Faculty/Senate 1 Faculty/Senate Faculty Regular Teaching and Administrative Faculty BRENNAN O’DONNELL President Professor of English B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (2009-) STEVEN SCHREINER Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Professor of Electrical Engineering B.S., Western New England University; M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. (2020-) WALAA ABDALLAH Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering B., S., M.S., Manhattan College; Ph.D., Columbia University. (2020-) MAHMOUD ABDELSALAM Assistant Professor of Computer Science B.S., Arab Academy for Science and Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio. (2019-) JAMES PATRICK ABULENCIA Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering B.S., Manhattan College, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. (2007-) MAEVE ADAMS Associate Professor of English B.A., Smith College; M.A., University of Kent; M.A., Ph.D., New York University. (2013-) MEHNAZ AFRIDI Professor of Religious Studies, Director of the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D, University of South Africa. (2011-) ANKUR AGRAWAL Associate Professor of Computer Science B.S., Purbanchal University, Nepal; Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology. (2013-) KEVIN J. AHERN Associate Professor of Religious Studies B.A., Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston College. (2013-) IGOR AIZENBERG Professor of Computer Studies, Chair of the Department M.S., Uzhgorod National University, Ukraine; Ph.D., Dorodnicyn Computing Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. (2016-) 2 Faculty/Senate MAHMOUD AMIN Associate Professor of Electric and Computer Engineering B.S., M.S., Helwan University, Cairo; Ph.D., Florida International University. (2012-) SAMIUL AMIN Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering B.S., Rutgers University; M.S., The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., North Carolina State University. (2017-) SALWA AMMAR Professor of Management, Suarez Chair of Business B.S, University of Salford, U.K.; M.S, Ph.D., University of Florida. (2009-) AMIRA ANNABI Associate Professor of Economics and Finance B.A., Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Tunisia; M.Sc., Ph.D., HEC Montreal. (2012-) ARSHIA ANWER Assistant Professor of Communication B.A., M.A., Osmania University College for Women, India; M.A., Ph.D., Duquesne University. (2016-) ABU MALLOUH ARAFAT Assistant Professor of Computer Science B.S., The Hashemite University, Jordan; M.S., Amman Arab University, Jordan; Ph.D., University of Bridgeport. (2018-) ADAM ARENSON Professor of History, Director of Urban Studies (On Leave Fall 2021, Spring 2022) A.B., Harvard College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University. (2014-) POONAM ARORA Professor of Management, Chair of the Department B.B.A., John Cabot University; M.B.A., Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Ph.D., Columbia University (2010-) EHSAN ATEFI Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S., Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran; M.A.Sc., Iran University of Science and Technology; Ph.D., The University of Akron. (2017-) ROKSANA BADRUDDOJA Professor of Sociology B.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.B.A., American University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University. (2013-) JASON BARHORST, MAJ., USAF Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies B.S., University of New Mexico, CO; M.S., Air Force Institute of Technology. (2017-) LINA BAROUDI Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Faculty/Senate 3 B.S., Damascus University; M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., The City College of New York. (2016-) BR. ROBERT C. BERGER, F.S.C. Associate Professor of Religious Studies B.S., Manhattan College; M.S.Ed., Monmouth College; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; D.Min., Drew University. (1988-) MARVIN BISHOP Professor of Mathematics B.S., City College of New York; M.S., New York University; Ph.D., Columbia University. (1983-) CORY BLAD Professor of Sociology B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee. (2009-) NATALIA BOLIARI Associate Professor of Economics and Finance B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey; M.A., Ph.D., Carleton University, Canada. (2009-) DAVID W. BOLLERT Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Northern Illinois University, St. John’s College, Santa Fe; Ph.D., Boston College. (2005-) KEITH BROWER Professor of Modern Languages and Literature B.A., Salisbury University; M.A., Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University. (2014-) JEANETTE BROWN Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., Manhattan College. (2002-) COURTNEY BRYANT Assistant Professor of Religious Studies B.A., University of Maryland; M.Div., Duke University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University. (2018-) JOAN F. CAMMARATA Professor of Spanish (On Leave Fall 2021) B.A., Fordham University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. (1982-) JOSEPH F. CAPITANI Professor of Chemistry B.S., Manhattan College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. (1984-) GERARDO L.F. CARFAGNO Associate Professor of Biology B.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2014-) RICHARD F. CARBONARO Professor of Chemical Engineering 4 Faculty/Senate B.S., M.E., Manhattan College; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. (2004-) CHRISTINA CERCONE Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering B.S., M.S., Manhattan College; Ph.D., Lehigh University. (2016-) BRIAN CHALK Associate Professor of English B.A., James Madison University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Brandeis University. (2010-) BRIDGET T. CHALK Professor of English B.A., Villanova University; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University. (2009-) PAMELA S. CHASEK Professor of Political Science, Chair of the Department B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., University of Miami; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. (2000-) JEFFREY M. CHERUBINI Professor of Kinesiology, Chair of the Department B.A., Fordham University; M.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., Temple University. (2003-) MAHBUBOOR CHOUDHURY Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering B.S., M.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University. (2019-) JAWANZA ERIC CLARK Associate Professor of Religious Studies B.A., Morehouse College; M.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Emory University. (2012-) WILLIAM C. CLYDE Professor of Economics and Finance B.S., DePauw University; M.S., New York University; Ph.D., Edinburgh University, Scotland. (2010-) ANTONIO CORDOBA Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature B.A., University of Seville; M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Harvard University. (2012-) LYDIA CRAFTS Assistant Professor of History B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. (2020-) ASHLEY J. CROSS Professor of English B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University. (1996) ANIRBAN DE Faculty/Senate 5 Professor of Civil Engineering, Chair of the Department B.C.E., Jadevpur University, Calcutta, India; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. (2002-) MARK DEBONIS Associate Professor of Mathematics B.S., BIOLA University; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. (2009-) REBECCA DELKER Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology B.S., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., Rockefeller University. (2020-) RICARDO A. DELLOBUONO Professor of Sociology B.A., West Chester University; M.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Boston College. (2009-) SEBAHATTIN DEMIRKAN Associate Professor of Accounting and CIS B.S., Bogazici University, Istanbul; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas. (2018- KOAH DINH Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics B.S., University of Minnesota; M.S., Minnesota State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee. (2020-) KERRYANNE DONOHUE-COUCH, P.E. Visiting Instructor of Civil and Environmental Engineering B.S., Manhattan College, M.S., University of Florida, Advanced Certificate in Secondary Education, Pace University (2011-) WINSOME A. DOWNIE Assistant Professor of Political Science B.A., Barnard College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University. (1978-) PAUL DROUBIE Assistant Professor of History B.S., University of Minnesota; M.A., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Illinois. (2008-) ALLISON ECUNG, MAJ., USAF Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies B.S., United States Air Force Academy, CO; M.I.R., Auburn University. (2019-) JENNIFER C. EDWARDS Professor of History,Chair of the Department B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. (2007-) MOHAB EL-HAKIM Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering B.S., Alexandria University, Egypt; M.S., Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Ontario. (2016-) WAFA ELMANNAI 6 Faculty/Senate Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering B.S., Ben Alshor College, Libya; M.S.S., Ph.D., University of Bridgeport. (2018-) BAHAREH ESTEJAB Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering B.S., Shiraz University, Iran; M.S., University of Kentucky; Ph.D., Virginia Tech. (2018-) KIMBERLY FAIRCHILD Associate Professor of Psychology B.A., The College of New Jersey; M.S., Ph.D., Rutgers University (2007-) JIANWEI FAN Professor of Chemistry B.S., M.S., Shanghai Teacher’s University; M.Phil., Ph.D., City University of New York. (1992-) KEVIN J. FARLEY Professor of Environmental Engineering B.E., M.E., Manhattan College;