Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The College of FAHSS at UMass Lowell, on the banks of the Merrimack River, connects students globally and locally.

We offer a variety of programs that challenge you with analytical reading, critical thinking and problem solving. After leaving FAHSS, you’ll be ready to use your expertise in the community and will have knowledge and skills to respond to our ever-changing world.

Meet Our Faculty

John Kaag, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Philosophy, Gender StudiesAesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, American Philosophy
Andrea Dottolo, Ph.D.Lecturer, Psychology 
Caryn Cosse Bell , Ph.D.Professor, History, Gender Studies, American StudiesCivil War & Reconstruction;  Slavery & Abolition
Whitley R.P. Kaufman, Ph.D.Chair, Professor, PhilosophyEthics (Theoretical and Applied), Philosophy of Law, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Paul E. Tracy, Ph.D.Professor, Graduate Coordinator, Criminal Justice 
Philip MossProfessor, Co-Director, Economics, Economics & Social Development of Regions Program, Center for Industrial CompetitivenessLabor Economics, Community Economic Development, Public Policy Analyst
Eric Sean Nelson, Ph.D.Associate Professor, PhilosophyNineteenth and Twentieth-Century European Philosophy, Eastern and Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Ethics and Social-Political Philosophy
Alan Jay Lincoln, Ph.D.Emeritus Faculty, University Ombuds (Retired), Criminal Justice 
Sheryl Lynn Postman, Ph.D.Professor, Cultural StudiesSpanish & Italian
Monica Galizzi, Ph.D.Professor; Co-Director , Economics, Gender Studies; Economic & Social Development of Regions ProgramLabor economics, the economics of disability, applied econometrics
Christopher EndrinalAssistant Professor   , MusicMusic Theory
Marie Frank, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Art History and Architecture, Cultural Studies, Art History, American Studies 
David Turcotte, Sc.D.Research Professor, Economics, Center for Family, Work and Community, Economic & Social Development of Regions, Wind Turbine Research group 
Alex S. RuthmannAssistant ProfessorMusic Education and Music Technology
Adrian CruzAssistant Professor, SociologyImmigration, Race & Ethnicity
Joshua MillardLecturer, Performance Coordinator, MusicMusic Performance- Guitar
William Mass, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Co-director, Economic & Social Development of Regions, Center for Industrial Competitiveness, Institute for Visualization & Perception Research  
Joseph Gustafson, Ph.D.Lecturer, Criminal JusticePolice Deviance & Workforce Diversity
Allan Roscoe, M.A.Lecturer, Criminal JusticeCrimes of Violence, Terrorism/Counter-Terrorism, Homeland Sec., Natnl. Sec. & Counter-Intelligence/Counter-Espionage
Andrew J. Harris, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice 
Thomas MaloneLecturer, MusicMusic Studies, Choral and Community, Choral Music, World Music
Stephen Saravara, J.D.Lecturer, Director of International Partnerships for Macau and Hong Kong, Criminal JusticeIndustrial Security and Education
Michael E. Jones, J.D.Professor, Program Director, Legal StudiesSports Law
Ashleigh Hillier, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, PsychologyNeuropsychology, psychophysiology & autism spectrum disorders (ASD)
Jeffrey Gerson, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Political Science, Gender StudiesAmerican Politics, Politics and Sports, State and Local Politics
Jason Lawrence, Ph.D.Associate Professor, PsychologySocial Psychology
Joan Cannon, Ed.D.Associate Professor, PsychologyPersonality, human development, & on-line teaching. Faculty Advisor Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology
Dina Bozicas, M.A.Lecturer, EnglishComposition and Literature
Eugene Mellican, Ph.D.ProfessorApplied Ethics, Engineering Ethics, Ethics and Technology
Cheryl Najarian Souza, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Sociology, Gender StudiesGender studies, women & work, qualitative research methods, & the sociology of disabilty
William H. Fisher, Ph.D.Professor, Criminal JusticeThe interface of the mental health & criminal justice systems. Factors that affect offending & re-offending among adults affected by serious psychiatric illnesses.
Eve Buzawa, Ph.D.Department Chair, Professor, Criminal Justice, Gender Studies 
Shelley Barish, M.F.AAssistant Professor, EnglishTheatre Arts
Christopher McGahanProfessorChoral conducting, music history
Michael J CarterAssociate Professor and Chair 
Sandra Lim, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, EnglishPoetry, Twentieth Century American Literature
William J. Burke, J.D.Professor, Legal Studies 
Carol Hay, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, PhilosophyEthics, Feminist Theory
John ShirleyChair, Professor , Music, Sound Recording TechnologySound recording technology, music theory, electronic ensemble
Richard W. Serna, Ph.D. Associate Professor, PsychologyApplied Behavior Analysis in the treatment of autism; Experimental Analysis of Behavior; auditory & visual discrimination learning; simulation in distance-learning applications.
Rita Sullivan, Ph.D.Lecturer, EnglishBusiness Writing, Early Twentieth Century British Fiction, Oral Communication, Editing & Publishing
Anthony Szczesiul , Ph.D.Chair, Associate Professor, EnglishNineteenth and Twentieth Century American Literature, Southern Literature, American Poetry
Paula Rayman, Ph.D.Professor, Director, Economic and Social Development of Regions, Gender Studies, Middle East Center for Peace, Development, & CultureAreas of expertise include social change, work and inequality, and gender and science.
Gloria Seeman, Ph.D.Associate Professor 
Mary Gormley, Ph.D.Lecturer, EnglishRhetoric & Composition
Neville Nien Huei Jiang, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, EconomicsEconomic growth and development, income inequality, migration
David MartinsProfessor, Area Head, MusicPerformance, Woodwinds, Instrumental conducting, instrumental ensembles
Frederick LewisDepartment Chair, Professor    Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Political Leadership
Julie Nash, Ph.D.Associate Dean, Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, English, Gender StudiesEighteenth & Nineteenthcentury British Literature, The British Novel, Women Writers
Andrew Hostetler, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator, PsychologyAdult development & aging, adolescence, personality, cross-cultural psychology, the psychology of gender & research methods, service learning
Bridget Marshall, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, EnglishGothic novel, American literature, law & literature, New England witchcraft trials, disability in literature
Nina Coppens, Ph.D.Dean of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, Professor, College of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences; PsychologyDevelopmental and health psychology
P. Christopher Smith, Ph.D. Professor, Philosophy, Cultural StudiesGreek Philosophy, Modern German Thought, Rhetoric and Theories of Argument, Hermeneutics. Latin Studies & Culture
Allyssa McCabe, Ph.D.ProfessorDevelopmental psychology and research methods
Francis TaltyCo-Director; Office of the Dean, FAHSS, Advisory Board Member , Center for Irish Partnerships; College of Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social SciencesDr. Frank Talty is the director of  the Academic Programs in the College  of Arts and Science at University of Massachusetts  Lowell.  His expertise focuses on American Courts, American Public  Administration and Public Policy.
J. Alan WilliamsAssistant Professor, Coordinator, MusicMusic business
Robert Grantham, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, SociologyUrban sociology, deviance, criminology
Sarah Kuhn, Ph.D.Professor, Psychology, Gender Studies, Economic & Social Development of RegionsUse & design of information technology
Robert E. Innis, Ph.D.Professor, PhilosophyTheory of Knowledge, Semiotics & Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Technology, Philosophy of Religion, American Philosophy
Supriya LahiriProfessor, Economics 
William Hersey, Ph.D.Emeritus Faculty, English 
Diana Archibald, Ph.D.Associate Professor, EnglishCharles Dickens, Victorian Fiction, British Literature, Transatlantic Studies, Creative Nonfiction.
John Christ, Ph.D.Assistant Professor in Art History and Visual Culture, Art History, Cultural Studies, American Studies 
Keith Mitchell, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, English, American Studies, Gender StudiesAfrican American, Caribbean and Nineteenth & Twentieth century American literature
Kay G. Roberts, D.M.A.Professor, Area Head, Director, Music, Orchestral strings, UMass Lowell String Project & Lowell Youth Orchestra (LYO)Nancy Donahue Professor in the Arts Professor; Orchestral conducting, Strings
Carol McDonough, Ph.D.Professor, Economics 
Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung, Ph.D.Associate Professor   , Political ScienceComparative Politics, International Relations, Southeast Asian Politics
Paula TelescoAssociate ProfessorMusic theory
Brett Ingram, Ph.D.Lecturer, EnglishCritical Cultural & Rhetorical Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, Affect Theory, Neurorhetoric
William Lazonick, Ph.D.Professor, Co-director, Economics, Economic and Social Development of Regions; Center for Industrial Competitiveness 
Timothy CrainAssistant Professor, MusicMusic History, Jazz History
Abby Chandler, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, HistoryEarly American History, Public History
Khanh T. Dinh, Ph.D.Associate Professor, PsychologyClinical & community psychology
Marlowe Miller, Ph.D.Professor, English, Gender Studies 
Shehong Chen , Ph.D.Associate Professor, History, American Studies, Gender StudiesU.S. History; Immigration & Chinese History
Maggie Dietz, M.A.Assistant Professor, EnglishPoetry & Poetics
Milena Gueorguieva, Ph.D.Lecturer, EnglishESL Exposition, the Research Process, Linguistic Analysis, Gender & Nineteenth Century British Gothic Fiction, British Travel Literature & National Identity.
Francis T. Talty, Ph.D.Advising Coordinator, Lecturer, Co-Director, Political Science, Center for Irish PartnershipsAmerican Courts, American Public Administration and Public Policy
Kevin PetersenLecturer, EnglishComposition and Literature
Christopher Carlsmith, Ph.D.Associate Professor; Fellowship Advisor, History; Gender Studies; Office of Undergraduate Fellowships Early Modern Europe; Renaissance Italy; Western Civ.
Andre Dubus IIIAssistant Professor, English 
Daniel Egan, Ph.D.Professor, SociologySocial theory, social stratification, political sociology, war & peace, globalization
Patrick Young, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, History, Gender StudiesModern European History, Consumer Culture, Urban History, Fascism
Larry Siegel, Ph.D.Professor, Criminal Justice 
Gena R. GreherAssociate Professor; Coordinator, MusicMusic education
Mary Kramer, Ph.D.Emeritus Faculty, EnglishBritish Literature pre-1642; Honors Program
Aart HoltslagAssistant Professor  , Political ScienceInternational Relations/Political Economy, Human Rights, International Organizations
David C. Kingsley, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Economics 
Lauren Beaulieu, Ph.D.Visiting Assistant Professor, PsychologyBehavior analysis
Todd Tietchen, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, English20th Century American Literature & Culture, American Philosophy & Intellectual History, Cold War Studies, Aesthetic & Literary Theory. 
Jonathan J. Liebowitz, Ph.D.Professor , HistoryModern European History, Economic History 
Christoph Strobel, Ph.D.Associate Professor, History, American Studiesglobal/comparative/transnational, Native American, & African history
J. Helí Hernández, Ph.D.Emeritus Faculty, Cultural StudiesSpanish Studies and Italian Studies & Culture
Kathleen Hulbert, Ed.D.Professor Emerita, PsychologyLifespan development, applied developmental psychology, cross-cultural development & psychological assessment
Martin Meehan, J.D.Chancellor, Professor, Academic Affairs, Political ScienceAmerican Politics, The Congress, Electoral Politics
Linda M. Williams, Ph.D.Professor, Criminal Justice 
Carole Salmon, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Cultural StudiesFrench Studies & Culture
Bill Berkowitz, Ph.D.Professor Emeritus, PsychologyDr. Berkowitz’s graduate & undergraduate teaching (“Teaching is a first love”) has focused on community and social psychology.
Jenifer Whitten-WoodringAssistant Professor, Political Science, Peace & Conflict StudiesMedia Politics, Political Communication, Research Methods
Mignon Duffy, Ph.D.Associate Professor, SociologyMethods and social policy
April Pattavina, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Criminal Justice 
Robert LeBlanc, Ph.D.Lecturer, English 
Jeannie Sargent Judge, Ph.D.Associate Professor, English, Gender StudiesBritish Literature I and II, Renaissance and Seventeenth-Century Literature, Poetry, Literature and Women
Waldemar Hanasz, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Philosophy 
Joseph Ramsey, Ph.D.Lecturer, English 
Tommaso Tempesti, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Economics 
Charlotte Ryan, Ph.D.Associate Professor, SociologyEnvironmental sociology, participatory communications, public sociology
Robert Forrant, Ph.D.Professor, Co-Director, Senior Research Fellow, History; Center for Family, Work & Community; Center for Industrial CompetitivenessU.S. History, Labor Studies, Global Development, Industrial History
Levon Chorbajian, Ph.D.Professor, SociologyGenocide politics, mass media, sports
Anne Mulvey, Ph.D.Professor Emerita, Psychology, Gender StudiesCommunity psychology and women's studies
Joseph Zaitchik, Ph.D.Emeritus Faculty, English 
Chad Montrie, Ph.D.Professor, History, American Studies, Gender StudiesU.S. Environmental, Labor, & Women's History
William MoylanProfessor, Coordinator, Music, Sound Recording TechnologySound recording technology, music theory
Alice A. Frye, MPH, Ph.D.Lecturer, PsychologyResearch methods, statistics, adolescent psychopathology, emerging adulthood
Jana Sladkova, Ph.D.Assistant Professor Psychological issues of migration, qualitative research methods, narrative analysis
Sarah Moser, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Cultural StudiesAsian Studies & Culture
Christa Hodapp, Ph.D.Lecturer, PhilosophyMetaphysics, Feminist Philosophy
Maria Matz, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Cultural StudiesLatin American Studies & Culture
Meg A. Bond, Ph.D.Professor, PsychologyCommunity psychology, workplace diversity and interpersonal dynamics
Shakil QuayesAssistant Professor, EconomicsDevelopment Economics, Microfinance
Mary N. Duell, Ph.D.Lecturer, PsychologyHuman sexuality, research methods, & distance learning
John Wooding, Ph.D.Professor  , Political Science, Economic & Social Development of RegionsPublic Policy, International Political Economy, British Politics 
Angela Terrio, M.A.Visiting Instructor, Criminal Justice  
Michael TestaVisiting Lecturer, Sound Recording Technology, MusicSound Recording Technology
Alexander CaseAssistant Professor, MusicSound recording technology
Kyung Seok Choo, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice 
David Hirschel, Ph.D.Professor, Criminal Justice 
Robin Mangino, Ph.D.Lecturer, EnglishComposition and Literature
Melissa Pennell, Ph.D.Professor, English, American Studies, Gender Studies19th & early 20th century American Literature, American Women Novelists, Mystery & Detective Fiction
Lisa Edwards, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, HistoryLatin America
Cathy A. Levey, Ph.D.Lecturer, Criminal JusticeMental health issues in the Criminal Justice system, especially Corrections; Self-handicapping behavior
Nellie Tran, Ph.D.Assistant ProfessorCommunity Psychology
Laura Punnett, Sc.D.Principal Investigator, Co-Director, Professor, Senior Associate , Work Environment, CPH-NEW, Center for Women & Work, Gender Studies 
Todd Avery, Ph.D.Associate Professor, English 
Samuel Ruddick, Ph.D.Lecturer, EnglishComposition and Literature
Liana Cheney, Ph.D.Chair, Department of Cultural Studies, Professor, Cultural Studies, Art History, Interdisciplinary & Intercollegiate Studies  
Stephanie Block, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, PsychologyChild Maltreatment, Psychology & Law, Memory for Trauma, Child Eyewitness Testimony, Prevention Science
Richard Siegel, Ph.DDepartment Chair, Professor, Psychology 
Robert Kunzendorf, Ph.D.ProfessorCognitive psychology, statistics, psychology of consciousness, abnormal psychology
Herlinda De Castro Charpentier Saitz, Ph.D.Professor Emerita , Cultural Studies, Peace & Conflict StudiesSpanish, Latin American & Spanish Studies
Ethan Spanier, Ph.D.Lecturer, HistoryAncient History (Near East, Greece, Rome, warfare); Byzantium; Cinema & History
Laura Barefield, Ph.D.Associate Professor, English, Gender StudiesOld & Middle English Literature, History of English, Great Books, World Literature, Composition, Women Writers, Literary Theory, Film
Nancy Selleck, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Director, English, Gender Studies, Theatre Arts ProgramTheatre Arts, Faculty Advisor - Off Broadway Players
Matthew Hurwitz, Ph.D.Visiting Professor, EnglishComposition & Literature
Vanessa Joan GrayAssistant Professor    , Political ScienceLatin American Politics, Comparative Politics, Global Environment
Charlotte Mandell, Ph.D.Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Professor, Academic Affairs, Psychology 
Mitra Das, Ph.D.Professor, Chair, Sociology, Peace & Conflict StudiesFamily studies and gender-related issues, immigration, ethnicity and social change  Dr. Das brings a comparative perspective to her teaching.
James J.F. Forest, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Criminal Justice 
Doreen Arcus, Ph.D.Associate Professor, PsychologyResearch methods and human development
Michael Pierson, Ph.D.Professor, History, Gender Studies, American StudiesAmerican Political Culture
Chris Harris, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Transfer Student Advisor, Criminal Justice 
Michelle C. Haynes, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, PsychologyOrganizational psychology
David Landrigan, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorSensation and perception, research methods and statistics, portals of consciousness, computer applications in psychology, neuropsychology, and chaos and nonlinear dynamics applications in psychology
Kristen Nielsen, Ed.D.Lecturer, English 
Michael Millner, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, EnglishAmerican Studies, American Literary Studies, Political and Critical Theory, Gender and GLBQ Studies
Fletcher Smith, Ph.D.Visiting Faculty, HistoryJapan, U.S. History, Radicalism, Reform
Sue J. Kim, Ph.D.Associate Professor, EnglishContemporary literature (American & post-colonial), literary theory, narrative theory - with special emphasis on issues of race, gender/sexuality, & class
James M. Byrne, Ph.D.Professor, Criminal Justice & Criminology 
Jonathan Silverman, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, English, American StudiesJournalism, American Studies, composition, & popular culture
Joseph W. Lipchitz , Ph.D.Chair, Professor, HistoryEurope in the Middle Ages, Crime and Social Control, Britain and Modern Ireland
James H. Nehring, Ed.D.Assistant Professor, Leadership in Schooling, Graduate School of Education School level improvement and professional learning.
William Roberts, Ph.D.Emeritus Faculty, English 
Deina AbdelkaderAssistant Professor, Political Science, Peace & Conflict StudiesComparative Politics, International Relations, Middle East, Muslim World
Judith Davidson, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Educational Technology & Qualitative Research Methods, Graduate School of Education, Gender StudiesCurriculum and Instruction
Ivy Ho, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, PsychologyHealth psychology, psychophysiology, victimization & women's health
Susan Gallagher, Ph.D.Associate Professor     , Political Science, Gender StudiesAmerican Politics, Political Theory, Media Studies
Russell Karl, J.D.Professor, Legal Studies 

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