Faculty & Staff

Department Members

Sarah Luria (Environmental Studies and English)

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Professor
Chair, Environmental Studies
Ph.D., Stanford University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýÌýAmerican Literature and Environmental History, Literature and the making of Worcester, Henry David Thoreau and Walden
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Office: Fenwick 229Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone: (508)793-3444
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Justin McAlister (Marine Science)

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Professor
Ph. D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýMarine and Organismal Biology, Oceanography
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Office: Swords 232Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-3417
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Sara Mitchell (Geoscience and Environmental Studies)

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Professor
Ph.D., University of Washington
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýGeology
Email:smitchel@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office: Swords 234Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-3420
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Holly Moulton (Environmental Studies)

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Fields: Gender and climate justice, high mountain ecosystems
Email: hmoulton@holycross.eduÌý
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Christopher Amante (Environmental Studies)

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Visiting Lecturer
Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Fields: Geographic Information Science (GIS), Coastal Elevation Modeling, Flood Risk
Email:Ìýcamante@holycross.edu
Office: TBAÌý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone: ÌýTBA
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Amy Singleton Adams (World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

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Professor, Russian Studies
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Fields: Russian Language, Literature, and Culture
Email:aadams@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýÌý Stein 454 Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:ÌýÌý 508-793-2543

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Conor Carney (Economics)


Assistant Professor
Ph.D.,ÌýUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Fields:ÌýEnvironmental Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics
Email:Ìýccarney@holycross.edu
Office:ÌýStein 522Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:Ìý508-793-3973
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Loren Cass (Political Science)

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Professor
Ph.D., Brandeis University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýInternational relations; comparative politics
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýlcass@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýFenwick 309ÌýÌý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3683
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Phillip J. Dugger

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Professor
PhD, Environmental Science, University of Massachusetts Boston
Fields: Forest community ecology, network ecology, food web interactions, mutualistic species interactions
Email: pdugger@holycross.edu
Office: HAB 131 Ìý ÌýPhone:
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Amy D.ÌýFinstein (Visual Arts)

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D. University of Virginia
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýModern architecture and urbanism
Email: afinstei@holycross.eduÌý
Office:Ìý Fenwick 401 Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3098
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ÌýDaina Harvey (Sociology)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Rutgers
Fields: Sociology of risk, social disruption; violences; social suffering; urban inequality and marginality; environmental sociology; social problems, policy and justice; culture and cognition; research methods
Email: dharvey@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Beaven 231Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone: (609)865-0651
Office Hours: T/W 11am-1pm
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Kendy Hess (Philosophy)

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Brake-Smith Associate Professor in Social Philosophy and Ethics
Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýEthics;Ìýapplied ethics (business, professional, and environmental); environmental philosophy; philosophy of the mind; Nietzsche
Email:khess@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýSmith 523 Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793 2574
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Amber Hupp (Chemistry)Ìý

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Email:ahupp@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýHaberlin 334 Ìý ÌýÌý ÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-2502
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David KarmonÌý(Visual Arts)

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Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University, M. Arch., Yale School of Architecture
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýEarly modern art, architecture, and urbanism
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýdkarmon@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:Ìý Fenwick 438 Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-2253
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Katherine Kiel (Economics)

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Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýEnvironmental Economics, Urban Economics
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýkkiel@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office: Stein 503Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone: (508)793-3710
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ÌýTodd Lewis (Religious Studies)

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Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities
Ph.D., Columbia University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýBuddhism, Hinduism, East Asian religions, anthropology of religions, modernization, ecology and religionÌý
Email:tlewis@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýSmith 425ÌýÌý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3436
Office Hours: M 7-8:30pm, and by appt.
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Joanna Linzer

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Yale University
Fields: History of Science; Environmental Technology; Japan
Email:Ìýjlinzer@holycross.eduÌý

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ÌýLeila Philip (English)Ìý

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Professor
M.F.A, Columbia University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýCreative Writing/Non-fiction
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýlphilip@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Fenwick 215Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone: (508)793-2393
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Justin Poche (History)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýCatholicism in the U. S. United States History, 1865-Present; American Religious History;
Latin American History; U.S. Latino/a History
Email:jpoche@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýO'Kane 390ÌýÌý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-3448
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Cristi Rinklin (Visual Arts)Ìý

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Professor
M.F.A., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýPainting
Email:crinklin@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýFenwick 443ÌýÌý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-2387
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Gareth E. Roberts (Mathematics and Computer Science)


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Department Chair, Mathematics and Computer Science
Ph.D., Boston University, 1999, B.A., Oberlin College, 1992
Fields: Dynamical Systems, Celestial Mechanics
Email:groberts@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Haberlin 305ÌýPhone: (508) 793-2350
Office Hours: M/W 10-11am, T/Th 1:30-2:30

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Maria Rodrigues (Political Science)

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Professor
Ph.D.,ÌýBoston University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýEnvironmental politics; Latin American politics
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmrodrigu@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýFenwick 327ÌýÌý ÌýÌý Phone:Ìý 508-793-3410
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Aaron Seider (Department Chair, Classics)

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AssociateÌýProfessor
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Fields: Latin literature; constructions of memory in Roman culture; gender in the ancient world and its modern reception
Email:aseider@holycross.eduÌý
Office:Ìý Fenwick 423Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3976
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KeithÌýSeitterÌý(Environmental Studies)

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Distinguished Visiting Professor
Ph.D. University of Chicago
Fields: Climate Science, Meteorology, Climate Change Communication
E-mail: kseitter@holycross.edu
Office:ÌýHaberlin 133ÌýÌý Phone: 508-793-3357
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Sylvia Schmitz-Burgard (World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)Ìý

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Virginia
Fields: 20th-, 19th-, and 18th-Century German Literature and Culture, Austrian Cultural History, 18th-Century European Novel, Women Writers, Law and Literature, Contemporary Literary Theory
Email:sschmitz@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýStein 461Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3305
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William Sobczak (Biology)

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Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýAquatic and Ecosystem Ecology
Email: wsobczak@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýÌýO'Neil 221Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-3416
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Christopher Staysniak (History)

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Boston College
Fields: U.S. environmental history; American food and food systems; American religion; American social and protest movement
Email:cstaysni@holycross.edu
Office: O'Kane 384Ìý ÌýPOBox: MONTÌý Phone: 508-793-3451

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P.J. Torres

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Ph.D., University of Georgia
Fields: Ecology, Freshwater and Tropical Biology
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýptorres@holycross.edu
Office:ÌýO'Neil 207ÌýPhone:Ìý(508) 793-3416
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Kelly Wolfe-Bellin (Biology)

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Director of Biology Laboratories/Lecturer
Ph.D. Iowa State University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýEcology, Botany, and Environmental Science
Email: kwolfe@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office: O'Neil 233Ìý ÌýÌý Phone: (508) 793-2212
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Affiliated Faculty

Matthew Eggemeier (Religious Studies)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:Ìýmodern and contemporary Christian theologies; political and liberation theologies; postmodern theology
Email:meggemei@holycross.edu Ìý
Office:ÌýSmith 432ÌýÌý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3948
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ÌýAnn Glennie

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Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Florida State University
Fields: archaeology, art, and architecture of the ancient Mediterranean; ecology, hydraulic engineering, and water management
Email:Ìýaglennie@holycross.edu
Office: Fenwick 423 ÌýPhone: 508-793-3494

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Ellis Jones (Sociology)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D.,ÌýUniversity of Colorado
Fields: corporate social responsibility, mass media, social movements, sustainability, peace and conflict, ethical consumerism
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýejones@holycross.eduÌý
Office: Beaven 219Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-3478
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Patricia Johnston (Visual Arts)

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Rev. J. Gerard Mears, S.J. Chair in Fine Arts, Professor Visual Arts
Ph.D., Boston University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýAmerican Art, History of Photography, Modern Art
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýpjohnsto@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýÌýFenwick 442Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3715
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Victor Matheson (Economics)

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Professor
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýSports Economics, Lotteries and Gambling, Forensic Economics, Environmental and Energy Economics
Email:vmatheso@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýStein 536Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-2649
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Gwen Miller (History)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Duke University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýÌýColonial and Revolutionary EraÌýAmerica, Native America, Comparative Empire and the Global Connections of Early America
Email:gmiller@holycross.eduÌýÌý
Office:ÌýO'Kane 385ÌýÌý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-3449
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Jonathan Mulrooney (English)

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Professor
Ph.D. Boston University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýBritish Romantic Literature; Romantic-period Theater and Public Culture; Nineteenth-Century British & American Literature; Film; Romantic Historicisms
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýjmulroon@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýÌýFenwick 212Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý 508-793-3440
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Catherine A. Roberts

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Professor
Ìý Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1992, A.B., Bowdoin College, 1987
Ìý Fields: Applied Mathematics, Mathematic Modeling
Ìý Email:croberts@holycross.eduÌý
Ìý Office: American Mathematical Society Phone: (401) 455-4000
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Eric Ruggieri (Math/Computer Science)

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Associate Professor
Ph.D., Brown University, 2010, Sc. M., Brown University, 2006, B.A., Providence College, 2005
Fields: Statistics
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýeruggier@holycross.eduÌý
Office:ÌýÌýSwords 325Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:Ìý (508) 793-2400
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Melissa Schoenberger (English)

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Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Boston University
¹ó¾±±ð±ô»å²õ:ÌýRestoration and 18th Century British Literature; Poetry; Translation
·¡³¾²¹¾±±ô:Ìýmschoenb@holycross.edu
Office:Ìý Fenwick 222Ìý Ìý ÌýPhone:
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Office Staff

Paula Hall

Academic Office Coordinator
Email: phall@holycross.edu
Office Phone:Ìý 508-793-2288