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Anirban Acharya, Ph.D.

Professor of Practice
Political Science

Email: acharya@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: International political economy; international politics; South Asian politics; U.S. politics and foreign policy

Josefa Álvarez, Ph.D.

Professor
World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Email: alvarej@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Spanish contemporary poetry; Spanish women poets; classical tradition in Spanish poetry

Siavash Amon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Biological and Environmental Sciences

Email: amons@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Microbiology; neuroscience; toxicology

Asya Atik, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Business Analytics

Email: atika@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Humanitarian logistics optimization; data analytics; sustainability and transportation systems; mathematical modeling

Norton Berg, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
Occupational Therapy and Physicians Assistant Studies

Email: bergn@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Human gross anatomy; musculoskeletal anatomy

Gerard F. Beritela, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
Religious Studies

Email: beritegf@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Religions of Asia; interfaith dialogue

Kate Costello-Sullivan, Ph.D.

Professor of Modern Irish Literature
English

Email: sullivkp@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Contemporary Irish literature, politics, and culture; Irish writers; Colm Tóibín; Anne Enright; Catholicism and the novel; trauma literature and theory; Anglo-Irish women’s novels

Caitlin Cunningham, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair
Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science

Email: cunninc@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Statistics; research ethics

Jonathan Damiani, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Executive Leadership Doctoral Program

Email: thomsojd@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Leadership studies; comparative international education; educational leadership; narrative inquiry; youth studies; student voice; reflective practice; teacher education; special education; urban education; inclusive education

Douglas R. Egerton, Ph.D.

Professor
History

Email: egertodr@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: 19th century American history; political; race and slavery

James Enwright

Director of the Cybersecurity Program and Professor of Practice
Computer Science

Email: enwrigjj@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Cybersecurity; Risk Management

Matthew J. Fee, Ph.D.

Lecturer and Director
Integral Honors Program

Email: feemj@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Irish film, media, and visual culture; Irish representation in film and television; horror films; global film genres

Leight Fought, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
History

Email: foughtik@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Frederick Douglass; Sally Hemings; U.S. history; African American history; history of race in the U.S.; history of women and gender in the U.S.; 18th and 19th century U.S.; slavery in the U.S.; the antislavery movement in the U.S.; the woman’s rights movement in the U.S. 

Mitchell Franklin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Accounting

Email: franklma@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Taxation – individual, entity and estate and gift; financial planning; tax policy; business education

Martha Grener

Adjunct Professor
Music

Email: grenerm@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Flute

Michael A. Guzik, S.J.

Associate Professor
History

Email: guzikma@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Religious and national identity formation in East Central Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Mary Handley, Ph.D., LMCH, CRC

Clinical Director and Faculty Member
Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Email: handlemf@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Mental health counseling; substance use disorders; intellectual and developmental disabilities

John Hunter

Professor
Management and Leadership

Email: hunterjg@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Financial planning; investing; international business relations 

Carol Jacobe

Adjunct Professor of Voice and Director of the Jazzuits Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Music

Email: jacobeca@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Voice instruction; vocal jazz

Emily Ledgerwood, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Biological and Environmental Studies

Email: ledgered@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Virology; microbiology; immunology; oncolytic viruses; host-pathogen interactions; Reovirus; influenza; pandemics; vaccine biology

Cathy Leogrande, Ph.D.

Professor
Education

Email: leogracc@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Special education; disability studies; comic and graphic novels; popular culture; gamification and game-based learning; fandom; sports and literacy

Brian F. Linnane, S.J.

Lanigan Chair in Science, Medicine and Ethics and Professor
Religious Studies and Theology

Email: linnanb@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Christian ethics; Catholic moral theology; medical ethics; sexuality and gender; higher education, especially independent universities

Jason Luscier, Ph.D.

Professor and Certified Wildlife Biologist ®
Biological and Environmental Sciences

Email: lusciejd@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Wildlife biology; ornithology; mammalogy; ecology; conservation biology; urban ecology

Alison Marganski, Ph.D.

Director and Professor of Criminology 
Anthropology, Criminology and Sociology 

Email: marganaj@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Violence – perpetration and victimization, specifically: cyber/technology-facilitated violence; intimate partner and sexual violence; mass shootings/murder; gender and violence

Jonathan Parent, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Political Science

Email: parentjf@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: American politics; abortion policy; U.S. Supreme Court

Justo Planas

Assistant Professor and Endowed Chair for the Studies of the Americas
World Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Email: planasj@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Latin American cultures; Caribbean cultures, film and media studies; literature; Spanish language

Susan Scharoun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Psychology

Email: scharoun@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Intellectual and developmental disabilities; autism; positive behavior support; dual diagnosis (ID/DD and mental illness)

Robert E. Scully, S.J

Professor
History

Email: scullyre@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Church history, especially history of the Jesuits; early modern European history, especially the topics of the Renaissance and Reformation; the locales of Britain and Spain; U.S. Constitutional law.

H. John Sharifi, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Environmental and Biological Sciences

Email: sharifhj@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Cell biology; virology; microbiology; parasitology; immunology

Leslie Streissguth

Leslie Bailey Streissguth

Associate Director, Career Advising and Development and Instructor
Communications and Film Studies

Email: streislb@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Public speaking; life design; Designing Your Life certified; editing; career strategy development; Ignite Fellowship Program; career conversations

Lawrence Tanner, Ph.D.

Professor
Biological and Environmental Sciences

Email: tannerlh@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Geological processes; geologic history; geological disasters (earthquakes, volcanoes); glaciers; climate change; environmental change

Miles Taylor, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair
English and Communications

Email: taylorme@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Renaissance drama; theater history; comedy and humor theory; Catholicism and literature

Farha Ternikar, Ph.D.

Professor
Anthropology, Criminology, & Sociology

Email: ternikfb@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Food studies; modest fashion; Muslim women; transnational feminism; pop culture and Islam

Victor Vallo Jr., Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor
Music

Email: vallovw@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Music education; conducting; applied brass (trumpet); orchestra; wind ensemble (band); music history; music appreciation; jazz studies

Ludger H. Viefhues-Bailey, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Gender and Culture
Philosophy

Email: viefhulh@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Politics and political philosophy; politics and religion; gender and sexuality studies; secularism; foundations of democracy

Shawn L. Ward, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Psychology

Email: ward@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Adolescent decision making; identity development; sports and human development

Nicole Weaver, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Director of Writing
English

Email: weaverna@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: First-year writing; writing assessment; workplace writing; generative AI

Theresa L. White, Ph.D.

Professor
Psychology

Email: whitetl@lemoyne.edu

Areas of Expertise: Cognitive aspects of chemosensation (particularly in humans); olfactory cognition; olfactory perception; flavor perception; taste perception; trigeminal perception