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Susan Adams
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutrition
Tom Adams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting
Areas of Expertise:
Auditing Corporate governance Financial reporting Mergers & acquisitions (M&As) Shareholder activism
Jan Ambrose, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Finance
Areas of Expertise:
Corporate finance Health care economics Health care policy Risk management
Rosemary Barbera, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Social Work
Chair and Program Director, Social Work
Pamela E. Barnett, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor, English
Geoffrey Beatty
Assistant Professor, Department of Digital Arts
Areas of Expertise:
Kathleen A. Bogle, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise:
Dating Domestic violence Gender Hookup culture Intimate relationships Sex behavior Sexual assault Women’s studies
Susan C. Borkowski, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Accounting
Swee-Lim Chia, Ph.D.
Co-Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Marketing
Elizabeth Cooper, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Finance
Areas of Expertise:
2008 financial crisis Banking CEO compensation Financial institutions The Federal Reserve
Patrick T. Coyle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Leadership
Areas of Expertise:
Individual differences Leadership Organizational effectiveness
Kathleen Czekanski, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Nursing
Dean
Areas of Expertise:
Community health Dementia caregiving Home caregivers Hospice Nursing education Palliative care
Robin Danowski
Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Director, Master's Coordinated Program in Nutrition
Director of the Coordinated Programs in Nutrition
Mike DiPietro
Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Director, Center for Sales Excellence
Areas of Expertise:
Scott Fishman
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Integrated Science, Business, and Technology
Fred J. Foley, Jr., Ph.D.
Adjunct instructor, Department of Political Science
Charles “Chip” Gallagher, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Miguel Glatzer, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science
Kevin Harty, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of English
Areas of Expertise:
Business and technical writing Cinematic representations of the Middle Ages focusing on King Arthur, Joan of Arc, and Robin Hood Joan of Arc literary and cinematic responses to the continuing AIDS pandemic Management and evaluation of academic programs in literature and writing Medieval studies
Dennis Kennedy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Business Systems and Analytics, and Accounting
Meredith E. Kneavel, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Urban Public Health and Nutrition
Associate Dean
C. Andrew Lafond, DBA
Associate Professor, Department of Accounting
Hilary Kratz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Areas of Expertise:
Stuart Leibiger, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of History
James M. Mancinelli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Margaret McCoey
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
CIS/ITL Graduate Director
Areas of Expertise:
Computer science Cybersecurity Databases Information technology Network theory Technology architecture
Margaret McGuinness, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Department of Religion
Steve Melick
Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship at La Salle University
Mey-Yen Moriuchi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
Areas of Expertise:
Art and identity Art and social practice Colonial to contemporary Latin American art Public art
Maureen O’Connell, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Religion
Areas of Expertise:
Christian/Catholic social ethics Racial justice Racism The arts and social justice
Luisa Ossa, Ph.D.
Professor Global Languages, Literatures, & Perspectives
Laura Otten, Ph.D.
Graduate Director for Nonprofit Leadership
Meghan Pierce, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing
Carolyn Plump, J.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Management and Leadership
Evgenii Radetskii, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Finance
Areas of Expertise:
Financial analysts Financial regulation Insider trading laws Real estate valuation
Cesar E. Ruiz, SLP.D.
Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Francis Ryan, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus, Departments of American Studies and History
Walter Schubert, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Finance
Edward J. Sheehy, FSC, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of History
Madjid Tavana, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Department of Business Systems and Analytics
Caitlin Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice
C.A. Tsakiridou, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Philosophy
Director, Diplomat-in-Residence Program
Nilofar Varzgani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Business Systems and Analytics
Anne Walsh, DSW
Professor Emerita, School of Business, Management and Leadership Department
Mary L. Wilby, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nurse Practitioner Track Coordinator
Elaine Zelley, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Areas of Expertise:
Adult friendship Communication ethics Gender roles Organizational culture Relationships
Candace Robertson-James, DrPH, MPH
Assistant Professor of Public Health
Director, Bachelor & Master of Public Health Program
Areas of Expertise:
Community based participatory research Intimate partner violence Program planning (Needs assessment, Program design, Development, Implementation and Evaluation) Qualitative and mixed methods research methodologies Racism and Race and Gender based disparities in Health Social determinants of health Women’s health
Trent McLaurin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Education
Mark A. Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
Critical infrastructure Protection Cyber policy Democratic transitions Domestic and foreign policies of Ukraine Federal and state election laws Foreign policy Information operations/disinformation National security Political parties Politics of race and ethnicity politics of states of the former Russian/Soviet empire Russia Russian politics Supreme Court Terrorism and extremism Ukrainian Politics United States Constitution
Rachel McCabe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Areas of Expertise:
Nina A. Mendez, Ph.D., LMFT
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Craig Franson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Daniel Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Urban Public Health and Nutrition
Areas of Expertise:
Biostatistics Developmental psychology Epidemiology Grant writing Research methods
Sharon Lee Armstrong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Director of PsyD Research & Dissertations, Department of Psychology
Richard E. Mshomba, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Areas of Expertise:
International trade and development with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.
Katie Neary Dunleavy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Director of Programs in Strategic Communication
Siobhan Conaty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Art History
Areas of Expertise:
Florence T. Ling, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Joseph Ugras, Ph.D., CMA
Interim Dean, School of Business and Associate Professor
Laura B. Frank, PhD, MPH, MEd, RDN, LDN
Professor of Nutrition, Department of Urban Public Health and Nutrition
Kathryn C. Blohm
Instructor of Marketing
Areas of Expertise:
Janine Mariscotti, MSW, LCSW
Assistant Professor & Graduate Program Director, Department of Social Work
William A. Price, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Environmental Science Program
Brendan Young, DSW, LSW
Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work
Barbara C. Allen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
Areas of Expertise:
Caucasus Central Asia Russia Russian Empire Russian Revolution & Civil War Soviet Union Ukraine
Anthony D. Pizzo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Leadership
Areas of Expertise:
college sports Esports health and fitness industry international business international sports management Italian work culture Japanese work culture large scale sporting events and management leisure management sport management strategic management survey design and analysis technology innovations wearable technology devices
Charles A. Desnoyers, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of History
