Metropolitan College Faculty

Courses at Metropolitan College are taught by full- and part-time faculty. Faculty with professional status at Boston University carry the academic titles of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor. Part-time instructors not designated as above hold the title of Lecturer.

The following list reflects the 2005/2006 faculty at the time of publication.

Metropolitan College Full-Time Faculty

Wayne Applewhite

Associate Professor, Director of Virginia Military Programs;
B.S., Troy State University; M.A., Central Michigan University; D.M., Colorado Technical University.

Dr. Applewhite teaches in the areas of project management, leadership information systems organizations, organizational behavior, and communication. A former United States Air Force Officer stationed at locations around the world, he has also worked as an independent management consultant with international clients, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the U.S. Consulate in Hamburg, Germany.

Kip Becker

Associate Professor and Chairman of Administrative Sciences; B.A., M.A., University of Delaware; M.B.A., Wilmington College; Ph.D., Florida State University.

Dr. Becker serves on the editorial board of Transnational Management, The Journal of Marketing Channels, The Journal of Teaching in International Business, and The Journal of Transition Management. He is chairman of the Board of the International Management Development Association and principal of his own international management consulting firm. He is a prolific researcher and oversees graduate, undergraduate, online, and international program development and implementation. Becker teaches courses in electronic commerce, international business, marketing, and strategy.

Abbass Bozorg

Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Dr. Bozorg is an expert in privatization, mergers and corporate restructuring, financial management, financial markets, and commercial bank management and investments. He is currently pursuing research on private antitrust lawsuits and market response to OPEC policies. Dr. Bozorg teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in financial markets and institutions, options and futures, international finance, investment, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and financial accounting.

Eric J. Braude

Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.Sc., University of Natal; M.S., University of Illinois; M.S., University of Miami; Ph.D., Columbia University.

Dr. Braude teaches software design, artificial intelligence, data structures, information system security, software engineering, and Web services. His books have been translated into several languages. Braude has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, City University of New York, Pennsylvania State University and Seton Hall University, and has served as technology advisor to corporations such as Philips, Lockheed, Lucent Technology, and MITRE Corporation.

Edward Brookner 

Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies; B.A., Brown University.

Professor Brookner has been the coordinator of the English Composition Program for over twenty years, and he currently teaches courses in the Executive Bachelor’s Degree Completion Program. He has taught a wide range of courses in literature, including the Bible, the modern novel, basic composition, and creative writing. Brookner is a published poet, and his award-winning photography has appeared in several exhibitions throughout New England.

Robert Cadigan 

Associate Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Director of Prison Education Program; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University.

Dr. Cadigan teaches courses in criminology; rehabilitation and reintegration; freedom; business and the social environment; and a seminar on freedom, technology, environment, and society. He is a published expert in technological and social issues regarding emergency medical care, as well as prison education programs. Cadigan has also conducted research and served as consultant for several public health and intervention organizations.

William J. Chambers

Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Administrative Sciences; B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University.

Dr. Chambers has over twenty years of experience developing and overseeing credit models, internal credit scoring systems, and default risk assessment processes for Standard & Poor’s. He is an expert in international finance, portfolio management, and the economics of real estate development. Chambers teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in finance, credit analysis, and portfolio management.

Lubomir T. Chitkushev

Associate Professor and Chairman ad interim of Computer Science
M.E.E., University of Belgrade; M.S., Medical College of Virginia; Ph.D., Boston University.

Dr. Chitkushev’s research interests include networking, data assurance, and biomedical informatics. He has served on several IEEE conference committees and as a NSF review panelist. He is co-founder and associate director of the Boston University’s Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security, and played a role in initiatives that led to Boston University’s designation as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance by the National Security Agency. Professor Chitkushev teaches data communications, computer networks, advanced Internet technologies, medical informatics, and network security.

James Cormier

Senior Lecturer in Administrative Sciences; B.S., Boston University; M.B.A., Northeastern University.

Mr. Cormier has been recognized as an outstanding faculty member at Metropolitan College. He has developed and taught a range of courses in marketing management, operations management and data analysis, advertising, electronic commerce, and management. Cormier has over twenty-five years of domestic and international senior-level management experience as a marketing and management consultant to corporations such as IBM, The Disney Stores, Lucent Technologies, Solectron, and The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Lois Keller Horwitz 

Associate Professor and Chairman of Actuarial Science; B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., University of Rochester.

Professor Horwitz’s extensive experience in actuarial science includes over twenty-five years in product development, product management, and financial reporting for John Hancock Financial Services and New England Financial Services/MET Life. She has served as a mentor to graduate students from several universities; she is also a fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Suresh Kalathur 

Assistant Professor of Computer Science; B.S., Regional Engineering College (India); M.S., Indian Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University.

Dr. Kalathur’s interests include autonomous agent systems, enterprise Java applications, object-oriented design and analysis, and operating systems security. He served as a lecturer and adjunct faculty at Tufts University and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and he developed software and systems for several organizations and agencies, including the U.S. Air Force. Dr. Kalathur teaches courses in Java programming, data mining, and grid computing.

Vijay Kanabar

Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.S., University of Madras (India); M.B.A., Webber College; M.S., Florida Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Manitoba.

Dr. Kanabar has unique expertise spanning both business practices and computer science. A certified Project Management Professional, he has advised numerous organizations on training and technology needs, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Staples, United Way, and Fidelity Investments. Kanabar is an internationally published scholar and is recognized by local and national media as an authority on electronic commerce, identity theft, and data systems.

J. Gerard Keegan

Assistant Professor; B.A., Boston State College; M.S., Boston University; M.B.A., Bentley College.

Professor Keegan has experience in software development, computer operations, systems planning and testing, database and data communications, and project management. In addition to teaching courses in C++ programming and computer science, Keegan oversees the Master of Science in Business Administration program at Hanscom Air Force Base. Outside of his work in education, he has over fifteen years of experience leading project teams for companies such as Verizon, NYNEX, and SunGard Securities Processing.

Daniel P. LeClair

Professor and Chairman of Applied Social Sciences; B.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A., Clark University; Ph.D., Tulane University.

Dr. LeClair oversees the program in urban affairs, city planning, criminal justice, applied sociology, applied psychology, and prison education. He served as director of research at the Massachusetts Department of Correction, and he is currently involved in two research projects addressing addiction recovery and prison reform. LeClair lectures internationally on many topics, including online education, criminal justice, recidivism, rehabilitation, and substance abuse. He teaches victimology, white-collar crime, juvenile delinquency, research methods, and special topics in urban history and development.

Richard G. Maloney

Assistant Professor of Arts Administration; B.A., Bates College; B.M., Berklee College of Music; Graduate Diploma, Longy School of Music; M.S., Boston University; Ph.D. candidate, Northeastern University.

Professor Maloney’s extensive background in the arts includes a performance career as a lutenist as well as administrative and managerial service for Boston Camerata, New England Conservatory, and Boston Early Music Festival. A former research associate of Northeastern University’s Center for Urban and Regional Policy and Cultural and Arts Policy Research Institute, he teaches courses in the management of performing arts organizations, comparative cultural policy, and marketing the arts.

Mary Ellen Mastrorilli 

Senior Lecturer in Criminal Justice; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston; M.A., Suffolk University; Doctoral Candidate, Northeastern University.

Ms. Mastrorilli is an expert on female offenders and community
corrections. She holds over twenty-four years of experience in positions ranging from corrections officer to prison administrator. She also served as program director of the Women’s Resource Center at the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department. She is the recipient of the Correctional Association of Massachusetts’ Professional Excellence Award, as well as the Breaking the Glass Ceiling Award given by the National Center for Women and Policing. Mastrorilli teaches courses in criminal justice and sociology.

Samuel Mendlinger

Professor of Administrative Sciences; B.A., Queens College; M.Sc., Tel-Aviv University; Ph.D., Hebrew University.

Dr. Mendlinger is a dual American-Israeli citizen whose agricultural research has resulted in economic development in rural communities in Asia, Africa, and South America. He holds two patents for seed cultivation and has numerous international publications and grants. His current research and teaching interests include responsible and sustainable economic growth in under-developed countries. Mendlinger oversees the Economic Development and Tourism Management concentration for the Master of Science in Administrative Studies and teaches courses in statistics, culture and development, and economic sustainability in tourist destinations.

Thomas W. Nolan 

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Boston; Ed.M., E.d.D., Boston University.

Dr. Nolan teaches courses in forensic behavioral analysis, police and multiculturalism, crime and punishment, and the law and criminal procedure. A twenty-seven-year veteran (and former lieutenant) of the Boston Police Department, Nolan is consulted regularly by local and national media sources for his expertise in policing. Dr. Nolan is the faculty coordinator of the online Master of Criminal Justice degree program and a member of the American Psychological Association, the American Society of Criminology, and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Daniel Ranalli

Associate Professor and Chairman of Arts Administration; B.A., Clark University; M.A., Boston University.

Professor Ranalli has extensive experience as an arts administrator, curator, art critic, and gallery director. He has worked with the National Endowment for the Arts and numerous state arts councils; as an artist, his work is in the permanent collections of more than twenty-five museums in the U.S. and abroad, and he has participated in over one hundred solo and group shows. Ranalli founded the Master of Science in Arts Administration and continues to serve as chairman of the program.

Carla Romney 

Associate Professor and Chairman of Science and Engineering B.S., B.A., Tufts University; M.E., Dartmouth College; M.B.A., University of Rochester; M.Sc., D.Sc., Harvard University.

Dr. Romney oversees the undergraduate Science and Engineering Program and also holds a research appointment in the Department of Biochemistry at the Boston University School of Medicine. She serves as director of research for CityLab, a biotechnology learning laboratory for high school students and teachers, and is the recipient of the National Award for Teaching Excellence from Kaplan Education Centers.

H. Thomas Sagafi 

Assistant Professor of Actuarial Science and Science & Engineering; M.S., University of Toledo; Ph.D., Boston University.

Dr. Sagafi teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in finance, mathematical finance, computer science, operations research, and project management. He has also developed programs and courses in applied mathematics and mathematical finance, engineering, computer science, operations research, systems theory, finance, and actuarial science. He has worked as both an engineer and consultant in applied mathematics and is the author of the calculus and precalculus sections of the text utilized by high schools throughout Iran.

Greg Salyer

Associate Professor and Chairman of Liberal Studies; B.A., King College; M.A., Western Kentucky University; Ph.D., Emory University.

Dr. Salyer teaches and writes in the areas of Native American literature and culture, film, and religion. His work has appeared in numerous books and scholarly journals, and he has spoken in a variety of public forums such as the Sierra Club. Salyer has designed and taught numerous courses in literature, philosophy, and religion, including Diogenes to Bart Simpson: Cynicism, Stoicism, Skepticism; Religion and Sport in the American South; and Interior and Exterior Landscapes: Understanding Native American Cultures. He previously served as chair of the English Department at Huntingdon College and director of composition at Longwood University.

Greg Salyer

Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of Rochester.

Dr. Salyer teaches and writes in the areas of Native American literature and culture, film, and religion. His work has appeared in numerous books and scholarly journals, and he has spoken in a variety of public forums such as the Sierra Club. Salyer has designed and taught numerous courses in literature, philosophy, and religion, including Diogenes to Bart Simpson: Cynicism, Stoicism, Skepticism; Religion and Sport in the American South; and Interior and Exterior Landscapes: Understanding Native American Cultures. He previously served as chair of the English Department at Huntingdon College and director of composition at Longwood University.

Robert Schudy

Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of Rochester.

Dr. Schudy has served as principal investigator, consultant, and engineer in both private and government research settings, including Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and the U.S. Air Force. His work includes product and technology design and development in avionics, artificial intelligence, computer software and systems, and electronics. Schudy coordinates the online Master of Science in Computer Information Systems, and teaches courses in database management, object-oriented analysis and design, and computer programming.

Victor Shtern 

Associate Professor of Computer Science; M.S.E.E., Leningrad Mining Institute; Ph.D., National Aluminum Institute, Leningrad; M.B.A., Boston University.

Dr. Shtern has more than twenty-five years of experience in the computer industry as a software engineer, systems programmer, training instructor, and course developer. He has conducted research in object-oriented techniques, software testing, database design, simulation, and computer-aided training. His book on C++ has been translated into Chinese, Russian, and Polish. Shtern teaches courses in C/C++ and Java programming, data structures, object-oriented design, software engineering, design patterns, and other topics.

John D. Sullivan 

Assistant Professor and Associate Chairman of Administrative Sciences; B.A., Regis University; M.B.A., Northeastern University; A.M., Harvard University; Ph.D., Northeastern University.

Dr. Sullivan is an expert in health-care policy and finance and frequently appears as a commentator in local and national media. He teaches mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital markets, investments, and new business ventures. He served as senior analyst for corporate development at Fresenius Medical Care, and has provided strategic consulting for various health-care organizations. He has also been a guest instructor at Northeastern University.

Anatoly Temkin 

Assistant Professor of Computer Science; M.Sc., Moscow University; Ph.D., Kazan University.

Dr. Temkin teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in discrete mathematics, computer language theory, cryptography, algorithms, and computer information systems. In 2004, he received the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching; he also serves as academic advisor to graduate students in computer science. His research interests include information security and curriculum design.

Barry Unger

Associate Professor of Innovation and Technology; B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Harvard University.

An accomplished expert on high technology and venture capital businesses, Dr. Unger has founded and participated in numerous companies, including Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc., which became Xerox Imaging Systems. He is a member of Boston University’s Faculty of Photonics, and co-founder and chair emeritus of the M.I.T. Enterprise Forum. Unger served in President Carter’s administration as senior advisor on science and technology, and is recipient of the Vincent A. Fulmer Lifetime Achievement Award at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Roger D. H. Warburton

Associate Professor of Administrative Sciences; B.Sc., Sussex University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Warburton formerly served as vice president of software technology for JAYCOR, where he led the analysis of large information systems for the U.S. Army and Navy. He developed innovative management information systems for local apparel manufacturer Griffin Manufacturing. Warburton lectures and publishes internationally about the future of domestic manufacturing and the mathematics of supply chains. He has helped revive companies and save jobs by challenging offshore manufacturing models. Warburton teaches courses in project management, operations, and supply chains.

Tanya Zlateva

Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Dresden University of Technology.

Dr. Zlateva’s research interests include computational modeling of visual perception, parallel and distributed processing, and pattern recognition. She was instrumental in developing the information security curriculum that led to Boston University’s designation as a Center for Academic Excellence by the National Security Agency. She is an expert in online course delivery and development, and she has an accomplished research background in computer science.

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Emeriti

Joseph Boskin

Professor Emeritus of History. B.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; A.M., New York University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Massud Farzan 

Professor Emeritus of English. A.M., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Robert O. Krueger 

Associate Professor Emeritus of Administrative Sciences. B.A., M.A., University of Missouri; M.S., Bentley College; Ph.D., University of Texas

Melvin Schuster 

Professor Emeritus
of Interdisciplinary Studies. A.M., M.A., University of Chicago

Romualdas Skvarcius

Associate Professor Emeritus of Computer Science. B.S., M.S., Chicago State University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Paule Verdet

Professor Emeritus of Sociology. B.A., M.S., Université de Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) (France); Ph.D., University of Chicago

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Adjunct Faculty

Mehdi Abedinejad

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S., Aryamehr University of Technology (Iran); M.A., Ph.D., Boston University

William Blocher

Adjunct Assistant Professor. B.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Michael Z. Fleming

Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry. A.B., Ed.D., Boston University

Thierry Guedj

B.S., Georgetown University; M.S., Ph.D., Boston University

Gerald W. Lewis

Adjunct Assistant Professor. B.A., Ph.D., George Washington University

Robert Rubendall, Jr.

Adjunct Assistant Professor. B.A., Amherst College; Ed.M., Boston University

Tim Walker

Lawrence J. Watson 

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Metropolitan College Part-Time Faculty

Youssef Abou-Hawalli

B.S., M.S., Boston University

Allison Adair

B.A., Brown University; M.F.A., The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Sam Afyouni 

B.A., B.S., University of Windsor; M.S., Boston University

Calixte Ahokpossi 

B.A., M.A., University of Benin; M.A., University of Oklahoma

Helen Alcala

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., University of Massachusetts at Boston

Rodrigo Alfaro 

B.A., M.A., University of Chile

Farshid Alizadeh Shabdiz 

Jennifer Alpert 

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Boston University

Marco Ambrosoli

B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., Boston College

Peter Anderson 

Scott Arena 

Saeed Asgari 

Majed Ashy

Charles Atkinson

Rose Austin

B.F.A., University of Montana; M.A., Purdue University

Lee Ayers

B.A., National University; M.Ed., Southwestern Adventist University; Ed.D., Southeastern University; Ph.D., Southwest University

Janet Bailey 

Diane Balser 

Khaled Barazi

Ricardo Barreto 

Robert Barry

Paul Bednarowski 

Joseph Bellefeuille 

Ezra Benjamin

Beth Bennett

Tim Bergendahl 

Bruce Berman

Enrique Bernales

Michael Bernstein 

Victor Berry

Anne Blackwill 

Sandy Block 

Benjamin Bolger

Geraldine Brehm 

Kenneth Brisbois 

B.S., University of Massachusetts

John Brown 

B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A.C.J., Anna Maria College

James Burrell 

Ilya Buynevich 

B.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Phyllis Cahaly

A.S., Mass Bay Community College; M.S., Simmons College

Pamela Campbell 

Donald F. Carlin 

Francis Carney 

Walter Carroll 

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., American University

Gennaro Cataldo 

B.S., M.S., Boston University

Donald Changeau

Kevin Chase 

San Chee 

John Cheuvront 

John Christoforo 

Michael Cipriano 

John J. Cirignano 

Kyri Claflin 

Paul Cleary 

Ellis Cohen 

Ronald Conway 

Donald Courtney 

Ralph Covino 

Daurice Cox 

Richard Cravatts 

Ronald Czik 

Eric D’Alessandro 

Star Dargin 

John Day 

Stephen Delaney 

Patrick Dempsey 

Robert Dieter 

Zoran Djordejevic 

John Doherty 

Perry Donham 

Mary Doorley 

Jennifer Drew 

Andrew Epstein 

Thomas Esperson 

Mariellen Fidrych 

Silvestre Fontes 

Beth Forrest 

James Fox 

Charles Giuliano 

Ivan Gold 

David Goldstein 

Marcus Goncalves 

James Grace 

Joann Gu 

Angelo Guadagno 

Michael Hadavi 

Dabney Hailey 

B.A., M.A., Northwestern University

Ronald Harding 

B.S., Northeastern University

Syed Hasnath 

Joshua Hassol 

Daniel Hebert 

B.S., M.S., Florida State University

Thomas Heim 

B.S., Virginia Tech; M.B.A., Boston College; M.S., Boston University

Gary Heisermann 

Ruth Henderson 

David Hendrickson 

B.S., Boston University

Mose Herne 

Lecturer. B.A., Clarkson University; M.A., Brandeis University

Howard Holmes 

David Horrigan 

Lois Horwitz 

Brian Howland 

Dan Hunter 

B.A., Hampshire College; M.A., Boston University

Helen Hwang

B.A., Ithaca College; M.S., Columbia University; M.P.H., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Boston University

Richard Hynes 

B.A., Harvard University; J.D., Boston College

Fabio Idrobo 

B.A., McGill University (Canada); M.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Boston University

Steve Isenberg 

B.S., M.S., Michigan State University

Kenneth Jackson 

Sheryl Julian 

Boston Globe Food Editor

Lewis Karabatsos 

B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.S., Boston University

Richard Kattar 

B.S., Northeastern University; M.A., University of Southern Maine

John Kieffer 

Douglas Kierdorf 

Tracey Knapp 

Douglas Kohn 

Michael Koran 

M.A., University of Chicago

Susan Kryczka 

B.A., Roosevelt University; M.A., Loyola University of Chicago; M.A., Northeastern University

Arvind Kukreja 

Preshant Kumar 

Thomas Kush 

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Kwabena Kyei Aboagye

B.S., M.S., Boston University

William Leahy 

Ronald Locklin 

Christine Loken-Kim 

David London 

Nancy Lowd 

Rock Magleby Lambert 

George Maiewski 

Judith Marley 

Joseph Marrocco 

B.S., M.S., Northeastern University

Earl Martin

B.S., St. Francis College; M.S., Northeastern University

Vivek Marya 

John Maslanka 

Gillian Mason 

B.A., New York University

Frank Mazzaglia 

B.S., Boston College; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University

Christine McCarthy 

John McCarthy 

Kevin McCluskey 

Robert McCullough 

Stephen McDonald 

Michael McGinty 

David Mellor 

Stephen Meuse 

Mark Miliotis 

Christopher Millis 

Hassan Mohammed 

M.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Leonard Monk

B.S., M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

David Montgomery 

Robert Montminy 

Anthony Moore 

B.A., M.A., University of London (England); Ph.D., Boston University

Linda Murphy Sutherland

B.F.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A., Emerson College

Virginia Myhaver 

B.A., University of Southern Maine

Madani Naidjate 

B.S., Algiers Polytechnic Institute (Algeria); M.S., Ph.D., Boston University

Husain Naqvi 

B.S., Georgetown University

Bill Nesto 

B.A., Harvard University; M.W., Institute of Masters of Wine

George Newton 

B.B.A., University of Massachusetts

Seyed Noorian 

B.S., Tehran Business College (Iran); M.B.A., Northeastern University

Tim Norris 

Mehrdad Nourai 

Mahon O’Brien

David Oglesby 

Lisa Olenik 

Donald O’Neil 

David Orlinoff 

Mark Passcaantando 

Gretchen Pauley 

Paul Pelan 

Jacques Pépin

Lecturer. B.A., M.A., Columbia University

Mark Perkins 

B.A., Barrington College; M.A., Northwest Baptist Seminary

Fred Raskin 

Terrance Regan 

Chance Reichel 

Keith Reilly 

Milda Richardson 

B.S., M.A., Boston University

Ann Marie Rocheleau

Melissa Romig 

Bruno Rubio 

M.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Boston University

Scott Ruescher

B.A., Ohio University; M.F.A., University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop

Michael Ruff 

Karen Ryabchenko 

David Sanderson 

Alfred Santino 

Mark Sapossnek 

B.E., Manhattan College; M.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Martin Saradjian 

B.A., M.A., University of Connecticut; J.D., New England School of Law; P.D.P., Harvard Law School

Erik Schmidt 

John Schramm 

B.S., Babson College; M.S., Boston University

Gerald Scott

B.A., Westfield State College; M.B.A., Northeastern University

Carl Sessa 

Lily Sharifnia 

Sayre Sheldon 

David Shim 

Eleanor Shoreman 

Jamil Siddiqui 

Jeff Siegel 

Walter Silvia 

Edward Simches 

Dan Simovici 

Doug Sinclair 

Tracy Slater 

George Slover 

Frank Smith 

Stephen Soreff 

Katherine Stebbins-McCaffrey 

William Steffens 

Marlene Suarez 

John F. Sullivan 

Peter Sun 

Anna Tary 

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Boston University

Hal Tepfer

B.S., University of Bridgeport

Bruce Tis 

Olette Trouve 

Patrizio Urciuoli 

Thomas Van Court 

Rachel Vieux 

Thomas Villano 

Andrey Vyshedskiy 

Wego Wang 

B.S., National Cheng-Kung University; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abraham Waya 

B.Sc., University of Jos (Nigeria); M.Div., Boston University; Ph.D., Soviet Academy of Sciences (U.S.S.R.)

George Wesolowski 

Howard Williams 

Steven Winters 

James Wood 

B.A., Georgetown University

Sharon Wulf 

B.S., Providence College; M.B.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Columbia Pacific University

Jinsung Yoo 

Thomas Yuill 

Rui Zhang 

Bin Zhu 

Vladimir Zlatev 

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Faculty from Other Schools and Colleges of Boston University Teaching Metropolitan College Courses

Tobe Berkovitz 

Associate Professor, College of Communication. B.F.A., M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., Wayne State University

Cheryl Boots 

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, College of General Studies. B.A., Mount Union College; M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Boston University

Christopher Cakebread 

Assistant Professor of Advertising, College of Communication. B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.S., Ed.D., Boston University

Donald F. Carlin 

Lecturer, College of Communication. B.A., Boston College, Institute of European Studies, Vienna, Austria

John Celenza Jr. 

Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S., Adelphi University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Jay Corrin

Professor of Social Sciences, College of General Studies. B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., Boston University

Dan Dill 

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Maged El Batanouny 

Professor of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., Cairo University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California at Davis

Thomas Fauls 

Associate Professor of Advertising, College of Communication. B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.S., University of Illinois

Frank Fitzgerald 

Associate Professor of Education, School of Education. B.S., M.Ed., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Columbia University

Ashis Gangopadhyay 

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., M.A., Indian Statistical Institute (India); Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Rosina Georgiadis 

Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., University of Indiana, Bloomington; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Mamikon Ginovyan

Thomas F. Glick 

Alex Golger

Instructor in Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Moscow State University (Russia)

Mark Grinstaff

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Occidental College; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Samuel Hammer 

Associate Professor of Natural Science, College of General Studies. B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., Harvard University

Regina Hansen 

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, College of General Studies. B.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Boston College

Syed Hasnath 

Lecturer in Geography and Environment, College of Arts and Sciences. Ph.D., Boston University

Melissa Horvath

Assistant Professor, College of Communication. B.F.A., Suffolk University; M.A., New York University

Guilford Jones

 Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., Southwestern University at Memphis; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Akihiro Kanamori 

Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Cambridge (England)

Thomas Keyes 

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

William Keylor 

Professor of History and International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Mark Kon 

Professor of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Irina Kristy 

Instructor of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences. M.S., Moscow University (Russia); M.A., Boston University

Richard Laursen 

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of Florida

James Lengel 

Assistant Professor, College of Communication. B.A., Harvard University; Ed.M., Yale University

Elizabeth Lozano 

Preceptor in Modern Foreign Languages, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Escuela Normal de Maestras (Argentina); M.A., Colegio Nacional de Profesoras (Argentina)

Scott Mohr

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Williams College; M.A., Harvard University; Ed.M., Yale University

Frank Monette 

Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., St. Anselm College; M.S., Ph.D., New York University

Leland Monk 

Associate Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California

William Oliver, Jr. 

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering. Ph.D., University of Illinois

Gail Patt 

Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. A.B., Skidmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University

Constance Phillips

Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine. B.A., Emmanuel College; M.A., Suffolk University; M.P.H., Boston University

Alfred Prock 

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Christine Rosell 

Professor of Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., University of California; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Carl Ruck

Professor of Classical Studies, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Harvard University

Charles Rzepka

Professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Robert Schoch 

Associate Professor of Natural Science, College of General Studies. B.S., George Washington University; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University

Peter Smith 

Assistant Professor of Journalism, College of Communication. B.S., Boston University

William Tilchin

Associate Professor of Social Science, College of General Studies. B.S., M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., Brown University

Thomas Tullius 

Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Stanford University

Robert Umans 

Manager of Life Sciences and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. A.B., Columbia University; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University

Tammy Vigil 

Assistant Professor of Communication, College of Communication. B.A., Augustana College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas

Frederick Wasserman 

Associate Professor of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., SUNY at Stony Brook; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland

Judson Webb  

Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Daniel Weiner 

Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences. B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Georgia Weinstein 

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences. B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Governance of the College

Metropolitan College is governed by various faculty committees whose members are drawn from the faculty of Metropolitan College and the School of Hospitality Administration faculty and the administrative officers of Metropolitan College. The Metropolitan College/School of Hospitality Administration Council, the main governing body of the College, is assisted in policy-making by the Executive Committee and the Academic Policy Committee.

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