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Eleven new faculty members welcomed
photo: ErikA siDor
Kelly McKenna Visiting assistant professor of accounting A CPA and experienced tax associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, McKenna interned with the firm for two summers prior to her 2013 appointment. She earned a BS in business administration from Stonehill College and a MS in accountancy from the University of Notre Dame.
new faculty and staff: robin Frkal ’93, Elizabeth walsh, leamarie gordon, ph.D.; bryan Coleman ’08, Adam volungis, ph.D.; g’03, post office assistant patrick tobojka, paul bailey, it network Administrator tom brindamour, michael lewis g’00, benjamin knurr and karen lionello-Denolf, ph.D. (missing: leonard Deneault and kelly mckenna)
Paul Bailey Visiting assistant professor of marketing Bailey comes to Assumption with experience as an adjunct professor at both Nichols and Becker colleges. He holds a BS in business administration and an MBA from Suffolk University. Bailey has also served as district sales manager of BenefitMall Corporation since 2007. Bryan Coleman ’08 Visiting assistant professor of accounting A sole practitioner at Bryan J. Coleman, CPA, in Oxford and a manager of Ingle & Associates, LLC, in Wellesley, Coleman brings a wealth of accounting experience to his position. A 2008 Assumption alumnus, Coleman earned an MBA from Nichols College and previously served Graham Shepherd, PC, and Alexander Aronson, Finning & Co., PC, as a senior accountant. Leonard Denault Visiting assistant professor of management A veteran educator and administrator, Denault has taught as an adjunct faculty member at Rivier and Bentley universities and at Southern Vermont College. He founded and operated The Northeast Center for Excellence, a consulting firm that specializes in reducing operational complexity, improving organizational processes and project management, for 10 years
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out of Nashua, NH. Denault has a BS and MBA from Rivier and a MS in total quality from Anna Maria College.
Robin Ayers Frkal ’93 Visiting assistant professor of management Frkal joins the faculty at Assumption after serving as an adjunct at Wentworth Institute of Technolog y, Bay Path College and Northeastern and Fitchburg State universities. She has 15 years of experience at Unum, including the last seven as an assistant vice president, where she managed risk for over 1,500 claims and supervised 25 employees. Frkal earned a BA from Assumption as well as an MS from Clark University and expects to complete a Ph.D. in human and organizational development from Fielding Graduate University this year. Michael Lewis G’00 Assistant professor of management A part-time visiting assistant professor of marketing at Assumption since 2007, Lewis has taught in the undergraduate, CCE and graduate programs. He earned a BS from the former Central New England College and an MBA from Assumption. Lewis has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of training and development, change and talent management, business process redesign and information technology.
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Leamarie Gordon, Ph.D. Assistant professor of psychology Dr. Gordon holds a BA and MA from UMassDartmouth and expects to complete a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Tufts University this year. She has gained research experience in the Cognitive Neuroscience Lab at UMassDartmouth and has published several peerreviewed publications and made numerous poster presentations in her field. She has previously taught at UMass-Dartmouth, Tufts University and Wheaton College. Benjamin Knurr, Ph.D. Assistant professor of chemistry Dr. Knurr earned a Ph.D. in chemical physics from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2014, where he served as a graduate research, teaching and course assistant for five years. A graduate of Macalester College, he has been published and presented several times in his field. Karen Lionello-Denolf, Ph.D. Visiting assistant professor of psychology A teaching veteran with experience from Elms College, UMass-Lowell, and Purdue and Illinois Wesleyan universities, Dr. LionelloDenolf has served as principal or co-investigator of several research projects, most recently focusing on neurodevelopmental disabilities and children with Autism. Widely published in her field, she holds a BA from Illinois Wesleyan, and a MS and a Ph.D. in experiential psychology from Purdue. Adam Volungis, Ph.D. G’03 Assistant professor of psychology A licensed mental health counselor, Dr. Volungis has 10 years of experience in the field