourieau
Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, Emerita

Jane L. Sutherland
Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Emerita

John E. Thiel
Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus

Ellen M. Umansky
Professor of Religious Studies, Emerita

Robert M. Webster
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, Emeritus

Gary H. Weddle
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

Joan W. Weiss
Professor of Mathematics, Emerita

Margaret A. Wills
Associate Professor of Communication, Emerita

Board of Advisors

Renee Appelle '03
New York, NY

Robin Bennett Kanarek '96
Greenwich, CT

Jorge Chiluisa '89, MBA '06, P'21, '20, '19
Milford, CT

Dr. Ismael (Izzy) Colon '72
Denville, NJ

Joellin Comerford '74
​Point Lookout, NY

Nancy Dallavalle 
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Fairfield University

Robert Feigenson
Washington, DC

Thomas A. Franko '69
Chatham, NJ

Scott Fredrickson '82
Westport, CT

Paul Greco '86
Scarsdale, NY

Anne Harris P'18
Charlottesville, VA

Kristine Holland '88, P'19
West Hartford, CT

Patrick W. Kelley '76, P'12
Norwalk, CT  

A. John Mancini '86
Darien, CT

Carol McCabe '81, P'16
West Hartford, CT

Patrick McCabe '80, P'16
West Hartford, CT

Erin Moran '05
Bronx, NY

Matthew O'Connor '92
Potomac, MD

Patricia O'Connor '89
​Stamford, CT

Cynthia Stack '80
Acton, MA

Dr. Edmund (Ted) J. Sybertz '72
Vero Beach, FL

David Wakefield '98
Newton, MA

Cheryl Wiesenfeld
Fairfield, CT