2013resource guide

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 2 0 1 3 R E S O U R C E G U I D E TO E X P E RT S O N C A M P U S

DEAR FRIENDS OF RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE,

We are pleased to present you with the 2013 Rhode Island College Resource Guide to Experts on Campus.

The college is eager to serve as a resource for leaders of our state. The faculty cited in this guide have volunteered, at my request, to serve as statewide experts based on their credentials, interests and backgrounds in various disciplines. Please feel welcome to contact them by phone or email. They may be available to serve as speakers, panelists or committee chairs and/or members. They most certainly would be able to answer a question.

Please take a moment to browse through this publication. We welcome contact with members of the media, state or city government and business or industry. Rhode Island College is truly Rhode Island’s college, and we stand ready to serve you.

Best wishes,

President Nancy Carriuolo

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literacy

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child welfare

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literature

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civil rights

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management

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computer technology

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mathematics

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counseling

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media relations

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disabilities

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physical education

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ecology

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politics

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economics

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recruitment and retention

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education

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religion

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educational leadership

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research methods

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elderly affairs

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school partnerships

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ethics

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sciences

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ethnicity

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training

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geography

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veterans

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health

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women ’ s issues

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affiliate institutes and centers Alan Shawn Feinstein Institute for Philanthropic Leadership Mark Motte, Director The Alan Shawn Feinstein Institute for Philanthropic Leadership offers the Certificate Program in Nonprofit Studies, a 16-credit professional credential for undergraduates, graduates and nonprofit organization employees who wish to strengthen their skills in not-for-profit program development, strategic planning, human resources, budgeting, ethical practice, grant writing, program evaluation and philanthropy. (401) 456-8881; mmotte@ric.edu Child Welfare Institute Tonya Glantz, Director The Child Welfare Institute develops training programs for child welfare workers and establishes and maintains development programs for staff and collaborative partners.

The institute provides a learning environment that is nurturing, supportive and enriching to advocate for children, youth and families. The institute is jointly administered by the college and the director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families.

An advisory committee composed of key stakeholders from throughout Rhode Island provides guidance. (401) 456-4623; tglantz@ric.edu David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy Mark Motte, Director The David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy provides research and consultation to external constituents and members of the community at large through facilitation of the work of several campus-based affiliates. The center also provides the general public with contacts for outreach and service inquiries. As the college’s central clearinghouse for community outreach and service, the David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy works with its affiliates to provide rigorous applied research that is relevant to important public issues. Additional information can be obtained from the director. (401) 456-8881; mmotte@ric.edu

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Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies Marie Fraley, Interim Director The Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies works with students and the wider Portuguese-speaking community to learn about the Portuguese language and culture and to apply speaking and writing skills to career goals, community service, academic endeavors, the arts and the promotion of the Portuguese culture. The institute also serves as a nucleus for historical, pedagogical, research and evaluative resources, and as a gathering place for cultural and academic events. (401) 456-8496; mfraley1@ ric.edu Outreach Programs Jenifer Giroux, Interim Associate Vice President for Professional Studies and Continuing Education The Outreach Programs work exclusively with individuals who are outside of the economic mainstream because of limited language capabilities and cultural differences. These programs provide English-language and vocational training, as well as job skills and job-placement services. All programs use state-of-the-art assistive technology in the classroom as well as workplace and worksite programs to enhance classroom learning.

(401) 456-9762; jgiroux@ric.edu Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities Anthony Antosh, Director The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities is one of 61 nationally designated University Centers of Excellence on Developmental Disabilities. Founded in 1993, the center promotes community membership of individuals with disabilities in school, work and society. The center implements this goal by providing training and technical assistance on issues and topics important to persons with disabilities, conducting research and disseminating information about current research and effective practices. Last year more than 18,000 persons with disabilities, family members and practitioners participated in Sherlock Center activities. (401) 456-8072; aantosh@ric.edu

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Rhode Island Writing Project Jennifer Cook, Director Founded in 1985 and affiliated with the National Writing Project in Berkeley, California, the Rhode Island Writing Project is a network of teachers who are dedicated to improve teaching and learning in all schools. Rhode Island Writing Project teachers work in all content areas and at all grade levels, helping students become thoughtful readers and writers and connecting reading, writing and content area learning. Reflecting the National Writing Project model of “teachers teaching teachers,� over 1,000 teachers in Rhode Island have attended our summer institutes and are qualified to become teacher consultants. In that capacity, they visit schools and work with other teachers across the state to provide professional development rooted in research-based practice. Engaged, active teachers and engaged, active students remain at the heart of all they do. (401) 456-8663; jcook@ric.edu

PLEASE NOTE: Affiliates are funded solely through grants, donations, contracts and other thirdparty funds. They are not funded by the state.

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accounting

Christine Mulcahey—Professor, Henry Barnard School

Lisa Bonitati Church—Associate Professor of

Phone: (401) 456-9750

Accounting

Email: cmulcahey@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-9593

Specialty: Children’s artistic development /

Email: lchurch@ric.edu

Integrating art in the elementary classroom / Use

Specialty: Accounting and taxation / Corporate

of visual art to support classroom learning

governance, business law and financial reporting

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addiction

John Aflague—Associate Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 456-9741 Email: jaflague@ric.edu

Donald Smith—Professor Emeritus of Art Phone: (401) 231-4540 Website Address: www.donsmithpainter.com Specialty: Cézanne / de Kooning and abstract art / Morandi

Specialty: Eating disorders

Dance

Randi Kim—Associate Professor of Psychology

William Wilson—Professor of Theatre

Phone: (401) 456-8783

Phone: (401) 456-8814

Email: rkim@ric.edu

Email: wwilson@ric.edu

Specialty: Problem eating and drinking behaviors

Specialty: History of the American musical—

George Ladd—Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8570 Email: gladd@ric.edu

acting, singing and dancing

Film

Specialty: Addiction and co-occurring psychological

Peter Allen—Professor of Anthropology

disorders / Gambling—risk and disorder

Phone: (401) 456-9639

Robin Montvilo—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8574

Email: pallen@ric.edu Specialty: Anthropological and archaeological film

Email: rmontvilo@ric.edu

Vincent Bohlinger—Associate Professor of English

Specialty: Chemical dependency / Addiction

Phone: (401) 456-8660 Email: vbohlinger@ric.edu

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Art (Visual) Kresten Jespersen—Associate Professor, Adams Library Phone: (401) 456-2820 Email: jjespersen@ric.edu Specialty: Ornament / History of ornament /

Specialty: Film—history, aesthetics, industry, audiences; Russia/Soviet Union, Hollywood and East Asia Anthony Galvez—Assistant Professor of Communication Phone: (401) 456-8638 Email: rgalvez@ric.edu Specialty: Media production

History of design / Architectural history of the 19th

Kathryn Kalinak—Professor of English

and 20th centuries

Phone: (401) 456-8669

Richard Kenyon—Professor Emeritus of Art Phone: (401) 647-3696 Email: exmoori@aol.com Specialty: Ceramics

Email: kkalinak@ric.edu Specialty: Film music

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Eung-Jun (EJ) Min—Professor of Communication

William Gearhart—Vice President for

Phone: (401) 456-8646

Administration and Finance

Email: emin@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8200

Specialty: Hollywood / Asian films and culture

Email: wgearhart@ric.edu

Sílvia Oliveira—Assistant Professor of Portuguese Studies and Faculty Liaison to the Institute for

Specialty: Blues (emphasis on history of Mississippi Delta and Chicago styles)

Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

Kathryn Kalinak—Professor of English

Phone: (401) 456-8748

Phone: (401) 456-8669

Email: soliveira@ric.edu

Email: kkalinak@ric.edu

Specialty: Portuguese cinema: Manoel de Oliveira;

Specialty: Film music

Pedro Costa / Brazilian cinema / Guinea-Bissau cinema: Flora Gomes

Judith Stillman—Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Music

Richard Weiner—Professor of Political Science

Phone: (401) 331-9821

Phone: (401) 456-8749

Email: jstillman@ric.edu

Email: rweiner@ric.edu

Specialty: Concert piano / Music direction / Choral

Specialty: Politics of film

conducting / Composing and arranging / Keynote speaking on the performing arts

Music

William Wilson—Professor of Theatre

Samuel Breene—Assistant Professor of Music

Phone: (401) 456-8814

Phone: (401) 456-9520 Email: sbreene@ric.edu Specialty: Music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

Email: wwilson@ric.edu Specialty: History of American musical—acting, singing and dancing

/ History of the symphony and string quartet / American fiddling traditions

Theatre

Teresa Coffman—Professor of Music

Susan Abbotson—Associate Professor of English

Phone: (401) 456-9506

Phone: (401) 456-2803

Email: tcoffman@ric.edu

Email: sabbotson@ric.edu

Specialty: Choral music / Choral conducting

Specialty: Modern and contemporary drama

Ronald Dufour—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-9784 Email: rdufour@ric.edu

(Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Tom Stoppard) / Restoration theatre

Specialty: History of blues and jazz / Music and

Sharon Fennessey—Professor Emerita, Henry

culture in the African-American community

Barnard School

Robert Franzblau—Professor of Music and Secondary Education Phone: (401) 456-9514 Email: rfranzblau@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 294-6012 Email: sfennessey@ric.edu Specialty: Integrating arts in the elementary and middle classroom / Active learning through drama

Specialty: Arts education and advocacy / Band

Jamie Taylor—Professor of Theatre and Managing

music

Director of the RIC Theatre Phone: (401) 456-8639 Email: jltaylor@ric.edu Specialty: African-American theatre / Dramaturgy of August Wilson / Performing arts for youth

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William Wilson—Professor of Theatre

Christine Mulcahey—Professor, Henry Barnard

Phone: (401) 456-8814

School

Email: wwilson@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-9750

Specialty: Directing—staging, interpretation and

Email: cmulcahey@ric.edu

mounting of theatrical productions / History of

Specialty: Children’s artistic development /

American musical—acting, singing and dancing

Interviewing children

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Elizabeth Rowell—Professor of Elementary

child development

Kalina Brabeck—Assistant Professor of Counseling, Educational Leadership and School Psychology Phone: (401) 456-9602 Email: kbrabeck@ric.edu Specialty: Development of U.S.-born children in immigrant families Karen Castagno—Interim Dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development

Education Phone: (401) 456-8563 Email: erowell@ric.edu Specialty: Fostering young children’s understanding of same-sex and transgender parented families, people with disabilities and contemporary American Indians through children’s books / Anti-bias and anti-bullying education

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child welfare / social

Phone: (401) 456-8822

services

Email: kcastagno@ric.edu

Melinda Gushwa—Assistant Professor of Social

Specialty: Child growth and development Thomas Dukes—Assistant Professor of Counseling Phone: (401) 456-8153 Email: tdukes@ric.edu

Work Phone: (401) 456-8627 Email: mgushwa@ric.edu Specialty: Child maltreatment fatalities / Child

Specialty: Adolescent development / Resilience

welfare practice and policy / Organizational issues

Beverly Goldfield—Professor of Psychology

issues

Phone: (401) 456-8813 Email: bgoldfield@ric.edu

in child welfare agencies / Child welfare workforce

Robyn Linde—Assistant Professor of Political

Specialty: Early language development

Science and Director of the International

George Ladd—Associate Professor of Psychology

Phone: (401) 456-8278

Phone: (401) 456-8570

Email: rlinde@ric.edu

Email: gladd@ric.edu

Specialty: Children’s rights

Specialty: Developmental psychology— adolescence and adulthood

Nongovernmental Organizations Studies Program

E. Pierre Morenon—Professor of Anthropology Phone: (401) 456-9724

Robin Montvilo—Professor of Psychology

Email: pmorenon@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8574

Specialty: Rhode Island State Home and School

Email: rmontvilo@ric.edu

Project—institutionalism for the protection of

Specialty: Normal and abnormal pregnancy /

dependent and neglected children

Prenatal development, prematurity, neonatal intensive care and infant development

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Mimi Mumm—Professor of Social Work

Pamela Irving Jackson—Professor of Sociology

Phone: (401) 456-8176

and Director of the Justice Studies Program

Email: amumm@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8734

Specialty: Children and mental health / School

Email: pjackson@ric.edu

social work / Evidence-based practice / Practice

Specialty: Minority issues in justice systems

evaluation / Program evaluation / Critical thinking

Robyn Linde—Assistant Professor of Political

Sue Pearlmutter—Dean of the School of Social

Science and Director of the International

Work

Nongovernmental Organizations Studies Program

Phone: (401) 456-8043

Phone: (401) 456-8278

Email: rpearlmutter@ric.edu

Email: rlinde@ric.edu

Specialty: Public and private nonprofit social

Specialty: Human rights

service / Cash assistance and poverty / Child welfare / Organizational behavior, leadership and change

Elizabeth Rowell—Professor of Elementary Education Phone: (401) 456-8563

Frederic Reamer—Professor of Social Work

Email: erowell@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8248

Specialty: The young child and the transgender

Email: freamer@ric.edu

experience / Making the school environment more

Specialty: Social work ethics / Ethics in human

welcoming for transgender students of all ages,

services

faculty, staff, parents and others / Preventing

Deborah Siegel—Professor of Social Work

transgender prejudice and bullying

Phone: (401) 456-8617

Thomas Schmeling—Associate Professor of

Email: dsiegel@ric.edu

Political Science

Specialty: ADHD / Adoption issues—open record

Phone: (401) 456-8722

laws / Struggling teens

Email: tschmeling@ric.edu

David Sugarman—Professor of Psychology

Specialty: Civil rights and liberties

Phone: (401) 456-8611

David Woolman—Professor Emeritus, Adams

Email: dsugarman@ric.edu

Library

Specialty: Family violence / Intimate partner and

Phone: (401) 941-8749

dating violence

Email: dwoolman@ric.edu

Daniel Weisman—Professor of Social Work Phone: (401) 456-8618 Email: dweisman@ric.edu Specialty: Human service agency administration, board and staff development / Program evaluation and assessment of human service programs

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Specialty: Peace education

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computer technology

Anthony Galvez—Assistant Professor of Communication Phone: (401) 456-8638 Email: rgalvez@ric.edu

civil rights / human rights

Jill Harrison—Associate Professor of Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8731 Email: jharrison@ric.edu Specialty: Prisoner advocacy

Specialty: Video games / Usability / Healthcare communication

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Melinda Gushwa—Assistant Professor of Social Work

John Aflague—Associate Professor of Nursing

Phone: (401) 456-8627

Phone: (401) 456-9741

Email: mgushwa@ric.edu

Email: jaflague@ric.edu

Specialty: Burnout (psychological) / Secondary

Specialty: Affective disorders—identification and

traumatic stress

treatment / Eating disorders / Psychopharmacology / Suicide—assessment, prevention, intervention and postvention

Margaret Hainsworth—Professor Emerita of Nursing Phone: (401) 245-2018

Kalina Brabeck—Assistant Professor of

Email: mhainsworth@msn.com

Counseling, Educational Leadership and School

Specialty: Chronic sorrow / Grief and loss /

Psychology

Psychosocial aspects of long-term care

Phone: (401) 456-9602 Email: kbrabeck@ric.edu Specialty: Immigrant mental health / Counseling psychology Joanne Fawcett Costello—Associate Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 456-9570 Email: jcostello@ric.edu Specialty: Mental health issues in diabetes management Jason Danely—Assistant Professor of Anthropology Phone: (401) 456-2839 Email: jdanely@ric.edu Specialty: Cultural influences on mental health Thomas Dukes—Assistant Professor of Counseling Phone: (401) 456-8153 Email: tdukes@ric.edu Specialty: Adolescent development / Resilience / School counseling / School leadership teams / Clinical supervision / School counseling program development

Jill Harrison—Associate Professor of Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8731 Email: jharrison@ric.edu Specialty: Conflict management resolution, stress and mental health Prachi Kene—Assistant Professor of Counseling Phone: (401) 456-9610 Email: pkene@ric.edu Specialty: Clinical psychology Randi Kim—Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8783 Email: rkim@ric.edu Specialty: Counseling psychology Christine Kunkel—Assistant Professor of Counseling, Educational Leaderships and School Psychology Phone: (401) 456-9624 Email: ckunkel@ric.edu Specialty: Urban education, multiple intelligences in education, organizational theory and the learning organization, educational leadership, educational

E. Belle Evans—Professor of Social Work

policy, historical perspectives on leadership and

Phone: (401) 456-8616

education, progressive education, authentic

Email: eevans@ric.edu

curriculum, authentic assessment, student

Specialty: Trauma / Psychiatric and mental health

leadership development and magnet/charter school

/ Supervision

foundational development George Ladd—Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8570 Email: gladd@ric.edu Specialty: Addiction and co-occurring psychological disorders / Gambling—risk and disorder

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Peggy Matteson—Associate Professor of Nursing

Marie Lynch—Associate Professor of Special

Phone: (401) 965-3272

Education

Email: pmatteson@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8763

Specialty: Spiritual care and faith community

Email: mlynch@ric.edu

nursing (formerly called parish nursing)

Specialty: Learning disabilities identification

Mimi Mumm—Professor of Social Work Phone: (401) 456-8176

/ Evaluation / Inclusion in the mathematics classroom / Deaf culture

Email: amumm@ric.edu

Mimi Mumm—Professor of Social Work

Specialty: Children and mental health

Phone: (401) 456-8176

David Sugarman—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8611

Email: amumm@ric.edu Specialty: Children with disabilities

Email: dsugarman@ric.edu

William Oehlkers—Professor Emeritus of

Specialty: Family violence / Intimate partner and

Elementary Education

dating violence

Phone: (401) 433-0058 Email: wjo@jhu.edu

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Karen Castagno—Interim Dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development Phone: (401) 456-8822 Email: kcastagno@ric.edu Specialty: Physical education and sports for individuals with disabilities Susan Dell—Associate Professor of Special Education Phone: (401) 456-8557 Email: sdell@ric.edu Specialty: Curriculum / Assessment and

Specialty: Dyslexia Deborah Siegel—Professor of Social Work Phone: (401) 456-8617 Email: dsiegel@ric.edu Specialty: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) Steven Threlkeld—Assistant Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8585 Email: sthrelkeld@ric.edu Specialty: Behavioral neuroscience / Neurodevelopmental disorders

instruction of students with complex challenges/

Kerri Tunnicliffe—Associate Professor of Health

intellectual disabilities / Sensory challenges

and Physical Education

Steve Imber—Professor of Special Education Phone: (401) 456-8775 Email: simber@ric.edu Specialty: Behavioral management methods— behavior modification, psychoeducational and humanistic functional behavior analyses and positive behavioral intervention support strategies / Procedural safeguards for parents under the Integrated Disability Education and Awareness Program, matters of inclusion / Independent educational evaluations / Issues of eligibility for special education services / Readability and the Miranda Warning

Phone: (401) 456-9689 Email: ktunnicliffe@ric.edu Specialty: Coordinator of adapted physical education / Physical activity for individuals with disabilities

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ecology / environment

Roland de Gouvenain—Associate Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-8908 Email: rdegouvenain@ric.edu Specialty: Forest ecology and conservation

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Breea Govenar—Assistant Professor of Biology

Francis Leazes Jr.—Professor of Political Science

Phone: (401) 456-9631

Phone: (401) 456-8718

Email: bgovenar@ric.edu

Email: fleazes@ric.edu

Specialty: Ecology and ecosystem function

Specialty: Public budgeting / Urban economic

of marine and deep-sea habitats, including

development

hydrothermal vents / Causes and consequences of species diversity / Trophic ecology and food web dynamics

Mark Motte—Professor of Geography and Director of the David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy Phone: (401) 456-8881

Charles McLaughlin Jr.—Professor of Educational

Email: mmotte@ric.edu

Studies / Technology Education

Specialty: Economic development—global, state

Phone: (401) 456-8793

and local / Urban, regional and community planning

Email: cmclaughlin@ric.edu Specialty: Technology and the environment / Technology and sustainability Rebeka Rand Merson—Associate Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-8906 Email: rmerson@ric.edu Specialty: Environmental toxicology / Biosafety / Bioinformatics (comparative genomics) / Zoology (especially biology of fishes and sharks) / Marine biology Barry Schiller—Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Phone: (401) 353-6536 Email: bschiller@ric.edu Specialty: Transportation and the environment John Williams—Professor of Chemistry Phone: (401) 456-9748 Email: jcwilliams@ric.edu or jcwilliams3@cox.net Specialty: Environmental hazards

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education

Karl Benziger—Professor of History and Secondary Education Phone: (401) 456-8764 Email: kbenziger@ric.edu Specialty: History education / History-social studies curriculum / Teaching post-World War II history in the secondary classroom James Bierden—Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Secondary Education Phone: (401) 831-2495 Email: jbierden@ric.edu Specialty: Implementation of standards-based mathematics curriculum—K–12 / Standards-based mathematics teaching and learning Ellen Bigler—Professor of Anthropology and Secondary Education Phone: (401) 456-8385 Email: ebigler@ric.edu

economics

Mustafa Abu El Fadl—Assistant Professor of Finance Phone: (401) 456-9534

Specialty: Multicultural education—ethnographic analysis / Latinos in the United States—curriculum development, educational performance, culture and history

Email: mabuelfadl@ric.edu

Whitney Blankenship—Assistant Professor of

Specialty: Corporate finance / Conference

Educational Studies and History

organization advising

Phone: (401) 456-8503 Email: wblankenship@ric.edu Specialty: Curriculum development in social studies and history, technology integration in Social Studies and curriculum history (World War II era)

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Lesley Bogad—Associate Professor of Educational

Robert Franzblau—Professor of Music and

Studies

Secondary Education

Phone: (401) 456-4635

Phone: (401) 456-9514

Email: lbogad@ric.edu

Email: rfranzblau@ric.edu

Specialty: Media literacy—K–12 / Multiculturalism

Specialty: Musical arts education

and diversity in education

Elizabeth Gibbons Holtzman—Associate

Nancy Carriuolo—President of Rhode Island

Professor of School Psychology

College

Phone: (401) 456-8051

Phone: (401) 456-8101

Email: eholtzman@ric.edu

Email: ncarriuolo@ric.edu

Specialty: School psychology—current trends in

Specialty: Women leaders in higher education

the field, supervision and training / Assessment

/ Developmental education / Addressing higher

linked to intervention—preschool through college

education budget crisis

age / Crisis response and intervention—individual,

Jennifer Cook—Associate Professor of English and

family, school and community

Secondary Education and Director of the Rhode

Kathleen Johnson—Assistant Professor of Physical

Island Writing Project

Education

Phone: (401) 456-8663

Phone: (401) 456-8862

Email: jcook@ric.edu

Email: kjohnson@ric.edu

Specialty: English teacher preparation / Inquiry-

Specialty: Curriculum and instruction in physical

based teaching / Teacher professional development

education—K–12

/ Cultural studies and youth cultures

MacGregor Kniseley—Professor of Elementary

Susan Dell—Associate Professor of Special

Education

Education

Phone: (401) 456-8865

Phone: (401) 456-8557

Email: mkniseley@ric.edu

Email: sdell@ric.edu

Specialty: K–8 science education—standards,

Specialty: Curriculum / Assessment and

curriculum, assessment and instruction / Science

instruction of students with complex challenges /

and literacy / Career planning in teaching—

Intellectual disabilities / Sensory challenges

job search, hiring process, selection factors,

E. Belle Evans—Professor of Social Work

applications, interviewing and hiring portfolios

Phone: (401) 456-8616

Rudolf Kraus—Assistant Professor of Educational

Email: eevans@ric.edu

Studies

Specialty: Curriculum development / Distance

Phone: (401) 456-8996

learning

Email: rkraus@ric.edu

Sharon Fennessey—Professor Emerita, Henry Barnard School

Specialty: Science education / Assessment and evaluation of learning

Phone: (401) 294-6012

Vivian La Ferla—Professor of Mathematics and

Email: sfennessey@ric.edu

Educational Studies

Specialty: Integrating arts in the elementary and

Phone: (401) 456-8038

middle classroom / Active learning through drama

Email: vlaferla@ric.edu Specialty: Geometry education

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Maria Lawrence—Associate Professor of

Joan Rollins—Professor of Psychology

Elementary Education

Phone: (401) 456-8578

Phone: (401) 456-8565

Email: jrollins@ric.edu

Email: mlawrence@ric.edu

Specialty: Gender differences in school

Specialty: Science education—assessment,

achievement / Strategies for college success /

curriculum and standards

Strategies for student achievement

Bennett Lombardo—Professor of Health and

Elizabeth Rowell—Professor of Elementary

Physical Education

Education

Phone: (401) 456-9688

Phone: (401) 456-8563

Email: blombardo@ric.edu

Email: erowell@ric.edu

Specialty: Curriculum and instruction in physical

Specialty: Fostering young children’s

education—K–12

understanding of same-sex and transgender

Charles McLaughlin Jr.—Professor of Educational Studies / Technology Education Phone: (401) 456-8793

parented families, people with disabilities and contemporary American Indians through children’s books / Anti-bias and anti-bullying education

Email: cmclaughlin@ric.edu

Daniel Scott III—Professor of English and

Specialty: Integration of math and science in

Africana Studies

technology education / STEM education

Phone: (401) 456-8679

Christine Mulcahey—Professor, Henry Barnard School Phone: (401) 456-9750 Email: cmulcahey@ric.edu

Email: dscott@ric.edu Specialty: Diversity in education—methods of implementing cultural and historical diversity in the classroom

Specialty: Children’s artistic development /

Earl Simson—Dean of the Faculty of Arts and

Integrating art in the elementary classroom and

Sciences

using visual art to support classroom learning /

Phone: (401) 456-8610

Interviewing children

Email: esimson@ric.edu

Lisa Owen—Associate Professor of Elementary

Specialty: Higher education / Liberal education

Education

Milburn Stone—Professor Emeritus of Political

Phone: (401) 456-8016

Science and Secondary Education

Email: lowen@ric.edu

Phone: (860) 779-3172

Specialty: Mathematics education—curriculum,

Email: mstone@ric.edu

instruction and assessment

Specialty: Order, achievement and leadership in

Ronald Pitt—Vice President for the Office of

public school classrooms

Academic Affairs

Eileen Sullivan—Assistant Dean of the Office of

Phone: (401) 456-8003

Partnerships and Placements

Email: rpitt@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8593

Specialty: Higher education / Student access and

Email: esullivan@ric.edu

success

Specialty: Student teaching and clinical experiences for teacher candidates / Co-teaching model with student teaching

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Mary M. Sullivan—Professor of Mathematics and Educational Studies and Director of the RI STEM

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educational leadership

Center

Nancy Carriuolo—President of Rhode Island

Phone: (401) 456-9851

College

Email: mmsullivan@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8101

Specialty: Mathematics education / Statistics

Email: ncarriuolo@ric.edu

education / RI STEM Center activities

Specialty: Women leaders in higher education

Paul Tiskus—Associate Professor of Physical Sciences and Secondary Education

/ Developmental education / Addressing higher education budget crisis

Phone: (401) 456-9760

Scott Kane—Dean of Students for the Office of

Email: ptiskus@ric.edu

Student Affairs

Specialty: Secondary science education

Phone: (401) 456-8061

curriculum—development, assessment and

Email: skane@ric.edu

instruction

Specialty: Assessing and evaluation nonacademic

Kerri Tunnicliffe—Associate Professor of Physical Education Phone: (401) 456-9689

factors in post-secondary educational selection / Leadership in higher education / Post-secondary Title IX requirements

Email: ktunnicliffe@ric.edu

Christine Kunkel—Assistant Professor of

Specialty: Curriculum and instruction in physical

Counseling, Educational Leaderships and School

education—K–12

Psychology

Jane Williams—Dean of the School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 456-8014 Email: jwilliams@ric.edu Specialty: Professional nursing education David Woolman—Professor Emeritus, Adams Library Phone: (401) 941-8749 Email: dwoolman@ric.edu Specialty: Curriculum resources—K–12 / Peace education / Social studies and international education Joseph Zornado—Professor of English and Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning

Phone: (401) 456-9624 Email: ckunkel@ric.edu Specialty: Urban education, multiple intelligences in education, organizational theory and the learning organization, educational leadership, educational policy, historical perspectives on leadership and education, progressive education, authentic curriculum / Authentic assessment, student leadership development and magnet / Charter school foundational development Gary Penfield—Vice President for the Office of Student Affairs Phone: (401) 456-8123 Email: gpenfield@ric.edu Specialty: Student affairs in higher education (organizational theory, organizational leadership

Phone: (401) 456-8656

and budgeting)

Email: jzornado@ric.edu

Andrew Snyder—Assistant Professor of

Specialty: Philosophies of education / Faculty development—teaching and learning, teaching writing and distance learning

Educational Leadership Phone: (401) 456-9633 Email: asnyder@ric.edu Specialty: School leadership / Leading change / Leadership teams / Coaching and mentoring

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elderly affairs

Robyn Linde—Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the International

Jason Danely—Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Nongovernmental Organizations Studies Program

Phone: (401) 456-2839

Phone: (401) 456-8278

Email: jdanely@ric.edu

Email: rlinde@ric.edu

Specialty: Social gerontology and aging across

Specialty: Corporate social responsibility

cultures

Christine Marco—Associate Professor of

Rachel Filinson—Professor of Sociology

Psychology

Phone: (401) 456-8732

Phone: (401) 456-8598

Email: rfilinson@ric.edu

Email: cmarco@ric.edu

Specialty: Aging policies—the United States, the

Specialty: Ethics of research with human

United Kingdom and Poland / Age discrimination,

participants

elder abuse / Program evaluation

Frederic Reamer—Professor of Social Work

Margaret Hainsworth—Professor Emerita of

Phone: (401) 456-8248

Nursing

Email: freamer@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 245-2018

Specialty: Professional ethics

Email: mhainsworth@msn.com Specialty: Psychosocial aspects of long-term care

Jiyun Wu—Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing

Robin Montvilo—Professor of Psychology

Phone: (401) 456-9592

Phone: (401) 456-8574

Email: jwu@ric.edu

Email: rmontvilo@ric.edu

Specialty: Business ethics and society

Specialty: Adulthood and aging David Sugarman—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8611 Email: dsugarman@ric.edu Specialty: End-of-life decision making

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Lisa Bonitati Church—Associate Professor of Accounting Phone: (401) 456-9593

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ethnicity / race / diversity

Ellen Bigler—Professor of Anthropology and Secondary Education Phone: (401) 456-8385 Email: ebigler@ric.edu Specialty: Multicultural education—ethnographic analysis / Latinos in the United States—curriculum development, educational performance, culture and history / Race and education in Brazil

Email: lchurch@ric.edu

Lesley Bogad—Associate Professor of Educational

Specialty: Ethics in business and corporate

Studies

governance

Phone: (401) 456-4635

Francis Leazes Jr.—Professor of Political Science Phone: (401) 456-8718 Email: fleazes@ric.edu Specialty: Ethics in public administration

Email: lbogad@ric.edu Specialty: Media literacy—K–12 / Multiculturalism and diversity in education

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Kalina Brabeck—Assistant Professor of

Sílvia Oliveira—Assistant Professor of Portuguese

Counseling, Educational Leadership and School

Studies and Faculty Liaison to the Institute for

Psychology

Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

Phone: (401) 456-9602

Phone: (401) 456-8748

Email: kbrabeck@ric.edu

Email: soliveira@ric.edu

Specialty: Immigrant mental health / Migration,

Specialty: Portuguese-American communities in

detention and deportation / Development of U.S.–

the United States

born children in immigrant families / Counseling psychology

Maureen Reddy—Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8377

Jason Danely—Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Email: mreddy@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-2839

Specialty: Interracial families and relationships /

Email: jdanely@ric.edu

Issues of gender and race in U.S. and British crime

Specialty: Cultural influences on mental health

fiction / Race in the college classroom

Randi Kim—Associate Professor of Psychology

Elizabeth Rowell—Professor of Elementary

Phone: (401) 456-8783

Education

Email: rkim@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8563

Specialty: Cross-ethnic issues

Email: erowell@ric.edu

Maria Lawrence—Associate Professor of Elementary Education Phone: (401) 456-8565 Email: mlawrence@ric.edu Specialty: Multiculturalism Marlene Lopes—Associate Professor and Special Collections Librarian, Adams Library Phone: (401) 456-9653 Email: mlopes@ric.edu Specialty: Cape Verdean culture / Cape Verdeans in America

Specialty: Multicultural, anti-bias and antibullying education through the use of children’s books to promote attention to disability, contemporary American Indian and gay, lesbian and transgender issues Daniel Scott III—Professor of English and Africana Studies Phone: (401) 456-8679 Email: dscott@ric.edu Specialty: Diversity in education—methods of implementing cultural and historical diversity in the classroom

Thomas Malloy—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8177 Email: tmalloy@ric.edu

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geography / cartography

Specialty: Intergroup relations / Prejudice and

Robert Sullivan—Professor Emeritus of Geography

discrimination / Interpersonal perception

Phone: (508) 336-7439

Janice Okoomian—Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Phone: (401) 456-4645 / (401) 573-3969 (cell) Email: jokoomian1@ric.edu Specialty: Armenian-American ethnicity

Specialty: Cartography—map essentials and design, evaluation and criticism / Geography of Rhode Island—physical and cultural features, historical landscapes and coastal geography

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health (general)

(For MENTAL HEALTH see COUNSELING) Nancy Blasdell—Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 456-9827 Email: nblasdell@ric.edu

Carol Reagan Shelton—Professor Emerita of Nursing Phone: (401) 467-3821 Email: cshelton@ric.edu Specialty: Health policy / Midwifery / Women’s health

Specialty: Prevention and treatment of heart

Jane Williams—Dean of the School of Nursing and

attacks / Spirituality and health

Professor of Nursing

Joanne Fawcett Costello—Assistant Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 456-9570 Email: jcostello@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8014 Email: jwilliams@ric.edu Specialty: Inter-professional practice of health professionals / Study of patient narratives

Specialty: Diabetes education / Injury and

John Williams—Professor of Chemistry

disease—prevention and control / Public health

Phone: (401) 456-9748

nursing—health care systems, epidemiology and

Email: jcwilliams@ric.edu or jcwilliams3@cox.net

community health education

Specialty: Pharmacology and toxicology

Christine Marco—Associate Professor of

Joshua Wolff—Assistant Professor of Psychology

Psychology

Phone: (401) 456-8418

Phone: (401) 456-8598

Email: jwolff@ric.edu

Email: cmarco@ric.edu

Specialty: Gay, lesbian and bisexual youth health

Specialty: Health psychology / Stress and health /

outcomes and risk factors

Ecological momentary assessment of behavior Peggy Matteson—Associate Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 965-3272 Email: pmatteson@ric.edu Specialty: Spiritual care and faith community nursing (formerly called parish nursing)

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history / anthropology

Peter Allen—Professor of Anthropology Phone: (401) 456-9639 Email: pallen@ric.edu Specialty: Anthropological field work in the

Robin Montvilo—Professor of Psychology

southern Greek region of Mani / Modernization in

Phone: (401) 456-8574

a traditional village in Cyprus / Mt. Athos monastic

Email: rmontvilo@ric.edu

community in northern Greece—“Ten Days on the

Specialty: Normal and abnormal pregnancy /

Holy Mountain”

Prenatal development, prematurity, neonatal intensive care and infant development

Mikaila Arthur—Assistant Professor of Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8681

M. Patricia Quigley—Associate Professor of

Email: marthur@ric.edu

Nursing

Specialty: Asian-American studies / The Holocaust

Phone: (401) 456-9735

/ Social movements and protest

Email: mquigley@ric.edu Specialty: Cardiac rehabilitation / Healthy lifestyle approaches to reduce the risk of cardiac disease / Women and heart disease—intervention

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Hedi BenAicha—Director of Adams Library

Gale Goodwin Gomez— Professor of Anthropology

Phone: (401) 456-8053

Phone: (401) 456-9623

Email: hbenaicha@ric.edu

Email: ggoodwin@ric.edu

Specialty: History of the Middle East and

Specialty: Amazonia / Indigenous peoples and

North Africa, including Andalusia culture in the

cultures of South America, especially Brazil

Iberian peninsula / Islamic culture / Post-colonial nationalism

Kresten Jespersen—Associate Professor, Adams Library

Karl Benziger—Professor of History and Secondary

Phone: (401) 456-2820

Education

Email: jjespersen@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8764

Specialty: History of ornament / History of

Email: kbenziger@ric.edu

design / Architectural history of the 19th and 20th

Specialty: History education / The Cold War /

centuries

Vietnam and the American Civil Rights Movement / Politics of memory and historical narratives / 20th through 21st century Hungarian history and politics

Richard Lobban—Professor Emeritus of Anthropology Phone: (401) 467-2857

Whitney Blankenship—Assistant Professor of

Email: rlobban@ric.edu

Educational Studies and History

Specialty: Africa and the Middle East—modern

Phone: (401) 456-8503

politics, security and culture in the Arab world /

Email: wblankenship@ric.edu

Middle Eastern archaeology—Egypt and Sudan

Specialty: Curriculum development in social studies and history, technology integration in Social Studies and curriculum history (World War II era)

Marlene Lopes—Associate Professor and Special Collections Librarian, Adams Library Phone: (401) 456-9653

Robert Cvornyek—Professor and Chair of the

Email: mlopes@ric.edu

Department of History

Specialty: History of Rhode Island College: the

Phone: (401) 456-8039

first 100 years, people of color and outstanding

Email: rcvornyek@ric.edu

women

Specialty: Sport history / Rhode Island sport history / Race and sports

Peter Mendy—Associate Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-9696

Jason Danely—Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Email: pmendy@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-2839

Specialty: Contemporary African history and

Email: jdanely@ric.edu

politics / Democracy and the war-to-peace

Specialty: Japanese culture and society / Medical

transition in Lusophone Africa / European colonial

anthropology

rule in Africa

Ronald Dufour—Professor of History

E. Pierre Morenon—Professor of Anthropology

Phone: (401) 456-9784

Phone: (401) 456-9724

Email: rdufour@ric.edu

Email: pmorenon@ric.edu

Specialty: American Revolution / Early American

Specialty: Archeology of Rhode Island—emphasis

history—settlement and growth of the colonies /

on ancient Narragansett Indian roots

History of blues and jazz / Formation of American national identity / Music and culture in the African American community

Jeannine Olson—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-9716 Email: jolson@ric.edu Specialty: History of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century

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Joanne Schneider—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-9721 Email: jschneider@ric.edu Specialty: European women’s history and politics / Modern German history and current events Daniel Scott III—Professor of English and Africana Studies Phone: (401) 456-8679 Email: dscott@ric.edu Specialty: African-American history from mid-19th century to present Milburn Stone—Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Secondary Education Phone: (860) 779-3172 Email: mstone@ric.edu Specialty: Southeast Asian culture and politics / Southeast Asian-Americans Robert Sullivan—Professor Emeritus of Geography

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labor / workforce

development Jason Blank—Associate Professor of Sociology and President of the RIC / AFT (faculty union) Phone: (401) 456-9842 Email: jblank@ric.edu Specialty: Labor issues in the educational system—tenure and governance / Labor issues in higher education—intellectual property rights / Labor and union issues—collective bargaining and negotiations Jenifer Giroux—Interim Associate Vice President for Professional Studies and Continuing Education Phone: (401) 456-8990 Email: jgiroux@ric.edu Specialty: Workforce development

Phone: (508) 336-7439

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Specialty: Geopolitics, modernization and cultural

Hedi BenAicha—Director of Adams Library

change in Korea from 1900 to present Tony Teng—Associate Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-8640 Email: tteng@ric.edu Specialty: History of East Asia, modern China and modern Japan David Thomas—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-8765 Email: dthomas@ric.edu Specialty: Education in the Muslim world (the Middle East and Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia and Malaysia) / Islam and politics

language / linguistics

Phone: (401) 456-8053 Email: hbenaicha@ric.edu Specialty: Fluency in French and Arabic Jenifer Giroux—Interim Associate Vice President for Professional Studies and Continuing Education Phone: (401) 456-8990 Email: jgiroux@ric.edu Specialty: Instruction in English as a Second Language Gale Goodwin Gomez—Professor of Anthropology Phone: (401) 456-9623 Email: ggoodwin@ric.edu Specialty: Descriptive linguistics / Language and culture / South American indigenous languages, especially the Yanomami family: Yanomae and Ninam / Fluency in Portuguese and Spanish / Expertise in study abroad for college students Meradith McMunn—Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8675 / (860) 423-1581 (cell) Email: mmcmunn@ric.edu Specialty: History and development of the English language / Rhode Island dialects

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Eung-Jun (EJ) Min—Professor of Communication

Robyn Linde—Assistant Professor of Political

Phone: (401) 456-8646

Science and Director of the International

Email: emin@ric.edu

Nongovernmental Organizations Studies Program

Specialty: Intercultural and international

Phone: (401) 456-8278

communication

Email: rlinde@ric.edu

Sílvia Oliveira—Assistant Professor of Portuguese Studies and Faculty Liaison to the Institute for

Specialty: International law / Comparative law / Death penalty

Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

Eung-Jun (EJ) Min—Professor of Communication

Phone: (401) 456-8748

Phone: (401) 456-8646

Email: soliveira@ric.edu

Email: emin@ric.edu

Specialty: Portuguese

Specialty: Media law and regulations

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Phone: (401) 456-8248

Frederic Reamer—Professor of Social Work

law / criminal justice

Mikaila Arthur—Assistant Professor of Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8681 Email: marthur@ric.edu

Email: freamer@ric.edu Specialty: Criminal justice / Criminal behavior / Parole / Prisons

Specialty: Law and society / Global comparative

Thomas Schmeling—Associate Professor of

law

Political Science

Jason Blank—Associate Professor of Sociology and President of RIC / AFT (faculty union) Phone: (401) 456-9842 Email: jblank@ric.edu Specialty: Criminal justice / Domestic violence /

Phone: (401) 456-8722 Email: tschmeling@ric.edu Specialty: Federal and state courts / Judiciary issues

Intellectual property rights

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Lisa Bonitati Church—Associate Professor of

Joan Glazer—Professor Emerita of Elementary

Accounting

Education

Phone: (401) 456-9593

Phone: (401) 738-3648

Email: lchurch@ric.edu

Email: jglazer@ric.edu

Specialty: Business law / Corporate governance

Specialty: Literacy in the elementary grades

Jill Hume Harrison—Associate Professor of

Beverly Goldfield—Professor of Psychology

Sociology

Phone: (401) 456-8813

Phone: (401) 456-8731

Email: bgoldfield@ric.edu

Email: jharrison@ric.edu

Specialty: Early language development

Specialty: Justice studies / Corrections / Civil rights / Mediation

literacy

MacGregor Kniseley—Professor of Elementary Education

Pamela Irving Jackson—Professor of Sociology

Phone: (401) 456-8865

and Director of the Justice Studies Program

Email: mkniseley@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8734

Specialty: Science and literacy

Email: pjackson@ric.edu Specialty: Comparative criminal justice / Law and society / Minority issues in justice systems

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William Oehlkers—Professor Emeritus of

Sílvia Oliveira—Assistant Professor of Portuguese

Elementary Education

Studies and Faculty Liaison to the Institute for

Phone: (401) 433-0058

Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

Email: wjo@jhu.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8748

Specialty: Reading / Standards-based instruction

Email: soliveira@ric.edu Specialty: Portuguese Literature / Portuguese-

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literature

Susan Abbotson—Associate Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-2803 Email: sabbotson@ric.edu Specialty: Modern and contemporary drama (Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, Paula Vogel and Tom Stoppard) / Children’s literature Hedi BenAicha—Director of Adams Library Phone: (401) 456-8053 Email: hbenaicha@ric.edu Specialty: North African literature in French / Nation and narration in colonial and post-colonial periods Anita Duneer—Assistant Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8658 Email: aduneer@ric.edu Specialty: Post-colonial literature and theory / Caribbean literature / American literature—ethnic,

American Literature / Brazilian Literature / African Lusophone literatures Maureen Reddy—Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8377 Email: mreddy@ric.edu Specialty: Detective fiction / Victorian literature / Contemporary Irish fiction Elizabeth Rowell—Professor of Elementary Education Phone: (401) 456-8563 Email: erowell@ric.edu Specialty: Early childhood (birth—grade 2) literacy and language development Barbara Schapiro—Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8667 Email: bschapiro@ric.edu Specialty: D.H. Lawrence / Literature and psychoanalysis—applications of post-Freudian psychoanalytic theory to literature

African-American / American literary naturalism—

Daniel Scott III—Professor of English and

Jack London / Maritime literature—race and gender,

Africana Studies

female characters and authors

Phone: (401) 456-8679

Joan Glazer—Professor Emerita of Elementary Education Phone: (401) 738-3648 Email: jglazer@ric.edu

Email: dscott@ric.edu Specialty: African-American literature / Harlem Renaissance and 20th century poetry, drama and prose

Specialty: International and national literature for

Earl Stevens—Professor Emeritus of English

children and adolescents

Phone: (970) 635-2469

Meradith McMunn—Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8675 / (860) 423-1581 (cell) Email: mmcmunn@ric.edu Specialty: Role of medieval women as creators, patrons, readers and critics of the literature of their culture / “The Romance of the Rose”—the illustrated manuscript of a medieval best-seller

Email: eestms@colomail.com Specialty: English literature from 1880 to 1920— Ezra Pound, George Gissing, Rudyard Kipling, Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells and John Galsworthy

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Joseph Zornado—Professor of English and

Kay Israel—Associate Professor of Communication

Director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and

Phone: (401) 456-8648

Learning

Email: kisrael@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8656

Specialty: Advertising

Email: jzornado@ric.edu Specialty: American literature and culture / Children’s literature / Literary theory

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Stephen Ramocki—Professor of Marketing Phone: (401) 456-9536 Email: sramocki@ric.edu Specialty: Teaching creativity / Applied statistics /

management / marketing

Market research / Consumer behavior

Hedi BenAicha—Director of Adams Library

Nazanin Sahba—Associate Professor of

Phone: (401) 456-8053

Management and Marketing

Email: hbenaicha@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-9648

Specialty: Best practices in academic library

Email: nsahba@ric.edu

management / Diversity and leadership accessibility

Specialty: Operations management / Quality

David Blanchette—Dean of the School of

control/assurance / Statistical process control

Management

Julie Urda—Assistant Professor of Management

Phone: (401) 456-8009

Phone: (401) 456-8760

Email: dblanchette@ric.edu

Email: jurda@ric.edu

Specialty: Strategic management / Strategic

Specialty: Group work / Organizational behavior /

marketing / Business education

Organization theory / Motivation

Shani Carter—Professor of Management and Marketing Phone: (401) 456-9598 Email: scarter@ric.edu Specialty: Human resources, compensation and benefits, performance appraisal, motivation, training, skill certification, cognitive ability, labor force statistics, labor relations and outcomes assessment Anthony Galvez—Assistant Professor of Communication Phone: (401) 456-8638 Email: rgalvez@ric.edu Specialty: Social marketing

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mathematics

David Abrahamson—Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Phone: (401) 456-9862 Email: dabrahamson@ric.edu Specialty: Differential equations and chaos theory / Mathematics in sports / Mathematics of gambling Vivian La Ferla—Professor of Mathematics and Educational Studies Phone: (401) 456-8038 Email: vlaferla@ric.edu Specialty: Geometry and geometry education, spatial abilities, geometric thought, problem

William Gearhart—Vice President for

solving, transformational geometry, geometry

Administration and Finance

software and links to algebra

Phone: (401) 456-8200 Email: wgearhart@ric.edu Specialty: Higher education administration (emphasis on management and finance)

Barry Schiller—Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Phone: (401) 353-6536 Email: bschiller@ric.edu Specialty: Issues in quantitative literacy— understanding percentages, statistical graphs and analysis

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Daniel Snowman—Professor of Physical Sciences Phone: (401) 456-9710 Email: dsnowman@ric.edu Specialty: Riemann’s hypothesis Rebecca Sparks—Associate Professor of Mathematics Phone: (401) 456-9881 Email: rsparks@ric.edu Specialty: Mathematical modeling

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physical education /

recreation David Abrahamson—Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Phone: (401) 456-9862 Email: dabrahamson@ric.edu Specialty: Mathematics in sports Robin Kirkwood Auld—Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education

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media relations

Phone: (401) 456-8880 Email: rauld@ric.edu

Michelle Brophy-Baermann—Associate Professor

Specialty: Pedagogy / Teaching team activities

of Political Science

/ Tactical games model / Teaching games for

Phone: (401) 456-8720

understanding / Coaching / Motor learning / Motor

Email: mbrophy@ric.edu

development / Curriculum

Specialty: Political coverage / Analysis of public opinion / Politics and popular culture / Elite media strategies

Karen Castagno—Interim Dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development Phone: (401) 456-8822

Valerie Endress—Associate Professor of

Email: kcastagno@ric.edu

Communication

Specialty: Physical education and sports for

Phone: (401) 456-4781

individuals with disabilities / Technology in physical

Email: vendress@ric.edu

education—training in the use of heart rate

Specialty: Political campaign communication—

monitors, pedometers and fitness software

speech making, advertising, primaries, debates, conventions and women and political campaigns / Presidential communication—speech making, press relations, crisis and war rhetoric and congressional relations Kay Israel—Associate Professor of Communication Phone: (401) 456-8648 Email: kisrael@ric.edu Specialty: Advertising / Public relations

Robert Cvornyek—Professor and Chair of the Department of History Phone: (401) 456-8039 Email: rcvornyek@ric.edu Specialty: Sport history / Rhode Island sport history / Race and sports William Gearhart—Vice President for Administration and Finance Phone: (401) 456-8200

Eung-Jun (EJ) Min—Professor of Communication

Email: wgearhart@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8646

Specialty: Ornithology (recreational bird watching)

Email: emin@ric.edu Specialty: Media representation / Media law and regulation

Paul Janaway—Associate Professor of Physical Education, Henry Barnard School Phone: (401) 456-8621

Daniel Weisman—Professor of Social Work

Email: pjanaway@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8618

Specialty: Children’s soccer development /

Email: dweisman@ric.edu

Principles of small-sided games

Specialty: Public access television

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Kathleen Johnson—Assistant Professor of Physical

Michelle Brophy-Baermann—Associate Professor

Education

of Political Science

Phone: (401) 456-8862

Phone: (401) 456-8720

Email: kjohnson@ric.edu

Email: mbrophy@ric.edu

Specialty: Dance and rhythmic activities in

Specialty: Public opinion / Media coverage

physical education / Motor development

of politics / Interest groups and think tanks /

Bennett Lombardo—Professor of Health and

Congressional elections / Welfare reform

Physical Education

Valerie Endress—Associate Professor of

Phone: (401) 456-9688

Communication

Email: blombardo@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-4781

Specialty: Teaching and coaching behavior

Email: vendress@ric.edu

Kristen Pepin—Assistant Professor of Health and Physical Education Phone: (401) 456-8970 Email: kpepin@ric.edu Specialty: Physical education / Health education / Gymnastics / Adventure education Eileen Sullivan—Assistant Dean of the Office of Partnerships and Placements Phone: (401) 456-8593 Email: esullivan@ric.edu Specialty: Interdisciplinary physical activities and the use of movement in the classroom / Pre-K-12

Specialty: Citizen involvement in political and civic life / Political campaign communication— speech making, advertising, primaries, debates, conventions and women and political campaigns / Presidential communication—speech making, press relations, crisis and war rhetoric and congressional relations Claus Hofhansel—Professor of Political Science Phone: (401) 456-8724 Email: chofhansel@ric.edu Specialty: Immigration policy / Foreign policy / European politics

physical education curriculum and the use of

Kay Israel—Associate Professor of Communication

technology, including iPads / Teacher evaluation in

Phone: (401) 456-8648

the gymnasium

Email: kisrael@ric.edu

Kerri Tunnicliffe—Associate Professor of Health and Physical Education Phone: (401) 456-9689

Specialty: Political communication—analysis of strategies used by politicians and elected officials to communicate with voters and citizens

Email: ktunnicliffe@ric.edu

Francis Leazes Jr.—Professor of Political Science

Specialty: Adventure education—helping groups

Phone: (401) 456-8718

work on cooperation, communication, teamwork

Email: fleazes@ric.edu

and trust / Motor development and learning

Specialty: Government corporations / Intergovernmental relations / Public

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politics

Mikaila Arthur—Assistant Professor of Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8681 Email: marthur@ric.edu Specialty: Asian-American studies / Social movements and protest

administration—budgeting and finance, nonprofit administration, human resources and ethics / Urban public policy and economic development

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Robyn Linde—Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the International

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recruitment and retention

Nongovernmental Organizations Studies Program

Holly Shadoian—Assistant Vice President for the

Phone: (401) 456-8278

Office of Academic Affairs

Email: rlinde@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8884

Specialty: Nongovernmental organizations / Social

Email: hshadoian@ric.edu

movements

Specialty: Enrollment management /

Peter Mendy—Associate Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-9696 Email: pmendy@ric.edu Specialty: Contemporary African history and politics / Democracy and the war-to-peace transition in Lusophone Africa

Undergraduate recruitment and retention / College search for parents and students

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religion

Peter Allen—Professor of Anthropology Phone: (401) 456-9639

Mark Motte—Professor of Geography and Director

Email: pallen@ric.edu

of the David E. Sweet Center for Public Policy

Specialty: Mt. Athos monastic community in

Phone: (401) 456-8881

northern Greece—“Ten Days on the Holy Mountain”

Email: mmotte@ric.edu Specialty: City politics, policy development and administration / Economic development—global, state and local / Urban, regional and community planning Milburn Stone—Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Secondary Education Phone: (860) 779-3172 Email: mstone@ric.edu Specialty: Southeast Asian culture and politics David Thomas—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-8765 Email: dthomas@ric.edu Specialty: Islam and politics in the contemporary Muslim world Richard Weiner—Professor of Political Science

Jason Danely—Assistant Professor of Anthropology Phone: (401) 456-2839 Email: jdanely@ric.edu Specialty: East Asian Buddhism / Japanese religious traditions Janice Okoomian—Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Phone: (401) 456-4645 / (401) 573-3969 (cell) Email: jokoomian1@ric.edu Specialty: Creative ritual making for life cycle transitions Jeannine Olson—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-9716 Email: jolson@ric.edu Specialty: History of the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century

Phone: (401) 456-8107 Email: rweiner@ric.edu Specialty: American social movements / European politics and social issues / Politics of film

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research methods /

statistics Mikaila Arthur—Assistant Professor of Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8681 Email: marthur@ric.edu Specialty: Social science research methods and data analysis

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Jennifer Cook—Associate Professor of English and Secondary Education and Director of the Rhode

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school partnerships

Island Writing Project

John Niska—Associate Professor of Middle Level

Phone: (401) 456-8663

Education

Email: jcook@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-4655

Specialty: Qualitative research methods

Email: jniska@ric.edu

Christine Marco—Associate Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8598 Email: cmarco@ric.edu Specialty: Research design in psychology and behavior / Survey construction / Statistical analyses

Specialty: Training networks of schools in advisory and teaming / Leading partnerships between middle schools and universities

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sciences

Yael Avissar—Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-9626

Thomas Malloy—Professor of Psychology

Email: yavissar@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8177

Specialty: Biochemistry—enzymes and biochemical

Email: tmalloy@ric.edu

pathways in metabolism / Molecular biology—

Specialty: Research design and statistical

DNA technology and genetic engineering /

modeling

Photosynthesis—light and dark reactions, including

Stephen Ramocki—Professor of Marketing

bacterial (anoxygenic)

Phone: (401) 456-9536

Mary Baker—Associate Professor of Anthropology

Email: sramocki@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8112

Specialty: Applied statistics / Market research

Email: mbaker@ric.edu

Joan Rollins—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8578

Specialty: Primatology—capuchin monkeys / Biological anthropology—human cognitive evolution

Email: jrollins@ric.edu

Glênisson de Oliveira—Professor of Chemistry

Specialty: Opinion surveys

Phone: (401) 273-2528

Nazanin Sahba—Associate Professor of Management and Marketing Phone: (401) 456-9648 Email: nsahba@ric.edu Specialty: Statistical process control Daniel Weisman—Professor of Social Work Phone: (401) 456-8618 Email: dweisman@ric.edu Specialty: Research methods / Outcomes-based research and program evaluation Jane Williams—Dean of the School of Nursing and Professor of Nursing Phone: (401) 456-8014 Email: jwilliams@ric.edu Specialty: Research methodology—study of narratives

Email: gdeoliveira@ric.edu Specialty: Computational and theoretical chemistry / Coordination complexes / Weakly bonded molecular clusters Breea Govenar—Assistant Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-9631 Email: bgovenar@ric.edu Specialty: Ecology and ecosystem function of marine and deep-sea habitats, including hydrothermal vents / Causes and consequences of species diversity / Trophic ecology and food web dynamics

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MacGregor Kniseley—Professor of Elementary

Paul Tiskus—Associate Professor of Physical

Education

Sciences and Secondary Education

Phone: (401) 456-8865

Phone: (401) 456-9760

Email: mkniseley@ric.edu

Email: ptiskus@ric.edu

Specialty: K–8 science education—standards,

Specialty: Secondary education science

curriculum, assessment and instruction / Science

curriculum—development, assessment and

and literacy

instruction

Maria Lawrence—Associate Professor of

John Williams—Professor of Chemistry

Elementary Education

Phone: (401) 456-9748

Phone: (401) 456-8565

Email: jcwilliams@ric.edu or jcwilliams3@cox.net

Email: mlawrence@ric.edu

Specialty: Organic chemistry / Pharmacology and

Specialty: Science education—assessment,

toxicology / Environmental hazards

curriculum and standards Lloyd Matsumoto—Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-9539 Email: lmatsumoto@ric.edu Specialty: Biological sciences

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Ellen Bigler—Professor of Anthropology and Secondary Education Phone: (401) 456-8385

Rebeka Rand Merson—Associate Professor of

Email: ebigler@ric.edu

Biology

Specialty: Training in multicultural education

Phone: (401) 456-8906

practice

Email: rmerson@ric.edu Specialty: Environmental toxicology / Biosafety / Bioinformatics (comparative genomics) / Zoology (especially biology of fishes and sharks) / Marine biology Eric Roberts—Associate Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-9632 Email: eroberts@ric.edu Specialty: Botany—plant biology, plant cell biology, molecular genetics and physiology / Seaweeds and algae Daniel Snowman—Professor of Physical Sciences

Karen Castagno—Interim Dean of the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development Phone: (401) 456-8822 Email: kcastagno@ric.edu Specialty: Training in the use of heart rate monitors, pedometers and fitness software John Niska—Associate Professor of Middle Level Education Phone: (401) 456-4655 Email: jniska@ric.edu Specialty: Training networks of schools in advisory and teaming

Phone: (401) 456-9710 Email: dsnowman@ric.edu Specialty: Complex systems / Field theory /

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Monica Darcy—Associate Professor of Counseling

Sarah Spinette—Assistant Professor of Biology Phone: (401) 456-8907 Email: sspinette@ric.edu Specialty: Cell biology and structure / Molecular biology / Genetic studies in mice

veterans

Phone: (401) 456-2710 Email: mdarcy@ric.edu Specialty: Military veterans / Military families / Veterans in higher education

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women’s issues

M. Patricia Quigley—Associate Professor of Nursing

Michelle Brophy-Baermann—Associate Professor

Phone: (401) 456-9735

of Political Science

Email: mquigley@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8720

Specialty: Women and heart disease—intervention

Email: mbrophy@ric.edu Specialty: Welfare reform / Reproductive rights / Women in government and the media / Gender roles / Feminism Nancy Carriuolo—President of Rhode Island College Phone: (401) 456-8101 Email: ncarriuolo@ric.edu Specialty: Women leaders in higher education Valerie Endress—Associate Professor of Communication Phone: (401) 456-4781 Email: vendress@ric.edu

Joan Rollins—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8578 Email: jrollins@ric.edu Specialty: Motherhood / Women and work / Women leaders Joanne Schneider—Professor of History Phone: (401) 456-8039 Email: jschneider@ric.edu Specialty: European women’s history and politics Leslie Schuster—Interim Dean of Graduate Studies, Professor of History and Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program

Specialty: Women and political campaigns

Phone: (401) 456-9723

Jill Hume Harrison—Associate Professor of

Specialty: Women’s studies issues

Sociology Phone: (401) 456-8731 Email: jharrison@ric.edu

Email: lschuster@ric.edu

Carol Reagan Shelton—Professor Emerita of Nursing

Specialty: Women’s studies

Phone: (401) 467-3821

Meradith McMunn—Professor of English

Specialty: Midwifery / Women’s health

Email: cshelton@ric.edu

Phone: (401) 456-8675 / (860) 423-1581 (cell) Email: mmcmunn@ric.edu Specialty: Role of medieval women as creators,

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patrons, readers and critics of the literature of their

Karen Lee Boren—Associate Professor of English

culture Robin Montvilo—Professor of Psychology Phone: (401) 456-8574 Email: rmontvilo@ric.edu

writing

and Director of the Creative Writing Program Phone: (401) 456-8027 Email: kboren@ric.edu Specialty: Creative writing / Fiction

Specialty: Normal and abnormal pregnancy

Cathleen Calbert—Professor of English

Janice Okoomian—Assistant Professor of Gender

Phone: (401) 456-8678

and Women’s Studies Phone: (401) 456-4645 / (401) 573-3969 (cell) Email: jokoomian1@ric.edu Specialty: Theories of gender, race and sexuality / Third Wave feminisms / Gender and popular culture

Email: ccalbert@ric.edu Specialty: Contemporary poetry / Creative writing

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Becky Caouette—Assistant Professor of English and Director of Writing Phone: (401) 456-8674 Email: bcaouette@ric.edu Specialty: Writing program administration (creating and managing writing programs) / Writing studies / Major works (canon) of writing Jennifer Cook—Associate Professor of English and Secondary Education and Director of the Rhode Island Writing Project Phone: (401) 456-8663 Email: jcook@ric.edu Specialty: Teaching writing in the disciplines / Writing to learn E. Belle Evans—Professor of Social Work Phone: (401) 456-8616 Email: eevans@ric.edu Specialty: Grant writing Michael Michaud—Assistant Professor of English Phone: (401) 456-8661 Email: mmichaud@ric.edu Specialty: Business, professional and technical writing / Digital and multimedia writing / Writing pedagogy and instruction

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index

Carter, Shani 24 Castagno, Karen 9, 12, 25, 29

A Abbotson, Susan 8, 23 Abrahamson, David 24, 25 Abu El Fadl, Mustafa 13 Aflague, John 7, 11 Allen, Peter 7, 19, 27 Antosh, Anthony 5 Arthur, Mikaila 19, 22, 26, 27 Auld, Robin Kirkwood 25 Avissar, Yael 28

Church, Lisa Bonitati 7, 17, 22 Coffman, Teresa 8 Cook, Jennifer 6, 14, 28, 31 Costello, Joanne Fawcett 11, 19 Cvornyek, Robert 20, 25

D Danely, Jason 11, 17, 18, 20, 27 Darcy, Monica 29 de Gouvenain, Roland 12 Dell, Susan 12, 14

B Baker, Mary 28 BenAicha, Hedi 20, 21, 23, 24 Benziger, Karl 13, 20 Bierden, James 13 Bigler, Ellen 13, 17, 29 Blanchette, David 24 Blankenship, Whitney 13, 20 Blank, Jason 21, 22 Blasdell, Nancy 19 Bogad, Lesley 14, 17 Bohlinger, Vincent 7 Boren, Karen Lee 30 Brabeck, Kalina 9, 11, 18 Breene, Samuel 8 Brophy-Baermann, Michelle 25, 26, 30

de Oliveira, GlĂŞnisson 28 Dufour, Ronald 8, 20 Dukes, Thomas 9, 11 Duneer, Anita 23

E Endress, Valerie 25, 26, 30 Evans, E. Belle 11, 14, 31

F Fennessey, Sharon 8, 14 Filinson, Rachel 17 Fraley, Marie 5 Franzblau, Robert 8, 14

G Galvez, Anthony 7, 10, 24

C Calbert, Cathleen 30 Caouette, Becky 31 Carriuolo, Nancy 14, 16, 30

Gearhart, William 8, 24, 25 Giroux, Jenifer 5, 21 Glantz, Tonya 4 Glazer, Joan 22, 23

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Goldfield, Beverly 9, 22

Lawrence, Maria 15, 18, 29

Gomez, Gale Goodwin 20, 21

Leazes Jr., Francis 13, 17, 26

Govenar, Breea 12, 13, 28

Linde, Robyn 9, 10, 17, 22, 27

Gushwa, Melinda 9, 11

Lobban, Richard 20 Lombardo, Bennett 15, 26

H

Lopes, Marlene 18, 20

Hainsworth, Margaret 11, 17

Lynch, Marie 12

Hofhansel, Claus 26 Holtzman, Elizabeth Gibbons 14

M

Hume Harrison, Jill 10, 11, 22, 30

Malloy, Thomas 18, 28 Marco, Christine 17, 19, 28

I

Matsumoto, Lloyd 29

Imber, Steve 12

Matteson, Peggy 12, 19

Israel, Kay 24, 25, 26

McLaughlin Jr., Charles 13, 15 McMunn, Meradith 21, 23, 30

J

Mendy, Peter 20, 27

Jackson, Pamela Irving 10, 22

Merson, Rebeka Rand 13, 29

Janaway, Paul 25

Michaud, Michael 31

Jespersen, Kresten 7, 20

Min, Eung-Jun (EJ) 8, 22, 25

Johnson, Kathleen 14, 26

Montvilo, Robin 7, 9, 17, 19, 30 Morenon, E. Pierre 9, 20

K

Motte, Mark 4, 13, 27

Kalinak, Kathryn 7, 8

Mulcahey, Christine 7, 9, 15

Kane, Scott 16

Mumm, Mimi 10, 12

Kene, Prachi 11 Kenyon, Richard 7

N

Kim, Randi 7, 11, 18

Niska, John 28, 29

Kniseley, MacGregor 14, 22, 29 Kraus, Rudolf 14

O

Kunkel, Christine 11, 16

Oehlkers, William 12, 23 Okoomian, Janice 18, 27, 30

L

Oliveira, SĂ­lvia 8, 18, 22, 23

Ladd, George 7, 9, 11

Olson, Jeannine 20, 27

La Ferla, Vivian 14, 24

Owen, Lisa 15

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P

Stevens, Earl 23

Pearlmutter, Sue 10

Stillman, Judith 8

Penfield, Gary 16

Stone, Milburn 15, 21, 27

Pepin, Kristen 26

Sugarman, David 10, 12, 17

Pitt, Ronald 15

Sullivan, Eileen 15, 26 Sullivan, Mary M. 16

Q

Sullivan, Robert 18, 21

Quigley, M. Patricia 19, 30

T R

Taylor, Jamie 8

Ramocki, Stephen 24, 28

Teng, Tony 21

Reamer, Frederic 10, 17, 22

Thomas, David 21, 27

Reddy, Maureen 18, 23

Threlkeld, Steven 12

Roberts, Eric 29

Tiskus, Paul 16, 29

Rollins, Joan 15, 28, 30

Tunnicliffe, Kerri 12, 16, 26

Rowell, Elizabeth 9, 10, 15, 18, 23

U S

Urda, Julie 24

Sahba, Nazanin 24, 28 Schapiro, Barbara 23

W

Schiller, Barry 13, 24

Weiner, Richard 8, 27

Schmeling, Thomas 10, 22

Weisman, Daniel 10, 25, 28

Schneider, Joanne 21, 30

Williams, Jane 16, 19, 28

Schuster, Leslie 30

Williams, John 13, 19, 29

Scott III, Daniel 15, 18, 21, 23

Wilson, William 7, 8, 9

Shadoian, Holly 27

Wolff, Joshua 19

Shelton, Carol Reagan 19, 30

Woolman, David 10, 16

Siegel, Deborah 10, 12

Wu, Jiyun 17

Simson, Earl 15 Smith, Donald 7

Z

Snowman, Daniel 25, 29

Zornado, Joseph 16, 24

Snyder, Andrew 16 Sparks, Rebecca 25 Spinette, Sarah 29